Chapter 4: Long Live Me

"I'm telling you this because I have a grudge against Changzhou Academy. I want to embarrass those old men in the academy, or even make them die of anger."

Lin Wanyi's smile grew brighter as she asked curiously, "But what about you? Do you have a deep hatred with Changzhou Academy? Did you step into the gate of Changzhou Academy three years ago just for this sentence today?"

Gu Zhuo shook his head and said, "There is no hatred between me and Changzhou Academy, but everything I have done in the past three years can be said for what I said to you today."

His voice was calm and confident, without any emotional ups and downs, and there was no trace of the uncertainty that should have existed in the three words "could be".

Lin Wanyi looked into Gu Zhuo's eyes, at his expression which showed no trace of hypocrisy. After a long period of silence, she finally confirmed that he was serious and not a boring joke.

She felt that this was too absurd, and murmured, "I'm willing to spend three years just to attract the attention of everyone in Changzhou Academy, and then break out of the door and stand by my side..."

Having said this, the smile on her face suddenly turned into real laughter, which sounded very much like sarcasm.

However, Gu Zhuo knew very well that she was actually making fun of herself.

"Could it be that the whole world has lost its memory? Everyone, including myself, has forgotten that I once had a childhood sweetheart who was extremely talented and brilliant. And he just happened to learn about my miserable past three years ago and decided to avenge me, making all this happen today."

Lin Wanyi spoke slowly, her smile growing brighter, and she looked at Gu Zhuo and asked, "So did I know you in the past?"

She is not an idiot, and the innocence she once had was thrown away by her own hands many years ago.

The absurdity of today's conversation was just like the story she had made up at this moment. No matter how much sincerity there was in Gu Zhuo's voice, she couldn't believe it even a little bit.

Unless she can come up with an impeccable, no, perfect reason.

"Before today, you and I had never met each other, so naturally we couldn't know each other."

Gu Zhuo looked at her and said, "But I have heard of your name and know about the feud between you and Changzhou Academy."

Lin Wanyi's eyes turned slightly and said, "So what you mean is that you knew things would turn out like this the day you stepped into Changzhou Academy three years ago."

Gu Zhuo said: "About the same."

Lin Wanyi's smile gradually faded. After a moment of silence, she asked, "What do you want to get from Changzhou Academy?"

Although three years is not another three years, it is indeed not a short time.

He was willing to spend so much time waiting for today to come. Just a little thought will reveal that Gu Zhuo must have big plans... maybe what he said before might be true.

"Tongshengdan, but was rejected."

Gu Zhuo paused and said, "That's a pretty thorough rejection."

Lin Wanyi heard the regret in his words, sighed, and said, "It seems that I have to say sorry to you. If I had more weight, your plan would not have failed."

Without waiting for Gu Zhuo to speak, she continued, "If I understand correctly, I am your second choice, which means I have something you want. I am very curious..."

She looked at Gu Zhuo and asked, "What exactly is that? What made you want to offend Changzhou Academy and make this deal with me?"

At this point, the smile on Lin Wanyi's face had completely disappeared, just like the snow that melts instantly when it meets the spring day, leaving no trace of it, only calmness and scrutiny.

This means she has completely changed her attitude.

the reason is simple.

If Gu Zhuo really decided to abandon Changzhou Academy and stand shoulder to shoulder with her, the Changzhou Academy, which was already on the decline, would suffer a severe blow, its reputation would plummet, and it would become a laughing stock of the entire world, an indelible shame, and it might even sink into oblivion and become just four inconspicuous small words in the history books.

Faced with this possible reality, Changzhou Academy will no longer have any thoughts of remaining calm or maintaining its dignity. It will certainly do everything possible to stop Gu Zhuo from leaving, and will retaliate at all costs if he decides to leave.

Given the background of Changzhou Academy, one can imagine the horror of this revenge.

It will no longer be the small fights of today, everything will remain within the rules - even if this revenge cannot reach a life-and-death situation due to the eyes of the world and the inevitable pressure of public opinion, Changzhou Academy will exhaust all means to force Gu Zhuo to lose his future, to live the rest of his life without seeing the light, and to be accompanied by dust and mud, in order to prove that he made the wrong choice.

What does she have that could make Gu Zhuo make this choice at all costs?

Lin Wanyi's brows were tightly furrowed, his eyes full of confusion.

She looked into Gu Zhuo's eyes and asked in a deep voice: "Most importantly, I don't understand why you dare to believe me?"

