Yu Luying's home is a typical old Shikumen house. It has a narrow front entrance and is home to four or five families, who share a "soap room" (kitchen) and a washing room.

It was said to be a rinsing room, but there was no way to go to the toilet or take a bath. In addition to wiping the body with a towel dipped in hot water, the only option was to use a plastic tub.

What really belongs to Yu Shi's mother and daughter is a large single room, about 17 or 18 square meters. When you enter the door, you are facing the statue of "Our Lady of Sorrows" on the wall: In this icon, Mary frowns slightly and points with her hand.

My own heart——seven sharp swords were struck there.

There is a sofa on the side near the door. In front of the sofa is a small coffee table put together. Under the coffee table lies a double bass, facing the square table for eating.

The square table is next to the window, and a large bed is next to the innermost corner, with a small prayer table at the head of the bed.

Although this Baroque prayer table is small, it is well-equipped and is the most dazzlingly decorated part of this simple room: there is a pure gold cross in the middle, and on the left are foreign Latin scriptures - only one

A black-and-white photo of a man, placed a little out of place.

Yu Luying sat up from the bed, glanced at her father's photo blankly, and then lowered her eyelids.

After a good sleep, she felt that her energy was much better, so she got out of bed and fumbled for her slippers on the floor with her toes.

The bed next to her was empty, and that was her mother's bed - as far as Yu Luying knew, there were almost no people who slept in the same big bed with her mother after they were in the first grade of high school, except for herself.

The room was very quiet, and there was no sound outside the door, which meant that my mother probably went out.

Whenever she realizes this, Yu Luying will feel relieved.

Due to the distance between the floors and the orientation of the room, even though it was daytime, the room was dark - there was not much bright sunshine outside to share with her, but it did not affect the girl's mood at all.

Rather, she has become accustomed to this darkness and tranquility, like a young deer hiding in the forest.

What broke the tranquility was the vibrating sound of the mobile phone.

In the silence, the sound seemed particularly loud, which startled her.

Sure enough, it was Xiao Yao who called, so she subconsciously clicked the button.

There were (4) unread messages. Yu Luying did not click to read them, but directly closed the flip.

Immediately, the cheerful ringtone of a new text message came from my hand.

Yu Luying continued to search for her slippers with her toes, but she never found them.

She lifted her right foot, placed it on her left knee, and gently touched her palm.

What was he doing with his pants?

... She shook her head vigorously to dispel her imagination, and patted her hot cheeks.

In one word, disgusting!

The phone rang again. Yu Luying picked it up, opened the cover, and moved her finger to the answer button.

At this moment, the door opened with a "click".

It's mom who's back!

Yu Luying subconsciously pressed down the phone, muted it, and hid the phone behind her back, all at once.

"Yingying," Yu's mother called outside the door: "Come and help mom get her things."

"Here we come!" Yu Luying shouted, knelt on the ground, raised her buttocks, and pulled her slippers out from under the bed.

"Why are you so slow..." Yu's mother muttered as she walked in, "Can you help me get the food?"

She turned her head and saw that her daughter's hair was standing on end, her body was slightly curled up, and her feet were hanging a few centimeters above the ground, as if she was being held by an invisible hand.

The screams of mother and daughter filled the entire corridor.

——Separating line——

"Are you okay?" Shen Jie was concerned about Xiao Yao, whose face was pale.

"I'm fine. What's the matter? Just sprinkle some water on me." Xiao Yao said with a trembling tone.

He is really a strong-willed guy, Shen Jie thought.

"I mean, is this your first time riding a roller coaster?"

"Actually... yes." Xiao Yao thought for a while and admitted: "I went to kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school all in other places, and we don't seem to have such a thing."

"Ah," Shen Jie was a little surprised: "You are not a local?"

"My parents are," Xiao Yao explained: "Both of them were educated youth who went to the mountains and countryside, and finally settled down and worked in Gangbo. I was the last batch of children of educated youth who returned home, and I got 12 extra points in the high school entrance examination."

"That's great," Shen Jie replied casually: "What about your parents, have they returned to the Magic City?"

"No... they got divorced." Xiao Yao's tone was a little sad: "Then they remarried each other. I now live with my grandma."

"I'm sorry..."

"There's nothing to be sorry for."

The tandem bicycle had been returned, and the boy and girl were walking side by side along the path of the forest park. Xiao Yao put one hand in his trouser pocket, and Shen Jie pinned her hands behind her back.

"When I first came to Shanghai, I felt very uncomfortable," Xiao Yao recalled: "All my classmates and friends were gone. I felt like a stranger in a foreign land, which was very lonely."

"After getting used to it for a while, you will soon have a new circle of friends." Shen Jie said.

"That's what I thought at first...it's just that I'm incompatible with everything here."

"How do you say that?"

"The high school here ends at 4 o'clock. There is no late self-study, weekends are off, and there is less homework... I told my classmates why high school is easier than junior high school. People looked at me like I was an alien and said Isn’t junior high school easier?”

"Then, isn't this a good thing?"

"Obviously it is a key middle school in the district, but the grade director openly encouraged everyone to fall in love at the grade assembly. I was very surprised at the time, but the people around me took it for granted..." Xiao Yao said.

Shen Jie hesitated to speak, and finally said: "So, you prefer to be more strict?"

"That's not true..." Xiao Yao scratched his head: "Maybe I am suitable for being controlled more strictly?"

"I can understand it, but I can't understand it." Shen Jie tilted her head and thought for a while before saying this.

"I can't make any friends here at all," Xiao Yao sat down on a wooden bench by the roadside: "I won't go home after school. I always like to stay in school until the guard chases people away... That's it. I want to meet some classmates who are leaving late and have a few words with them, both men and women."

"It doesn't matter, I will be your friend from now on." Shen Jie took out a small pack of wet wipes, wiped the bench, and sat down next to Xiao Yao.

"Friend?" Xiao Yao glanced at her and felt that it was not the time to dwell on this word: "As for me, I always talk to my classmates and want to participate in their conversations or activities. Even though I have no money, I always invite others to dinner. , what ended up being isolated from the whole class.”

"Why?" Shen Jie asked in surprise.

"I don't know," Xiao Yao looked a little sad: "How do I know?"

Shen Jie reached out and touched Xiao Yao's upper arm several times.

"There was a girl. I invited her to dinner one week ago. After she found out that I was isolated the next week, she rolled her eyes at me when I talked to her again." Xiao Yao continued: "There was even one time after school. The boys openly laughed and insulted me in front of the seven or eight remaining students, and then the others sat there as if they were deaf."

Shen Jie didn't speak anymore, just listened quietly.

"At that time, my blood was gushing, and I was about to go up and beat him. It was Yu Luying who stood up and told the boy to shut up." Xiao Yao smiled: "Otherwise, I might have been punished for fighting, right?"

"If it were me, I would beat him up for you." Shen Jie pinched her knuckles and made an obvious sound.

"Thank you," Xiao Yao said, "Ouyang Qianqian said the same thing - she is my god sister."

"At least, you still have two good friends in the class, right?" Shen Jie reminded.

"Well, later on, I became very close to them, especially Yu Luying, because she and I were both key members of the poetry club. Later, many people assumed that the two of us were a couple..." Xiao Yao's face There was a hint of happiness on the face.

"Poetry club?" Shen Jie didn't understand.

"Poetry, modern poetry." Xiao Yao explained: "The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to find light."

"The person who said this finally hacked his wife to death and then committed suicide." The displeasure on Shen Jie's face flashed away, and then returned to a smile.

Xiao Yao was stunned: "Don't worry, I won't do it."
Chapter completed!