gentle fairy tale

The car passed by the road in the small town, Yu Mian turned her head to look at the surrounding buildings, and asked her: "Have you been here all year, have you lived here for a long time?"

Pei Songxi looked ahead, and said in a clear voice, "No. I've only lived here for a few months, and I need it for work. I should be leaving in the second half of the year."

"Are you leaving so soon?"

"Well. Look at the work situation. How about you, how is school? Have you met any new friends?"

"I have adapted very well. I have a good relationship with my roommates. I met two new friends in elective courses. They are very nice."

Pei Songxi nodded and said nothing.

The car quickly quieted down, and the atmosphere was stuffy.They are very familiar with each other, even if they haven't seen each other for a year, they don't feel awkward when talking, but after all, they don't feel that close feeling anymore.

Yu Mian stared at the sky outside the window in a daze.

Until Pei Songxi smiled softly: "Whoever taught you is not called?"

It took her a few seconds to recover, and she pursed her lower lip: "Aunt Pei..."

Pei Songxi turned her head slightly, her flat lake-like eyes curved a little nicely, and looked at her with a half-smile: "Yeah."

Yu Mian felt her face was burned by her gaze, and said quickly: "What shall we eat?"

The car was already slowing down, and Pei Songxi found a place to park: "It's a Chinese restaurant, and it's doing okay."

Entering the restaurant, there are soft sofas on one side of the table and long wooden chairs on the other. Pei Songxi let her sit in and handed her the menu: "Order."

"I don't know what's delicious, what do you order?"

"it is good."

Pei Songxi took the menu, checked it a few times, and handed it to the waiter.

There are many people in the restaurant, but the food is served very quickly, such as beef brisket with potatoes, scrambled eggs with tomato, and fried broccoli.It tastes very homely, not very delicious, but it is Yu Mian's favorite dish.

Yu Mian lowered her head and smiled, she wasn't too hungry, she couldn't eat any more, so she poked lightly in the bowl with chopsticks, picked up a little bit of rice and put it in her mouth.

Pei Songxi just saw this scene and thought of when she first arrived at home.At that time, she was still so young, and she only ate a little bit every time she ate... Now she is so big in the blink of an eye.

She saw that her ears were pierced, and she was wearing a diamond stud earring, which was simple and low-key, and occasionally reflected a beautiful arc under the light.But when she lowered her head, her soft and fair neck bent into a fragile arc, and she was always soft and tender, making people pitiful.

For a moment, Pei Songxi felt a little dazed, Mianmian was a young girl who had grown up.

...Yes, many people will like it.

Yu Mian noticed her gaze, looked up at her and smiled: "What's wrong?"

Pei Songxi pursed her lower lip, but did not answer her question: "Where's your friend?"

"I came here myself, they are in Venice now."

Her friends are hanging out.

And she came to see her.

In fact, Yu Mian vaguely understands some things, but she doesn't want to think so much.

She's waiting until she's a little older before talking to her.

I came to see her this time just because I missed her so much.

The table next door seemed to be drinking, and the smell of alcohol was faintly borne. Yu Mian turned her head and glanced, and made the first request of the day: "I want to order a glass of wine."

Pei Songxi subconsciously refused: "No, you are too young."

Yu Mian smiled at her: "I'm an adult. Like you said, I've grown up and I have to learn to take care of myself."

Pei Songxi was taken aback, she didn't expect that she would use what she said as an excuse, making it impossible for her to refute.

Yu Mian beckoned to the waiter and asked for a glass of fruit wine. She rarely insisted on it, but Pei Songxi didn't say anything.

The mellow and rich liquid swayed gently in the wine glass, and Yu Mian drank a little, feeling her throat was a little hot, but she was actually not very good at drinking.But now she really wants to drink, after drinking, she can pretend to be drunk, and pretending to be drunk can pretend that she has not grown up.

In this way, can I lie on her lap, whisper to her, and complain about my classmates and teachers; in this way, I can bury my cheek in her palm and cry, and ask her why you don't come to see me.

Pei Songxi watched her finish a glass of low-alcohol fruit wine, her slender eyebrows slowly furrowed, watching her every move.

The girl's cheeks were a little red, but she spoke clearly and articulately: "I'm a sophomore at the beginning of school."

Strange... Is this pretending to be drunk, but now... Why do I feel really dizzy.

"Ok?"

"one Year."

