A gust of cold wind blew by, and the withered yellow leaves on the ground were spinning and flying. The two people hugging each other added a little warmth to the cold street.
When He Jianchen heard her answer, he was so excited that he couldn't express it. He didn't expect her to agree so quickly. He even thought she would refuse.
Gu Nianxi separated from him, smiled and arranged his scarf, "The proposal you just made sounds good, but...do you need to discuss it with Sister Man and Uncle Man?"
"They won't interfere with my choice. I'm worried that Uncle Gu will object to me kidnapping you. How about we discuss it with him and take him to G City to live with us."
Mentioning her father, Gu Nianxi's heart suddenly clenched together. She shook her head and said sadly, "My father is a very sensible person. He will definitely not object to me leaving him, but..."
Gu Nianxi's eyes turned red as she spoke. She lowered her head, and when her tears were about to fall, she said with a tearful voice: "He will not leave S City with me, nor will he go anywhere, because he wants to stay here to guard my mother.
But I promised him that I would always be with him..."
Thinking of her father's aging appearance, Gu Nianxi couldn't stop crying, but she didn't want to cause He Jianchen any more troubles. She wiped away her tears and tried to give him a smile.
"We'll talk about it when you get back from New York."
He Jianchen's expression became solemn. He realized that his selfishness had not considered her situation. He blamed himself and held her in his arms and kissed her eyebrows.
"I'm sorry, I made things simple. I will think about it again. Don't worry too much. Just pretend I didn't say anything."
Gu Nianxi hugged his waist tightly and murmured: "No matter what, I will support you, but you don't think about me for me, you have to think about yourself. I believe that whether you go to the doctor or not
You will be very good as a teacher, but I don’t want you to regret one day and think back to the wrong decision you made. Listen to me and don’t be too impulsive."
Seeing her sad face, He Jianchen smiled and scratched the tip of her nose, "Okay, listen to you, I'll think about it again."
He Jianchen put his arm around her shoulders and wrapped her in his arms, "Let's go, my dear wife, what do you want to eat tonight?"
"Hmm... fried shrimps in oil."
"Walk."
"But how do you cook with your hands?"
"Didn't you just say you cook?"
"Ah? Are you serious?"
"Very serious."
Gu Nianxi petrified on the spot, "Aren't you afraid that I will ruin the ingredients?"
"Don't worry, I'll teach you."
He Jianchen pushed her forward, and the two took a taxi to the vegetable market near his home.
This was the first time Gu Nianxi came to the market since she grew up. She was led by He Jianchen through various stalls. They first bought some vegetables and then some beef. He Jianchen didn't seem to come here often, so he bought a few
I spent more than half an hour looking here and there for the same thing.
At this time, the shrimps were not bought yet. After asking passers-by, the two of them walked hand in hand towards the aquatic area. Wherever they walked, people would look at them. In this noisy place, a pair of eye-catching couples suddenly appeared. Naturally, they would
Attract everyone's attention.
"Just this one."
They chose a restaurant with a big fish model in front of the door. He Jianchen and Gu Nianxi stood by the water tank and studied for a long time which kind of shrimp was more delicious.
"Why don't you buy monodon shrimp?" Gu Nianxi said, pointing to the shrimp in front of her.
"This Aolong looks good." He Jianchen pointed to the Aolong next to him.
"What about this? What's it called? Black tiger shrimp."
"This is the Kiwi shrimp."
The two of them looked at each other head to head for a long time. The boss came over after killing the fish and wiping his hands.
"What do you two want to buy?"
Gu Nianxi turned around and said, "We want to buy some shrimps and make fried shrimps in oil."
The stall owner looked like an unkempt man with messy hair and a messy beard. He was wearing a black leather apron. When he walked in front of them, a strong fishy smell hit his nostrils.
"This shrimp is delicious when fried in oil." The man pointed at the black tiger shrimp."
"Okay, give us a pound." He Jianchen said and pulled Gu Nianxi behind him, because he found that the man had been staring at Gu Nianxi and did not listen to him at all.
Seeing He Jianchen standing in front of him, the man came back to his senses and said, "Oh, okay, a pound of black tiger shrimp." He caught some shrimps with a net and put them in a bag.
During the shrimp weighing, the man still looked at Gu Nianxi from time to time. He Jianchen was a little unhappy. He was about to curse, but was interrupted by a voice.
