She Can Also Be Gentle

How moving Gu Ningzi's words are, Chi Nuan feels guilty in her heart. She understood Gu Ningzi's meaning, but could she really make her quarrel with her family for her own sake?

Before I saw Gu Miaoyan, maybe I could pretend not to know; after I saw her, I couldn't do anything against my conscience again.

Indeed, no one knows the value of family affection better than Chi Nuan.

Can't answer Gu Ningzi. Chi Nuan looked up at her, both eyes were wet.

Chi Nuan covered Gu Ningzi's eyes, stepped on tiptoe, and kissed her lips. ——I don’t know if I want to comfort her or I want to comfort myself.

...

There were endless exercises, endless points to recite, and the homework for the third year of high school was arranged so that a week passed in a hurry.

In this week, Chi Nuan visited Gu Ningzi's house twice, and Xu Danhou complained with afterthought: "I'm really wondering, when will your relationship become so good? Just go for dinner every few hours?"

No... Chi Nuan denied her from the bottom of her heart. He didn't become better, but instead he had concerns in his heart, and suffered from getting along with Gu Ningzi.

Greed constantly encourages to get close to her and own her, but reason always reminds: can you do this?

Infatuation and depression, every kiss and hug makes Chi Nuan painfully stepping on the tip of a knife. Gu Ningzi felt her hesitation and hesitation when she wanted to come.

Just don't say.

The master's novel progressed to the point where the male protagonist’s mother exposed the bad things that the female protagonist had done, and became so angry that she finally uttered the classic line to her son: "If you want to marry her and come in, unless I die!"

Xu Dan and the others chuckled with joy: "This is really too cruel!"

Chi Nuan stopped writing under the lamp, and fell into thinking: If Gu Miaoyan, like the male protagonist's mother, is a clear contradiction from appearance, should he reduce a lot of psychological burden?

There was a blue cat video sent by Gu Ningzi lying on the phone. Chi Nuan checked it, but did not reply. It wasn't until she lay down to rest that she knocked Gu Ningzi "good night".

Gu Ningzi: "You worked hard until it was too late...Pay attention to rest."

Chi Nuan looked at her, her nose sour.

The next day, Zhou Damao took sick leave. In the evening self-study, Chi Nuan took the initiative to sit in his seat and accompany Gu Ningzi to do homework together.

The classroom was as bright as day, Gu Ningzi wrote for a while, stopped writing, and lied on the table to watch Chi Warm. Can't help holding up her fingers, sketching out her facial features in space.

Curvy eyebrows, tall nose, smiling lips...

Chi Nuan poked Zhao Jingjing in the back and asked her softly to borrow an English book.

Zhao Jingjing handed it to her. When Chi Nuan turned the page to check, Gu Ningzi said, "I have English books too..."

A faint smile appeared in Chi Nuan's eyes and asked her, "Do you have any notes in your English book?"

Gu Ningzi: "..."

Gu Ningzi squeezed her neck: "Then you keep writing questions about neck pain?"

He Liwen in class cleared her throat from the podium, Chi Nuan took a careful look, grabbed Gu Ningzi's hand, and booed her again.

She picked up the pen and continued to do homework. A few minutes later, Gu Ningzi handed out a note: "Shall we go for a walk after class?"

With the pen tip hanging over the note, Chi Nuan turned to look at Gu Ningzi.

Gu Ningzi stared at her without blinking.

Chi Nuan folded the paper and put it into the school skirt pocket, nodding slightly.

Many students came out for a walk between classes. Except for the dim moonlight and the street lamp that was far away, most of the campus was dark. Gu Ningzi led Chi Nuan, and the two stopped in front of the railing on the side of the playground.

"Do you want to sit down?" Gu Ningzi asked her.

Chi Nuan: "Okay."

Gu Ningzi helped Chi Nuan sit on the railing, and the two of them collided with their foreheads. Chi Nuan let out a dull voice. Gu Ningzi laughed and kissed Chi Nuan's lips.

Chi Nuan was startled by her kiss, she shrank her shoulders and whispered, "...There will be someone."

Gu Ningzi: "Yeah."

She said "Yeah", but came closer again, and under the sparse moonlight, the lips of the two touched gently.

The end of Chi Nuan's nose was full of Gu Ningzi's breath. She closed her eyes, and while she was addicted, she struggled in vain in her heart.

It shouldn't be like this anymore...

The ten minutes between classes ended quickly. Chi Nuan got down from the railing, tripped on the shoelace when landing, and plunged into Gu Ningzi's arms. Gu Ningzi smiled and held her steady.

The two hugged each other, Chi Nuan passed Gu Ningzi's shoulders, and a familiar figure appeared in his vision, leaving the playground.

——He Liwen! ?

Back to the classroom from the playground, Chi Nuan's heartbeat did not return to normal. Zhao Jingjing turned around and asked her to borrow her math homework, and she handed her the English book casually.

Zhao Jingjing: "..."

He Liwen hasn't come to the classroom yet, and the voices of Xisuosuo's words come and go one after another. Zhao Jingjing pulled out the late warm math problem book from a pile of books, and said, "Thank you."

"..." Chi Nuan took a deep breath to calm herself. She sorted out the textbooks and homework she had brought, and said to Gu Ningzi, "I'll go back to my seat first."

