Chapter 76: Give Me a Chance to Stay Warm Together With You
Mu Yi still did not know what was happening outside. She was seriously thinking about the question Gu Zhiren had asked her.
It was normal for him to ask her to stay.
But she had already decided to leave Ganlan City. Even if “bishoujo” was here helping him persuade her...
“Mu Yi, don’t you want to know why I brought you here?”
Seeing that Mu Yi was still hesitating, Gu Zhiren could no longer stay silent.
“Ah...”
She had still been thinking, but after hearing what Gu Zhiren said, Mu Yi suddenly remembered that he still had not answered the question she asked at the beginning.
This time, she had been completely led off track!
“Then go ahead, I’m listening.”
Mu Yi suppressed the unhappy feeling in her heart and replied softly.
“At first, I only wanted to meet you properly here. My original plan was to bring you here after the birthday party ended, but sadly, things didn’t go as planned.”
Gu Zhiren could tell that Mu Yi was unhappy, and a helpless smile appeared on his lips.
“Birthday party?”
Mu Yi was confused. Hadn’t she already said she was not going?
After chatting for a while, she finally understood the situation.
It turned out that Gu Anran also wanted to invite her to Gu Zhiren’s birthday party.
But she also invited Mu Yi’s so-called younger sister.
That created a problem. Mu Yi did not know any shadow clone technique, so at most only one of them could appear there. She did not bother complaining about it.
“You said ‘at first’ just now. That means your thoughts changed later?”
Mu Yi narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
In Gu Zhiren’s eyes, she looked exactly like a little white cat squinting at him.
She was so cute that the corners of his mouth could not stop rising.
Then he saw the “little white cat” suddenly raise her cat ears. Her red eyes widened into circles, and she tilted her head with a look that clearly said, “You’re acting weird.”
Gu Zhiren quickly pressed his lips together, wanting to hide all the smiles on his face, but he could not fully hold them back. He straightened his posture and looked directly ahead.
Then he heard the sweet voice beside him, clear like a singing bird,
“Hey, you’re really strange. You suddenly started smiling. What exactly are you laughing at?”
“Nothing. I just suddenly thought of something happy. You don’t need to know.”
Gu Zhiren swallowed and moved his lips slightly.
“Oh...”
Mu Yi pouted, turned her head away, and muttered in a half-disgusted, half-complaining tone:
“Fine then, don’t tell me. It’s not like I’m very curious about what you were laughing at anyway.”
Hearing this, Gu Zhiren could not help twitching the corner of his mouth, while secretly feeling a little happy inside.
She was obviously curious, yet still pretending.
“Mm... about the question you asked earlier.”
Taking the initiative to return to the main topic, Gu Zhiren rubbed his hands lightly and carefully glanced sideways at the girl, who was clearly still sulking.
Just as he was about to explain, Mu Yi suddenly raised her tone and replied,
“I already said I’m not curious!”
“I was talking about the earlier question.”
Gu Zhiren lowered his voice, sounding even more careful.
“Oh, then go ahead. I’m listening.”
Mu Yi lightly rested her chin on the pocket of her clothes, still not turning to look at the man beside her.
“At first, I only wanted to meet you properly. But now, I want you to stay. Stay by my side. Other than my family, you are the only person I have ever truly opened my heart to.”
“Eh... no way, Little Chubby. You’re already this old, and I’m still your only friend?”
Mu Yi asked doubtfully, though she herself did not have many friends in real life either.
Most people make friends at school, right? But she dropped out very early. Even before leaving school, she never really had any close friends there.
And now she had become a shut-in who stayed at home all day.
“Why would I lie to you?”
Gu Zhiren nodded slightly. As he looked toward Mu Yi, a trace of hope appeared in his eyes. He wanted her to turn around and look at him instead of only showing him the back of her head.
“Mm...”
Mu Yi scratched her neck.
“If I guessed right, you should be about the same as me. You probably don’t have a friend either.”
“Eh?!”
Mu Yi immediately turned her head back.
Seeing this, Gu Zhiren looked a little happier.
“Give me a chance to stay warm together with you. Don’t leave, okay?”
“Even if I leave this city, we can still talk on QQ, and we can still make phone calls...”
Mu Yi frowned slightly.
“Mu Yi, I want to talk with you face to face like this, not through a machine.”
Hearing this, Mu Yi really could not handle it anymore.
Luckily, she knew herself well enough. Otherwise, she might really think he was confessing to her.
But even if he truly was confessing, she would still reject him.
Someone like her, who somehow turned into a woman for no reason, could trouble anyone else, but she absolutely could not drag down her childhood friend!
Mm...
What should she do? He had already said this much. Rejecting him now felt too cruel.
After thinking for a long while, Mu Yi let out a long breath. She closed one eye, scratched her neck irritably, then gave a deep sigh.
“Fine, I promise you. I’ll stay.”
The moment he heard this, Gu Zhiren’s eyes lit up, and he instantly looked full of energy again.
But when he remembered that she had already refused tonight’s birthday party, sadness suddenly appeared in his heart again. The light in his eyes dimmed a little, and he swallowed back the words he wanted to say.
Gu Zhiren stayed silent.
Maybe he should not be so greedy.
“Eh, what’s wrong with you again?”
Feeling that Gu Zhiren’s mood had suddenly dropped, Mu Yi asked worriedly.
Before he could answer, she accidentally glanced at the pocket of her clothes. A flash of inspiration crossed her mind. She then coughed twice on purpose and gently patted his shoulder in a cute way.
“Count me in for the birthday party.”
………………
There was still one week left before Halloween.
Although the winter solstice had not arrived yet, Ganlan City already felt like deep winter.
The winter sun gave off a soft light, so soft that people could not help wondering again and again if the sun was fake.
The wind carried a cold chill that made people shiver.
“Hiss...”
The white-haired girl trembled from the cold wind. She followed behind the man as they entered a clothing store together and walked straight to the women’s clothing section.
“Gu Zhiren, honestly, I feel like we don’t really need to buy women’s clothes.”
Mu Yi curled herself up slightly and waved one hand lightly. An awkward but polite smile hung on her pretty face.
“No. My mom will notice the difference. Besides, you’re cold right now, aren’t you?”
As he spoke, Gu Zhiren picked up a red scarf, turned around, and wrapped it around Mu Yi’s neck. He then casually fixed her hair before lowering his head slightly and speaking in a quiet voice.
“At this season, are you really afraid I’d buy you a skirt?”
After staying silent for a moment, Mu Yi puffed up her cheeks, slapped his hand away, and complained in a sulky tone.
“We’re not pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend right now, okay? I can do it myself.”
“Alright, then do it yourself. I’ll go help you look for matching clothes.”
Gu Zhiren glanced at the hand that had been slapped away and shook his head helplessly.
But then he saw Mu Yi adjusting her scarf while following after him on her own.
Why did every little thing she did look so much like a cat?
Gu Zhiren did not know whether to laugh or cry.