Chapter 9 Radiance

  Shen Rui handed the water to Gu Moning again, looking at him with a pleased smile. Gu Moning stared blankly at Shen Rui, what had he just said? Drink the water he drank from? No way. Gu Moning shook his head vigorously, looking at Shen Rui with a wronged expression, "I want to drink that bottle." "But you just said you would drink it." "But you're my boyfriend, not my girlfriend!" "Why can't boyfriends do it?" "Men and women should not be intimate!" "But we've hugged before, and even kissed."

  Gu Mornin' covered her mouth with both hands, recalling the scene of Shen Rui kissing her yesterday. She stared blankly at Shen Rui, her face flushing red as she said angrily, "That was my first kiss, do you know that? You didn't even ask for my consent and yet...and yet...hmmph!" Gu Mornin' was so agitated that she couldn't express herself further, and could only stomp her foot in anger.

  Shen Rui smiled and looked at Gu Mò Ning, who was jumping with anger in front of him. With a mischievous look, he took a sip of water, then used one hand to pull down the hand covering her mouth and grasped it, while using his other hand to press against the back of her head. He directly fed the water into Gu Mò Ning's mouth until her small face turned bright red before letting go.

  "Cough, cough... you, rascal, cough..." Gu Mò Níng covered her mouth and pointed at Shěn Ruì while coughing and complaining. However, Shěn Ruì just smiled happily without stopping.

  "You're so stupid, even drinking water can choke you."

  "You're the stupid one, the most stupid one. It's all your fault." Gu Mò Níng pouted in anger, but Shěn Ruì gently pulled her into his arms and chuckled, saying softly, "Yes, it's my fault, I'm to blame. Don't be angry anymore, next time I'll make sure you don't choke."

  "And also, not allowed to... to randomly kiss me without my consent."

  "Okay." Shěn Ruì found this request strange but still agreed happily. Anyway, he didn't really like kissing her that much, nor did he like her.

  Gu Merng Ning happily pushed Shen Rui lightly and said sincerely, "Shen Rui, you're really a good person." Shen Rui raised an eyebrow in some incredulity. What was good about him? Was it just because he agreed not to kiss her that she thought he was a good person? She was indeed an easily placated child.

  "Gu Mò Níng xué jiě," a soft and delicate voice suddenly sounded from outside, Gu Mò Níng and Shěn Ruì simultaneously turned their heads to look at the door. They saw a petite long-haired girl looking at them with a silly expression. "Teacher Yang asked you to go to the second warehouse to sort out the dance equipment."

  "Huh? Why is it at this time, ah, class is about to start!" Gu Mengning looked at the unfamiliar little girl at the door in confusion, not understanding where the dance equipment came from in the second warehouse, wasn't that place for storing discarded desks and chairs, and why was it at this time.

  "The teacher said to let Shen Rui teach first." "Oh, I know." Gu Mò Níng didn't think much more about it and made a mischievous face at Shen Rui, "I didn't expect there would be so many things, I'll leave it all to you now." "Mm, go ahead." Shen Rui affectionately patted Gu Mò Níng's head and glanced at the girl by the door, just in time to see a flash of malice in her eyes. Suddenly, Shen Rui felt a bad premonition rising up inside him, and he looked seriously into the girl's eyes again, but could no longer see the malice, as if he had misseen it earlier. Shen Rui vaguely felt that this girl was not simple, and that something would definitely happen after Gu Mò Níng left. But he didn't stop Gu Mò Níng from leaving, because he wanted to see what kind of trouble a little girl like her could stir up.

  Gu Mò Níng walked out of the dance room, slowly moving in the direction of the second warehouse. "Ding..." The class bell suddenly rang out, Gu Mò Níng looked up at the sky with a melancholy expression, she was so miserable, really so miserable. Why did she have to go to a warehouse that stored discarded desks and chairs to organize dance equipment while others were in class? She kicked at the small stones on the ground with a resentful heart.

  As she walked to the warehouse door, Gu Merning was startled. Why was the warehouse door open? Had it been robbed? Fortunately, it was open, because she found that she had forgotten to ask the little sister who had just graduated from elementary school for the key.

  Gu Murning walked in with a nervous heart, but suddenly heard a "bang" sound, and the door closed by itself! Gu Murning rushed to pull the door, but found that it couldn't be opened no matter what. The door not only closed by itself, but also locked itself. This was the most terrifying thing Gu Murning had encountered from childhood to adulthood, and fear filled her surroundings. Gu Murning couldn't help but close her eyes in despair, thinking that she might have run into a ghost. Gu Murning took a deep breath, slowly opened her eyes, and found herself in a dark warehouse with the door closed. She relaxed her clenched fists, which were already sweating, and began to frantically search for her phone in her pocket, only to realize that it was left in her backpack. Overwhelmed by a strong sense of loss and fear, Gu Murning carefully felt around for the window. If she could just open the window, she would be able to see something... Come on, come on!

  Sweat dripped from his forehead, cold drops fell to the ground, pattering, pattering, in the silent room only a terrifying and piercing sound kept echoing.

  "Xiao Xiao, Daddy, Mommy, Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, Auntie." Gu Mengning kept shouting in her heart, hoping that her loved ones could hear her and come to rescue her.

  The quiet warehouse suddenly had an extra sound, "Bang!" The dull and heavy sound rang out around him, Gu Mo Ning only felt a sharp pain coming in an instant, something hot and sticky slowly sliding down his right arm, the pungent smell of blood filling the air.

  "Gu Merning, consider yourself lucky that it didn't hit your face. Today's incident is just a warning, don't think you're superior just because you're the school flower. Shen Rui is also a popular guy and has had more girlfriends than you've met men, who knows, maybe one day he'll get tired of you after a passionate night and dump you, so stop being arrogant."

  Suddenly, there were voices coming from all around, and Gu Mornin was startled. When she realized it was a person and not a ghost, she secretly let out a sigh of relief. However, after hearing this conversation, an even heavier sense of powerlessness washed over her.

  Gu Mian's whole body trembled as she hugged her injured right arm tightly, slowly squatting down against the wall. Her face buried in her knees, she sobbed lightly. Was she wrong? Why did everyone oppose her when she hadn't been arrogant or showy at all? Why treat her like this?

  "Hypocritical, putting on a good student face in front of the teacher, but who knows what kind of bad things she's done behind their back." The morning gossip among classmates was still fresh in her mind. Was it just because she usually listened to others that she couldn't do anything slightly crazy during her youth? She was just with someone she liked, so why was that considered a bad thing?"

  Gu Merning suddenly burst into loud sobs, feeling extremely bewildered and powerless.

  The warehouse door was finally opened, and a little light slowly poured in. Crying Gu Mengning was immersed in her own world, not noticing the sound beside her at all.

  "Who is Gu Mornin?" Who was calling her? Whose hand gently stroked her head, inadvertently soothing the heart that had been frightened and humiliated?

  Gu Merning raised her head, a dizziness in front of her eyes, and all she saw was a ray of light. But somehow it didn't have the scorching heat that Shen Rui's gaze usually brought to her eyes. Was it him? Was it him? It had to be him!

  "Shen Rui." Gu Mo Ning smiled at the light and then fell headfirst into the center of the dazzling glow.