gentle fairy tale

Yu Mian's lips moved, wanting to say something, but finally stopped, and asked in a low voice: "Aunt Pei, are you busy now?"

Pei Songxi shook his head: "I'm not busy, I'm reading. Is there something wrong?"

Yu Mian lowered her head in embarrassment: "Can I go in?"

Pei Songxi smiled, took a step back, and made way for her: "Come in, why are you speaking so politely all of a sudden?"

Yu Mian bit her lip, sat on the edge of her bed, raised her head a little helplessly: "I..."

There was the fragrance of oranges in the room, Pei Songxi handed a plate of cut oranges to her in front of her, with a gentle and clean voice: "I was going to send it to you, but who knew you ran over by yourself."

Aunt Pei is still so nice... Aunt Pei is not angry with her.

But the more this happened, the more Yu Mian felt guilty. She didn't eat the orange, put the fruit plate aside, and looked up at her: "Aunt Pei...I just..."

"just?"

"It's me...you, you said my ears are red, and then...sorry, I..."

Yu Mian stammered a little rarely, didn't know what to say, didn't know how to express emotions, guilty like a child who did something wrong, but that kind of anxiety was something she had never felt before.

Pei Songxi's smile gradually deepened: "You talk about this...it's okay, Mianmian. I know, now that you've grown up, children of your age don't like to have contact with people. I didn't notice it .”

Yu Mian froze for a moment, her cheeks flushed anxiously: "No..."

She was a little anxious to say that it wasn't like that, she would never resist contact with her, but...but she didn't know why she did that.

Pei Songxi smiled at her reassuringly: "It doesn't matter what I said. It's okay, it's a little thing, why are you so nervous."

Yu Mian lowered her head and said nothing.

What she wanted to say didn't come out, she didn't even know how to say it, and the stuffy feeling was just too bad.

When she lowered her head and said nothing, Pei Songxi didn't speak, but just stared at her for a long time.

The little girl who would grab the corner of her clothes and climb up her thigh grew up...a ​​slender, bright and beautiful girl, growing up day by day.She started to have her own little secrets, a group of good friends, and now... Now there are some things in her heart that she will no longer tell her, and she will even no longer accept her touch.

She will inevitably feel a little lost, but she also feels that this is a normal thing, after all, this is what she wants.

Between them are two independent stars, with their own star trails, and she will watch her turn into the depths of the endless universe.

Pei Songxi broke the silence first: "Okay, Mianmian, I said it's okay, I won't be angry with you. Go back to your room and rest first. You have been studying very hard recently."

Yu Mian suddenly raised her head, her delicate brows were tightly frowned, and a flash of water flashed in her eyes: "Why are you never angry with me? Because you treat me...as a child?"

Only for children, adults will tolerate and give in infinitely, because in the hearts of adults, children have no way to reason.

Pei Songxi was startled: "Mianmian?"

As soon as Yu Mian said it, she regretted it... How could she speak to Aunt Pei in such a tone.

Aunt Pei gave her a home, sent her to school, and told her good night stories... Growing up with her, how could she question her like that?

She stood up, said 'I'm sorry' in a low voice, and then rushed out quickly.

Pei Songxi chased a few steps out subconsciously, but Yu Mian had already run back to the room, and there was a bang in the corridor, it was her closing the door.

The plate of cut oranges in the room was still waiting for the owner to taste. Her eyes stayed on the fruit for a while before slowly moving away.

Forget it, or not to ask.

It's all girls who always think about poetry. She didn't realize it before, but only now did she realize that Mianmian seems to be more sensitive than before. Maybe her puberty came later than children of the same age.

It seems that Mianmian has grown up.

Yu Mian sat under the shade of the banyan tree in the playground, feeling a little depressed.

Jing Zhiyi and Liang Zhixing went for a run, Xu Xiaoyan leaned on her and sang heartlessly, and ran away after a while, teasing the ants on the ground with leaves, only Tao Rang was beside her, and she could see that she was in a bad mood.

The boy sat down beside her: "What's wrong with you?"

When Tao Rang's voice suddenly sounded, Yu Mian was stunned for a moment. In fact, she rarely heard Tao Rang speak. She is not a talkative person, not as talkative as Xu Xiaoyan, who is always noisy.

"……fine."

Tao Rang's voice became clearer and clearer: "But your face is full of unhappiness. Is there anything you can't say?"

Yu Mian pursed her lips: "I don't know how to say... My family and I, recently..."

"Is there a conflict?"

"...Forget it."

Tao Rang smiled when he heard the words, and the sunlight fell on his face through the gaps in the leaves. His smile was pure: "You still have family members who can have conflicts. I don't have any."

Yu Mian froze for a moment: "You..."

Tao Rang nodded: "My dad was drunk and was hit by a car to death not long ago. Thanks to him, the other party paid me a sum of money, enough for me to graduate from college."

Yu Mian was completely stunned: "You never said... Does Liang Zhixing know?"

"No idea. No one knows."

Yu Mian didn't know what to say for a while, she thought they were all boys, Tao Rang might not tell them when encountering such a thing, but he would definitely tell Liang Zhixing, but now he said that no one knew.