Pei Songxi gave her food a pause, then smiled lightly: "Well, it's been a year."

After dinner, it was dark outside when we went out.

The evening wind is cool, blowing in from the car window, making it a bit cold.

On the way back, Yu Mian didn't speak, Pei Songxi concentrated on driving, only in the gap between traffic lights, she saw her secretly looking at her.

So she sighed.

It's been a year... Why is it that one year has passed, it's still like this, Mian Mian still seems to be very attached to her... and she is still like this, as long as she sees Mian Mian, she can't bear it.

So she dared not see her.

Pei Songxi parked the car in the garage, and when she got out of the car, she found that Yu Mian had fallen asleep.She stood outside the car door, bent down to call her, and saw the moonlight falling down on the girl's face... Her eyelashes seemed to be wet.

The housekeeper was startled by the sound of her parking, walked to the yard, saw her helping the young girl out of the car, and hurried up to help: "Is this drunk?"

Pei Songxi hummed lightly, and avoided her hand: "I'll do it. You go and tidy up a room."

The butler lived on the first floor, and the second floor only had her bedroom and study, and the other rooms were empty.She subconsciously chose a guest room facing her bedroom, asked the butler to bring up a bowl of hangover soup, and then closed the door.

As soon as the door was closed, the person who had been asleep woke up at some point, with long, soft and black hair messily falling on his shoulders, and his eyes were a little dazed: "This is..."

Pei Songxi walked over, opened the window, and the cool evening breeze blew in with the fragrance of flowers: "My house. Take a rest."

Yu Mian was startled: "Oh, your home."

Not her and her family anymore.

Pei Songxi instantly realized that she had said the wrong thing, and she turned her head slightly: "Are you still dizzy? I put water for you, can you take a bath?"

"okay."

Pei Songxi told her a few words, only to realize that she seemed to be carrying only a canvas bag, and there was an unknown box in it, and she didn't even bring a change of clothes: "There are clean bathrobes in the bathroom...the rest, you Wait, I'll go find it."

Yu Mian nodded, and said softly, "Okay."

Pei Songxi took a deep breath, she knew that what she said just now had hurt her, but she seemed to have no way to make up for it, so she just took a deep look at her, then closed the door and went out.

She went downstairs to drive, but the housekeeper stopped her suspiciously: "Miss Pei, are you going out at night?"

"Well, go buy some clothes for Mianmian. Pay attention, she drank some wine."

"How about I go?"

"no need."

Pei Songxi refused her request. She drove to a nearby shopping mall and chose two skirts first. She was a little hesitant at the checkout... I don't know what kind of clothes Mianmian likes now.She used to buy her clothes for her, but not anymore—the dress she was wearing today was something she had never seen before.

After shopping for clothes to wear outside, she went to buy underwear for her.She herself often chooses the moon white color... But when choosing for Yu Mian, she always chooses the pink color, which is very cute.

The salesperson suggested her to choose a more mature style somewhat straightforwardly.

Pei Songxi blushed and said that it wasn't hers but was bought for someone else.

The salesperson quickly laughed: "Wow! Your little girl friend will like it!"

Pei Songxi frowned, did not correct what she said about 'little girlfriend', and quickly left the mall.

But on the way home, as soon as she lowered her head, she saw the pink and cute packaging bag on the co-pilot in a daze... The size should be right, it's one size bigger than what she usually wears...

When I got home, the housekeeper just came down from upstairs, and said with a smile: "I just knocked on Ms. Yu's door. She seems to have just taken a shower, but she has no clothes to wear. Ask me where you are and can I borrow your clothes."

Pei Songxi pursed her lower lip: "Well, I'll just go up."

She walked up the stairs quickly and stopped quickly: "By the way, let's cook some porridge tomorrow morning."

"Okay, just plain porridge?"

"Correct."

Pei Songxi didn't say anything more, and went upstairs in a hurry.She didn't stop until she reached the door of the guest room, raised her hand and knocked on the door: "Mianmian? I brought you clothes, can you come in?"

A girl's hesitant voice came from the door: "...wait for me."

Soon, Yu Mian came to open the door, she held the tie of the nightgown with both hands, the dress seemed a little too big for her.

Her cheeks were still a little blush, I don't know if it was because of drinking at night or soaking in the bathroom for too long, her hair was wet, her eyes were also wet, she stepped on the floor with bare feet, the soles of her feet were white and clean.

