Chapter 6: Let Go of That Boy! Join the Bookmark Vote

Tang Xin held onto Tang Xiao, insisting on dragging him home.

The small grove was only a short distance away, but it wasn’t secluded.

In the distance, the classmates on the playground were all looking in Tang Xiao’s direction.

Although they couldn’t hear what the two were saying, seeing them tugging at each other left them stunned.

“What the hell! Is the situation this intense?” Liu Zihao exclaimed, wide-eyed.

Xia Yuxi kept her eyes on Tang Xiao, her heart was in her throat.

In the grove, Tang Xiao and Tang Xin were still pulling at each other.

“Let go of that boy!” a girl’s voice called out.

Tang Xiao and Tang Xin turned to the side at the same time.

A spirited girl was standing on the school wall.

It was actually Gu Xiaoxi!

She was wearing a short-sleeved white shirt and a gray pleated skirt, youthful and vibrant.

Gu Xiaoxi jumped down from the wall and stood in front of Tang Xiao.

Holding a sword, she protected Tang Xiao behind her.

“You wicked woman! Under the bright sun, you dare to forcefully take a man!”

Gu Xiaoxi drew her sword and pointed it at Tang Xin.

This scene shocked everyone once again.

What the heck is happening here?

Where did this female hero come from?

“Who are you?” Tang Xin frowned.

“I’m someone you can’t mess with!” Gu Xiaoxi replied coolly.

Tang Xiao was also taken aback by Gu Xiaoxi’s boldness: “What are you doing at our school? What kind of act is this?”

Gu Xiaoxi attended the first high school, while Tang Xiao was from the second high school.

Wow, Gu Xiaoxi actually climbed over the wall to get in.

Ignoring everyone else, Gu Xiaoxi asked Tang Xiao, “What class do you have now?”

“PE class.”

“Great! Perfect. Come with me! I’ll take you away from here.”

“Huh?”

“Quick! If you don’t leave now, you won’t be able to!”

Gu Xiaoxi, holding the sword in one hand and pulling Tang Xiao with the other, rushed toward the school gate.

Gu Xiaoxi was strong from practicing sports, and Tang Xiao, being too weak, was really being dragged along.

Seeing Tang Xiao being pulled away, Tang Xin panicked.

“Tang Xiao! Tonight is Zijian’s birthday! Are you coming or not?”

Tang Xiao turned his head and clearly and firmly uttered one word.

“Get lost!”

Then he ran off with Gu Xiaoxi without looking back.

Leaving Tang Xin alone in confusion.

Coincidentally, at that moment, the principal was driving in, just halfway through the gate.

The school gate was open.

As Tang Xiao was dragged out through the school entrance, he made eye contact with the principal in the car.

This scene was quite awkward.

It was still more than ten minutes until school ended; Tang Xiao was skipping class.

As the second in the grade, the principal certainly recognized him.

“￥……%*&￥”

The principal hadn’t even rolled down the window before starting to scold him, but Tang Xiao couldn’t hear.

But it must have been quite harsh.

Tang Xiao felt helpless and couldn’t explain himself.

“I still have more than ten minutes until class ends, and now I’m skipping class.”

Tang Xiao was taken away by Gu Xiaoxi.

This scene was witnessed by the classmates.

“Who is this female hero?”

Liu Zihao, Li Jia, and Xia Yuxi were all dumbfounded.

Especially the school beauty, Xia Yuxi.

No one noticed that Xia Yuxi was so tense she was about to bite her back teeth to pieces.

…

Gu Xiaoxi dragged Tang Xiao and ran for several miles.

“I… I can’t… let’s rest for a bit…”

Tang Xiao leaned against the wall, gasping for breath.

Only then did Gu Xiaoxi stop.

“You should be fine now. You’re so weak; is that all you can handle?”

Tang Xiao finally got enough rest.

“You’re the weak one. Why did you come to find me?”

“Today is your birthday, so I came to help you celebrate.”

“Is that all? Grandma told us to come home early to celebrate together.”

