The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 47
The year before I came to T City felt like gambling.I marked a large piece of stone that looked good, with a delicate outer layer, a large piece of pine flowers, and a corner that was cut open was fresh and green.However, when the vanity is peeled off layer by layer, there is a vast expanse of white and worthless stones inside, and the brimming emerald green only floats in the cut corner, which is not at all the large piece of top-quality imperial green that was originally thought to be there.

On the second day after I returned to Du's house, Du Chengchen started to prepare for my admission procedures.His efficiency was quick, and in the morning of another day, I had already been sent to Class [-] of Grade [-] in a nearby elementary school by him.The third-grade head teacher in this elementary school is very kind, and the classmates are also quite friendly, but I did not expect that the third-grade things here are more difficult than what I have learned.

Not long after I transferred to another school, I happened to meet the midterm exam.Except for Chinese, which is not bad, foreign language and mathematics are terrible.I sat in meditation for 10 minutes on the handed out report card, and finally rolled it up and threw it into the classroom drawer.After I went back, I was very fortunate to find that Du Chengchen was not at home. What was even more fortunate was that my aunt at home told me that Du Chengchen went abroad on a business trip in the afternoon and would not be able to return for at least a month.

I said, "Brother, does he often travel on business?"

She was busy wiping the table without looking back: "Yes. Mr. Du is away from home for half of the year."

I tried my best to suppress the smile that was about to spread on my face, and said, "Really? My brother will be very tired in this way."

While talking, he walked briskly to the restaurant to get the cake.During the half a month of coming to Du's house, every time I came back from school, I could always see a freshly baked cake on the dining table.However, the dining table was empty this afternoon. I searched around and found nothing.Standing there and looking at my aunt, the latter was stared at by me for a while, as if just remembering it, he patted his forehead and said, "Oh, look at me, I forgot to make it when I was busy. Do you want to eat? I'm going to Do it for you?"

She spoke like this, but her feet didn't move.Standing at the table, he is tall.And it presents an oval shape that is rich after being fat in middle age.I stared at her silently for a while, and finally said: "I don't need to trouble you. I won't eat today."

Since then, I have been entangled in Du Chengchen's absence from home for a long time.

I believe that 25-year-old Du Chengchen must be in pain every day facing my younger sister with such a huge age gap. Of course, I am also in pain. A business trip is entertainment, or he may have other places to go, in short, he just doesn't go home.This is what I had hoped for.

However, when he was not at home, I always had three meals a day and could only eat biscuits or instant noodles by myself.It was equally painful for me.The painful consequence is that in a short period of time, I quickly became familiar with the tastes of various brands of biscuits and instant noodles, and then every time a classmate only mentioned half a word, I was able to answer the answer like a cannonball, and quoted the classics for a long time. , and finally make a list of more cost-effective or better-tasting foods.This can also be seen as a benefit to some extent, because very quickly I transformed from the king of children in the mountains to the biscuit of the expert world, no, the expert of the biscuit world, and the top of my head at that time The halo of this title is so bright that the whole grade can see it.

At the same time, I had a cold war with Gu Yanzhi for two full years.

In the beginning, my cold war was one-sided.Because Gu Yanzhi would appear in front of my eyes every week or two, he naturally asked me to hang out with him.Every time I firmly refused.However, he didn't take my gesture of refusal seriously.The performance of not paying attention is to continue to ask me to hang out with him next time.In the eyes of a child, this kind of behavior is clearly an adult who pretends to be mature and close to the people, but actually shows amused and dismissive attitude towards a child's persistent hostile attitude.So I intensified.Not only did he resolutely refuse, but every time Gu Yanzhi was on his way back, he would trip over things like small ropes and small nails.I persistently refused and stumbled him for more than a year, and finally from a certain number of days that I can't remember the exact date, I haven't seen Gu Yanzhi again.

