Miss, you are my future wife

Chapter 16 The Forest

Yu Luying's home is a typical old Shikumen house, with four or five families living in the narrow main entrance, sharing a "soap room" (kitchen) and washing room.

It is said to be a shaving room, but they cannot go to the toilet or take a bath. In addition to wiping the body with a towel dipped in hot water, they can only use a plastic bathtub.

The one that really belongs to the Yu-style mother and daughter is a large single room, about [-] or [-] square meters. When you enter the door, you will be facing the statue of "The Madonna of Pain" on the wall: in this icon, Maria frowned slightly, pointing My own heart—there were seven sharp swords.

There is a sofa on the side near the door, and a small tea table put together in front of the sofa. A double bass is lying horizontally under the tea table, facing the square table for eating.

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

The small but well-equipped baroque altar is the most ornate part of the austere room: a solid gold crucifix stands in the center, and to the left are foreign Latin scriptures—only one A photo of a black-and-white man is placed out of place.

Yu Luying sat up from the bed, looked at her father's photo stupidly, and lowered her eyelids again.

After a night of sleep, she felt much better, so she rolled over and got out of bed, fumbling for her slippers on the floor with her toes.

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

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

Whenever she realizes this, Yu Luying will feel a burst of relief.

Due to the distance between the buildings and the orientation of the room, although it was daytime, the room was dark - the bright sunlight outside the house did not share much with her, but it did not affect the girl's mood at all.

Rather, she is used to this kind of darkness and tranquility, like a young deer hiding in the forest.

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

In the silence, the sound seemed particularly loud, startling her.

Sure enough, it was Xiao Yao who called, and she subconsciously pressed it.

There are (4) unread messages, Yu Luying didn't click to read, but closed the flip cover directly.

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

Yu Luying continued to search for her slippers with her toes, but she still couldn't find them.

She raised her right foot, put it on the knee of her left leg, and stroked her palm.

What is he doing with his pants?
... She shook her head vigorously, dispelled 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 was opened with a "click".

It's mom back!

Yu Luying subconsciously pressed the phone down, muted the phone, and hid the phone behind her back, all in one go.

"Yingying," Yu's mother shouted from outside the door, "Come and help mom get things."

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

"Why so slow..." Mother Yu mumbled as she entered the door, "Help me get the food?"

She turned her head and saw her daughter's hair stood up, her body was slightly curled up, her feet were suspended a few centimeters from the ground, as if she was being held by an invisible hand.

The screams of the mother and daughter filled the entire corridor.

--split line--

"Are you okay?" Shen Jie was concerned about Xiao Yao who was pale.

"I'm fine, what's the matter, sprinkle water." Xiao Yao said tremblingly.

He really is a guy who loves to be brave, Shen Jie thought.

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

"Actually... yes." Xiao Yao thought for a while, and admitted: "My kindergarten, primary and junior high schools are all in other places. We don't seem to have such things."

"Ah," Shen Jie was a little surprised: "Aren't you a local?"

"My parents are," Xiao Yao explained: "Both of them were educated youths who went to the countryside to work in Gangbo. I was the last batch of educated youths who returned home, and I got 12 points for the senior high school entrance examination."

"That's great," Shen Jie replied casually, "What about your parents, have you returned to the capital?"

"No...they are divorced." Xiao Yao's tone was a bit sad: "Then they remarried, and now I live with my grandma."

"I'm very sorry……"

"There's nothing to be sorry about."

The tandem bicycles have been returned, and the boy and girl walk side by side along the forest park trail.Xiao Yao put one hand in his trouser pocket, while Shen Jie pinned his hands behind his back.

"When I first came to Shanghai, I was very uncomfortable," Xiao Yao recalled: "The classmates and friends in the past are gone. I feel like I am a stranger in a foreign land, and I am very lonely."

"A little bit of adaptation, and soon there will be a new circle of friends." Shen Jie said.

"That's what I thought at first too... It's just that I don't fit in with everything here."

"how to say?"

"The high school here ends at 4 o'clock. There is no evening self-study, weekends and weekends, and less homework... I told my classmates, why is high school easier than junior high school? Everyone looked at me like an alien and said Is junior high school easier?"

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

"It's clearly a key middle school in the district, but the grade director openly encouraged everyone to fall in love at the grade meeting. At that time, I was extremely surprised, but the people around me seemed to take it for granted..." Xiao Yao said.

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

"Not really..." Xiao Yao scratched his head: "Maybe I'm suitable to be controlled more strictly?"

"I can understand, but I can't understand." Shen Jie tilted her head and thought for a while, then said.

"I can't make any friends here," Xiao Yao sat down on a wooden bench beside the road, "I won't go home after school, and I always like to stay in school until the guard chases me away... that's it. I want to meet a few classmates who left late, and have a chat with them, both male and female."

"It's okay, I'll 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 time to struggle with the word: "As for me, I always talk to my classmates and want to participate in their conversations or activities, but I have no money, and I always invite them to dinner , In the end, what I got in return was being isolated by the whole class."

"Why?" Shen Jie asked in surprise.

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

Shen Jie stretched out her hand and touched Xiao Yao's upper arm a few times.

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

Shen Jie didn't speak any more, but just listened quietly.

"At that time, my blood was pouring upwards, so I was going to beat him up. It was Yu Luying who stood up and told that boy to shut up." Xiao Yao smiled: "Otherwise, I might have been punished for fighting?"

"If it was me, I would beat him up for you." Shen Jie squeezed her knuckles, making a distinct sound.

"Thank you," Xiao Yao said, "Ouyang Qianqian said the same thing—that's my god-sister."

"At least, you still have two good friends in class, don't you?" Shen Jie reminded.

"Well, I got close to them later, especially Yu Luying, because she and I are both key members of the poetry club. Later, many people agreed that we are a couple..." Xiao Yao's face A look of happiness appeared on his face.

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

"Poetry, modern poetry." Xiao Yao explained: "The night gave me black eyes, but I use 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 taken aback: "Don't worry, I won't."

Shen Jie pushed his hands away from his shoulders calmly: "What does it have to do with me, you can continue with your story."

(End of this chapter)