Gu Huai said nothing, but Xiao Xiao was very familiar with this process.
She smiled and said to Uncle Mo: "Okay, but I'm going abroad soon. When I do, I'll bring you a handsome blond guy back."
Uncle Mo laughed so hard that he couldn't keep his eyes open.
After eating wontons, Gu Huai bought a pancake on the roadside and ate it while walking.
There are many shops in the street now, and it looks quite prosperous.
Xiao Xiao walked beside Gu Huai carrying her bag and did not follow him to eat pancakes.
The large portion of wontons already made her feel full, and she didn't need to eat anymore.
After eating the pancakes, Gu Huai bought another fried buns before walking to a private house.
There is an open room on the first floor, and there are several children sitting in it. Li Zimin is standing in front of the blackboard, teaching them mathematics.
Gu Huai and Xiao Xiao stood at the door and listened for a while. It wasn't until the bell rang for school that Li Zimin discovered them.
"Brother Huai!"
Li Zimin was still not steady at all and rushed to Gu Huai's side.
His hair has grown long, has a lot of stubble, and looks a little messy. But his eyes are bright and he is very energetic.
Gu Huai gave him a bag of pancakes: "Your brother asked me to take care of you."
Li Zimin took the pancake, took two bites, and said vaguely:
"He just likes to meddle in other people's business."
Complaining on the lips, happiness in the eyes.
While he was eating pancakes, he realized that there was a woman beside Gu Huai.
Xiao Xiao smiled slightly at him.
Li Zimin jumped to his feet: "Damn! Xiao Xiao! You have returned to China? You didn't even say a word to me!"
Xiao Xiaoxiao: "Didn't you just come back?"
Li Zimin didn't even bother to eat the pancakes. He wiped his mouth and hurried home the children who were watching the fun: "Why don't we form a game? Wait, I'll call them all together. You're so boring."
, leave as soon as you say, without saying hello, wait, give me half an hour..."
Half an hour later, everyone gathered at the pickled fish shop in front of the Central School.
Li Zimin even thoughtfully ordered Gu Huai's favorite beef intestines.
Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, and they were full of joy.
Xiao Xiao didn't eat much. She just finished breakfast and couldn't eat at all.
She subconsciously turned to look at Gu Huai, who was still holding chopsticks and fighting with Li Zimin for the last two pieces of meat.
Xiao Xiao became more and more silent.
Everyone dispersed, and only Gu Huai and Xiao Xiao were left.
Gu Huai seemed to be in a good mood. He walked to the door and stopped in front of another stall.
Xiao Xiao suddenly said: "Have you suffered any trauma before?"
Gu Huai stopped moving.
He left the stall.
Xiao Xiao chased after him.
"My senior brother who is traveling with me has a psychology expert. He said that you have post-traumatic stress disorder. You eat to relieve your stress. Agu, can you tell me what's bothering you?
,I......"
Gu Huai: "No."
He didn't give Xiao Xiao any chance to speak.
Xiao Xiao bit her lip and did not continue to stimulate Gu Huai.
Unlike Xiao Xiao's imagination, Gu Huai didn't pay much attention to this matter, nor did he think Xiao Xiao had crossed a line.
In fact, what she said made some sense, but was not entirely correct.
Gu Huai didn't take this little quarrel to heart.
The system's red light turned on more and more frequently, telling him that it was time to leave. Gu Huai set a time to leave and told everyone that he would give himself a holiday.
No one objected.
After all, he didn't get much rest. Clothing factories and pharmaceutical companies were all founded by him.
On the day Xiao Xiao left, everyone came to see her off.
She looked at Gu Huai wearing a black windbreaker standing outside the crowd, and she always felt that this was the last time she would see him.
She laughed at her strange idea and didn't take it too seriously. However, her uneasiness became more and more obvious, especially after the plane landed.
But there were so many people waiting for her to treat them, and she had no time to think about it.
Putting on his white coat, Xiao Xiao was busy among the wounded, starting a new round of battle.
It was already a year later when I learned about Gu Huai's disappearance.
Xiao Xiao didn't sleep a wink during the operation for three consecutive days, and suddenly she felt a little dazzled.
She sat down slowly while holding on to the railing, not breathing for a long time.
"Doctor Xiao? Doctor Xiao?"
A nurse in pink clothes came to ask.
Xiao Xiao waved his hand and put his personal emotions behind: "This patient needs to be observed again. I will go and rest for a while. Later, you can ask Dr. Li to take over other patients and wait for me to come back."
The nurse nodded.
Dr. Xiao's medical skills are obvious to everyone, and she seems to be the backbone of this place.
Xiao Xiao looked at the backward conditions and moaning patients here, and suppressed the last thought of going back in his heart.
Twenty years later--
At the alumni meeting of the Central School, Li Chunhua, who has retired, stood in front of the stage, crying and laughing: "I am really happy that everyone can come. The thing I am most proud of is that I brought you a group of students."
Teacher Li helped her down and patted his back gently.
Li Zimin sat at the table and looked at Li Chunhua, somewhat understanding his mother's thoughts.
He has taken over the baton from his mother, and one day he will have many peaches and plums all over the world.
His eyes involuntarily fell on an empty seat next to him.
Also looking here was Dahu.
Dahu smiled: "I don't know if Brother Huai will come."
No one said anything, a rare silence.
Gu Huai disappeared on his own initiative.
The reason why he said this is because after he left, he did not buy a ticket anywhere, and no one saw his whereabouts.
He seemed to have disappeared from the world and left here.
They called the police, but they had no choice but to drop the matter because there were no clues.
No one knows his whereabouts, but everyone firmly believes in one thing:
He must still be alive.
At every gathering, they would leave such an empty seat, waiting for Gu Huai to come back. Even if everyone had such a premonition -
He won't come back.
After Gu Huai left, everything was still on track, and there seemed to be no difference.
Li Zhonghua has developed another new drug, which has also been put on the market.
Dahu's business grew even bigger and he became a well-known entrepreneur.
Even Gu Xiaowu started to manage a clothing factory and became a prosperous and powerful woman.
She sent her child to school and taught her to be like her uncle.
At this time, Nian Nian always asks her mother: "Is uncle feeling better? When can he come back to hug Nian Nian?"
Every time they hear this sentence, all the adults will be silent, and my mother will even shed tears.
Sensible Nian Nian will know that no one likes to hear this sentence.
When she is older, she will never mention this matter again.
Several years later, Xiao Xiao finally returned to China and accepted an interview with the national media.
When someone asked her about her favorite people and things, Xiao Xiao smiled calmly and said: "I love peace. I hope that every corner of the world will be free from war and everyone can be free from pain."