He was nowhere to be seen, and I kind of missed it at the beginning.Then I thought that if there was a tree in the middle of the road home from school, but it was cut down later, then I would miss the day when it suddenly disappeared.This shows that Gu Yanzhi's status is only equivalent to a tree, and I don't miss him because he is special.Then nostalgia turned into relief.

But relief is like a parallel space that opens and closes irregularly.Sometimes you think you're relieved, but other times you're relieved and thrown back into place.This is probably best understood by people who have been recently broken up.In the last second, I was still saying that I don’t want to recall anymore and I decided to give up, and in the next second, I hypnotized myself and said that it doesn’t matter if I recall it again.The lotus roots are broken, and the muddy water is inseparable.As a result, the wound never heals, and those who want to forget never forget it.

And I didn't have the legendary lovelorn, but I also realized this.I tossed and turned for a long time, but my indecision didn't make me really forget about Gu Yanzhi, instead I was very depressed.Finally, one day after school, my deskmate spotted it.

My deskmate asked me what was wrong, and I said, "It's nothing serious."

"It's nothing serious, so why don't you put on a bad face for others to look up to?"

"..." I had no choice but to say, "I trusted a lord, and then this lord betrayed my trust."

My tablemate let out an oh, with a calm expression: "I still think it's something. It really isn't a big deal for you."

"..."

"It's quite normal for a grown-up to betray trust, okay? It's abnormal for a grown-up to keep his promise. Have you heard the story about Ouyo dying while holding a pillar? The first time I heard that story My immediate reaction is that Wei Sheng must not be over, maybe not even 16 years old. We children are the ones who take our words seriously, and the adults are all very slippery, so it’s no wonder they are so simple.”

"..."

"And the more shameless thing about grown-ups is that they know how to whitewash themselves. You know what," my tablemate said with a vicissitudes of life, "what do they call lying, betrayal, and calculation, all of which are called the price of growth. It's just like They have to lie, betray, and calculate. These are skills that every adult must have. It seems like they can’t live without them.”

"..."

I nodded solemnly, expressing my deep appreciation for her words.Unexpectedly, a cool voice sounded from behind: "I never knew that we were all shameless and naughty people. This is really a sad story."

Let's look back together.Yan Yu was standing behind us with folded hands.His figure was tall and straight, with the corners of his clothes flapping in the breeze, his face was icy cold.

I calmly took half a step back.

My deskmate stepped diagonally in front of me: "Hey, let me tell you, Sister Yuyan, don't worry about our girls' affairs."

Yan Yu squinted her eyes, and her tone was ten times colder than before: "Ye Xunxun, do you dare to tell me again?"

Ye Xunxun said, "Where's my Swiss chocolate?"

"Why should I buy it for you?"

Ye Xunxun put his hands on his hips and pointed at the bridge of Yan Yu's nose: "Why did you come to see me if you didn't buy it!"

I said on the side: "..."

To be honest, before this, I never imagined that Ye Xunxun, who is both good in character and learning, can have such a magnificent side.Staring at Yan Yu without fear of death, to put it mildly, like a queen.To put it bluntly, she looks like a female hooligan.

"I didn't come to look for you today." Yan Yu closed his cuffs, slowly raised his hand and pointed at me, "I was entrusted by someone to pick her up from school today."

I immediately waved my hand: "No, no, I don't know, so you guys seem to be very busy when you know each other, so please continue to ignore me, my house is coming soon, I can go back by myself..."

When Ye Xunxun was still jumping and saying, "Who knows him", Yan Yu had already picked up his collar and threw it like a kitten to the bodyguard in a suit who appeared behind him at an unknown time, and ordered, "Take the She sent her home. No matter what excuses she makes, including going to the bathroom, going to the store, going to a classmate's house to play in the damn, just don't listen. You must hand her over to the people in Ye's house." Then she raised her chin at me again, " A recovering man asked me to take you to the tennis court. Come with me."

"Who is the one recovering from a serious illness?"

Yan Yu said, "Gu Yanzhi."

I immediately said: "I'm dizzy, I don't want to go, I want to go home."

