Addicted: Book One - The Inquietude of Youth (1-44)

Chapter 33: Feelings began to change

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After Gu Hai went back to his home, he folded his uniform and put it inside his closet. His old mobile phone suddenly rang, loud as it was, producing a deafening ringtone.

"Da Hai, ah! Da Hai!"

When Gu Hai heard it, he knew right away that it was Li Shuo, who always had nothing to do.

"Da Hai, what are you busy with these days? Why did you never contact this brother of yours?"

Li Shuo's words caused Gu Hai's body to tense for a few seconds; indeed, he hadn't been in touch with his buddies for a while. Since he had changed his phone and sold his computer, he couldn't even connect to the internet. Because he had no internet connection, and his phone was not a decent one too, Gu Hai had felt too lazy to contact anyone else.

"I'm not really busy with anything, just went to classes, and then sleep. It's pretty boring."

When Li Shuo heard that, he was very happy.

"Then, let's go out on Saturday, let's call Hu Zi too, he bought a new car and wants to show it off to you. Are you coming to our place, or do you want us to pick you up?"

Gu Hai's eyes suddenly gained a cautious look.

"I'll come to your place. From now on if there's nothing important, don't come and look for me. If it's something really urgent, give me a call first; only after I say it's okay then you can come."

"What shameful thing have you done this time? Why are you so afraid that we would see..."

Gu Hai casually brushed it off, "It's nothing, just remember my words and that's enough. See you on Saturday."

After he finished talking, Gu Hai hurriedly hung up the call.

Not long after that, his phone rang again.

"Gu Hai!!"

A shrill voice from the other side of the phone shocked Gu Hai.

"Why did you never call me during these past few days?!"

Gu Hai took a deep breath, what had he done wrong these past few days, why was everyone talking to him as if he was indebted to them and were demanding payment from him?

"Didn't we talk on the phone every day?"

Jin Lu Lu's voice could be heard from his old mobile phone; it was extremely rough.

"Yes, we talked on the phone every day, but it's always me who called you first, you never take the initiative to call me! You weren't like this before, you're always the one who called me first. You... Are you cheating on me?!"

"Who am I cheating you with?" Gu Hai replied angrily. "Can you not be paranoid all day long? You weren't this narrow-minded before! If I was really cheating on you, I wouldn't answer your calls!"

Jin Lu Lu was sobbing, "Then, why didn't you call me first?"

Truthfully speaking, calling someone needs money, while receiving a call is free. Gu Hai used to not care about these things before, even if he fell asleep in the middle of a phone call, the phone would be always connected until dawn. But now, he can't do that anymore, he only wanted to receive a call, if he took the initiative to call someone first, he felt that he would suffer losses. Moreover, if he used this phone for too long, it would heat up and he worried that the phone would die suddenly, so he simply didn't call her.

"I've been busy these few days because I'm moving to a new place, so I couldn't contact you."

Jin Lu Lu breathed slowly and said with a tactful tone, "Where did you move to?"

Gu Hai lifted his head to look up at the ceiling whose paint had fallen off, he went silent for a long time before saying, "I moved to an apartment which is not far away from school, even if I tell you the address you wouldn't remember it."

"Tell me. If you tell me, I will definitely remember it. I will come to your place during the holidays."

Gu Hai's expression changed, nevertheless his manner of speaking was still steady and firm.

"Don't, you're a girl and if you come a long way here, I'll be really worried."

Jin LuLu sighed heavily, "But I want to see your current life situation since you joined the new school, I've never been to your place at all, I don't even know how you are doing."

"I'm doing very good. As long as you're doing good, then I'm fine too."

Jin LuLu went silent for a quite while, her tone suddenly became somewhat dreary.

"Gu Hai, you've changed."

"How have I changed?"

"You've never said anything good like what you just said. Do you really have a new girlfriend?"

Gu Hai immediately hung up the call, if he didn't hear it, then it wouldn't bother his heart. He didn't understand why suddenly he lost all the patience he had towards the girl, whom he'd always thought as a perfect girl.

After a while, the phone rang again, the sound was still as ear-piercing as before. The walls here were very thin and there were other people living next door; Gu Hai was afraid he would bother everyone else, so he just turned off the phone.

As Gu Hai lay on his bed, his heart felt a little tight.

He suddenly remembered one thing, with Jin Lu Lu's temper, if he were in a cold war with her, then the one who'd lose their patience first would be her. And what did it mean? It meant she'd come all the way here to find him, and then she would reveal his real identity as well as his family status.

This can't be happening!

Gu Hai got up from his bed, took a few strides towards the table, and picked up his phone. Just as he turned on the phone, it rang; Gu Hai hastily picked up the call. However, since the phone's reaction was too slow, while Gu Hai's action was too fast, as a result, just when he was about to answer the call, the phone crashed right away.