Chapter 34 You Are My Light
This is unscientific!
[This is even more outrageous than the novel I wrote!]
[The overbearing CEO in my novel had to go through a lot of hardships to fall in love with me!]
[There must be something else going on here!]
Thinking of this, Lin Muci's gossip spirit burned fiercely.
He looked at Gu Chaoyu, blinked, and decided to get to the bottom of the matter.
"Well...um..." He cleared his throat, trying to make his tone sound more natural, "Boyfriend?"
He called out again tentatively.
"Hmm?" Gu Chaoyu responded immediately, his voice full of laughter.
[He seems to really enjoy this title!]
Lin Muci was secretly delighted and became bolder.
"Boyfriend, are you hiding any secrets from me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he clearly felt Gu Chaoyu's body stiffen.
[Hmm? Something's happening!]
Lin Muci’s gossip radar started beeping.
Gu Chaoyu was indeed stunned.
His heart skipped a beat.
What's going on?
[Could it be... could it be that the little fool discovered my secret of being able to read minds? ]
[That's impossible! I've been hiding it very well!]
[How could he know? Did I give myself away somewhere?]
[Was it when he said I broke the rules? Or when I called him a little idiot?]
Gu Chaoyu's brain was working rapidly, and countless possibilities flashed through his mind in an instant.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Lin Muci thought he didn't want to talk, and suddenly became a little anxious.
"Quick, confess the truth!" He used an interrogative tone, though it still sounded soft and unthreatening. "Just because we knew each other as children and I gave you a doll, does that mean you'll fall in love with me?"
"This plot is moving too fast! You must be hiding some other key plot points!"
Hearing this, Gu Chaoyu's heart, which had been hanging in the air, instantly fell back into his stomach.
[Phew… I was scared to death.]
【So that's it.】
[I thought Mu Ci had discovered that I could read minds! It seems I was overthinking it.]
[But it's true, my golden finger is hidden so deep, it shouldn't be that easy for the little fool to find it! ]
Gu Chaoyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and looking at Lin Muci in front of him with a look of "Just tell me, I'm so curious", he felt angry and amused.
He decided that it was time to tell this little fool the truth about his years of secret love.
"Of course there's more to it than that," Gu Chaoyu hugged him in his arms and held his hand again. "Do you still remember when I transferred to another school?"
Lin Muci tilted his head and tried hard to search in his small memory bank.
"Hmm... let me think..."
"I think it was... in the second grade?" He said uncertainly, "Yeah, why did you suddenly transfer schools then? I remember you didn't even say goodbye to me properly."
When mentioning this, there was a hint of grievance in Lin Muci's tone.
At that time, his good friend suddenly disappeared and he was sad for a long time.
When Gu Chaoyu heard the slight grievance in his tone, his heart softened.
He sighed softly.
"At the end of my first grade, my mother died of liver cancer."
"As soon as the semester ended, my dad took me away from this sad city and to the capital."
Lin Muci was stunned.
He had never expected that the answer would be like this.
[So... is that so? ]
His memory was pulled back to that distant summer.
He remembered.
In the second half of the first grade, the little boy who always sat quietly next to him did often miss classes.
The teacher said he had something going on at home.
When he came to school, he was always in a bad mood, with a tense face, as if everyone owed him money.
The kids in the class didn't dare to play with him.
Only I, relying on my thick skin, would get close to him every day and chatter non-stop.
"So that's how it is..." Lin Muci murmured, "I was wondering why you often missed classes back then, and always had a stern face at school... That's why I made a doll of overalls holding the sun for you, hoping you'd cheer up!"
He finally connected all the clues.
Gu Chaoyu looked at him with a look of sudden realization, and his eyes became softer.
"Do you remember the day the final exams ended?"
"It was raining heavily that day."
Lin Muci was stunned.
Rainy day...
A blurry picture flashed in his mind.
Gu Chaoyu's voice, filled with nostalgia, continued to ring in his ears.
"You found me crying in a corner wearing a little yellow duck raincoat."
"You came over, squatted beside me, and asked me why I was crying."
"I said I don't have a mother anymore, and from now on I will be a motherless child..."
Gu Chaoyu clearly repeated word by word the words that changed his life.
"Your words, 'When you miss your mother, touch your belly button; that is where you are forever connected to her,' brought me great comfort when I was in despair."
It was as if a barrier had been lifted in Lin Muci's mind.
He remembered!
He remembered it all!
On that afternoon when it was pouring rain, he was wearing the little yellow duck raincoat his mother had just bought, stepping in puddles, looking everywhere for the unhappy little brother.
Finally, he was found curled up in a corner behind the teaching building, shaking with tears.
He imitated the way his grandmother comforted his mother before she passed away, and told him the secret about the belly button in a baby voice.
"I regained hope in life," Gu Chaoyu's voice pulled him back from his memories. "Later, as I grew up, I gradually understood that death is not the end, but oblivion is."
"As long as I miss my mother, she will always be by my side, always connected to me, never disconnected!"
After Gu Chaoyu finished speaking, he hugged Lin Muci tightly in his arms.
As if wanting to rub him into her own bones and blood.
"So, Mu Ci," he rested his chin on the top of Lin Mu Ci's head, his voice trembling, "to me, you are more than just a childhood friend."
"You are my light."
"He was the one who pulled me out of the abyss."
"Now you understand why I've been thinking about you for twenty years, boyfriend!!"
"So that's how it is! I thought you fell in love with me at first sight!" Lin Muci made a little joke, pulling Gu Chaoyu out of distant memories.
"Okay, okay, Brother Xiaoyu, everything is over. As long as you are willing, I will be with you every day from now on!" Lin Muci said while gently patting Gu Chaoyu's tense back.
"You said it, you can't go back on your word!" Gu Chaoyu said seriously.
"I won't regret it. I lied to you like a kitten!" Lin Muci swore with a smile.
Gu Chaoyu: [??? Is this little rascal trying to find a bug?]
Can I still believe what he said?
[No matter what, neither Lin Xiaomiao nor Lin Xiaoci can escape! !]
"Okay, I believe you!"
"Boyfriend, you must be tired now. Why don't you take a shower and rest early?"
"Brother Xiaoyu, you should go first. I'll wash later."
. . . . . .
After a while, both of them finished their showers, and Lin Muci came out wearing the hotel's bathrobe.
He stood at the bathroom door, looking at the only big bed in the room, and his toes began to curl up in embarrassment.
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