Chapter Two: The Young Gentleman

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  After the heavy snow, in the weather where the accumulated snow is melting, the temperature is lower than when it was snowing. Most of the figures walking on campus are wrapped up tightly.

  Guo Zhengyang was no exception, wearing a fashionable and handsome down jacket on top and jeans with black leather boots on the bottom. Although his outfit was similar to what most of his classmates were wearing, he stood out because this was the most popular fashion brand in southern provinces during the Spring Festival, at least one year ahead of the fashion trends in Yanhe County, a small inland county town in northern China.

  With his hands in his pockets, Guo Zhengyang silently scanned the surroundings, and the vaguely familiar environment had a significant impact on his mood.

  When his mother came to see him, she often waited outside the school gate. Although it had been fifty years since he last set foot on this road out, he still quickly found his memory and walked calmly.

  As he walked, a soft whispering sound came from behind him, accompanied by a gentle figure who suddenly ran up to Guo Zhengyang with a folded colorful letter in hand, "Hey, for you."

  Guo Zhengyang stopped in his tracks and took a glance at the figure in front of him. It was a short-haired girl with a cute face, not very tall, only around 1.6 meters, more than half a head shorter than him. At this moment, she had to look up to make eye contact with him. Her slightly raised face was flushed with a captivating shyness, and her plain nose had a few scattered freckles that didn't ruin her beauty but instead made it more real and touching.

  Kuang Zhengyang calmly took over the letter paper, opened it more quickly, and stood in front of the girl to read.

  "Ah~"

  The action startled the girl, a lovely face red as a ripe persimmon, flustered and shy, but she still stood up straight, staring directly at Guo Zhengyang, her eyes also filled with expectation.

  "We don't match."

  After a few minutes, Guo Zhengyang finally closed the letter and handed it back calmly.

  The girl's face also turned white in an instant, and her body trembled even more violently.

  "You will find someone better than me." Guo Zhengyang then put the letter in the girl's hand, spoke softly and walked away.

  That letter just now was a love letter.

  Did he receive a love letter on this day of that year in his memory? He really had no impression about this.

  In his memory of that life, he seemed to have never answered his mother's phone call today. At that moment, he didn't seem to be on this road either.

  And in high school, he was also actively pursued by many girls. To recall roughly, some asked him for his phone number directly, some got his number from others and sent him text messages, or expressed their love through mobile QQ and the like. As for writing love letters, it's actually quite rare these days. There were about 10 to 20 girls who actively pursued him in this way.

  This still refers to directly showing affection and making everything clear. If it's just simply adding him on QQ or doing nothing but secretly liking him, I'm afraid that will only lead to more of the same.

  This is not an exaggeration, but he really has a good skin, inheriting his parents' excellent genes. At the age of 18, Guo Zhengyang is not only tall and handsome, but also has clear eyebrows and eyes, a face like jade, red lips and white teeth, a standard handsome guy. Every year, he was the most popular person in the class, and there were almost no one more handsome than him in the whole school. Moreover, his uncle's family lived in a coastal province in the south, and his cousin often sent him fashionable clothes that were on the forefront of fashion trends. So, although he was often scolded by his father at home and couldn't lift his head, he was absolutely the representative of high, handsome and cool in school.

  In that life, he encountered similar situations and basically just ignored them, too lazy to say another word.

  Because in high school, he only knew how to be cool and handsome. Although he had someone he liked, and his feelings were not shallow, he always felt that if he, who was often chased by girls, took the initiative to pursue a girl, it would be too embarrassing. So he never expressed his feelings openly, at most just pretending to be cool and striking poses when the other person was around, hoping to catch their attention. After the college entrance exam, what awaited him was a life-changing event.

  This good skin was useless in his previous life, except for giving him a sense of pride in high school. After that, it had no other use. During the years he indulged in self-destruction, he overate and overdrank, smoked and drank excessively, stayed up all night, and had no regular routine. He never went out or exercised, staying cooped up in his narrow space, which quickly made him look old and fat. It wasn't until he started practicing that he gradually regained his youthful appearance, but by the time he reached a certain level of practice, he was already in his thirties or forties, at which point whether his skin looked good or not had long since lost all significance.

