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Gu Zhilin nodded again, with determination in his eyes.

"But...but he's your younger brother." This sudden confession had such an impact that even the usually calm Mother Gu panicked, and replied incoherently.

She held Gu Zhilin's hand tightly again: "Didn't you still like a little girl in the same class before? Zhizhi, think about it again, did you make a mistake?"

"Mom knows that people of your age are always a little confused about this. In fact, it doesn't matter. Just figure it out. Dad and Mom will help you." There was obvious anxiety on her face, and she was afraid of inadvertently hurting Gu. Zhi Lin restrained himself and slowed down his tone.

Gu Zhilin shook his head, lightly clasped his mother's hand, and said solemnly: "Mom, I figured it out. I like Huo Chengfeng. I have no doubts and will not change."

His eyes are so firm, like a big tree standing on the top of the mountain, it will not be shaken even by the wind and rain.

Mother Gu withdrew her hand abruptly, her gaze wandered in panic, scanning every corner of the room, and whispered to herself: "Nie Yuan... really Nie Yuan... I shouldn't have agreed to his request... ..."

The expected reproach did not appear, but Gu Zhilin frowned on his mother's abnormal behavior, and asked strangely, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

As if awakened suddenly, Mother Gu came back to her senses and looked at Gu Zhilin sadly: "No... nothing..." Then she touched Gu Zhilin's hand and said in a daze: "Zhizhi, do you want to understand? Is it? Do you really like Xiaofeng?"

Gu Zhilin nodded seriously.

Gu's mother stared at him for a while, but didn't respond. After a long time, she replied with mixed feelings of sadness and joy: "Zhizhi, don't tell your father, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it. You also know about Xiaofeng's past... ..." she said, paused, as if unwilling to mention it, "may I let mom come?"

Gu Zhilin hesitated for a moment, finally agreed, and asked with some discomfort: "Mom, are you disappointed in me?"

After he finished speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at his mother's expression at all, for fear that there would be some reaction that he couldn't bear, his eyelashes fluttered like flapping butterfly wings.

Gu's mother touched his head and sighed softly: "My child, what is there to be disappointed? Mom just didn't expect that it would be like this... It's just that you choose this path, it will always be harder than others, are you sure? Can you bear it yourself?"

"With Huo Chengfeng here, I won't be afraid." Gu Zhilin muttered to himself, as if answering his mother's question, and as if speaking to himself.

Gu's mother saw that he had been persisting like this, so she didn't speak again, until they left, both of them were silent.

This matter weighed on Gu Zhilin's heart like a mountain, he didn't even dare to see his father, after dinner the next day, Gu Zhilin found an excuse to escape from home.

He wandered aimlessly in the street, thinking about the conversation with his mother while walking, and walked to an abandoned house before he knew it.

Because of the long time no one has lived there, weeds that have lost their restraint grow wildly, reaching to the knees. The windows on the second floor are open, and the yellowed curtains are flapping in the wind.Gu Zhilin looked at it for a while, and felt that his mood seemed to have settled down, so he turned around.

As soon as he turned around, he met a familiar sight.

It turned out to be Su Mo, whom I hadn't seen for many years.

This unexpected meeting made both of them startled. Gu Zhilin stared at Su Mo's eyes and stammered, "Su Mo, long time no see."

Only then did Su Mo come back to his senses, and smiled: "Yeah, long time no see."

His body was raised, and he was no longer the slender appearance of the past, and even his skin had changed from the paleness of the past. When he smiled like this, his eyes seemed to fall into stars, shining brightly.

The change is so great, Gu Zhilin thought in his heart, then recalled the tragic past between him and Gao Xiang, and couldn't help asking: "How are you doing now..."

"Very good." Su Mo quickly stopped the conversation, as if he was afraid that Gu Zhilin would not believe it, and then said, "Don't worry, I have let go of the past, and I am living a very good life now."

Gu Zhilin nodded dully: "Really? That's good, I've been worried about you..." As if embarrassed, he didn't continue, and smiled awkwardly.

Su Mo understood, and smiled gratefully: "It's over."

"Yes." Gu Zhilin said, it's over, he and Gao Xiang, Wishing and Lu Yijun, and... himself and Huo Chengfeng, those things are over.

Seeing that Su Mo had been looking at the house behind him, looking like he wanted to go in, he asked puzzledly, "Why are you here?"

"Just to take a look." Su Mo suddenly showed an evasive look on his face, "If there is nothing else, I'll leave first, and we'll talk later."

After finishing speaking, before Gu Zhilin could respond, he walked away.

Such a brief meeting ended unilaterally before it even started. Gu Zhilin walked back in a daze, thinking about Su Mo's actions just now.

He was still distracted when he heard a familiar voice from beside him: "Gu Zhilin, is that you?"

Gu Zhilin looked up, and it was Gao Xiang who he had just thought of, looking at him in a straight suit, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, is today a special day, why do you always meet old classmates, and blurted out: "Why don't you it's here?"

"Also?" The words he used were so special that Gao Xiang noticed it all at once, and his eyes lit up immediately, "Is there anyone else coming?"

"No...no." Thinking about Gao Xiang and Su Mo's past, Gu Zhilin lied, "No one else."

It's a pity that he hesitated, and his expression was too flustered. Gao Xiang narrowed his eyes in disbelief: "Gu Zhilin, tell me, is there anyone else coming?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Gu Zhilin lowered his shoulders: "It's Su Mo. I just saw him in a house. If you want to chase him, you probably haven't gone far."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the direction where Su Mo was leaving, and before he could blink, he saw Gao Xiang running there, shouting as he ran, "Gu Zhilin, thank you later!" After saying that, he ran away.

This series of encounters made Gu Zhilin temporarily forget about the matter between himself and Huo Chengfeng, and he felt a lot more relaxed.Today is a strange day, he thought to himself.

As a result, he hadn't relaxed for a long time. As soon as he entered the house, he saw the figure sitting on the sofa that troubled him——Huo Chengfeng. When he heard the sound, he turned around and saw that it was Gu Zhilin. He said happily: "Brother, you are back."

If there was a tail behind him, Gu Zhilin believed that he would be wagging it impatiently by now, and his jumpy look seemed to have forgotten what Gu Zhilin said.

Gu Zhilin pressed his forehead with a headache, today is really a strange day.

The author has something to say: It may be because of my own emotional indifference, I can't understand the more intense emotions, such as the pain during the college entrance examination, or the small entanglements in love, so I always feel very awkward, alas.