Stardust in the Moonlight: Little Wildcat, Don't Try to Run Away

Li Xin entered the room.

Rongyue sat against the head of the bed and wrapped herself in a thin silk quilt, wishing she could just leave her head outside.

Li Xin sat on the edge of the bed and stretched out his hand to hold the glass of water beside the bed. It was warm. Li Xin chuckled in his heart. To keep this glass of water at this temperature, the boy outside the room had come in more than a few times!

Li Xin handed the cup to Rongyue and said, "Drink some water first."

Rongyue held the cup, drank the water, and woke up a lot.

"Are you still feeling bad?"

"Not bad." Rongyue put down the cup and looked at the black box with gold edges in Li Xin's hand. It looked so familiar. "What is this?"

Li Xin opened the box. In the middle of the box was a beautiful dessert. Li Xin took out a small fork and handed it to Rongyue. "Have you been sleeping all day? Eat something."

Rongyue remembered and knew who prepared this. But she was indeed a little hungry, so she took the small fork and scooped the dessert into her mouth. The silky cream melted in her mouth and immediately filled her taste buds.

"My grandpa's birthday is coming up soon, you need to come."

Rongyue raised her eyes and looked at Li Xin. "Me? What am I going to do?"

"What do you mean you're going to do something?! Think about it, Grandpa will definitely go! Mo Chen will definitely go! Those two little devils will also go! Then why don't you go!"

"But...they are all people who are either friends with Grandpa Li or friends with you!"

“You and I... have no relationship...?” Li Xin raised his eyebrows and looked at Rongyue.

"No! No! That's not what I meant! I meant that you are all friends of several generations... I..."

"My grandfather specifically asked me to tell you that you should bring the children with you. Besides, it would be rude for Mo Chen to bring the children with him. Parents should be present with their children at such occasions."

"I think Mo Chen can handle this situation well...who dares to say anything to him..." Rongyue hesitated.

Li Xin pushed the cake box in his hand in front of Rongyue, then stood up and left with an angry look on his face.

"…Go! I'll go! Since Grandpa Li asked me to go! How dare I refuse! I dare not!"

Only then did Li Xin sit down.

"Then tell me what Grandpa Li likes, and I'll prepare a gift." Rongyue looked at Li Xin.

"It's enough that the person is here. You don't need to worry about the gift. Let Mo Chen worry about it."

"How can that be done!"

"Why not? Do you know my grandfather better than him or are you richer than him?!"

Rongyue was speechless for a moment and could only take another bite of the cake.

Li Xin looked at Rongyue's slightly angry expression and smiled, "Why do you girls like to eat such sweet and greasy things?"

Rongyue looked up at Li Xin, she scooped a piece of cake and put it in her mouth. "I don't know about others, but whenever I eat the cream, I will think of someone."

"Who is it?" Li Xin became interested.

"Well... the first person who remembered my birthday and gave me cake. The first time I ate cake, I wondered how there could be such delicious food in the world. There is actually a kind of food that can make people feel happy when eating it."

Rongyue's eyes sparkled as she spoke, as if she was recalling the feeling of eating cake for the first time. The happiness on her face infected Li Xin.

Li Xin also smiled along with Rongyue unconsciously.

"The feeling of happiness is not just about food, it might be related to that person! Then why haven't you mentioned this person for so long?!"

Rongyue's eyes darkened instantly and she slowly put away her smile.

"Oh... he passed away a long time ago. If I want to see him... I can't." Rongyue looked at Li Xin and smiled.

Li Xin looked at Rongyue's forced smile, and his heart seemed to feel lost along with Rongyue.

"Are you an elder? Tell me about it, I'm curious." Li Xin adjusted his tone and tried to make himself sound more relaxed.

"My primary school homeroom teacher should have just graduated at that time. I remember that she was very young, gentle and beautiful, had dreams and talents, and was full of enthusiasm for education."

"She was the first person to notice that I only lived with my grandma, the first person to take me out for birthday cake, the first person to hold my hand and teach me to write... and many more..."

Rongyue smiled when she saw Li Xin listening to her seriously.

"I had a very happy time in primary school, which was one of the few happiest times in my life. When I entered junior high school, it was difficult for me to adapt and integrate. The pressure of studying was also great. My grandmother was busy maintaining our lives and had no time to take care of me. This teacher would take time out every week to tutor me in my homework and never scolded me for being slow to learn. She even studied all the teaching plans of junior high school teachers in order to teach me."

