Double world undercurrent

Chapter 70 Chapter Seventy Loop Space (Part )

"I know, it's called 'Yiyang Culture Media', what's the matter?"

Gu Xiaoxing was really convinced. As long as Jasmine showed this kind of expression on her face, she would know what kind of Xiao Jiujiu these sisters were hiding.

"The boy you met at the water park last time...your high school classmate...isn't he in this company? Don't be surprised, Xiaoyuki, I learned about it through the music festival..."

Seeing Gu Xiaoxing's eyebrows raised, Jasmine hurriedly explained, and then continued:

"I also found out that he is also your special guest at this party!"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"he……"

Jasmine showed her "strong" interest in a "tactful" way:

"He's like this...there should be no shortage of girls around him to like him, right?"

Gu Xiaoxing slipped through his fingers, and the handle of the spoon lightly touched the wall of the cup, making a clear ding-dong sound.

"Lily, what can I say about you? Really, it's a pity that you don't want to be a gossip reporter! If anyone passes by your eyes, you will catch him and rush forward to pick him up."

"Who said that? It depends on whether he has my aesthetic taste."

"The color makes the mind faint! The color makes the mind faint! Smelly girl!"

Gu Xiaoxing was actually a bit harsh this time.

Jasmine tilted her head slightly, her plump lips raised in a slanted arc:

"No, Xiaoxing, look at your reaction... He can't be..."

She saw Gu Xiaoxing suddenly lowering his eyes to drink coffee, his eyes sparkling under his long eyelashes:

"...He hasn't offended you before, right?"

Jasmine asked unexpectedly.

"Huh? No, no, Lily, your brain is so twisted..."

Gu Xiaoxing's emotions were like a roller coaster:

"...I'm just saying, you can't come to record the party, why are you still regretful, but you are actually thinking about Jiang Feng?! He hasn't been hanging out in front of you for a minute that day, has he?"

She was speechless, but she did not answer Jasmine's question directly.

"You haven't answered me yet, Xiaoxing... tell me, based on your understanding of him, what is he like? I will consider whether to go further..."

"Lily, he and I were just high school classmates. After graduating from high school, we basically...disconnected!! I don't...understand him."

Jasmine didn't pay attention to the meaning of the word "disconnection" used by Gu Xiaoxing, nor did she hear the subtle emotional changes in her tone, which sounded depressed but also had a hint of blame.

"That day at the water park, I saw the way you two were chatting, and I thought you had a good relationship before... Oh... he couldn't be just..."

Jasmine suddenly felt enlightened, her eyes lit up:

"...He can't be you..."

"Lily, I have to rush back to the company to go to work. I'm going to be late!"

Gu Xiaoxing suddenly glanced at his watch and stood up suddenly, looking very anxious.

"No, Xiaoyuki, you, a princess from another world, are you still afraid of being late for work?"

"Yeah, you don't know how troublesome it is to be late. I have to delete their memories one by one... Oh, by the way, don't worry..."

Seeing that Jasmine was successfully frightened by her, she turned her attention here and continued:

"I will not delete your memory. If one day I accidentally delete the 'gathering of handsome guys' you have worked so hard to save, where will I go to have fun?"

"Xiaoyuki! Are you kidding me?"

"Okay, let's be serious, Lily. Yangcheng has been a bit chaotic during this period. I almost forgot to mention something. Bring this with you..." Gu Xiaoxing said and formed a seal with his fingertips, imagining a line out of thin air. A small purple gold bead braided bracelet was tied on Jasmine's wrist, and she continued:

"This is a protective amulet that I weave with my spiritual power. It is only effective if it is worn by mortals who know the existence of other worlds. When you put it on, no demon other than me can approach you within a radius of fifty meters. Unless you pass by Your consent."

"Then how can I tell if they are monsters?"

"When a monster appears nearby, the braided bracelet will emit purple light and project their current appearance in front of you. Only you can see it... Lily, wear it first and wait for me to select a suitable guard. Later, I will assign a few more to you..."

"Xiao Xing, you are like this..."

Jasmine didn't know whether she was moved or excited at this time. She said with sparkling eyes:

"You feel like this...so awesome!"

"what?"

"Really, for a moment just now, your style was similar to that of the Demon King. You said he likes to arrange everything, and you have that kind of flavor...but it's quite poignant..."

"is it?"

"Just a little bit... Hehe, this is good. If you are as soft and waxy as you look on the outside, you will be easily bullied. You are a bit stupid to begin with..."

Jasmine said somewhat teasingly.

"Are you praising me or disparaging me, stinky Lily..."