Yan Yu pushed his glasses, and suddenly smiled brightly: "Is it dizziness? I happen to be a doctor. Take your hand here. I'll take the pulse and see if it's acupuncture or surgery."

"..." I glanced at the other bodyguard left behind Yan Yu, and deeply doubted that if I changed my words and said that I am not dizzy but I just don't want to go and I want to go home, Yan Yu can probably throw me away like Ye Xunxun Give it to the bouncer and go straight to the tennis court.Thinking of this, I swallowed my saliva, and said with difficulty, "No, let's go..."

The tennis courts are brightly lit.

There are only five or six people in the huge venue.Not far away, someone wearing a light white casual shirt with a slender figure was slowly correcting a girl's movements.I was about to walk around when he suddenly raised his eyelids, and his gaze fell on me precisely.

In the next second, he waved to me, still speaking in perfect Mandarin, with a little tenderness: "Wanwan. Come here."

I stood in a stalemate for a while, and then I heard him say again: "What are you doing standing there? Come here, and I will teach you how to play tennis."

He acted nonchalantly, as if nothing had happened before.I squinted my eyes carefully, and felt that he seemed to be a little lighter than the last time I saw him.He said a few words to the people around him, and the girl glanced at me, turned and walked away.He stood there alone, with smooth and graceful lines, and a smile on the corner of his mouth.With a somewhat casual meaning.

I finally walked over.

There are two rackets next to it, one is dark black and the other is light pink.He handed the latter to me.I refused, stared straight ahead, and said flatly, "I don't want to learn to play tennis."

He said, "Is there anyone who doesn't take physical education next semester as an elective tennis class?"

"..."

I looked at the tennis racket silently, thinking about how I could jump up and put the racket on his head.Gu Yanzhi has already begun to point out the essentials for me: "Keep your feet apart and lean your upper body forward."

I stood still and said, "Isn't that Donald Duck?"

"..." He held the racket and looked at me condescendingly.

After a while, I still lowered my head and silently followed his demonstration actions.He came over and stood behind me, correcting his posture slowly.After a while, I whispered, "I heard you're sick."

"No big deal. It's done."

He answered casually, holding my hand and kneading it bit by bit into the posture of holding a racket.I turned my head and asked, "Who was that person next to you just now?"

"Ye Jin." Gu Yanzhi pushed my head back to the front, "You should concentrate."

I turned my head away again: "Who is she?"

He said casually: "My girlfriend."

I looked at him for a while, but I still couldn't get back to my senses: "...Girlfriend?"

He said, "You have a deskmate named Ye Xunxun. Ye Jin is her cousin."

I looked at him for a while and asked, "So how old is she?"

He paused his guiding posture, lowered his head, and gave me a funny look: "Then how old do you think she looks, Du Wan?"

I didn't answer and asked again: "How long have you been dating? How did you meet? What do you like about her?"

This time he snapped my head back: "You should pay attention to my studies."

But it's hard for me to concentrate.

I basically didn't hear what Gu Yanzhi said clearly.While absent-mindedly facing Gu Yanzhi's guidance, he turned his eyes to Ye Jin who was in the distance.

Ye Xunxun once commented in an old-fashioned way that treating someone else's girlfriend is actually no different from treating someone else's pet cat.When you visit the owner’s house and see a cat at first glance, the first criterion for judging this cat in our eyes is whether it is good-looking, beautiful, and clean; after these identifications, we will care about the so-called bloodline of this cat Pure or impure, lively or boring, and the degree of clinginess; but in the final analysis, it depends on whether the cat is beautiful or not, whether it is clean or not.Regardless of whether its blood is pure or not, lively or not, clingy or not, as long as it has a good-looking face, then it is almost a perfect score for other people's pet cats.

Similarly, when we look at other people's girlfriends, we first look at their faces.Then it depends on the body, temperament, family background and personality.But in the end, look at the face.Once she has a face that everyone loves, no matter how arrogant her personality is, how low her IQ is, how bad her character is, and regardless of our jealousy, she is still a girlfriend of someone else's family who is close to full marks.