Pei Songxi lowered his head for a glance, then quickly looked away: "Why don't you wear shoes?"

Yu Mian lowered her head at a loss, her fair and small toes curled up slightly, she took a step back and let her in: "Oh."

It still looks like it's a little silly because of drinking.

Pei Songxi didn't say anything, put her clothes on the bed, took out a wet towel, and asked her to sit down: "Wipe your feet."

Yu Mian obediently sat down by the bed, raising her feet slowly, the loose bathrobe slipped down her slender calf slowly, the young girl's skin was as smooth as satin, white as porcelain under the light, like It is painted with a light layer of thin glaze, the luster is extremely beautiful, and it is also extremely moving.

The bathrobe slid quickly along the smooth calf, and when it was about to fall to the knees, Pei Songxi held it down. She lowered her head and wiped it quickly with a towel: "Okay, that's fine."

She almost forgot that she was wearing nothing underneath...

Pei Songxi took out the clothes: "I bought some new skirts for you, you can see which one you like tomorrow... Below is the underwear, I bought all different sizes, you can see if it fits."

Yu Mian was a little sober now, she had soaked in the bathroom for too long, and she was not able to handle alcohol, she was a little dizzy, staring at the clothes on the bed in a daze, gently picked up a light pink underwear with her fingertips : "This color...isn't it too cute?"

The young girl's fingertips were green and tender, and she only picked up a piece of thin, pink fabric, which was obviously as pink as her cheek, but she said it was too cute to suit her.

Pei Songxi looked away a little uncomfortably: "Just settle for it first, I only bought this... If you don't like it, you can buy it tomorrow."

Yu Mian suddenly smiled softly: "Tomorrow... I'm leaving tomorrow."

The room fell silent for an instant.

Pei Songxi pursed her lower lip, went to put away her clothes, and pulled the quilt for her: "Go to bed first, and I'll see the clothes tomorrow."

Yu Mian said obediently, and lay down, but she held onto the hem of her clothes in her hands, opened her eyes, and stared straight at the ceiling: "Are you leaving?"

Pei Songxi tucked in the quilt for her: "Well, go to bed earlier."

Yu Mian blinked her eyes, and said in a flat tone, "Kiss me once, and I'll fall asleep."

Pei Songxi was stunned, unable to tell whether she was awake or ignorant for a moment, and also in a trance for a moment, looking at the girl's slightly pink lips, she felt something touched her heart in a trance.

But in the next second, she suddenly woke up again. She approached her ear and stroked her broken hair: "No, Mianmian...you have grown up."

Yu Mian choked up slightly, and tears welled up at that moment: "Because I've grown up, are you going to leave me?"

She couldn't tell whether she was pretending to be drunk or really drunk, but...can't she really pretend that she didn't grow up?

Pei Songxi was hit by her tears.

At that moment, guilt surrounded her silently.

Could Mianmian be so sad? She did something wrong, right?

It was her who made her so sad.

She moved her throat lightly, suppressing all her emotions, and only gently stroked the girl's broken hair, her voice was mellow and gentle.She couldn't answer her question, so she could only comfort her with a gentle voice: "Okay, good boy, go to sleep."

The lights dimmed and the room fell silent-

Early the next morning, the butler came back from the flower room, holding a bunch of freshly picked flowers in his hand. He saw Pei Songxi standing in front of the French window, and was a little surprised: "Ms. Pei, good morning."

Pei Songxi turned her head and smiled at her, only then did she see clearly that she was on the phone, and she didn't know what she was talking about.

"Is the porridge ready?"

"Okay, okay, I'll send it up to Miss Yu."

Pei Songxi nodded, turned around and continued talking to Zhou Qingyuan: "That's probably the case, she's leaving today."

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Qingyuan yawned: "Songxi. You also know that the child is still very dependent on you. If you describe it like this, she still has many behaviors that are close to children seeking the attention of adults. If you want to reduce this phenomenon , then you can only continue to alienate her. But I have something to tell you, you..."

"Okay," Pei Songxi interrupted her calmly, "I see."

She stood outside the window and looked into the distance. The newborn sun hung low in the sky, and its halo slowly filled the earth, just like a teenage girl, the light was gentle and soft, full of hope.

There was the sound of light footsteps on the stairs.

She turned her head and saw Yu Mian wearing the new skirt she bought for her yesterday, with a pink and tender skirt and a slender waistline. When she met her gaze, she smiled embarrassedly: "...it seems A little too cute."

