Addicted: Book One - The Inquietude of Youth

Chapter 45: A string of candied-fruit skewer

Translator: Estreline

Proofreader: Sienna

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Three stressful days had finally passed.

Early in the morning, when the sky was still dark, Gu Hai already woke up. First, he went to the park not far from his home to exercise for half an hour. When he guessed that the time was just about enough, he rode on his bike and went straight to Bai Luo Yin's house.

For the last two days, Bai Luo Yin got used to walking to school, so he went to school a bit earlier. When Gu Hai was on his way to Bai Luo Yin's house, he had already arrived at Aunt Zou's breakfast stall.

"Why didn't you wait for me?"

Bai Luo Yin lifted his head, and he saw a faint trace of joy pass through Gu Hai's face.

"How do I know that you'll come here to eat?"

Gu Hai took the bean curd that Aunt Zhou brought to him, stirred it gently with the spoon, and replied, "Don't I always eat here everyday?"

"But you didn't come here for the last two days, right?"

There was a hint of amusement behind Gu Hai's smile.

"Why? Did you miss me?"

Bai Luo Yin replied him with cold voice, "Why would I miss you? Your girlfriend went back already?"

Gu Hai nodded, he looked extremely relieved, "She's finally gone."

Bai Luo Yin glanced at Gu Hai, his tone was neither cold nor hot, "You can't be like this, she already told me to pay attention to you. Now, look at you being this shameful, I'm afraid that I can't do this."

"Did you take her words seriously?" Gu Hai conveniently placed the ham sausages from his sesame seed buns into Bai Luo Yin's bowl. "We've been together for three years, but she has always been so paranoid, honestly, I've never gotten physical with any other girls."

Bai Luo Yin couldn't bear but to speak the truth, "With her looks, no wonder she would feel insecure."

"I'm going to hit you, believe it or not." Gu Hai said as he laughed.

Bai Luo Yin lamented, "Dan Xiao Xuan suffered a beating for nothing."

"I have no interest in her, she's the one who came and stuck herself to me."

"You're not the least touched? A pretty girl like her, isn't she better than that 'tigress' of yours?" Bai Luo Yin teased Gu Hai on purpose.

Gu Hai didn't get angry, not even a bit, it seemed like he got used to hearing these kind of things.

"I don't like a girl like her. I like the fierce and straightforward type. A girl like Dan Xiao Xuan, just by standing with her, I would feel tired already." Gu Hai glanced at Bai Luo Yin, "What kind of girl do you like?"

"The opposite of yours, I like the flirty type."

Gu Hai firmly grabbed on Bai Luo Yin's nape.

"Then, why is it that whenever Dan Xiao Xuan came to me, you always ran away?"

Bai Luo Yin joked faintly, yet there were thorns in his words.

"Her?..... I've had enough."

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"Candied--- Fruit---- Skewer--!!"

The familiar shout surged into Gu Hai's ears, his heart brightened, he really didn't expect that there're still street vendors who shouted loudly like this these days. It seemed like it's been a really long time since the last time he ate candied fruit skewers, he used to live in a quiet and scary neighborhood before, forget street vendors, even snack bars were rare. He would occasionally come across a candied fruit skewer store on the road, but he had no desire to go inside.