"Are those kids your friends? They say that about you, it's their fault, but you also have to learn to say 'no' to them. If you don't like something, tell them you clearly don't like it, and if they still do it, you should report it to the teacher or the dean. In this way, they will know what you really think, and in the future, they will not bully you again. ”

The air was unusually quiet.

"Hmm...... I've told you my name, and you should tell me what your name is, right?"

“……”

He was still indifferent to An Xiaoran's words, and just stood there straight, as if the whole world had nothing to do with him.

An Xiaoran was frustrated for a while, did she look so inconspicuous, how could she be as if she didn't exist.

"Are you listening to me, kid?"

“……”

In response to her, there was still a maddening silence.

"His name is Ming Ming, and he is six years old this year. ”

After Gu Chen finished chatting with the dean, he found that An Xiaoran had walked away. When he came to her, he saw her standing in the middle of a group of children, 'threatening' them with righteous words.

He folded his arms and looked at An Xiaoran's unknown side playfully. Her words scared the children a lot, but there was a lot of fun.

After the other children dispersed, he realized that she was not bullying the child, but helping Ming Ming, who was being bullied.

But in front of Mingming, no one has any privileges, including An Xiaoran. Seeing her embarrassed and anxious appearance, Gu Chen couldn't help it, so he walked over.

Leaning into An Xiaoran's ear, Gu Chen whispered: "He has autism, he won't pay attention to you." ”

Autism?

An Xiaoran was a little surprised.

Autism is the well-known autism, which is manifested in the inability to communicate with normal people, the child in front of her, who looks smart and cute, with a pair of big furry eyes clear and bright, she has no way to associate him with the word autism.

Seeing Gu Chen, Mingming's eyes instantly lit up. He raised his head and opened his mouth, wanting to say something to Gu Chen, but he didn't know if it was because An Xiaoran was also present, he hesitated for a moment and lowered his head again.

Gu Chen squatted down and looked at Ming Ming at eye level: "Why, don't you remember me?" If you don't greet me when you meet, I'll be sad." ”

Obviously clutching the leg of his trousers, he could see that he wanted to express it, but he didn't know how to speak.

"What about the paintings you promised me?" Gu Chen put his hands on his shoulders and said softly: "The dean said that you have been working hard to learn to paint recently, didn't you say last time that you would give me one?"

Ming Ming nodded lightly, and after thinking about it, he grabbed Gu Chen's finger and walked in the direction of the studio.

The studio was on the top floor of the activity center, and Ming Ming, who was walking in front, hesitated when he stood in the safe passage, and finally chose to walk into the elevator.

The elevator door closed, obviously acting nervous, Gu Chen squatted down and hugged Ming Ming. Obviously buried his head in Gu Chen's shoulder, and his whole little body was trembling.

It turned out that he was afraid to take the elevator. But considering that they would be tired from walking the ladder to the top floor, they forced themselves into the elevator.

This kid still knows how to take care of people.

The door of the studio is open, and the children are all active and active, and they all prefer lively and interesting activities such as music or swimming, and there are very few children in the painting interest class. At this time, it was quiet in the studio, and there was no one.

Ming Ming walked straight to his flower stand, squatted down, and rummaged through a painting bag bigger than him.

An Xiaoran stretched her neck to look, and there were hundreds of Ming Ming's paintings inside. He treats his works very carefully, each one neatly arranged, with a layer of white paper in the middle to prevent the paint from scratching.

On the easel, there is an unfinished work. It was a portrait, and the other children's easels also had a portrait of varying degrees of completion, which seemed to be the homework assigned by the teacher in art class. However, only Mingming's paintings are exceptionally good, and both the brushstrokes and the composition have a completely different maturity from his peers.

An Xiaoran was amazed in her heart, she was only six years old, and she was able to paint such a picture, which was a genius.

After rummaging for a long time, he finally found the painting he was most satisfied with. He carefully pulled it out, and then handed it to Gu Chen with both hands.

Gu Chen squatted down and took his painting with the same care. Gu Chen was just about to open it to see, but he suddenly stretched out his little hand to stop him. The big round eyes secretly glanced at An Xiaoran, An Xiaoran flattened her mouth, so she had to cover her eyes and turn around: "Don't worry, I don't look, I closed my eyes and turned around, I can't see it." ”

Ming Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and then let go of his little hand.

Gu Chen opened his painting, it was a portrait of Gu Chen and Ming Ming, obviously sitting in Gu Chen's arms, expressionless, but Gu Chen smiled happily.

Gu Chen remembered that this was the first time he came here after returning to China, and it was also the first time he saw Ming Ming, who was very resistant to contact with people at that time, and Gu Chen's initiative to approach left a deep impression in his little heart. Therefore, he borrowed the only group photo from the dean, and copied it with a young and sincere brush.

"It's so good, I'm sure I'll frame it and hang it in the most conspicuous place in my house. This is a memory of me and Mingming, and we must cherish it. ”

Hearing Gu Chen's praise, his face turned red. He pushed Gu Chen's hand and motioned for him to quickly put it away. Gu Chen rolled up the painting and put it in the painting tube prepared in advance, seeing Mingming's vigilance against An Xiaoran, Gu Chen couldn't help but smile: "Mingming, this is Sister Xiaoran, she also likes Mingming, and she protected you just now." ”

An Xiaoran turned around, and her fingers split a slit: "Obviously, can I turn around?"

Obviously, he finally looked directly at An Xiaoran, but it was only for a moment, and he lowered his head again.

For a child with autism, it was clear that his reaction to Gu Chen was already the limit of what he could do, and An Xiaoran did not force him to respond to himself, so he took the small stool in front of the easel next to him and sat down.