Resting in the cafe is like a brief ray of light piercing through a dense jungle. Fortunately, Gu Xiao found a trace of ordinary fireworks in these days of surging undercurrents, enough to support him to stick to it.

She actually reported good news but not bad news, and did not let Jasmine know what kind of fierce battle she had experienced in the other world. The out-of-body experience, the mental torture, the pain of being cut apart... She had omitted all those experiences, and she didn't even tell Jasmine that she had sacrificed herself again in the Monument of Divine Power and almost couldn't come back.

At that time, Ming Shuo used the soul-inducing technique to retain her remnant soul, and used some method, such as "coercion and inducement", Gu Xiaoxing guessed, to force Leng Yi to use dark energy to repair her soul. Otherwise, she really couldn't figure out why he would be willing to save her once after she treated Leng Yi like that? He hated her so much! And she... didn't want to think about him anymore.

Her adoptive parents don't know anything yet. Gu Xiaoxing hasn't figured out how to speak in order to make them believe and accept this fact that subverts their cognition.

Fortunately, they were still in Yingcheng, which was relatively safe. Gu Xiaoxing was secretly grateful. However, even so, after she returned from another world, she still sent a few of the trustworthy female officers and guards selected by Ming Shuo for her to secretly protect the safety of her adoptive parents, just in case. Maybe right now, the adoptive mother is happily playing mahjong with Qiao dressed as a mortal official.

When Gu Xiaoxing returned to the company building from the cafe, the incense in the lobby on the first floor seemed to be thicker than usual. It was obviously the refreshing mint smell, but she actually felt a little tired again. Could it be that all the coffee I just drank was in vain?

She was actually not that anxious to rush back to the company. Regarding the marketing aspects of the theme party, all plans have been submitted and finalized. The reason why she was so eager to go back to the company just now was just to "stop" Jasmine's "guessing" that was getting closer to the answer.

It's strange to say that some old things have been forgotten, but in certain situations, when they are mentioned unexpectedly, they still make people want to avoid them. Maybe she hasn't let go of her stupid, naive, self-centered self.

Gu Xiaoxing sat sleepily on the sofa chair in front of the elevator door, while thinking about why Leng Yi's followers wanted so many mortal souls. Have the men of Mingshuo found their new base? While waiting for the elevator absentmindedly.

But in this quiet and hypnotic atmosphere, his attention gradually began to drift away unconsciously. She seemed to be carried by someone, forcibly twisting her thoughts, and then going around in circles, leading her to unconsciously open another door and immerse herself in it.

She suddenly fell into a fugue state again. His thoughts were messy, wandering into another memory. Some related people or things in the past, and their faces, emerged one by one...

"Wow...it's so cute. Can I touch it?"

One day many years ago, at the middle class parent-child meeting in Yingcheng Kindergarten, the little girl stood alone on the edge of the grass, rubbing her waxy little hands, and looking at the rabbit balloons in other people's hands with envy.

"No! If you like it, ask your parents to buy one for you too!"

The other person pinned the balloon behind his back.

"She doesn't have a mother or a father."

On the other side, a little boy said loudly and quietly made a face at her.

"I have a mom and dad!"

"You're lying. I heard what my mother said. You're a picked-up kid with no parents!"

The little boy stabbed her where it hurt.

"I have...some..."

"You didn't! If you had a mom and dad, why didn't they come today?"

"Yes, today is a parent-child meeting, why aren't your parents here?"

The other children asked her confusedly.

The little girl was left speechless by the question. She didn't understand either, why couldn't the adoptive parents come? Didn't they tell her that they were her parents?

"Is it because you are not good? They don't want you!"

The little boy was smart enough to "make up for it".

She was wrapped in a little cotton-padded jacket and froze in place like a glutinous rice dumpling. She didn't refute because she was also confused now. She looked enviously at the other students in the class, who were all accompanied by their parents, who were happily playing parent-child games.

She began to worry that she was really not good enough, so even her adoptive parents didn't want her.

The little girl was squeezed to the edge of the crowd and squatted down, wiping her tears while looking at the balloons aggrievedly. At this time, another rabbit balloon floated in front of her, accompanied by another little boy's voice:

"Hey, classmate, why are you crying?"

The question was asked by a little boy from the next class who I didn't often meet. His bright eyes were like stars, but only one was exposed. The other was always covered with gauze, as if he was injured.

"Their parents can come to play games, but mine can't come..."

Her eyes were red and there were tears in them.

"Well, what's there to cry about? I don't have parents yet."

The little boy held the balloon as if to comfort her.

"Why don't you have a parent?"

She asked, blinking her big round eyes.

"Both my parents were captured by monsters. My grandma said they are all heroes."

The little boy actually looked a little proud.

