SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 12

Jiang Cheng was knocked straight in the face by a gust of wind the instant he walked out the door, he immediately rushed towards the kitchen.

Gu Fei stood with his back facing the door, Gu Miao stood beside the kitchen sink and was washing the dishes with hot water.

The little girl was quite proficient, and her expression was also very concentrated.

Jiang Cheng watched for a moment, unable to understand the point of Gu Fei standing here. Gu Miao was not a small child, if her job was to do the dishes, then let her be, why must he stand there and watch?

"That..." he cleared his throat.

He was unsure if Gu Miao was too concentrated in washing since she acted as if she did not hear him and continued to wash the dishes with care.

Gu Fei turned his head: "En?"

"I'm getting ready to go," Jiang Cheng said. "Do you have jackets you don't wear often? Lend me one."

"None," Gu Fei replied.

"The fuck?" Jiang Cheng stared at him. "What are you getting at?"

"There are ones I wear often," Gu Fei answered. "They're in the closet inside the room, you can go take one out yourself."

"... oh, thanks." Jiang Cheng turned around, getting ready to get a jacket.

"Cheng Ge," Gu Fei's call halted him to a stop.

Jiang Cheng stopped. Gu Fei following Gu Miao in calling him Cheng Ge made him feel a bit weird, but also inexplicably comfortable - he almost wanted to answer back with "what's up little bro."

"Leave after she's finished washing, and tell her goodbye," Gu Fei said.

"En," Jiang Cheng nodded his head, "You... give me a cigarette."

Gu Fei took out a lighter and a cigarette box from his pocket and handed them to him, then turned back around to keep watching Gu Miao wash the dishes.

Jiang Cheng took the cigarette and backed out to the edge of the door to light it, then also turned to watch Gu Miao wash.

Although he was unsure, and it was still inconvenient to ask - he could feel that Gu Miao was possibly a bit different from the average child, hence Gu Fei had to watch over her even while she was washing the dishes.

Except, if he was this anxious, why allow her to fly around the streets on a skateboard by herself. And even when she was bullied, he did not seem to do much about it.

How interesting.

All the people here are very interesting.

Sometimes all these felt very unreal to him, these alleyways, these scenes, these people he had been seeing, these problems, they all seem somewhat illusionistic. Only when he was in contact with Pan Zhi did he feel as though he had returned to a realistic world.

He had probably time traveled, right?

Another era? Another dimension?

In a different world?

Thinking like this caused him to shiver in astonishment.

Gu Fei just happened to have turned around to look at him: "Isn't it better if you stayed inside?"

Jiang Cheng ignored him.

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After having finished washing the dishes and putting them away, Gu Miao finally turned and exited the kitchen. As she passed Jiang Cheng, it was as if she didn't see him. Jiang Cheng followed her back into the shop, and it was only when she started to look for him did she turned around to see Jiang Cheng behind her.