A foreign city, dear you

When Cao Lanshan heard the sound, the bicycle had already passed the person who called him.

    Cao Lanshan stopped the car and looked back. It turned out to be a girl from their class.

    "Yang Ying? Why is it you?"

    "Why can't it be me?" Yang Ying pushed a bicycle and slowly approached.

    "Why don't you ride?" Cao Lanshan asked.

    "Don't mention it, the chain fell off after riding for a while, so I kept pushing."

    "Really? Let me take a look." Cao Lanshan got off his bicycle and put it aside.

    Cao Lanshan looked at Yang Ying's bicycle chain and said, "This is easy. I can help you put it on."

    Cao Lanshan said and squatted down to get the chain.

    Yang Ying said thank you and stood aside to watch.

    After a while, Cao Lanshan reinstalled the chain. He cranked the pedals with his hand and the chain meshed nicely with the flywheel.

    "Okay." Cao Lanshan stood up: "You can ride now."

    "Are you so good? Then why don't you just help me check the brakes? My brakes are also loose."

    "Have the brakes been released too?" Cao Lanshan's mind flashed over his homework.

    "Well, I can't stop it very well."

    Although Cao Lanshan was anxious, how could he not help his classmates?

    He held Yang Ying's brake and looked closely at the car body.

    "Okay? Can you practice it?" Yang Ying was the top student in Cao Lanshan's class, but she was looking at Cao Lanshan longingly.

    "I can only say I'll give it a try." Cao Lanshan didn't want to praise Haikou in front of female classmates, because he was afraid that Haikou would exaggerate and not be accepted.

    There is a tool bag tied to the back of Cao Lanshan's bicycle, which he uses in case of emergency.

    Cao Lanshan took out his tools. It was a set of tools, including wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, knives and more.

    I saw Cao Lanshan using a wrench and pliers, tightening here and twisting there... After that, he shook the brake again: "Okay, you try."

    "You are so amazing. From now on, I will ask you to fix my bike if it breaks down, and other female students will ask you to fix their bikes if they break down."

    "Don't, I'm not a repairman."

    There were only a few steps away from the traffic lights, so the two people simply pushed the bicycles forward.

    "Yohehe——" A strange voice suddenly sounded next to him: "The two of them are so romantic."

    That man was also riding a bicycle and jumped to the front.

    Cao Xueqian heard the sound and looked around, but couldn't see who it was.

    "Li Fanzao, ignore him." Yang Ying said.

    Li Fanzao is a "well-known" person in his class, a "master" who spends his time as an expert, turns in blank essays, and speaks English as if from heaven... But he can always tell the gossip about the campus in a clear and logical manner.

    After passing the traffic light, Cao Lanshan and Yang Ying got on their bicycles and rode in different directions.

    Finally returned to the community, there were not many people in the community at this time.

    Cao Lanshan saw the window of his home, and the lights were on inside.

    When he was approaching the door of the unit, the street lights here were particularly bright. Cao Lanshan looked around to make sure there was no one nearby.

    Cao Lanshan is going to do a magic trick.

    This is his special way of entertainment.

    Look!

    He suddenly tightened his grip on the brakes, letting the bicycle stand still, and then pedaled hard and fast. The rear wheel whirred rapidly, the front wheel scraped the ground, and then stood high in the air! Like a fierce horse that was reined in by its owner, its front legs soared high into the air, as if it was neighing!

    So exciting!

    Cao Lanshan is like a warrior straddling that horse, facing the thunder in front of him, exciting and heroic!

    The front wheel hung in the air for more than thirty seconds before returning to the ground.

    "Cao Lanshan! What are you doing?" came the mother's voice.

    Cao Lanshan looked up and saw his mother standing on the balcony of the study. In an instant, she changed from a brave warrior to a cowardly son.

    "It's okay, it's okay." Cao Lanshan kicked off and quickly slipped into the elevated floor downstairs to park his bicycle.

    *

    Ye Lian was anxious before going to the balcony to watch.

    Ye Lian started cooking as soon as she got home from get off work, fearing that the meal would be late and delay Cao Lanshan's homework.

    But the meal was almost ready, it was getting dark, and Cao Lanshan hadn't been seen yet.

    Ye Lian was a little anxious. Firstly, she was worried about Cao Lanshan's safety, and secondly, she was worried that Cao Lanshan would not be able to finish his homework.

    Ever since Cao Lanshan entered junior high school, he had to do more and more homework, and often had to write until late at night. Ye Lian had all kinds of worries, worried that he would not get enough sleep, worried that he would sleep during the day, and worried that his body would be overwhelmed.

