Chapter 27 I’m leaving

Author: Nan Ruoruo

Chapter 27 I’m leaving

In the middle of the night, Li Yan seemed to have had a nightmare, and his little hands and feet were kicking around.

Li Mianmian was kicked in the thigh and woke up from the pain.

After I woke up, I felt like going to the toilet.

She dazedly lingered on the bed for a while, then climbed up, tucked Li Yan's quilt in, and then walked out of the bedroom in the dark, holding on to the wall.

The living room lamp was not far away. Li Mianmian slapped it away. Just as he was about to go to the toilet, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw someone on the balcony.

She was startled, turned around and looked carefully, only to realize that it was Gu Yanci.

He seemed to be startled by the sudden light in the living room. He was leaning on the railing and turned towards her.

"...Brother?" Li Mianmian scratched his neck, his voice a little hoarse as he just got up, "Why are you here?"

"Brother can't sleep and is dazed outside." Gu Yanci smiled, "What about you, have you had a nightmare?"

Li Mianmian shook his head: "I want to go to the toilet."

As he said this, his legs were already heading towards the balcony from the direction of the toilet.

When she approached, Gu Yanci rubbed her hair and said warmly: "It's cold outside. After using the bathroom, go back to bed quickly."

Li Mianmian did not answer.

She held on to the railing and looked down. The city was dark late at night, with only a few scattered lights.

The cool breeze of the spring night blew for a while, and she finally woke up.

"Brother." Li Mianmian raised her head and looked at him, "Are you unhappy?"

She also asked this question when she went home in the evening, and sang him a song to comfort him.

Gu Yanci thought he hid it well, but Li Mianmian was too sensitive to other people's emotions.

"Brother... I'm a little unhappy." The smile on his face suddenly seemed dull, "Because I have to leave."

"Ah?" Li Mianmian was startled and exclaimed, "So fast?!"

"Shh-" Gu Yanci lowered his hand and pinched her cheek, "Don't wake up mom and dad."

"Oh..." Li Mianmian touched her earlobe and then her neck, murmuring, "But why are you leaving? Isn't it half a year before you go to college?"

Gu Yanci just said a faint "hmm" and then said nothing.

After waiting for a long time, Li Mianmian couldn't bear the chill and wanted to go back to the room first. Then he said in a low voice: "I don't want to inconvenience you with my brother's matter."

"Ah?" Li Mianmian didn't understand, "What's the implication?"

"My brother has an enemy." Gu Yanci said slowly, "But my brother has no way to avenge him yet, so I have to recharge my batteries."

I don't know if it was because she just woke up, but Li Mianmian still didn't understand what he said.

She scratched her hair a little irritably, raised her head and asked, "Then..."

"Mumu." Gu Yanci interrupted her.

Li Mianmian was slightly startled: "Ah?"

Gu Yanci turned sideways and looked at her with lowered eyes.

In the dark night, there seemed to be rippling water in his eyes, containing an emotion called tenderness.

But there was something more complicated, which Li Mianmian could not understand for the time being.

"My brother is leaving this time. I don't know when he will come back." He said, "My brother is waiting for you at Qingdao University."

"...Okay." Li Mianmian secretly clenched his fists, feeling like crying for some reason, "I, I will definitely pass the exam!"

"Um."

Gu Yanci curled his lips and looked at her for a moment, then suddenly opened an arm: "Come here, brother, give me a hug."

Li Mianmian immediately threw herself into his arms. She could no longer hold back the soreness on the tip of her nose, and her clothes were soaked with tears.

"You should listen to your parents at home and don't have conflicts with your brother."

Gu Yanci patted her back gently, his voice scattered in the cool night breeze, so vague that it was hard to catch it.

"Study hard and don't fall in love early. If someone bullies you, go talk to the teacher. If you have any questions you don't understand or if you have something on your mind, you can call my brother. My brother's phone number will always be kept and will not change."

"Okay." Li Mianmian nodded, "Then I will definitely call my brother often."

"Yeah." Gu Yanci continued, "If I have time, my brother will come back to see you during the holidays."

Li Mianmian grabbed his clothes tightly and choked: "Then you must remember to come back..."

"good."

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When Li Mianmian got up the next day, Gu Yanci was no longer there.

The conversation she had with Gu Yanci the night before became a little hazy after a few hours of sleep, leaving her with no sense of reality.

In other words, even when I hugged Gu Yanci last night and listened to what he said with my own ears, it didn't feel real.

Her tears seemed to flow down subconsciously, but the sadness of Gu Yanci's departure did not really enter her heart at that time.

Because his whole body was within reach at that time, and she was so close to him, it was impossible to imagine the scene of him leaving.

Gu Yanci often has breakfast here recently.

Maybe because he didn't want to eat for nothing, he would get up very early every morning, and then go downstairs to buy some soy milk, fried dough sticks, steamed buns and the like, and occasionally he would make them at home and bring them over.

But today he is not here.

Li Mianmian put her schoolbag on her back and went to school. As soon as she opened the door, she subconsciously looked upstairs.

The door was obviously closed as before, but today she inexplicably felt that the opposite side was more deserted than usual.

While walking on the road, Li Mianmian felt that the uncles and aunties standing on the roadside selling breakfast today seemed unhappy, and the classmates they met on the road seemed weak to greet her.

Even when Nan Shengsheng came over to share snacks with her with a smile, she still felt that he was not as happy as he seemed on the surface.

Until after school in the evening, Li Mianmian walked downstairs and looked habitually at the place where Gu Yanci often stood, but when he didn't see anyone -

Only then did she realize that it was not others who were unhappy.

It is she who is unhappy.

Only then did she realize deeply and truly that Gu Yanci had really left.

It was different from the previous situation where he was too busy to spend time with her often.

This kind of departure is like using a sharp knife to cut off all the connections between them. It is a complete blank, nothingness, and a confusing emptiness.

Li Mianmian walked to where Gu Yanci once stood and stared for a long time with his head lowered.

Then she took a breath, rubbed her nose, raised her head and walked home.

really weird.

When she wasn't so sad last night, she couldn't help but cry whenever she touched Gu Yanci.

She felt really sad today. She was so sad that she couldn't get interested in anything she did. Even if she loved to eat or play, nothing could make her happy.

But she couldn't cry.

She just felt empty.

Numbly and expressionlessly, I walked on the way home.

Fortunately, this negative mood did not last long.

Li Mianmian was quickly drawn back to her attention by the pressure of study.

In the blink of an eye, I will be promoted to grade three.

Li Mianmian had a hasty birthday after the final exam.

The reason why she said she was in a hurry was because she had to make up classes on her birthday. It was almost ten o'clock when she got home from self-study the next night, and she had a cake with her family.

At around six o'clock the next morning, Li Mianmian was woken up by a ringing bell.

She opened her eyes and reacted for a moment, realizing that the sound was not the alarm clock, but someone calling her.

Except for Gu Yanci, no one would call her so early.

She quickly got up and looked for her cell phone, and got through it just as the ringing was about to end——

"I thought I couldn't wake you up." Gu Yanci's voice contained his usual gentle smile, "Happy birthday to us, Mumu."

After waiting all day yesterday for no call from him, Li Mianmian couldn't help but feel a little depressed: "My birthday has already passed."

"Um?"

Gu Yanci paused for a moment, then said: "I'm sorry, brother has forgotten the date."
To be continued...