Stars warm firefly

Chapter 9
"Youyou, what are you doing? Let mom wait for such a long time, hurry up and go to the dormitory, it will be cooler there with air conditioning." Aunt Zhou is tall and burly, walking in a hurry, and her voice is even more amazing.Zhou Jingyou secretly stuck out his tongue at Xu Heyin and followed.

"Hey, Heyin, are you going back to the dormitory too? Help me, Youyou has too many things." Xu Heyin was still dazed, and Aunt Zhou handed over a luggage bag and a plastic bag to Xu Heyin involuntarily.

Xu Heyin was stunned. Doesn't Aunt Zhou know about her renting a house off campus?But the night before yesterday, my mother said that she had introduced it to Aunt Zhou on the phone!
"In the bag are clothes, in the bag are the toiletries I just bought, and a thermos."

Aunt Zhou didn't notice Xu Heyin's puzzled expression, and kept chatting on her own, "Hey, Heyin, did your mother show you around the school?"

One of Aunt Zhou's hobbies is to catch the loopholes of Xu Heyin's mother Ai Berry.If Ai Berry didn't think of something, she happened to think of it or even did it, and then she started yelling, exaggerating as if she hadn't forgotten something, but had forgotten Xu Heyin at all.

"Not yet! Actually, I..." Xu Heyin was about to explain when she was interrupted by Aunt Zhou again.

"Oh, how can I do it! You have to look at the restaurant, the dormitory, and even the bathing place! I have seen it several times with Youyou!" Aunt Zhou said proudly.Xu Heyin secretly rejoiced that she didn't intend to go to see it again with her things at this moment, otherwise she would really go crazy.

There are two three-story buildings in the dormitory area, the left one is the male dormitory, and the right one is the female dormitory. The middle is separated by a corridor covered with gray floor tiles and a flower garden made of small crushed stones. Generally speaking, the environment is not bad.It's just that not all repeat students live on campus, and everyone can apply freely according to their needs.

Zhou Jingyou should have applied for it very early, otherwise Aunt Zhou would not have shown such a surprised expression when she received the key to the dormitory on the third floor.

"We applied early, but why are we on the top floor? There is no elevator on the top floor, and it's still hot..."

"It's randomly assigned by the computer. It's more fair. Otherwise, you can choose the one you like. If you want to change dormitories, wait until all the students have moved in and see if anyone can change with you!"

The housekeeper is a female teacher in her 50s.She glanced at Aunt Zhou dissatisfied through her thick glasses, interrupted her, slammed the keys on the table and went to receive other parents.

"Why is this so!" Aunt Zhou muttered, and then she looked at Xu Heyin, "Heyin, what floor is your dormitory on?"

"This... I'll find out when my mother comes." Xu Heyin didn't know how to answer, so she had to answer vaguely, but she became more and more sure that Aunt Zhou really didn't know about her renting a house off campus.

So, who was Mom talking on the phone that day?And why is she lying?

"Your mother is really calm, and she hasn't come yet! You should arrange everything in the first few days after school starts!" Aunt Zhou pointed critically as she carried her things upstairs.Why didn't the black footprints on the wall be wiped clean in time, and the bathrooms were located at both ends of the corridor, making it very inconvenient for the students living in the middle... Xu Heyin was a little helpless.She looked at Zhou Jingyou, but found that she was just silently following Aunt Zhou, with a calm expression on her face.

During the whole process, Aunt Zhou kept asking and answering herself, but Zhou Jingyou kept using "oh" to express her opinion.

Just like when Aunt Zhou asked "Should I open the window?" before she and Zhou Jingyou could respond, she had already answered the question with practical actions.And Zhou Jingyou just nodded obediently, "Oh".

Xu Heyin looked at the other two empty beds, leaned over worriedly and asked in a low voice, "Zhou Jingyou, aren't you afraid of sleeping alone at night?"

"My mother said she left just before lights out, and she wanted to supervise my listening practice at night." Zhou Jingyou replied calmly.

At this time, Xu Heyin's phone rang.After answering a few words, she was about to leave when she was stopped by Aunt Zhou.

"It's your mother, she came so late?"

"No. My mother said she would pick me up later. Well... we rented a house in a community outside, so we won't live on campus." Xu Heyin explained in a low voice.

Sure enough, when Aunt Zhou heard the news, she immediately stopped what she was doing and looked back at Xu Heyin, as if she suddenly didn't recognize her.

