164Revisiting the Old Place
Gu Mengmeng didn't know when she fell asleep.
It was only when the dryness in her throat forced her to open her eyes that she found that her eyes were swollen like a peach and could only be opened a little.
Elvis brought a cup of water to Gu Mengmeng's mouth, and Gu Mengmeng took it without hesitation and drank it in big gulps. Elvis was afraid that she would choke, so he patted her back gently.
Gu Mengmeng finished drinking the water, returned the cup to Elvis, and then stood up and walked out without saying a word.
Elvis grabbed Gu Mengmeng's wrist and said, "Are you going to find him again?"
Gu Mengmeng knew that the "he" Elvis was talking about must be Leia. Just thinking of that name, Gu Mengmeng felt really sour in her heart. She didn't have the confidence to see Leia again and listen to those heartless words again. So she shook her head to express her denial.
Elvis gave a long sigh of relief, and the strength in his hand was relaxed a little.
He didn't want to see Gu Mengmeng's heart-wrenching look yesterday again.
Elvis took a step forward, hugged Gu Mengmeng in his arms and said, "Your feet are all worn out, and you are not suitable for walking for the time being. Where are you going? I'll take you there."
Gu Mengmeng looked down at the soles of her feet. The large pieces of broken skin were bleeding, and she looked miserable.
But why didn't she feel any pain?
Oh, maybe the pain in a person's body is limited? It's all concentrated on the heart, and other places... can't feel it.
But Gu Mengmeng didn't refuse Elvis's proposal. Her throat, which had been drinking water, could barely speak. Her voice was hoarse, and every word she said sounded like she was cutting her throat with a small blade.
"I'm going to the lake, the place where I first met you."
Elvis didn't know what Gu Mengmeng was going to do. In fact, he couldn't understand what Gu Mengmeng did many times. But for Elvis, as long as Gu Mengmeng didn't cry, he had no problem with what she wanted to do.
So, Elvis took a thicker animal skin and wrapped Gu Mengmeng. Although the cold season had not yet arrived, the weather had turned cold, and he couldn't let his little Meng get cold.
Gu Mengmeng did not resist and let Elvis take care of everything on her.
It was not until Elvis carried Gu Mengmeng to the lake where they first met that Gu Mengmeng, who had been as quiet as a rag doll, responded.
Elvis's lips turned up slightly, pointing to the lake and said, "That day, you stood there, half of your body in the lake, the water reflected on your face, you looked like a lost elf, I couldn't help but get close, but I was afraid of disturbing you. And then... you kissed me."
Elvis fell into memories. It was only a short time ago, but when he came back here, he felt like a lifetime ago.
Gu Mengmeng wanted to get down from Elvis' arms, Elvis did not stop her, and put her down as she wished.
Gu Mengmeng ignored Elvis' words, or rather, she ignored everything.
Gu Mengmeng walked all the way to the lake, taking off the animal skin that Elvis had put on her as she walked. In the end, she was left with only the bikini she had worn when they first met.
She stopped by the lake, turned around and looked at Elvis, with the corners of her lips slightly raised, and said to Elvis: "Sorry, thank you, goodbye."
After that, Gu Mengmeng fell backwards on her back, with huge splashes of water. Gu Mengmeng curled up and held her breath to force herself to sink.
She wanted to go back, back to where she belonged, without the bloody bonfire party, without the twisted values of marriage, without Elvis, without... Leia.
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Does anyone want to know what Leia did and said after Gu Mengmeng left Nina's house? If anyone wants to see it, I will write a small branch for you.