I Have Decided to Go Look for My Father

“That’s not true,” Gu Nian denied it reflexively.

Meeting the look coming from Gu Shao, Gu Xi bit her lip, struggled a little and finally said in a soft voice, “Maybe just a little.”

“I’m not anxious, just… …” Gu Xi thought about it some and said, “Nervous?”

The look in Gu Shao relaxed a little. He said to her, “There’s no need to be nervous, or anxious.

“When you start your new school, you can do what you want to do and what you think you should do. Get along well with your classmates but there is also no need to be too conscious of what others think of you. Do you understand?”

Was Gu Shao telling her how to adjust to her new environment?

Gu Shao was a little surprised. Then she heard Gu Shao carried on to say, “If you run into situations similar to what happened in your previous school and that you are not able to handle it yourself, you can always come and tell me. I will take care of it for you.”

Gu Shao’s voice was calm but, somehow, Gu Xi felt a warm feeling in her heart and her eyes sore as though there were something there.

Looking at the incredulous look on Gu Xi, Gu Shao’s heart sank a little: As much as Gu Xi had acted normally the entire time, it was obvious that her experiences at the Lin family had scarred her a lot over time. As such, she had very strong guard toward the outside world.

All she could ever think of when something arose was what she could do within her power to resolve the situation. And when it was a situation that she was unable to handle, she had learned to put up with it.

That should not be the case of a 14-year-old.

Gu Shao put down the document in his hand and walked over to Gu Xi. Stroking her over her head, he said to her, “I am your parent. It is my duty to do so.”

Gu Xi’s lips parted but she didn’t know what to say. She only looked at Gu Shao, dazed.

“Now go to bed.”

“Okay.” Gu Xi smiled at Gu Shao.

“Hehe.” This time she was smiling to cover up the redness around her eyes.

Gu Xi ran back into her room and buried herself under her blanket. She buried her face in the soft and slightly scented pillow. She rubbed her face against the pillow and also got rid of the droplets in her eyes.

***

The next day, Gu Shao declined a lecture at A University and driven Gu Xi to school in person. He brought her all the way to her new class teacher.

Gu Xi learned that her class teacher was Teacher Chen, the one who proctored her examinations the other day. She greeted her.

Gu Shao nodded at Teacher Chen with a “Thank you in advance” before he handed Gu Xi over to her.

“Don’t worry, Professor Gu. Gu Xi will be fine over here. We will notify you immediately should any issue arise,” said Teacher Chen.

After seeing Gu Shao off, Teacher Chen was very emotional when she looked over at Gu Xi.

– – She had fought hard to have Gu Xi assigned to her class.

Teacher Chen was very surprised by Gu Xi’s scores after the examinations the other day. As such, she approached the director of their grade to pro-actively ask to have Gu Xi assigned to her #7 class.

She had only thought of Gu Xi as a good student previously until she saw Gu Xi documents that had been transferred over the day before. She finally recalled who Gu Xi was when she saw Gu Xi’s records.

No wonder she thought “Lin Xi” sounded familiar. She was the #1 in the school across the street!

There had always been open and covert competitions between the top schools in City B. As such, the teachers over at this school was well aware of Liming High School’s competition results, scorings on standardized examinations, as well as their few top students.

It had been a tradition over the years that the few comparable schools in City B would hold a Comprehensive Fall Standardized Examinations together every year. And HSAU had more or less taken the first spot in the past ten years. They had been the reigning champion for 9 years in a row, until last year.

And the one who ended their trend was a top student by the name of “Lin Xi” at Liming International High School.*

Teacher Chen never expected that the valedictorian from their biggest competitor would turn into a student in her class.

They already had a valedictorian in her #7 class. With the addition of Gu Xi now, it was like a miracle coming true.

Teacher Chen could already see all sorts of awards and interviews coming her way.

Looking at Gu Xi, Teacher Chen gave her a “kind” smile.

“Let’s go, Gu Xi. Let me show you to the classroom.”

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Translator’s rambling:

Okay, this is silly but so cool at the same time. =D