"Oh, I said, what is your mother busy with? So it is like this!" Aunt Zhou curled her lips, "Your mother just has a lot of ideas, and no one can move her brain as fast as her!"

Although Aunt Zhou tried her best to cover it up, Xu Heyin could still see the disappointment on her face.

It's because there is no chance to "compete" with my mother!Thinking of this, Xu Heyin smiled helplessly, bid farewell to Aunt Zhou and Zhou Jingyou, and hurried back to the classroom.

After evening self-study, Xu Heyin walked home with her mother.

Under the hazy night, the street became very quiet instead of the hustle and bustle of the day, and the cool breeze blowing against her face relieved her fatigue from studying all day.

"On the first day, you have full-time classes, are you tired?" Mom seemed a little tired, her voice was hoarse.

"It's okay!" Xu Heyin's eyes flickered a little.She felt a little guilty when she thought of sneaking out to see off her classmates at noon.

"Fortunately, I've already been in the third year of high school, so I'm mentally prepared!" Mom put her arms around Xu Heyin's shoulders, cheering her up, "No matter how hard or tiring it is, this year will pass by gritting your teeth."

"Well, I know." Xu Heyin suddenly saw the image of Ying Yuan saying goodbye to his classmates during the day.It was clearly parting, but their faces were filled with excitement and joy.She also couldn't help guessing the expression on her face this time next year, wondering if she would smile as brightly as they did. "Oh, I bought something today, I'll show you when I go back."

Looking at Xu Heyin's bright eyes, mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then changed the subject with a relaxed expression.

After returning home, Xu Heyin was a little dumbfounded when she saw what her mother called "bought some".

A whole new set of kitchen utensils, three sets of inner and outer clothes for autumn and winter.According to my mother, I finally don’t need to wear school uniforms anymore. Of course, I have to dress youthfully and beautifully, but I don’t know if there will be another storm when my father comes back... Late at night, Xu Heyin lay on the bed tossing and turning, guessing Mo Feifei and the others for a while What are you doing now, and then I think of my father who is away on a business trip, and I feel bored for a while.She repeatedly checked the inbox of her mobile phone, but she still didn't receive any text messages from Ying Yuan, Mo Feifei, or her father.She couldn't help but flip through the address book, the cursor quickly moved across from top to bottom repeatedly, and finally stopped on Dad's mobile phone number.

If you are busy during the day, you should have time at night!Xu Heyin thought to himself, and then tried to call.

"It's harmony, you haven't slept so late?" There was a sound of messy footsteps over there, as if Dad had come out from somewhere.

"It's nothing, it's just that mom wants to ask you when you'll be back, so I can prepare some food." Xu Heyin thought that mom's concern was what dad wanted to hear most, so she lied.

"Did your mother tell you to hit him?" Dad's voice suddenly raised a lot, and he seemed a little unhappy.

"Well, let it be!" Xu Heyin thought for a while and then asked, "Can you come back next weekend?"

"Probably. Well, go to bed quickly! There is still class tomorrow!" Dad told her a few words and hung up the phone in a hurry.

Listening to the busy tone from the phone, Xu Heyin pouted slightly.

It looks like dad is very busy!Isn't it just a trade fair, why are you so desperate!Could it be... Dad is still angry about renting a house, so he deliberately hides from himself and mom?Xu Heyin began to think wildly.

Gradually, the phone screen turned from bright to dark, which reminded her suddenly of the boy named Chi Xiu's explanation of the riddle during the day.She jumped out of bed lightly, lifted the curtains and began to look around.Finally, she found a moving red spot in the night.It turned out that it was the light from the red warning light of the tower crane on the construction site of a hotel under construction half a station away from where I lived.There is also a small red light on the first phase of the completed hotel building opposite, which echoes and shines with the small red light on the tower crane of the adjacent second phase of construction.Under the dark sky, the little red light flickered, as if it had life.

When Xu Heyin was very excited about what he saw, he suddenly heard a muffled sound from the bathroom, followed by another "ouch".She hurried over and opened the door, only to see her mother slumped in the bathroom, her face pale.

Xu Heyin quickly closed the water gate, and then carefully helped her mother stand up.Mom's left foot is a little swollen, it seems to be sprained.

"What's going on? Do you want to go to the hospital?" Xu Heyin asked anxiously.