Now such a judgment standard falls on Ye Jin.No matter how you look at it, she is in line with the aesthetics of modern beauty.A small oval face, big eyes, delicate nose bridge, wearing a light pink tennis skirt, standing among the opposite sex over there, it is really eye-catching.

I was a little fascinated.Until the ear was tugged gently.A half-smile appeared on Jiang Yannan's face: "Which brother over there do you like? You can't even blink your eyes."

Gu Yanzhi said on the side: "I've been in a daze for a while. I called twice but didn't hear it."

Jiang Yannan smiled and said: "Whoever you like, just tell me. None of the brothers over there has a girlfriend at present. They usually pretend to be decent, and their character is not bad. You may have to consider marrying and becoming a husband, but It’s okay to play as a boyfriend for a while before kicking.”

I said:"……"

Jiang Yannan took the racket in my hand again, and weighed it: "It's ready so soon? Du Wan, this tennis racket was specially ordered by your brother Yanzhi. It's the same design as his black one. Teacher. He just got sick a few days ago, and the first thing he did when he got out of bed was to find someone to make this tennis racket. You see how much your brother Yanzhi loves you. By the way, and Gu Yanzhi, don’t you think that these two rackets are from Does the style and color look like a couple’s style?”

Gu Yanzhi copied his hands and said in a low voice, "You can rest now."

I watched Jiang Yannan leave, before I could say a word, Gu Yanzhi and I were left facing each other.He was holding a tennis ball in his hand, with a fluorescent yellow body and slender fingers.I stared in a daze for a while, until he said in a nonchalant tone: "You didn't do well in the midterm exam?"

In the past two days, I have been feeling a little pain in my stomach intermittently, and a little bloated, like drinking too much ice water, but also a little different, a very strange feeling.But other than that, there is no other feeling.I never cared about it.When he asked this sentence, my abdominal pain happened to flare up sharply, and I felt cold all over, and small bumps formed on my skin.

He looked at my changes, a little funny smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.Reached out to rub my hair: "I just asked, did you blow your hair like this?"

I whispered, "I want to go back."

"We'll have dinner together in a while and take you home."

I feel so bad that I don't want to hold on: "...can I go back now?"

Gu Yanzhi squatted down in front of me.His eyes were deep and quiet, and his voice was gentle, with a tone of discussion, "Wanwan, can you ask your brother to hire you a tutor?"

I suddenly raised my head to look at him: "I don't want to."

"why?"

"..."

I refused to answer him.

Thinking about it now, a child's self-esteem and pride are such a fragile and fatal thing.Obviously know that there are far more courses that you don't understand than those you understand.Obviously every night when I do my homework, I feel so sad and anxious that I cry.But I still refuse to admit that my academic performance is not good in front of adults.And carefully conceal it, pretending that nothing has changed.I used to be proud of my studies in the mountains.Still pretending to be fine these days.

I deluded myself into thinking that Gu Yanzhi was just asking casually, that he, like Du Chengchen, didn't know anything yet.Of course I don't want them to know either.But he forgot that since Gu Yanzhi even knew the name of my tablemate and my physical education class, he would naturally understand how vulnerable my grades were.

Children always think they can fool adults.I forgot that there is a word called "child's play".After a long time, Gu Yanzhi was still waiting for my answer, but I stubbornly refused to answer.When the two of us faced each other silently, Ye Jin suddenly ran over: "Yanzhi, Yan Yu is looking for you over there."

Gu Yanzhi hummed, still looking at me.I turned my head silently.After a while, he turned around again.I heard him laugh softly, my hair was rubbed twice, and then the footsteps gradually left.

As soon as he left, Ye Jin and I were left looking at each other.She looked down at me for a while, and said first, "Your name is Du Wan, right? I heard from Yanzhi that Ye Xunxun is your deskmate, right?"

I said, "I also heard from him that you are Ye Xunxun's cousin."

