An Empress’s Return to the Present: The Real Young Lady’s Strong Comeback Chapter 16

Chapter 16
Gu Xiao secretly swore that she would study hard in this life.
Although there was a lot of knowledge she didn’t know, with a walking encyclopedia like Chu An, Gu Xiao could just turn her head and ask him anything she didn’t understand.
Although Chu An often put on a reluctant expression, he would still patiently explain to her every time. Even if Gu Xiao’s question was very basic and retarded, he didn’t sound impatient at all.
When other students saw Chu An start teaching, they would also bring their own questions to Chu An. However, he didn’t answer any of them and dismissed them perfunctorily.
This way, there were even more rumors in school.
From day to night, Gu Xiao noticed that as long as anyone saw her or Chu An, they would whisper to their schoolmates beside them.
All the students were gossiping, except for two people. One was Ji Yao. The more she saw Gu Xiao and Chu An’s frequent interactions, the angrier she became. Even if she covered her ears at the desk and refused to listen, the students’ discussions would still enter her ears.
She felt that everything that belonged to her seemed to be slowly snatched away by Gu Xiao, this wild girl who came out of nowhere. Her opportunities, her reputation, her popularity, and even the person she liked.
Ji Yao’s disgust for Gu Xiao kept rising.
The other was Meng Fei. Unlike Ji Yao, Meng Fei did not have much hostility towards Gu Xiao. She only looked down on every poor person equally, and she had no interest in Chu An. She only vaguely remembered seeing this person when she was young.
The Meng family used to have a collaboration with the Chu family. When Meng Fei’s father brought Meng Fei to visit the Chu family, he brought some supplements. Later on, she found out that the second young master of the Chu family was weak and sickly, and that young master was Chu An.
In Meng Fei’s eyes, Chu An was a sickly person, so she naturally didn’t care too much about him.
Throughout the day, the intimate interaction between Gu Xiao and Chu An had spread throughout the entire campus, but the two protagonists were confused. Gu Xiao’s original intention wasn’t to be in the limelight, and continuing to become the center of attention was not something that Gu Xiao wished to see.
She wanted to profit in silence.
However, she didn’t know how to tell Chu An. It was her that had taken the initiative to consult him so how could it be that when he was clearly kind and patiently helping her, she had to say, “Don’t help me anymore. If you want to help, you have to help me in a place that others can’t see.”
Come on, this was obviously even stranger!!
“Huh? What are you thinking about?” Chu An was explaining a question to Gu Xiao.
“Nothing.”
Chu An was silent for a while. He took Gu Xiao’s notebook and wrote a number on it. “My social media account. If you don’t understand anything in the future, just look for me.”
“Uh…” Although Gu Xiao really wanted to thank Chu An, she didn’t have a phone at all, so giving her an account number would just be a waste.
“My spare phone. Take it and use it. The school dormitory allows moderate use of the phone.” Chu An took out a new-looking phone from his bag. “Password: 1111.”
Chu An held the phone in his hand for a long time, but he didn’t feel anyone pulling it away, so he looked up at Gu Xiao and saw how the surprise in her eyes was about to overflow.
“What? Don’t think too much. I just…” Chu An’s cheeks suddenly turned slightly red. “Anyway, I’m not familiar with you!”
With that, he put down her phone and rushed out of the classroom.
Both Chen Li and Lin Xue had ambiguous smiles on their faces, while An Yang was still studying the additional questions taught by the teacher during the lesson.
There was only the sound of “Eh~” from her surroundings, and Gu Xiao, whose mind was in a complete mess.
No, why do you like to keep trying to cover up for yourself so much?!
After a day of studying, Gu Xiao felt extremely tired. It was already 9:30 pm when she finished her evening self-study. The students returned to the classroom one after another.
Chu An was also a dormitory student. Originally, his roommates didn’t talk to him much because he had the aura of a prodigy, so no one dared to approach him.
But something like this happened today… The other two people in the dorm pretended to cough in an attempt to attract Chu An’s attention.
“If you’re sick, get treatment.”
“Chu An, why are you still so sharp-tongued? We’ve known each other for several months, but we’ve never seen you like this.” A boy in sportswear hooked his arm around Chu An’s neck. “Tell me, what’s going on with Gu Xiao?”
“That’s right,” another slightly fat boy chimed in, drawing near.
“What’s wrong? Am I treating her abnormally?” Chu An was puzzled.
The two of them turned pale with shock. Chu An seemed to have some deviation in his understanding of normalcy.
“Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask. Prepare for tomorrow’s weekly Mathematics test. If you fail again, Teacher Xu said that he won’t let you two off.”
“I forgot about that!”