Chapter 124: Gu Yebai’s Observation Diary

School was about to end.

It was the last self-study period.

Gao Hongyi sat at her desk, her expression serious.

The other students in the classroom stole glances at her and quickly lowered their heads.

Gao Hongyi was the piano princess of this school, the secret crush of countless boys.

At this moment, she lowered her head writing something, probably pondering some profound life philosophy or something beyond the understanding of commoners.

The idol filter was maxed out.

Self-study class.

Outside the classroom, the school’s celebrities had also gathered, all peeking at Gao Hongyi.

But in reality, Gao Hongyi held a fountain pen, concentrating on a notebook.

That notebook was not for finance or math, nor for French notes or artistic self-exploration.

On the notebook, in Gao Hongyi’s elegant small-standard script, were seven big characters: Gu Yebai Observation Diary.

She tilted her head, the corner of her mouth curving into a sweet and gentle arc, her eyelashes lowered, as if immersed in some saccharine emotion.

7:30

Uncle Bai is eating breakfast.

Breakfast includes vegetable avocado salad, butter-fried Matsusaka beef, and plum rice.

He ate the vegetable salad for a long time and only touched the beef after my reminder.

He seems to prefer vegetables and isn’t very interested in meat.

‘That won’t do, Uncle Bai. You’ll become malnourished. I’ll have to tell him properly when I get home—he needs to eat more meat.’

‘If you don’t eat meat, you won’t have the strength to push me down later… Ah, I’m overthinking again. Why haven’t you touched me yet, Uncle Bai?’

8:02

After breakfast, Uncle Bai stood at the door.

He stared at the doorknob for several seconds.

His fingers twitched, then retracted.

‘…Could he be thinking of going out? That’s absolutely not allowed~’

‘I’ll stay quiet and just watch, to see if my naughty Uncle Bai dares to take a step out. If he really does, I’ll have to send him a warning message—don’t step out, be a good boy.’

8:05

He looked up at the camera under the living room chandelier.

His eyes were a bit evasive, like a little rascal caught red-handed, his ears turning red.

‘Hmph.’

‘Naughty Uncle Bai. If these eyes weren’t watching you, would you have slipped out already? The training isn’t thorough enough yet…’

‘When I get home, I’ll hold you and watch a movie together. I won’t let go until the movie ends. By the way, what movie is long enough?’

‘I’ll search Google for the longest movie in history. “The Way” is pretty good—a documentary directed by Peter Watkins, total length about 14 hours 33 minutes. During that time, he must hold me in his arms the entire time.’

9:06

Uncle Bai finally sat in front of the computer.

He started typing a novel.

‘That’s more like it~’

‘My Uncle Bai is the best. The thing he should be doing most is staying home and waiting for me to return. I’ll reward him when I get home.’

‘Kisses.’

‘I need to make him understand that only obedient behavior deserves all my tenderness.’

9:10

‘Isn’t he supposed to be writing a novel?’

‘Why did he start playing games?’

‘By the way, is this some old game?’

‘Why does the screen keep turning black and white?’

‘Forget it. Playing games is better than going out and messing with other women. Besides, he looks so cute when he plays!’

‘I love Uncle Bai the most!’

‘When I get home, I’ll ruffle his hair and tell him not to just play games—he has to play with me too.’

12:10….Uncle Bai had lunch. I noted it down.

He had Japanese food for lunch, looks pretty good.

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3:23

Uncle Bai, I’ll be home soon, I’ll see you soon.

The way you stood on the balcony looking into the distance was quite handsome.

Like a gloomy male lead in a Japanese drama, wind messing up his hair, his eyes empty.

‘I want to hug you from behind, bury my face in your neck, and smell the scent that belongs only to me.’

‘Does Uncle Bai prefer if I give birth to a boy or a girl?’

‘Or does he, like my mom, hope for one of each?’

‘But if we have children, will Uncle Bai transfer some of his love for me to them? I’ll get jealous!’

‘The person I love most must always be me!’

‘I’ll be home soon, Uncle Bai… I’m happy watching you today. From now on, we’ll be together forever and ever.’

She closed the notebook, her fingertip lightly drawing a circle on the cover.

Then with a red gel pen, she carefully wrote at the bottom of the last page: Gu Yebai & Gao Hongyi

And drew two red hearts, close together.

Sweet.

Just then, the school bell rang.

‘Ah, today’s classes are finally over, thank goodness…’

Gao Hongyi stood up and quickly walked out of the classroom.

Time was really hard to bear without Gu Yebai by her side.

‘I really hope Uncle Bai can enroll soon.’

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Gu Yebai stood in front of the balcony, looking out at the Bund.

Some people were walking dogs, some taking photos, some running… That runner had a really great figure.

‘A great body must be the reward for self-discipline. How nice. They have absolute control over their own lives.’

Wait, that looked like Bai Xialin.

Even from the 30th floor, Gu Yebai could more or less make out the girl downstairs—a high ponytail swinging sharply, skin glaringly white, a black tight sportswear wrapping her sleek figure as she ran along the Bund promenade.

‘She really is as free as the wind…’ His throat tightened, his eyes following that figure until it turned a corner and disappeared into the crowd.

Since his QQ and WeChat passwords, security questions, and phone verification codes were all controlled by Gao Hongyi, Gu Yebai specially created a secondary account to secretly tell Bai Xialin not to say anything incautious.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Fortunately, Bai Xialin was a sensible girl and deleted their previous chat history, so Hongyi probably wouldn’t find any clues.

Even the photos sent by [Yukino] were deleted, which was a bit of a shame.

‘Oh well, I’ll just behave myself from now on.’

‘I’ll cut off all relations with other members of the opposite sex, and even with the same sex, it’s best to be restrained.’

Whenever he closed his eyes, he couldn’t help but think of those pupils as gorgeous as rubies.

Even though when he usually saw them they were plain black, he always felt that Gao Hongyi should have a pair of red eyes…

‘That red, like blood, like fire, suffocating.’ ‘I’ve probably been watched by surveillance cameras all day today. From waking up to eating, from writing novels to playing games, from blankly staring at the balcony to… now.’

“Sigh.”

Gu Yebai didn’t smoke, but his fingers pretended to hold a lit cigarette.

He brought that invisible air cigarette to his lips and took a deep drag.

Then he exhaled.

The invisible smoke rings slowly dispersed in the air and soon disappeared.

On his phone screen, the time was now 3:32.

‘Hongyi will probably be home soon.’

Gu Yebai pinched his own cheeks.

He had to work hard to make a welcoming expression.

He pulled the corners of his mouth up and curved his eyes, practicing for several seconds.

This was really strange.

‘I clearly like her, don’t want to leave her, and deep down I realize that loving her is my duty and my most faithful instinct, so why do I feel so suffocated? It’s like something is slowly tightening around my chest, yet I can’t bear to break free. That oppression is like a tide, rising wave after wave, drowning up to my neck, yet it just won’t let me die.’

Just then, his phone suddenly rang.

Someone was calling.

Caller: Dad.

Gu Yebai paused his fingers and pressed the answer button.

“Hello, Dad?”

“Xiao Gu, the enrollment interview has been confirmed.”

“It’s the day after tomorrow.”

“At that time, you and Bai Xialin will go to the interview together.”

“Good luck, son!”