Chapter 567: Chapter 567 Inability to Cherish the Fragile and the Fair
Before going to bed, Sheng Tang took a box of face masks and went to Gu Shiting’s room.
"Your sister gave it to me, it’s really effective, I’ve already gotten a lot fairer." She wanted to apply it on Gu Shiting.
Gu Shiting hurriedly dodged.
"I don’t want it." He avoided Sheng Tang’s hand, "I think I’m fine like this... Men should be a bit darker, it looks more robust."
This kid’s sense of aesthetics was starting to develop towards the rugged manly type.
Sheng Tang couldn’t stop laughing.
"Really don’t want it? Doesn’t your sunburned face hurt?" Sheng Tang asked, "Want some ointment?"
"It was pretty itchy a few nights ago, but I’ve gotten used to it now," Gu Shiting replied.
However, his dream of becoming a rugged man was soon shattered.
After military training, he didn’t need to be exposed to the sun so much. He wasn’t fond of outdoor sports, so after two weeks of peeling, redness, and itching, his skin returned to its previous fair complexion.
Sheng Tang looked at his expression; he seemed rather disappointed.
Being unable to tan and peeling under the sun—calling it luck or misfortune was hard to say.
All in all, Sheng Tang could barely hold back her laughter.
Once the school year officially started, Gu Shiting didn’t stay in the dorm. S University was closer to his home than Huishi, so he still went home every day. His daily life wasn’t much different from before.
Except his coursework was a bit easier.
On weekends, he would take Sheng Tang to his school, and they would study together in the library.
Once, they ran into some girls from his class.
The girls didn’t know his identity, only that he was a local and the city’s top science student, assuming that he went home every day because his house was close.
Anyone who could get into S University’s physics department was a top student, one of the elite.
The girl had a natural sense of superiority, tinged with a bit of snobbishness.
Seeing Sheng Tang’s excessive beauty, which made her seem like a bimbo, she asked provocatively, "Gu Shiting, who is this?"
Too beautiful girls likely wouldn’t have good grades, as being obsessed with beauty would take up most of their energy.
"My girlfriend," Gu Shiting replied coldly, "May I ask who you are?"
The girl was momentarily stunned.
The two girls beside her couldn’t stand it and jokingly, a bit angrily, said, "Gu Shiting, don’t you recognize us? There aren’t many girls in our class."
Gu Shiting, the least empathetic towards beauties, shook his head indifferently, "I don’t recognize you."
With that, he pulled Sheng Tang away.
Seeing the trio of girls struck like lightning, Sheng Tang shook her head secretly, then said to Gu Shiting, "You still have the same lousy character!"
"Are you praising me or scolding me?" Gu Shiting asked.
Sheng Tang: "..."
Sheng Tang sat with him in the university self-study room for the entire morning.
Taking his girlfriend to study on a date, his straight-man character was unchanged.
He supervised Sheng Tang until she finished her homework, then took her out for a walk.
He held her hand the entire time, carrying a backpack with both his books and Sheng Tang’s.
Sheng Tang casually followed beside him, looking around.
"Gu Shiting, do you have girls pursuing you at school?" Sheng Tang asked.
Gu Shiting replied honestly, "Probably. A girl gave me a letter before; I threw it back at her."
After throwing the letter, he bypassed her and walked off without even looking at the girl’s face.
Later, four or five boys claimed that Gu Shiting had humiliated their biology department’s beauty, wanting to confront him, but Gu Shiting knocked them down.
The boys, looking at his tall, slender figure, thought he was just a big guy with nothing to back it up, not knowing that Young Master Gu had been working out since childhood and had specifically learned boxing.
The boys felt embarrassed after being beaten up. Being new students, they were afraid of losing face and didn’t dare report it to the school; the matter ended unresolved.
Gu Shiting naturally forgot to mention it.
