Stars warm firefly

Chapter 4 Carnival before farewell (2)
"Well, be careful on the road. Fortunately, it's not far away. Call me." Ying Yuan said a few words to Xu Heyin, then returned to the box impatiently.During the time we met Ying Yuan, Xu Heyin had never seen Ying Yuan laughing so loudly. It seemed that he was really happy.

Of course it's not far from the usual home, but since school starts tomorrow, Xu Heyin will be living in the rented house from tonight, and these things should be far from clear.She stood silently by the side of the road waiting for a taxi, but saw a familiar car come out of the restaurant's basement, and then turned in front of her.Xu Heyin was stunned for a moment, isn't that car his father's?
Dad left home on a business trip last week, why did he show up here?Even if he came back early, even if he didn't go to the rental house, he would still go home!Could it be that Dad is still worried about Mom's arbitrariness in finding a house?

Involuntarily, Xu Heyin recalled the scene before his father's business trip.

That's what happened shortly after they negotiated to rent.On a weekday morning, my father suddenly asked why the money in his account was low, and my mother said flatly: "I have rented a room for Heyin, and I have paid part of the rent in advance."

Dad, who was eating breakfast, stopped his movements and was taken aback for a moment as if he remembered this incident:

"Rent?"

"I rented a house, so fast?" Xu Heyin was also taken aback, she thought it would take a while!

"Heyin, ask your father to make an apology for us when we go to repeat school to report on the weekend." Mom looked at Dad with a complicated expression.

"Apologize?" Dad looked at the time and asked nervously as he got up to get his briefcase, "What are you doing?"

"Buy things for Heyin! Moving to a new place, why don't you buy some daily necessities?" Mom hugged Heyin, "Heyin, you said what you want to buy, and write it down."

"It's a temporary residence. If you have anything to buy, just make do with it." Dad put on his suit and frowned slightly at the red tie his mother picked out. "It's a hot day, this color is too eye-catching." A yellow one is tied around the neck.Mom stretched out her hand to help him, but Dad raised his hand impatiently to block it, "Time is running out, I will do it myself."

"I still have to buy the supplies that need to be bought, and she doesn't live alone, so I will go there with me at that time, and I will have all the food and clothing." Mom is still explaining the necessity of spending money, "What is better than us now? I'm more anxious about my daughter, is there any other use for your money?"

"I didn't say that." Dad was stunned for a moment, and then went out the door as if fleeing.

Xu Heyin felt pressured by her mother's words.Subconsciously, she thought that it was her failure in the college entrance examination that caused today's situation. Her parents had done a lot for her, but she couldn't repay her parents with excellent grades... Thinking of the exam and grades, Xu Heyin felt a little headache again.

At this time, Dad came back again.It turned out that he had left his cell phone at home.He hurriedly grabbed the ringing mobile phone in his mother's hand, and said while staring, "Give me the mobile phone quickly."

"Look, I'm in a hurry, you yell downstairs to let the chords go down for you! It's a hot day, look at the sweat on your forehead, and your face is flushed." Then, my mother pulled out a napkin I was about to wipe the sweat off my father's face, but my father avoided it.

"It's okay, I'm going to be late."

There seemed to be a thin layer of anger on Dad's face.He held the phone firmly in his hand, looking nervous as if the phone had grown wings and was about to fly out.He glared at his mother again, turned around and walked out the door.

Mom returned to the table to clear away the dishes.

It took Xu Heyin a long time to say a word: "Is Dad angry?"

Due to the failure of the college entrance examination, Xu Heyin has been very sensitive recently, and can't help but link other people's every move with his own grades.Although she didn't want to think like this, sometimes she still felt that the strange atmosphere of silence in the house was caused by herself.

"Why is he angry, how can he have time to be angry." Mom took the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen, and said firmly while washing the dishes.She didn't see the disbelieving expression on Xu Heyin's face, because Xu Heyin noticed that his father raised his eyebrows imperceptibly when he heard that his mother used the money he usually saved.

Although the matter of renting a house has been settled, Xu Heyin thinks that her father actually disagrees, and she doesn't know why.Later, before moving, her mother gave Xu Heyin a bank card for her to take to school, saying that it was handed over to her by her father before he went on a business trip, and it was regarded as compensation for not being able to accompany her daughter.

