Although he found it troublesome, Gu En still did as he was told. Every time, he was the one waiting for Duo Duo, especially in the mornings.
That day, it rained heavily early in the morning. Gu En got off the subway, held up his umbrella, and as usual, stood at the school gate waiting for Duo Duo.
The scar on his face had already peeled off, revealing fresh, red flesh. Under the effect of the scar removal cream given by Yu He, it had returned to its original appearance. The little fans who had threatened to unfollow him started to follow him again.
Among them was Han Shasha, the daughter of the Han family, one of the ten most prominent families in the capital.
She stepped out of a Rolls-Royce, with a servant holding an umbrella for her. Her usual entourage of girlfriends was also waiting for her at the school gate. Seeing her arrive, they quickly held up their umbrellas to greet her.
Han Shasha smiled and thanked them, but she had no intention of holding her own umbrella. She walked into the school gate with them and happened to see Gu En.
"Gu En, why have you been standing at the school gate recently? It's raining so heavily, you should hurry back to the classroom," Han Shasha stopped and said.
Gu En ignored her, lowering his head to play with his phone.
Seeing that he didn't pay attention to her, Han Shasha didn't feel embarrassed. After all, Gu En had always been like this, solitary and aloof. If it weren't for his good looks and being Yu Chenduo's crush, who would pay attention to him?
She soon noticed that Gu En had a mobile phone, and it was the latest model. She was somewhat surprised, as she remembered Gu En didn't have a phone before.
His family was poor, so it was impossible for him to use such a good phone. It must have been given to him by someone, and the first person she thought of was Yu Chenduo.
"Are you waiting for Yu Chenduo again?" one of her girlfriends by her side said.
"It's said that Yu Chenduo forced him to wait for her here."
"Yu Chenduo is too much. It's fine usually, but with such heavy rain today, she's still making him wait. She's truly arrogant because her parents are powerful."
"Who can blame her for being born into the Qin family as a young lady."
The girlfriends chimed in one after another, echoing Han Shasha's thoughts.
She simply couldn't stand that Yu Chenduo was more beautiful and came from a better family than her.
"Oh dear, you shouldn't talk badly about others like that~ Classmate Chenduo might not have meant it," Han Shasha said, seemingly trying to ease the situation. "Gu En, let's go. It's raining too hard, hurry back to the classroom. I'm sure classmate Chenduo will understand."
As she spoke, she took the umbrella from a nearby friend. Under the pretense of shielding Gu En, she pushed that friend. The friend, caught off guard, stumbled forward and bumped into Gu En.
Gu En staggered from the impact, and the phone in his hand accidentally fell to the ground, which happened to be a puddle.
"You!" Gu En glared at the classmate who bumped him, then quickly picked up his phone and wiped it dry with his clothes.
Seeing how anxious he was about his phone, a hint of malice flashed in Han Shasha's eyes. On the surface, she feigned full apology and said, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. It's my fault for accidentally bumping Hai Ling and making you drop your phone. If it's broken, I'll pay for it."
Gu En ignored her and quickly checked his phone. Fortunately, the phone was waterproof and unharmed. He breathed a sigh of relief and put the phone into his pocket as if it were a treasure.
Just then, another Rolls-Royce stopped at the entrance.
Someone recognized it as a Qin family car and said, "Yu Chenduo is here."
Gu En looked up and saw Duo Duo getting out of the car, holding an umbrella. She waved to Qin Beiting, "Bye, Daddy."
This scene was not uncommon at the school gate. Most of the children at this school were from wealthy families, and being picked up by private cars was very common. However, what was different was that many children were brought by nannies or drivers, while few families, like Duo Duo's, had their parents pick them up personally.
Duo Duo got out of the car and saw Han Shasha and her friends at the school gate. A flicker of disgust crossed her face. Then, seeing Gu En waiting for her, her face instantly broke into a brilliant smile. She ran towards him, splashing puddles everywhere she stepped.
Seeing this, Han Shasha's eyes flashed with a hint of disgust. She was so uninhibited. Where was the demeanor of a young lady from one of the four great families? She couldn't understand what Gu En saw in her.
"Gu En, with such heavy rain, why don't you go into the security room?" Duo Duo ignored Han Shasha and came up to Gu En.
Gu En didn't say anything, just said softly, "Let's go."
At the same time, he shifted the umbrella towards Duo Duo. He glanced back three times at Qin Beiting's car, which had not yet driven away.
Duo Duo saw this and thought that he was from a single-parent family and must wish he had a father.
She could understand this yearning, as she herself had longed for a father when her mother took her and her brother abroad.
"You can actually find a dad for yourself!" Duo Duo suggested.
Gu En was a little surprised, "Can it be like that?"
"Of course! I found my dad myself on an airplane, and it turned out he was my biological father!" Duo Duo said. "You have to believe that destined people will appear in your life. Maybe your father is also by your side, and you'll find him if you look."
Gu En pondered. He didn't want to know who his biological father was. He was thinking about how to make Ye Qichen his father.
Since his biological father hadn't appeared for so many years, he might as well not have one. It would be better to have Uncle Ye as his father.
"What if I want someone to be my father?" he asked, somewhat hesitantly.
Duo Duo understood immediately. "Then you should make him get together with your mother!"
Gu En looked confused. "How?"
"Then you've come to the right person, I'm good at this!" Duo Duo patted her chest and said. "The simplest way is to let them spend more time together, interact more, and then have some close contact, and it will be done."
Gu En was bewildered. He understood interaction, but what was close contact?
Seeing his confused look, Duo Duo said directly, "Oh, invite that man to your house tonight. I'll come to your house and teach you on the spot!"
Gu En thought that his mother had just said that Uncle Ye would be coming over for dinner tonight. He nodded, "Okay, then come to my house for dinner tonight."
"No problem!"
After they made their agreement, they parted ways at the teaching building.
After school in the afternoon, Duo Duo returned to the clinic with Gu En. She asked him to wait in the living room and then ran to the pharmacy herself. She greeted Xiao Ya obediently, "Auntie Xiao Ya, I'm here to help you~"
Xiao Ya was currently pregnant with her second child. Her work mainly involved supervising the others in making medicine. The pharmacy was very busy at the moment, and she was also helping to make medicine. She didn't stand on ceremony.
"Duo Duo, have you finished your homework? Then help me fetch these few herbs," she said, handing Duo Duo a prescription.
"Okay!"
Duo Duo took the prescription and, while fetching the herbs, discreetly took a few extra herbs from the medicine cabinet. She put them in a mortar, stirred them a few times, then wrapped them up and put them in her pocket.
Yu He usually taught her how to identify medicinal herbs. Although she hadn't paid much attention to her studies, there was one herb that she had learned with particular diligence, and that was an aphrodisiac.