C5

"Teacher Gu, why are you asleep here?"

Gu Linxi felt someone speaking beside her, so she opened her eyes in a daze. She seemed to have been thinking about something just now before unknowingly falling asleep. Looking at the book in her hand, Gu Linxi gently placed it back in its original place.

"Maybe I'm a bit tired. I didn't get a good rest last night." Gu Linxi wasn't willing to talk too much into personal matters with others. Moreover, this matter was somewhat difficult to talk about in the first place.

"Looking at you, it seems that you are sick, and your face is especially pale. Teacher Gu, you don't have a class in a while, right? Let's go back and have a good rest. "

"It's fine, I have something to do. Once I'm done, I'll go back. "

Gu Linxi was also somewhat surprised by this Teacher Ouyang's concern. Normally, this teacher wouldn't utter a single word. Gu Linxi had thought that she was just a dull person. She didn't expect that Teacher Ouyang would take the initiative to ask him if he was feeling unwell.

"Mm, you need to take good care of yourself. Teacher Gu, I would like to take the liberty to ask a question. "

"Oh?" Gu Linxi looked at Ouyang Xing with a puzzled expression. She couldn't think of any questions Ouyang Xing would ask her.

"Does Teacher Gu have a boyfriend?" Ouyang Xing had never heard Gu Linxi mention his boyfriend before, and he just so happened to be single as well. Thus, Ouyang Xing had some thoughts on what to do. As far as he was concerned, Gu Linxi would be a very good candidate for a girlfriend. Her temper was very good, and she wasn't like those bewitching women. At Ouyang Xing's age, sometimes he would choose a partner. Love was not the part that he valued the most.

This question was indeed somewhat presumptuous. While Gu Linxi was taken aback, she also understood Ouyang Xing's meaning.

"I already have a boyfriend." Gu Linxi didn't consider Ouyang Xing, even though this person seemed to be a pretty good person. However, there was a person in her heart that she couldn't forget.

Ouyang Xing was stunned for a moment, his expression somewhat embarrassed. He thought that Gu Linxi didn't have a boyfriend. At the very least, everything that Gu Linxi had displayed was the state of being single. Moreover, they had never seen Gu Linxi's boyfriend before.

This was just an ordinary test of the two adults, and would not affect their future interaction. Gu Linxi also clearly understood that Ouyang Xing's interest in him wasn't in love, but rather that she just felt that there was a suitable candidate to be his wife. In a few more years, she might have done the same.

Not because of love but because of each other's fear of loneliness.

Filled with worry, Gu Linxi hurriedly returned home. The first thing she did was to light three incense sticks, then insert them into the incense burner.

He was still standing in front of the censer, telling the portrait of Jiang Jiayi what had happened today. Gu Linxi's clear voice resounded within the house. A figure was standing not far from her, quietly watching her from a place she couldn't see.

"I can't believe I've fallen in love with you, Jiang Jiayi. It's been a while since you left, but what about me? I wonder how long it will be before you can have your own life. " He remembered his dream from yesterday. Dreams were the true reaction of the inner world. She missed someone so much that she had such a dream.

If it was possible, how could Gu Linxi not want to forget Jiang Jiayi? However, it was impossible to forget him. Even if you left that familiar city, you would still inadvertently remember that you once deeply loved someone. From Gu Linxi's point of view, she was like a masochist thinking about Jiang Jiayi. She was sick and had even given up on treatment.

Pulling open the curtains, Gu Linxi walked out onto the balcony. The sunlight outside was just right, but it was unable to warm her heart no matter what. Perhaps, three years ago, this heart of hers had already sunk into the ice-cold lake along with Jiang Jiayi. When her gaze landed on the portrait of Jiang Jiayi and the three incense sticks of time, Gu Linxi's eyes darkened.