234 Mr and Mrs Gu
“I didn’t know it could be this fun, “Yoona said with a laugh. When she felt a little dizzy, he stopped without saying anything. She paused the moving swing with her feet and turned her head to look at him. “Gu Shangyan?”
“Hmm?”
“Thank you, “Yoona whispered.
“For?” Gu Shangyan asked.
“Just thank you, “Yoona said with a smile.
“Then, I have to say something to you too, “Gu Shangyan replied. “I’m sorry.”
“For?” Yoona raised her brow.
Gu Shangyan didn’t know what to say and he said, “Just I’m sorry.”
“Apology taken, “Yoona smiled. “Now tell me, do you have some cool books in your collections?”
“Hmmm….I don’t know but I recently got a book. It’s a fiction about a spy and set in the first world war era, “Gu Shangyan replied.
“Oh my god, will you show it to me?” Yoona asked him.
“Follow me, “Gu Shangyan said and she followed him.
Currently, they were sitting on the floor of his room, their heads buried in the book placed on the cushion on the ground.
“I’m telling you that the book has a sad ending. It has this aura that says I’m going to break your heart, “Yoona whispered as she turned the page.
“Then, should we not read it?” Gu Shangyan asked her.
“To protect our hearts, we shouldn’t, “Yoona replied. “But I have a thing for tragedy. Even if I have to bawl for a week straight, I will not leave this book unfinished.” She looked at him and sighed. “Although I love to read tragedies, I can’t take in all at the same time. Let’s read one chapter a day. We finished one chapter already. Let’s finish second tomorrow and it has fifty chapters.”
Gu Shangyan nodded his head. “Do you go to the library daily?”
Yoona bit her lips and lowered her head. “I didn’t go back to the library again. I just can’t …”
“How about this? We have a huge library department in our school and it’s open to all the high school students. All you have to do is get the card. If you want, I can ask Auntie Yanyan to get you a card. You can always go there to read or study, “Gu Shangyan suggested.
“What kind of school allows students of other schools to enter their library?” Yoona couldn’t help but ask him.
“Actually, the library works as a public library but it’s only for high school students, “Gu Shangyan told her. “It’s a huge library. We have two libraries in school. The big one and the one that is strictly for students and teachers of the school. You will know what I’m saying once you visit the library.”
“If the library is that good, why do you visit the other library?” Yoona couldn’t help but ask.
“If I go to that library, I will be swarmed by the students asking me for notes, “Gu Shangyan sighed.
Yoona giggled. “Are you like a school celebrity?”
Gu Shangyan shrugged. “Maybe.”
“Shangyan, arrogance is a vice, “Yoona poked his cheek with her finger.
He paused when her finger touched her cheek. When she realised what she did, she turned her head in embarrassment.
“How will Mrs Gu help me with the library card?” Yoona asked later. She believed that since it was attached to a school, it would be after other libraries. She was just scared. What he said didn’t sound bad. If she could visit that library, it would be so nice.
“She donated that library to the school, “Gu Shangyan said.
“She is really nice, “Yoona gasped. “I wish all businessmen are philanthropist.”
Gu Shangyan rolled his eyes. “That’s not being nice, it’s called being a good businesswoman. Most businessmen do philanthropy because they get tax rebates and other incentives. It’s free advertisement for companies.”
Yoona grumbled. “How could you say this?”
“Auntie and Uncle told me this, “Gu Shangyan shrugged.
Yoona took deep breaths and then said, “Even if they said this, you can’t say this out loud.”
“Why not?” Gu Shangyan frowned. “I thought people appreciate truth.”
“Mr Gu, people appreciate sweet lies over bitter truth, “Yoona smiled.
“Hah, people are so troublesome, “Gu Shangyan sighed.
Yoona looked around his room. She saw that one wall was filled with his certificates and trophies. There was a huge picture of a couple holding a baby on the wall. The same couple could be seen on a photo frame on his desk. In the second picture, the beautiful woman was smiling at the camera while the handsome man was kissing her cheek.
“Who are they?” Yoona asked.
Gu Shangyan’s eyes softened as he looked at the picture and said, “That’s my mama and papa.”
Yoona blinked her eyes. “Then, who is Mr and Mrs Gu?”
“They are Mr and Mrs Gu too, “Gu Shangyan said. “The couple you say downstairs is my Uncle and his wife.”
“I thought they were your parents, “Yoona said.
“They are, “Gu Shangyan said. To not make her more confused, he further said, “I was very young when my mom died and left the world. It was my uncle who raised me. Although I call him uncle, he is the only father I grew up with. And Auntie Yanyan is like a mother to me. They don’t treat me as their son, they say I’m their son.”
“So, An Xiulan and Lu Xuan?” Yoona asked. The family relations were getting complex for her to name. “An Xiulan and Lu Xuan are Auntie Yanyan’s kids with her first husband. Lu Xuan took his father’s surname and An Xiulan got her surname from her mom.”
“You are very lucky to have a loving brother and sister, “Yoona smiled. “I’m really envious of you. I don’t have a sibling. But I have a lot of cousins from my father’s side but none of them like me. Instead of getting sabotaged by them, I stay alone. One of the reasons I hate China is that I had to face them and they always have more complaints each time we meet.”
“They sound like jerks, “Gu Shangyan said with a straight face.
“They are jerks, “Yoona replied.