When he saw her, Xiao Xubai's eyes flashed with a hint of amazement, he was used to seeing her long hair hanging down her shoulders, and such a refreshing and neat appearance was eye-catching.

She whispered something to the people who followed her, and walked over quickly.

Gu Nanfeng became nervous all of a sudden, she was sitting in the gazebo resting, there was a high mountain cliff outside, and she happened to bump into her when she went out, neither advancing nor retreating.

"Yesterday, I heard Qiqi say that he wanted a spring outing, but I didn't expect you to come"

Xiao Xubai had a shallow smile on his lips, like an old friend's greetings.

"I'm her homeroom teacher" Unconsciously, Gu Nanfeng clenched the mineral water bottle in his hand, and his voice was a little tense.

Thinking of what Ye Qiu said, her heart ached, and her tone became a little softer.

"Don't be nervous, I don't mean anything else, just come and talk to you and leave, after all, the customer is still waiting for me"

Looking out along the pavilion, a vacant land was dug out of the mountainside, a three-story antique building was built along the mountain, the green tile cornices, the plaque in front of the door was engraved with a few big characters, and she didn't have to think about it was her recently developed tourist area.

"Do you have nightmares all the time?" There was a dark blue under her eyes, which obviously could not be boiled in a day or two.

"If you can't sleep well, you can try soaking hot water feet, and drink a glass of warm milk before going to bed, just like ......"

As she had told herself before, before she finished speaking, Gu Nanfeng interrupted her sharply, "Enough Xiao Xubai, I don't need you to take care of my affairs!" ”

Because of the anger in her heart, she gasped slightly, her chest continued to rise and fall, and her eyes were red.

"Nanfeng ......" She actually has a lot to say, but at this moment, even if she can't say a word, all her feelings are blocked in her throat, and there is an astringent pain in her heart.

"That'...... Take care of yourself, I'm leaving," she whispered, got up from the stone bench, walked briskly out of the gazebo, and smiled again when she greeted the client, becoming an inviolable queen.

Only he knows how scarred his heart is under the cover of this smile, but how can he withstand the suffering of Nanfeng.

Gu Nanfeng lay on the stone table for a while, letting the cold temperature gradually ease the restlessness and sadness in his heart, and seeing that his classmates were almost finished, he also sorted out his feelings before going out.

Xiao Xubai was long gone, I don't know if he had already gone down the mountain or continued to talk about business, and after the whole team, he counted the number of people again before continuing to go up.

The more you go up, the cement road has come to an end, and there are fewer and fewer traces of artificiality, but fortunately, the mountain road is not very steep, Gu Nanfeng walked in front and let them all hold hands in case someone fell.

Xiao Ru walked at the end with his head down, and gradually fell behind, Gu Nanfeng glanced back, and asked Xiao Qi to take them to climb up with other teachers, and slowly retreated to the back.

"Tired or not, can you still hold on?"

Gu Nanfeng took out a bottle of mineral water from her backpack and handed it to her, she noticed that Xiao Ru was carrying a washed white denim schoolbag, and she didn't know if she had anything to eat.

Usually a silent child in the class, his academic performance has always been at the top, but recently he has become a little depressed, and his grades have dropped a lot.

"Thank you, Mr. Gu" Xiao Ru took it, took a sip cautiously and held it in her hand.

"If you have something to say, Teacher Gu will definitely find a way to help you" Gu Nanfeng blinked, and there was a hint of playfulness.

Xiao Ru's eyes gradually turned red, clenched the plastic bottle in his hand, and spoke after a long time, "Dad and Mom divorced......"

Gu Nanfeng's heart sank, "When did it happen?" ”

"Just last month, my father's health has been very bad, he kept coughing up blood, and he was sent to the hospital after fainting on the construction site again, and he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer"

When he said the last few words, he obviously cried, lowered his head deeply and sobbed quietly, "Mom divorced Dad"

Gu Nanfeng stretched out his hand and hugged her shoulder, giving her strength with his insignificant warmth, and his tone was calm and gentle, without the slightest pity.

