Chapter 267 - Gu Zhen X Song Xuantin (1/2)

Gu Zhen was on his seat with his gaze fixated on his laptop, madly tapping his fingers on the keyboard. Even on this trip, he still brought his beloved laptop with him.

However, unlike his busy persona as if he was working on program codes or on the game he was making, the truth was that he was just typing on his keyboard without any meaning.

He was feeling nervous.

Gu Zhen was not the type of person who would join school trips, whether common field trips or junior-senior trips. If he was the same person as before, he would definitely not join today and simply lock himself up in his room while enjoying his sweet time with his laptop.

Yet because of a phone call yesterday from a certain female classmate, his plans for today was thrown outside the window and he woke up early for the two-day school trip.

He glanced at the door to wait for that certain someone. Her lively voice last night resounded again in his mind.

[I have something to say to you in this trip. Be sure you come! Or else, you won't hear it from me, ever!]

Then she hung up.

Gu Zhen's fingers sped faster, mirroring his heart's beating.

What was she going to say? Why did she sound like she was going to say something very important?

Was it a...

A...

That...

Gu Zhen's cheeks felt hot. He dared not continue his thoughts.

But then his hands unconsciously typed the word, 'CONFESSION', in caps lock letters.

”Confession?” A classmate popped up behind him.

Slam!

Gu Zhen forcefully closed his laptop, his eyes wide behind his eyeglasses. His heart almost leaped out of his chest.

The classmate looked in shock at him. ”Sorry, I didn't mean to surprise you.”

Gu Zhen pushed up his eyeglasses, the spectacles flashing, hiding his eyes. He nodded coolly. ”It's alright.”

The classmate stared at Gu Zhen for a while. His seat was situated behind Gu Zhen's during this whole junior year. However, they barely had any interaction. Since they were still waiting for their teacher and other classmates to arrive, the classmate felt it was a good time to acquaint with each other.

He could not help asking in curiosity, ”It's your first time coming to a school trip with us. What changed your mind?”

Gu Zhen glanced at the door. She was not here yet, the reason behind why he changed his mind.

”Nothing,” he answered in the same distant tone.

”...” The classmate. His mouth twitched a little. But he still played it cool and asked more questions to continue the conversation.

”You have become close with Miss Xiong Zhi and Young Master Lu Yin Ze. Is that the reason why you came this year? Are they coming, too?”

Gu Zhen finally looked back at this classmate. No wonder this person suddenly started talking to him after a whole year, so he wanted to ask about the two successors of the legendary families.

Undeniably, in the eyes of the rest of the student body, he was just a lucky bastard who managed to form great connections in his junior year with the most prestigious people.

He could bet a million ch.i.p.s, they were definitely wondering how he managed to hug the golden thighs. Would they even believe him if he says that the heir of the Xiong family approached him first?

Gu Zhen merely opened his laptop again. He started to answer in a bored voice.

”Lu Yin Ze won't come. But Xiong Zhi will attend this trip. Also, they are not the reason why I joined this trip,” he said, unilaterally terminating the conversation. He opened a gaming app and put on his headphones.

”...Tch,” the classmate clicked his tongue.

Everyone here wanted to befriend the heirs of the families Lu and Xiong, but the two were akin to a cold princess and an untouchable Prince. They could not get closer to them. The only people who managed to befriend them was their Muse, the goddess Song Xuantin, and Gu Zhen, the unremarkable nerd.

They could still accept the first one, but the latter was just hard to understand.

Thus, the students could only approach the two in hopes that they would be introduced to Xiong Zhi and Lu Yin Ze. However, no one still managed to even talk to the prince and the princess of TIHS's Junior Year.

More students started to come as the time of departure neared.

There was a bit of commotion at the door when the three girls arrived in the room.

Gu Zhen was familiar with that commotion. His friends who had long gotten used to such attention might not know about it, but he, the 'nerd' who mostly stayed silent on his seat, could notice that whenever Xiong Zhi and Lu Yin Ze were about to enter the classroom, the classmates would excitedly announce that their 'prince' and 'princess' were coming. There will be a moment of excitement, and then everyone will pretend like elegant swans once the pair comes into the room, while they quietly observe them in secrecy.