Chapter 2 Easy Approach (5)

  Finally, a hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone: "Tang Tang, is there something?"

  "Is Xiao Hei at home?"

  "It's just that it's a bit lackluster."

  "Hmm, that's good, today I saw Xiao Hei fall into Donghu Lake."

  "It must be seeing fish in the lake, this silly guy wants to catch it. But come to think of it, Little Black hasn't eaten fish for a long time." Grandma's voice became dimmer.

  Tang Sugar quietly hung up the phone.

  At first, she had no choice but to follow her father to his new home, with the condition that he would take care of her grandmother's living expenses. Her father did keep his word and gave her money every month, but this month he was away on a business trip and hadn't returned yet. Tang Sugar didn't want to ask her aunt for help, so she had put it off until now when her grandmother was running out of food. It seemed that today, no matter what, she would have to swallow her pride and go beg that woman.

  Tang sugar's heart suddenly became heavy, and even breathing was not smooth.

  After school was dismissed in the afternoon, when she returned home, Tangtang went to Auntie for money. Auntie looked at her with contemptuous eyes, as if she were a beggar: "Wait until your father comes back and then we'll talk about it, I don't care about this matter." She was still angry about what happened at noon when Xia Ye stood on her side, so naturally she didn't have a good expression.

  "But grandma has no money." Tang sugar still begged bitterly.

  "What does it have to do with me if she has no money?" Auntie said coldly and picked up her bag to leave, meeting friends afterwards.

  Tang sugar could only return to her own room, gathering all her money together, which was only a few dozen yuan, a drop in the bucket, and of no use at all. She was worried sick.

  At this time, the door was pushed open and Xia Ye walked in with a lazy look on her face, not bothering to talk to her, throwing down a stack of money before turning to leave.

  Tang Sugar was taken aback and shouted at his back: "Why are you suddenly being nice to me?"

  "Do you believe me when I say I like you?" He said it very seriously, unable to distinguish between true and false.

  Tang Sugar was stunned for a moment.

  On a summer night, he slowly turned around, and on his face, which didn't often smile, was a rare hint of a smile: "You wouldn't take it seriously, would you? I actually have too much money and can't spend it all, so I just thought I'd help out the poor."

  He said this and then left.

  Tang sugar picked up the stack of money, and to her surprise, there were over 2,000 yuan. She was overjoyed and felt that she could finally alleviate her immediate financial worries. She thought to herself, "This money is all earned by my hardworking father, so as his daughter, it's only natural for me to use it. It's not like Xia Ye is helping me out!" With this thought, Tang sugar felt completely at ease and justified.

  Since the last summer night when Du Juan was severely taught a lesson, no one in the class dared to provoke Tang Sugar again, but neither did anyone want to get close to her. The nickname "neurosis" spread quickly, and even students from other classes knew about it. Everyone looked at her as if she were a freak, keeping a distance of at least two meters away from her.

  Tang sugar still maintains her consistent personality, still not talking to people much, and there are still rumors circulating around her. Dujuan is still secretly making things difficult for her, but life seems to have smiled at Tang sugar, at least the days of being bullied without reason seem to be gone forever.

  She still can't help but sneak a peek at Gu Xian every day, he really looks good, and is so captivating from both the front and side.

  But when Gu Xiannian inadvertently looked over at her, she pretended to be looking at the scenery outside the window. She tried to appear nonchalant, but she couldn't help but pay attention to every word Gu Xiannian said.

  He mentioned that he liked roasted chestnuts while chatting with his classmates. The next morning, Tang Tang would use her breakfast money to secretly buy a bag and put it in his drawer. He took it out and shared it with Du Juan and the others. Hungry Tang Tang felt a small pang of sadness, but soon let it go. At least he had eaten some of the chestnuts she bought. That was enough, really enough.

  Gu Xiannian once again mentioned to someone that he liked a certain comic book, but the circulation of that comic book was too small. He went to many bookstores and couldn't buy it. When he said this, Gu Xiannian's face showed infinite regret, and Tang Sugar's heart ached. She took advantage of her Sunday rest day to run around the entire Wuhan San Zhen, and finally managed to buy it after much difficulty. Taking the last bus at midnight, she anxiously hurried home.

  After getting off the bus, I had to go through a long and old alley. The streetlights in the alley were all broken except for one that was still working, emitting a dim yellow light. Even during the day, Sugar would be a little scared when passing by here, let alone now when it's late at night.

  She ran all the way, just wanting to quickly run through this dark and gloomy alley.

  The narrow and deserted alley had a foul and damp smell, under the dim light, at the end of the alley, it seemed like someone was walking towards her with staggering steps, the wine fumes in the air were getting closer to her.

  Tang Sugar was so frightened that she lost her wits, stopped running and stuck closely to the mottled wall, giving way to the approaching person.

  One step, two steps, three steps... getting closer!

  Tang sugar extremely reduced his sense of existence, looking forward to the man passing by quickly.

  The man suddenly discovered her and stopped in front of her with ill intentions.

  At this moment, time seemed to stand still. Tang sugar wanted to run, but the man pulled open her thin blouse, revealing the suspenders underneath.

  In a state of panic, she saw a tall figure appearing at the entrance of the alley, with hair that was neither long nor short, fluttering in the night wind, shouting loudly like a great amnesty: "Save me!"

  That tall figure quickly ran to her front, pulled up the panicked her desperately running forward.

  She ran out of the alley, catching her breath, and recognized that the person who had just saved her life was actually the young man who had rescued her at East Lake last time. She was so surprised that her jaw almost dropped to the ground. Suddenly remembering something, Tang Sugar looked down at the manga books in her arms and found one missing. It must have fallen off in the alley during the commotion earlier. She gritted her teeth, wanting to go back and look for it, but the young man held her back: "Is it worth risking your life for a book?"

  It's worth it, at least I can see the happy smile of Gu Xian year.

  Tang Sugar hesitated for only a second before preparing to rush into the alley, when a loud shout came from behind: "Halt!"

  He slowly walked up to Sugar's face and said two words: "I'm leaving!" Then he quickly disappeared into the deep alley.

  Tang was anxiously looking around the small alley, praying for him to appear soon.

  Finally, the young man's figure slowly emerged from the dim alley, but every step seemed extremely laborious.

  When he walked in front of Tangtang, the streetlight made his face look exceptionally pale. He smiled at her and handed her a comic book. Tangtang took it and saw that it was the one she had lost, and she couldn't help but feel surprised and delighted. But then she heard a "thud" sound beside her, and the boy softly fell onto the cold cement ground.

  Tang Sugar's heart tightened, and she hastily squatted down to help the young man. However, her hand touched something warm, sticky, and gooey. Her heart sank abruptly, and she trembled as she raised her hand in front of her eyes.

  Blood!!!!!