PPS Chapter 72

Chapter 72: The Welcome Gala

Chu Zhaoyi’s mood had been visibly low for several days, so much so that Professor Qin couldn’t bear to watch.

However, Gu Yusen’s attitude was too firm.

Professor Qin’s heart softened looking at the young man’s aggrieved and downcast appearance. What major mistake could this child have made? Lately, he had been constantly attacked on the forum!

And you still want to punish him!

“Xiao Gu, it’s like this, Xiao Chu passed the preliminary round of that competition, and the second round submission is next Friday, you have to let him practice a bit, right?”

“You also know, if he’s out of practice, it won’t be good. And this competition is so important, we can’t afford any mistakes.”

Chu Zhaoyi secretly glanced at Gu Yusen and nodded in agreement. He hadn’t painted for four days!

It was so boring!

“You can pick a piece from those two stacks of drawings Chu Zhaoyi did before, they should be usable. Besides, there are still a few days before next week, he can quickly create something new. Professor Qin, you trust your student, don’t you?” Gu Yusen’s heart was as hard as steel, absolutely unyielding.

“Can’t use, can’t use,” Chu Zhaoyi shook his head.

“The ones I drew before are all so ugly.”

Gu Yusen was amused by Chu Zhaoyi’s behavior: “Chu Zhaoyi, what did you promise me? Are you being disobedient!”

Chu Zhaoyi drooped upon hearing this, his toes kicking at the small pieces of paper on the ground.

Professor Qin gave Chu Zhaoyi a helpless look, deciding to give up.

No matter how much the two struggled, Gu Yusen wouldn’t budge. Later, he felt it wasn’t enough, so he made Chu Zhaoyi watch an hour of legal education programs every night.

Chu Zhaoyi would doze off while listening.

This Friday was the welcome gala, and Gu Yusen, as an outstanding student representative, was pushed onto the stage to give a speech and was also forced to perform a piano piece.

Chu Zhaoyi was dragged around by Gu Yusen for the whole afternoon. With the welcome gala about to start, Gu Yusen didn’t have time to look after him, so he told the boy to find Zhang Haoyu to stay with.

His class was seated near the front, and as soon as he arrived, he saw Zhang Haoyu grinning broadly and waving at him.

“Zhaoyi! Over here!”

Chu Zhaoyi was focused on the head of red hair that was too conspicuous, and people passing by couldn’t help but glance at him a few times, and immediately recognized that this person was the one who was being scolded badly in the posts during this time.

“He’s Chu Zhaoyi, damn, he’s too handsome.”

“I thought the photos in the post were photoshopped. I was thinking, why bother photoshopping when you’re trying to slander someone, that’s kind of you. I didn’t expect the ones on the forum were even unflattering by comparison.”

“Wait, wait, his beauty has blinded my conscience. Am I forgiving him too easily and spoiling him?”

Chu Zhaoyi’s arrival caused a commotion.

The person in question didn’t feel anything at all. These days, going to school every day, he was most used to ignoring, ignoring unimportant sounds and gazes.

Chu Zhaoyi followed the path to find Zhang Haoyu and sat down in the seat next to him.

Zhang Haoyu seemed to be carefree, but he also had some EQ. He deliberately separated Xie Haoran and Chu Zhaoyi, not letting these two sit together.

But Xie Haoran wasn’t in his seat either. He was popular and had good relationships with various department heads in the student union. He was probably backstage right now.

“Zhaoyi, will Brother Gu be giving a speech on stage later?” Zhang Haoyu leaned close to Chu Zhaoyi to talk, while Li Yu, sitting on his other side, leaned unhappily in his chair, playing on his phone.

“Yeah,” Chu Zhaoyi nodded.

“Brother Gu is really awesome, no wonder he’s a student representative,” Zhang Haoyu exclaimed. He wasn’t a local and originally didn’t know much about Gu Yusen, but in this past month, he had heard countless stories of Gu Yusen’s glorious achievements, none of them repeating.

Plus, Gu Yusen was always so good-tempered, different from the young masters he had met, and different from Xie Haoran, who put on airs.

He admired Gu Yusen even more.

Chu Zhaoyi nodded, not very energetic.

Zhang Haoyu knew Chu Zhaoyi’s personality and didn’t force him to chat. It wasn’t until the gala officially started that Gu Yusen walked onto the stage in formal attire.

There was an uproar below the stage, even louder than when the president of the university gave his speech just now.

Gu Yusen usually liked to wear simple clothes, which made him look more sunny and youthful. But at this moment, Gu Yusen in a suit stood straight on the stage, his two long legs particularly eye-catching. The suit seemed to instantly eliminate his inherent approachability, carrying a sense of aloof detachment when he wasn’t smiling.

For the first time, Zhang Haoyu had a real sense of Gu Yusen’s identity.

So this was the heir raised by a large family.

Chu Zhaoyi was originally resting with his eyes closed, but when he heard Gu Yusen’s voice, he opened his eyes and met Gu Yusen’s gaze.

The aloof, detached heir’s eyes were filled with subtle smiles and tenderness.

Chu Zhaoyi looked at the shining Gu Yusen on the stage.

His eyebrows curved slightly.

It’s Brother Sanmu.