Chapter 67: Surprise

The basic definition of a surprise is the unreserved expression of joy, enthusiasm, and astonishment, originating from the "Biography of Yuan Chang" in the *Book of the Later Han*.

Its antonym is loss, and its synonym is delight.

Zhou Xiaoru does not like so-called surprises!

In her view, behind a surprise, there is mostly emptiness; those things that are deliberately arranged are just like fireworks—they come quickly and go just as quickly.

If one has the spare time to set up those empty things, it would be better to do something else practical.

This is Zhou Xiaoru, so practical that she is almost otherworldly!

Looking at the two people on her left and right, she is vigilant and guarded.

The further she walks into the teaching building, the slower her pace becomes; she has to be on guard against Xiao Lan and Jiang Bufan beside her, while also constantly scouting the situation around her.

Because class has just ended, there are many people in the hallway one after another.

Seeing that the restroom is about to be reached, a certain Xiaoru, who has been observing the whole way, becomes more neurotic the closer she gets to the restroom!

Xiao Lan has already seen Du Jie looking out from outside the classroom at the other end of the restroom.

After Du Jie sees her coming, she hurriedly returns to the classroom to prepare.

However...

When Xiao Lan and Jiang Bufan pass by the outside of the restroom and pull Zhou Xiaoru to continue walking forward, she quickly brakes her steps.

Pointing at the place of the cycle of the five grains that people are entering and exiting at this moment, Zhou Xiaoru says.

"Aren't you going to the restroom! We're here, go in!"

After Xiao Lan and Jiang Bufan exchange a look, they begin to spout nonsense.

Xiao Lan says happily, "Look at how many people there are; there definitely won't be any stalls inside. Let's go to the next one."

This remark makes a certain Xiaoru directly ashamed; "next one," are they going out to eat!

Jiang Bufan also adds, "Yeah, yeah, I heard the restroom further ahead is cleaner and more spacious than this one."

Zhou Xiaoru, "......."

Can they be any more ridiculous! What kind of reasons are these!

Picking a clean and spacious one just to use the restroom—are they sure they are going to the restroom!

Now she feels that it is very necessary to use the restroom here.

She manages to pull her arm out of the hands of the two people who, in her view, are like men.

No matter what they want to do, at this very moment, she just wants to use the restroom.

"Since there is a spacious and clean restroom waiting for you ahead, then you go; I'll use this one here."

After finishing, without giving the two a chance to talk back, she has already quickly flashed into the women's restroom.

Now, Jiang Bufan and Xiao Lan are in a bit of a bind.

"What do we do now? That person Xiaoru has clearly discovered something."

As Xiao Lan says this, she looks anxiously at the destination that is close at hand, just one step away.

Jiang Bufan sighs, "Sigh... I think this time, it's hopeless!"

Based on her understanding of Zhou Xiaoru, that person is not interested in this kind of scene created for a surprise.

It seems that Du Feng is going to have his performance ruined.

"Don't talk about hopeless or not; we are just one step away now, hurry and think of a way."

Jiang Bufan glances at Xiao Lan, who is more anxious than the emperor himself.

After thinking for a moment, she says, "You go first and call Du Feng out from the classroom. You know Xiaoru's personality; if we forcibly drag her in, she will definitely get angry with us."

If this person gets angry and runs away, Du Feng's act today won't be finished.

"I'll go call Du Feng, then what about you?"

"Are you stupid? Of course I have to stay here and watch the person in the restroom."

"Oh, oh, that's right. Then you watch her here, I'll go in first."

"Mm."

Xiao Lan hurriedly takes advantage of the time before Zhou Xiaoru comes out and slips into a classroom right next to the restroom.

But as she pushes the door open and enters, there are two loud bangs!

It scares Xiao Lan so much that she almost thinks she triggered some device and caused an explosion!

After she recovers, she realizes that the two bangs just now were the sound of party poppers.

Large swaths of ribbons fall all over her, covering everything.

At this moment, the classroom is decorated like a marriage proposal scene.

Everywhere there are ribbons and balloons, and on the blackboard, there are even eye-catching words written.

"Zhou Xiaoru, be my girlfriend!"

And Du Feng, holding a bouquet of roses, stands in the middle of the group.

They had thought the person coming in was Zhou Xiaoru, and now, seeing the person who entered...

The expressions on the faces of Du Feng and Du Jie clearly freeze for three seconds!

And the two classmates helping out on the side, responsible for setting off the party poppers, still think the person who entered is the female lead, Zhou Xiaoru.

While energetically pulling on the things in their hands, they are also enthusiastically shouting.

It is only after they finish releasing the things in their hands that they realize the person who entered, as well as Du Feng and the others opposite, have expressions that are more than just ugly.

Xiao Lan also feels a bit awkward; she laughs dryly, pats the things off her hair, and says.

"Du Feng, you should still go out and find Xiaoru; she seems to have discovered something and is in the restroom now."

Hearing this, Du Feng hands the flowers in his hand to Du Jie first and follows Xiao Lan to wait for Zhou Xiaoru.

And at this moment, Zhou Xiaoru, who is still in the restroom, has already finished, but she is just staying inside and hasn't come out.

Jiang Bufan had already come in to look for her twice; she said she had diarrhea and needed to squat for a while longer.

But just hiding in the restroom like this was not a solution.

