Chapter 146 [The feeling of being protected] (really big chapter)
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Chapter 146 [The feeling of being protected]
Xicheng Xun got up and walked out of the room and came downstairs.
I saw Chen Nuo sitting alone in the living room, with a laptop in front of him that I didn't know when it was delivered.
Seeing Xicheng Xun coming down the stairs, Chen Nuo just turned his head slightly and glanced at the girl: "Good morning."
"What are you doing? This computer is..."
"It was just delivered to me. I was reading the news online."
Chen Nuo seemed to change his sitting position casually, but the angle of his body turned sideways just blocked Xicheng Xun's gaze from looking at the screen.
"There's breakfast in the kitchen. Egg and ham sandwiches, and milk."
Xicheng Xun seemed slightly disappointed: "Didn't you make the delicious thing yesterday?"
"...Hey, have I been kinder to you these past two days and you have forgotten your identity as a prisoner?" Chen Nuo said with a smile.
Xicheng Xun rolled his eyes at Chen Nuo very rudely - not fierce at all, but rather cute and cute like a girl.
The girl walked into the kitchen easily, brought out breakfast, placed it on the small dining table not far from the sofa and coffee table where Chen Nuo was, and started eating happily.
Chen Nuo lowered his head and continued to look at the screen, typing on the keyboard from time to time.
There was silence in the room for a while, but the girl finally spoke first.
"What's the news?"
"Huh?" Chen Nuo raised his head.
"Didn't you say you were watching the news? What's the news today?"
Chen Nuo smiled.
The girl was clearly looking for something to say.
The expression on Xicheng Xun's face was a little awkward, but he just turned his head and looked out the window to hide it, pretending to be relaxed: "Is there any interesting news event?"
Chen Nuo said nonchalantly: "There's nothing new. President George W. Bush from country M has ordered more troops to be sent to the Middle East. The International Space Station has released the next stage of docking plan, and also announced the work of two astronauts currently serving in space.
photo.
On RB's side, next year's World Cup Organizing Committee and FIFA are in a war of words over the delay in construction of competition venues.
Oh, by the way, there is also the crown princess’s belly that people are most concerned about, and they are still discussing the royal heir in her belly.”
What Chen Nuo mentioned are all major events happening around the world at this stage in 2001.
Xicheng Xun is not interested in anything like the president of Country M, the increase of troops in the Middle East, or even things like the World Cup.
She is here as a girl.
However, the pregnancy of the current RB Crown Princess was mentioned. This kind of gossip in the royal family has attracted the attention of girls like Xicheng Xun.
There is no way, ordinary people like to gossip.
To say that the current Crown Princess of RB (according to the history of her previous life, her future husband, the Crown Prince, will succeed as the new RB Emperor, and she will become the Empress) is actually a bit sad.
This princess was not born into a wealthy and powerful family, nor was she from a wealthy or aristocratic family.
She actually came from a commoner family... relatively wealthy. Her grandfather was a businessman and her father was a diplomat.
But compared to the royal family and wealthy nobles, such a family can only be regarded as a commoner.
This woman had a lot of personality when she was young - she spent her high school and college years in country M.
Graduated from Harvard University!
When she was 23 years old, she had already entered the diplomatic service!
When she met Crown Prince RB at a diplomatic banquet, she had spent half of her 23 years abroad.
It can be said that she is different from most traditional RB women nowadays.
He is knowledgeable, has his own career pursuits, has an independent personality, and is deeply influenced by the culture of the Western world - looks good, he was pretty good when he was young.
However, she was attracted by the crown prince.
Faced with the crown prince’s repeated advances, this woman’s attitude was: NO!
Her life goal is to be a diplomat, not to marry into the royal family and be a puppet on the stage for people to admire.
Then, in order to avoid the crown prince, she once again chose to study abroad, this time in Britain.
I hid for several years.
However, the crown prince was determined to fall in love with her and never let go. He even refused to marry for her sake.
Even the crown prince's brother, another royal prince, got married, but the crown prince still pursued this woman hard.
Then, the royal family couldn't sit still.
The Crown Prince is not young anymore.
Therefore, the royal family launched a lobbying group led by the emperor and empress themselves, plus a bunch of senior royal and government officials, and began to lobby and put pressure on this woman's father and family.
