Lin Yi sat in the taxi and searched along Wentao Road according to the instructions given by Ms. Changge on the phone, and soon found the red Porsche parked on the roadside.
"Aunt Gu." He went over to say hello first.
"Xiaowei is there."
Following the direction pointed by Ms. Gu Changge, he saw Gu Caiwei leaning on the guardrail by the river with her hands folded in front of her chest.
The summer evening breeze brought a hint of coolness, ruffling her beautiful long hair, making this lonely figure look pitiful and helpless.
Lin Yi walked over and stood beside her without deliberately looking at her:
"How long have you been standing here?"
Gu Caiwei was surprised by his appearance. She hurriedly turned her face away and wiped it with her hand a few times before asking in a low tone: "Why are you here?"
"Aunt Gu was very worried about you and called me on your mobile phone."
"Then you know everything?"
"If you are referring to the college entrance examination results, Aunt Gu just told me."
Along with today's scores, there is also a score line for this year.
Gu Caiwei lowered her head: "I'm sorry."
"Why do you say sorry?"
She flattened her mouth and pressed her lips tightly to ensure that she would not shed tears in front of Lin Yi.
"I always overestimate my ability to protect you, but now it's clear that I failed the exam, but I still make you worry."
"I can't seem to do anything well. Am I really useless, Lin Yi?"
Lin Yi held her shoulders and turned her over to face him: "It's not like this, Xiaowei, you will always be the most dazzling one."
"This is not only in my eyes, or in the eyes of your mother, but in the eyes of everyone, they will admit it."
"If you don't pass one of the exams, it's pretty useless. You've rejected too many people."
Of course, Gu Caiwei was not looking down on anyone. She was troubled and said, "But everyone can pass the exam, but I can't!"
Lin Yi tried to enlighten him rationally: "What you call everyone, those classmates from Lin'an Middle School we are familiar with, they are originally the middle school students who are best at taking exams among the eight million people in this city."
"And for this college entrance examination, they have been trained systematically, intensively, and without distraction for three full years."
"Even so, not everyone can pass the exam as you said. The school's first-class rate has always been very high, but it has never reached 100%."
"Going back to the question just now, you are good at singing and dancing, and you are good at writing and painting. These are all your talents."
"Everyone has something they are good at doing. Don't compare your shortcomings with other people's strengths."
Of course Gu Caiwei understands these principles.
"I know, but why am I still sad and disappointed, even though I have tried so hard, I still can't do it?"
Gu Caiwei's study status in the last semester can be described as painstaking, but among their classmates, and in places they can't see, many people have been doing this for three years or even longer.
There is no need to say this now. Lin Yi is not straight enough to seek truth from facts at this time.
"Sometimes hard work may not necessarily pay off. You may have to pay several times the effort of others but still not be able to reap good results. That's why there is so-called talent."
"Sometimes, the difference may be just a little bit of luck."
Lin Yi didn't know what Gu Caiwei's score was last time. This time her score was only one step away from the top line. It was really just a little bit of luck.
Gu Caiwei seemed even sadder: "Then am I so unlucky?"
"Gu Caiwei, if you want to say that you are unlucky, then others will probably doubt whether the word "lucky" even exists."
These slightly awkward words made Gu Caiwei almost burst into tears, but she stopped herself.
"But Lin Yi, in this case I won't be able to accompany you to the capital." Her voice finally showed a hint of crying.
Sure enough, she cared about this agreement so much.
"Classmate Gu Caiwei, why don't you ask me how I did in the exam? What if I don't do well in the exam and can't go to the capital?"
"Lin Yi, I believe in you more than I believe in myself."
Lin took her into his arms and said warmly in her ear: "Xiaowei, we still have a long, long way to go in the future."
"We will go to many, many places together and see many many scenery. For us, distance means nothing, not to mention that with the current traffic conditions, I can come to you at any time, and you can come to me at any time."
"Just like when you decided to become an artist, I didn't doubt our future. Don't you believe me?"
Gu Caiwei hugged him tightly: "I believe you, Lin Yi, but when I think about you being far away from me, I feel very lost."
"Lin Yi, I miss your embrace so much. Every second I stay here, I feel more and more inseparable from you."
These beautiful words of love penetrated into his ears along with the sweet fragrance, making Lin Yi's heart feel like a spring breeze:
"If you can't leave, then don't leave."
"Um!"
Gu Caiwei nodded heavily, closed her eyes and felt the tenderness of this moment with her heart.
"Lin Yi, do you know?"
"I originally made a lot of plans. The places we wanted to go shopping together in the capital and the food we wanted to eat together are all out of use now."
Lin Yi smiled, and now her tone sounded like coquettishness, indicating that her mood was gradually improving: "Why can't you use it? We can still go together."
Gu Caiwei said seriously: "Then you have to promise me that you can't go to those places alone, let alone with other people. You must wait for me to find you."
Lin Yi is not a travel fan to begin with, let alone such a request from a young girl, which is really hard to bear to refuse:
"Of course, I promise you."
Gu Caiwei seemed to be encouraged and arched into his arms comfortably.
"Lin Yi."
"Um?"
She asked in a very low voice: "Can you not go to the capital and stay with me forever?"
Lin Yi hesitated for a few seconds, and then replied sincerely: "Xiaowei, I have a reason to go to the capital, so I can't agree."
Gu Caiwei was silent for a long time, then kissed him on the cheek: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have made such a willful request."
Lin Yi hugged the girl tightly: "This is not willful. I am very happy that you told me your thoughts without reservation."
"Xiaowei, I promise you: no matter where you are, no matter where I am, as long as you want to see me, I will appear in front of you immediately."
She felt the boy's steady and powerful heartbeat and whispered softly: "Lin Yi, you must not lie to me, because I will take every word you say seriously."