"Oh, but there are no monsters in this world. My mother said they are all for adults to scare children."

"There is, but you can't see it."

As a little girl, she didn't want to argue about whether there were real monsters in the world. Her wet eyes were attracted by the rabbit balloon in the boy's hand.

"Do you like this too? I'm giving it to you, don't feel bad."

The little boy handed her the balloon's leash. The colorful rabbit balloon floated above them, bigger than their heads.

"Oh, but..."

She hesitated:

"Mom said you can't just accept other people's toys..."

"Xiao Feng..."

At this time, someone in the crowd called the boy's nickname. He looked back, then turned to her and said:

"My grandma called me, just take the balloon, you're welcome."

He generously gave her the bunny balloon.

"Oh, then I will also bring you some fun things tomorrow. I have some at home..."

Her little mind began to think of all the fun toys she had.

"No, I won't be here tomorrow."

"Eh?"

"I'm here today to say goodbye to my classmates. I'm going to another kindergarten."

"Are there any other kindergartens close to here?"

She felt a little sorry.

"It's very close to me, but far away to you."

The little boy thought carefully before answering. He stopped crying after seeing her holding the balloon. He seemed a little happy and grinned at her.

His grandma called him again, and after he hurriedly said goodbye to her, he turned around and ran into the crowd, holding a petite back and gray-haired grandma, and was lost in the crowd of the next class.

As a little girl, she touched the bunny ears on the balloon, feeling warm and not so sad for a moment. Not long after, the adoptive parents unexpectedly arrived at the kindergarten before the parent-child meeting ended.

She held the balloon and nestled in her adoptive mother's arms aggrievedly and clingingly. Her adoptive mother looked at the balloon in her hand through thin-framed glasses and asked:

"Who gave this to you, Xiaoxing?"

"It was given by Xiao Feng from the next class...Mom..."

"Ok?"

"Will you no longer want me someday?"

she asked suddenly.

"How could it be? How could mom and dad not want Xiaoxing? Xiaoxing is the most well-behaved."

"Then if one day I misbehave, will you stop me?"

"No, because in the hearts of parents, Xiaoxing will always be the best-behaved baby."

The adoptive mother touched her head lovingly.

"Oh……"

At a young age, she seemed to understand, but her heart felt warm and at ease, and she secretly thought that she must be good in the future.

"What do you want to eat tonight, Xiaoyuki?"

The adoptive father was holding the big brown bear that he got from the parent-child meeting, with a gentle smile on his simple and round face.

"I want to eat the braised fish made by dad! And...and fried noodles!!"

Her favorite food is fried noodles made by her adoptive father...

After that day, she never saw the boy named Xiaofeng in the kindergarten again. Although she never saw his specific appearance because he always had one eye covered with gauze, she always remembered his kindness and warmth when he gave her the rabbit balloon.

Time flies, and like all ordinary girls, she gradually grows up in an ordinary family. From elementary school to junior high school, she was a good student in the class and her grades were among the best. She knew that she was a child adopted from an orphanage, and she had been depressed and confused about her life experience. However, over the years, her adoptive parents cared for her like her biological parents, making her gradually forget about it and let go of her life experience. Obsession.

Her adoptive mother once said that she was the most lovable child in the orphanage. I wonder who was so cruel that she was willing to abandon her in her infancy. Therefore, her adoptive mother named her "Xiao Xing", hoping that her future life would be like the dawn, fading away the darkness and welcoming the light, and also hoped that she would be lucky throughout her life.

A girl's eighteenth transformation. In the past ten years, she has gradually grown into a beautiful and graceful girl. There are often boys in school pursuing her openly or covertly, but she ignores them. One is because she just wants to do what she thinks she "should do" at the "right time." She didn't want to live up to her adoptive parents' expectations and her own future expectations; secondly, she really felt that those boys were more or less superficial and noisy.

She was admitted to the best high school in Yingcheng with her excellent results. This year, her adoptive father was promoted and her family moved to a school district house near the new school.

It was during the summer vacation when she was a junior high school student. One day, she walked through the neighborhood she was getting familiar with and went to the largest video store opposite, looking for a foreign language CD. There are copper rattles in the store. In the store decorated with oil paintings, high and low CD shelves are arranged in an orderly manner. On the other side, there is also a listening area for vinyl records.

She wanders among the dazzling shelves of customers who come here either out of emotion or obsession with a particular album. In the dim and quiet shelf room, there are also several CD players for listening.

She finally found the CD she wanted and turned around to listen to it. Suddenly, as she turned around, a pair of eyes as bright as stars inadvertently raised their eyes, which happened to intersect with hers! Her heart trembled suddenly! At that moment, she seemed to see the grown-up Xiao Feng in her fantasy!

