She Can Also Be Gentle

Chi Nuan came out of the dessert shop, it was almost autumn, and the weather was still hot. After three o'clock in the afternoon, the daylight was still long, she didn't bring an umbrella, and she was groggy to shade her forehead with her palms, crossed the road, and walked into the school gate.

Xue Wen saw Chi Nuan from a distance, and said in surprise: "Chi Nuan?"

Chi Nuan stopped.

Xue Wen wore cool hot pants and suspenders. She was wearing a long and thin cardigan with a silk scarf of the same color. She walked to Chi Nuan: "What a coincidence."

Chi Nuan asked flatly: "Well, why are you in school?"

"Rehearsal, these few weeks need to be rehearsed." Xue Wen saw that Chi Nuan's eyelashes were still wet, and smiled slightly: "...What happened?"

Chi Nuan shook his head.

Xue Wen changed the subject: "Would you like to hang out with me? Today is me—"

Chi Nuan continued to shake her head, her body resembling an empty shell, dull and vague.

The two stood under the shade of the tree for a few minutes, and then Chi Nuan wanted to go back to the bedroom. Xue Wen asked her, "Are they Xu Dan?"

Chi Nuan said, "Yes."

Xue Wen: "Then I will go up with you and talk to them."

Xue Wen climbed up to the fourth floor with Chi Nuan. Chi Nuan took out the key and opened the door. After the lock turned half a turn, the door was opened from inside.

Xu Dan smiled and couldn't wait to say: "Nuannuan! Gu Ningzi invited us to her BBQ, just waiting for you to come back! Great! We can set off now!"

The door was widened and the field of vision widened. Xu Dan saw Xue Wen behind Chi Nuan, and Chi Nuan also saw Gu Ningzi behind Xu Dan.

Gu Ningzi was sitting in Chi Nuan's chair, leaning against the back of the chair, and seeing Chi Nuan and Xue Wen appear together, the smile on her face did not change.

But Xu Dan was stunned: "Awen! Why are you here!"

Xue Wen smiled and said: "It seems that I came by accident..."

Xu Dan waved his hand: "No, no... Gang Nuannuan said that he was going out for something, so he went to see you?"

Chi Nuan walked to the table, picked up her bag, stuffed the phone and keys in her hand, then picked up the bag and slowly said to Gu Ningzi, "I...I won't go. Come on, Xue Wen and I have agreed...just come back and get a bag..."

Xue Wen was leaning against the door, chatting with Xu Dan, but suddenly heard his name mentioned, he turned his head to look over.

Chi Nuan also looked back at her.

Xue Wen raised his eyebrows gracefully, with a seemingly non-smiling smile: "...so it's not a coincidence."

Gu Ningzi grabbed Chi Nuan's wrist, stood up from the chair, and said in confusion: "What's the matter?"

Chi Nuan: "It's nothing,...I just made an appointment with Xue Wen first, sorry Gu Ningzi."

Gu Ningzi did not let go, nor did she speak any more, but she looked at Chi Nuan's eyes as if she was asking: Did something happen? Why don't you tell me?

Chi Nuan covered Gu Ningzi's hand and patted it gently: "Then I will go."

She didn't look at Gu Ningzi, avoiding her gaze, and when Gu Ningzi let go, she went out without looking back.

Xue Wen waved to the people in the bedroom and left with Chi Nuan.

Leaving the dormitory building and Gu Ningzi far behind him, Chi Nuan felt the strangulation in his heart. She was cold and her hands were shaking.

In any case, the first step has been taken.

The Xue family's car was parked outside the school. Chi Nuan wanted to thank Xue Wen and say goodbye. Gu Ningzi chased him on the phone.

Xue Wen opened the car door, looking at Chi Nuan. Chi Nuan got into the car and turned the phone to silent.

She didn't know where the car was going, she was leaning against the window, her mind was blank.

Xue Wen answered the phone midway, and discussed with Chi Nuan: "...Can you accompany me to a place first?"

She asked twice before Chi Nuan reacted: "Yeah."

Xue Wen took Chi Nuan to SEVEN, took the elevator up to the 4th floor, and walked straight to the No. 13 private room.

Xue Wen opened the door.

At that moment, all the lights in the corridor disappeared, and the inside and out were pitch black.

Chi Nuan thought absently, did the power go out? But I heard Xue Wen sigh beside him: "boring."

The next second, "Boom Boom" a few times, the candlelight lit up in the private room, along with the laughter of "HAPPYBIRTHDAY", Chi Nuan and Xue Wen were sprayed with colored stripes on their faces.

…Today is Xue Wen’s birthday?

Xue Wen took down the color bars on her hair: "Turn on the lights."

Immediately someone laughed and went to turn on the light. Chi Nuan blinked, and gift boxes filled the corners of the private room. At first glance, there were more than 20 or 30 people crowded here.

Cai Miao held the cake: "Happy birthday~ Hurry up, make a wish and blow out the candles!"

"Make a wish!" A girl echoed with Cai Miao.

Xue Wen smiled helplessly, looked at Chi Nuan beside him, and blew out the candle.

"It was announced here on the occasion of Awen's birthday. Ahui, who has been lying down for a few months, is officially back from now on!" Zhou Yue said happily.

Chi Nuan's thoughts of wandering were suddenly caught back, and when he fixed his eyes, Cao Pinhui was standing in the middle of the crowd, looking at her playfully.

A boy asked: "Who brought Awen? It's pretty? Don't you introduce it to us?"

Zhou Yue supported his neck, seeing that it was Chi Nuan, and gave a dull "tsk".

Cao Pinhui laughed, half-truth: "Farewell, you can't offend the person behind her, just hide it if it's okay."

Zhou Yue roared: "No? I was warned specifically not to approach this little beauty."

