Time is ticking forward, and it's almost two weeks since the start of school.
Chi Nuan has always worked hard in her studies. From outsiders, she seems to have not changed much except that she is more silent than before. As for Gu Ningzi, everyone is not surprised that she is absent as soon as school starts, after all, RMB players. —Until Chen Si brought a few words he heard in the English group office.
"The teachers are saying that Gu Ningzi is not coming!"
"what? What?"
"Why can't you come?"
"Why didn't she come? She changed schools again?"
"… "
Xu Dan listened and asked Chi Nuan, "Nuan Nuan, do you know about this?"
Chi Nuan was sorting out the Chinese homework she had received. She pretended not to hear what Xu Dan said, and left her seat to go to the office to hand in her homework.
He Liwen is preparing lessons. She is the head teacher of Class 6. She must have received the news from the English teacher that Gu Ningzi will not come to No. 1 High School.
Chi Nuan put down her homework, and He Liwen's eyes were hesitant behind the lens.
Chi Nuan turned around and went back to the classroom.
The classroom was noisy as always, and she was used to it. Like every time before, she went to see Gu Ningzi's position first.
Gu Ningzi's chair was empty, but Zhou Damao was filled with messy textbooks. If she didn't come, her desk was immediately occupied by him.
This was common last semester, but this time it was indescribably dazzling. Chi Nuan walked straight over and swept all the books Zhou Damao occupied on Gu Ningzi's desk to him.
Books collided with books, and several books were pushed out and smashed to the ground several times.
"..." Zhou Damao was dumbfounded: "Squad leader, what are you doing?"
Chi Nuan: "Don't take her place."
Zhou Damao: "she doesn't even come here, what's wrong with me occupying this position? I provoke you?"
Chi Nuan: "Yes, offend me."
Noticing the movement here, all the classmates looked at each other, Zhao Jingjing immediately pulled Chi Nuan back to her seat, Du Min picked up Zhou Damao's dropped book, and scolded him: "What are you doing? With such a cheap mouth, will you speak well?"
Zhou Damao endured it, but couldn't hold back: "Damn!... The squad leader is so fierce."
Chi Nuan sat down, Xu Dan wanted to say something, but seeing her heavy expression, she didn't dare to say anything.
In the evening self-study, Zhou Damao apologized for bringing a cup of hot milk tea to Chi Nuan.
"Reproach me, I made a mistake first, and the class leader will calm down? ... But if the boss turns away, it's not my fault, right? I've always been diligent and daring not to offend her when I serve her as a tablemate. Those who send saddles and horses have neither merit nor hard work…”
"Besides, if she doesn't come to our No. 1 Middle School, I still feel empty in my heart. She doesn't cover me, and I don't feel safe when I walk in the school."
Chi Nuan raised her head and glanced at him.
"...Okay," Zhou Damao scratched his head, "All in all, I won't touch her desk, and I won't touch the head office?"
Chi Nuan gave Xu Dan the milk tea.
On Saturday, Xue Min came to the dormitory to pick them up and go out to dinner together, which was decided on New Year's Eve.
The location is arranged in a private restaurant. The environment and flavor are among the best in Yuncheng. Xu Dan and the others were full of praise for their food, and they said they would come again next time.
When Xue Wen heard this, she just laughed.
After the meal, the five people walked along the moat behind the restaurant to digest their food. Just after the Lantern Festival, the lanterns hanging on the river embankment have not been removed. Xu Dan stumblingly read the word puzzle tied to the lantern, Du Min laughed, laughing at her poor language and illiterate. The two disagreed, and they got into a fight.
Chi Nuan turned around, Xue Min was smoking a cigarette while leaning on the railing.
Chi Nuan walked towards her, Xue Min heard the sound of approaching footsteps, saw Chi Nuan in a blink of an eye, and reflexively went to pinch the cigarette.
Who knew Chi Nuan asked her, "Can you give me one?"
Xue Min: "..."
"No." Xue Min curled the corners of his mouth, "It's better for us to guess the riddles."
Later, Xue Min sent them back to school, and Chi Nuan walked into the school gate with her roommates. She took out her mobile phone from her bag and called Chi Qingchuan as usual. While waiting, Chi Nuan heard Xue Wen calling her name.
She turned her head.
Xue Min said in the car, "Goodbye."
Chi Nuan waved to her, Xue Min smiled, and the car took her away.
Chi Qingchuan took a long time to answer the phone, and Chi Nuan only heard the hoarse cry of the little phoenix tree on the other side. She was worried: "What happened to Xiao Wutong?"
"I just washed his clothes, and he rolled off the bed. Let me see... His forehead turned red." Chi Qingchuan said, coaxing Xiao Wutong out loud.
