After my cute childhood friend cheated on me, the school beauty begged me for forgiveness.

Ring ring ring…

Make the call.

When he saw the surveillance video showing the elementary school girl fumbling for her cell phone in her pocket, Gu Chen also breathed a sigh of relief.

If you can talk like this, you might be able to persuade her to go back first.

When the call is connected.

Gu Chen spoke first, "Junior sister."

These three words are enough to represent my identity, but there is no need to say anything else...

In fact, he didn't even think about how to tell this girl, the junior school girl.

Should I explain in a deceptive way that today's beating has nothing to do with her, so that she doesn't think too much about guilt... Or should I tell her that nothing will happen to her, and then scare her into going back to school first...

but.

Gu Chen didn't expect that the elementary school girl would speak first:

"Classmate Gu Chen... don't, don't be angry, okay?"

"I, I just want to... spend a little more time with you..."

It seemed that he had guessed what Gu Chen was going to say next.

Bai Xiaowan sniffed again, held the phone in her arms and choked, not wanting him to hear her crying. When her voice recovered a little, she brought the phone closer and whispered:

"I know I'm useless and can't help you...but...can you please stop driving me away?"

Gu Chen's heart suddenly tightened when he heard such aggrieved voice.

"Junior sister, I will be out in two hours. I have a subway card in my coat. You can use it first. If you don't know how to take the subway, there are staff at the subway station who can teach you. Pay attention to your safety."

Gu Chen said softly: "You must listen to me today, otherwise the subway will stop running at 11 o'clock, and you will have to walk back to school... Think about it, the computer given to you in the dormitory has yourself on it. You have to learn, the milk tea shop may still need your help, Wang Yuting is also worried about you..."

He taught earnestly, listening to the girl's breathing on the phone.

At this time, I always thought about what he should do if the junior sister didn't listen to him.

Another moment passed.

Bai Xiaowan rubbed the corners of her red eyes and said softly: "Classmate Gu Chen, I don't need you to worry... I feel much better when I hear your voice."

"I, I know it's cold..."

She never lies, and she won't say she's not cold even though she's clearly cold.

"Classmate Gu Chen, then I'll... leave first."

"You, you must be well..."

Beep, beep, beep...

This call was shorter than expected.

Gu Chen didn't say much, but Bai Xiaowan seemed to have listened.

in the surveillance screen.

Bai Xiaowan stood up, took Gu Chen's black coat and put it on her body, holding hot milk in both hands.

Even without looking, you can tell that the mist has risen in those peach blossom eyes that always reveal tenderness, making them charming.

She looked back at the door for a long time before moving, and her footsteps disappeared from the surveillance screen...

Seeing this scene, Gu Chen's frown gradually relaxed. In the past, the junior girl might not have been so obedient to this kind of thing.

He secretly thought to himself that the little girl's dull temperament seemed to be slowly changing...

Two hours later, it was past one o'clock in the morning.

Gu Chen, Tian Kang, and Huang Kaiyu were sent out by the relevant person in charge.

After calling his family to report that he was safe, Huang Kaiyu said casually: "Brother Gu, there are too many people outside looking for you today!"

"When you went to bed in the afternoon, I counted at least five girls waiting for you from noon to about nine o'clock in the evening...hiss..."

Huang Kaiyu took a breath, "In addition to the senior sister who just left after talking to you on the phone, and another girl, it seems that I have been waiting for you for more than eight hours. It took me so long to take the train. Die directly."

It was probably around nine o'clock when Xiao Rou'er was sent away, and Gu Chen also squinted for a while.

Except for knowing that the junior high school student was still waiting stubbornly, he had never been in the monitoring room. In the monitoring room, he only looked at the monitor screen where the junior high school student was.

Huang Kaiyu was just bored and comparing several surveillance images in turn.

"……Um."

Gu Chen smiled bitterly and nodded, thinking that this guy wouldn't even be able to do arithmetic in elementary school if he got into trouble.

In such not-so-good weather, there should only be four girls who can persist outside waiting for me for eight hours when they know that there is nothing wrong with them...

"Xiao Rou'er, junior high school girl, Wang Yuting, Lu Lu."

As for Huang Kaiyu saying there were five in total, he was probably wrong.

Also.

The only girl who has been waiting for me for more than eight hours is the junior girl who just left, right?

Gu Chen just felt that he had said the wrong thing.

It may also be that the two roommates who had rebelled against him were too nervous when they came to the station for the first time, so they nodded and said nothing, and did not take this matter to heart.

