Those awkward years were forced Guilin trip

  After recovering physically, Tian Tian returned home at the first opportunity. She packed up Tian Cheng's belongings and stored them in a large cardboard box sealed with tape under the bed. The room looked much emptier now, the sky blue walls seemed even more desolate, and the light yellow sheets were neatly spread on the bed, as if no one had ever touched it before.

  Until she stood up and saw the photo of the two of them together on the desk, she began to space out. The boy in the photo was smiling so happily, Tian Cheng was wearing a white sweater, looking so clean and fair-skinned, his black hair shining, pursing his small mouth, but unable to hide the smile at the corners of his eyes.

  Tian Tian stretched out her hand, gently stroking upwards, and the tip of her finger touched the glass cover, a thread of coldness that instantly pulled her back to reality. It turned out that the clever and clear boy beside her had long been gone, she sighed, and flipped the photo over on the table. When everything was tidy, she sat on the sofa, drank a glass of cool water, then slowly, slowly hugged her legs, and buried her head between her knees.

  Zong Zhonglian reappeared at the door of Tian Tian's house, where Alan welcomed him in. He was wearing a gray woolen hoodie, a white and black striped scarf, a pair of blue casual jeans, and white sneakers, with a large backpack on his back, looking utterly disheveled as he stood before Tian Tian.

  "What are you going to perform now?" Tian Tian shrank into the sofa, wrapped herself in a blanket, only exposing a small head, and asked lazily, just like a lazy little cat.

  "Come on, let's go relax." said Zong Zhong with great enthusiasm.

  "I won't go." Tian Tian tucked her corners in and wrapped herself up even tighter, refusing directly without a second thought.

  Zong Zhong sat down, "Staying at home all the time is not a good thing, you'll get sick sooner or later. Let's go to Guilin together, I've never been there before. Besides, it should be warmer there this season. Look, I've already packed."

  Tian Tian rolled her eyes and muttered, "I'm not going, I'm lazy."

  "What's wrong with you, kid?!" Zhong Zhong scolded, "I've never seen a girl as stubborn as you! If it were any other girl, they'd be delighted to go out and have fun with me. Why are you more stubborn than Zhuge Liang himself?"

  "I'd be delighted, Alan, see you out!"

  "No, no, no, I've got the fare and everything covered, is that okay with you?" Zhong Zhong hastily said.

  "Let me think about it," Tian Tian said thoughtfully.

  "What else can you consider? The conditions are already so superior, and with me as a handsome tour guide, isn't that enough?"

  "Let me take a nap." Tian Tian said, then closed her eyes and dozed off.

  "What's the hold up? I've already packed everything and just need to bring you along, this small luggage, and we can set off. Let me tell you, I bought tickets for 11am, and now it's already half past ten. You can't delay me." said Zong Zhong with a serious tone.

  Tian Tian didn't care about him, turned over and continued sleeping.

  Zong Zhong angrily put down the fire, he placed his backpack on the sofa, stood up abruptly, and lifted up the small quilt, "Damn it, I still have to do it myself."

  On the train.

  Tian Tian gazed out the window with a reluctant expression, pouting and not making a sound. Zong Zhong looked at her profile, her long eyelashes fluttering like small brushes, her hair neatly tied back, revealing her delicate ears. She didn't have pierced ears, and her earlobes were flawless, a small white pearl, sparkling and lovely.

  He slowly pushed a washed apple to Tian Tian's hand on the table, and when Tian Tian touched the cool apple, she looked at the shiny red apple with her eyes slanted, which made her quite hungry. She swallowed her saliva and glanced at Zong Zhong again, saying stiffly, "What's the matter."

  "I reckon someone else didn't have an appetite for food either, now they must be starving, so I'll just take pity and reward you."

  "Hmm, I'm not hungry at all." Okay, she admitted that the apple should be delicious.

  "Well, I'll eat it then," Zong Zhong said tentatively, and with that, he picked up the apple and was about to put it in his mouth.

  "Wait a minute," Tian Tian immediately stopped his next move and said with a guilty conscience, "I'm hungry now."

  Zong Zhong handed her an apple and chuckled, "You're just being stubborn."

  "I'm willing." Tian Tian retorted while biting into an apple.

  Later, Tian Tian fell asleep leaning against the back of the chair. She slept very soundly. Zong Zhongyan tucked a stray hair behind her ear and put on headphones. The song playing was Cai Qin's "Just Like Your Tenderness". The woman with a rich life experience and unique flavor sang softly about her years, everything seemed to be still at that moment, only the woman humming in her ears, no sadness, no joy, looking at the worldly joys and sorrows with a calm gaze. That was another kind of beauty after being polished by time.

  Zong Zhonglian is a happy person, he has a powerful and influential father, a young and beautiful mother who loves him, and he himself is also a talented and wise person. He can handle everything that falls into his hands perfectly, even more perfectly, and he has received many praises.

  His parents also had little control over him, and from a young age he got everything other kids had and didn't have, so he wasn't very interested in anyone or anything. In his heart, there was only himself; he couldn't even understand the passionate gazes those girls gave him, because he already had everything, so he ignored them.

  Until that day, he saw the girl's dark eyes with a more intense indifference than him, and he became deeply interested in her. He often wondered what kind of person could have such eyes, those cold and arrogant eyes that looked down on all worldly things.

  At that time, he himself was also her tool, and it's silly to say that she was both clumsy and funny. Later, he learned about the girl's family background, a girl who had no parents by her side to protect her, but played the role of parents, taking one step at a time, with a strong pace, her only goal was to protect her younger brother, simple, silly but persistent.

  When she was hurt, he couldn't help but want to help her. He always felt that her inner self was actually lonely, just like him, with only a bright shell, constantly needing something to fill it up. He did the same, and was so enthusiastic about it every day. Until one day, he suddenly realized that helping her had become a habit, and he began to feel some fear, because this meant that he would lose control over his inner self. However, by then it was too late to turn back. He couldn't help but follow his emotions, time and again, like being stung by a hornet, helping her, including on this trip to Guilin.

  He knew that Tian Cheng's departure would bring her great stimulation, so he racked his brains and came up with this method just to make her happy.

  Digression

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