She clutched the exquisite little gift box in her hands, pulled out a chair, and sat down before carefully opening it.
Inside was an exquisite bear pendant necklace, which was especially beautiful.
Yun Liuli took out the necklace and looked at it for a long time before bouncing into the bathroom and wearing it around her neck. She was in an extremely good mood.
After that, Yun Liuli kept wearing that necklace.
It was just that after staying at Gu Qingcheng's place for a weekend, Yun Liuli didn't see Gu Qingcheng again after returning home for a long time.
Until the day Yun Liuli's parents passed away, Yun Liuli went home from school as usual. Facing the empty house, she cooked instant noodles for herself, but before she could eat it, she heard the doorbell ring.
Opening the door, she saw Gu Qingcheng standing outside, emitting a cold aura. Yun Liuli's lips parted slightly, and the throbbing feeling returned.
Gu Qingcheng came in and looked at the instant noodles on the dining table. He took off his gloves and said to Yun Liuli, "Go pack your things. From today onwards, you'll be staying at my place."
Without asking for the reason, Yun Liuli nodded obediently and returned to her room to pack her things.
Gu Qingcheng found it hard to talk about the death of Yun Liuli's parents, but he had to say it …
He didn't change his shoes. His shiny leather shoes stepped on the clean floor and walked to the door of Yun Liuli's bedroom. Looking at the young lady in denim overalls squatting on the floor and putting things into her luggage, he said, "Your parents have passed away."
Before seeing Yun Liuli, Gu Qingcheng had thought of thousands of ways to tell this cruel matter to this child.
In fact, when he told Yun Liuli that she would be staying at his place from today onwards, he was already prepared for Yun Liuli to ask why.
But this young lady didn't say anything, as if she was used to being fostered in someone else's home …
Yun Liuli's back view froze. She heard Gu Qingcheng's deep and mellow voice coming from behind her. "They did it to save me. I'm very sorry! From today onwards, you're my daughter. I'll take good care of you! "
Hearing the news of her parents passing away, Yun Liuli didn't know if it was because she had developed a heart of stone, but she forced herself not to cry. She nodded and continued to put things into her luggage, but her heart was in a mess.
Even though her father and stepmother hadn't spoken much to Yun Liuli all these years, they still had kinship.
Especially with the blood of my father.
She was not a child who was good at expressing her emotions. Even if her palms hurt from stuffing the clothes into the suitcase, she still endured it and did not make a sound.
After packing up all her things, she lowered her head and put her luggage upright. Hearing Gu Qingcheng say that he was waiting at the door, Yun Liuli squatted down beside her luggage and hugged her knees, trying to hold back her tears.
Only Yun Liuli herself knew how great her sorrow was.
Gu Qingcheng finished smoking a pack of cigarettes at the entrance of Yun Liuli's house. Yun Liuli came out of the house. The skinny little one was carrying her luggage, looking indescribably lonely.
From then on, Yun Liuli only had Gu Qingcheng in her world.
The phone next to her hand vibrated again. Yun Liuli retracted her gaze from the window and looked at the screen. It was still Zhong Qingfei.
Zhong Qingfei had already made three calls.
She answered the call and placed it by her ear. She endured the discomfort in her throat and said, "Zhong Qingfei, I appreciate your kind intentions, but I really don't plan on returning to the dormitory today!"
Yun Liuli's voice was still so gentle.
"I know. I saw the weather forecast that it'll still rain tomorrow, so I wanted to pick you up. What time do you plan on coming to school?" Zhong Qingfei asked very gently.
Yun Liuli sniffled and lowered her long and thin eyelashes. "Zhong Qingfei …"
"Don't reject me. We're friends, aren't we? Don't feel pressured … "Zhong Qingfei said to Yun Liuli, pretending to be relaxed.
"To be honest, I can't pretend that I don't know anything when I know that you have romantic feelings for me … I feel pressured, very pressured, to be friends with you."
Yun Liuli's world was either black or white.
She couldn't be the kind of person who knew that he liked her but still used the excuse that they were friends, taking it for granted that he did what a boyfriend should do.
If she didn't like him, then she didn't like him. She couldn't force him, and she didn't want to give him hope either! Therefore, Yun Liuli felt guilty for making use of Zhong Qingfei and apologizing to him over the phone. However, she wasn't willing to accept Zhong Qingfei coming to pick her up as a friend. Therefore, she chose not to return to the dormitory and stayed the night.
It was one thing for her to make use of someone else to deceive Gu Qingcheng, but how could she accept his good intentions as a matter of course?
There was silence on the other end of the phone …
Yun Liuli rejected him without any room for negotiation. "I'm sorry, Zhong Qingfei. I'm very sorry. I really can't be friends with you!"
After a long while, Zhong Qingfei said, "Alright, I got it. I'm very sorry for causing you trouble."
"It's not trouble. You're great. It's my problem. I'm very sorry!"
After hanging up the phone, Yun Liuli listened to the pitter-patter sounds of the rain and retreated back into the blanket …
It was clearly summer, and the temperature of the air conditioner was set at 23 degrees Celsius. However, Yun Liuli felt very cold. She wrapped herself tightly and closed her eyes, forcing herself to fall asleep again.
Although her stomach was empty and she was feeling very hungry, Yun Liuli didn't have any appetite at all. She only wanted to sleep.
After sleeping, she would wake up … Tomorrow would be a new day. She told herself that everything would be fine.
At three in the morning, Yun Liuli's mouth was dry. Her many years of experience in taking care of herself told her that she had a fever.
Hearing the pitter-patter sounds of the rain outside, Yun Liuli turned over and shivered. She got up with great difficulty and switched off the air conditioner. Although she didn't have a thermometer to take her temperature, Yun Liuli was sure that her fever wouldn't be low this time around. Moreover, she was afraid of the cold at this time, which meant that her body temperature would continue to rise.
After coming out of the room, Yun Liuli wrapped herself tightly and walked to the fridge. She opened the fridge door and took out a bottle of ice water. She twisted the cap and drank two mouthfuls.
The ice-cold liquid flowed down her throat, and Yun Liuli felt increasingly cold.
She walked to the sofa and then lay down. It was as if all the energy in her body had been sucked out. She knew that she should go back to bed to rest, but she couldn't move at all. Her body was sore and soft like noodles.
She didn't get drenched in the rain yesterday, so why did she have a fever?
The ice-cold water bottle in her arms made her feel even colder. She wanted to place the water bottle back on the coffee table and struggled to prop herself up. However, she didn't manage to place the water bottle back on the coffee table. Instead, she fell off the sofa and hit her head, grunting in pain.
Gu Qingcheng, who was still working, heard noises coming from the living room. He put out his cigarette and came out of the bedroom. He saw Yun Liuli clutching her head and trying to get up with the help of the sofa.
Gu Qingcheng's gaze darkened. "You drank alcohol?"
Hearing Gu Qingcheng's voice, Yun Liuli turned around. Their gazes met, and she froze.
Was it a hallucination?
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