After traveling through the book, I conquered the male protagonist Long Aotian!

[Warm reminder: The timeline of this chapter is when Gu Qingze did not travel through the book and was in school.]

Gu Qingze was the first to arrive in the classroom as usual. He opened his exercise book and started doing exercises that the teacher had not assigned but that he was very interested in.

His attention was always on the unsolved math problem, but he vaguely felt that the noise around him was getting louder and louder, which should be because people kept coming into the classroom.

"Student Gu."

Gu Qingze suddenly heard someone calling him, so he subconsciously raised his head.

What caught his eye was a sweet and lovely girl, who was looking at him with a smile, holding a pile of homework books in her hands.

It’s Ye Li, the English class representative of their class.

"Student Gu, it's time to hand in yesterday's English homework."

Seeing his dazed look, Ye Li reminded him helplessly.

Maybe it was because she was from the South and transferred here. Although she was speaking seriously, her voice was soft and had a hint of coquettishness.

"Yes."

Gu Qingze finally came to his senses and handed her the English homework book from the drawer.

"Student Gu...are you interested in the field of radio?"

Ye Li was originally going to accept another classmate, but seemed to have seen something and said in surprise.

"Why do you say that?"

Gu Qingze was a little surprised. He was indeed interested in this aspect, but why did Ye Li know about it?

“Because of this!”

Ye Li temporarily placed the workbook he was holding on his desk, and then he finally freed his hands and lightly tapped with his fingertips on a corner of the page in Gu Qingze's exercise book.

Gu Qingze looked in the direction she pointed and found the number "73" written there. He had written it casually when he was bored and couldn't solve the last math problem.

If you don't look carefully, it can easily be confused with other mathematical content, so Ye Li is really very careful to observe this.

“What if this ‘73’ is just an ordinary number and has no meaning?”

Gu Qingze looked at Ye Li curiously, waiting for her answer.

"Well... that's a possibility, like making a draft in the blank space, but if it's Gu, I always feel like there's some intention behind it."

Ye Li thought for a moment and said seriously.

"Bingo! Ye Li guessed right. I really like reading about radio recently. I have to say that Ye Li's intuition is really accurate."

Gu Qingze sighed.

"But, does Ye Li know a lot about radio?"

“I don’t really know much about it, but when the word ‘73’ came out, I subconsciously thought of it.”

“Sending you the best wishes.”

Gu Qingze and Ye Li said it in unison, and then were surprised at each other's tacit understanding.

"...In that case, classmate Ye Li, 73 (sends you the best wishes)."

Gu Qingze said sincerely, breaking the deadlock first.

He said this with a smile, and his eyes seemed to be filled with a pool of spring water. Ye Li inexplicably felt like he was going to drown in them.

Ye Li's heartbeat slowed down a beat. This was an unprecedented experience. She blinked and said with a smile.

"Student Gu, 73 (I send you the same good wishes)."

Then, he picked up the pile of homework books again, ran to the next classmate as if he was fleeing, and urged him to hand in his homework.

Gu Qingze looked at her back as she left, then looked at the clock hanging on the classroom wall. It was almost time for morning reading.

No wonder Ye Li left in such a hurry, it turned out that his English homework had not been collected yet and time was running out.

Today's morning reading was to recite the English passage learned yesterday. Although he had memorized it long ago, Gu Qingze still opened it again and reviewed it.

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"Niannian, tell me, why do other students in the class seem to be so disgusted with Gu Qingze? I think he is... a good guy."

Finally, when Ye Li was having lunch in the cafeteria, she looked at her best friend Lin Niannian and couldn't help but ask.

Because she transferred to another school midway, she didn't know much about the situation in the class.

"Huh, are we rejecting him? He is rejecting us."

Lin Niannian snorted coldly.

"In fact, at the beginning, many classmates were willing to make friends with him, and some even liked his face and wanted to be his girlfriend."

"Then why..."

"To become friends, you need to spend time cultivating this relationship. He refused to go out to play during breaks, and he would say he had to study and asked us not to disturb him. Over time, we stopped bothering each other and kept our distance."

"To be honest, he does look good. He is definitely good enough to be an idol. Even if he is not good at singing or dancing, he can still gain a lot of popularity just by relying on his looks... In fact, I wanted to pursue him at the beginning."

Ye Li was speechless. She finally understood why Lin Niannian was so dissatisfied. Was she humiliated in front of classmate Gu?

Also, Lin Niannian must have been chasing stars again recently...

How could Mr. Gu become an idol? His academic performance is so good, he will definitely develop in the field of scientific research in the future.

"We are not rejecting him. It's just not the right time yet. When the exam is approaching, many people will ask him questions. After all, Gu Qingze seems to be only interested in studying."

Lin Niannian thought for a moment and added another sentence.

"Why? Are you in love with him?"

“.....No…No.”

Seeing Ye Li stuttering and speaking incoherently, with his face strangely flushed, Lin Niannian knew the answer. She sighed and patted him on the shoulder.

"Alas, beauty is a deception. You will give up on him in a few days."

At that time, Ye Li didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but it didn't take long for her to completely understand it.

Every day, under the pretext of collecting and sending homework, Ye Li would take the opportunity to chat with Gu Qingze.

In order to have more common topics with him, I even studied hard even those obscure parts, although I originally only had a rough understanding of radio.

Her studies were already very stressful, and she also had to take time out to learn these things. During that period, Ye Li even had dark circles under her eyes.

However, when she saw the gentle smile Gu Qingze unconsciously showed to her while they were talking, she felt it was worth it.

Lin Niannian looked at her with sympathy as she looked so worthless.

"I mean, it's been a while since you've gotten eight hours of sleep. It's not necessary."

