Marry

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"Sister, what are you doing? Why are you sitting here in a daze?"

Wen Ning stood beside him and glanced at the pond. She looked carefully for a long time but couldn't see anything interesting in the pond.

There were no frogs and no minnows.

She didn't know what to say to Xiao Yunci. She racked her brains but couldn't think of any topic, so she could only speak awkwardly.

"Qi Weiming is not here today. Can you play with me?"

"..." Xiao Yunci still didn't speak, but turned his head. For a moment, Wen Ning seemed to see a drop of "water" slowly sliding down his cheek, without any sound or movement.

Wen Ning's heart suddenly tightened, knowing that Xiao Yunci must have encountered something bad.

After all, she would cry whenever she fell down while playing, but Xiao Yunci never cried. Even when he was accidentally injured by Qi Weiming during martial arts practice, he never frowned.

"Sister...what's wrong with you?"

Wen Ning's voice suddenly became gentle and careful unconsciously.

"Sister, are you in a bad mood today?" She shamelessly sat down next to him, leaning against him closely, looking into his eyes, carefully watching his tears falling, feeling a little curious and a little worried.

She didn't understand why Xiao Yunci was sitting here in silence, but she had a feeling that if she left, Xiao Yunci might plunge into it, and she would never see him again.

Wen Ning thought hard, but couldn't think of any words of comfort. She was also afraid that she might say the wrong thing and make Xiao Yunci angry. She racked her brains for a long time and finally squeezed out a few words that she had seen in the book her father had read to her recently, and said them tentatively.

"It doesn't matter. Nothing is difficult in this world. As long as you are determined, all difficulties will pass."

"This is what Daddy said." She hesitated and whispered, "I wonder if it's appropriate to use it here?"

Xiao Yunci remained motionless, just closed his eyes tiredly, as if he didn't want to pay attention to her.

"Then shall I sit with you, okay? Brother Xiao Yunci." Seeing that he did not respond, Wen Ning sat quietly beside him with her knees hugged, not looking angry at all.

The autumn wind blew up the broken leaves all over the ground. Seeing that he didn't say anything, Wen Ning didn't say anything either. She just stayed by his side quietly.

She raised her eyes from time to time and could still see drops of water slowly sliding down Xiao Yunci's face.

She felt a little distressed, but didn't know how to comfort him. She tried to talk to him, but he ignored her. She was also afraid that if she left, Xiao Yunci would do something terrible, so Wen Ning leaned in his arms and held his arm tightly.

When she regained consciousness, she had already slept by the pond for the entire afternoon, holding Xiao Yunci's arm.

When she slowly woke up, Xiao Yunci was looking at her with a complicated expression, and then he slowly said, "I won't jump, you don't have to hold on so tightly."

Wen Ning was startled and realized that she had been holding his arm tightly without realizing it. Her sleeves were wrinkled and her hands were numb and sore.

"Ouch! My hand is numb!" Wen Ning held her arm and wailed in pain, regretting falling asleep.

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Wen Ning came back to her senses immediately and blurted out, "That pond..."