Finally, after seven years of hiding, this woman finally chose to marry Crown Prince RB when she was thirty years old.
This woman, who had academic backgrounds from Harvard and Oxford universities and wanted to be a diplomat, had to give up her life plans and career pursuits and become a housewife.
Although, she is the most noble housewife in RB.
As we all know, the emperor and the royal family of RB have long been a decoration, and women among these decorations have no practical significance, they are just foils in the decorations.
After marrying the crown prince, the most concerned thing among the people is when will she be able to leave an heir to the throne for the royal family.
However...it wasn't until 2001, when she was 38 years old, that she finally became a mother.
Before that, RB was under pressure from all over the country, almost driving her crazy.
And, the most pitiful thing is...
According to what Chen Nuo knew in his previous life...this woman would have her only child this year, in 2001.
Still a girl!
Moreover, according to what Chen Nuo knows, even if she gives birth to this girl, the whole country of RB is still dissatisfied. They hope that the 40-year-old princess can continue her efforts and give birth to another descendant for the royal family - preferably a boy.
Yes! Because someone will inherit the throne in the future.
Then, this woman has been living in a depressed state, and even made official announcements many times that her mental condition is not very good.
Before giving birth to her only daughter, she did not return to her parents' home once from the time she got married to the time she gave birth to her daughter due to pressure. She rarely appeared in public on weekdays. The RB Imperial Household Agency (department responsible for the royal family) canceled
Most of her external schedules were canceled in order to force this woman to stay in the palace, accompany the Crown Princess, and then complete her obligation to produce a tool as soon as possible...
One can imagine what kind of life this seemingly distinguished Crown Princess and future Queen lived in the royal family.
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Like all RB people, Xicheng Xun is obviously very interested when it comes to the princess.
However, her concept showed a bit of regret and sympathy for this woman.
Everyone in RB actually knew that the Crown Princess did not like the Crown Prince. After seven years of avoiding him, she had to compromise due to the huge pressure from all aspects.
"If it were me, I would rather never play RB." Xicheng Xun sighed.
Chen Nuo smiled slowly and said, "Oh?"
"Of course, if you stay in Britain, even if you rely on your knowledge, you won't starve to death. What's the point of living like a caged bird when you come back?"
Chen Nuo smiled: "Don't you dream of living a life where you can be lazy?"
"But being a Crown Princess is too unfree. Every move, word and deed is watched all the time. Do you still remember that there was a New Year celebration event before, and the Crown Prince and his wife attended and spoke as honored guests?
When speaking, the Crown Princess accidentally spoke three seconds longer than the Prince.
Just three seconds!
As a result, many newspapers scolded her for being unruly!
It’s terrible!”
However, at the end of the conversation, the flat girl still showed her fox tail: "Besides, the Crown Prince is not good-looking either! He is shorter than the Crown Princess, his facial features are not handsome, and I heard that he is not in good health either."
Okay, so what this girl values is actually her appearance.
"Then, you must be unwilling to be the Crown Princess?"
"Of course not!!" Xicheng Xun said loudly without hesitation: "How could I be willing to do that kind of thing?"
"But you can be a salty fish. You don't have to work hard anymore and you can be lazy and bold."
"I said, what I want is freedom." Xicheng Xun said in a very disdainful tone: "Although I long for lazy days, I do not reject hard work.
I am living very hard every day now!
In the future, I will also work very hard. As long as I don’t have anyone to control me and force me to do anything in my own life after working hard, I can be as lazy as I want in life.
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I'm the kind of person who can work hard when I'm at work.
But when I get home from get off work, I will definitely stay at home and watch TV. I definitely don’t like people interfering in my life!”
"What about... love?" Chen Nuo asked with a smile.
"..." Xicheng Xun suddenly blushed and stopped talking.
"I know, you seem to like Kimura Takuya very much."
"Yes, but he is already quite old, and he is also married." Xicheng Xun shook his head: "People in the entertainment industry are unreliable. If you like them, just watch them from a distance.
The man I choose in the future must be a responsible, responsible, generous and capable man like my father!
Of course, you have to be as handsome as my father!"
The two of them just talked about the gossip about the RB royal family for the entire morning.
In fact, the time gradually reached noon, but Xicheng Xun didn't seem to know whether intentionally or unintentionally, and never mentioned the time.