She glanced back at Gu Yanzhi, then turned around again: "Did he say nothing else about me?"

"...you are his girlfriend."

Ye Jin's expression at that moment was like dew on a rose suddenly, and she smiled sweetly: "He is really...does he really say so?"

I nodded.

"He's really..." After "really" for a while, he didn't say the rest, brushed his hair and laughed for a while, and then continued, "By the way, how is Ye Xunxun doing in school? "

I felt a sharp pain in my stomach, and I covered it calmly: "It's pretty good. The grades are very good, the popularity is very good, and I know a lot of things. She is the representative of the Chinese class and the art committee member of our class. The blackboard newspaper is drawn by her. Yes. More than 100 copies of each Chinese composition are printed and distributed, and then passed on to the whole grade for study.”

Ye Jin smiled and said: "What about you? I heard that you are Du Sicheng's daughter. Uncle Du was very talented and was very famous in T City at that time. Your academic performance should be pretty good, right? Can you draw? "

"..." I felt cold sweat slipping down my forehead, and my voice squeezed out from the depths of my throat, "I'm sorry, I have a stomachache and I have to go to the bathroom."

Five minutes later, I stood in the bathroom cubicle and saw a piece of blood on the underwear under the trousers, and my mind went blank for a while.

I didn't know how long it was blank, and finally came back to my senses.Then the first reaction was to wonder in fear if I was going to die.

Thinking about it now, such a reaction at that time was really pitifully naive.However, when I felt naive again, I suddenly thought of Ye Xunxun.Then compared with the embarrassing incident where Ye Xunxun, who has always been omniscient and omnipotent, was so frightened that he burst into tears and almost jumped off the building until he was forcibly carried down by Yan Yu, I suddenly felt that I was silent at that time. The performance has been calm and very gratifying.

I still remember the complex psychological reactions in those few minutes.With such bright bloodstains and such pain in the stomach, all kinds of terrible guesses came to mind at that moment, such as tumor, cancer, internal bleeding and so on.I thought about it for a long time with complicated and terrifying emotions.I further thought about my life in the past two years, and felt that I had no relatives. I suddenly thought that I could just lie on the bed and wait until the end of my life without treatment.

Then I thought again, instead of lying alone on the bed in T City, I might as well go back to the mountain, lie next to Yanyan, chat with her about the daily life, and quietly wait for death.

In the past two years in T City, I finally decided that I am not suitable for this place.

It's beautiful, rich, flashy, and ambiguous here.Luxurious clothes in shop windows, suits in office buildings.At night, the streets are lit all night long, and there are plenty of ways and places to have fun.People make rules, break rules, and enjoy rules.It's not like in the mountains, where all the glory you rely on comes from the sky, and you work at sunrise and rest at sunset. Humans are just a member of it, not the master.

T city is the life that Gu Yanzhi and the others are used to, but it is not mine.Even if it's beautiful, it has nothing to do with me.I refused to admit it in front of others, but I had to admit it to myself. In T City, I didn't find anything to be happy about.

My grades are not good.I don't have friends who I can freely talk about.I also stopped being the central focus of the kids.I can't go and tell Du Chengchen that the aunt you hired treats me badly, and I don't have anything to eat when you're not at home.The driver at home is also always lazy, often refusing to pick me up from school with various excuses.There are only a few people in Du's house, so I offended almost everyone, and I'm not sure if Du Chengchen will believe me after I tell you.Their adults are too capable of turning black and white, and I can't bear the consequences of failure.I didn't have the courage to try to do that.

I stood in a daze in front of the mirror in the bathroom for a while, and suddenly realized everything.Since this is the result of coming to T City, and I am about to die, people who are about to die always have a little privilege.Why don't I get used to myself and go back to the mountains.

When I thought of this, I acted immediately.

