When the girl heard Shen Tang's words, she raised her head and looked at her again.
Chen Tang looked at the timid look in the girl's eyes, and felt as if her heart was pinched hard.
"I'm sorry for disturbing you. To make amends, I'll give you candy! This candy is delicious and very sweet. You will definitely feel better after eating it!"
Shen Tang took out the candy from his pocket and stretched out his hand to the girl.
The girl looked at the hand stretched out to her and then at Shen Tang, and still shook her head.
Seeing her like this, Shen Tang didn't have any impatience and walked directly to the girl's side.
"Oh, if you don't accept my candy, are you still blaming me for disturbing you? Hey, I came here to visit my alma mater, but who knew I would be disliked?"
Shen Tang's voice was very depressed and she sounded very pitiful.
The girl heard the sound and glanced at Shen Tang secretly.
Of course Shen Tang noticed it and reached out to pull Gu Heng.
"Are you worried that I am a bad person? Then take a look at him. He should be very famous in your school, Gu Heng."
"I……"
Gu Heng was just about to say what kind of fame he could have when he heard the girl speak.
"I know him. Teacher Chen likes to mention him very much. He said that Gu Heng is his favorite student."
"Teacher Chen? Your class teacher said Chen Ze."
Gu Heng knelt down and spoke very softly.
"Um."
The girl responded, and Shen Tang saw that there was something going on, so she directly changed places for Gu Heng.
"Then, you don't have to be afraid. We won't hurt you. This sister is my good friend. We won't hurt you."
The girl still didn't respond, and Shen Tang pursed her lips nervously.
Is there any other way to make her talk?
"Senior Gu, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come to your secret garden."
?
Shen Tang looked at Gu Heng suddenly.
"Isn't this your secret garden? Is this a secret?"
Gu Heng was also stunned and shook his head when he looked at Shen Tang.
"I do not know either."
"That's what Teacher Chen said. Teacher Chen said that seniors like to come here very much."
Gu Heng was petrified on the spot when he heard these words, while Shen Tang tried hard to hold back laughter beside him.
"This secret garden is indeed quite secret."
Gu Heng glanced at Shen Tang dissatisfied, "Is your point wrong?"
Shen Tang pursed her lips, "That's right, nothing can be delayed."
In fact, Shen Tang did it to prevent the girl from being so nervous. Gagging is the best way to relax people.
"Then why are you here? Can you tell me? Even if you don't tell me, then it's okay to tell you, the senior who has no secret in the secret garden."
The girl met Shen Tang's eyes and spoke.
"You all saw and heard what happened just now, right?"
"Yes."
Shen Tang didn't hide anything, it didn't make any sense.
"It's the way you see it, because I'm weak and love to cry. So I won't go back on anything others say, even if it's some outrageous jokes. Then I'll come here and cry."
"That one was my good friend just now. She always helped me. But she won't help me this time."
The girl's eyes became dim and her head hung low.
Shen Tang wanted to reach out and touch the girl, but thought of something and finally took it back.
"Why?"
"Because I chose to escape again, someone said something outrageous again today, and she went to tell the teacher. But I ran away, and I didn't dare to face it. I felt..."
"You think it'll be fine as long as you endure it, don't you?"
Shen Tang's voice was deep and there was no smile on his face.
Gu Heng noticed something was wrong with Shen Tang and focused his eyes on her.
"yes."
The girl lowered her head, as if she didn't dare to face the answer.
Shen Tang's heart twitched inch by inch, as if there was a fire burning in her chest. She closed her eyes and smiled.
"It's okay, you don't have to feel guilty. There's nothing shameful about running away, and there's nothing wrong with being afraid."
When the girl heard Shen Tang's words, she suddenly raised her head and stared at her.
"Really?"
"real."
Shen Tang met the girl's gaze, smiled and nodded.
"But, my friend..."
"Your friend is not wrong. She is doing it for your own good. But the choice is up to you. Her method may not be suitable for you, but you must also want to get rid of it, right?"
Shen Tang said softly, opened the candy and handed it to the girl's mouth. This time the girl didn't hesitate and ate it.
The candy was sweet and exploded on the girl's tongue, filling her entire taste buds.
"Well, I want to but I don't dare."
The girl's voice was still very low, and Shen Tang reached out and touched the girl's soft hair.
"So we have to learn to be brave, right? It's not scary to escape, but it's impossible to escape forever. We have to take the first step."
"Take the first step?"
The girl looked at Shen Tang with confused eyes, and Shen Tang smiled and nodded.
"Yes, the first step. Just start by daring to speak out. When someone is willing to fight for you, you must learn to tell others instead of saying nothing. Think about it, if you were that person, you would ask others If she doesn’t say a word, will you be angry?”
The girl frowned, as if she had thought of something. Shen Tang didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly.
After a while, the girl suddenly stood up.
"Thank you, sister, thank you, senior. I think I should go to my friends first and make it clear."
