Chapter 9 Don't be afraid

Author: St. Ruoru

Chapter 9 Don't be afraid

After discussing with Li Changfeng, Lan Qingwan finally agreed to Gu Yanci's proposal, but the premise was to ask him to collect the rent.

Gu Yanci did not refuse.

Then he turned around and used the money to buy picture books, tutoring materials, and some other extracurricular reading materials for Li Mianmian.

Li Mianmian knew that he had a separate studio and was so happy that he almost flew up.

Since then, she spends two hours a day in the studio.

As long as she is in the studio, Gu Yanci will not close his house.

When he was in the study, he wouldn't close the door. The door was so big and open, which always made Li Mianmian feel insecure.

After holding on for a few days, she still couldn't help asking: "Why don't brother close the door?"

At that time, Gu Yanci was lying on the sofa reading a book.

Hearing this, he tilted his head and showed half of his face from behind the book, and his high nose bridge was against the falling pages.

The two were not close, so he looked at her with his eyes slightly lowered. His double eyelids, which were very deep-wrinkled, were like a half-open fan, with fine feather eyelashes underneath.

The obvious tear mole seemed to be pulling the hand of the kite string, hooking his upturned eyes like a demon god into a mortal appearance.

Li Mianmian inexplicably developed some strange emotions under this gaze.

It seemed that the tip of his nose was not against those thin pages of paper, but the palm of her hand.

However, Gu Yanci knew nothing about his attitude at this moment.

He was just thinking about how to organize the language.

After a while, he explained warmly: "My brother doesn't close the door, because he wants to tell you that if you are unhappy here, you can leave at any time."

"oh"

Li Mianmian walked in a daze and touched the back of her neck in a vague way.

Gu Yanci laughed: "You are so crazy about painting? Why are you stupid?"

"I just think..." Li Mianmian looked at him and said ignorantly, "Brother is pretty."

"Okay." Gu Yanci just thought that she was childish and Wuji, put down the book and raised her chin slightly, "Then you can take a few more glances, and you won't charge you for the viewing fee for the time being."

For no reason, Li Mianmian felt embarrassed and turned her head into the studio and slammed the door.

Gu Yanci: "?"

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After the end of July, heavy rains began to occur frequently in the city.

Gu Yanci found that whenever it rained on heavy rain, Li Mianmian's mood became a little low.

At first he thought it was just because she was sensitive to environmental changes.

People with artistic talents seem to have this tendency? Their connection with nature is always closer than that of ordinary people.

Therefore, Gu Yanci didn't take it too seriously. He just added a little more sugar to the orange juice when it was raining on rainy days, hoping that using sweetness would make Li Mianmian feel better.

Until one day, it was not only heavy, but even thunder broke out.

The wind was not stopping outside the window, filled with a depressing darkness.

It was clearly at 3 or 4 pm, but it looked like dusk.

After explaining the question in his hand, Gu Yan glanced at the wall clock.

He was so fascinated just now that he didn't pay attention to the time, and then he realized that Li Mianmian had been in there for a long time today.

Usually she had finished drawing this time.

Worried about disturbing her, Gu Yanci patiently planned to wait a little longer.

The continuous rain also soaked the house a little wet, and the rotten air in the walls of the old house gradually exuded.

The curtains were blown up by the wind, like a witch in a robe swaying in the air.

A lightning suddenly split in the sky, instantly illuminating the entire room.

Gu Yanci subconsciously glanced out the window.

Just as his eyes turned over, the rumbling thunder suddenly rang out, shaking the house trembled.

Gu Yanci thought of something in an instant, and hurriedly pushed the chair away, broke into the studio in two steps. When he saw it, he didn't see Li Mianmian's person.

“…Mianmian?”

He called out, but didn't hear the echo, and then shouted again: "Mumu?"

Even if the lights are turned on in the house, it cannot dispel the gray dismal bleakness.

After searching for a while, Gu Yanci finally found her next to the corner behind the cabinet.

Li Mianmian curled up with her knees and shivered, a small ball, like a poor stray cat.

Two months later, she has clearly been raised to be much fat, but she is still so thin.

"Are you afraid of thunder?" Gu Yanci squatted down and touched her head, and said in a gentle voice, "Brother is here, don't be afraid."

Li Mianmian seemed to have not heard it, and still maintained that position without any response.

"It's very trendy here, let's go sit on the sofa?"