"Xiaoru, are you living with your father now?"

"Well, Mr. Gu, I want to drop out of school and go to work, so that I can have money......"

"Xiao Ru, you listen to me" Gu Nanfeng gently stopped her, "Teacher Gu has also encountered a very bad situation before, and he is almost unable to live, but I have always believed in a sentence, otherwise there is nothing worse than the current situation, so the future will be better"

"If you go out to work now, who will take care of your father, learning is not to gain knowledge, but to improve self-worth, and in the future you will earn more money than now, no boss will let a highly educated student hire a junior high school student without it"

"Even if it......" Gu Nanfeng had already prepared for the worst, "and teachers and classmates will be by your side to help you and support you"

Xiao Ru lowered his head, tears fell into the dust drop by drop, bit his lower lip and nodded.

Gu Nanfeng showed a smile on his lips, patted her shoulder gently, took out a tissue from his bag and handed it to her, "Don't cry, you should come out to play and relax today."

The feeling of standing on a high place overlooking the whole city is refreshing, the blue sky and white clouds seem to be pluckable, even the steel forest has a neat beauty, the breeze raises the hair on her forehead, and the overflowing fragrance of flowers dilutes the surging mood just now because of Xiao Xubai.

After climbing the mountain all morning, the students were hungry, and they sat on the ground and took out the snacks they brought to share with each other, which reminded her of her student days, and it was just as simple and beautiful, and the reason why she liked the teaching profession was because the school was cleaner than the outside after all.

Gu Nanfeng also took out the bread from his bag, and when she tore open the package and was about to eat it, she handed over a box of yogurt in front of her, which was the brand she loved to drink in the past.

"Mom said let me give it to you," Xiao Qi rubbed over and whispered.

Gu Nanfeng narrowed his eyes, pushed it back, and looked at Xiao Ru who was sitting in the corner, "I don't drink it, you can take it to Xiao Ru."

"But ......"

"Go ahead, I've almost eaten enough"

Xiao Qi had no choice but to purse his lips and walk back slowly.

After lunch, everyone scattered to do their own thing, Gu Nanfeng emphasized safety again, requiring that they must be in groups of three or five, not allowed to go down the mountain, and not allowed to go to the cliff to play, the range of activities is on the top of the mountain, this open space, and finally glanced at the mobile phone and found that there was a signal and ordered: "If you have something, you can call me" before announcing the disbandment.

Xiao Qi was sketching quietly, Xiao Ru was leaning against a tree and reading, and other classmates were also playing playfully, and some even went to dig wild vegetables.

Gu Nanfeng showed a smile on his lips, sat on the grass, took out a sketchbook from his bag and planned to draw a landscape sketch, but found that he didn't know if it was because he was piled up in his heart or what, and he couldn't form a complete picture.

She sighed lightly, it was not as good as before, and she simply smeared it casually, but when she looked at a character sketch in her pen, she was stunned, and it looked like that person......

"Teacher Gu" A colleague was calling her, Gu Nanfeng came back to his senses, tore the page off the notebook, and then got up.

One afternoon passed like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, it was sunset, and the sunset like salted egg yolk came into view, gradually sinking into the mountains.

The squad leaders of each class reported once after the whole team arrived, and after the number of people arrived, Gu Nanfeng announced that he was going down the mountain, because she was a little upset about the painting just now, and she didn't have time to count it seriously, and no one noticed that the students who were in a hurry to go down the mountain, including Xiao Qi, actually had one person missing.

It wasn't until he was halfway up the mountain, when Xiao Qi wanted to take out the headphones to listen to the song, that he remembered that the headphones had just been lent to Xiao Ru, and he searched the team and found that there was no one, so he became a little anxious.

"Teacher Gu, do you see Xiaoru?"