Even lunch seemed to be forgotten.
Just chatting happily, it turned out that the time was already past twelve noon, and it would be one o'clock in a while.
Logically speaking, lunch time has been missed.
Chen Nuo didn't seem to notice. He was very kind and even patiently chatted with the little girl.
There is no longer the playful smile and informality that the two had when they got along two days ago.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there were a few times when I took the initiative and told a few jokes to make the girl happy.
Finally, the time on the wall clock pointed to half past one in the afternoon.
Chen Nuo slowly closed the laptop in front of him.
This move caused Xicheng Xun, who was still talking nonstop, to be suddenly interrupted.
The girl glanced at Chen Nuo subconsciously, closed her mouth, and pursed her lips hard.
In fact, there are a bunch of things in the living room that are very eye-catching.
In the corner of the living room, there are a lot of various figures, models, toys and other things that Chen Nuo bought when he went shopping two days ago.
When Xicheng Xun came downstairs in the morning, he found that everything had been packed and put into two large suitcases, ready to be taken away at any time.
Seeing the girl's silence, Chen Nuo let out a breath and stood up.
"Well, I'm hungry. Let me cook you another meal."
"..."
"Although I am also a very lazy person, my cooking skills are quite good. Before I leave, let me cook you something I am good at."
"..." Xicheng Xun still didn't speak. He just seemed to bite his lip and turned his head away with a stubborn look.
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Chen Nuo still put some thought into this missed lunch.
I dug out a box of handmade dumplings that someone bought the day before in the refrigerator, and fried them in a pan to make fried dumplings.
Then I cut two more German sausages into slices and fried them in oil.
There are also some top-quality wagyu beef that were sent before.
Chen Nuo luxuriously chose to cook beef soup!
This grade of top-quality Wagyu beef can be used for sashimi and eaten raw.
Using it to make soup feels like a waste of resources.
However, Chen Nuo wouldn't care about this.
I cooked a pot of thick beef soup and sprinkled some chopped green onion. Then, I used this pot of beef soup as the base and cooked a few pieces of ramen.
From beginning to end, Xicheng Xun was sitting on the ground outside the kitchen, watching Chen Nuo busy.
The girl would occasionally turn her head to look out the window, and then, when Chen Nuo wasn't paying attention, she would secretly look at him again.
It was almost half past two when this "lunch" was ready.
The two of them ate the meal in silence. It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.
I ate the last ramen in silence, picked up the bowl again, and drank the last sip of soup in small sips.
Xicheng Xun put down the bowl, his eyes showing a rare kind of weakness, helplessness, and confusion.
"Are you...going to leave now?"
"Well, there's still a little time." Chen Nuo hesitated: "If you want, I can actually stay for dinner."
Xicheng Xun suddenly looked a little weird: "So...that means there is still some time, right?"
"Well, that's right."
"Then...can you accompany me to a place?"
Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment, looking at the girl's eyes staring at him blankly, there was a hint of pleading that could not be concealed.
"...Okay!" Chen Nuo nodded.
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After leaving the house, at Xicheng Xun's request, he refused the service of the car waiting outside.
Chen Nuo pushed Xicheng Xun's bicycle and rode up, letting Xicheng Xun sit behind the bike.
In this way, at around three o'clock in the afternoon, I was riding a shaky ride on a remote road in the metropolis of Tokyo.
Following Xicheng Xun's instructions, we slowly and leisurely arrived at a small martial arts dojo that looked a bit shabby.
Chen Nuo stopped the car and looked at the sign in front of him.
Jiangchuan Dojo.
This is where Xicheng Xun works on weekdays.
"You brought me here because you wanted to..." Chen Nuo frowned.
Xicheng Xun stood pretty on the roadside, looking at Chen Nuo, as if smiling.
"I want you to go up and play in the gym."
"ha?"
"The curator here is a very annoying lecher. I want you to go up there and help me beat him into a pig's head!"
Facing the girl's request, Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Why do you want me to do it?"
After a pause, Chen Nuo squinted his eyes and looked at Xicheng Xun: "With your skills, even if you tie up your hands and feet, you can easily beat the curator here directly into the ICU.
Why don’t you do it yourself?”