The young man in his eyes was wearing headphones and a blue and white sweater. He stood slouching but had a tall and slim figure. The dim light reflected his exquisite three-dimensional facial features, which were refreshing and clean. He looked at her for a moment with the same emotion in his eyes. With curiosity.

The copper rattle in the store was rang by someone unknown. The startled look at each other made her stunned, and her heart was pounding. She didn't know whether it was out of surprise or confusion. One second, two seconds...

The young man tilted his head slightly, took off the earphones with sharply pointed fingers, and his captivating eyes were filled with silver light, as if he wanted to ask her if she wanted to use the CD player?

Only then did she realize that she was staring at him presumptuously, and she felt "fearful" in her heart. She didn't dare to step forward to listen to him at all. She just lowered her head in embarrassment and pointed to the shelf behind him, as if I just wanted to watch the album on it.

The young man turned slightly to make room, so she had no choice but to "calmly" step forward and stand next to him. The "heat wave" at this close range was overwhelming and spreading. She panicked and suffocated and took a CD from the shelf...

She quickly turned around, hurriedly checked out and left the store, fearing that others would see her inexplicably red face.

That day, her high mood could not be calmed down for a long time. Who is that boy? Is he Xiaofeng? He looked about the same age as herself. Why didn't she ask him directly if he was Xiao Feng? Why are you so inexplicably scared?

After she got home, she stared at the extra CD she bought in her hand, and then she gradually came back to her senses. She never imagined that this boy who made her "confused" would affect her for many years to come...

When God, under the guise of "fate", makes fun of little kids, no one can escape...

On the first day of high school, she was "surprised" by this joke! When that boy appeared again, and appeared in her field of vision as a new classmate, she couldn't tell you how surprised she was! She also clearly felt that the moment he walked into the classroom with his sunny, handsome but aloof face, almost all the chattering girls in the class fell silent, and some couldn't help but look around them. of vacancies.

He seemed to be used to the attention of girls. When his eyes quickly swept across the empty seats in the classroom, and when he met her again who chose to sit in the front row of the classroom, his stagnant eyes were deep and bright. He probably thought it was quite a coincidence. Bar.

He passed by her table and smiled politely at her as a greeting, then walked straight to the "no man's land" behind her and sat down.

"Have you known each other before?"

The girl at the next table asked her quietly.

"No, I don't know...I don't know either..."

She buried her face in the pile of books, and her smooth cheeks felt irritatingly hot...

In class that day, when the head teacher called his name, her heart skipped a beat.

"Jiang Feng", this name...

Why didn't she think of going to the kindergarten class next door to look at the directory on the class wall? !

She remained curious about him until after school, when she slowly packed her schoolbag. She pretended to look back casually, wondering if she should raise that question, but when their eyes were about to meet, she couldn't help but look back, feeling inexplicably retreating in her heart. Perhaps, she felt that this was too abrupt. After all, they were not familiar with each other yet, so she couldn't speak for the time being.

Later, she put the idea aside for the time being, because soon they would start school and take the test. As it was the first exam of high school, she didn't want to be distracted at all.

However, the boy named "Jiang Feng" seemed to have magical powers, always attracting her attention inadvertently.

In fact, he is very low-key, just like other boys in the class. He likes to enter the classroom with the bell ringing; he likes to sit in an independent position in the back row, open the textbooks and stand upright, and then immerse himself in the "little world" hidden under the textbooks. What's amazing is that he can answer all the teachers' questions...

He was able to get along with the boys very quickly, and he quickly became the focus of private discussions among the girls. In just two weeks, there were several nymphomaniac faces looking out the window. He has the potential to become a "popular figure" in the school, but he seems to disdain this. He is extremely low-key, polite but maintains boundaries, and is full of contradictions.

He seemed to always catch her cautious and attentive gaze. Whether in the classroom, on the playground, or just by chance on the street.

However, whenever he looked at her, she could not help but look away, shyly retracting her gaze, covering it with book pages, and waving a badminton racket to confuse the audience...

She secretly looked at the way he turned to look at her on the glass window. The blurred face seemed a little confused and a little focused, and she secretly smiled.

They kept flirting with each other like this, but never took the initiative to talk to each other until before the final exam or on the way home from school after evening self-study.

It was quiet that night, sparsely populated, and she turned alone into the underground passage that she had to pass through. Dim lights flickered.

Suddenly, two gangsters appeared out of nowhere, whistling at her, blocking her way and demanding "protection money" from her!