Chi Nuan: "Isn't my sister-in-law at home?"
Chi Qingchuan: "Well."
He didn't say where Yue Yun was going or what she was going to do. It was just an "um". Chi Nuan's intuition was not right, and he didn't know how to ask.
After returning to the dormitory with my roommates, we washed each other, Chi Nuan read a book until late at night, really couldn't hold it any longer, and went to bed.
The next morning, still in a daze, Xu Dan screamed in bed: "No way! Xue Min really went abroad to study!?"
Everyone's drowsiness was dissipated by these endless words. Chi Nuan and Du Min and Zhao Jingjing took out their mobile phones. In the chat of the five people, Ling Dian passed, and there was information about Xue Wen.
A photo of a boarding pass for a flight abroad.
"I originally wanted to talk to you in person, but I thought it was too hypocritical, so I won't say goodbye to you. I'll see you later anyway."
"Good night."
"My friends."
Chi Nuan got up and brushed his teeth. In the rush of water, the roommates were discussing Xue Min's affairs. Although I had heard about it as soon as the school started, I still couldn't let it go.
Xu Dan's voice didn't sound very clear: "Xue Min let us know anyway, the other one disappeared without saying a word. I called her a few days ago or turned off the phone. Yesterday, the number was directly cancelled. ... This, This is too unloved by classmates, isn't it?"
Chi Nuan kept brushing her teeth, washed her face, and sat down at the desk to start doing the questions. After doing the questions all morning, she plugged in the headphone cable to her phone and sat deep in the bed.
"Are you filming me?"
"I'm filming my serious girlfriend, are you?"
"I am."
Chi Nuan watched it over and over again, and finally she pressed pause, and the picture was frozen on Gu Ningzi's gentle smiling face.
She reached out and touched the screen of her phone lightly.
... Gu Ningzi, what are you doing now, how are you
When do you say tomorrow will come
I miss you, miss you so much.
…
Time passed quietly, and it was the May Day holiday again. Chi Nuan took the car home from school. The residents on the first floor cooked very spicy dishes. The pungent spiciness wafted in the air, and Chi Nuan's tears never stopped since she entered the door.
On the sixth floor, she hid in the door and felt a little better.
Mr. Ji was holding Xiao Wutong. It was already dark outside, and the lights were not turned on in the living room. Xiao Wutong was lying in Mr. Ji's arms and fell asleep.
"..." Chi Nuan put down her schoolbag and came over: "Mr. Ji?"
Mr. Ji nodded, Chi Nuan shook off the blanket in the little Wutong cot, and Mr. Ji awkwardly put him in.
As soon as Xiao Wutong touched the bed, he opened his eyes, and Mr. Ji wanted to hug him again, but Chi Nuan stopped him, bent down and leaned against Xiao Wutong's cheek, pressed his face, and patted him lightly with his palm.
Xiao Wutong's eyes slowly closed again.
Chi Nuan didn't stand up until he fell asleep.
"Mr. Ji, why are you here? Where's my brother?" Chi Nuan wanted to pour a glass of water for Mr. Ji, but Mr. Ji grabbed her and pressed her onto the sofa.
Chi Nuan looked at him suspiciously.
Mr. Ji pulled up a chair and sat down opposite her: "your brother is a little drunk and is sleeping in the room."
Chi Nuan got up and wanted to see Chi Qingchuan. Mr. Ji asked her to sit again: "Listen to me, your brother and Yue Yun are divorced."
The look in Chi Nuan's eyes gradually faded into darkness because of these words.
"What happened a few days ago, he didn't know how to talk to you, he kept talking about it, for fear that you would be disappointed in him." Mr. Ji said slowly, "Nuan Nuan, you are not too young, I hope you can understand your brother's decision. ."
Chi Nuan said, "Sister-in-law... Doesn't she want Xiao Wutong's?"
Mr. Ji said: "The custody rights are here in Qingchuan, and she has nothing to fight for."
Chi Nuan did not ask again.
Gu Ningzi, Xue Wen, and now Yue Yun, people kept leaving by her side. More or less, they were the ones who brought her warmth.
Not long after Mr. Ji left, Chi Qingchuan woke up. He also has to take care of Xiao Wutong. He didn't dare to drink too much, but he was inevitably dizzy. Holding the door and stepping out of the room, he saw that it was pitch black outside. He touched the switch on the wall and turned on the light.
The little sycamore sleeps in the cot. Chi Nuan pushed the little bed to the sofa, and she was lying on the sofa with her arms over the bed rails.
