It was almost noon the next day, when Gu Nianxi woke up and found that the seat next to her was empty. Su Yuheng only left a note and disappeared.
Gu Nianxi looked at the note blankly and realized what he meant when he said she was stupid.
——Help me keep the secret.
Secret? Is the secret he asked her to keep, depression, or what happened to her.
Gu Nianxi's tears wet the note in her hand. Su Yuheng's leaving without saying goodbye was a humiliation to her. Her self-esteem and the beauty of having just fallen in love with someone were crushed by reality.
She hid under the quilt and cried. The wound in her heart was a hundred times more painful than the bite on her shoulder.
Afterwards, a shallow scar appeared on Gu Nianxi's shoulder, which was the mark Su Yuheng left on her when she was nineteen years old.
In her later days, this scar always reminded her of this man.
His name is Su Yuheng.
…………
After smoking half a cigarette, Gu Nianxi heard footsteps coming from behind her. She turned around unintentionally to see who it was. She put the cigarette between her fingers into her mouth, but was snatched away by the person behind her.
Looking at the cigarette butts on the ground, she raised her eyes to meet those beautiful phoenix eyes. Even though he looked very haggard, his appearance was still the same as before, but he had a different look.
"Don't do this."
Don’t do this? Don’t do what?
Gu Nianxi sat on the swing and burst into laughter. Back then, she was asking him to quit smoking, but now she is addicted to cigarettes.
"What's not to be done?" She stood up and looked at him without fear of his warning. Her provocation would have angered him in the past, but now Su Yuheng seemed to have lost his previous arrogance.
Su Yuheng looked down at her, frowning, "Nanny...just be yourself, don't pretend."
"..."
His scream forced Gu Nianxi's tears to come out. She quickly turned her face away, but the crystal tears still broke into Su Yuheng's eyes under the moonlight.
He once said that he would love her like a daughter and give her the nickname Nannan first.
But he broke his promise.
"you are a liar." (You are a liar.)
After Gu Nianxi finished speaking, she turned around and left, but was hugged by a pair of strong arms. The man behind her was trembling a little, and she was also excited inside.
This embrace was an image that had appeared in her dreams many times. When she was sad, in pain, and desperate, she wished he would suddenly appear and hold her like this and say a word to her.
"Okay, it's okay."
Gu Nianxi struggled to break free and slapped him.
"get out my face! now!" (disappear from my eyes!)
Gu Nianxi turned around and walked into the living room, picking up the coat on the chair. Everyone looked at her curiously, and she greeted everyone in a daze.
"Sorry, I still have work to do, so let's go first."
Without giving them a chance to stay, Gu Nianxi left. When she passed the door of the restaurant, she met Su Yuheng who came in. She didn't stop and brushed aside him.
"This child, why-" Father Gu was about to complain about Gu Nianxi, but was interrupted by Father Zhao.
"It is also a good thing for young people to put their careers first."
"Hey, Niannian has really changed this time when she came back. I don't know why. She is completely different from her before. She didn't listen to her when she was asked to go back to China. She didn't go on a blind date for her. She just had a fight with her dad a few days ago.
It’s too late.” Gu’s mother sighed, “Hey, the child is grown and I can’t control it anymore.”
Mother Gu's words were like a sharp sword piercing Su Yuheng's heart. He stood at the door, with Gu Nianxi's bright smile appearing in his mind.
He turned around and chased after him. Zhao Ziti quickly got up and followed him. As soon as he ran to the door, he remembered that he couldn't leave like this.
"Uh, Uncle Gu, Aunt Tang, Dad, we still have a company video conference, let's go now, you guys have fun."
After the three people left, Zhao Zimu looked at Lin Yiduo in surprise.
"What, what are these three people doing? It makes me look like I have no job." Zhao Zimu complained. Seeing Lin Yiduo and Zhao's father looking at him, he had a premonition that something was not good, and as expected, Zhao's father came over to talk.
"In addition to your contribution to our family's inheritance, what else can you say?" Zhao's father did not give Zhao Zimu any face.
Zhao Zimu wasn't angry either. He smiled and touched Lin Yiduo's belly, "Dad! You're on to the point now. I've done a big thing! I married university tyrant D to improve my family's IQ genes. Why don't you still?"
satisfy?"
Lao Zhao was extremely satisfied with his daughter-in-law, because Lin Yiduo was a top student at university at that time. She was beautiful, smart, and well behaved.
Lin Yiduo married Zhao Zimu before she graduated in her fifth year of college. The eldest son Tudou is already six years old and is currently pregnant with their second child.
"Well, so you must be nice to her. Your most important job is to take good care of her and her children."
"Hey, Zi Mu is the best. You can get married and have children at a young age, and you can develop your career later. I really envy you." Gu's mother had an envious expression on her face. Thinking of Gu Nianxi gave her a headache, "Our family Nian Nian
If we can settle it as soon as possible, her father and I won't have to worry."
"Auntie, Niannian is so good. Don't worry, I will supervise her." Lin Yiduo coaxed Gu's mother.
"Okay, with you here, I don't have to worry about Nian Nian anymore."
City S at night is brilliantly lit. The dark night creates the most beautiful scenery for this city. It is covered with colorful lights and brings people a visual feast.
This is the place where Gu Nianxi was born and raised, and every street here has her happy memories.
Why didn't she want to go home? She was left alone in a strange city and her original enthusiasm had long since disappeared.
Once, because Su Yuheng was in New York, she ran to him regardless of her own safety.
Now because Su Yuheng is in S City, she doesn't dare to come back.
The taxi circled around the city center. Gu Nianxi looked at the familiar street scene and burst into tears. She really missed home and really needed to be cared for. Even a greeting or a comfort would make her feel better.
Some.
But in the past two years, she has endured this loneliness by herself. In New York, she worked hard to portray herself as a workaholic. Sometimes when she looked at herself in the mirror, she suddenly found that she was becoming more and more capable.
That person's shadow.
She became selfish and cold, and she became less and less fond of smiling. Isn't this just Su Yuheng.
"Girl, life can't be smooth sailing. There will always be ups and downs. If your career is not going well, try your best to push yourself through it. Believe that you can do it. If your relationship is not going well, then let it go and let time solve the current problem.
You have to remember that the problem is yours and cannot be escaped, nor can it be forced upon you if it is not yours. Love... can only be achieved if you take a step and he takes a step too. If you just go one-way, it will not be possible after all.