Let's walk together for the rest of our lives. If the host says to leave, she will leave.

Jiang Mingcheng said nothing, his ears red as he led the way for Gu Ling.

There was nothing special about Jiang Mingcheng's room. If I had to say something, it was that it was extremely clean and tidy, and it looked like it had just been cleaned.

Gu Ling put his schoolbag on the desk, glanced at it casually, and asked, "Where's the pen?"

The desk was also clean, with various books arranged in categories, but there was no pen.

Jiang Mingcheng remembered something and turned around: "It's in the closet, I'll go find it."

It’s strange that the pens I often use are not placed on the desk, but hidden in the cabinet.

Jiang Mingcheng was in a daze today, and Gu Ling didn't dare to ask him to do anything. He pressed his shoulders, sat down, and took out stationery from his schoolbag.

"You write it first, I'll go find it." Gu Ling glanced around, "Which cabinet is it in?"

Jiang Mingcheng pointed in a certain direction, opened the pen cap and prepared to write the questions, when he suddenly remembered why he put the pen in the cabinet.

"and many more!"

Gu Ling had already walked to the cabinet. She reached out and pulled it. At first it didn't move. Then she tried a little harder, and then she was overwhelmed by the overwhelming number of dolls.

It’s hard to imagine that such a small cabinet can hold so many dolls.

There were at least twenty dolls of various sizes. Gu Ling took away the giant doll that had jumped into his arms and looked inside the cabinet.

There are all kinds of things in the cabinet, including pens, rulers, erasers, puzzles, clothes, and some cool robot toys...

There's even a skeleton.

A lot of things were stuffed in there in a mess. Gu Ling thought of the neat and clean room he saw when he first entered the room. Then he looked at the "dirty and dirty" cabinet in front of him and couldn't help but think of a few words -

In addition to gold and jade, it is defeated.

Jiang Mingcheng hurried over and pulled Gu Ling out from a pile of dolls, his ears were red as if blood was dripping.

"I said these things are not mine, do you believe me?"

When Jiang Mingcheng learned that Gu Ling was coming to his house, he notified the people from the housekeeping company to clean the villa. Since he didn't like others entering his room, he tidied the room overnight.

It's just that he really had no talent for organization, and after a long time he came up with a lot of messy things. He didn't know how to organize them, so he simply stuffed all these things into the cabinet.

The same goes for the pens on the desk. He has an inordinate amount of stationery. There are even rulers of many different kinds. They are piled up in a mess on the desk, so he simply stuffs them all into the cabinet.

As for these dolls...

Well, King Jiang Mingcheng also has to save face. It's okay for Gu Ling to know that he is afraid of the dark, but it would be so embarrassing if people also knew that he likes dolls.

It’s no wonder that he had to work very hard to cram twenty or so dolls into the cabinet.

Gu Ling was a little speechless: "Guess whether I believe it or not?"

He nodded vigorously: "You believe it."

The two looked at each other for a while, and finally Gu Ling gave in: "Okay, I believe it."

"The cabinet isn't big, so don't stuff these dolls in there. Let me sort out the things in the cabinet, and you put the dolls where they belong."

Jiang Mingcheng hesitated: "No need to bother."

Gu Ling reached out and pinched his red ears: "Be obedient."

This time, not only the ears but also the face turned red.

He picked up the giant doll that had fallen into Gu Ling's arms earlier and walked towards the bed. He skillfully lifted the quilt and placed the teddy bear, which was almost as big as him, on the bed, then covered it with the quilt.

Then, like a diligent porter, he put his dolls back to their original places one by one.

Gu Ling looked at the messy cabinet, sighed and began to tidy it up. When she had put the things into categories, the dolls around her were taken away one by one by Jiang Mingcheng.

With the bed as the center, all around it were various dolls of different sizes. The largest teddy bear was placed on the inside of the bed and covered with a quilt.

The layout of these dolls is much more reasonable than the things in his cabinet.

Gu Ling reasonably suspected that Jiang Mingcheng was not only afraid of the dark, but also had to hold a doll when sleeping at night.

This is true.

Jiang Mingcheng's parents rarely accompany him, and he is not close to the nanny. A night light can only alleviate his fear of the dark, but what he wants most is companionship.

In the silent nights, the dolls guard their king like the most loyal subjects and provide silent companionship.

Gu Ling's gaze was too obvious, so Jiang Mingcheng simply gave up and said, "Okay, these dolls are indeed mine."

