She's waiting for me there.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye I am in my senior year. A lot has changed in this year. I took various exams, regardless of whether they are useful or not, just to get various certificates first.

Gu Hongfei has also grown from a small gangster to the second-in-command there. He goes to various places every night to deal with miscellaneous matters. He will come to the school to find me after sleeping for a while and continue to learn various management knowledge.

Looking at his increasingly thin cheeks, I have advised him more than once that he should take a break.

He always responded with a smile: "I'm not tired. As long as I think about marrying you after you graduate, this little bit of hardship is nothing."

Every time I hear him say this, I am so moved that I already look forward to life after graduation.

Is this kind of love that goes both ways the fairy couple in the eyes of ordinary people? At least I think so. Sometimes when I think of his serious look, I wake up laughing in my dreams at night.

Just when we were working together for a goal, accidents still happened.

That night, I followed my father out of the police station, holding my bruised arm. His face was so gloomy that it was indescribable along the way.

The story was very simple. When Gu Hongfei and I were strolling on the roadside, several young men with sticks suddenly rushed out and attacked us without saying a word.

He pulled me and ran wildly on the road, but was eventually caught up by the group of people. In order to protect me, he fought with them.

During this time, my arm was also hit. Fortunately, a policeman passed by and we were taken to the police station.

After the matter was investigated, the family was notified and the old man appeared here.

Gu Hongfei was in a very bad condition at this time, with scars all over his body and face. He tried to step forward to explain several times, but I stopped him every time.

My father was on the verge of exploding, and I felt a worry I had never felt before.

When they got downstairs, my father turned to look at Gu Hongfei and said, "Your relationship ends here."

"Uncle, I was really wrong. I will never let this happen again. I..."

"Snapped!"

A crisp voice interrupted Gu Hongfei's defense.

He didn't expect his father to be so excited and slapped him directly.

I hurried forward and pulled my father: "Dad, if you have anything to say, just talk it over and don't hit him."

My father's eyes were bloodshot, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was glaring.

"Gu Hongfei, you're a fucking bastard. Do you know what the police just said to me? If they had been a few minutes later, I would have gone to the morgue to see my daughter. Those people have already pulled out their knives. Get out of here! I don't want to see you anymore."

My father dragged me upstairs without saying a word and left him there alone.

After we got home, we had our first heated argument as father and daughter.

I kept telling him that we were both working hard for each other, but my father was determined to break us up. This time, my mother sided with him, and even Jiang Li was labeled a "traitor." In the end, our family parted ways unhappily.

Back in the bedroom, I lay on the bed and cried

In fact, I understand my parents' painstaking efforts. I am not the kind of person who is in love and can tell who is good to me, but I don't know why, I just feel very wronged.

Late at night, I came out of the bedroom and saw the little old man sitting alone on the sofa. When I saw his face, my tears flowed again.

In just a few hours, he seemed to have aged more than ten years. His lips were trembling and his body was leaning tensely on the sofa.

I ran over and threw myself into his arms, crying and shouting, "Dad, I was wrong, I was really wrong, please don't be angry, wuwu, I'm so angry at you, what should I do?"

The old man patted my back and his tone was not so cold anymore.

He said in a trembling voice, "Daughter, Dad isn't angry, I'm just... scared. If I really end up in the morgue today, how will you let me live?"

A man in his 50s actually admitted in front of his daughter that he was scared. At that moment, my heart almost broke.

I didn't go to school in the next few days. To reassure my parents, I stayed at home with them.

But for Gu Hongfei, I really can't bear to give up. In the more than two years we have been together, I watched him grow from a little yellow-haired boy to the Gu Hongfei we are today.

So we agreed to keep working towards our common goal until he no longer had to rely on fighting and killing to make a living, and then he would come and marry me with a betrothal gift.

For the next six months, I would go home every day at noon and in the evening, and the old man would wait for me at the school gate regardless of the weather.

Even if he was delayed by something at school, he would wait until I came out.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, I knew that the last incident left a shadow on my father. Although I told him that I had broken up with Gu Hongfei, he didn't seem to believe it.

But every day at the same time, I would see that familiar figure from a distance, and I knew he was looking at me too.

In fact, this feeling is quite good. With two men caring about you at the same time, what else can you be dissatisfied with?

Six months later, I returned home with my diploma and said, "Little old man, look, your daughter has graduated, and several companies are already looking to hire me. Come on, praise me and tell me how great I am."

The old man put on his glasses and looked at his diploma with a smile on his face, saying "Awesome, awesome" over and over again.

Late at night, I told Gu Hongfei the good news.

Over the past six months, our relationship has not shown any signs of decline. Instead, it feels even better than before. This may be the benefit of working towards the same goal in both directions.

That same night, he told me, "Miao Ke, my goal is almost realized. In a few days, I might get a large sum of money. Once I get the money, I will never touch this business again. Wait for me, wait for me to propose marriage openly."

"Really?" I sat up in bed excitedly, but said with some concern: "Don't be too anxious, you must pay attention to your own safety. No matter what time, I will be waiting for you here, waiting for you to come and marry me."

"Oh, I see."

After hanging up the phone, I had a bad feeling in my heart. Maybe this is a woman's sixth sense.

I was unable to contact him for the next two days, and I became even more anxious.

A few days later, he finally called.

"Miao Ke, listen to me, I might have to go out of town for a while. Something happened here."

"When will you come back?"

"I..." He hesitated.

I instantly understood what he meant: he was in trouble and might not come back.

"Where are you?"

"Miao Ke, I'm leaving now, don't come looking for me..."

"Where are you?" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

Looking at the address he sent me, I ran out without looking back.

No matter what, I will try for my own happiness once. Even if I fail, I will give everything for it.

That year, I was 23 years old.