Yes, there is no need to worry about the content of today's conversation being leaked.

As long as they did not become true allies, even if every word Gu Zhuo said at this moment came from the truth, Changzhou Academy would be forced to cover its eyes and pretend to know nothing, suppress the rumors, continue to love Gu Zhuo sincerely, laugh and talk constantly, and do its utmost to help him win an excellent place in the summer festival, so as to publicize that Changzhou Academy has embarked on the right path and is about to revive...

However, the premise of all this is that Gu Zhuo did not leave Changzhou Academy.

In fact, there is a third possibility - that is, Lin Wanyi pretended to agree and let Gu Zhuo break out, and then turned against her. By that time, Changzhou Academy had already lost face and would never allow Gu Zhuo to step into the academy again.

This is undoubtedly the most vicious and the most thorough choice for revenge.

More importantly, no one and nothing can restrain Lin Wanyi and make her give up doing this.

Therefore, no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't understand where Gu Zhuo's trust in her came from and why he was so sure that she would never betray him.

Gu Zhuo looked at Lin Wanyi and smiled gently, saying, "Because I know what kind of person you are."...

……

Yes, before today, Gu Zhuo and Lin Wanyi had never met each other, but he could still be sure of what kind of person she was.

This was related to the rumors that had lingered in his ears in the past, to the seemingly weak but strong silhouette he had seen outside the door not long ago, and to what he had heard occasionally over the past three years, but the most important reason was the voices that originated from the lake of his heart and gave rise to all things.

Those voices spoke of her pride.

In the late autumn of a certain year in Zhengsheng, she met the dean of Changzhou Academy by chance. The dean was delighted and wanted to take her in as his disciple, but was shocked to find that her practice had gone astray. He could not help but sigh in public.

This incident did not cause much commotion. People just chatted about it after dinner and then forgot about it.

There are so many geniuses in the world, who would care about a little girl?

Until many years later, when everyone was about to forget the little girl...she stood up with a firm look and stood opposite Changzhou Academy.

From that day on, people in Wangjing recalled the incident that happened that year and knew what Lin Wanyi wanted in her heart.

From that day on, Lin Wanyi competed with his peers from Changzhou Academy and never lost.

She wanted to prove to the world that the dean was wrong.

She was not walking on a wrong path, but on a grand road that the dean could not see.

He single-handedly fought against the thousand-year-old Changzhou Academy and never retreated even a single step. How stubborn and proud he was.

A proud man like this could be trusted at least once.

……

"So why should I ally with you?"

Lin Wanyi looked at Gu Zhuo quietly, all previous emotions gone, and said: "Instead of going through so much trouble, wouldn't it be more satisfying for me to just fight you and beat you?"

Gu Zhuo said: "Even if you really beat me, in the end you will only extend your winning streak to 47 games. Compared to this, what you really need is a reliable ally who can help you to make the old people of Changzhou Academy return to their old age and stop misleading the young people."

Lin Wanyi said nonchalantly: "Anything else?"

Gu Zhuo looked at her and said, "For you, my proposal is a big event that you don't want to miss."

Lin Wanyi was silent for a while, then asked curiously, "What do you want from me?"

By this time, the sound of rain outside the window had gradually subsided.

Gu Zhuo said calmly: "Tan Ye Divine Talisman."

As a divine talisman, this item is naturally ranked above the ninth level, on par with the Tongsheng Pill, and is one of the most precious treasures in the world today.

For Lin Wanyi, the Tan Ye Talisman has a more important meaning.

This is a relic left by her father.

The library is very quiet.

There was a long silence.

Just when Gu Zhuo thought he would not get an answer today, Lin Wanyi's voice rang out.

"Pleasant to work with."

The girl chuckled and stretched out her right hand.

I don’t know when the rain outside the window stopped.

The sunlight poured through the gaps between the clouds, passed through the window paper, illuminated the dust floating in the air, and also illuminated the hands of the two people holding together.

Lin Wanyi thought about it and suddenly asked, "Can this be considered like-minded?"

Gu Zhuo shook his head and said, "It's more appropriate to say 'in cahoots with each other'."

Lin Wanyi raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why?"

"The word like-minded is often used to describe heroes and people with lofty ideals, who are likely to die heroically."

Gu Zhuo looked at her and said seriously, "It is better to be in cahoots with one another, because the harm will last for thousands of years."

(End of this chapter)

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