I ran out quietly along the corner of the bathroom.Thanks to Du Chengchen for the regular calls to me for living expenses, so that after I ran out of the stadium, I could return to Du's house smoothly by taxi.I am also grateful for my own memory.I still remember the last time I took a flight to T City, Gu Yanzhi took my account page to go through the formalities.Therefore, the first thing I did after returning to the Du residence was to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find the household registration booklet, and then briefly deal with the bleeding problem, then dug out the suitcase that Gu Yanzhi had given me to pack, and finally took the car to the airport and went straight to the ticket sales point.

The service lady behind the terminal window asked, "Where do you want to go, kid?"

I handed over the account page, pretending to be calm: "Chengdu, Sichuan."

She took the account page, flipped through it, and raised her head: "Are you taking the flight alone?"

"Yes."

"Where are your parents?"

I said, "Can I buy a plane ticket by myself?"

She thought about it, and still smiled: "Yes. But it takes a long time for children to buy tickets alone. Can you sit in the waiting area and wait for a while? Don't run around, I will call you to pick up tickets at any time."

I nodded.

I carried my suitcase and looked out of the window. It was already night in T City, and it was still full of stars.

I still remember last year, it was roughly the same season, and it was also the same night, when Gu Yanzhi walked out of the airport holding my hand.His hands were warm, he watched me staring at the surrounding lights, bent down, smiled slightly and asked, "Do you like this place?"

I looked him in the eyes and nodded seriously.He then said, "You can stay here forever in the future."

But he was wrong after all.Some things and some people are destined to have their specific and suitable soil.Just like Gastrodia elata and Cordyceps sika deer, they can only grow in the mountains and cannot survive if they are moved to other places.

And, like T city, it is destined to be Gu Yanzhi's territory.And the mountainous area in the west is my territory.

I sat in the waiting area for a while, but the ticket sales staff didn't come to call me.A child walked past holding hands by an adult, and occasionally looked over inquiringly.All of them stared back at me coldly.There are actually many times when I am alone this year, so I really don't like this kind of place with endless streams.The Chinese teacher said it well, once the environment contrasts, the effect is always particularly strong.Mastery articles are like this, and so is life.

An aunt sat down in the seat next to me.He glanced at me and said, "My little friend, where are your parents?"

I said, "I'm flying alone. No mom or dad."

"Oh, why are you alone?"

"..."

She looked at me very carefully: "Looking at your angry appearance, you won't be angry with your parents, right?"

"..."

She was a little angry: "You child, you can't run around when you are angry. Do you know how anxious your parents are? Where do you live? How long have you been out? Go home quickly, a child who keeps running outside will It’s very unsafe, do you know? What if you get trafficked?”

I told her earnestly: "I was originally trafficked. My parents are not in T City. I am going home by plane."

Her eyes were full of disbelief: "Can a kidnapped child dress like you? Still have money to fly? Is lying a bad behavior guide? Besides, you, a child, can't fly alone, you know? "

I said: "I have an account page."

"You can't leave today even if you have a household registration page. You have to ask your parents to fill out an application form for you, and you have to fill it out at least three days in advance. Do you have it?"

"……Really?"

She said, "What did I lie to you for?"

I hesitated for a moment, and a man behind me smiled and said, "Yes, kid, I can assure you that this auntie didn't lie to you. Don't be angry, go home now."

I turned my head and looked towards the ticket counter.The ticket sales lady just happened to look this way and smiled at me.I suddenly remembered that she seemed to have dialed the phone just now, and no matter how I thought about it now, the mouth shape sounded like the words "Mr. Gu Yanzhi". I was shocked and stood up abruptly.

I walked along the way with my suitcase, faster and faster, almost trotting.The anxious voice of the ticket sales lady sounded behind her: "Where are you going, kid? Don't run around, where are you going? Come back!"

I ran faster and faster, anxious to throw the suitcase out.This idea finally came true when I approached the revolving door. I only felt that my feet were tripped by shoelaces, and the suitcase really came out of my hand the next moment.