She thought the security in this area was very good, but she didn't expect to meet such a person. She was instinctively afraid and at the same time despised the other party from the bottom of her heart. She could not possibly succumb to such rogue behavior.

"I have no money."

"No money?"

"Well, I'm just a poor student, penniless."

She hugged the question book tightly in her arms and tried her best to think about how to escape.

"You said you were penniless, but I didn't believe it..."

Unexpectedly, their playful and appreciative looks became more and more obscene, forcing her to the corner like two big rats:

"…Unless you let us search your body to see if there is really nothing on you…"

As they spoke, they stretched their "paws" towards her chest. She hit them with the book, slapped them in the face, turned around and ran away!

She shouted while running, and was about to rush out of the passage, but they chased her. They grabbed her hair and threw her hard against the wall. "Don't move, little sister, let the brothers have some fun, hee hee..."

They said disgusting words, like two crazed monsters, swarming over her in darkness, grabbing her hands, covering her mouth and trying to tear her apart. She was so frightened that her palms began to feel inexplicably hot. Suddenly, an agile figure "swooped in" and kicked the two street runners to the concrete ground a few meters away!

In the dim underground passage, the figure beat the two street gangsters to the ground in a few seconds, whining and begging for mercy. The reason why it is said to be a figure is because he has extraordinary skills and is like the wind.

Who would have thought that he is actually a practicing practitioner? ! !

"Gu Xiaoxing...are you okay?"

She was dumbfounded and froze on the spot, seeing Jiang Feng so righteously put his foot on Jie Liuzi's back, stood tall in front of her, and extended a helping hand to her.

He seemed to be glowing all over!

"I...I want to call the police..."

"?"

"We can't let them... bully others anymore."

"Okay...I'll go with you."

She seemed to see "Xiao Feng" smiling at her soothingly and healingly.

At the police station, because they were still minors, their parents were notified and rushed over. She saw her adoptive father holding Jiang Feng's hand with "tears of gratitude", praising and thanking him, and even gave him a banner. Jiang Feng turned around and looked at his grandmother beside him sheepishly.

His grandmother had a crooked smile, a kind and energetic look, and a red mole between the bridge of her nose showed her calmness and wisdom. She was not like an ordinary old man in her 60s.

Grandma also noticed a scratch on the palm of her hand carefully. After examining it carefully, she disinfected and wiped it with potion. She was really a kind and amiable old man.

No wonder her palms felt hot when she was in the underground passage before. It turned out to be abrasions. The wound was so painful that it caused the illusion of being hot for a while, she thought.

How could she have thought at that time that it might be that her spiritual power was about to awaken? At that critical moment, Jiang Feng's sudden appearance relieved her extremely nervous mood, so her spiritual power, which she had almost awakened, continued to "sleep" again.

If this is the case, then all of this is really a mistake!

That night, Jiang Feng became the most shining person in her heart.

Regardless of whether he was Xiao Feng or not, she knew the answer even later, but in fact, as early as that night, he had already become "Xiao Feng" in her mind!

Later, the school held a preliminary examination for the beginning of the semester. After the results came out, the seats were adjusted in the class. What made her heart tremble was that the head teacher actually arranged for him to be her deskmate! The reason is that they need to learn from each other and promote communication...

"Actually, my grandma told Lao Liu that day that she hoped I could sit with a good student, who would influence me and urge me to study..."

On the surface, Jiang Feng looked like he had "lost his freedom and had nothing to live for" and reluctantly turned around to glance at the empty seat in the back row. But in fact, the moment he turned back, she caught a slight upward curve at the corner of his mouth.

"Okay, then I'll do what your grandma said!"

"Huh? Isn't it Gu Xiaoxing?!"

She deliberately teased him and "seriously" confiscated the novel he had hidden under the textbook. The cover of the book was also strange, as if there was a book cover outside the shell. She opened it curiously, and suddenly "pop"! Jiang Feng immediately rushed over and closed the book! There was a rare panic in his eyes!

His hand accidentally pressed on the back of her hand.

Dizzying suffocation...

"what the hell……"

She pretended to be calm and retracted her hand, but in fact it was "shocked" on the outside and tender on the inside:

"Sneaky look..."

"This book...is not suitable for you to read."

Jiang Feng was evasive. At this time, his face must have been so red that she was embarrassed to look at him.

"It's not suitable yet...it sounds so mysterious..."

She didn't even care about her curiosity about the page. She was just glad that no one in the classroom was paying attention...

Looking back now, maybe at that time, she had already been immersed in the season when the grass was growing and the orioles were flying, and she was writing her own passionate chapter.

But that time was really like a milk bath in the sun, and she was full of expectations every day.