The expression on Xicheng Xun's face became a bit complicated. He pursed his lips hard and shook his head. His tone was also very stubborn: "No, I hope you will do this."
As she spoke, the girl even couldn't help but use a bit of instinctive coquettish tone - not too obvious, but it had a bit of flavor.
"Please, please, that's all I ask, please!"
Chen Nuo sighed.
That's all, it's not a big deal, okay.
With that said, Chen Nuo pulled Xicheng Xun to go inside.
"Ah, wait a minute!" Xicheng Xun immediately jumped away like a rabbit: "Don't act so familiar and close to me! You are here to play, and I live not far from here.
!I don’t want to cause public outrage.”
"..." Chen Nuo glanced at Xicheng Xun angrily.
Next, the two of them walked into the dojo one after another.
Xicheng Xun was in front, Chen Nuo was behind, maintaining a distance of three steps behind Xicheng Xun.
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When we walked into the training hall, the director himself was indeed there.
Wearing training clothes, he and several other coaches are leading some students for training.
In a circled area at the foot, some key students who are about to participate in the competition are undergoing special combat training.
In another part of the training ground, some ordinary students were lining up and performing basic movements under the leadership of several coaches.
When Xicheng Xun walked in, he quickly attracted the attention of many students.
She is indeed very popular - or she usually pretends to be too good. Several coaches stopped and turned to smile at her, and a few brave male students also shouted Xicheng Xun's name.
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The last one to come was the curator.
Chen Nuo met this curator for the first time - he had heard in his previous life that this guy had harassed Xicheng Xun several times in the early days. Although he didn't take any advantage, he was always a very disgusting guy.
He looks about forty years old, looks very majestic, and maintains a good figure. At first glance, he is a martial arts practitioner.
I heard that he also achieved good results when he was young.
The curator first walked up to Xicheng Xun. He looked dignified, but actually showed a deliberately concerned attitude. He greeted Xicheng Xun, and then asked why he didn't come to work after taking leave yesterday.
Xicheng Xun smiled very gently and kindly, politely thanked the other party for his greetings and concern, and then casually mentioned a reason why he was feeling unwell.
Finally, without waiting for the director to say anything else, he politely submitted his resignation.
"Because school studies are becoming more and more stressful, my goal is to complete my studies first, and the financial situation at home has not been so difficult recently, so I plan to resign from my job here!"
Xicheng Xun bowed after saying this: "Thank you for your continued care!"
The curator's face looked a little disappointed - he didn't hide this.
Such a beautiful flower, but I didn't have time to pick it.
Such a piece of meat has been placed in his mouth for several months, but he has never been able to take a serious bite - it is really a pity.
However, this is not the first time that this kind of harassment of beautiful female students has been done.
It's not easy to do this kind of thing too obviously.
Although I was a little unwilling to fail, I had no reason to refuse the other party's resignation.
After pretending to persuade him to stay, the curator sadly agreed, and then directly called a staff member to take Xicheng Xun to go through the handover procedures.
At this time, the curator saw Chen Nuo standing at the door of the training hall, looking in with his head raised.
"Hey! Who are you! You are snooping here so rudely!" The curator shouted majestically, and waved his hand: "If you want to sign up as a student, go to the front desk outside to fill out the form! Don't just do it casually.
Just break in!"
Chen Nuo stood at the door, and at this time, Xicheng Xun and another staff member came out, and they passed by each other. Xicheng Xun also used a very hidden movement to quietly make a gesture to Chen Nuo.
(Come on~)
Chen Nuo rolled his eyes.
After sighing and stretching his wrist, Chen Nuo walked into the training hall.
"Well, I'm in a hurry, so I'll keep the story short!
I... came to play."
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Xicheng Xun quickly completed the handover procedures, and then did not return to the training hall to watch Chen Nuo beat the director.
There is absolutely no suspense about that kind of thing!
If Xicheng Xun can beat this guy into the ICU with just one hand and one kick.
Then Chen Nuo can stab this guy to death with just one finger and be reincarnated.
Xicheng Xun left the dojo, pushed his bicycle and went directly to the intersection not far away, waiting at the entrance of a convenience store.
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Sure enough, within a few moments, Chen Nuo slowly walked out of the dojo.
