Reborn Aristocrat: Return of the Vicious Heiress
chapter-1269

Xu Zhenyu was jolted awake by the incessant sounds of the doorbell ringing. He pulled the blanket away from his body and opened his dry and sore eyes before struggling to get up from his bed. He then got out of bed and walked barefooted towards the door.

“Who’s making a ruckus bright early in the morning?” Xu Zhenyu hollered angrily before opening the door in annoyance. Clearly, he had a bad temper in the morning and it was a habit that he did not kick despite having joined the military.

“Why are you taking so long to open the door?” Gu Junling retorted with a cigarette in his mouth. He sauntered nonchalantly like a handsome gangster. Xu Zhenyu opened the door without hesitation.

Xu Zhenyu was standing by the door, still feeling sleepy.

Gu Junling walked towards the couch and opened the refrigerator. When he saw the empty shelves, he lamented. “Brother, your house has been broken into. There’s nothing at all. Do you have something that I can drink?”

Xu Zhenyu suddenly sobered up and questioned with a sullen expression, “How did you know that I’ve returned? How did you know that I live here?”

He returned at 2 AM last night after completing a mission. Hence, he was rather shocked to see Gu Junling bright early in the morning.

Gu Junling said, “Loony was the one who told me.”

Xu Zhenyu had just returned to Capital city and yet, he left shortly after the military training program ended without even meeting his friends. His friends obviously knew the reason.

Although they did not say much, they were all worried about Xu Zhenyu.

Hence, everyone had been paying attention to the news about Xu Zhenyu lately and Han Mofeng had also found out about Xu Zhenyu’s return from the Xu family. Now that Han Mofeng had already joined the military, he rarely had time to stay out either. Hence, he decided to visit Xu Zhenyu early in the morning.

He would be incumbent when it came to Xu Zhenyu.

Xu Zhenyu took a seat on the couch and rubbed his aching head. “In that case, you definitely know that I returned at two in the morning. Yet, you’re here so early. Are you even my buddy at all?”

The thick-skinned Gu Junling answered, “No… I was just afraid that you would leave without warning again had I been any later.”

Xu Zhenyu was stunned speechless, for he had indeed planned to take on another mission.

Gu Junling could tell from his expression that he had made the right guess. “Don’t you plan to tell Xinya about your return? Xinya is always worried whenever you’re out on missions and she always asks about you too. So… how could she not know that we wouldn’t know about your top-secret mission?”

Gu Junling rattled on and on while observing Xu Zhenyu’s expression, for fear that he would get upset because he had mentioned Wen Xinya’s name.

Xu Zhenyu was as obstinate as a bull and he would be terrifying whenever he lost his temper.

Xu Zhenyu got a major headache and got even more frustrated after hearing about Wen Xinya. “You must have been mixing with women too often lately. Why are you giving off such a girlish vibe? You’re so wishy-washy like a sissy. Cut straight to the chase. Don’t bother beating around the bush to sound me out.”

After being on a mission for twenty-odd days, Xu Zhenyu had already become much calmer and he exuded the remarkable qualities of a soldier.

When he first found out about Wen Xinya’s boyfriend, he was struck with a huge blow and even felt agonized and hopeless. Hence, he decided to vent his feelings on Wen Xinya. However, after calming down, he no longer felt affected by those feelings which he suppressed.

Gu Junling turned pale and frantically said, “Buddy, you can’t spout nonsense. You know me well, I’ve only ever fancied Tianyu and other women can’t attract me at all. I… am still a virgin now. Don’t joke about things like that, especially not in front of Tianyu. Otherwise, I won’t be able to clear my name.”

He had at least been making progress with Zhou Tianyu lately and hence, could not create more trouble.

Apart from meeting his friends and going out with Zhou Yianyu, he would refrain from going out at night or patronizing bars and nightclubs.

Xu Zhenyu burst into laughter and gibed. “Look how cowardly you are.”

He knew that there was already some progress between Gu Junling and Zhou Tianyu. Thus, he felt rather happy for him.

Noticing that he no longer looked as awful as he used to, Gu Junling muttered, “Xinya…”

Xu Zhenyu was extremely annoyed. He snapped. “I actually already know that Xinya is in love with someone else. We’ve been friends for so long. I know what you’re thinking!”

Gu Junling was being so cautious, obviously because he was afraid of hurting Xu Zhenyu’s feelings. However, it was all in the past and he was done with being sad.

Gu Junling noticed the look of dejection on his face, though he did not look as upset as he had imagined. “Everyone knows how you feel about Xinya. We’re all rather worried about you. Are you alright?”

Xu Zhenyu fell silent for a while before asking, “Do you have a cigarette?”

Gu Junling quickly answered, “Yes!”

He then whipped out some cigarettes and lit one up for Xu Zhenyu.

Xu Zhenyu took a long and hard puff which depleted a quarter of the cigarette. He began coughing violently, perhaps because it had been a long time since he smoked.

Gu Junling was speechless.

Xu Zhenyu teared up while coughing and his eyes were dauntingly red. He said in a hoarse voice, “Frankly speaking, Junling, I would be lying if I said that I’m alright. When I saw her getting hugged by another man, I just felt like the world had come crashing down on me and I almost lost my mind.”

He had no idea what he had done to Wen Xinya, and it was as if his indignant feelings took over his rationality. However, none of that mattered because Wen Xinya belonged to someone else.

He did consider persisting on and snatching Wen Xinya back. However, his pride did not allow him to do so and he knew that Wen Xinya would be the one getting hurt in the end.

He had already hurt her and hence, did not want to torment her any further.

Gu Junling remained silent and listened to him talk about Wen Xinya.