"Yeah. You're right. I'll give you two candies. This will make it easier for your friends to reconcile with you."
Shen Tang smiled and handed the candy over. The girl took the candy, bowed deeply to Shen Tang, and ran away quickly.
"You should know that this is only temporary. Maybe she won't say anything when she sees her friends."
Gu Heng looked at the girl's retreating figure with mixed eyes.
Shen Tang smiled, stood up and patted the dust on his clothes.
"I know, but it's not that simple if people want to change. Temporary happiness is also happiness. With this sober seed buried, she will be fine."
Hearing this, Gu Heng turned to look at Shen Tang, "I just wanted to ask you, how you treated that girl just now seemed to pity another person."
Shen Tang raised his eyebrows, "Did you see it?"
"Well, is that person yourself?"
"What do you think?"
Shen Tang didn't answer and walked forward.
"yes."
Gu Heng, who took two quick steps to catch up with Shen Tang, answered in the affirmative.
"Really? Then, Mr. Gu, what kind of person am I in your eyes?"
"Innocent, kind, smart and cute, but surprisingly ruthless in doing things, especially to himself."
"Don't you think what you said is contradictory?"
Shen Tang looked back at Gu Heng with a smile in his eyes.
"You say I'm innocent and kind, and then you say I'm ruthless."
Gu Heng was calm and looked at Shen Tang with gentle eyes.
"I also felt very contradictory at first, but then I thought about it. There is nothing contradictory about it. Everything can have both positive and negative sides. Even extremes can live in the same object at the same time, let alone personality."
"That's very good. I didn't expect Mr. Gu to be a philosopher."
Seeing Shen Tang's heartless look, Gu Heng shook his head helplessly.
"If you don't want to, forget it. No one wants to mention their scars."
“There’s nothing I can’t say, I just feel it’s meaningless.”
"Pointless?"
"Yes, it's all a matter of old sesame and rotten millet. It might have seemed like a big deal at the time. But now it seems like it's just a drop in the ocean, as small as a sesame seed."
"You are open-minded."
Gu Heng said with a smile.
Shen Tang tilted her head, "Mr. Gu, I can tell you if you want to hear it. I really don't have anything to say. In middle school, my personality was probably not as outgoing as it is now. I didn't know how to express many things. When I was bullied, I cried more than the little girl just now. It’s so miserable that I don’t dare tell my parents because I’m afraid they’ll worry.”
"Of course, I'm still like that now. I still cry when I encounter something I'm afraid of. The difference is that I'm a little stronger, and at least I know how to fight back. Although I still cry after fighting back."
"That's it, there's nothing more. It's really not a big deal now, but at the time it felt like the sky was about to fall."
Shen Tang's smile was very bright, and Gu Heng suddenly felt that the sun in the sky was not as bright as her smile.
"you……"
Gu Heng wanted to say something, but when it came to his mouth, his head went blank.
"Does Bo Ye know?"
Boss Bo?
Shen Tang blinked.
His experience seemed to be worse than mine in just one or two ways. How could I have the chance to tell him!
"No, I haven't told A Ye. A Ye hasn't told me anything about his childhood either. Gu Heng, do you know what happened to A Ye when he was a boy? I have never met his parents until now."
Shen Tang lied, but if he didn't lie, how could he make a lie?
Shen Tang saw that Gu Heng's expression froze for a moment after he finished speaking.
"I don't know much about Bo Ye. I only know that his mother passed away when he was very young. As for his father, I don't know either. You'd better ask him about this kind of thing, and I'll tell you what's going on. , you are not afraid of me adding fuel to the fire."
Gu Heng spoke in a cryptic manner and his eyes wandered. Tell Shen Tang what you said, but he doesn't want to say it anymore.
Shen Tang didn't intend to embarrass him and just laughed it off.
"Then do you know what happened to Qian Qian? Don't you think there's anything wrong with her behavior today?"
Seeing Shen Tang bringing up old matters again, Gu Heng's eyes were filled with helplessness.
"Not long ago, I just told you not to pry into other people's privacy."
Shen Tang curled his lips and said angrily, "Then you asked me just now, why didn't you say you were prying into my privacy?"
"This..." Gu Heng laughed angrily, "Did I tell you that you don't have to say it if you don't want to."
"Then why don't you just not ask."
"You are using strong words to make sense."
"Well, strong words. Since you don't plan to pay attention to Qianqian, let's talk about yourself. How did you get the secret garden? Hey, you can't talk about privacy. Since you brought me here, you must tell me! This is for sure !”
Shen Tang held Gu Heng's arm with a determined look in his eyes.
Gu Heng did have this idea, but when Shen Tang said it like this, he couldn't explain how he felt.
"How come I met someone like you?"
"There's nothing I can do about it. I bumped into Mr. Gu because he didn't walk properly that day."
Shen Tang spread his hands and said it was none of her business.
"You."
Gu Heng was helpless and doting.
