【Cha Cha, don’t be upset… Did the male lead make you unhappy? Let’s just ignore him!】
【That male lead is really bad! Once our mission is done, we’ll leave this Dimensional World and he won’t be able to find us! Hmph!】
Tong Tong saw Gu Cha looking dejected and spoke to comfort him.
Gu Cha hummed in response, but Tong Tong’s words didn’t make him feel better. Lu Chenyu’s sudden action earlier had genuinely scared him.
“Hey! Gu… Cha!”
Gu Cha heard someone calling him, but the voice was unfamiliar. He hesitated and lifted his head to look around. A boy was waving at him.
The boy smiled at Gu Cha, showing eight bright white teeth and a sunny demeanor. He pointed at the locker behind Gu Cha. “Gu Cha, can you help me get the dry towel behind you? Thanks.”
Gu Cha followed the direction of the finger and indeed saw a dry towel. Thinking that the boy was probably a classmate and that classmates should help each other, he nodded. “Okay, wait a moment.” Gu Cha got up, walked to the locker, took the towel, and then walked toward the boy.
A group of boys around the boy laughed mischievously.
“Wu Ze, what are you doing?” Wen Xuqian’s face darkened. Several boys who had gone ashore to rest had good relations with Wu Ze, so why did Wu Ze insist on calling over Gu Cha, whom he had always disliked?
Wu Ze, the boy in question, turned to Wen Xuqian and winked, the smug look giving Wen Xuqian a bad feeling. “You…”
Gu Cha stopped a step away from the pool, innocently holding out the towel. “Here.”
Wu Ze made an “Ah” sound and moved his arm weakly. “Gu Cha, come a little closer. I’ve been swimming and I have no strength; I can’t even raise my hand.”
Gu Cha hesitated as he looked at the pool.
Just a little closer should be fine.
Gu Cha told himself this and took a small step forward. But Wu Ze’s arm still didn’t move toward him, so Gu Cha had to step even closer, and soon he was standing at the edge of the pool.
Wu Ze said, “Thank you, Gu Cha. You’re really a good person,” as he finally reached out and took the towel from Gu Cha’s hands.
Although Gu Cha had been praised, his fear of water still dominated. He shook his head and turned to leave. But just seconds after he turned, a familiar voice rang out: “Wu Ze! How dare you!”
At the same time, an unknown hand grabbed Gu Cha’s calf and yanked him backward violently!
Gu Cha’s eyes widened in terror, his mouth slightly open in disbelief. Before he could react, a suffocating wave engulfed him, and countless cold drops flooded his mouth and nose.
“Ugh… cough…”
Gu Cha instinctively struggled in the water.
The pool’s water level, when Gu Cha stood, already reached most of his upper body. Now, as he almost fell backward into the water, he was nearly submerged, his head underwater.
Wu Ze and his friends laughed loudly. Wen Xuqian, seeing Gu Cha struggle, was shocked and cursed before diving in after him.
Splashing—
Lu Chenyu rushed to the spot where Gu Cha had fallen, moving as fast as he ever had. For the first time, he thought the pool was enormous.
“Brother Xu, don’t worry, nobody will—”
Wu Ze spoke, but Wen Xuqian wasn’t paying attention. He dove straight in and saw Gu Cha struggling with his eyes closed.
Wen Xuqian grabbed Gu Cha by the waist and brought him to the surface. Gu Cha coughed violently in his arms.
By the time Lu Chenyu arrived, Gu Cha had already been rescued by Wen Xuqian. Lu Chenyu took him into his own arms.
Many students had noticed Gu Cha falling into the pool. A boy unfamiliar to Lu Chenyu had thrown a dry towel over him. Lu Chenyu draped the towel over Gu Cha and held him like a child. Gu Cha instinctively wrapped his hands around Lu Chenyu’s neck.
【Luck +5, Current Total Luck: 35】
Lu Chenyu’s cold eyes shot a deadly glance at Wu Ze, then he walked up onto the poolside, expression still stern.
Wu Ze was momentarily shocked by the look, completely confused.
Once Gu Cha stopped coughing, he breathed deeply, though his breathing was still heavy. Lu Chenyu noticed his irregular breathing immediately.
Placing Gu Cha gently on a chair in the lounge, Lu Chenyu took a heart rate monitor from Gu Cha’s backpack and strapped it on. As expected, Gu Cha’s heart rate was too high.
He gave Gu Cha medicine and then observed him carefully.
When Gu Cha looked much better, Lu Chenyu finally relaxed. He covered his face and exhaled deeply.
“Wait here for me. Don’t run off.”
Lu Chenyu squatted beside Gu Cha, seeing his pale lips and instinctively kissed him. He adjusted the small blanket over him and stood.
【Luck +10, Current Total Luck: 45】
Lu Chenyu walked out and saw Wen Xuqian outside.
“What were you doing just now?!” Wen Xuqian demanded coldly.
His usual flattering demeanor toward Lu Chenyu was completely gone.
“In what capacity does Young Master Wen question me?”
Wen Xuqian’s blood surged, reason abandoning him, as he pointed at the lounge. “Why did you kiss him?! What is your relationship now?!”
“What we are has nothing to do with Young Master Wen. If Young Master Wen truly wants to know, he can ask Gu Cha directly. Let him tell you himself.”
Lu Chenyu, intent on handling matters, had no patience to argue and left.
Meanwhile, Wu Ze and his friends were laughing over how pitiful Gu Cha looked when choking in the water. Someone even mockingly imitated him, amusing everyone around. They had no idea that the “grim reaper” coming to punish them was already on the way.