She thought about how, after class ended, first Yao Xiang said she wanted to come here to find the head teacher, and then Xiao Lan and Jiang Bufan dragged her to the restroom.

But it was very obvious that their purpose was not to go to the restroom, but to take her somewhere.

Thinking back and forth, when they left the dormitory in the afternoon, none of them were acting abnormally.

This abnormality occurred after Xiao Lan went to the restroom and returned when the first class ended.

This must be a conspiracy conceived on the spur of the moment!

After preparing herself mentally, Zhou Xiaoru finally emerged from the restroom sluggishly under Jiang Bufan's nth urging.

But waiting for her outside the restroom were not only Xiao Lan and Jiang Bufan, but even Yao Xiang, who had already returned.

And also, Du Feng!

Upon seeing Du Feng, Zhou Xiaoru understood everything in an instant.

In order not to make the scene too awkward, she took the initiative to greet him.

"Hi, Du Feng, don't you have to work today!"

Today is Friday; could he have skipped work to come out?

Du Feng had a gentle smile on his face, which made people feel warm inside when they saw it.

He spoke directly in reply, "I took the afternoon off today, specifically to come here and wait for someone."

This was said so bluntly and obviously that Zhou Xiaoru felt that if she continued to play dumb, she would be acting out.

But she acted out anyway.

"I remember your younger sister also goes to school here; are you waiting for her?"

At these words, Xiao Lan and Yao Xiang almost laughed out loud, and Jiang Bufan even shook her head.

This girl, she really is asking for trouble!

Du Feng, however, did not feel any unhappiness because of these words; on the contrary, his smile became even warmer.

"Xiaoru, you are so smart, you can't possibly not know who I am talking about."

At this moment, Du Jie had already come out holding flowers; now, the appearance of this bouquet of roses had already attracted many passersby.

But, were they standing outside the restroom like this a bit inappropriate?

Seeing the strange girl holding flowers, Zhou Xiaoru didn't say anything, just waiting for Du Feng to speak.

Du Feng took the flowers and introduced her.

"This is my own younger sister, Du Jie, and this is, Zhou Xiaoru..."

Upon hearing the name Du Jie, the reaction was the same as when Xiao Lan and Jiang Bufan had just heard it.

Zhou Xiaoru's mouth twitched, and she almost laughed out loud.

For this, she introspected in her heart! How could she mock someone else's name; it was truly lacking in quality.

Looking at the formation in front of her, why did she have the illusion of meeting the parents?

At this time, Du Jie took the lead and called out heartily, "Sister-in-law!"

This "sister-in-law" was Du Feng's heartfelt wish, but it caused the forced smile on Miss Zhou's face to freeze instantly.

Du Feng held the flowers and walked slowly toward the person standing there awkwardly.

The onlookers watching the excitement also grew in number, and some people had even taken out their phones to record videos.

Zhou Xiaoru felt some aversion to the current situation.

She really disliked this kind of attention-seeking behavior, and even less did she want to become the subject recorded under other people's lenses.

But the person she was facing now was Du Feng.

She could not make him lose face in front of so many people.

After Du Feng came to her and stood still, he affectionately handed over the flowers in his hand.

The long confession he had prepared in the classroom, which was like a speech, was reduced to just one sentence at this moment.

"Xiaoru, be my girlfriend!"

For some reason, as the person being confessed to, facing this deep affection, what she was thinking about in her head was a completely different scene.

She even said what she was thinking in her head directly out loud.

"I thought you were going to kneel on one knee and propose to me directly!"

It made her keep thinking just now about whether to accept his diamond ring; if she refused on the spot with so many people watching, how embarrassing that would be.

Sure enough, our Miss Zhou's train of thought is not ordinarily strange.

And these words instantly caused a crowd of people to burst into laughter. Except for her three bad friends, who were all holding their foreheads and shaking their heads.

Du Feng replied humorously, "I do want to marry you, but you have to be willing to marry me first."

Hearing this sentence, Zhou Xiaoru suddenly felt a bit familiar.

After thinking for a few seconds, she realized that Gu Liyan had also said this to her before.

At this moment, she couldn't help but wonder what reaction Gu Liyan would have if he were present and saw this scene.

She shook her head, forcing herself not to think about that person.

There is a saying that goes well: if you want to start over, start with a new relationship.

Thinking of this, she forced herself to be hard-hearted, reached out, and accepted Du Feng's flowers.

Immediately, cheers and whistles rang out.

Seeing that she had accepted his flowers, Du Feng was as happy as a child who had received candy.

His smile also infected Zhou Xiaoru, whose mood had suddenly become a bit heavy.

Regardless of whether that man is in her heart now or not, the past will not return, and she must eventually embrace a brand-new life.

Meanwhile, the other three people in Dormitory 601 seemed very surprised that she would accept Du Feng's flowers.

Especially Jiang Bufan!

She had even recorded everything that just happened, and very "loyally" sent it to a certain gentleman who was completely in the dark!

Gu Liyan, oh Gu Liyan, you had better work hard and keep at it!

This was the inner voice of Jiang Bufan, and unbeknownst to her, it was also the inner voice of Yao Xiang.

Those involved are confused, while the bystanders see clearly...

If Gu Liyan wants to win back Zhou Xiaoru, it seems he will still have to go through some twists and turns...