Huo Ting's eyes remained on her face for a long time.
Gu Jiu seemed unaware. He walked steadily and skillfully up the stairs to the second floor and sat down by the window.
The scenery outside the window is very beautiful. You can see the quiet and peaceful alley and the flowers, plants and trees planted in the alley.
It was early spring, and the plants in the alley had just sprouted, not very lush. The winding alley, the wet bluestone, and the people hurrying through the alley in the cold spring weather disappeared at the end, making the whole picture full of poetry.
Before Gu Jiu's eyesight deteriorated, she liked to sit here and leisurely have afternoon tea while enjoying the scenery of the alley.
When Gu Jiu sat down, several cats quickly jumped into her arms and occupied the space on her thighs.
Gu Jiu petted an orange cat for a few times, then put the untied scarf aside. Since the heating in the Qingzhu House was turned on very high, he also took off his coat.
Under the coat was a high-necked wool sweater, which was very close-fitting and outlined her slim figure.
Huo Ting sat opposite her.
The girl opposite me has delicate features and an elegant and gentle temperament. Just sitting there she is like a painting, just like the most beautiful person in my memory.
He said, "It rained in Shanghai this morning. The weather is very cold. You should wear more clothes."
Both his expression and tone were as natural as if he were meeting old friends.
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Have you forgotten that I am already a B-level player? This bit of severe cold is nothing."
The physique of a B-level player is comparable to that of a superman. If she wasn't afraid of being considered a psychopath when going out wearing too little, she felt that it would be fine for her to go out in a skirt with a thin windbreaker.
Huo Ting was stunned for a moment and said nothing more.
Apparently, he had forgotten this just now and was just caring about her and reminding her out of habit.
Soon after the two sat down, Zhang Jingyi personally came over with coffee and small cakes.
Gu Jiu’s coffee was brewed by Zhang Jingyi herself, with cat latte art on it, and the air was filled with the unique aroma of coffee.
Huo Ting was given boiled water. He didn't like coffee, tea, cigarettes, or alcohol, which would affect his brain's judgment. He always lived a self-disciplined and rigorous life, which always made people who knew his identity feel incredible.
Zhang Jingyi did not disturb the two of them and left after delivering the things.
The other cats that didn't get petted by Gu Jiu meowed as if they were acting coquettishly. Soft and furry little animals are always irresistible.
Gu Jiu doted on them all, with a smile on his face, and he seemed to be in a very happy mood.
Huo Ting looked at her quietly for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Ajiu, your eyes..."
When I met Gu Jiu in the game world, she was wearing glasses but her vision was normal. But now, although she behaved like a normal person, no matter what she looked at, her vision was not focused, just like a blind person, no matter how normal she behaved, perceptive people could still see the clues.
Gu Jiu said calmly: "Just like what you can see, in the real world, my eyes are almost blind."
"Then..." His heart tightened.
"Don't worry, my eyesight will recover when I become an S-level player." Gu Jiu smiled at him, indicating that he didn't need to feel sad for himself.
Huo Ting's tense heart relaxed. He picked up the boiled water on the table and took a sip, then began to think about what to say.
Before he could speak, he heard Gu Jiu say, "Huo Ting, thank you."
He was stunned, a little puzzled, "Thank me for what?"
"Thank you for everything." Gu Jiu looked straight at him. Although she couldn't see him, she still looked him in the eye politely. "You also know the grudge between me and Chen Zhiru. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid something would have happened to the Gu family long ago."
Chen Zhiru became a player of Zhutian Game a year and a half ago.
A year and a half is enough time for her to do something. With the means of a player, it is easy to deal with ordinary people. If Chen Zhiru really wants to do it, something bad will happen to the Gu family, and it will be impossible to prevent it.
What Gu Jiu cares about most is the Gu family. They are her family. She doesn’t want to see anything happen to anyone of them, and even the slightest harm to them is unbearable for her.
Huo Ting did not take credit for it. "It's nothing. Players' home turf should be the game world, not the real world. Players' methods should not be used on ordinary people in the real world." After a pause, he continued, "The same goes for you."