"Dad, the teacher asked for teaching fees."
He Jianchen and Gu Nianxi looked over together, and saw that the owner of the voice was a girl wearing a high school uniform and carrying a schoolbag. The girl was very beautiful, with a high ponytail on the back of her head, and she looked very innocent.
Gu Nianxi was very surprised. Looking at the girl and then at the man selling fish, it was hard to imagine that such a rough man could have such a pretty daughter.
The girl noticed their gazes and glanced at them. When she saw Gu Nianxi, her eyes lit up.
"Teacher Gu?"
Teacher Gu?
Gu Nianxi stared at the girl with blinking eyes. She looked carefully and didn't recognize her.
"Who are you……"
"I'm He Tiantian, don't you remember me? When I was a freshman in high school, you worked as a psychological counselor in our No. 1 Middle School."
"..." Gu Nianxi was confused, "Are you from No. 1 Middle School?"
"Yes, I heard that you also graduated from No. 1 Middle School."
Gu Nianxi looked at the girl and calculated the time in her mind. She was in her first year of high school, which should be before she had a car accident.
She was a little ashamed. Just as she was about to explain her current situation to the girl, she was frightened by a roar.
"What are you talking about here? Go home and study! Don't hinder my business here!"
The girl glanced at the man, with a trace of hatred flashing in her eyes. Gu Nianxi caught her expression and couldn't help but be curious.
Is she afraid of her father?
In order to let Gu Nianxi talk to the girl for a few more words, He Jianchen knowingly asked the boss to pay.
The boss was busy collecting money again, and his eyes were busy looking at them.
He Tiantian looked back at the man and secretly got a receipt slip and pen from the stall. She wrote a sentence on the receipt slip and quickly stuffed it into Gu Nianxi's palm.
She lowered her voice and said, "Teacher Gu, can you give me your contact information? I would like to chat with you when you are free."
Gu Nianxi was stunned for a moment, then realized what she was doing. She quickly lowered her head and took out a business card from her bag and handed it to the girl.
"My phone number is on it. If you need anything, you can call me."
"Are you still a psychiatrist?"
"Yes, I'm still a psychiatrist."
The girl's voice rose with excitement, "That's great!"
Seeing her excited expression, Gu Nianxi couldn't help but become curious, did she have anything to say to her? She wanted to find a place to chat with her right away.
It was obvious that her father was not easy to mess with, so Gu Nianxi could only say goodbye to her with a smile.
Gu Nianxi and He Jianchen carried their vegetables and walked out of the market respectively. After leaving, He Jianchen held her hand and walked forward without saying a word.
"Aren't you going to ask me what she told me?"
He Jianchen shook his head, "If you want to tell me, will you take the initiative to tell me?"
"She said she would make an appointment to chat with me when she was free, and gave me a receipt." Gu Nianxi took out the receipt from her pocket and waved it in front of He Jianchen.
He Jianchen squinted to see the words on it clearly, and his expression suddenly changed. He took out the receipt form from Gu Nianxi's hand and read it carefully.
"What's wrong? What's written? You look so ugly?" Gu Nianxi took the receipt from He Jianchen's hand, spread it out in front of her eyes, and was horrified.
There was a line of words written on the receipt, and the content of the words was: Teacher Gu, do minors have to go to jail for murder?
At this time, Gu Nianxi was unspeakably scared. She didn't even think about going back to look for the girl, but was caught by He Jianchen.
"Don't worry about it."
Somehow, He Jianchen had a premonition that the girl just now was not a simple person, and that her father was not a kind person. He did not want Gu Nianxi to get involved with such a person.
"But she just asked me for my phone number and said she wanted to chat with me. She must have some difficulty and need my help."
"Gu Nianxi!"
He Jianchen suddenly called her full name seriously, which startled Gu Nianxi. She looked at him inexplicably and heard him speak to her in a heavy tone.
"Don't mind your own business. You should know better than me. Many murderers are caused by such bad families of origin. Don't take risks to help others."
Taking another risk? Gu Nianxi looked confused.
"But I... never took the risk to help others."
He Jianchen sighed in his heart and shook his head helplessly.
Fool, that's something you don't remember.
Nakamura Yukina said that she was tricked into the guest room to help a drunk woman. If she had not shown kindness at the time, she would not have suffered that terrible experience.
"Obey, let's go back and cook. I'm hungry."
