Chapter 59 Borrowing Books

  Afterwards, Gu Xiang's heart was no longer so entangled and her days became even more dull and uneventful.

  Business at Gu's mom's small shop is still pretty good, after deducting rent, income is almost the same as before.

  But now the rent is because the original family was anxious to rent out, so they lowered the rent. If according to the original rent, the income will definitely not be as good as before in Jiefang Road Mall.

  But looking at Gu's mother sitting in the store every day, without having to stand and haggle over prices all day like before, Gu Xiang felt that this was already quite good.

  It's just that she found herself having a hard time controlling her mouth lately, and every day after dinner, she would casually eat one or two bags of potato chips on the way back.

  Her mother also followed her and never blamed her for eating things in the store. As a result, Gu Xiang's snack addiction is getting bigger and bigger. When doing homework, she still wants to touch something to chew on, almost like Lin Jiahuan.

  And the weather behind also gradually cooled down, everyone wore long sleeves and jackets, not like summer-like swinging arms and legs easily visible fat or thin, when Gu Xiang stood on the scale, was scared by the weight of 120 pounds!

  "This must be a joke!"

  "Ah, Yaya, you've lost weight!"

  Her mother's mind is still stuck on her previous weight of 130 or 140 pounds.

  This meat is expensive, and she still goes jogging every morning.

  She took a step forward, but couldn't keep her mouth shut, and Gu Xiang's intestines were all regretful.

  After dinner, Gu Xiang didn't even glance at the snacks and rode his bike home directly.

  Normally there's no idle time for his mouth, now suddenly he doesn't eat anything, it's really not habitual.

  She came back in the evening with a bag of food in her hand, "Did you forget to bring it back today? I just picked up two things for you."

  Gu Xiang: ……

  Gu Xiang refused to eat, and her mother had more to say, "It's homemade, it's cheap" "Eat, eat, it's just a few dollars"...

  As a result, after eating too much puffed food during puberty, Gu Xiang's forehead began to proudly break out in acne.

  Her mother then stopped urging her on.

  Gu Xiang's forehead had a package that started out as just a small bump like a mosquito bite, and it would hurt when pressed. Her mom took her to the pharmacy to buy some ointment to apply and rub it away.

  But in just two days, many small bumps appeared on her forehead that didn't look obvious but felt very rough to the touch.

  Gu Xiang felt a bit flustered, she was now relying on her fair skin, if her skin didn't improve, she would really become a dirty and fat person.

  Ning Peng recently grew a face full of acne and it's also red all over.

  He was originally a handsome young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes in the first year of junior high school, but suddenly became lewd.

  Standing with Bai Bai's clean and pure Xizai, I was instantly outdone by eight miles.

  Lin Jiahuan doesn't like talking to Ning Peng anymore. Originally, the two people were familiar with each other and could still chat a few sentences normally.

  Now she avoids Ning Peng whenever they meet, almost turning her head and walking away.

  Gu Xiang teased her saying: "I didn't expect you to be someone who judges people by their appearance, now that I don't look good, you're avoiding me?"

  Lin Jiahuan was a bit anxious: "I'm not from the Appearance Association. I just think he's been acting weird lately, and he even asked me for my QQ number. He also wanted me to play games with him."

  "What are you playing?"

  Lin Jiahuan said: "Journey to the West, have you played it?"

  Gu Xiang shook her head, saying that even computers were not available in their home now.

  Lin Jiahuan thought of something and said: "Then do you have QQ? I'll add you when I get home."

  Gu Xiang shook her head again.

  Lin Jiahuan was puzzled: "Then what do you usually play at home? I've been going to the pagoda tree lately to chat with people, it's so much fun. No need to register, just come up with a nice name."

  Seeing Gu Xiang still unresponsive, Lin Jiahuan said in frustration: "Oh dear, you're so out of touch. What era is this now?"

  Gu Xiang: ……

  Everyone started using QQ after that, and there was already a class group in our class.

  Chai Zi Yu is Jian Qun's that one, after adding a few people in the class group, they came to ask Gu Xiang for her QQ number and asked her to join the group when she was free.

  Gu Xiang smiled wryly and said that he didn't have QQ and didn't go online. Chai Zi Yu didn't say anything, but Gu Xiang felt looked down upon.

  But now she really has no interest in these things.

  It seems like overnight, everyone started using QQ for communication.

  Lin Jiahuan was gossiping with her about Zhang Ziyu's QQ being taken away by a girl from the neighboring class.

  Chai Zi Yu and Ning Peng have always been the handsome guys in Class 1, but previously Ning Peng was taller and had a more robust build, so he always got more attention than Chai Zi Yu.

