"If you like it, I'll give it to you." Gu Luoqi noticed her change.
"No need," Li Mingya said, putting down what he was holding.
"I'm entrusting it to you. Just treat it as your adopted pet." Gu Luoqi pushed Xiaoyu into her hands.
“This is not good, and I am not…” Li Mingya’s eyes were full of conflict.
"If you like someone, just say it. Let me give it to you as a birthday present this year." Gu Luoqi frowned slightly.
We're all friends, why bother with these things?
Li Mingya noticed that she seemed a little angry. "But you like it too." She didn't like taking away what others loved.
“I have many others!” Gu Luoqi emphasized.
"Then I'll accept it." Li Mingya felt relieved after hearing her say that.
Gu Luoqi beamed with joy when she saw that she had accepted the gift.
Upon seeing this, Li Mingya seemed to have a nerve touched, and his heart trembled slightly.
She looked at Gu Luoxi's room, which was filled with warmth. It was clear that her family had given her a lot of attention over the years, and thinking of this, she felt a little bitter.
To distract herself, she casually asked, "Have you always lived here?"
“No, we moved once,” Gu Luoqi said without hesitation.
When my father and Aunt Qi got married, they also brought Qi Sheng with them, so their home was a bit cramped.
Furthermore, since she and Qi Sheng needed to go to school and their home was too far from the school, her father sold their old house and bought a new one.
"I see." Li Mingya nodded lightly. No wonder there weren't many traces of Gu Luoqi's childhood here.
Her gaze fell casually on the certificate not far away. The certificate was too conspicuous, placed alone in the middle of a wall, making it hard for her not to notice it.
"That...that's a certificate I received for the 800-meter race in junior high school." Gu Luoqi said, still a little embarrassed.
It wasn't that she thought the certificate was particularly meaningful, so she singled it out and put it on the wall. Rather, it was the only certificate she had in all these years, and in that respect, it was indeed quite meaningful.
Her father was overjoyed about it for a long time.
"Host was really great when he was a kid!" This was the system's merciless mockery.
"If you're trying to mock me, you don't have to be so subtle," Gu Luoqi said, slightly annoyed.
"Really? Then the host was really useless when she was young." The system granted her wish without hesitation.
Gu Luoqi: "..."
She was already hurt enough, but what Li Mingya said next made her lose face.
She smiled faintly, "You were really amazing when you were little."
Although Gu Luoqi knew she wasn't being sarcastic, she still felt offended.
Actually, talking about this certificate is a bittersweet story. Back then, she really had no interest in running the 800 meters. She only participated because she was conscripted.
She was sleeping soundly in class when she was inexplicably woken up and then inexplicably forced to "voluntarily" do it.
She originally thought that the idea of bringing glory to the class was too high a level of awareness for her, so she just slacked off during the competition. But she didn't expect that Su Yan, that bastard, would be hosting the school sports meet on the day of the competition. He even specifically called her out, making it impossible for her not to do her best.
So, to Li Mingya's words, she could only smile bitterly and say, "No way."
Li Mingya noticed some faint marks under the certificate, which looked like something had been there before but had now been removed. "Was something stuck here before?"
They look like photographs, and there are quite a few of them.
"Yeah, but I thought it was too silly later, so I put it away." Gu Luoqi's eyes darkened slightly.
How could he not be stupid? This wall used to be covered with photos of Su Yan.
She removed those things shortly after waking up.
"These memories must all be quite beautiful." Li Mingya carefully examined the yellowed borders, which must have taken a long time to form.
"Actually... it's not so great when I think about it now, but it probably felt great at the time." Gu Luoqi smiled faintly.
Because she once found these memories to be beautiful, even though she has taken down the photos, she hasn't completely thrown them away; she's just put them in a box.
Gu Luoxi stroked the yellowed marks, finding them increasingly unpleasant to look at. She would have to ask her father to repaint the wall when she had time.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a sudden knock on the door. She quickly went to open it, and there stood Aunt Qi.
"I've brought you some fruit."
Gu Luoqi then noticed the fruit plate she was holding.
She quickly took it, "Aunt Qi, no need to trouble yourself, we'll get it ourselves if we need it."
“Yes, Auntie, there’s no need for that.” Li Mingya chimed in from the side.
Her eyes subtly scanned Aunt Qi in front of her.
Is this Luo Xi's stepmother?
He seems easy to get along with, and he treats Luo Qi very well.
Because it was impolite, she quickly looked away.
"It's alright, you guys keep playing, I'm going to cook." Aunt Qi smiled gently.
"Then I'll go help." Gu Luoqi made a move to put down the fruit plate.
"No need, you just stay with your friend," Aunt Qi said softly.
What kind of talk is it to leave someone alone?
Gu Luoqi was also somewhat conflicted upon hearing this, as such a statement was indeed not a good idea.
It wouldn't matter if it were someone like Xiao Chengzi who comes to their house often, but this is Li Mingya's first time here.
After seeing Aunt Qi off, Gu Luoqi placed the fruit platter on the table and handed a fork to Li Mingya, saying, "Eat the fruit first."
Li Mingya reached out and took it, saying, "You seem to have a good relationship with Auntie."
Clearly, she didn't notice the unusual relationship between Gu Luoqi and Aunt Qi.
Gu Luoqi put a piece of mango into her mouth, lowered her head slightly, and her eyes flickered a few times. "Yes, my mother passed away when I was very young, and Aunt Qi has been taking care of me ever since."
Although things weren't great before, they're pretty good now.
Moreover, she sensed that both she and Aunt Qi were trying to mend the rift between them.
"I'm sorry." Li Mingya noticed the momentary sadness in her eyes.
Gu's mother must be a very, very good person.
"It's nothing, I don't even have any memory of my mother." Gu Luoqi smiled slightly.
She used to occasionally reminisce about it, but now she can hardly remember it at all.
“Me... the same goes for my mother.” Li Mingya’s expression darkened slightly.
However, their situations are somewhat different?
"Did your mother... leave you too?" Gu Luoqi asked tentatively.
"Yes, but she didn't die, she just didn't want me anymore." Li Mingya's voice was very soft, so soft that it seemed to be devoid of any emotion. Her eyes were indifferent, without any emotion.
But Gu Luoxi felt a pang of sympathy for her, yet she didn't know what to say to comfort her.
Or perhaps saying anything is useless.
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