Seeing Gu Chen nodding.

The questions Huang Kaiyu still wanted to ask were stuck in his throat, and he was thinking in his mind: "Among the girls who will come over and wait for him in the afternoon... there is a girl with long black hair and straight hair who seems quite familiar..."

"It's just that the surveillance is too blurry and I can't see clearly... I've been waiting for a long time!"

"A bit like the guy next door in school with the surname 'Ye'."

He was actually curious to ask Gu Chen if he saw Ye Qingyu coming too.

But thinking about it, Gu Chen didn't seem to know Ye Qingyu at all.

Moreover, the surveillance screen couldn’t clearly see the specific appearance of the “black, long, straight girl”, so I didn’t pay much attention and talked about other things:

"At this time, the subway is closed and it's hard to get a taxi."

"It's all Tian Kang's fault. We might as well take a police car and ask our uncles to take us back..."

"Then he has been busy with our affairs for so long, so he needs to go home and rest... You two have caught up on your sleep in the afternoon and you are probably not sleepy. Brother Gu, how about I treat you and Dahuang to a barbecue all night?"

"..."

None of their moods were affected by what happened today, and they let out a bad breath. Instead, they felt more comfortable doing whatever they did now.

Huang Kaiyu and Tian Kang thought, of course barbecue is a joke.

At this time, I probably just rubbed my arms, walked and chatted, worked harder, and spent two hours walking back to school.

They didn't know yet that Gu Chen was just a phone call away from calling a car over.

But ah.

Gu Chen doesn't know yet.

There was already a girl who spent all her money and begged a kind driver for a long time to help them call a taxi that was parked not far away two hours in advance...

Wait until the three people drift away.

Alley corner.

In an inconspicuous corner.

The girl, wearing the boy's black coat and holding the cold milk in her hand, slowly walked out of the shadow of the wall.

"Sorry, classmate Gu Chen, I missed the subway."

"It's good that you didn't miss the taxi."

Her voice was very soft, as if she was worried that Gu Chen, who was hundreds of meters away with only her back, would hear her: "I don't want to leave so early."

A pair of gentle peach blossom eyes stared at Gu Chen's back. Bai Xiaowan's face was pale from the cold, but she kept her lips pursed quietly.

How could I really leave if I didn't see you safe?

On such a cold night, the girl's smile seemed to be coated with the tranquil spring breeze.

Gentle and approachable, picturesque and warm.

"Classmate Gu Chen, this is...the first time I lie to you..."

"I'm not very good at deceiving people...I didn't dare to speak while looking at my phone just now."

"I don't know how to take a taxi, stutter, and I don't know how to bargain with the taxi driver... Am I as stupid as you said?"

Bai Xiaowan gently rubbed the cold milk bag in her hand, looked at the place where Gu Chen disappeared, and thought simply: "Fortunately, I remembered to tell the driver not to tell you that I actually took the taxi..."

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!"

"I won't lie to you anymore...can this be my apology to you?"

The dark and cold place behind Bai Xiaowan was beyond the reach of surveillance cameras, and no one noticed her.

After taking over the clothes and hot milk just now.

This girl who was most afraid of the cold and the dark was worried that Gu Chen would be worried if she didn't leave, so she secretly hid in the coldest and darkest place, waiting for him quietly and persistently in the cold wind until the early morning...

This girl seems to be the same as before.

I'm always used to being so inconspicuous.

Always in such a corner that no one notices.

Always be careful to give your kindness and everything you can do...

Even before meeting Gu Chen, he had never received any warmth from strangers.

This stupid girl spent all her money, stammered and begged several drivers, and finally helped to get a taxi two hours in advance, just so that Gu Chen could return to school smoothly...

but.

Bai Xiaowan didn't know that finding a car to go back to school in the early morning could actually be solved by Gu Chen making a phone call to his company.

but.

So what if she knew?

She will still make the same decision.

He has to wait a little longer, have to walk back, and spend all the money he had saved for a month to send to his family. Does he know... what does this mean?

Bai Xiaowan will still be very happy.

because……

Thinking that it might be possible to help Gu Chen, even a little bit?

That’s so satisfying!

Bai Xiaowan's curved peach blossom eyes were as clear and beautiful as flowers washed by the first rain.

I don’t know when.

In her heart, which had been confused and helpless many times, a ray of sunshine representing warmth had quietly penetrated in, and the warmth was as warm as ever...