She looked forward to going to the classroom early, practicing exercises and seeing him early; looking forward to "finding trouble with him", under the banner of "mutual supervision", confiscating the weird books he liked to peek at, and then watching him "die" She asked for help from herself; she looked forward to having more delicious dishes in her oversized insulated lunch box, and then shared it with him; she looked forward to him "taking the chance" to go home with her after the evening self-study...

Ever since she encountered a street kid in the underground passage, her adoptive parents had prepared a strong flashlight for her, saying it was for self-defense. But Jiang Feng said that it was useless for her to rely on this alone. It would be useless if she couldn't run fast, and she had to strengthen her body and exercise more. Therefore, she had one more expectation.

In those days, on the playground and along the tree-lined avenues at dusk, he would take her running and jumping to exercise. They would also listen to songs from that time. She listened to the songs he loved. Those melodies were so nice.

Sometimes, they would go to that video store to buy new albums from overseas. He happily found a collector's edition and would give it to her. What he didn't know was that it was because of him that she loved listening to those tunes and melodies.

It was because of him that she loved to listen to those lyrics and poems that she once thought were very pretentious.

Sometimes, she would take him to a newly opened bookstore nearby to help him select useful title volumes and books.

She would also take him to the newly opened Fountain Square, sit together on the steps in front of the fountain and wait for the sunset, and then watch the colorful water columns scatter and change in unpredictable ways...

She didn't care about the looks of some girls in the class. They might be envious, cheat, maliciously spread rumors, or point fingers at her, but she didn't care. She just secretly fell in love with a boy, and she wanted to turn this love into encouragement, and give it to him wholeheartedly in the name of "friendship" while she was still immature.

She drew him in a collection book. That afternoon, he lay quietly on the desk with his arms as pillow, and a ray of sunlight penetrated through the window and fell on his hair and school uniform. She drew this scene on a whim. Next to him, he was dozing, breathing evenly and finely. As she drew, she was amused by her poor line strokes.

She secretly thought that when she graduated, she would give him this book and tell him there was a surprise in it. She couldn't help but wonder, when he turned this page, he would know, did she like him? Will this painting surprise or scare him?

Gradually, she discovered that she had already fallen into "a world where he exists." Behind this aboveboard "friendship" is the nostalgia and expectation that she dare not express.

And she had read the blurred tenderness in his eyes, like the moon in the mirror, hazy.

Just like the little rabbit he gave her, it was obviously just a casual mention of it as "compensation" for damaging her hand warmer, but it also seemed like a gift he had carefully prepared for her. It was a very cartoon-looking pet rabbit, very much like the little flower rabbit on her paper tube. She never thought that such a cute rabbit would appear in reality!

And all his responses, those that seemed ordinary, extraordinary, intentional, or unintentional... gradually made her puzzled and deeply involved.

Just like that time, she happened to have a stomachache on the day she was on duty. He insisted on taking her to the school infirmary for unknown reasons and did all the physical work for her. After that day, some girls in the class wanted to tease him, or simply wanted to take advantage, and asked him for help, but he didn't help.

"Why don't you help them?"

"I'm not from the help center, so I don't want to help."

"Then you helped me last time..."

"You are different from them."

he blurted out.

"What's the difference between me and them?"

She was secretly happy and looking forward to it, but he paused, his eyes fell back to the notebook, and there was a "cheesy" curve in the corner of his mouth, and he said to her:

"If you are tired, where can I find such good notes to copy?"

she:"……"

Sometimes he really makes her "itchy"!

However, it was precisely because of their vague involvement, accumulated day after day, that she gradually began to believe, but she always had a trace of doubt. During the days they spent together day and night, whether he had also developed the same desire as her. What about expectations? Is he also silently guarding an unspeakable agreement, waiting for the opportunity?

Does he like her that much too?

She was looking forward to it so much...

Gradually, she began to care about these things uncontrollably. She cares about his various responses and whether there is a place for her in his inner world. Her rhythm seemed to be disrupted by him, and she seemed to be stuck in the maze she had woven. He was in the center of the net, but she was the one trapped.

Three years passed by quickly, and as the graduation season approached, she became less and less hopeful that one day she would really be separated from him.

"Where do you want to go after graduation, Jiang Feng?"

she had asked him tentatively.

He didn't know that she had even naively thought at that time that with their grades, they could definitely try to get into the same university. Wherever he goes, she goes.

It would be even better if I could stay in Yingcheng. Not only are there majestic and famous schools, but the environment is also warm and beautiful, unlike the neighboring Yangcheng, which is full of the cold atmosphere of reinforced concrete. She had been there once when she was very young.

That day, his answer was unexpected and very solemn. It was as if he also realized that she wasn't just asking him about choosing a school.