Gu Ningzi grabbed the corner of her clothes.

"Teacher He may..." Chi Nuan said and stopped. After all, he was still not sure whether He Liwen saw them kissing. She said it first, but it made Gu Ningzi more annoyed, so it was better not to talk about it.

"It's nothing... You have to do your homework. If you can't, circle it. I will take a picture of the solution and pass it to you in the next class."

After half a class, He Liwen came. She put the water cup and a stack of test papers on the podium, and started patrolling from the first group.

A classmate stopped her to ask questions, so she stopped to explain patiently.

Slowly, walking down the classroom circle, He Liwen stopped by the late warm desk and clicked on her desk with two fingers.

Chi Nuan's scalp numb, she heard He Liwen's voice, saying: "Chi Nuan, you have posted the papers on the podium."

He Liwen's performance was as usual, and she didn't stay late to talk after school that day. Chi Nuan guessed if he had been worrying too much. When he went to hand in his Chinese homework between class the next day, he also dangled at He Liwen's desk for a while.

He Liwen looked up from the courseware and asked her kindly, "Are there any problems?"

...The sky was so dark at the time, even if He Liwen saw the figure, she might not be able to recognize who it was. ... Maybe that figure just looks like He Liwen?

This episode was gradually forgotten, but on Saturday afternoon, Chi Nuan received a call from He Liwen and asked her to meet at the dessert shop off campus.

Chi Nuan suddenly understood that the matter did not end as she intended.

From the bedroom to the dessert shop, the road is not long, but Chi Nuan has gone for a long time. Opening the door of the dessert shop, He Liwen smiled and waved: "Here."

Chi Nuan sat down opposite her.

He Liwen pointed to the iced milk tea in front of her: "I don't know which one you like to drink. This is the signature here. Try it."

Chi Nuan: "Teacher He..."

He Liwen said: "It's okay, I'll talk to you."

Not long ago, Gu Miaoyan also said, "I don't mean anything else, I just want to chat with you." Chi Nuan was a little nervous about these kinds of words. She grabbed the edge of the skirt and nodded: "Um..."

He Liwen's kind eyes fell on Chi Nuan: "Chi Nuan, you are my favorite student. These days, I have been very conflicted in my heart, but after thinking about it, I still have to talk to you."

Chi Nuan trembling eyelashes, responding to her: "Hmm..."

He Liwen: "That day, I saw you and Gu Ningzi on the playground...you..."

Chi Nuan looked up, she looked a little dodging, and she saw He Liwen's heart softly: "Chi Nuan, I don't have any prejudice against this, whether you like boys or girls, based on love, it is very beautiful, right? Under the premise of affecting grades, the teacher will only secretly bless her.... And the teachers have seen that Gu Ningzi's recent learning attitude is indeed better than last semester. I believe it is because of you."

On the way here, Chi Nuan was ready to be criticized by He Liwen, but did not expect to hear such touching words. ——But if this is the case, why does He Liwen ask her out specially?

He Liwen sighed as she spoke: "Gu Ningzi’s sister came to me that day and talked a lot. Before leaving, she asked half-jokingly whether there were any girls in the school pestering Gu Ningzi. She said that she was in the north. It’s too big, and their family is particularly disgusted with this, especially their father, who seems to be very unacceptable.—Does her sister know about you?"

Chi Nuan sipped the milk tea. When she lowered her head, her eye sockets became hot again. She said dully, "Maybe I can see it...but it's not broken."

He Liwen took out a tissue from her bag and drew one for Chi Nuan: "Then what is her attitude?"

Chi Nuan’s recent pressure, under He Liwen’s care, turned into a choking, and finally poured out: “She asked me to persuade Gu Ningzi not to conflict with her father again. She promised me that no matter what difficulties I encounter in the future, she Will help me solve it."

He Liwen couldn't help taking a breath.

Chi Nuan pressed his eyelids with a tissue, and after a while, he raised his head again and looked at He Liwen with red eyes. Her small and beautiful face was pale with blood loss.

He Liwen is very aware of Chi Nuan's family situation. She has no parents since she was a child. She has achieved excellent grades all the way to the first high school. She has a soft and easy personality. She has been pity and love for her from the beginning. Seeing the pitiful look of her favorite student at this time, He Liwen couldn't help but tears from the corner of her eyes: "Many times the beauty of love lies in people's longing for happiness in the future... Chin Nuan, I really don't want to see it. When you go to talk about a love without a future, you don’t know how much the teacher loves you, how much hope you can have a bright future without going through hardships..."

The tears that Chi Nuan just stopped, because of He Liwen's words, rolled down.

"Chi Nuan, the teacher said this, not to persuade you to separate from Gu Ningzi... The teacher wants to tell you that no matter what your choice is, the happy and unhappy emotions that arise from it can come to the teacher. Talk. The teacher is on your side, understand?"

Chi Nuan covered half of her face with the back of her hand, sobbing silently. He Liwen also accompanied her to wipe tears.

Later, He Liwen left. She ran out while the child was taking a nap and could not stay for too long. When she left, she left the tissue on the table.

Chi Nuan's eyes were red, and he drank all the milk tea one bite after another.

Only then did I realize that the position I sat with He Liwen today was the one I sat with Gu Ningzi that night.

...How long has the time passed?

Their love is full of calculations, and it's only a month.