She blamed herself a little, as if it was for her that Tao Rang talked about such sad things—isn’t there a saying that says that the best way to comfort someone is to tell her that you are better than her Worse.

She bit her lower lip and apologized in a low voice: "Tao Rang...I'm sorry."

Tao Rang shook his head indifferently: "It's okay, you don't have to feel sorry for me, and I don't feel sorry for me either. I know what I want."

He is a person with clear goals and decisive actions. He may have been confused for a while, but he has long since regained his firmness. He is a gentle and powerful person.

Touched by his words, Yu Mian was a little dazed, and it took a long time before she smiled: "Thank you, I understand."

Tao Rang lowered his eyes, unable to see his emotions clearly: "Did you quarrel with your Aunt Pei?"

"It's not a quarrel... it's just a little awkward."

"She...seems nice to you."

Yu Mian nodded vigorously, thinking of her subconscious smile: "Very good. Very good."

Tao Rang looked away lightly, and heard her say "very good" twice in a row, it seemed that she was really very good.

Probably because he had seen all kinds of things in the world prematurely, the young man had an unusual insight and sensitivity, but he only smiled gently: "Don't be angry with those close to you, it will make both of you feel uncomfortable."

Yu Mian hummed, stood up from the ground, and patted the dust on the school uniform pants: "I'm going to find Xiaoyan!"

Tao Rang nodded: "OK."

He stared at her as she stepped into the midsummer sunshine, and her back had the usual sunny and happy look. The young man slowly pulled the corners of his lips and smiled faintly.

She's just... fine.

After school, when Yu Mian got in the car, the first thing she did was to take out her mobile phone and call Pei Songxi.

Pei Songxi quickly picked it up, and a clear and pleasant voice came from the other end: "Mianmian?"

"Aunt Pei, have you gone back?"

"Not yet, there are still some work matters to deal with, what's the matter?"

"It's okay... I just want to have dinner with you. How long will you have?"

Pei Songxi laughed: "I haven't eaten with you for several days...I'll bring the documents back. You wait for me at home."

She came back early yesterday because she wanted to spend time with Mianmian, but she didn't know what happened to the little girl, and it would be awkward if she had a fight with her.

Yu Mian smiled in surprise: "Then I'll wait for you!"

When they got home, Aunt Dong's cooked food was still heating up in the pot, and Yu Mian brought the food out of the kitchen.

She stood in the living room and looked around. After a while, she went to open the curtains, added a few drops of orange blossom essential oil to the aromatherapy, trimmed the flower branches in the vase, and cut a plate of watermelon. She just finished all this. , There was a crisp sound of keys colliding outside the door.

Yu Mian rushed over, opened the door from the inside, and called her crisply: "Aunt Pei!"

Pei Songxi held the bag in one hand and the red forest cake bought on the way back in the other, and handed it to her: "How long have you been waiting?"

When she got off work early, she would always bring her something to eat, sometimes a piece of cake, sometimes a can of hard orange candy, and sometimes a bag of sweet fried chestnuts, it seems to have formed a habit.

Yu Mian likes to eat sweets, took the cake and walked around happily: "I didn't wait long! You came back so fast."

Seeing her smile, Pei Songxi's expression softened: "Let's eat."

Yu Mian ran over and opened the stool for her: "I'll get you some food."

Pei Songxi laughed, this child, why is he so happy today.

After eating, she dealt with unfinished work first, while Yu Mian offered to put bath water for her, and even rolled up her sleeves, trying to mop the floor for her, staying in her room and refusing to leave.

Pei Songxi felt that something was wrong with her today, and waved to her: "Why do you still want to be a little maid?"

Yu Mian walked towards her, and smiled embarrassedly: "Aunt Pei... I... I'm sorry yesterday!"

She suddenly apologized solemnly, and Pei Songxi froze for a moment, then patted the stool next to her, motioning for her to sit down too: "Then can you tell me, why are you angry?"

Yu Mian shook her head: "I can't tell...Maybe it's the menstrual period coming, so...um!"

Oh, she really can't find a reason, so that's all she can say!

Pei Songxi thought for a while, then nodded: "It also makes sense, hormone secretion can affect mood... But, I remember that your menstrual period is not at the beginning of the month?"

Yu Mian groaned in her heart, knowing that she hadn't found a good reason, and didn't know what to say, so she grabbed the corner of her clothes, buried her cheek on her shoulder, and rubbed back and forth: "Oh, I was wrong! Aunt Pei, The best little fairy in the world, don't ask me, okay?"

Pei Songxi smiled helplessly: "Talking nonsense...what a little fairy."

Subconsciously, she wanted to reach out and touch Yu Mian's hair, but just as she raised her hand, she stopped.

She remembered the way Mianmian took a step back to avoid her yesterday, but she withdrew her hand and said with a smile, "Okay, he's such a big man, he's always acting like a baby."

These words were full of tenderness and indulgence that she hadn't noticed, but Yu Mian felt it, and felt her whole heart was soft, and she just promised her: "I will never be angry with you in the future. As long as you are angry , I must first apologize."

Pei Songxi was slightly stunned by her words: "Mianmian, is Aunt Pei so unreasonable?"

Yu Mian said no, and both of them laughed.