Chi Qingchuan walked towards the sofa. He thought Chi Nuan was also asleep, but when he got closer, he realized that she had her eyes open. He lowered his head and asked her, "Nuan Nuan, Mr. Ji is gone?"
Chi Nuan: "I just left soon."
Chi Qingchuan: "Oh. I..."
Chi Nuan got up from the sofa, and the accumulated tears kept rolling in her eyes: "Brother, why do some people leave? In this world, apart from death, why is there life and separation?"
Chi Qingchuan moved his lips, but before he made a sound, Chi Nuan said to himself, "There must be a reason for that, isn't it? Maybe it's because of involuntarily, or maybe there is a better choice? Maybe it's because the fate is too shallow. That's why I can't get to my head.... But what about Xiao Wutong? He's still so young... "
Chi Qingchuan's palm fell on Chi Nuan's head, and he sighed heavily: "Don't worry. Brother can bring you up, of course, Xiao Wutong can also bring up. ... Nuan Nuan, you have always been the pride of brother. ."
Chi Nuan hugged Chi Qingchuan's waist, and tears wet his clothes. She said, "Brother, I feel bad in my heart."
Chi Qingchuan rubbed her hair: "It will be fine."
Xiao Wutong's biological clock has been completely messed up recently. He slept soundly until more than nine o'clock in the evening, and when he woke up, he was willing to fall asleep again after playing until after midnight.
Chi Nuan turned her phone to the lowest tone, and looked at Gu Ningzi's photos and videos repeatedly.
Tears fell down, she clicked on Gu Ningzi's WeChat avatar, and typed a message to her word by word:
"Gu Ningzi, give me candy."
The news is like a rock sinking into the ocean.
Chi Nuan didn't sleep well all night, and as soon as it was dawn, Xiao Wutong woke up. Kick legs to practice voice, slap slaps, and learn to slap people on their faces.
Chi Nuan took him out, fed him a meal, and seeing that the weather was good outside, pushed him out for a stroll with a stroller.
Walking slowly along the street, the little phoenix tree wearing a small hat looked around, kicking his calf, and there was a sound of "oooo" in his throat.
Chi Nuan said, "Xiao Wutong, Auntie."
Little Indus: "Oh—"
There is a newly opened breakfast shop on the side of the road. In the early morning, there are long queues of customers queuing up, blocking the walking road. Chi Nuan pushed Xiao Wutong through the crowd, and glanced curiously, it should be an Internet celebrity shop.
Stopping by the bridge in the small park, Chi Nuan fed Xiao Wutong some water, and the two big and small blew the cool morning breeze for a while, the sun gradually rose, and Chi Nuan pushed him home.
On the way back, I passed the breakfast shop again. There were fewer people in line. Chi Nuan said to Xiao Wutong, "How about we bring some breakfast to your father?"
Little Indus: "Oh—"
Aunt Lu had already arrived. Seeing Chi Nuan walking in with Xiao Wutong in her arms, she immediately greeted him with a smile on her face and clapped her hands: "Yo, our Xiao Wutong, are you back from walking around?"
Xiao Wutong smiled "giggling" when she saw her, and seemed to like her very much.
Aunt Lu took Xiao Wutong away, Chi Nuan loosened her arms, and took Zao to the dining table. Chi Qingchuan was drinking porridge. After taking the breakfast brought by Chi Nuan, he asked her casually, "Didn't you go out with your mobile phone? I just called you, but you didn't answer."
"Bring it." Chi Nuan touched his pocket and felt empty.
At that moment, her soul seemed to be withdrawn from her body.
Chi Qingchuan flipped through the breakfast brought by Chi Nuan: "Oh, this one, it seems that you have to queue for a long time to buy it?"
Chi Nuan turned around and ran out.
Walking and searching along the road, Chi Nuan stopped and walked, tears almost blocking his sight. She buried her head and squatted on the side of the road crying, crying, wiping her tears, standing up and continuing to search.
After searching for the route in the morning many times, including the Internet celebrity shop where I bought breakfast, Chi Nuan repeatedly asked the salesman in the shop:
"Do you remember me? I just bought breakfast here. Did I leave my phone here?"
"It's old, white, and about that big?"
"The screen saver was on and it was a picture of a very beautiful girl."
"Have you seen it?"
The cashier shook his head.
Chi Nuan exited the store, and there were people around her. She walked and cried bitterly, "Gu Ningzi!"
…
A little girl with braided horns looked at Chi Nuan timidly. Later, with the encouragement of her parents, she approached hesitantly and handed a lollipop to Chi Nuan.
"Sister, what kind of candy have you been talking about? I only have this, chocolate-flavored, okay?"
Hot tears flowed, Chi Nuan wept silently.