Chapter 280 - Chapter 280: Chapter 278: A Crouched Figure! (1/2)

Chapter 280: Chapter 278: A Crouched Figure!

Liu Sisi put down the account book in her hand.

Looking at the teary-eyed Ruo Ruo, she couldn’t help but sigh softly as she held her close.

“You silly little thing, you’re still so young, how could you give up a whole forest for a small plant that doesn’t care about you?”

“But… I just can’t let go of him…”

Her words were muffled, laced with sobs as she burrowed deeper into her embrace.

“You’re still young, by the time you truly let go in the future and you look back at now, you’ll laugh at yourself and think how silly you were for being so infatuated with him. He is not that special, so not worth your time. So silly!” she comforted softly, patting her shoulder.

“I am silly! Sob… I feel especially silly now, sob sob sob…”

Gan Miaoruo continued to sob.

Her crying attracted the attention of all the people inside and outside the shop. Even Di Yelei and Di Cheng couldn’t help but come over twice, but when they saw Liu Sisi shake her head at them, they hastily retreated.

She buried herself deeper into Liu Sisi’s embrace, her crying gradually receding after a while.

“After the New Year, you, Ruo Ruo, will be turning ten. You’re becoming a big girl, but still crying? Aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?”

Speaking softly, Liu Sisi picked up a handkerchief and gently wiped the tears off her face.

“Hehe, teacher, Ruo Ruo is almost ten years old. Time flies so fast.”

Gan Miaoruo let out a chuckle, a snot bubble erupting from her nose. Quickly, she rummaged for her handkerchief to wipe it off. After a while of fixing herself up, she managed to regain her composure.

Despite her reddened eyes, she looked even more energetic.

“Teacher, be honest with Ruo Ruo, did you never think that my feelings for Brother Nan would work out from the start?”

Liu Sisi sighed! Could she say that she never really had high hopes?

“Silly girl, you’re still so young. How could you understand what love is…”

“No! You and Brother Nan, you always think that because Ruo Ruo is young, she doesn’t understand love. But Ruo Ruo does understand, she knows! You never gave Ruo Ruo a chance, a chance to prove that what Ruo Ruo says is all true. You…”

Gan Miaoruo’s words were laden with sorrow, tears welling up in her eyes again.

“Ruo Ruo, when the teacher says you don’t understand love, she means that everyone’s perception of love is different. However, someone once said this! What is love? Love is when you can see through my bad temperament and shortcomings, yet still tolerate me with grace. Love is when two people fear losing each other after a quarrel, and both take a step back to apologise. Love is when your eyes can only hold me, and when you care for me by wrapping a coat around me on a chilly day. Simple yet persistent, peaceful and tender, that’s true love.”

“It’s definitely not like your persistence, chasing an illusion that never once turns around to glance at you…”

Gan Miaoruo shook her head, stubbornly refusing to let her tears fall.

“I… don’t understand…”

“So the teacher says, you don’t understand love because love needs to be based on mutual affection. What you have can at most be considered an unrequited love.”

“Unrequited love, huh… that it is…”

Gan Miaoruo became lost in her memories, still silent when evening came and it was time to leave.

In the following days, as Dahan Major Cold grew closer, the snowfall grew heavier. Gan Miaoruo gave Di Yelei some time off, asking Liu Sisi to hibernate for winter and not to go to the Gan Mansion until after the snow had stopped.