“That’s for everyone to celebrate with you. We haven’t celebrated our birthdays together for two years. Come on, treat me to barbecue, and consider it my treat to you.”

“?”

“Why are you daydreaming? Let’s go.”

Under the setting sun, on the street.

Gu Xiaoxi, with her sword on her back, held Tang Xiao’s hand and strode forward…

Originally, both Grandma and Grandpa Gu remembered that today was Tang Xiao’s birthday.

They wanted Tang Xiao to come home early for dinner together.

But Gu Xiaoxi wanted to celebrate Tang Xiao’s birthday alone with him.

So she came to find Tang Xiao right after school, wanting to have some fun before going home for dinner.

This is a common routine for many students.

Gu Xiaoxi had planned to wait until Tang Xiao finished school.

But from a distance, she saw Tang Xiao being entangled by a strange woman.

She didn’t know Tang Xin but could see that Tang Xiao was unhappy.

Gu Xiaoxi directly climbed over the wall and snatched Tang Xiao away.

She felt proud, thinking she had saved Tang Xiao.

As for the sword, Gu Xiaoxi had it with her from the last PE class at her school; she skipped class.

The sword was a sports equipment, and she hadn’t returned it, so she brought it along.

Thus, the earlier scene unfolded.

Knowing the backstory, Tang Xiao felt both amused and touched.

This girl was truly fierce.

But being around such a girl was really relaxed and enjoyable.

The barbecue stall was quite lively.

The two of them were sweating as they ate.

But Gu Xiaoxi was munching on some gluten, enjoying it immensely.

Before she even swallowed the gluten in her mouth, she asked, “Who was that girl just now?”

“My former sister, Tang Xin.”

“Ah?” Gu Xiaoxi was stunned. “I’m so sorry! I didn’t know that was your sister.”

Recalling how she had pointed her sword at Tang Xin and called her a wicked woman, she felt incredibly embarrassed.

Tang Xiao smiled.

“It’s okay, it’s fine.”

Tang Xiao felt a bit grateful to Gu Xiaoxi.

Given Tang Xin’s demeanor, he wouldn’t be able to escape for a while.

Gu Xiaoxi casually asked:

“Tang Xiao, you’ve been living with your real parents for two years; you must be doing well, right?”

“Um… it’s alright.”

“Then tell me about it.” Gu Xiaoxi insisted on getting Tang Xiao to talk.

Unable to refuse, Tang Xiao shared a small story.

“Once, my dad said he would take the whole family to the Maldives for a trip the next day.

I’ve never even left the province, let alone gone abroad. I was so excited I couldn’t sleep all night.”

“Wow! The Maldives! How is it? Is it fun?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know? How can you not know?”

“The next day, they didn’t call me; everyone went, even the dog at home. I was left alone at home.”

“Uh…”

Gu Xiaoxi, not particularly clever, didn’t know how to respond to Tang Xiao’s words, so she quickly changed the subject:

“What about your brother? He should treat you well; kids usually aren’t that bad.”

Gu Xiaoxi forgot that although Tang Zijian was Tang Xiao’s brother, they shared the same birthday.

“A couple of days ago, he framed me for ruining Dad’s books, and I got beaten by Dad and ended up in the hospital.”

“Uh…”

Gu Xiaoxi was once again at a loss for words.

This day was just too hard to talk about.

“What’s up with your family? It’s infuriating! I should have just slashed your sister with my sword!”

“Thanks, but I don’t want you to go in so early.”

Gu Xiaoxi was all fired up, cursing the Tang family for a long time.

“Tang Xiao, don’t go back! From now on, I’ll protect you!” Gu Xiaoxi patted her chest and said.

“Okay, I wasn’t planning to go back anyway.”

Gu Xiaoxi didn’t know how to comfort Tang Xiao, so she reluctantly handed him a skewer of chicken wings.

“You… you eat it.”

Tang Xiao smiled and pointed at the chicken leg in Gu Xiaoxi’s hand.

“Thanks. I want that one too.”

Gu Xiaoxi wasn’t having it: “Tang Xiao! You have no sense of boundaries!”