"... Gu Ningzi."
Chi Nuan's voice was stuffy in his throat, depressed and shuddering. Gu Ningzi let her hold her, turned her head to her ear, and said again: "Don't be afraid, it's alright."
Chi Nuan knew that she really shouldn't be afraid anymore. The car accident did not happen, and Gu Miaoyan…
Her fear of Gu Miaoyan all stemmed from her past experiences. When she got to the bottom of it, Gu Miaoyan didn't actually do anything to hurt her. It was just that she had seen the methods of the Cheng family, so when she saw Gu Miaoyan, she was reflexively afraid that the events of the past would repeat themselves.
- But she is only Gu Ningzi's assistant now. The Cheng family may despise her behavior of clinging to Gu Ningzi, but it is impossible to hide Gu Ningzi because of an employee. Besides, Gu Ningzi is not the one she used to be. Gu Ningzi, who was powerless to fight.
The car was still on the road, and passing vehicles frequently looked around. There was no way for Chi Nuan to stay in Gu Ningzi's arms all the time. She let go of her hand and held the car back, their eyes crossed, Chi Nuan subconsciously said, "...Our contract has been signed for five years, and I almost let you There's a car accident, ... you, will you fire me early?"
"What are you thinking?" Gu Ningzi couldn't help but laugh: "No."
The headlights dispelled the long night, Gu Ningzi drove very steadily, Chi Nuan first saw Gu Miaoyan's panic and fear of a car accident, and with the endless wheels, it finally sank into her heart.
Gu Ningzi held the steering wheel and focused on the road ahead: "Have you eaten dinner yet, are you hungry?"
Chi Nuan nodded along with her words.
Gu Ningzi asked her, "What do you want to eat?"
The car passed through the junction of the new and old city, Chi Nuan remembered the cup of hot porridge on New Year's Eve: "I want to drink yam and pork ribs porridge."
Gu Ningzi immediately turned the front of the car: "I remember that there is..."
She was inexplicably stuck in the middle of her speech, and looked at the left and right street scenes suspiciously: "Is there a porridge shop here?"
Chi Nuan said sadly: "Yes, Gu Ningzi, in the alley over there."
At seven o'clock in the evening, the alleys were full of pedestrians and vehicles looking for food in the old city, and the traffic was very congested. When crossing the stone road, Chi Nuan was blocked by a battery tricycle full of goods. She took a detour to the side, and Gu Ningzi, who was walking in front, suddenly returned to hold her.
The dim yellow street lamps at the entrance of the alley shone diagonally, like that snowy night.
Chi Nuan seemed to be walking on the dimly lit road from the school gate to the dormitory in Yizhong. That night when Cao Pinhui was frightened in Seven, Gu Ningzi also held her like this.
The not-so-flat slate, the accumulated rain has not completely dried up, reflecting the flashing light signs on both sides of the pavement. The two walked slowly to the depths, only to see the low-key plaque of the porridge shop. In the clean and elegant restaurant, with curtains hanging between the tables, the diners consciously lowered their voices and talked.
The waiter came to order, Gu Ningzi asked for yam spareribs porridge for two people, Chi Nuan told the waiter: "Don't put chopped green onion."
After the hot porridge was on the table, the two drank the porridge opposite each other and left the porridge shop.
Walking out of this alley, Chi Nuan faced the crowd of traffic in front of her, hesitantly stretched out her hand, trying to hold Gu Ningzi, but fell halfway.
At the moment of falling, Gu Ningzi held her hand firmly: "Let's go."
Chi Nuan: "... Gu Ningzi."
Gu Ningzi: "Huh?"
Chi Nuan said: "It's not too late, we will go back to Henan Mountain from the riverside... Is that okay?"
The street scene quickly regressed, and Gu Ningzi only slowed down when he drove on Yanjiang Avenue. Chi Nuan looked out the window and said in a soft voice, "Remember, we're here to celebrate the New Year together. It was a lively day, you came late, and brought everyone hot drinks."
Gu Ningzi turned to the direction Chi Nuan was looking at. In the clear night, she seemed to be hit by snowflakes. The fireworks were prosperous, and on the other side of the river, there was a hustle and bustle of people around, like a black and white silent film at several times the speed.
Only the smiling girl is the only bright color in Xue Ye.
The dim street lights, the packaged hot porridge in the hand, the open-air stairs covered with snow...
Gu Ningzi thought of these fragmentary fragments and couldn't help sighing.
The wheels were still rolling forward, and Chi Nuan's eyes were attracted by a few blue and white figures not far away. This color matching should be the school uniform of No. 1 Middle School, with sparkling fire rising from among them.
… Kongming lanterns
"Gu Ningzi, Gu Ningzi, stop." Chi Nuan said hurriedly.
The window came down, and the voice of dialogue blew into my ears along with the river wind: "What wish did you make, are you trying to laugh at me?? 'Learning progress', thanks to you for being able to write it hahahahaha..."
"You guys who love this and that, don't allow me to love learning??"
"Then please don't sleep and play games in class. Can you finish the homework assigned by the teacher on time?"
"… "
- "Do you want to put the Kongming lantern?"
- "The one you can make a wish on."
- "Gu Ningzi is learning and progressing."
- "Just write your name?"
- "I wish I secretly said it in my heart!"
- "Gu Ningzi, look!"
The crooked Kongming lanterns, covered with handwriting, slowly rose into the air, and the high school students jokingly pushed me, I shoved you, and their youthful faces were still a little childish.