Gu Nanfeng's face turned pale, and he had a bad premonition in his heart, "Hasn't she been with you all the time?" ”

Xiao Qi shook his head, "I was still there before I went down the mountain, she said to go to the toilet, I thought I was back, who knows......"

Not fulfilling her responsibilities as a squad leader made her feel very guilty, and she was worried about her safety, Xiao Qi's voice hid a trace of crying.

Gu Nanfeng was also a little confused, especially after hearing Xiaoru talk about the situation in their family, the feeling of uneasiness became heavier and heavier, and the heavy feeling pressed on her heart made her almost breathless, but she still tried her best to appease her feelings.

"It's okay, you go down the mountain with a few teachers first, and I'll go back and find out"

"I'll go with you!"

"Xiao Qi, be obedient!"

Gu Nanfeng unconsciously aggravated his tone, and he didn't have time to look at her expression, so he rushed to the front of the team and communicated with several other colleagues, all of whom had a difficult face.

"Why don't you call the police, it's getting dark."

Someone mentioned yì.

Gu Nanfeng shook his head, "No, it's still an hour's drive from the city center, and when the rescue team arrives, maybe it's already dark, and it's more dangerous for her to stay on the mountain alone, I'll go up and look for it first, and you take the other students down the mountain."

After that, she took the water and the flashlight and turned around and ran up the mountain, this feeling of guilt and guilt was almost hard to breathe, she should have followed her every step of the way, so sensitive and fragile children could not guarantee that they would not do anything extreme.

The further you go, the fewer artificial traces there are, the mountains begin to cool down, you can still run at first, and you can only walk at the end, and from time to time there are dead branches and vines that cut your clothes, and even if you puncture your skin, you can't feel pain.

The clothes on his body were sweaty and were blown by the cold wind, and he was firmly attached to his back, and his heart seemed to sink to the bottom.

"Xiao Ru, Xiao Ru" finally stumbled to the top of the mountain, shouted a few words loudly, but no one answered, and there was only her hoarse echo in the mountains.

Gu Nanfeng trembled uncontrollably, a little thing can cause the depression patient's feelings to collapse, not to mention the disappearance of Xiaoru caused by her own dereliction of duty, she kept making psychological hints to herself, she would find it, she would be fine, but she still knelt down and hugged her head in despair.

"Xiao Qi, aren't you leaving?"

Seeing that the team had all descended the mountain, Xiao Qi still stubbornly stayed where he was, "I want to wait for Teacher Gu and Xiaoru to come back"

The teacher who led the team was a little anxious, "Why are you so stubborn, you Teacher Gu said that you will go down the mountain first, you see it's dark."

"Okay, then it's decided, happy cooperation"

"Happy to work with"

After Xiao Xubai sent the customer out of the door with a smile on his face, he turned around and found that there were still a few vague figures pulling on the pavilion halfway up the mountain, and he looked at one of them as Xiao Qi, and walked over quickly.

"What's going on?"

Xiao Qi saw that it was her, blinked, and a layer of water instantly surged under his eyes, "Mom, Teacher Gu went up the mountain alone to find someone, I'm worried about her"

Xiao Xubai, who recognized her as one of the school's investors, was also a little polite on the teacher's face, "It's such a ......"

"I don't care what it is, if something happens to her, you'll all have to pay"

She said it blandly, but her tone was chilling.

Can she still not know these twists and turns, it was the students in Gu Nanfeng's class who had an accident, and she would inevitably be punished after returning to school, if she could find the best, if something happened, their responsibility would naturally be the least.

"Okay, don't cry, you go home first" Facing Xiao Qi, her tone softened a little, because of the need to engage in development, an office was built in the middle of the mountain, and ready-made cars were also available, she first asked the driver to send Xiao Qi home, and then notified the secretary to let the people who remained in the office all go up the mountain with flashlight ropes.

She also joined the search team, and when it came to her familiarity with Beilu Mountain, she was used to engineering construction, and no one must be more familiar with her than her.