She Can Also Be Gentle

From early May to June before the college entrance examination, this whole month, there was almost no memory in Chi Nuan's mind.

Tests numbly, questions, exams, questions... Her performance has always been very stable.

The pre-exam leave begins, and the whole school cleans the examination room. The whistles and shouts reverberated in the third high building. People kept tearing and throwing exercises downstairs, Chi Nuan stood by the window and cleaned up his broomstick, and a thousand paper cranes passed by her afterglow.

Following the paper crane, Gu Ningzi, who was wearing a school uniform and standing carelessly in the shadow, was looking at the second-floor window.

…Chi Nuan still remembers this scene. It was a Chinese class. Gu Ningzi had just returned to Yuncheng from the north, and the attention of all the classmates was attracted by her.

It seems to be right in front of you.

She seemed to be able to think of her a little more peacefully, after crying heartbreakingly on the day the phone was lost.

The missing images and chat records about Gu Ningzi forced Chi Nuan to leave the shelter she deeply relied on, and had to face the real world where Gu Ningzi was absent.

…

Three days passed in the college entrance examination. After the scores came out, He Liwen said excitedly and called Chi Nuan at night: "Chi Nuan! Congratulations! Congratulations!"

Chi Nuan's mood didn't have any ups and downs. After listening to the phone quietly, she put down the phone, and continued to read the story of the picture book to the little Wutong who was lying on her feet.

Chi Qingchuan was cooking supper in the kitchen and was a little too excited. His fingers were scalded by the hot pot several times. After eating supper, the brothers and sisters inevitably talked about applying for college volunteers.

The scores of Chi Nuan set aside the very high admission scores of B University in previous years. The first thing that Chi Qingchuan thought of was this school. It was the university that everyone dreamed of. He raised it happily, but Chi Nuan was absent-minded.

Then he fell through everyone's eyes, Chi Nuan chose to go to S University, majoring in mathematics.

He Liwen called Chi Qingchuan, because she was so shocked that her voice could be appreciated through the receiver. Chi Qingchuan looked at Chi Nuan, and Chi Nuan turned her back to him, playing ball with Xiao Wutong.

"S is the best choice among the neighboring universities."

"I want to be a teacher."

That's how Chi Nuan discussed with Chi Qingchuan on the night of the results. …It's not always the case to talk, because she has a clear goal, and she doesn't waver or hesitate at all.

Chi Qingchuan said: "Although S is also great, is it a pity that your score is so high?... Or should we consider it again?"

Chi Nuan shook his head: "I can't leave too far, I can't live without here."

Except for Zhao Jingjing, the girls who were sleeping in the same bed ran a little farther, the other two did not leave the province. On the day that Zhou Damao received the admission notice, he shouted again to invite everyone to sing K for dinner.

"Did Doctor Zhou not be angry with you?" Du Min asked Zhou Damao with a smile.

Zhou Damao: "Have you never heard of it? Parents can't be too good. Once the parents are good, the children are easy to be mediocre-look, the living example is in me!"

Xu Dan and the others rushed up to him and tweeted, "You are the only one who has a thick skin."

The excitement in the box was no less than that after the final exam last semester, except that Gu Ningzi was not present.

Chi Nuan didn't quite hear the students mentioning Gu Ningzi.

She went to the bathroom to wash her face with water, and met the study committee member when she came out. The study committee member backed his hands, and when he saw her, he swallowed nervously: "Chi Nuan, I, I thought you would go to B, why didn’t you go? When I was going to volunteer, I saw Teacher He facing you It’s really a shame to wipe away tears from his volunteer table."

Chi Nuan smiled.

"Eh..." The study committee member kicked his toes, "That..."

Chi Nuan: "Anything?"

The arm hidden behind him was exposed, and the study committee member held the rose: "For you!...Chi Nuan, in fact, I, I have been..."

Chi Nuan stretched out her hand and put the rose aside.

She shook her head at him and left.

Without entering the box again, Chi Nuan stood outside the door and looked at the classmates who had been getting along day and night and were about to go their separate ways, and left the KTV first.

She took a taxi to a middle school and walked along the sidewalk to the place where Gu Ningzi once lived.

Passed by the milk tea shop, Chi Nuan bought a cup.

The house was sold in the summer, when the new owner had moved in. Chi Nuan sat on a chair by the side of the road, watching the strange boys catch and toss the ball with the dog in the yard.

Slowly drank the milk tea, Chi Nuan returned along the same road and got on the bus that went home.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was shining on the window glass of the bus, and all passengers in the car were drowsy.

That was Chi Nuan's last memory of his high school career.

…

S is very close to Yuncheng, Chi Nuan will go home whenever he has time. It took more than three years for the little phoenix tree to walk swaying and go to kindergarten.

At the end of the year, the school was on winter vacation. Chi Nuan walked into the community with luggage. When she met Chi Qingchuan who was about to drive out, she asked him, "Where to go?"

Chi Qingchuan: "Pick up the little phoenix tree."

Chi Nuan stuffed his luggage into the trunk, opened the passenger's door, sat in, and accompanied Chi Qingchuan to L City.

Yue Yun bought a house in L city a year ago and officially settled there.

Chi Nuan: "You only told me on the phone yesterday that Xiao Wutong's mother missed him and asked you to send Xiao Wutong. Why did you pick it up today?"

Chi Qingchuan: "She said she couldn't take it."

Chi Nuan: "..."

Chi Nuan took the scarf off and put it on her lap: "It takes not three or thirty minutes to go to City L. It takes more than six hours to go back and forth."

