After stopping being a simp, the school heartthrob cried and begged to get back together.

Chapter 54 Please don't show up again, okay?

"Xiao Shen, you're overthinking it." The principal looked at me with a forced smile: "President Gu wanted to make a donation out of kindness, so he asked us what we needed first. It's not what you think."

“That’s right, Xiao Shen, President Gu isn’t what you think,” Xu Zhen chimed in.

Ha, I don't believe Liu Shengyan would keep quiet about his relationship with Liu Shengyan.

"Alright," Gu Heng interrupted them indifferently.

Sure enough, once he opened his mouth, no one dared to say anything more.

“If she needs anything, she will naturally tell me. She can’t think of anything right now.” Gu Heng said coldly, looking very authoritative.

"Of course, President Gu and Xiao Shen are old acquaintances. If there's anything you need, just discuss it privately," Xu Zhen said, subtly indicating his intention.

I smiled darkly: "I'm not familiar with President Gu, but Professor Xu is more familiar with President Gu's sister."

"What did you say?" Xu Zhen immediately became furious.

I smiled and said, "Professor Xu, why are you so angry? I saw Liu Shengyan when I visited your home last time. Don't you two know each other?"

When Gu Heng heard me say that we weren't familiar with each other, his eyes darkened considerably.

Xu Zhen was furious: "Shen Yan, I'm only being polite to you because you're Professor Ming's apprentice. Don't be so stubborn!"

“I am Professor Ming’s apprentice. I am where I am today because of my own hard work. I won’t drink your wine because you are not qualified to toast me.” I looked at him impatiently.

Xu Zhen was even more furious.

Seeing that Gu Heng's expression was not right, the principal spoke up to stop him: "Alright, alright, stop talking. Don't let work emotions affect your personal life. Keep your public and private matters separate."

"Principal, you're joking. Professor Xu and I have no work-related conflicts. After all, he's still stuck in his ways, and our goals are definitely not just about these immediate gains." I will absolutely not back down.

Xu Zhen wanted to say something more.

I stood up and interrupted, "Gentlemen, as a researcher, my time is precious. Rather than chatting with you all here, I'd better go to the lab. Goodbye!"

"You..." The principal didn't expect me to show him no respect at all.

I walked out of the private room.

Gu Heng stood up and looked at them coldly: "What use is a mouth that can't speak?"

Everyone looked embarrassed.

Gu Heng was their biggest financial backer, and they dared not offend him.

Gu Heng is gone.

The principal looked at Xu Zhen with reproach: "How old are you? Why are you arguing with a young girl? Look at what we're doing now!"

Xu Zhen hadn't expected this: "It's all because that Shen Yan is ungrateful."

"Whether she knows right from wrong or not is none of your business. She's the one President Gu has taken a liking to, so you all have to fawn over her, understand?!" the principal said angrily.

The other professors nodded in agreement.

As long as they receive sufficient research funding, they don't care about the other party's motives.

I walked to the roadside, ready to hail a taxi.

"Shen Yan, I'll see you off." Gu Heng walked up to me.

He was tall and strong, with a more robust physique than before, broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs—a perfect clothes hanger.

I ignored him.

"Shen Yan!" He walked around to face me. "Five years have passed, are you still angry with me?"

"You think too highly of yourself. You're not worth me getting angry over anymore." I said in a cold tone, "Besides, getting angry will only hurt you."

"Shen Yan, can't you talk to me properly?" Gu Heng knew I was being sarcastic.

"That's just how I talk. Otherwise, would I have offended everyone in this room?" I said sarcastically. "A bunch of people sitting there praising you, Gu Heng, aren't you satisfied?"

Gu Heng took a deep breath and explained calmly, "I know you've never forgiven me. I went too far back then, so it's understandable that you're angry with me. But it's going to rain, so I'll take you home. Don't get wet."

He's right.

It is going to rain.

Raindrops have already begun to fall.

"I'll take a taxi." I didn't accept.

Gu Heng called out anxiously, "Yan Yan!"

"Gu Heng, can you stop making such disgusting noises?" I said, annoyed.

Why isn't the car here yet?

Gu Heng's handsome face showed a moment of embarrassment. He sighed, "Fine, I'm disgusted. It's my own fault that you're angry with me and won't forgive me."

I didn't say anything, I just stared coldly at the intersection.

“I know everything that happened at Xu Zhen’s house that day. I apologize to you on Sheng Yan’s behalf.” Gu Heng’s tone softened a bit: “I’ve already scolded her.”

"So what if you insulted her? I didn't hear it." My gaze was cold: "Gu Heng, I'm keeping my distance from you. Don't come near me again."

"So, Shen Yan, you don't want to talk to me properly, is that it?" Gu Heng's eyes turned cold.

"Yes, I don't want to, I don't want to say a single word." I really didn't want to talk to him.

When I saw him this time, my heart was completely unmoved.

The thought of my mother's tragic state fills me with nothing but hatred for him.

Gu Heng pursed his lips: "What will it take for you to forgive me?"

I glanced at him sideways: "Even if I told you, you couldn't do it."

"You can tell me," he said, as if he had seen a glimmer of hope.

"Gu Heng, I demand that you hand over the murderer who hurt my mother." I stared directly at him.

He paused for a moment: "What did you say?"

“Back then, my mother was attacked. The person admitted that he had been paid, but he wouldn’t say who it was. However, someone told me that it was the Gu family who did it.” I looked at him with a gloomy expression.

Gu Heng frowned: "Impossible, why would the Gu family want to target you?"

“I don’t understand this either, but you can ask your father.” My eyes were cold: “Back then, he wanted you to marry Zhao Baixue wholeheartedly, but you suddenly started pestering me. He was probably afraid that I would block your path to advancement.”

Gu Heng's voice was hoarse: "You knew my identity all along?"

I gave a sarcastic smile. "Zhao Baixue told me this five years ago. No wonder she likes you so much. It turns out she had already planned to marry you, the young master of the Gu family in Xinjing City."

Gu Heng's face was grim.

The driver has arrived.

I stepped into the car.

Before closing the car door, I gave a cold laugh: "Gu Heng, do you think Haicheng stirred up trouble over illegitimate children back then?"

Gu Heng paused.

I closed the car door and told the driver to drive off.

Gu Heng stood there watching me walk away.

Her figure was thin and... desolate.

I closed my eyes; I had a bit of a headache.

Half an hour later.

The driver dropped me off downstairs.

I got out of the car and took a few steps when I saw a tall, handsome figure standing not far away, watching me.

The lights were dim, and a fine, dense rain was falling.

The person standing under the streetlight seems to be the one I think about day and night.

But when he walked in...

I realized then that he wasn't.

"Huo Yubai, what are you doing standing in the rain? Taking a bath?" I asked, feigning humor.

"I just got off work, why aren't you using an umbrella?" Huo Yubai frowned.

"Getting wet in the rain can keep you awake." I looked closely at his face. "Didn't we agree to keep our distance? Huo Yubai, seeing you really makes me sad. Please don't show up again, okay?"