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Chapter 16 I Like It
The classmates in the class often joked about who and who liked who, and Nan Shengsheng would pull Li Mianmian to gossip about others from time to time.

But she never thought about whether she would like anyone.

Not to mention Gu Yanci.

To her, Gu Yanci is like that pure white flower on the high mountain, she can only look up to it, not imagine it.

But she seems to have a very narrow mindedness for no reason.

Not only does she not allow herself to imagine, she can't bear others to imagine—whether it's guessing about him and herself, or guessing about him and others.

She resigned Gu Yan in her heart, and very domineeringly forbade others to pay homage.

Xu Tingmo's words shocked Li Mianmian, but also made her feel angry and embarrassed.

She stood up abruptly, staring at Xu Tingmo fiercely like a cat with fur.

A few seconds later, Li Mianmian dully realized that there was someone beside him.

Turning her head to see Gu Yanci's expressionless face, it was as if a basin of cold water had been poured from the top of her head, and the cold and numb feeling pierced her spine all the way to her heels.

Li Mianmian's ears immediately burned uncontrollably.

When facing Xu Tingmo, she even wanted to scold him, but when Gu Yanci came, she subconsciously wanted to stay calm.

Pretending not to hear Xu Tingmo's words at all, or pretending that even if he heard it, he didn't think of anything.

"Of course I like my brother." Li Mianmain pretended to have a disgusted expression, and looked at Xu Tingmo, "I don't like my brother, so why do I still like you? You're not my brother."

Then she turned her head to look at Gu Yanci, and asked very naturally: "Why did my brother come here so soon? Didn't you just talk on the radio?"

Gu Yanci observed her for a while, and seeing that she was indeed in a normal mood, he explained: "My brother's speech was recorded in advance. So many parents listened to it, and the radio station was worried about making mistakes. I stayed there just because I chatted with the principal for a while. I’ll be back when it’s not over.”

After speaking, he looked at Xu Tingmo coolly.

Xu Tingmo hurriedly stood up and took a few steps back, and said with a smile, "Then what...then you talk, I...I have something to do...cough, I'll go first."

As soon as the voice fell, the person had already disappeared around the corner quickly.

Li Mianmian didn't pay attention to him, and said to Gu Yanci with a smile, "No wonder my brother left so early in the morning, so he came to the school to record."

"Ah."

Gu Yanci rubbed her head habitually, then suddenly thought of something, and put down his hand a little stiffly.

"How did you do in the exam this time?" He and Li Mianmian put a little distance away and asked like an old father, "Have you improved compared to last time?"

Talking about this, Li Mianmian got excited and insisted on dragging him to the first year of high school to see the commendation list, and very deliberately hinted that Gu Xuanlang did worse than himself in the exam.

"It's amazing." Gu Yanci was in a good mood, and took her out of the school, "My brother just got a scholarship, please eat something delicious."

"I also have a scholarship, but Teacher Song said that I won't get it until next semester." Li Mianmian felt strange, "Why does my brother have it now?"

"Yeah." Gu Yanci said with a smile, "I have a big reputation and have several scholarships, and today this is the principal's scholarship."

"Wow!"

Li Mianmian hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I want to eat Bozai Cake!"

"Huh?" Gu Yanci asked, "Didn't you always want to eat KFC?"

"I don't want to today." Li Mianmian said, "I want to eat Bozai Cake today."

Gu Yanci looked at her for a while: "Do you think your brother is poor?"

"No!" Li Mianmian waved her hand immediately, "I really want to eat Bozai Cake!"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Gu Yanci nodded: "Okay, then you want to eat KFC some other day, and my brother will treat you again."
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After the parent-teacher meeting, the whole school except the third and third grades had to make up classes, and the other grades began to have holidays.

However, the situation that Li Mianmian envisioned earlier did not come true, because Gu Yanci seemed to be busier during the winter vacation.

He always has endless lessons, endless questions, and endless jobs.

It wasn't until the few days before the Spring Festival that Gu Yanci finally got some free time.

However, Li Mianmian had to go back to his grandparents' house with his parents in those few days, and he was not sure when he would come back after the year.

On New Year's Eve, the brothers and sisters of the Li family were all in their hometown, and the big round table was filled with rich dishes, surrounded by noisy people, and the Spring Festival Gala was also playing on TV.

Besides Li Yan, his own brother, Li Mianmian also had several cousins. The children ran around, laughing and making noise, and they didn't stop all night.

In such a commotion, Li Mianmian suddenly thought of Gu Yanci.

His father doesn't even go to the parent meeting, and he probably won't be together during the Chinese New Year.

So is he celebrating New Years alone?
How cold it must be...

Even before, Li Mianmian had never celebrated the New Year alone.

Every New Year's Eve, the old lady's son's family will go back.

Although they usually treat her badly, they still let her eat at the table during the Chinese New Year.

After such a comparison, Li Mianmian felt that Gu Yanci was worse than herself, so after eating, she secretly ran outside to call Gu Yanci.

The mobile phone her parents bought before was useless when she was in school, and she only took it out during the winter vacation. Fortunately, she saved Gu Yanci's landline number immediately.

However, after dialing, there was no answer there. Li Mianmian called several times, but there was still no one.

She was worried and struggled for a long time, but she ran back and told Lan Qingwan about it, only to realize that Gu Yan was going back to her hometown when she said goodbye to the Spring Festival.

But he doesn't go back to his grandparents' house, but to his grandparents' house.

Lan Qingwan said that Gu Yanci's grandmother and grandfather lived far away, and it took a day and a night by train to get there.