  But now Ning Peng's face was no longer working, and Chai Zi Yu's thin bamboo pole suddenly rose up.

  In junior high school, it's as simple as liking someone because they look good, or because they're good at basketball, or even because their voice sounds nice. But almost all of these popular boys have good grades too.

  Those naughty and mischievous boys are not popular yet, although the lovely and playful ones have been trendy for a while, but in reality, those street punks still make everyone avoid them.

  Not to mention fighting in groups all the time, anyone who dares to speak loudly with teachers during class will be labeled as a "bad student".

  Lin Jiahuan and Gu Xiang gossiped, then went to ask Tang Lulu if anyone had asked her for her QQ number.

  Tang Lulu's popularity skyrocketed after sophomore year, and there were even boys who came to borrow books from her. She said yes, someone asked for it and she would give it, but in fact, she rarely went online on QQ, and even if someone added her, she wouldn't pass the request.

  Lin Jiahuan privately told Gu Xiang: "She is good at studying and looks pretty, and many boys like her."

  Gu Xiang thought: "You're still so young, wait until you grow up and you'll know what it means to be a winner in life."

  One day during class break, it seemed like Class 2 or Class 3 had moral education next period.

  The moral education teacher was a very strict old lady who would make anyone stand for one class period if they didn't bring their book.

  At one time, there were many people standing at the entrance of Class 1, after all, everyone knew that the students in Class 1 were very serious and would not come to class without their books.

  Gu Xiang came out of the toilet and saw several people standing at the door, feeling crowded.

  Those classmates who borrowed books also didn't dare enter their classroom, they just stood at the door and shouted for someone they knew to help borrow.

  Gu Xiang wanted to return to her own position, but surprisingly couldn't squeeze in.

  She shouted "Let me through" from behind, and the boy in front of her impatiently said: "What's the hurry? Go queue up at the back." And pushed her away again.

  She could only stand there and wait.

  There were also some classmates who came later than her to borrow books and lined up behind her.

  There was also a classmate of mine who insisted on going in at this time and had his glasses squeezed crooked in the crowd.

  It looks painful just by looking at it, Gu Xiang took a few steps back again.

  Later, someone suddenly patted her and asked: "Hey, do you know if Tang Lulu's has been borrowed?"

  Gu Xiang turned her head and saw a boy she didn't know.

  The boy only realized he had mistaken her for someone else after taking the photo, and awkwardly said: "Sorry, I got the wrong person." Then pointing to a girl standing further inside than Gu Xiang, he said: "I thought you were her."

  Gu Xiang took a look and that girl was wearing a deep green coat. Gu Xiang wore a same-colored hooded long-sleeved shirt, and from the back, it really looked similar.

  But what made her even more speechless was that the girl looked like she weighed at least 150 pounds, and was quite short. Her back looked as sturdy as it could be.

  So just how fat does she look?!

  How infuriating!

  Gu Xiang glared at the boy and said, "You want to borrow Tang Lulu's, right? Wait." Then she walked over to the window and called out to Tang Lulu.

  Tang Lulu saw that it was Gu Xiang calling her, so she went to the window and asked: "What's wrong? You've been in the bathroom for so long."

  Gu Xiang pointed beside her: "There's a boy who wants to borrow a book from you."

  The crowd suddenly fell silent...

  The boy ran away quickly.

  Tang Lulu is now familiar with Gu Xiang, and when she sees that boy running away, she follows along laughing.

  Gu Xiang took advantage of the opportunity to squeeze in from the doorway.

  "My goodness, borrowing a book is more fierce than one another." She complained to Tang Lulu, "Now it's all about borrowing books to chase girls?"

  Tang Lulu's deskmate, Fan Qianwen, is a person who treasures books to the point of being eccentric.

  Her book bag was originally used to protect the cover of the book, not to prevent teachers from checking.

  Lin Jiahuan was so fond of reading that no one had ever dared to borrow her books.

  She hasn't even left fingerprints on the books she's read.

  Fan Qianwen heard them talking about this and followed up with a complaint: "Right? I don't know who started it, last time someone borrowed my geography book. It was originally borrowed from my elementary school classmate, but I don't know who she lent it to again. When I got it back, there were still words written on it, asking for my QQ number. It's really killing me! If I find out who did it, I'll draw all over their books."

  Compared with a small note, borrowing books is indeed an unattractive thing.

  Later, when someone came to borrow books, Gu Xiang wouldn't even go up to ask his elementary school classmate what they wanted to borrow, lest he be scolded for being a nuisance.

  It's been a few weeks like this, and the books of the better-looking girls in Class 1 have all been borrowed two or three times.

  Gu Xiang felt like she had been categorized as an ugly girl, which made him somewhat disheartened.

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