A Small Gift

Lin Yuan thought there was nothing wrong with that answer.

It really should be watched on TV.

He told her that if he went to record the show, he would take leave from school and might not be coming in for quite a long time.

"Ah? Doesn't that mean I won't get to see you every day anymore?" Gu Lianyin suddenly couldn't feel happy anymore.

Without Lin Yuan, it felt as though life had lost its meaning.

Her life before had not been interesting at all.

At some point, Gu Lianyin had unknowingly come to rely on Lin Yuan.

She had come to rely on the days they spent together, days filled with beautiful things.

Nothing could be better than that.

If Lin Yuan suddenly left her side one day, Gu Lianyin would instead feel an emptiness in her heart.

"What, you can't go on without me?" Lin Yuan replied. "You really are a clingy little troublemaker."

For some reason, those last words lifted Gu Lianyin's mood considerably.

"I... I'm not clingy at all. You're the troublemaker. You're already so old, yet you say things that mushy. Eww~ I'm getting goosebumps."

"Really? Then who wants me to accompany her during class, meals, and after school?"

"You were the one who wanted to do that. I never asked you to! (pouts)"

"Fine, then next time the teacher rearranges the seats, I'll sit with Shang Yiyi instead. (smiles)"

"You wouldn't dare! (hits him)"

Gu Lianyin was instantly consumed by jealousy. Shang Yiyi was the prettiest girl in the class besides her.

And ever since Lin Yuan had won the campus singing competition, Shang Yiyi had often kept an eye on him, deliberately coming over to chat and ask him for help with her studies...

Gu Lianyin, being a woman herself, had long