Chen Yanluo stood on the roadside and looked around, saw Xicheng Xun waiting at the door of the convenience store in the distance, and smiled.
He put his hands in his pockets and walked unsteadily towards Xicheng Xun.
Arriving in front of Xicheng Xun, Xicheng Xun had his arms behind him and the girl was kicking her toes, looking a little shy.
"That...is the matter done?"
"As you wish, his face has been swollen like a pig's head. I'm afraid it won't subside in ten days and a half. In addition, several joints in his arms and legs are also misaligned.
It's not a life-and-death feud, and I didn't do anything too harsh. These lessons should be enough for him to endure for a while.
Well... The main thing is that I stepped on his head in front of all the students and coaches in his dojo - with this kind of scene, if the news spreads, his dojo will probably have a bad business in the future.
It's going to plummet.
The girl's eyes suddenly narrowed into two crescents with a smile.
Suddenly he stretched out his hands behind his back, holding two ice cream sticks.
"You help me vent my anger, and I'll treat you to ice cream."
Ice cream is just the most common milk ice cream.
It's also the kind that RB high school students often eat, it's not a high-end product.
The two of them were walking side by side, with Xicheng Xun pushing his bicycle, while Chen Nuo put one hand in his pocket and slowly chewed the ice cream in the other, walking beside Xicheng Xun.
"Actually, ever since I met you on the first night, I've slowly had a strange feeling." The girl said in a very gentle tone as she walked.
Chen Nuo sucked and ate the ice cream.
"This feeling is...even though you were very cruel to me at first and even took me away...but the more I stayed with you, the more I felt...
Although I don’t know why you took me away and made me your prisoner.
But you never had any ill intentions towards me.
Even...I have a strange feeling, maybe it's a sixth sense.
It’s just... it seems like the attitude you show when you treat me is clearly to protect me."
Chen Nuo still didn't speak and sipped his ice cream.
Xicheng Xun was not annoyed, but his tone became softer and softer: "Although you were very cruel to me when we were in the hotel, you never hurt me or took advantage of me.
After you arrived at my house, you treated me to delicious food, played games with me, and we watched TV together.
When I go to bed at night... I sleep in the room upstairs.
And you, you actually slept on the sofa in the living room these two nights.
Moreover, you are not afraid that I will run away.
But... you seem to be afraid that someone will hurt me, so in order to protect me, you stay in my living room and live on the sofa.
I just have this weird feeling.
I said that, right?"
Xicheng Xun turned to look at Chen Nuo.
Chen Nuo still didn't speak and sipped his ice cream.
"Including, last night, you took me to that very strange place, and I said I wanted to drink Coke.
Maybe this is very rude. I feel like you are embarrassed in that kind of place.
But you still defended me very much. You were afraid of my embarrassment and embarrassment, and even told people that you wanted to drink Coke too..."
As the girl spoke, her voice suddenly dropped.
"You know, in this life, apart from you, there is only one person who has ever made such a protective gesture towards me.
When I was very young, my father bought me a paintbrush and let me paint.
I accidentally spilled the watercolor, and my face and clothes were all stained.
At that time, I felt very embarrassed! It was really embarrassing, and other children would laugh at me.
And that day, my father who came back from get off work looked at me very sad. Without saying a word, he picked up the watercolor pen and pulled me to play with him.
Moreover, he clearly painted his clothes and face with watercolor on purpose, making them dirty.
I remember... that night, I completely forgot about the shame and discomfort when my father and I were together. I was so happy and laughing with my father.
My father used this attitude to carefully protect me."
Chen Nuo finally ate a bowl of ice cream, put away the ice cream stick, and turned to look at Xicheng Xun.
"I know you are leaving.
I don't know where you come from, or how you know me, or why you want to come into my life. These strange things happened in the past three days.
I don’t know who you are, what your name is, what your relationship is with me...
I don't know all this.
But I know that you are leaving now.
Really?"
As she said that, the girl's eyes gradually turned red and she looked at Chen Nuo.
"Well, yes, I should go." Chen Nuo nodded.
"At least...can you tell me your name?"
"..." Chen Nuo said nothing.
It’s not that I don’t want to say it, it’s that I don’t dare to say it.
There are already too many extraneous things, okay!
At home, there is a Lee Grasshopper from South Korea and a squatting witch from Britain.