After hearing what he said, Gu Nianxi didn't think about it anymore, and the two of them walked home side by side.
…………
In the evening of the next day, as colleagues in the clinic were getting off work one after another, Lin Wei hurriedly opened the office door.
"Nian Nian, Team Bell of the Public Security Bureau asked me to profile the criminal. I'll leave in a moment. You stay and work overtime. The benefactor will come over soon. You can help me receive him."
"Ah?" Gu Nianxi was stunned, wasn't it? She was asked to receive her patients! She, Alexander!
"Wait! I need to make an appointment to see a doctor!"
"For my sake, add a number, thank you for your hard work! I'm leaving, bye."
"Hey! Lin Wei!"
Before Gu Nianxi could say anything, Lin Wei ran away like a gust of wind. Before she went out, Gu Nianxi asked anxiously, "When will you come back?"
Lin Wei shouted back, "I'll try my best to be early. Don't go back if it's too late today. There's everything in the guest room upstairs. Come on! Behave well tonight!" After Lin Wei finished speaking, she got in the car and left.
Gu Nianxi had a wry smile on her face, feeling extremely depressed as she watched her little red car drive down the mountain.
"As a little psychiatrist, am I shouldering too much responsibility?"
Gu Nianxi shook her head helplessly and walked into the clinic depressedly.
The empty clinic was very quiet. Gu Nianxi wandered up to the second floor and only found two boxes of instant noodles in the cabinet after searching for a long time.
"Hey, it looks like I'm going to be hungry tonight." Gu Nianxi put the instant noodles back to their original place and left the class in disappointment.
She doesn't like eating instant noodles, and she even hates the taste. She remembers when she was in college, whenever someone ate instant noodles in the dormitory, she would hide in the corridor and read a book, and then go back to the dormitory after the smell dissipated.
There was nothing to eat in the clinic, so Gu Nianxi had to go back to the office to drink water to satisfy her hunger. She walked around the clinic boredly with a thermos cup in hand, only to realize that this was a really nice place.
This small bungalow has an area of more than 600 square meters. The front yard is full of flowers and plants, and the back yard has a wisteria flower trellis. In spring, this house is the most beautiful house in the community, with the fragrance of flowers overflowing and the eyes full of spring scenery.
The plants in the bungalow are not under their control. An uncle comes to take care of them twice a week.
Lin Wei said that the owner of this house was abroad all year round, so he rented the house to her for a psychological clinic. When it was renovated, the owner only had two requirements.
One is not to touch the flowers in the garden, and the other is not to open the bedroom on the third floor. This is part of their contract.
The clinic is located in a remote location, halfway up Jinshan Mountain, and you can't get a taxi if it's late. It seems like she'll probably stay here tonight.
Gu Nianxi put her bag in the guest room on the second floor. She looked at the time and saw that it was just past six o'clock. Then she went to the consultation room and lay down on the sofa, wanting to sleep for a while.
The mobile phone played soft music. Gu Nianxi closed her eyes and went through the content of the exchange with the funder later in her mind. As she thought about it, she suddenly felt a little sleepy and gradually fell into sleep.
A breeze blew across her face, and Gu Nianxi slowly opened her eyes. In front of her was a European-style balcony. The white gauze on the balcony danced with the wind like a soulful elf.
In the haze, a man stood behind the white gauze and turned to face her. She was a little nervous and a little expectant. Just as she was about to reach out and pull open the white gauze, the man's slender fingers lifted up the gauze curtain.
A blurry face and a flickering cigarette butt.
Gu Nianxi's heart beat violently.
She looked at the man, the tip of her nose felt sore, and tears burst into her eyes uncontrollably.
"you……"
"come over."
He put out the cigarette butt and opened his arms to her. Gu Nianxi walked towards him uncontrollably and plunged into his arms, crying loudly.
"Nian Nian..." He called her name softly and stroked her head gently.
Gu Nianxi greedily smelled the fragrance on his body, "I miss you so much." She cried and told him, raised her head and kissed his lips. A biting coldness spread from her lips to her whole body, and her mouth was mixed with a light tobacco.
and the bitterness of tears.
Gu Nianxi hugged him tightly, trying to hold him tighter, but with a strong hand, she crushed him.
"I'm sorry." He said in her ear, and then turned into a puddle of water.
"Woooooooooo..." Gu Nianxi cried bitterly while holding the water that was gradually disappearing on the ground.