Pei Songxi let out a sigh of relief.

It seems that she was really drunk last night and doesn't remember anything.

Yu Mian had already walked in front of her, and asked with a blushing face, "I didn't do anything last night, did I?"

She remembered that when she had to drink last night, Pei Songxi persuaded her, but she had a little greed in her heart, but she didn't expect that she seemed to be really drunk, and her memory was just broken...

She seems to remember looking at her gentle and beautiful side face in the car, remembering the cool and clean scent of cedar on the tip of her nose, remembering... remembering that she seemed to pull the quilt for her and tell her to sleep well.

But no matter how many things, she can't remember.

Pei Songxi nodded happily: "Yes. You are very good."

Yu Mian lowered her head and hummed, then raised her hand to touch her hot ears: "I...I'm leaving later."

Pei Songxi lowered his eyelashes: "What time is it, is it a plane?"

"Ten o'clock, the train, they are waiting for my turn, and then we will send Xiaoyan back to her school together, stay in her city for two days, and then return to China."

"Well, I'll drive you."

Yu Mian silently bent the corner of her lower lip.

Yeah...she won't keep her.

When I arrived at the station, it was just nine o'clock. Pei Songxi asked her to wait. She bought her a piece of cake and two bottles of water, put them in a small bag and handed them to her: "Put them in your bag, be careful if you get hungry on the way."

There was a crowd of people around, and the sound of the electronic broadcast rang in my ears.

Yu Mian lowered her head, looked at the toe of her shoe, but didn't move.

Pei Songxi smiled lightly, trying to make his tone as relaxed as possible: "Be careful outside, play with friends, and don't go out alone. Back to school, too, pay more attention to safety. If you like...if you like someone, Remember to tell Aunt Pei, I'll help you take a look, lest we be deceived by bad guys."

I don't know which sentence hurt her, Yu Mian suddenly raised her head, her eyes were red, her voice was trembling slightly: "I don't like them. I won't like others."

I just plan to secretly like you.

Secretly.Secretly.

"Mianmian?"

Yu Mian suddenly laughed: "I don't have time to like people. I am going to be an architect, and I will study hard!"

Pei Songxi nodded slowly: "Well, it's good that you have your own dreams. I respect your choice."

The reminder sounded that the train was coming in, and Yu Mian looked at the time: "I should go."

Pei Songxi stared at her: "Well, be careful on the road."

Yu Mian took a deep breath, seemed to hesitate for a while, and then quickly made a decision.She lowered her head and found a long wooden box from her bag. After opening it, Pei Songxi saw a picture scroll tied with a light blue ribbon.

She forced a smile: "This is a gift for you. I... I know you don't lack anything, so I drew a picture."

Except for the money given by her grandparents, she gave it all.She didn't want to spend her money on buying things for her, but there didn't seem to be anything else for her.After much deliberation, it seems that only her paintings are left.

It is her cherished pair.

Pei Songxi was silent for a moment, then slowly took her scroll, unfolded it, and saw that it was a somewhat blurred silhouette under the light.

A tall and slender woman, with a clear and attractive side face faintly visible.The light smudged beautifully. She was wearing a smoky blue suspender dress. Water droplets dripped down her slightly curly hair and fell onto the tulle-like shawl, outlining a very thin suspender.

She was watering the flowers against the light, and on her white and slender wrists was wearing a string of simple and generous rosewood beads, as fragrant and serene as orchids.

The picture at that moment was recorded by the tip of the pen, and it stood still in time, with a soft halo, which was extremely beautiful.

But... the warmth and timelessness between the strokes seemed to be something she couldn't ignore.

Looking at her expression, Yu Mian slowly became nervous, and asked her softly, "Does it look good?"

Pei Songxi's lips moved slightly, and it took a few seconds before he spoke: "Well...but there seems to be no place to put it here. I will move soon, and then..."

The light in the girl's eyes dimmed instantly, she took a step back, her cheeks looked a little pale: "Okay, I see. Throw it away."

Before Pei Songxi could say anything, Yu Mian snatched back the scroll from her hand, quickly threw it into the trash can at the station, and took a few steps back, her eyes clearly glowed: "...I'm leaving .”

"Mianmian!"

As soon as Pei Songxi called her, she saw the young girl running a few steps forward with her bag on her back, and instantly blended into the flow of people coming and going, and soon disappeared.