"When I couldn't make friends, she learned painting with me and taught me how to be alone. When I encountered difficulties, she would work with me to find solutions. She told me that she also had many problems that she had never seen before, but life is a process of solving problems. No matter whether we can solve them or not, and whether we are right or wrong in the end, we should enjoy the fun of the process."

"She came to give me extra lessons until a week before she passed away. We went to eat cake. I remember the weather was very good that day, with sunshine, blue sky and white clouds. We sat in front of the window, the sun shone on her, she looked at the clouds in the sky, I looked at her, and I felt that everything was so beautiful. It was also at that moment that I had a momentary wish that it would be great if she could be my mother..."

"I remember that day she asked me what I wanted to do in the future, and I said I wanted to keep painting so that she would always praise me. She said that I should paint when I miss her in the future, and she likes watching me paint. She said the colors in my paintings are different, and she also wants to be that color, so that every stroke I paint in the future will be like her talking to me..."

Rongyue choked and adjusted herself.

"She died a week later. It was when I went back to the primary school to look for her that other teachers told me about it. I only then realized that she had been ill for a long time. I didn't realize it at all..."

Rongyue had been bothered by this matter for a long time. How could she not notice anything? How could she not notice anything?

Rongyue bit her lips to hold back the tears that were about to flow out of her eyes.

"Hey... why am I telling you this... Have you never heard such a boring story? Xiaoyu and Xiaochu always complain that I can't tell stories!" Rongyue laughed at herself.

Li Xin looked at Rongyue, who was shrouded in sadness but had to pretend to be carefree. She was the kind of person who liked to downplay everything she said, but he could still feel her pain and reluctance from her eyes.

"I feel like most of your paintings are brightly colored. You never seem to paint very gloomy colors. Is it related to this person?"

Rongyue nodded. "Every time I feel down and want to write, I will more or less think of her words... She is a ray of light in my heart, a gentle force, and she will never say anything negative to me."

Li Xin looked at Rongyue and chuckled. "Although you are not good at telling stories, you seem to have a lot of stories. You...you won't say anything unless you are asked! How many stories do you have left to tell?"

"I always feel that it's hypocritical to talk about this kind of thing, and besides, why would I tell others about it?"

"Oh, you don't treat me as an outsider! Didn't you say you had no friendship with me just now? Now you say I'm no one else! Women are so fickle!" Li Xin smiled and poked Rongyue on the forehead.

"Yeah." Rongyue smiled.

Li Xin looked at Rongyue's expression and saw that she didn't look gloomy at all.

"It sounds like you really do regard your teacher as your mother."

"…Is that so…" Rongyue paused and nodded, "Is that so…"

"Ever thought that maybe your biological mother would be better?"

Rongyue listened to Li Xin's words, she lowered her eyes, and after a moment she looked up at Li Xin, "What if she is different from what I imagined? Or maybe even worse?"

Rongyue sighed.

"In fact, I do have resentment towards them. I haven't met many parents. Your parents are gentle and open-minded. As for Mo Chen's parents, I can feel their strong love for him. Even if he forgot everything, his mother still remembered to come back to look for him. When his father knew that I knew Mo Chen, his first reaction was to ask if he was okay."

"Where are my parents? They were not here when my grandma and I needed them the most. When I was struggling the most, they were the bargaining chip that Nangong Jianing used to sow discord between me and Mo Chen. When I knew they were working for Nangong Jianing, I even had a moment of hope... that they..."

Rongyue frowned and swallowed the word "dead".

"Rongyue, everyone has times when they can't help themselves. How do you know they don't miss you? They were locked up in such a remote place, and it's not easy for them to get out. With Mo Chen's ability, he couldn't find his parents for so long, so how could your parents get out so easily? But they never gave up..."

"They need a chance... to prove that they love you."

"Even if you have verified that they really don't love you that much, how can it affect you? No matter who comes and goes, the person who fills your heart with sunshine will never change. She is always there."

"No matter what, you still have to solve this problem. The difference is that you are not alone now. Don't be afraid of any difficulties you encounter. There will always be someone to accompany you."

Rongyue looked at Li Xin and smiled. "With a teacher like you here, there will be no questions that cannot be solved! Don't worry!"