Dongyu said seriously, "I'm very smart and learn everything very quickly. It doesn't mean that I'll be useless if I don't study! I'll take you to another city and we'll rent a house. Then, I'll work hard and take good care of you, okay?"
"Stop joking."
I turned around. "If I really did go with you, Mom and Dad would hate me to the core."
Dongyu suddenly hugged me and said sadly, "Then what should I do?"
He cupped my face in his hands and studied me with seriousness. Then he smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be telling me you're letting Mom send you overseas to study? Xiachun, I'll go crazy if that happened! I can't lose you."
I was instantly stirred by him. He and I simply packed up our luggage and left the house.
It was a windy night.
He draped his jacket over me and held me close. "We'll be in the car soon," he told me.
"Uh huh."
It was hard to get a cab in the wee hours.