  This was just a small episode, and Guo Zhengyang didn't mind at all, continuing to walk out of the school gate, arriving outside about ten minutes later.

  "Xiao Zheng, come out quickly." At the same time, a beautiful woman standing on the clean road outside the school gate was also smiling and waving at Guo Zhengyang. The beautiful woman looked to be in her mid-30s, with a moderate height and elegant attire, and her poised and refined demeanor carried a hint of nobility.

  That was Mrs. Guo, who looked younger, but that was well-maintained, this year she has already stepped into her 40s, Mr. Guo's father is a few years younger, and Mr. Guo is only 37 years old this year, he and his mother were in a sister-brother romance back then.

  Glancing at his mother, Guo Zhengyang slightly averted his gaze, as the corners of his eyes suddenly stung, but his footsteps quickened.

  Yanhe County No. 1 High School is a fully enclosed management, even students living nearby cannot go home unless it's a holiday, but with the beckoning from outside, Guo Zhengyang walked out calmly, and when he passed by the security room, the security guard inside only had a bright smile on his face.

  His father was after all the big brother of Yanhe County, and still the biggest one.

  Few people know this, and the gatekeeper is definitely unclear, but the other party must know that Guo Zhengyang's mother, who often comes to see him and brings him food, is a big shot.

  "Look, ah, our Xiao Zheng has become even more handsome, he must be even more popular with the girls at school now?" After Guo Zhengyang walked out, his mother also came up immediately, looked him up and down a few times, smiling warmly and radiantly.

  Also standing in front of his mother, Guo Zhengyang watched this profound and soulful face up close again, and he was heartbroken to the point of tears.

  He's still in control of his emotions, with a look of impatience on his face, "Mom, give me some money."

  "Ah~" Madam Guo suddenly let out a laugh and patted her forehead in exasperation, "You child, can't you say something else when you see me?"

  Although reluctant, she still pulled out a few hundred yuan bills from her bag and stuffed them into Guo Zhengyang's hands, "Save it for later, don't tell your dad."

  "Got it, I'm not stupid." Guo Zhengyang smiled and took the money, putting it in his pocket. Then he turned around and looked around, "Where's the food?"

  "In the car."

  "Guo's mother pointed to a car parked not far away, and ran towards the car. "Xiao Zheng, wait for me here, I'll bring it over right away and put it in the car to keep warm. I made your favorite dish..."

  Watching his mother hurry to fetch food, a familiar and heart-wrenching scene, Guo Zhengyang quickly turned his head and wiped the corner of his eye with his hand before waiting naturally in place again.

  His mother doesn't come every day to deliver his meals, but at least once a week, she makes sure he eats all sorts of dishes he normally loves.

  When his mother brought over several thermoses and handed them to him, Guo Zhengyang immediately said, "I'm going back to school now, you should head back too."

  "Alright, drive slowly on the way back and eat slowly when you get home." Guo's mother also nodded with a smile.

  Guo Zhengyang nodded and turned to walk towards the school, just like before, until his figure disappeared at the corner of the dormitory building. Only then did Guo's mother turn around and leave from the school gate.

  After a rough calculation, knowing that his mother should have left the school far away, Guo Zhengyang walked out with empty hands again, quickly walking towards the school gate. When he reached the entrance, there was still no obstruction, and he easily walked out of the school gate. He then casually chose a small path and headed onto the street.

  He hailed a taxi on the street and had it drive straight to the outskirts of the county town, where he stopped in a desolate wilderness and let the taxi wait by the side of the road. Only then did Guo Zhengyang kneel down on both knees and burst into loud sobs.

  The driver who was crying first kept glancing sideways, and finally seemed to be gradually infected by some inexplicable sadness, and his eyes also became red for no reason. The driver couldn't understand why this handsome young man would run to a desolate place to cry, and cry so miserably.

  "Back to the county town, near No. 1 High School."

  It wasn't until he had cried for over ten minutes that Guo Zhengyang patted the snow on his knees and stood up, speaking in an even calmer tone as he got into the taxi.

  The calm and indifferent tone also startled the driver again, and the cigarette that was pinched between his fingers almost fell.