What Cao Pinhui and Zhou Yue said were totally different things. Others didn't know, Cao Pinhui and Chi Nuan knew each other well.

Can't stay here any longer, Chi Nuan said to Xue Wen: "I don't know that today is your birthday, happy birthday...what happened just now...thank you too, I will leave first, you have a good time."

"Hey", Xue Wen grabbed her and said, "I just turn around and say hello to them. Go and wait for me in the car. I'll come in a while... If you want to go, I'll see you off, okay. NS?"

Chi Nuan nodded.

Someone behind him was saying "beautiful don't go", but Xue Wen glared at him before stopping.

Chi Nuan stood in front of the elevator waiting for the elevator, looking at the arrow prompts descending from the eighth floor, in a daze, thinking, Gu Ningzi also got down from the eighth floor before and rescued herself from Cao Pinhui.

The door leaf slowly opened, and standing inside was a middle-aged man with a shameless appearance.

How could he be willing to leave Gu Ningzi so good to her? Their names were once written closely on a Kongming Lantern, those nights that cuddled and fell asleep...but from now on, they will only go farther and farther without being involved.

Chi Nuan stepped into the elevator, the door closed again, and her tears flowed silently.

The pain accumulated in the chest was too much to be able to bear it, Chi Nuan kept breathing deeply. She did not wait for Xue Wen as she had said, but left alone.

On the Hongyu Street approaching the evening, it seems that the girls who have just awakened and dressed up in fashion, stepped on the pointed high heels "tototo".

Chi Nuan's tears couldn't be wiped away. She was so exhausted from crying that she simply squatted on the street with her knees.

She shrank herself to a small size, and walked with pedestrians, no one cared about her tears, and no one cared about what she was going to lose from today.

Until a sigh sounded from above the head.

"Obviously, I've said it all, why should I leave first?" Xue Wen rubbed Chi Nuan's head. This action similar to Gu Ningzi made Chi Nuan raise his head.

Her eyes were red and swollen against the blooming roses on a wall behind her. Xue Wen was absent for a long time before she found her mind: "...Chi Nuan, I'll take you to play."

Xue Wen said that if she took her to play, it was really fun. He went to the video game city to exchange a lot of game coins, and pulled Chi Nuan to play one by one.

Chi Nuan has never been proficient in these things, nor can he let go. Xue Wen is a proficient player, shooting, motorcycle, dancing...everything is very easy to play, watching Chi Nuan helpless, endure a laugh while teaching while playing.

Chi Nuan deliberately didn't think about the things that would make him sad. After playing in the video game city for nearly two hours, Xue Wen said, "Are you hungry? Let's go out and eat something."

The two came out from the back door of the video game city and walked down the suspended high stairs. The sky was already dark, and the lights dotted the world into another style.

Xue Wen in front looked back at Chi Nuan, Chi Nuan noticed her gaze, and stopped, thinking she had something to say, Xue Wen smiled and continued downstairs.

Below the video game city is a long snack street. Chi Nuan has no appetite and can't afford to eat something, so Xue Wen comes with a little bit of every snack.

Walking from this end to the other end of the street, I was full of Dangdang in my hand and was all eating. Chi Nuan said, "Don't buy Xue Wen, it's enough, you can't finish it."

Xue Wen said: "There are many kinds for you to choose. It's rare for you to come out with me, and you don't know what you like to eat."

Chi Nuan came into contact with her enthusiastic gaze, thanked her for her company, but regretted the matter between herself and Gu Ningzi. She should not be involved: "Xue Wen..."

Xue Wen immediately said: "I know, I know."

The two ate something together, and Xue Wen sent Chi Nuan back to school.

She didn't ask why she cried so desperately, and when she said goodbye, she thanked her for spending a special birthday with her.

Chi Nuan didn't know what else to say. The words that should be said were clear to her before, and there was no need to repeat them, so he could only wave goodbye.

The roommates were not in the dormitory. In this cramped and quiet space, Chi Nuan took out his homework and immersed himself in writing.

Page after page, Xu Dan's voice resounded downstairs.

"Gu Ningzi, thank you~"

There were also Du Min and Zhao Jingjing who were noisy, and couldn't hear what they said. Chi Nuan came to the window unknowingly, hiding behind the curtain and looking down. Xu Dan waved goodbye to Gu Ningzi vigorously. Gu Ningzi stood under the street lamp and glanced up at the fourth floor window.

Chi Nuan hid timidly.

Xu Dan and the others entered the doorway of the bedroom, and Gu Ningzi stood alone for a while and left.

Chi Nuan was left empty, went back to the desk, unzipped the bag, and took out the phone.

Xue Wen's 5 missed calls, depending on the time, dialed while looking for her on Hongyu Street.

Gu Ningzi missed one call, or the one that Chi Nuan didn't answer when he got into Xue Wen's car. Other than that, there was no new message.

Chi Nuan cried depressedly, and hurriedly wiped away her tears. The roommates are coming back soon, and she doesn't want them to see anything.

Soon, Xu Dan and the others entered, and the door closed, Zhao Jingjing stomped and screamed: "Ah! Xu Dan! You are too embarrassed! You even vomited at Gu Ningzi's house!"

Xu Dan was shivering when she yelled: "...Yes, what's the shame? It's like you don't eat much."

Du Min said: "Gu Ningzi made the yard so beautiful, you just said the lighting is not beautiful, right? The atmosphere is romantic and idol drama. This time, Gu Ningzi will never invite us to play at her house again."

The three of them were in a group, and no one paid attention to Chi Warm. There was a "knock" knock on the door, Zhao Jingjing was still scolding Xu Dan, and opened the door as she scolded.

"Gu..."

Gu Ningzi squeezed in the door, passed the three of them, pulled Chi Nuan, and went downstairs without a word.