His thoughts were pulled back by the sound of the car horn.

After waiting for the taxi, Xu Heyin thought about it, and dialed his father's cell phone on the way back to the rental house, but there was a notification tone that the caller was not in the service area.She tried calling home again, but no one answered.

Xu Heyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Maybe that car didn't belong to Dad at all, and the man driving the car wasn't Dad either, but he was a little dazzled after drinking!

When Xu Heyin went downstairs, he happened to bump into an old man who had just come home from a walk in the shade.While shaking his fan, he looked at Xu Heyin who was about to go upstairs, and asked, "Are you a new resident living in 505 on the top floor?"

Xu Heyin nodded.

The old man opened his mailbox, took out a letter and handed it to Xu Heyin, saying, "This is a letter from your family. Yesterday when the postman delivered it, he said that your mailbox couldn't fit in. It just so happened that I picked up the newspaper and put it away. You Ah, it's best to open the mailbox, in case there is any urgent letter in it!"

I just moved here, can I have any letters?
After Xu Heyin thanked the old man, it suddenly occurred to her that during the summer vacation, after knowing that there was no hope of admission, her mother not only contacted the repeat school to find a suitable house, but also ordered some study materials for the second half of the year for her.I just don't know if the landlord left the mailbox key.But compared to this, right now Xu Heyin wants to know how to cover up the alcohol smell faintly emanating from his body.

After Xu Heyin got home, he realized that he was really worrying too much.Mom was on her cell phone in the bedroom when she came in.After hearing the sound of Xu Heyin closing the door, she poked her head out and gave Xu Heyin a hesitant look, then said something in a low voice, as if she was going to hang up the phone.Xu Heyin took advantage of this time to quickly rush to the bathroom, preparing to take a hot shower to cover up the smell of alcohol on his body.

"Are you okay? I just got in when I came back, and I didn't take the change of clothes." Mom then opened the door of the bathroom and asked with concern.It seemed that she had already finished answering the phone, and she was still holding Xu Heyin's nightdress in her hand.

If the mother usually came in without knocking on the door, Xu Heyin would feel disgusted to some extent, and then complained to her mother in a slightly shy tone, saying something like "I was shocked, close the door quickly", and the girl's shyness was in the My mother seems to be a mixture of cuteness and absurdity, so she often uses words like "I am your mother, what are you afraid of?"

At this time, Xu Heyin couldn't care less about complaining about his mother.She wiped the shower gel to create a lot of bubbles, and the whole bathroom was filled with the fragrance of lemon.

"Oh, it's so stuffy outside, I'm sweating all over." Xu Heyin changed the subject with a head of white foam on his face, "Did it just call from Dad?"

"Ah, no, no, it's your Auntie Zhou, she was surprised to hear that you didn't have a room!" Mom put the nightgown on the hook on the wall, "I wanted to let you take a shower after finishing the bed."

bed?What bed?I didn't notice any changes in the bedroom when I entered the door in a panic just now!

When Xu Heyin took a shower and changed into clean clothes and went into the bedroom, he realized that the original old bed was gone, and the vacated place was filled with the single bed that his mother ordered at the furniture store a few days ago.The mattress had already been laid, and a bamboo mat was covered on top.

"What about this old bed?" Xu Heyin asked, pointing to the old bed standing beside him.

"You and I move it into the living room, I just cleared a vacant lot."

As they said that, the mother and daughter lifted the two ends of the bed, carefully lifted the bed out of the bedroom one by one, and put it in the living room near the balcony window.There used to be a row of flowerpots here, but the green plants had already withered, so they planned to move the flowerpots away.When arranging the feet of the bed, Xu Heyin accidentally discovered that there were several square imprints on the floor of the living room, which coincided with the moved out bed.Could it be that this bed was left here before?
"Is it okay for us to move like this? Will the landlord be unhappy?" Xu Heyin asked a little uneasily when he thought of Bu Zidu for some reason.