"If you don't speak, then I'm welcome. ”

An Xiaoran bowed her body with a smile and looked at her immature little face from bottom to top. obviously didn't want to look directly at An Xiaoran, but her action made him even more nervous.

"I also like to draw, but I'm not as good as Mingming, can you help me?"

Mingming was still silent.

An Xiaoran gently removed the portrait from Mingming's easel, replaced it with a blank piece of paper, and fixed it with a peg. She picked up the brush on the shelf and skillfully drew a first draft of a sketch according to the obvious appearance. Her speed is very fast, and her silhouette is also very delicate, just a simple outline, and all the features on her face are shown by her.

The corners of Gu Chen's lips hooked slightly, but after a few days in the hospital, her painting level has made a qualitative leap, and sure enough, she has potential.

After finishing the sketch, An Xiaoran picked up the palette again, she dipped it in water with a stucco pen, and then handed it to Ming Ming.

"I don't know how to color, can you help me color. ”

Ming glanced at his palette and was unmoved.

An Xiaoran was not discouraged: "I'm painting you, if you don't help me, then I will be painted ugly, and I will be ridiculed by other children, I will draw Ming Ming as a monster." ”

Hearing that An Xiaoran had drawn himself, he obviously raised his head weakly, and when he saw himself on the drawing paper, those eyes finally had some lightness.

An Xiaoran looked at Mingming, while choosing a color in the paint at random, sticking it on the brush, she slowly put down the pen on Mingming's face: "Mingming's face is red or green? I can't see his face, there's no way to draw it, it's better to paint it green, the color like a leaf......"

Seeing that An Xiaoran was about to put pen to paper, obviously the whole person shook, he quickly raised his hand, grabbed An Xiaoran's wrist, and then shook his head desperately.

Mingming's reaction made Gu Chen and An Xiaoran surprised and delighted. You must know that obviously he hardly communicates with people and has been living in his own world, An Xiaoran only contacted him for less than an hour before he can get a response from him, which is simply impossible.

An Xiaoran glanced at Gu Chen, her expression full of pride.

Gu Chen was also very happy, as if he was praising her for 'really having you'.

After winning the first battle, An Xiaoran took advantage of the victory to pursue: "Obviously you don't like green......? Can you help me color? ”

Ming Ming nodded heavily, then sat down on the small bench solemnly, spread out the paint, and painted seriously.

An Xiaoran held his chin, watching from the sidelines, and from time to time he would put forward different opinions, this time, obviously he did not refuse, except that he did not speak, he was already able to use body language to refute An Xiaoran's various unreasonable demands.

Looking at the two people in the zero language communication, one big and one small, the smile in the corner of Gu Chen's eyes became even more profound.

This scene seems familiar, yet so distant and unfamiliar.

When it was time for lunch, the children went to the cafeteria under the guidance of the teacher. Knowing that Gu Chen was coming, everyone was very happy, and they gathered around Gu Chen, begging him to tell a story. Gu Chen's status among the children is extremely high, and everyone affectionately calls him Brother Gu Chen.

An Xiaoran watched Gu Chen patiently answer all kinds of innocent and cute questions, without a trace of impatience, completely different from the high-flying cold-faced president in the past.

It turns out that Gu Chen still has such a loving side.

Obviously he didn't like places with a lot of people, he was familiar with An Xiaoran, his little hands were holding her tightly, and his eyes looked at Gu Chen from time to time, looking a little helpless. An Xiaoran also learned later, he usually eats alone and never comes to the cafeteria, and it is because of Gu Chen and An Xiaoran that he forced himself to integrate into this strange and terrible environment.

Without Gu Chen, he obviously felt cramped and uneasy. An Xiaoran opened Mingming's lunch box and handed a spoonful of food to his mouth. "Obviously, if you don't eat again, it's cold. Brother Gu Chen will come to accompany you in a while, and if he sees that you haven't eaten, he will be unhappy. ”

Mingming closed his little mouth tightly and didn't want to open it.

He accepted to respond to An Xiaoran, but it did not mean that he accepted such close contact with An Xiaoran. An Xiaoran tried several times, but failed to succeed, and was very frustrated.

"Are you sure you don't eat it?"

An Xiaoran smiled evilly and ate a large spoonful of food in front of Ming Ming. Mingming's eyes widened, obviously he didn't expect An Xiaoran to eat his food.

An Xiaoran said happily while eating: "Well, the food here is still very good." The meat tastes good, crispy and crispy, I'm going to eat another piece. ”

With that, he picked up another piece of meat.

Obviously not calm down now, he obediently opened his mouth and leaned next to the chopsticks. So, An Xiaoran successfully persuaded Ming Ming to eat.

The dean on the side saw it and couldn't help but be shocked: "Obviously, he never let others feed him, except for Gu Chen, no one can do this." Xiao Ran, how did you do that?"

An Xiaoran smiled: "Actually, he is not so difficult to contact, accompany him patiently, and he will slowly accept others." ”

"I can see that I like you very much, Xiao Ran, you have to visit him often. With you and Gu Chen, I will be very happy. ”

Seeing Ming Ming eating in a big gulp, for fear of being robbed by someone, An Xiaoran leaned next to his little face and asked, "Mingming, do you really like me?"

Mingming's eyes were fixed on the meal, as focused as ever.

When it was time for a nap, Ming Ming was taken to a separate room by the teacher and slowly fell asleep. Through the floor-to-ceiling window, An Xiaoran looked at Ming Ming in his sleep, and only felt that he was getting more and more cute.