Chapter 2553 - 2254: Lost Youth

The high school they attended had quite a long history, so eventually the school was relocated, and the old site was turned into a library.

"Isn’t it a library now?" Gu Mian asked again.

"Yes, I bought the place and turned it into a library," Nangong Yue replied.

Gu Mian’s eyes widened, wow, Professor Nangong really is... a tycoon!

Gu Mian covered her face, "Say no more, rich man, let’s be friends!"

"I don’t want to be just friends with you." Nangong Yue’s lips curled into a smile, as he used one hand to hold hers, brought it to his lips, kissed it, and said, "I only want to be your husband."

This title made Gu Mian blush, but she didn’t pull her hand away from Nangong Yue.

The library, it’s said, is open to the school for free and houses many treasured books, some of which are rare editions that are no longer in print. Professor Nangong truly dedicates himself to cultural endeavors!

As for the books, Gu Mian actually knew something about them too.

For example, books published by the Education Bureau and the Culture Bureau ten years ago might stop being printed ten years later, meaning they are out of print.

Some of the stories from back then are nearly impossible to read again.

So that’s the role of a library, to preserve a part of ’history’.

Soon they arrived at the library, and Nangong Yue led Gu Mian in, saying as they walked, "The front part here is the library, while the field at the back I converted into a reading room, but there’s one place I didn’t change."

"Where?" Gu Mian blinked in confusion.

"The confession tree." Nangong Yue looked at her, "I’ll take you there now, and you can still find my confession for you."

Gu Mian’s eyes widened.

The confession tree!

Back then, it was a tree on the school field, and it’s said that people who had crushes but didn’t dare confess would bury their secrets beneath the confession tree on confession day.

Could it be that Nangong Yue buried something there too?

As it turns out, the area around the confession tree expanded significantly and was dedicated to burying confessions.

However, some of the confessions were dug up by their owners the next day.

So no one really knows whose secrets are still buried there, or if anyone cared when the school was about to be relocated.

Perhaps everyone has grown older and no longer cares about who they once had a crush on, even if it were to be unearthed.

Besides, among so many people in the school, who would know, or even remember, who was who?

Still lost in thought, Nangong Yue had already brought her to the back and looking at the familiar confession tree and that patch of soil, Gu Mian couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotions.

This place has carried so many secrets of young hearts during their awakening.

"Mine is here." Nangong Yue led her to an inconspicuous little corner behind the confession tree.

Gu Mian: "..."

Never would have guessed that Professor Nangong knew how to hide things, even managing to hide it in this little nook!

"Wait, I’ll dig it up." Nangong Yue said as he squatted down and started scooping the soil with his bare hands.

This place hadn’t been visited by many people in a long time, so the soil was very loose and could be dug up by hand.

Gu Mian just watched him, watched as he carefully brushed away the soil layer by layer.

The feeling was like he was peeling away at her heart, layer by layer, removing the defenses in her heart bit by bit.

After a while, Gu Mian finally saw something like a small bottle.

A confession bottle!

This was a kind of bottle that was really popular at school back then, and it can no longer be found on the market now. Isn’t this considered a lost piece of youth?