Chi Qingchuan heard what she meant: "Nuan Nuan, in any case, she is Xiao Wutong's mother. Let's treat her peacefully, okay?"

Chi Nuan stopped speaking, turned his head and looked out the window.

She only learned later that Yue Yun became the third son of that real estate developer. The developer is generous. She has been with him for more than two years and has not treated her materially. Because of sufficient start-up funds, she and some friends in the model circle soon established her own studio. After separating from the developer, she moved to L City, which has a greater opportunity for development.

There is no doubt that Yue Yun, after the divorce, is indeed getting better.

In the evening, I arrived in City L. Chi Qingchuan drove outside of the community where Yue Yun lived, and Yue Yun was waiting with her small Wutong in his hand.

Chi Nuan and Chi Qingchuan got off the bus together.

Yue Yun was glamorous from top to bottom, Xiao Wutong was wearing a coral fleece one-piece in the shape of a furry panda, her long eyelashes were stained with moisture, and she sniffed her nose from time to time. Seeing the Chi's brothers and sisters show up, he did not dare to speak loudly, but narrowed his mouth: "Dad, aunt and mother."

"Every time I ask you if the little phoenix tree is obedient, you always say he is obedient. That's such an obedient way? The meal is not good, and I don’t sleep well. When I talk to him, nine out of ten sentences ignore people, so polite. Where did you go? The rules?...Chi Qingchuan, I know that you are busy with work, and Nuan Nuan is also studying outside, but the little Wutong must also teach it carefully!" Yue Yun said nothing to Chi Qingchuan who approached.

Little Wutong never did this at home. Chi Qingchuan looked at him, but Xiao Wutong didn't dare to look at his father and lowered his head.

It seems that Yue Yun did not educate him less before this.

Yue Yun unsatisfactorily threw the big bag in her hand to Chi Qingchuan: "It contains clothes, shoes, snacks and toys for him, and a Chinese New Year red envelope. Take them all."

Chi Qingchuan took the bag and said, "Chi Zheng, goodbye to mom."

Little Indus: "Goodbye, mom."

Yue Yun looked at Chi Qingchuan, and then at the little phoenix tree. Her curved eyebrows were wrinkled. At the end of her tone, she pressed her hands on the little phoenix tree's shoulders and said: "Mom is fierce, you are for your good, you come next time. Can mom be more obedient here? Mom misses you every day, but how sad it is for you to do that, doesn't it?"

Little Wutong sniffed and said, "I see, Mom."

Chi Qingchuan led Xiao Wutong into the car, Chi Nuan opened the rear door, and Xiao Wutong sat in with her. As soon as the car door closed, Xiao Wutong immediately got into Chi Nuan's arms: "Mother Aunt."

Chi Nuan hugged him and patted him on the back: "Want me not?"

Little Indus: "I can think about it."

As the car started moving, Chi Qingchuan sighed while looking at Chi Nuan and Little Indus huddled together in the rearview mirror.

New Year in a blink of an eye.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chi Nuan and Xu Dan got together to have a meal and chat, and listened to Du Min’s complaints. He was so angry that he smoked.

"So, when did you two see each other?" Zhao Jingjing asked.

Du Min: "I was chased by him and I couldn't agree to it, okay? As for him... he said that before and after the New Year's Eve activities that year, he suddenly found that he had a good impression of me.

"That New Year's Eve!" Xu Dan sat upright: "I was so impressed! Gu Ningzi got out of the car when it was snowing, ah, when I think about it now, I feel my heart beating faster."

"..."

The name "Gu Ningzi" made everyone's faces look like memories. Zhao Jingjing asked, "Have you heard of Gu Ningzi later?"

Xu Dan and Du Min shook their heads. Chi Nuan took a sip of the juice and frowned sour. She swallowed hard into her throat and said, "No."

After the party, Chi Nuan went to pick up the birthday cake and drove home.

I met Grandma on the ground floor downstairs. Grandma's eyes broke in the past two years. Chi Nuan walked up to her and asked her how happy the new year is. She only recognized who it was: "Oh, the little Nuan Nuan of Chi's family has grown so big."

"Yes."

Chi Nuan went up the stairs and suddenly turned around and asked, "Grandma, a few years ago, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, a girl came downstairs with me and said hello to you. Do you remember her?"

Grandma said: "Who?"

Then he said: "Grandma is getting older and can't remember things anymore."

Chi Nuan slowly climbed upstairs and opened the door to enter the house. Chi Qingchuan was preparing evening dishes in the kitchen, and Xiao Wutong was lying on his back, sobbing.

Chi Nuan went over and took him off Chi Qingchuan's back: "Why are you crying?"

Xiao Wutong held up his finger and showed it to Chi Nuan. There was a bandage on the bread, and there was blood oozing out of the edge. Chi Qingchuan said: "He secretly took a knife to cut oranges and cut his fingers."

Little Indus cried and fell in Chi Nuan’s arms: “Aunt’s birthday, I want to cut oranges for aunt’s mother. Aunt’s mother came back and saw it, so she must be very happy.”

Chi Nuan took Xiao Wutong away from the kitchen, but after two or three steps, big tears rolled down.

"I don't hurt, mother aunt, little phoenix tree doesn't hurt, little phoenix tree doesn't cry, and aunt's mother doesn't cry...uuuuuu."

Chi Nuan choked, hurriedly resisted, wiped away the tears, and kept nodding to the little phoenix tree, saying: "Okay, don't cry, we don't cry."

…four years ago.

Gu Ningzi, what day is tomorrow?