He seldom goes back once a year, and he probably will stay in his hometown until school starts.

The words became true, and Gu Yanci did not return until two days before school started.

But he starts school earlier than Li Mianmian, if she stays at his house during the day, she can occasionally see him when he comes home early.

But all in a hurry.

Every time he saw her at home, Gu Yanci immediately went to the kitchen to squeeze juice for her. After she finished drinking, he would briefly ask about today's homework and then urge her to go home and sleep.

Li Mianmian knew that staying there would only cause trouble for him, so he only went there when he was painting.

But every night, she would still lie on the bed, listening intently to the movement in the corridor.

Gu Yanci's footsteps were different from others.

He walked lightly and steadily, neither in a hurry nor slowly, as if nothing ever disturbed his pace.

As long as she closes her eyes, she can clearly describe Gu Yanci's appearance when he went upstairs.

The dim light shrouded him, and the fluffy hair and thick eyelashes cast shadows of different shades on his face.

In the whole building, only the door of his house is not pasted with couplets and blessing characters. Once the door lock is opened, there is a cold and lonely space inside.

When he was alone at home, there was hardly any sound in that space.

Li Mianmian felt as if she was sick. Every time she heard him go upstairs with the same rhythm, and then open the door and enter the house without hesitation, she would feel a little disappointed.

The rabbit that Gu Yanci gave her would sleep with her every day, and at this time, it was also intimately staying in bed with her.

However, Gu Yanci seems to be getting further and further away from her.

Doing the math, in fact, since the beginning of school, she and Gu Yanci spent only a handful of times together.

But Gu Yanci never seemed to take the initiative to find her.

Every time he looked for her, he had to look for her because of something.

Why doesn't he yearn to be with him every day like himself?

In the repeated questioning and thinking, Li Mianmian even felt that the gentleness and tolerance he treated him before seemed to be another form of politeness and alienation.

He treats himself well, maybe because of his parents' favor, maybe because he feels sorry for himself, or both.

But anyway, not because I like it.

……like.

Li Mianmian was shocked by this thought.

——How could she have such an idea? !
The heat in the room made a thin layer of fog on the glass windows.

The winter nights are dark and long, and the world is silent.

Li Mianmian buried her face in the soft belly of the rabbit and took a deep breath, but felt that the breath was bitter and astringent, which made her nose sore and her eyes hurt, and she really wanted to cry.

...It's all Xu Tingmo's fault!

She gritted her teeth and cursed in her heart.

If it wasn't for Xu Tingmo's nonsense, she would not have thought about it.

Blame him!

Gu Yanci was right when he scolded him that day!
What he said was bullshit!
How could she be affected by that inexplicable words? !

Li Mianmian tightly closed her eyes and covered her head under the pillow.

——Sleep quickly!When I fall asleep, I don't think about anything! -
Within a few days, Li Mianmian finally started school, and the first day was still the entrance exam.

After the results of this test came out, she took the No. 2 test, and the first was Gu Xuanlang.

Li Mianmian was about to die of anger at the result.

She thought it must be because she was thinking wildly during the winter vacation and didn't study hard, so Gu Xuanlang snatched the first place.

It's all Xu Tingmo's fault!

It's all Xu Tingmo's nonsense!
After scolding people eight hundred times in his heart, Li Mianmian forced himself to calm down and study hard.

The courses in the first semester of senior high school began to become more intensive. After a week of school, Li Mianmian gradually adapted to this intensity of study and diverted her attention away from her illusory fantasies about someone.

In June, rainfall in the city becomes frequent.

But the rain only makes people feel stuffy, and the temperature is getting higher and higher.

After the college entrance examination holiday, senior one and senior two are facing the upcoming final exam, and the atmosphere from teachers to students is a little tense.

Li Mianmian's grades this semester have been stable in the top three, but she has never been the first in the exam.

Gu Xuanlang seemed to have taken root in the position of No.1, and no one could pry him off.

Forget about the monthly exams, Li Mianmian can comfort herself to fight again next time after each exam.

But after several blows in a row, she was somewhat frustrated.

In this final exam, she gave herself a death order in her heart, and she must take the first place in the exam.

Therefore, she was under a lot of pressure during this period, and sometimes she couldn't even sleep well.

Lan Qingwan saw that her complexion was not very good recently, so she tried her best to make up for her every weekend, and sometimes even gave her extra meals at nine o'clock in the evening.

After finally surviving the day before the final exam, the string in Li Mianmian's heart became a little looser.

She has always had this kind of personality. She was tense in the early stage, but she didn't panic when things came to an end.

But for some reason, after eating at noon, she always felt uncomfortable in her stomach.

Thinking that it might be because she was too rushed for lunch and had some indigestion, she went to the canteen to buy a bottle of mineral water.

It's been hot recently, and the water outside is all ice water, but she didn't care, and drank it as soon as she took it.

Although her stomach was still uncomfortable, the cold water entered her esophagus, which made her feel less blocked.

Because there is an exam tomorrow, the teachers didn't give a lecture today and asked them to review by themselves.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the weather suddenly turned cloudy, and it looked like it was going to rain heavily.

Li Mianmian was so engrossed in reading that she didn't pay attention to the changes outside.

This rain has been brewing for a long time, and it didn't splash down until it was about to leave school.

It was at this moment that Li Mianmian suddenly felt that something was slowly flowing out from below, sticky and hot.

Before I could figure out what the situation was, a loud thunder exploded outside——

(End of this chapter)