If Gu Jiu used the player's methods on ordinary people, no matter what the reason was, he would stop her.
Gu Jiu smiled, her eyes and brows relaxed, looking exceptionally gentle and beautiful, which made Huo Ting's heart beat fast. He picked up the boiled water again and took a sip to suppress the strange emotions in his heart.
He knew he had no chance, so he couldn't indulge in this throbbing feeling.
"How did you know that Chen Zhiru was a player?" Gu Jiu asked curiously, "I don't think that with her ability, she could have allowed you two to meet in the game world."
Between her words, she did not hide her disdain for Chen Zhiru at all.
Huo Ting said: "She told me when she went to Beijing."
In fact, the process of knowing that Chen Zhiru is a player is really simple.
Chen Zhiru is not an outstanding person and has an average IQ. When she first entered the game world, she was almost scared to death. Fortunately, the first game world was very simple and there were powerful players who helped her pass the level. She followed other players and won easily, successfully passing the test of the first game and officially becoming a player in the Zhutian game world.
Maybe she was frightened in the game world, so after leaving the game world, she ran from Hai City to Jing City to find Huo Ting as soon as possible.
Why look for Huo Ting
Of course it was because Huo Ting was the object of her secret crush and the most powerful person she knew.
A prince born in a compound in Beijing, an absolute third-generation power holder, a leader of the younger generation... Many halos can be bestowed upon him, an existence that ordinary people will never be able to access in several lifetimes.
If the Gu family and the Huo family were not old friends, and Huo Ting and Gu Jiu had not grown up together, with Chen Zhiru's identity, she would not have been qualified to know him, or even to get to know him or love him.
After Chen Zhiru came out of the game world, she was on the verge of mental collapse. She just wanted to find a spiritual sustenance, so she rashly went to Beijing to find Huo Ting and told him her identity as a player, hoping to get support from him. In her heart, she also felt that the unscientific existence of players was beyond the cognition of ordinary people. With Huo Ting's identity, if he knew the existence of players and the Zhutian game world, he would definitely take action.
This is why she went to find Huo Ting.
Of course, it was also because Huo Ting herself was a player that she was able to confess so smoothly, otherwise the world rules alone would have silenced her.
Gu Jiu commented: "She can really do this kind of thing."
It’s almost as if to say bluntly that Chen Zhiru is a fool.
"I guess you helped her a lot to become a B-level player, right?" Gu Jiu asked with a smile, but his expression was firm.
In fact, Chen Zhiru is not as stupid as she says, otherwise even with Huo Ting's help, she would not be able to survive in the game world and successfully become a B-level player. This may also be due to her fighting for love.
But in the eyes of the eldest lady, she is just considered stupid.
Huo Ting nodded and said calmly: "As far as I know, there are only three players in our world."
Gu Jiu had already guessed this. Because there were too few players, even if Chen Zhiru was not satisfactory, Huo Ting still chose to help her and let her grow.
"You also know that the methods used by players are a disaster for ordinary people. I don't want our world to become dangerous because of players." Huo Ting's tone became solemn. "Not only local players, but also players from other worlds. I don't want players from other worlds to come to our world one day to do anything."
Gu Jiu stroked the cat in his arms and didn't say anything.
"S-level players can travel freely into other players' worlds. You should know that, right?"
Gu Jiu hummed.
"So I don't want to see an S-level player come to our world one day, but because our number of players is too small and their levels are too low, we can only watch helplessly as those S-level players do nothing to our world..."
The lethality of an S-level player is no joke, it is enough to destroy a world.
Huo Ting finished speaking and looked at her quietly.
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "I understand what you mean, Huo Ting, you haven't changed."
A smile appeared on Huo Ting's face. This was the girl he liked because she always understood what he wanted to do.
As a prince born in a Beijing compound, he not only has a noble status, but also has been influenced by his family elders and has a big picture perspective. In his heart, the country is the most important. After he became a player and learned about the Zhutian game and the game world, he had another important thing in his heart, which was to protect the world they were born in.