"It's okay, I asked the landlord, and she readily agreed." Mom replied while lowering her head and moving the flower pots piled up in the corner to the balcony one by one.

Xu Heyin secretly guessed that the landlord agreed so readily, probably because the real owner of the house is not her but Bu Zidu!But about Buzidu, she hasn't decided whether to tell her mother or not.

Just as Xu Heyin was sorting things out, a loose photo album fell out of a drawer.There was no box for the photo album, and it was turned upside down on the ground.Xu Heyin picked up the album and happened to find some photos of Bu Zidu, most of which were photos of him with a middle-aged couple.Although the woman had her hair permed, she still recognized Du Meiling, the hostess who claimed to be the landlord.When she came to see the house with her mother, she met Du Meiling.She was probably about the same age as her mother, but she was well dressed, and she had the air of a graceful lady in her gestures.Standing in the middle of the photo is the young Buzidu.The family looks happy and harmonious, it is hard to imagine that this is a reunited family.Xu Heyin couldn't help thinking of Bu Zidu's attitude during the day, as if the relationship with his stepmother was very bad.Something must have happened to break the peace within the family.While thinking about it, Xu Heyin put the photo album back into the drawer, and then inserted all three drawers into the nest under the bed.

After helping her mother tidy up and wipe the floor, Xu Heyin gradually smelled alcohol.

What's going on, isn't it covered by the smell of shower gel just now, will it be brought out again because of sweating?She anxiously took out a towel and wiped her face and arms. When she walked to her mother, the smell of alcohol seemed to be stronger.

"Mom, why do you smell like alcohol?" Xu Heyin couldn't help asking.

"Ah, yes, I only drank a little bit, but you still smell it." Mom smiled, then took the clothes and went to the bathroom, "I met my former colleagues on the street today, and we had dinner together. Everyone drank a little when they were in high spirits, there is no way to socialize."

"Oh!" Seeing her mother go to take a bath, Xu Heyin responded casually.

At this time, the phone at home rang.

Could it be Dad calling?Thinking that he couldn't get through to his father just now, Xu Heyin rushed to answer it, but saw an unfamiliar number on the caller ID of the landline.She froze for a moment, then grabbed the microphone: "Hi, who are you looking for?"

No one on the opposite side spoke, but the sound of the TV could be heard.

"Hello, who is it?" Xu Heyin raised her voice and asked several times, but still no one responded, but she caught the sound of breathing coming from the microphone.

"Heyin, who is calling?" Mom seemed to have heard the movement and poked her head out to ask.

"I don't know, no one spoke, and the signal is not very good, maybe I made a wrong call!" Xu Heyin said hesitantly after hanging up the phone.

"Oh, it's possible. We just moved here, so not many people know the number of this landline." Mom instructed again, "In the future, just hang up calls like this."

"Oh, what if Dad finds us?" Xu Heyin continued to ask.

"He, just call the phone!"

Xu Heyin nodded.Anyway, she rarely uses landlines, and basically uses mobile phones to communicate with classmates around her.

Originally wanted to take out a glass of ice water from the refrigerator, but suddenly remembered the stomach ache from drinking ice water in the afternoon and how Bu Zidu sneered at her habit of drinking ice water, so he took a bottle of room temperature water and went back to the house.

After the old bed was removed, the socket that had been blocked was exposed.Xu Heyin tried it and found that it can be used normally.She was very happy, quickly connected the power cord of the computer, glanced at the news briefly, saw that it was getting late, and prepared to rest.However, Xu Heyin was not used to the newly bought bed, and she didn't feel sleepy after lying down. She simply opened the letter that the old man gave her and looked at it carefully. The address and house number were written on the envelope, but no addressee was written. The name, only marked: For you who live here and wear skirts.

People in skirts?It must not be Buzidu, and Buzidu's stepmother doesn't live here, could it be him.

The outermost white envelope was torn open, and there was a palm-sized pink envelope inside. Inside the pink envelope was a piece of blue letter paper with a small handwritten line: The stars tell you that the red fireflies I sent you fly across the sky.

what is this?Someone wants to give yourself a gift?
Xu Heyin couldn't figure it out, so he simply threw the letter aside, turned over and gradually fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)