I could feel myself collapsing in front of everyone.It was extremely embarrassing.But there is no way.Thinking that I have experienced such a similar feeling countless times in this year, and I have to feel it clearly again before I die, it suddenly makes me feel how unkind the heaven is.Resigned to fate and waited for the pain of falling.But in an instant, I felt that my body was suddenly stopped, and two hands held my arm, and firmly caught me who was about to be knocked a few centimeters away.

There was a muffled hum in my ear.Then I heard a familiar deep voice: "Where do you want to go?"

I froze suddenly.

The upper body was firmly locked in the arms of the person opposite.Tried a bit, but failed.Try again, still fail.I twisted hard on the inside of his arm, taking advantage of Gu Yanzhi's arm loosening, I immediately got up and took two big steps back.

I straightened my back and looked at him proudly with my chin raised.

He was still wearing the light-colored casual shirt, probably because he came in an emergency just now, and he seemed to be short of breath.After looking at me for a while, I slowly stood up.He was tall enough to block all light in front of me.I had to raise my head to meet his gaze.Surrounded by a steady stream of people, occasionally someone looked over.Under these gazes, Gu Yanzhi and I confronted each other silently.

After a while, he finally spoke first, with a steady tone: "Running to the airport, where do you want to go?"

"go back."

"Where are you going?"

I said, "Go back to Dashan, my home."

"This is your home too," he said.

The corners of my mouth moved.But did not speak.

Gu Yanzhi took a step forward, and I immediately made a gesture to warn him: "Don't come over."

However, he turned a deaf ear and took another step forward, looking at me indifferently: "What will happen in the past?"

"..." I took a step back.Of course I can't do anything.In T City, people have always treated me in such a way, and there is absolutely no possibility of it being reversed suddenly here.Against the light, Gu Yanzhi's eyes were dark and his eyelashes were long.Slender and tall, he couldn't be more beautiful.But I don't know why I suddenly wanted to cry, my throat trembled violently, and my voice trembled when I spoke, "...I don't like this place."

He asked softly, "What don't you like here?"

"I don't like anything."

"why?"

I blurted out: "Why do you have so many whys? I still have so many whys, have you seen me asking you? Can you stop being so aggressive, do you know that you are really annoying!"

He kept his eyebrows still: "I hate it? Where do I hate it?"

"..."

"Because of the tutoring thing I talked about in the tennis court just now? I went to your head teacher a few days ago, and she said that you don't like to talk in class now, and sometimes you sleep. Physical education class is not active, and you are bored." , and very little communication with classmates. But I clearly remember that when I brought you here a year ago, you were not like this."

"..."

"Wanwan," he walked up to me and squatted down again.Loosely holding my two wrists, and my usual gentle eyes, "At that time you were so proud, going forward bravely, like a pompous little peacock. Tell me yourself, why?"

"..."

I bit my lip tightly, twisted my neck, and said nothing.

His voice was deep: "Du Wan, answer my question."

I finally looked up: "How do you want me to answer the questions? You're right, I do need a tutor because I can't understand the lessons here. I've been trying so hard to keep up, but my grades It's still not good at all. Are you satisfied with me saying so?"

"..."

"But you said you asked Du Chengchen to hire a tutor. Do you know how I stayed in Du's house? You said it so simply, but how could Du Chengchen hire me a tutor? Do you know that I ate biscuits in Du's house for a year? I always live alone in Du's house, do you know? Actually, you shouldn't bring me here at all. Du Chengchen doesn't welcome me, and I don't like him. I don't want to go to the school here either. You said I don't feel the benefits of coming to T city at all."

"..."

"I am a burden here. Liability, do you understand the meaning of these two words? In fact, I go back to the mountains and treat everyone very well. I am happy, and you are also relaxed. I just want to go back to the mountains and be quiet Don't bother anyone here, can't you? This is your place, not mine. I'm out of place here. Have you ever experienced the feeling of being out of place, brother? It's not good at all. Now I'm about to die, you just Can't you let me get out of here?"

I yelled to the end.The depression that had accumulated over the past year seemed to finally be unbearable and let out.After shouting, I felt a coolness on my face.Stretching out his hand to touch it, large swaths of tears fell on the palm of his hand.