    Ye Lian asked Cao Xueqian to meet Cao Lanshan on the road, but Cao Xueqian said that such a big child would be fine. Something should have happened.

    Ye Lian then suppressed her temper and waited, but she still didn't see Cao Lanshan come back. She ran to the study balcony from time to time to look, because the entrance to the unit was on the same side of the study balcony.

    Ye Lian ran to the study balcony again, thinking that if she didn't see Cao Lanshan again, she would have to ask Cao Xueqian to look for her. Although he is such a big child, he is still a child after all.

    Ye Lian stood on the balcony and looked around, and finally heard the sound of bicycle wheels turning. She hoped that it was Cao Lanshan who was back.

    As expected, Cao Lanshan is back.

    Cao Lanshan quickly arrived near the door of the unit, and Ye Lian finally felt relieved.

    But after a while, her heart was in her throat again, and she saw Cao Lanshan raising the front wheel of the bicycle.

    Oh my God!

    This kid is so daring that he even does stunts? What if someone and the car fall down?

    Ye Lian held her heart in her arms and watched the front wheel of the bicycle fall to the ground. She couldn't help but shout loudly: "Cao Lanshan! What are you doing?" Then she saw Cao Lanshan slipping into the elevated floor.

    Ye Lian opened the door early, and Cao Lanshan came to the door a while later.

    Ye Lian was anxiously waiting and wanted to ask Cao Lanshan why he came home so late. But the first question was: "Why are you still doing stunts? How dangerous is this?"

    Cao Lanshan stuck out his tongue: "I won't play anymore." After that, he walked to his room.

    Yes, Ye Lian seems to have no need to say more.

    "Then why did you come home so late?" Ye Lian followed her son and asked again.

    "Something happened on the way." Cao Lanshan returned to his room and put his schoolbag on the chair next to the desk: "Mom, have you eaten? I'm so hungry."

    *

    The night is deep.

    Ye Lian was still sitting on the sofa in the living room, with a book on her knees titled "The Old Man and the Sea".

    At half past ten, the housework at home had already been done, she had finished washing, and it was time to go to bed.

    But Ye Lian couldn't rest peacefully.

    Because Cao Lanshan hasn't slept yet, and is still in his room, in front of his desk, under the lamp, either writing hard or meditating...

    So Ye Lian also picked up a book and read through it, accompanying Cao Lanshan and becoming a scholar for a while.

    Cao Lanshan is in the room and Ye Lian is in the living room.

    Ye Lian didn't say anything, she just let Cao Lanshan know that her mother was silently accompanying him in this silent night.

    Mother and son are connected, but Ye Lian is worried if her son doesn't sleep. She can't fall asleep even if she lies in bed, so although Cao Xueqian urges Ye Lian to sleep, Ye Lian just shakes his head.

    Ye Lian wonders how much homework Lanshan still has?

    She was patient enough not to ask him, thinking that asking once would be an interruption.

    This child is the same. He has a lot of homework, and he comes home so late. He has to help the teacher correct test papers and help a female classmate repair her bicycle. But how long will he stay up tonight?

    It's really hard for children nowadays. Every day they just go to school, do homework, do homework, go to school, and don't have any relaxation or entertainment.

    Although Ye Lian did not enroll Cao Lanshan in any off-campus tutoring classes or add additional study tasks to Cao Lanshan, Cao Lanshan still had to stay up late every night.

    Other children seemed to be the same way, and some seemed to have it even harder.

    Ye Lian once heard a parent say that her child did homework very late every night. If he couldn't stand it any longer, he fell asleep and got up again at 5 a.m. the next day to do homework.

    Alas, no baby is relaxed, they are all growing up, how can they not make people feel distressed?

    In order to reduce Cao Lanshan's burden, Ye Lian also stopped learning the violin.

    In Ye Lian's view, all specialties and talents are just a cloud when it comes to physical health.

    An hour has passed and it's half past eleven.

    Ye Lian has slowly read less than half of "The Old Man and the Sea".

    The old man was on the sea in the vast darkness, on a lonely small sailboat, with a tight fishing line on his shoulder, alone, competing with the big fish in the deep sea...

    Yes, alone.

    No one is with me, not even a child.

    That's why the old man is so lonely, always talking to himself...

    Therefore, as a mother, I must accompany my child and prevent him from feeling lonely in this silent night.

    I wonder if your son has finished his homework?

    Ye Lian listened carefully, but there was no movement in Cao Lanshan's room.

    Didn't he fall asleep on the desk?