He seemed to have something important to say to her.

"Tomorrow, Gu Xiaoxing, tomorrow afternoon, I will definitely tell you...my answer."

His suspenseful answer made her think wildly and full of expectations!

That afternoon, she was waiting for him in the classroom. She knew he didn't just want to tell her about choosing a school. Her intuition told her that he seemed to be about to reveal the answer, and the ritual-laden waiting made her nervous. She lay on the desk nervously and expectantly, waiting for him quietly.

However, his footsteps stopped outside the classroom door...

He broke his promise.

That bad news must have been a bolt from the blue to him that day, right? !

At that time, he didn't even pay attention to her call and hurriedly turned around and ran to the teachers' offices...

That day she learned that his grandma died unexpectedly. The class teacher said the accident was caused by a gas explosion or something like that. She was very shocked when she found out. What a good grandma, how could she suddenly... things are so unpredictable!

In those days when the college entrance examination was approaching, she tossed and turned, worrying about him alone. She couldn't imagine how sad he was. His parents died in the line of duty when he was very young, and now his grandmother, whom he depended on for his life, also...

But he didn't come to school for several days, and he didn't even reply to her messages or answer her calls.

She began to have random thoughts, worrying that something would happen to him. That day, she even stupidly made up her mind to find him. She wanted to give him the precious collection book in person, let him open the page, and then tell him that she liked him, and tell him that she wanted to accompany him through the difficulties, get out of the pain, and spend the past together. Rainbow after the storm.

But that day became the most unbearable day for her so far. She really wanted to hit herself to death with a brick!

That day, it rained heavily. When she finally saw him downstairs in his house, he was surprisingly calm. Underneath the calmness, there seemed to be a bit of indifference.

She told him everyone was worried about him and she was always here if she needed help. However, his response was neither salty nor cold. He seems a little different.

She didn't know if it was because of the heavy rain, but she was sensitive to his slight alienation, which was different from before. He didn't even look at her much.

His reaction was like a wall, blocking out everything she finally mustered up the courage to say to him.

She was puzzled, but not sure if she was overthinking it, so she asked him straight to the point about the answer.

He only said that he was going to Youzhou and might never come back.

This is his answer.

He didn't seem to say anything, but he seemed to have said everything.

When she thought about it, her heart felt silently cold.

He didn't even want to explain to her why he had to go to Youzhou, a place with mediocre teaching resources that didn't match his grades and abilities. He only said that going there was not just about going to college.

He only said that it was more important to go over there.

It’s more important to go over there…

She pouted the meaning of this sentence carefully.

She couldn't figure out what, what could be more important than his prospects? What's more important than whether they can be together?

What's more important than her? ! !

He probably never wanted to be with her at all.

To him, she might not be important at all!

Why should she want to occupy a place in his heart?

She is not his! ! !

That day, she suddenly realized that it had just been her wishful thinking all along.

Turns out she is a joke! She has been a joke for three years! Those girls who accused her are right, she is a bitch!

That day, it was windy and rainy, and she stood in front of him. She had never felt so miserable.

That day, she really felt that she was so stupid!

Perhaps it was God's will, but that day, her essay notebook fell into the stagnant water in front of him. That painting, flowers.

She was completely defeated by him.

When she got home, she locked herself in her bedroom and cried all night.

The adoptive parents didn't know what happened and thought she was sad because of the dirty exam papers.

The blurred page of the painting was spread out in front of her, as if she had been discarded. It wasn't rejected, it was simply discarded.

That day, she was so embarrassed downstairs in his house. When she ran away in despair, she even had a little fantasy about him.

But he didn't chase her, and he didn't even send a text message.

No, no, none.

He just let her run home in the rain sadly, unmoved.

She would be lying if she said she didn't complain, but she was not qualified to blame him. In what capacity could she blame him? All this time, it seemed that she was the only one performing the inner drama.

Later, she didn't even go to the breakup dinner organized by the class. She no longer wanted to appear in front of those people like a joke, and she didn't want to lose control and collapse when she saw him again in that appropriate atmosphere.

She heard that he didn't go either.

Didn't he even think about taking one last look at her? !

Later, the results came out and she was admitted to Yingcheng University as she wished. But when she walked through the streets of Yingcheng again, her mind was filled with memories of him. It seems like everything they have done in the past has cast a shadow over this city.

She felt that she and the city had been abandoned by him. He didn't even have to take responsibility and just left.

She still can't figure out what could cause someone to become so alienated in such a short period of time. It was as if before that, he was just playing house with her.

They parted after all, in a way she didn't expect. Her feelings that had nowhere to place, those longings, concerns, and unwillingness could only be digested silently and alone. That was her last dignity.