And Sun CC...
It’s already very crowded, okay!
I really dare not tell you my name!
Chen Nuo knew very well that Xicheng Xun was actually a very smart girl... Moreover, she also had strong strength that was inconsistent with her soft appearance.
And this strength is still in the early stages of awakening and is in the stage of rapid growth in strength.
She will become stronger and stronger in the future.
Tell her your name?
What if, like fireflies or hummingbirds, they follow the clues and find Jinling again?
Isn't No. 8 Middle School going to become a place that houses monsters, monsters, and mentally ill children from all over the world?
Dare not say! Dare not say!
Seeing that Chen Nuo didn't speak, Xicheng Xun sighed.
"Sure enough, you can't even say your name."
Chen Nuo didn't speak.
The girl hesitated for a moment and suddenly stopped.
"Actually, I probably guessed a little bit about it." Xicheng Xun said slowly: "You... are actually not from our country!
Although your Japanese accent is very standard and your pronunciation is not a problem.
However, we have been chatting for the past two days.
Especially today at home, we talked about the news stories about the royal family.
I deliberately chatted with you a lot, and I discovered a detail!
When you mention the royal family, you express your attitude from the perspective of an outsider's reasoning and emotions.
It’s like, you’re not from our country at all.”
Chen Nuo smiled and said nothing.
"Then, if you are not from RB...where are you from?
You are from South Korea? You are not like the boys from South Korea. I have met several exchange students at school, and they all spoke in a fussy and exaggerated tone.
So... you should be Chinese, right?
Or, from Wanwan? Or HK?"
Chen Nuo finally sighed, looked at the girl's red eyes, felt soft in his heart, smiled and touched the girl's hair: "Why do you have to think so much?
We met by chance, and then parted ways. Your life will be normal from now on, and you will never interact with me again.
If you think too much, worry too much, and your thoughts are not clear, it will not be beautiful.”
Xicheng Xun bit his lip, and the girl raised her head stubbornly, letting Chen Nuo's hands touch her black hair, but she looked at Chen Nuo persistently.
"A name! I won't ask anything else. I just want you to tell me a name, okay?
In this way, in the future, when I think of you occasionally in my life, I will at least have a name that I can mention in my heart. Instead of just being vaguely called "that person".
So, please, please, just a name, okay?"
"..."
Chen Nuo looked at the stubborn girl in front of him.
Sighing softly: "Okay."
Shen patted her head with his hand.
"I can tell you a name I used at RB.
Well...just call me...
Show off Zichuan."
Upon hearing this name, tears suddenly rolled down from the girl's big eyes.
"I know, this must be another fake name!
But, since you said it, I will definitely stick to this name!
You have to hurry up! Even if this is just a name you made up casually at this moment, please keep it in mind, okay?
From today on, I don’t care who you are in front of others.
But in front of me, Xicheng Xun, here, you are Zi Chuanxiu!"
"……Um."
At this moment, the two of them stood at the crossroads.
Xicheng Xun suddenly raised the back of his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and a smile appeared on his face.
"I guess you won't come home with me again, right?"
"Well, yes." Chen Nuo nodded and admitted: "I also plan to go to the martial arts hall with you and say goodbye directly."
"So, what about those things at home? Those toy figures and models of yours..."
"After we went out, someone came to move out. You don't have to worry." Chen Nuo sighed.
"...That's fine!"
The girl bit her lip, but the smile on her face did not change.
Suddenly, she took two steps back and bowed seriously.
"Xiusang!
Thank you for your care during these three days of acquaintance!
Let’s just say goodbye!”
After saying these words, the girl straightened up, turned around, pushed the bicycle, and trotted away.
Chen Nuo stood there, watching Xicheng Xun leave. After turning around the intersection, no one could be seen.
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After turning at the intersection, Xicheng Xuncai finally let go of the bicycle and let it fall to the ground.
The girl seemed to have exhausted all the strength to support herself. She leaned against the corner and slowly squatted down. She squatted on the ground, holding her knees with her hands, and silently shed tears again.
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Xiu Sang...
Do you know why I must ask you to personally punish the curator who bullied me?
because of me...
When I was very young, my father said something...
The behavior of "being protected" must be done by someone you care about in person, then...
I feel happy...
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