The Kongming Lantern floated farther and farther toward the heart of the river.
Chi Nuan stared intently, until the Kongming lantern turned into a small spot of light embedded in the sky, and she turned around: "Let's go back."
"Chi Nuan", Gu Ningzi said, "Do you want to put a Kongming lantern?"
Chi Nuan shook his head: "I don't believe this.... I just remembered when I was in high school. Like them, I came here to let the Kongming Lantern go."
Gu Ningzi: "With whom?"
"..." Chi Nuan's eyelashes trembled lightly: "The person you like."
"The person you liked in high school," Gu Ningzi continued to ask, "I don't have the impression of you falling in love with someone, so it happened after I left No. 1 High School? Or before?"
Chi Nuan was taken aback by her question, and she said vaguely, "Well, I haven't mentioned it before, and everyone doesn't know about it."
Gu Ningzi: "It sounds like it's dead."
Chi Nuan shook his head: "No, we never broke up."
Although you are no longer together, you don't remember, but you didn't propose to break up. In my heart, you are still my girlfriend...
Gu Ningzi's eyes trembled, she stopped talking about this topic, and drove to Henan Mountain.
…
After that night, Chi Nuan waited for two days, and finally came to Gu Miaoyan's call. Two days were enough for Gu Miaoyan to know everything she wanted to know, just like when she investigated her background.
Gu Miaoyan got straight to the point and asked Chi Nuan to come out to chat, because he was mentally prepared, Chi Nuan agreed without hesitation. - She also has something to do and wants to ask Gu Miaoyan.
The meeting place was in a flower art studio. When Nuan arrived late, Gu Miaoyan was already there. There was no one else, all kinds of flowers were laid out on the long table, Gu Miaoyan elegantly trimmed off the overly long branches of the white bellflower, and gestured and inserted it into the vase.
Chi Nuan calmed down and walked towards her.
Gu Miaoyan heard the footsteps and looked up at Chi Nuan: "Here? I have a fashion show at the end of the month, and the theme is 'Flowers blooming at four o'clock', but I have no other gains, but I am fascinated by flower arrangements. ... Chi Nuan, do you look good? ?"
Chi Nuan said: "It looks good."
Gu Miaoyan smiled and motioned Chi Nuan to sit and talk: "Actually, I don't know where to start chatting with you. I haven't seen you for many years."
Chi Nuan said, "Six years."
Gu Miaoyan washed her hands, dried them, walked to Chi Nuan and sat down: "I saw you that day. To be honest, I was shocked. I didn't expect you to be Aning's life assistant now."
So it's really been investigated, Chi Nuan looked at Gu Miaoyan quietly, and after a while, she took out a card from her bag and put it on the long table: "I haven't moved, I see you now, It should be returned to you."
Gu Miao was speechless: "You..."
Chi Nuan said calmly: "Sister, you must know that Gu Ningzi and I are no longer together. Maybe you know that Gu Ningzi doesn't remember me?"
Gu Miaoyan said suspiciously: "...I don't remember? What do you mean when you say I don't remember?"
Chi Nuan: "She forgot what happened to me and her."
Gu Miaoyan: "Are you saying that there are still missing parts of her memory? This is impossible! Although her memory was lost for a period of time, it was only a stress response after the car accident. Later, the memory came back, and the attending doctor also said that she recovered. , I was with her all the way back then, and she—"
Gu Miaoyan stopped abruptly and said in shock, "... She has been abroad for so many years, and she has never looked for you. Is it because of this reason!?"
"Sister," Chi Nuan's eyes flashed with light: "Can you tell me what happened to Gu Ningzi after returning from Yuncheng? Why did she have a car accident? I waited for her for six years, and she remembered everything, but The only one who has forgotten me."
After being silent for a century, Gu Miaoyan said in a complicated mood: "... At that time, Dad found out about you, and they never quarreled so fiercely, because you, as well as mom, dad was completely irritated by Aning, not only shut down She was in confinement, with no water or food, and a few days later, Aning was sent directly from the confinement room to the hospital for emergency treatment."
Chi Nuan's disguised calmness, when he heard this disintegrate like fragments.
Gu Miaoyan: "Her mental state was not stable after her mother passed away. In the few days in the confinement room, she suffered a complete breakdown. After she was discharged from the hospital, she had to rely on a large amount of drugs to maintain it. She needed to be guarded 24 hours a day. We dare not If there is any negligence, I am afraid that she…”
Chi Nuan's heart was cut like a knife in pain, she tried to wipe her tears, but she couldn't wipe them all, her eyes were blurry.
"But I'm afraid of what's coming... In the rainy night with lightning and thunder, she secretly jumped from the window sill of the room while the escorts were handing over."
Gu Miaoyan closed her eyes and breathed, her thoughts sank into the rainy night, and she couldn't help trembling: "on the second floor, she broke her knee, poured heavy rain, and reluctantly drove out. I was in the house that day, followed her all the way, and dared not force her. , I didn't dare to get too close to her, I could only guess the route she would go, contact the police to set up barriers to stop her, but before she even reached the first roadblock, she hit the median and the whole car overturned."
"At that time, her memory was confused, and she kept mumbling before she fell unconscious..."
Chi Nuan put the back of her hand to her lips, and while sobbing dully, she heard Gu Miaoyan's voice: "I'm going to the bakery to find you. Tomorrow is the Qixi Festival. I haven't told you yet that I like you."
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