Chapter 11 (1/2)

Chapter 11

Watchmen Chapter 11: Feast

Just as the scene was becoming conspicuously awkward, Gu s.h.i.+ Tong’s phone suddenly rang.

He answered the phone and said a few simple words before turning towards Gu s.h.i.+ Chen, “I have urgent business I need to handle. I’ll be troubling you to take care of Jiu Jie for a while—he’s an important guest. It’s his first time in Nanjing, so you need to carefully show him around and not neglect him.”

After that, he then turned to Jiu Jie, “Think carefully about our talk just now. After thinking it through, you can call me anytime.”

After Gu s.h.i.+ Tong finished speaking, he walked away quickly.

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen looked annoyed, and elegantly knitted her eyebrows while looking at his hurriedly retreating silhouette and shouted, “Old Gu!”

Gu s.h.i.+ Ton didn’t even pause, just waved his hand, and shouting back, “If there’s a problem, give me a call.”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen angrily stomped her feet, while pouting, “Every single time it’s the same, you spare no thoughts for other people’s feelings!”

Jiu Jie stood at the side while watching the seething Gu s.h.i.+ Chen. “Miss Gu, if it’s not convenient for you, then I won’t trouble you. You can do your own things, and I can go back myself.”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen’s pretty and delicate face had no change from the beginning till the end. She said icily, “How can that be? No matter what, you’re a guest. At the very least, we need to treat you to a meal. Nanjing is most famous for their duck blood vermicelli and Yan Shui duck. Which one do you want? Or do you want to try them both?”

As long as it was filling, Jiu Jie was not picky. He casually said, “Anything is fine.”

“Anything is it? That’s good. No need to trouble ourselves then. This school’s canteen food is pretty good, we can just eat there.

Jiu Jie, “…”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen led the way, with Jiu Jie following her on the side. She pa.s.sed through a winding alley, and onto the school’s main road while going deeper into the school. Looks like they really were going to eat in the canteen.

The two of them were silent along the way. Jiu Jie kept thinking about breaking the silence, but looking at the icy countenance of the lady beside him, the words died in his throat.

The two of them haven’t walked much, when suddenly, a male’s loud and clear voice shouted from behind them, “s.h.i.+ Chen! s.h.i.+ Chen! Wait a moment!”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen glanced back at the sound. Upon seeing the person, she immediately laid a hand on her forehead, while sighing, “Not this quack again.”

Just as the both of them paused for a moment, the boy behind them had managed to catch up. He was a young man slightly over twenty with bright neat clothes, oily hair, and a powdered face. In his hands was a bouquet of roses. Once he saw Gu s.h.i.+ Chen, his face broke out into a smile. “s.h.i.+ Chen, you left the hall too quickly just now. I looked everywhere for you, and I found you here.”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen held back her temper, her face as impa.s.sive as before. “Oh, so it’s Officer Zhen. Why are you so free today, no official business to take care of?”

The man laughed. “s.h.i.+ Chen, just call me Dou Bi. Calling me officer is too formal. You and I both know what official business actually means, it’s just slacking off whole day in the office. Today, I specifically came to listen to your talk. Just now, you were too awesome. In the future, the most outstanding psychologist will be you.”

“Who’s outstanding?” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen said calmly, “Didn’t you see the att.i.tude of the students j

ust now? They were clearly trying to tear me down. If I had really spoken well, why would they have done that?”

When the man heard that, he immediately rallied against it, while saying, “That is because those ignorant children don’t know a pearl when it’s right in front of them, they are ignorant of worldly matters. This school’s students are too much. Purposefully making your poster ugly is fine, but they even tried to publically provoke you. s.h.i.+ Chen, you don’t have to worry. I’ve already memorized the faces of those troublemakers just now. Later on, i’ll find some of my friends to mess them up a bit, and make them kneel in front of you and beg for forgiveness.”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen’s att.i.tude became cold. “‘Find some of your friends to mess them up a bit? Officer Zhen, you’re a police officer, not some lowly gangster. How can you behave like this?”

“Right, right right, you’re right. This method is inappropriate.” The man quickly said. “I should go arrest them and lock them up for a few days. Will you be able to vent your anger with that?”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen shook her head, not willing to speak to him anymore, and then turned around and marched off.

The man quickly chased her, face full of smiles. “s.h.i.+ Chen, these are the flowers I bought you. Congratulations on your successful talk today. Please take them.”

Saying that, he held out the bouquet of roses.

s.h.i.+ Chen did not pause, and her eyes did not wander. She just coldly replied, “I hate roses the most. Give them to someone else instead.”

The man seemed unaffected by the blatant rejection. He smilingly said, “You don’t like roses? That’s no problem. I’ll just buy another type next time.”

He glanced around the area, and saw a rubbish bin nearby and ran over, tossing the whole bouquet in. After that, he ran back, and caught up to Gu s.h.i.+ Chen and asked, “s.h.i.+ Chen, where are you going?”

“To the canteen to eat.”