He laughs whenever he wants to, he is fearless.

"Classmate Jiang Mingcheng." Gu Ling opened his hands and arms, his black eyes were like a clear spring, incredibly soft.

Gu Ling looked at him intently, his slightly cool voice like a breeze on a hot summer day: "Come here, let me hug you."

Jiang Mingcheng suddenly understood the look in Gu Ling's eyes, just as Gu Ling understood his fragility and loneliness.

He ran forward, covering a short distance of just a few steps.

He hugged Gu Ling tightly, as if grabbing a ray of light in the darkness.

This villa is so big, big enough to accommodate all the crying and rebellion of youth.

This villa is too small, so small that it can’t even accommodate the loneliness and sadness of a young boy.

The young man’s heart is unsettled.

Finally landed in this hug.

……

The two studied in the room all day and basically never left their desks except for lunch break.

In the afternoon, Jiang Mingcheng went out of the room and came back with a fruit plate in his hands.

"I just bought some oranges today. Eat some first. Dinner will be ready soon."

The oranges are specially cut and peeled, and you can insert a toothpick so you don’t get your hands dirty.

Gu Ling put down his pen and ate an orange, and heard Jiang Mingcheng ask, "Are oranges sweet?"

Gu Ling's gaze went from Jiang Mingcheng's eyes to his lips, and finally landed on the fruit plate: "It should be sweet."

Sweet is sweet, not sweet is not sweet, what should this mean?

Jiang Mingcheng took a bite and said, "It's quite sweet!"

"Yeah." Gu Ling did not refute.

Two unexpected people came to dinner.

The Jiang couple walked in from outside in formal attire, and it seemed that they had just finished a dinner party.

The couple seemed to be carved from the same mold, exuding competence and elegance, with a hint of fatigue between their brows.

Jiang Mingcheng was obviously a little surprised: "Mom and Dad, you are back."

Father Jiang nodded and looked at Gu Ling asking silently.

Gu Ling stood up: "Hello, uncle and aunt, sorry to bother you, I am Jiang Mingcheng's friend Gu Ling."

The couple were a little surprised. They didn't expect that Jiang Mingcheng could have such a well-behaved friend.

Mother Jiang smiled and said, "Is that so? Don't stand there. Sit down quickly. You haven't eaten yet. Just continue eating."

Jiang Mingcheng asked: "Have you eaten?"

Father Jiang replied, "After eating, don't worry about us. Treat our friends well. We'll go upstairs first."

The couple nodded to Gu Ling, said a few words casually, and went upstairs.

The Jiang couple finally came back, and Jiang Mingcheng was a little absent-minded while eating.

After the meal, Gu Ling didn't stay long and said goodbye.

At the door, she rejected Jiang Mingcheng's suggestion to take her home and only accepted the driver's offer to take her home.

She touched Jiang Mingcheng's head: "Uncle and aunt finally came back, you should spend more time with them. Goodbye."

"Goodbye." Jiang Mingcheng waved at her and turned to go upstairs.

He went to his room to get his transcript, then knocked on the study door and waited for a response before pushing it open.

Father Jiang was processing documents. When he saw Jiang Mingcheng come in, he put down the documents and said, "You came at the right time. Your mother and I are going on a business trip tomorrow. This time it will be quite long, so we probably won't be back by the end of the year."

There are still about two months until the New Year.

The smile on Jiang Mingcheng's face disappeared, and he couldn't help asking, "Is work so important? You don't even have time to celebrate the New Year with me?"

Father Jiang thought he was just being childish: "You are already so old, you should be more sensible."

Jiang Mingcheng looked at them steadily and asked again: "Is work so important?"

Mother Jiang sighed and smiled: "Mingcheng, be good. Mom and Dad promise to spend time with you after returning from the business trip. Stop making trouble, okay?"

A bad check is the most boring thing in the world.

Promises made again and again, broken promises again and again.

Jiang Mingcheng curled his lips and smiled: "Okay, I won't make trouble anymore."

He was finally tired.

Jiang's mother breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What are you holding in your hand?"

Jiang Mingcheng put his hands behind his back, holding the report card in his hand, and his five fingers kept exerting force and tightening.

He said calmly, "Nothing, not important. Good night, Mom and Dad."

He closed the door and threw the crumpled report card into the trash can. At this moment, the phone beeped.