He froze for a moment, then turned his head immediately.

I really wanted to stop my tears, but they didn't listen to me at all, instead they fell even worse.Gu Yanzhi was watching silently in front of him.I frantically wiped my tears, feeling annoyed, sad, and embarrassed.The water splashed to the ground, almost forming a small puddle of water.I felt that Gu Yanzhi's gaze was particularly obtrusive at the moment, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and yelled over: "What's so good about people crying, can you stop looking! Why are you like this!"

After yelling, someone grabbed his back suddenly, and then gently grabbed him, and his body fell forward uncontrollably.

The next second I was enveloped in a gentle embrace.

The back was patted regularly, and Gu Yanzhi's voice suddenly softened: "Du Chengchen treats you badly, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

I said viciously: "You think you have nothing to say! You are the same as him!" I kept twisting and trying to struggle out, "Let me go!"

Gu Yanzhi laughed, and in the next second, I felt my body lighten, and my whole body had been hugged horizontally.

The arms in the back and the hollows of the legs are tight and strong, and I watched the suitcase being picked up, and I walked through the airport turnstile without touching the ground, getting closer and closer to a black car.Regardless of everyone's stares, I struggled even harder: "What are you going to do! Where are you taking me! I won't go back with you! Let me down! Let me down!"

Gu Yanzhi said lightly, "This is beyond your control."

I said anxiously: "I'm about to die, why don't you let me go? I don't want to go back to Du's house! Gu Yanzhi, how dare you let me go!"

"Of course not to Du's house. You follow me to Gu's house." He hugged me and lowered his body, stepped into the car, and then looked down at me, "What do you mean when you keep saying that you are dying?"

"I was about to die," I wiped away my tears, "I was bleeding a lot from below, and my stomach hurt so badly. I must have cancer, or a tumor or something. It must be terminal anyway. I want to go back Go to the mountains. I want to be buried next to Dad, and I don’t want to go back with you.”

After talking about it, I felt more and more impermanent in life, and finally burst into tears.Through the hazy tears, he seemed to see the corners of Gu Yanzhi's eyes twitching. After a while, he said, "...March?"

"What tide? I'm about to die, can you speak plainly?"

He looked at me for a while, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, and said, "You are not dying. You are fine, but you have menstruation. Menarche is the first menstruation, which is an important sign of puberty for girls. Don't touch cold things during the time, don't eat spicy food, and don't exercise vigorously. Lao Hu, stop in front of the supermarket for a while and buy something."

I said, "What is menstruation?"

"..." He looked at me and said after a while, "Menstruation is the bleeding phenomenon in the uterus once a month."

"What is a uterus?" I asked again, "Do you have one?"

He looked at me condescendingly: "Didn't you say you never asked why?"

"But it's just what, not why! You haven't answered my question, what is a uterus? Do you have one?"

"I said it was a sign of puberty in girls."

"What about the boys? What about you?"

He raised his hand and pressed me tightly in his arms.There was darkness in front of my eyes, and I could only hear his pleasant voice: "Okay, you are tired, and there will be a while before you get home, so get a good night's sleep first."

I struggled and said, "But I'm not tired..."

Gu Yanzhi affirmed: "You are tired."

"..."

I still want to talk, but my eyes are gently covered with the palm of my hand, blocking all the radiance outside the car window.I was held in Gu Yanzhi's arms, and I was patted on the back regularly.Use his arms as a pillow.This kind of embrace is very comfortable, and the thought of falling quickly gained the upper hand, I murmured angrily: "I'm really not tired..."

In the dark, the forehead was stroked by warm and dry palms, and the messy hair was pushed aside, the movements were as gentle as feathers.An extremely gentle voice sounded beside her ear, with a hint of coaxing: "Be good, Wanwan, let's go to sleep, huh?"

I haven't heard such a voice in a long time.I don't know when I was really coaxed by him, and slowly fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)