In fact, Gu Jiu really admires Huo Ting's character.
Because she felt very secure, even though she couldn't respond to Huo Ting, she wouldn't do anything to hurt his feelings.
Huo Ting said sincerely: "I'm very happy that you have become a player. Your strength is very good." He even felt that maybe Gu Jiu would become an S-level player earlier than him.
Gu Jiu accepted his praise naturally and said as a matter of course: "Then you have to keep working hard. Maybe I will really surpass you soon. Otherwise, just ignore Chen Zhiru and work hard to improve your strength. Don't bother staying at level B for her."
She really didn't want to see Huo Ting wasting time and effort on a fool, especially a fool she didn't like.
Huo Ting paused and said tactfully: "I can only help her in the low-level field. When I reach the A-level field in the future, I really can't help her at all." Even if Gu Jiu is not a player, he will not blindly help Chen Zhiru. It all depends on Chen Zhiru's own luck.
Gu Jiu smiled slightly and said nothing more.
Although she was too lazy to pay attention to Chen Zhiru, she was still very happy to see that she was not doing well.
After talking for a while, Gu Jiu picked up the small cake on the table.
Huo Ting watched her eat quietly, and suddenly asked: "Ajiu, if I hadn't lost contact with you in the past two years because I became a player, would you..."
When he became a player, Gu Jiu was not yet an adult, so naturally he would not take the initiative to find her to explain anything.
He was three years older than Gu Jiu, and he always thought that he could wait until she came of age and be with her. But he didn't know that plans were not as fast as changes. At the age of 21, he suddenly became a player and entered the dangerous game world to complete tasks. His life gradually deviated from that of an ordinary person. Every time he returned to the real world, he felt a trance.
Players are different from ordinary people, and they gradually distance themselves from ordinary people. One day, they even find that they can no longer stay in a world full of ordinary people. In the end, they choose to leave the real world and stay in the Boundless City for a long time.
Fortunately, Huo Ting had too many things in his heart and he couldn't give up the real world.
"No!" Gu Jiu answered him affirmatively.
"Why?"
"Because your appearance doesn't meet my aesthetic standards."
"… "
Huo Ting pressed his forehead, "Because you like girls? Girls are your aesthetic?" He really didn't know that Gu Jiu liked girls before.
"Of course not!" Gu Jiu refuted again, "Before I met Ah Ji, my sexual orientation was quite normal. After I met Ah Ji, I felt that I was gay. Of course, I am not gay, but because I met that person, if he is a man, I am straight, and if he is a woman, I am gay."
Huo Ting: "...You make it a bit complicated."
He felt a little bitter. She said so much just to tell him that she liked Lu Ji, simply because that man was Lu Ji.
Gu Jiu coughed lightly and said, "Huo Ting, since we grew up together, I'll tell you a secret."
"What?"
"Aji is a man!"
Huo Ting: “…”
After a while, Huo Ting finally confirmed that he had heard it correctly, but he didn't know what to say anymore.
He asked with some difficulty: "Why does he dress up as a girl? Oh, he is an adult, right?"
Very good, he is indeed a man with upright values. The first thing he would think of is whether Gu Jiu has done anything to minors.
Gu Jiu said: "Of course he likes to dress up as a girl. To use the words on the Internet, he is a crossdresser. I like him dressing like this. Also, he is an adult, don't worry."
Not only has he grown up, but a certain giant monster has also grown up.
Huo Ting didn't know what to say. Being heartbroken before he even started dating was a blow to him, but not to the point of wanting to die. He couldn't secretly wait for them to break up or interfere in a despicable way... He couldn't do these things.
But for a long time in the future, he probably won’t be able to fall in love with another girl.
He took a deep breath and said, "Ajiu, he is a player from another world. You can only meet him in Wujie City. Will it be..."
"No." Gu Jiu said with a smile, "Maybe he will appear in the real world the next moment."
Huo Ting: “…” Could it be that falling in love really makes people so blind that they develop some unrealistic fantasies
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