C1 (1/2)

”Bang ~ ~ ~”

Smoke filled the air, and the dust settled.

When the coroner carried the body to the morgue, a little girl, about seven or eight years old, stood in the doorway, holding the last gift her father had given her a few minutes before.

The little girl stared blankly at the dazzling white cloth under the incandescent lamp in the middle of the room.

Her only family member had just left for good.

Yi Yi hugged the fluffy white doll in his hands tightly and walked over to grab his father's big hands.

It was ice-cold.

A blank look appeared on her small, pale face.

This was what the man saw when he arrived.

The girl turned around and looked at him, meeting his eyes that were as deep as ink. Two words came out of her mouth, ”Uncle Gu.”

The man paused and looked down at her.

Under the tungsten lamp, the man's face was gloomy and unclear.

He said, ”Come with me.”

It was also on that day that he said, ”The name Yi Yi is not suitable for you. From today onwards, you will have a new name.”

Everything started from zero.

Ten years later, in his first year.

The bell for the end of class rang. The students in the classroom were in groups of twos and threes as they discussed about their social meetup and left the classroom together.

”Gu Yan, do you want to come?”

Gu Yan was Yi Yi's new name.

The sunny boy in front of her was her class monitor.

After entering the academy for so long, the students were still very unfamiliar with each other. The class monitor proposed to organize a social gathering between classes with the aim of promoting interaction between students.

Gu Yan's hand that was packing his stuff paused. Friendship?

She did not answer the boy's question. Instead, she continued with the movements of her hands and put the textbook into her bag.

Then, he walked out of the classroom.

The boy touched his head with an awkward expression.

Everyone in the class knew that Gu Yan was a different person. To put it harshly, she was a strange person.

Everyone was busy in introducing themselves to be more special, and had even attracted the attention of some people from the opposite sex. Only Gu Yan stood on stage, expressionlessly spat out the word ”Gu Yan”, and then left the stage. ”