CHAPTER 546: 597, SO... THIS IS LOVE?

Tong Xi didn’t know that so much had happened in just half a year.

No wonder those bad kids said he was a child no one wanted, and no one liked him!

She just felt heartache.

From childhood, her life had been so happy, both her dad and mom loved her, they would always comfort and guide her through any sad moments, and her brother also cherished her, he never bullied her.

But what about Gu Zhengming?

No father, no mother, and now not even a grandmother, plus others always bullied him, his heart must be very sad!

At that moment, she didn’t care about anything else; she wanted to find him. He was hurt now, and she wanted to be with him, to comfort him.

Tong Xi ran headlong, hearing her grandmother ask from behind, "Tong Xi, where are you going?"

"I’m going to find Gu Zhengming!"

Leaving these words behind, she rushed out.

In the end, she found him by the river. The river surface was already frosted over in the winter, and the desolate reeds swayed in the wind, making it feel immensely bleak.

He sat alone on a stone, his silhouette lonely and desolate.

The moment she saw him, Tong Xi felt her heart suddenly relax.

Still clutching a band-aid in her hand, she took a deep breath and stepped forward.

"This is for you!"

Gu Zhengming was a bit surprised, the arrival was unexpected, but the tense lines on his face softened instantly.

Tong Xi took alcohol swab, and gently wiped the wounds on his face.

"It stings a little bit, when I fell before, this is what my dad did! It will stop hurting soon!"

After she finished, she helped him apply the band-aid, but that wound... made her feel a shock.

Tong Xi’s actions were very gentle, afraid of hurting him further.

Then, Gu Zhengming spoke.

"They are right, I’m jinxed, no one wants to be friends with me, so you should also stay away from me!"

He scoffed, his deep eyes cold, his casual words carried loneliness and self-mockery, making Tong Xi’s nose sting with sadness.

Suddenly, she reached out and held Gu Zhengming’s hands: "Gu Zhengming, no matter what others say, I’ve already decided that you’re my good friend. If they won’t play with you, I will!"

In the years that followed, she grew very close to Gu Zhengming, and had even fought with other boys because of him.

But she was a girl, with little strength, and couldn’t possibly win in a strength fight.

It was fortunate her dad knew martial arts, so she pestered her dad to teach her martial arts...

Thinking back to that time, learning martial arts wasn’t for self-defense or for fitness, but just to fight, to fight for Gu Zhengming!

At that time, she was truly a tomboy!

Latter on, as she grew older, she slowly realized that her feelings for Gu Zhengming had quietly changed.

If before they were just good buddies, brothers even, then later... everything had changed.

Her young heart slowly awakened, slowly thrived...

When she was with Gu Zhengming, her heart would suddenly beat faster, and her face would flush just because Gu Zhengming looked at her a little longer...

And back at school during class, her mind kept drifting to visions of being with Gu Zhengming.

She wanted to shake off those thoughts, but in the end... she couldn’t.

One day, An Xiaoyu looked at her and suddenly asked, "Tong Xi, you’ve been acting strange lately, could it be... you’re in love?"

With a bang, her mind exploded...

In love?

So this... this is what love is?