As she kept thinking, it was as if the valve of memory had been opened. She suddenly realized why Gu Chenfei had treated her like that. Thinking back, she had really been too much to Gu Chenfei when she was a child.
When they were kids, Gu Chenfei liked peace and quiet and always stayed alone. Everyone in the family knew this and never bothered her. But Gu Yangtao always loved to spoil her peace.
Sometimes, she would take a cattail grass and tickle Gu Chenfei's face from time to time. After that, she would hide behind a pillar and wait for Gu Chenfei to look for her.
But usually, Gu Chenfei would ignore her and just go on with her own business as if nothing had happened.
Sometimes, when Gu Chenfei was reading, Gu Yangtao would shout "Sister, sister" beside her and run around while shouting.
"Sister, come and fly a kite."
"Sister, look at this flower."
"Sister, there are fish in the pond."
...
The past events came back to her vividly. Gu Yangtao had been really clingy when she was a child. She always dragged Gu Chenfei to play this and that. She always thought Gu Chenfei would get angry, but strangely enough, Gu Chenfei had never been angry with her at that time.
Was it because she was too young then?
Gu Yangtao was very confused. Was it because Gu Chenfei couldn't bear to do anything to a girl of just a few years old? But Gu Chenfei didn't seem to be such a person.
When did their relationship turn into what it was now?
Gu Yangtao thought for a while. It was probably when she was in the second grade of junior high school. She was in her adolescence then, rebellious and most intolerant of others' gossips.
Gu Chenfei had always been a quiet person. She was always alone at school, which made her seem a bit withdrawn. Because of her good looks, she had the reputation of a cold and aloof goddess, which also attracted the jealousy of many girls.
At that time, Gu Chenfei was said to be the school beauty. Many girls were not convinced and often slandered her secretly. But Gu Yangtao always defended her. Whenever she heard someone talking ill of Gu Chenfei, she would never let that person go. Whether it was a boy or a girl, she would either beat or scold them and make them pay the price.
For this reason, Gu Yangtao also got a reputation for being tough. At that time, everyone in the school said that the two sisters from the Gu family were really strange.
One was beautiful but didn't like to talk or communicate with others. She was like an autistic person.
The other was cute but had great strength and liked violence. She would often beat people until they couldn't find their teeth.
Gu Yangtao never cared about these reputations, and Gu Chenfei didn't even put them in her eyes.
Until one thing happened. At that innocent age, Gu Yangtao had her first crush and confessed her love to a senior. That senior was very elegant. A white shirt had charmed so many girls.
But... Gu Yangtao was rejected. The girl's self - esteem was hurt, and she cried in her room all night.
After that, she was always in a low mood. Gu Yangtao was a lively and cheerful girl with many friends. When she was lovelorn, many people came to comfort her, chattering and persuading her.
"Why did the senior reject me? Am I not good - looking? Or is it something else? Woo - hoo - hoo." With the comfort of a bunch of little friends, Gu Yangtao felt that she had found someone to pour out her heart to.
"How could it be? Yangtao, you are so cute. The senior can't reject you because of your looks."
"Then tell me, why?" Gu Yangtao asked while sobbing.
"This... Yangtao, it's not easy to say." Someone stammered.
"What's so hard to say? Just say it quickly. Don't be so hesitant." Although Gu Yangtao was cute and had a soft voice, she was not an indecisive person. She disliked this kind of hesitant talk the most.
"Come on, what else could it be? It's just that they think you're too violent, Yangtao." Another person took over the conversation and joked to Gu Yangtao.
"Violent? What did I do? Why do they think I'm violent?" Gu Yangtao was very confused.
"Don't you even know this, Yangtao? Every time you stand up for your sister and beat people until they can't find their teeth, it's well - known." Another girl said.
It seemed that the news had really spread. Gu Yangtao was quite sad that a girl's reputation had become like this. If this incident was the fuse, then the following thing was the torch that lit the fire.
Gu Yangtao still remembered that after a weekend, when she was walking in the school, she saw the senior again. Different from the clean and neat senior she usually saw, the senior she saw today looked a bit strange.
He was wearing sunglasses and a mask, covering himself tightly on a hot day. Gu Yangtao felt very strange.
She originally wanted to walk around the senior to avoid embarrassment, but unexpectedly, the senior walked straight towards her.
But... his tone was unfriendly.
"Gu Yangtao, I just rejected you. Do you have to do this? Take revenge on me! If I don't agree to you, will you even get someone to beat me to death?"
These words left Gu Yangtao completely confused.
"Senior, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Humph, if you don't understand, you should be able to see." The senior took off his sunglasses and mask. What came into view was a bruised and purple face. He had been beaten!
"Senior, you... " Gu Yangtao's heart trembled, and she felt so heart - broken.
"Stop pretending. Didn't you ask your sister Gu Chenfei to beat me? Now you're pretending to be pitiful. Humph, your whole family is so violent." After leaving this sentence, the senior put on his mask and sunglasses again and left.
"Why did you beat the senior! What right do you have to beat him! Why do you interfere in my business, Gu Chenfei! Do you know what the senior said to me today because of you!"
"Do you know why I was rejected by the senior? It's all because of you, Gu Chenfei. Every time someone in the school slandered you, I helped you get revenge, but I was called a violent maniac."
"Do you know that! Why do you interfere in my business? Why? Why do I have to be treated like this because of you."
Gu Yangtao still remembered the hoarse roar of her 14 - year - old self. She roared at Gu Chenfei one sentence after another and punched her one punch after another. That was the first time Gu Yangtao had ever hit Gu Chenfei, and it was also the last time.
Actually, one of the reasons why Gu Yangtao stopped practicing judo was that the incident back then had left too deep a shadow on her.
Since then, Gu Yangtao had changed her belief of solving problems by force. She would never use force if she could avoid it. It was also from that time that the relationship between her and Gu Chenfei began to become delicate.
She remembered that at that time, she cried and scolded while punching Gu Chenfei. Gu Chenfei stood there with a cold face, letting her hit without fighting back at all.
Thinking of those days, Gu Yangtao really didn't know what had gotten into her back then.