Gu Yanci pinched her wrist and pulled it tentatively.

Li Mianmian felt as if she was burned, pulled her hands back and stuffed them into her arms, and then rubbed her wrists hard on her clothes.

It seemed that she was pinched for a moment, which caused her to suffer some great humiliation.

Gu Yanci's breathing stagnated and stared at his hand in a daze for a few seconds.

Then he cursed himself and whispered: "It's quite hurtful."

The recent rain has made the weather much cooler, and the corner of the wall is a place full of moisture. Gu Yanci is worried that she will catch a cold, so he went to the bedroom to take it out and wrap her tightly.

This time, Li Mianmian did not resist anymore.

She seemed to wake up and realized that the person in front of her was her familiar brother, so she obediently followed his movements and tightened the edge of the blanket.

Gu Yanci was about to speak when a few thunders suddenly erupted from outside.

Before he could react, Li Mianmian immediately rushed into his arms like a frightened bird-

“…so scared?”

Feeling the girl's breath spreading around her neck, Gu Yanci was stiff.

He grabbed the blanket that had been removed with his neck, put it on her back, then hooked his knees and picked her up.

This wave of thunder was not too loud, but it just kept ringing.

While shaking, Li Mianmian hugged him tightly, and the moistness that was leached from his eyes was pressed against his skin.

Gu Yanci raised his neck and finally managed to get a breath.

When he arrived next to the sofa, he wanted to put the person down, but Li Mianmian pulled his shoulder and refused to move.

Gu Yanci was angry and laughed: "Are you a koala beetle?"

Li Mianmian didn't speak.

The two of them confronted each other for a moment, and the thunder stopped, and she took the initiative to let go of her hand and curled up into the corner of the sofa.

Gu Yanci looked at her and felt something was strange.

Can ordinary people be afraid of thunder and so afraid? It seems that they are not very clear about their consciousness.

The sudden rain in summer comes and goes quickly. After about half an hour, the sound of rain gradually becomes smaller and the sky is much brighter.

Gu Yanci stood up and poured her a cup of hot water.

——I was dragged by her just now and couldn't get away at all.

After taking the water cup, Li Mianmian raised her face and looked at him. Her eyes were red but her lips were white.

After she drank half a glass of water in small sips, Gu Yanci asked, "Are you so afraid of thunder since you were a child?"

Li Mianmian buried her head and refused to answer.

Seeing that she was unwilling to say it, Gu Yanci didn't plan to force her.

He didn't continue to be obsessed with this problem and instead said, "You just did not do that."

Li Mianmian stared at him.

"Brother is a boy, you are a girl." Gu Yanci pointed at himself, then pointed at her, and said earnestly, "When boys get along with girls, some very intimate actions are not allowed, do you know?"

Li Mianmian finally made a little sound: "Yes."

Gu Yanci felt that she was perfunctory and sighed helplessly.

He actually didn't pay much attention to these words, because Li Mianmian had never received this education before, so no matter what she said, he just thought that a child didn't know how to behave.

However, he felt that it was necessary to educate him if there was a deviation in behavior.

If this kind of behavior is developed, it would be fine at home. How easy is it to be bullied by those little bastards who know the truth when they go out?

"Li Mianmian." Gu Yanci called her full name with a stern face, "Do you listen carefully to me?"

For some reason, Li Mianmian felt the heat coming from the mouth of the cup making her eyes swell a little.

So she didn't even raise her head and nodded again.

Gu Yanci was still worried: "Did you remember what your brother said? Repeat it with your brother."

“…”

Li Mianmian completely lost his self-control.

She knocked the cup heavily on the coffee table and half-kneeled up to make her vision even with Gu Yanci.

It seems that this will bring more momentum.

"You know, I was just scared," she said with a sob, "I'm not doing anything, can you not always teach me a lesson? I'm just doing that to you, and I won't do that to other boys!

It's not someone else!"

Gu Yanci was stunned.

Li Mianmian suddenly picked up a pillow and smashed it at him, and accused loudly: "Why are you more naughty than my mother?!"

"..." Gu Yan angrily smiled, "Are you losing your temper at me now?"

Li Mianmian pursed her lips and looked at him stubbornly.

After a long time, Gu Yanci was defeated first.

"Okay." He gently put the pillow back, and his face returned to the gentle smile he used to, "It's good to lose his temper."
Chapter completed!