"Hey, the soap fell. When I picked it up, I slipped and couldn't stop. Forget it, how embarrassing it would be to let others know that I fell in the bathroom!" Mom motioned Xu Heyin to help her sit on the bed, and then said, "I don't think it's a big problem, let's raise it at home first."

"If you have bruises, it's fine!" Xu Heyin recalled that some students had sprained their feet at the sports meeting in the past, and that's how they dealt with them urgently.

But is there any medicine in this room?While searching, Xu Heyin took out his mobile phone and secretly asked Bu Zidu.

Bu Zidu quickly replied to her: "I don't have any at home, but you are lucky, I am nearby, I will send it to you, see you in 10 minutes."

"Mom, I'll be back as soon as I go out."

Xu Heyin told her mother that there was a place selling ointment outside the gate of the community, and hurried out.After waiting downstairs for two or three minutes, Bu Zidu was seen.

"I just took a friend's car to play after get off work. Here, here you are. But if the injury doesn't improve tomorrow, it's better to go to the hospital!" Bu Zidu persuaded after handing the ointment to Xu Heyin.

"Got it! Thank you so much!" Xu Heyin took the ointment and ran back in a hurry.

Accompanied by Xu Heyin's footsteps, the yellow light from the voice-activated light in the building door turned on and then slowly disappeared.Bu Zidu's face was hidden in the darkness, and instead of the relaxedness just now, it was replaced by an indelible heaviness.

Bu Zidu returned to the stone chair in the garden and sat down.

In fact, he had been sitting here when he received Xu Heyin's inquiry message just now, so he was able to buy the ointment quickly.He didn't know why he came back here after get off work today.Obviously I have made up my mind to leave, but I still come back from time to time. Is it reluctant to leave or to relive the memory?
Bu Zidu subconsciously looked up at his window, where the orange light was faintly visible.

Thinking of the expression on Xu Heyin's face that turned from worry to joy when he saw him just now, the corners of his mouth could not help but turn up slightly.

Sure enough, she was a very stupid girl who believed his words so easily.

But... There was also a stupid girl who believed in his words before.Obviously he forgot about the girl's entrustment, but he argued in every possible way: "Ah, the little bunny biscuits you wanted are gone, they're sold out."

Although the girl is very sorry, she will still ask him to remember to buy it the next day.Of course, he would still forget it the next day, and he had thought up an excuse: "Look, everyone loves this kind of biscuit, and of course it sells out fast!"

The girl's disappointed expression pierced Jin Zidu's heart like a sharp knife.But at that time, he only thought that he would have a chance to talk about it later, but he didn't expect that he would never have the chance to buy the little rabbit biscuits for her again.

Thinking of this, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

At this moment, the phone rang suddenly.

"Brother Abu, I'm already here."

"Got it, I'm coming right now!" Bu Zidu stood up and looked back at the window.

When I was in middle school, I used to sit here for a while every day when I came back.Although he was not in a hurry to go upstairs, he was worried about the things upstairs.Although the family is happy and full of laughter and laughter, as soon as I appear, the beautiful atmosphere becomes very strange, and even the temperature in the room drops suddenly, as if the air is suddenly filled with a threatening air-conditioning.Perhaps since then, he has been regarded as a "surplus" who keeps causing trouble.

So... now?Bu Zidu had a bitter expression on his face, maybe they had forgotten themselves long ago!

"Brother Abu, here!"

When Buzidu walked to the gate of the community, a boy wearing a helmet leaned on a motorcycle parked by the side of the road and waved at Buzidu.

"Xiaoquan, are you here so late?" Bu Zidu walked over quickly, "Is there any news?"

"It's early, I came out after asking for leave from the band! I didn't even eat supper to see you." Xiaoquan took off his helmet and said, "Brother Abu, are you really going? Actually It's been four years, can't you let it go?"

"Since there are clues, why don't you ask?" Bu Zidu took the other helmet on the car and said while putting it on, "You said that he ran aquatic products with his family after graduating from high school, and now it's just in time for them to buy goods in the middle of the night. "

"Actually, I can't guarantee how much he knows. Maybe he just talked about it for the sake of showing off. Don't blame me if you don't find out."

Seeing Bu Zidu stepping on the motorcycle gracefully, Xiaoquan had no choice but to act as the rider, driving him all the way forward with full power.

After a roar, the motorcycle rushed into the darkness and quickly merged with the night.

(End of this chapter)