Maybe, like him, she should go out and see the outside world. She should change to a different city, a different environment, and no longer be obsessed with the people and things that made her sad and confused. She should pick herself up and look forward bravely.

She could only be brave and forget about him.

She finally chose Yangcheng University, forcing herself to go to that prosperous and cold city, the city she originally disliked the least.

But here, she really slowly started a new life. Here she learned new knowledge, made new friends, and met Jasmine. It was not as cold and impersonal as she thought.

University life is very fulfilling and fast-paced. She quickly integrated into the place and adapted to the environment. She gradually found herself and the direction she had lost for a long time.

Only occasionally in the dead of night, when she returned to Yingcheng during the school holidays, she would still think about him, how he was doing, whether he had forgotten her, and the place where she died without a burial. The feelings that cannot be engraved with reputation are desolate.

She really never contacted him again. She got all the information about him from others. After he went to Youzhou, there was really no news for a long time.

He didn't know that it took her another three years to forget him.

In the first year, she returned to Yingcheng and looked at the block opposite and the road they walked together after school. Things had changed and people had changed, and she felt sad.

He didn't come back.

The next year, she returned to Yingcheng. Her alma mater was moved and the fountain square where they had watched the sunset together was renovated. The fountain doubled in size and looked even more spectacular, but her heart still ached.

He didn't come back.

In the third year, she returned to Yingcheng, and the video store they often went to closed down. That bookstore has also been turned into a restaurant. It seems like all the memories about them have been eliminated by time. There was no sign of them again across the street.

He still hasn't come back.

She finally understood that he would not come back. Some things can never come back, never... come back.

They just disappeared inexplicably, and no one cared.

She should also say goodbye to them properly and pay homage to them who were left behind.

She attended the high school reunion that year. Because finally there is news about him. She could finally...let go of him.

He also went that day.

Inevitably, they meet again.

As before, he could get along with everyone quickly, but he couldn't seem to find a reason to talk to her.

So does she.

Apart from becoming unfamiliar, there seemed to be nothing different about them. It was as if those few years were just her one-man show. Some things, as long as she doesn't say them or he doesn't mention them, they won't exist.

She silently accepted all this. If she didn't accept it, how could she let go? Only by letting go can she free herself.

Everything went smoothly that day, except for one flaw.

While everyone was singing, some goddamn person ordered a song they had listened to together before, and even pushed her to sing with him. Sing his uncle! She hadn't felt so tempted to curse in a long time.

But that was also the only time that day that he dared to look directly into her eyes without avoiding them.

He seemed to be waiting for her to respond.

"I forgot...I can't sing anymore."

She said, then handed the phone back to the blind boy.

She never wanted to attend such a party again.

She thought she was really relieved.

The wheels of time are turning, and soon, another four years have passed. During these four years, she graduated, entered higher education, or found a job. She participated in the school recruitment fair and was selected by a listed company. She chose the latter between continuing her education and entering society.

She heard that he was doing well in Youzhou. She should be happy for him.

But gradually, she seemed to be secretly competing with him.

She had to work hard and live her own life, she thought.

The next four years are, in a true sense, a new beginning for her.

She is really living a new life in a realistic and cruel life, struggling day after day. She is ordinary and ordinary, but she feels at ease. Although he is not as powerful as the rumors say, she can finally hear him occasionally and think of him without any turmoil in her heart.

Looking back now, they were all too young in the past. After all, those things were fleeting and there was nothing they could not let go of. She even felt that if she saw him again, she would be as calm as water.

Those people and things that she had desperately wanted to forget could really be forgotten and relieved through the inadvertent baptism of time. She truly embraced it all.

Later, she met Ming Shuo, and everything was strange and bizarre. It was like she had fallen into a new copy for no reason.

However, after experiencing so many things, the appearance of Ming Shuo now made her suddenly feel that everything was God's best arrangement.

Without experiencing those pains and setbacks, they might never meet again in this life.

"Princess...oh, no...Gu Xiaoxing..."

Gu Xiaoxing didn't know how long he had been wandering in his mind when he was woken up by a voice.

Isn't she waiting for the elevator in the company lobby? Why did you fall asleep for no reason? It was as if someone had forcibly hypnotized me! When she woke up, she saw that the female officer Yaya had come back, and she bowed slightly and called her. Next to Yaya stood a man in a short shirt and long trousers who looked like a clerk. She had seen him in the dense forest. He was Chao Xun.

She remembered that before Li Lan recovered, Ming Shuo had said that Zelei would let Chao Xun continue to "take over".

"Do you think...there's anything unusual here?"

She asked.