"Niannian, do you feel that my relationship with classmate Gu has become closer?"

Ye Li looked at Lin Niannian in front of him seriously, wanting to find some answers from her to prove that his hard work was not in vain.

"No, Gu Qingze treats everyone like this. Anyone who asks questions will be treated like this by him."

Lin Niannian shook her head, breaking her fantasy.

"Just a reminder, if you want to pursue Gu Qingze, you can't treat him the same way you treat ordinary people. Things like becoming friends first and then improving the relationship won't work. Otherwise, he will think from a friend's perspective in all his future actions."

"Ah...really? Nian Nian seems to understand it very well."

Ye Li said as if he understood.

"Because I was forced to be friends with him for three months. I clearly wanted to pursue him, but later on, even though I expressed my love so clearly, he still thought... Never mind. Let's not talk about it."

Lin Niannian seemed to regard it as a dark history and refused to mention it again no matter what.

"I have chased so many people and never failed once, but he..."

Ye Li could see that Lin Niannian still remembered this matter, but she didn't have time to pay attention to it now.

What Nian Nian said makes sense. You cannot be friends with someone you like. You should say it out loud. There are only two results if you say it out loud: acceptance or rejection.

It's no use being neither here nor there. It makes her restless and she can't study well.

Ye Li secretly made up his mind that he must speak it out.

But even though she thought so in her heart, she was defeated when she saw Gu Qingze in person.

"Student Gu... do you know "73"?"

Ye Li hesitated, and finally spoke implicitly.

"Yes, doesn't Mr. Ye know that too?"

Gu Qingze still looked at her with a smile, so gentle as if he would tolerate her no matter what mistakes she made.

Looking at his smile, Ye Li seemed to have gathered up some courage and unconsciously clenched his fists slightly.

"I'm not talking about this, but another meaning of "73"..."

Ye Li looked at him expectantly. Student Gu has seen so much, he must know it.

"73" also has a code word called "I love you".

Gu Qingze thought for a moment and showed an understanding expression.

"Thank you for the blessing, classmate Ye Li. I also wish you "73"! Especially during the exams!"

Ye Li couldn't help but sigh. When Gu said that, it was certain that he didn't understand what she meant. But in the current situation, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing to explain?

So, she collected the homework on Gu Qingze's desk as usual, and walked away quietly to collect the homework of the next classmate.

"Still not working?"

Lin Niannian saw that her best friend had been distressed for the whole morning and interrupted her reluctantly.

"Ah, you too. I think it's normal for Gu Qingze to misunderstand this time. The number '73' has many meanings. You were lucky enough to guess that it meant radio communication."

"Combined with what you repeated to me before, I think Gu Qingze understood it as meaning career and academics."

"Does 73 also have any meaning in career or studies?"

Ye Li widened his eyes, looking incredulous.

"Yes, in this context, '73' means 'lucky'. Plus, it's exam week. If someone said that to me, I would misunderstand it too."

After Lin Niannian finished speaking, she added another sentence.

"My dad is in business and he kind of believes in this, so I know."

"Thank you Nian Nian for your advice. It was indeed my fault this time. I will definitely do something more obvious next time."

Ye Li cheered up again.

But then I tried again and again, again and again...

She then realized that it was not her problem, but that Gu Qingze was just... as if there was something missing in his head.

"Ye Zi, why are you worrying so much? Just go ahead and say it's nothing."

Lin Niannian said unconvincingly.

"In fact, he always treated me as a friend. In the end, I couldn't stand it anymore. With a desperate mentality, I confessed to him directly. But he rejected me and said that he should focus on his studies."

"In fact, after I finished speaking, I knew from his reaction that he must have been thinking about how to reject me tactfully and without hurting my feelings."

"You know what? Apart from feeling a little uncomfortable at the beginning, I felt like I had unloaded a burden afterwards. I felt relieved. So let's go."

Lin Niannian didn't want to talk about her own dark history. After all, it was the first time she was rejected. She had been in the sex industry and could say that basically no man she liked had rejected her, so she felt it was a shame.

However, seeing Ye Li so disappointed, Lin Niannian gritted her teeth and finally decided to tell it out in order to comfort her best friend and make her happier.

"After classmate Gu knew your feelings, did he deliberately avoid you?"

In fact, what Ye Li feared the most was this. She was afraid that after Gu knew about it, he would do something to make her sad, so she had always expressed her feelings in a tactful way, because only in this way could she have the option of regretting and making a roundabout choice.

"No, his train of thought is really weird. He knew I liked him at that time, but he still treated me the same as always. It was as if he foolishly thought that as long as he rejected me, we could still be friends."

"In the end, I couldn't stand the torture any more, so I tried to avoid him. He seemed to notice it, and apart from necessary homework, we had almost no contact. You know, you can't be friends with someone you like."

Lin Niannian smiled slightly, "But feelings can be diluted. Now when I think back on it, I feel like I was so stupid back then."

Ye Li nodded, and after putting his worries aside, he decided to seriously confess his feelings to Gu Qingze, regardless of success or failure.

"What do you think about confessing your feelings on his birthday?"

"That's great, sister. I support you."

Lin Niannian encouraged.

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(Continued from Chapter 110 Extra: Gu Qingze’s Past (3))

As a result, Ye Li was inexplicably scolded by Gu Qingze.

What a coward! I still didn't say it out loud.

At this moment, Shen Yichen appeared. He patted Ye Li on the shoulder, completely disregarding the safe distance, and whispered something in her ear. [The chapters where Shen Yichen appeared are the extra chapters of chapters 108, 109, and 110. If you don't remember, you can go back and watch them.]

It was those words that made Ye Li tense up and look at him with fear.

"madman!"