Transfer Students

Hengyuan Community has been built for 20 years, and the paint on the exterior walls of the residential buildings has long been mottled and peeled off. Only the clumps of bougainvillea protruding from the roof are in full bloom, bringing some vitality to this old and dilapidated world.

The road inside the community is not wide at all, and there are many private cars parked on both sides, so the space for walking is even narrower.Lu Shaohang rode his mountain bike, shuttled through it carefully, and had to beware of children who suddenly jumped out of the corner to play, he was really tired and flustered.

He turned and turned around for a long time before he finally found where Unit [-] was.

The lights in the corridors are broken, and the walking vision can only rely on a trace of street light seeping in through the narrow and dirty windows. Small advertisements are posted everywhere on the steps and walls, and some residents have leftovers that have not had time to throw away. The garbage bag, the rotten and damp smell made Lu Shaohang frown.

Suddenly a little regret.

This feeling of regret reached its peak when he ran up to the top floor with all his might, but accidentally stepped on a puddle of water that had accumulated at the top of the stairs due to rain leakage.

Damn, the limited-edition sneakers that I finally bought, I just wore them for the first time today, and they are just so dirty.

"What a broken place."

He knocked on the door of 601 dissatisfied, but no one answered, but the knock on the door alarmed the residents at the opposite door. A middle-aged woman poked her head out from the crack of the door, looked him up and down, and said suspiciously: "Look at the door. Student, is Pei Yu's classmate?"

"Well, he's not home?"

"He usually doesn't come back until 10:30, it's too late, you should go home early, and don't wander around alone." The woman retreated into the room after she finished speaking, and closed the door with a bang.

Of course Lu Shaohang didn't want to stay here any longer, but if he left without seeing anyone, wouldn't it be a waste of his shoes?

The air in the corridor was too stuffy, so he went downstairs to wait.

There was a breeze at night, and a drizzle was swaying in the wind. Lu Shaohang covered his head with his school uniform and squatted at the door of the unit building to play with his mobile phone.

A few cat meows came from the dark, and he followed the sound, and saw a kitten looking towards him under the lamppost.

It seemed to want to come to shelter from the rain, but because it was afraid of him, a stranger who appeared suddenly, it kept wandering in place, not daring to approach.

"Did I take your place?"

He moved two steps to the side to make room for it, and the kitten tentatively walked this way, staring at him vigilantly with a pair of eyes shining in the dark.

Lu Shaohang also stared at it intently.

One person and one cat confronted each other silently for nearly 2 minutes, when the guard was lifted, the cat came over meowing, sniffed Lu Shaohang's shoes, and raised its head to bark at him again.

"Hungry?" Lu Shaohang took out a bag of compressed biscuits from his schoolbag, "Can you eat this?"

He was worried that the cat would have problems eating it, so he just broke off a small piece and crushed it into pieces and put it in his palm. When the cat smelled the food, it immediately stretched out its front paws and hugged his arm, as if afraid that he would regret it. , Eagerly buried in binge eating.

"Slower."

Hearing that it blew like a pig, Lu Shaohang couldn't help but smile, touched that round head very carefully, and fed it another biscuit.

Just finished eating a whole piece of biscuit, the cat has not yet filled its stomach, it squats obediently at his feet, eagerly looking forward to the next feeding.

"You can't eat more of this, I'll bring you cat food next time."

Lu Shaohang's feet were numb from squatting, and when he thought about moving, he looked up and found Pei Yu standing under the streetlight not far away with an umbrella looking at him.

I don't know how long I watched it.

"Are you a ghost? There is no sound at all when you walk." Lu Shaohang was not very happy. He always had others waiting for him, and there was no reason for him to wait for others.

Pei Yu came to the eaves, put away the umbrella, and asked, "Why are you here?"

When he came back just now, he noticed two groups of black shadows squatting at the door from a distance, and thought it was some neighbor who came out to feed the cat, but when he got closer, it turned out to be Lu Shaohang.

He was a little surprised.

Lu Shaohang slapped a stack of test papers on Pei Yu's chest, and said, "Sister Minmin asked me to deliver your homework."

"……thanks."

The cat excitedly ran to Pei Yu's feet, and kept rubbing his head against his trouser legs. Pei Yu smiled and petted it, and took out a wrapped plastic bag from his pocket, which contained half a steamed bun.

The cat almost stuck its head in, Lu Shaohang thought it was funny, and the unhappiness that was stuck in his chest disappeared in an instant.He said: "It is not picky eater, it will eat anything."

Pei Yu nodded: "It's a little greedy cat, no matter who it is, as long as it is given to eat, let it be petted."

"Do you have a name?"

"I call it Xiaoguai." The cat who heard his name raised its head and called out in response. Pei Yu rubbed its head with a smile and said, "Keep eating."

The movements, smiles and tone of voice can even be called gentle.

How could such a person be as unbearable as the rumors said?

Probably because of the sense of justice, Lu Shaohang for a moment forgot about the fact that Pei Yu had lied to him all summer, and held his grievances in his heart.

"When are you going back to school?"

"In a few days," Pei Yu helped Xiaoguai tear up the steamed buns without raising his head, and said, "It's the same for self-study at home."

So calm and breezy, compared with the frightening appearance that day just by looking at his eyes, he was a completely different person.

If Lu Shaohang hadn't heard how unwilling and angry Pei Yu's hysterical roar was mixed with his own ears, he would have thought that Pei Yu didn't care about those malicious slanders at all.

It was precisely because he knew how intense Pei Yu's reaction was that he was even more angry now.

Lu Shaohang said angrily: "Hiding at home because of a few gossips and not daring to show your face will only make people feel that you are guilty. Where did the energy to grab my collar go?"

Pei Yu rubbed off the debris on his fingertips, and stood up unhurriedly.

The already deep eyebrows and eyes were even more sharp under the rendering of the night, coupled with the height advantage, it made him even more oppressive when he lowered his eyes and stared at the other party.

Lu Shaohang subconsciously straightened his waist: "I'm not right?"

Pei Yu shook his head and said, "You're right, but Director Wang thinks it's better for me not to go to school for a few days, and I have some personal matters to attend to, so I asked the head teacher for leave."

"...Oh." The unexpected peace made Lu Shaohang a little uncomfortable. He avoided Pei Yu's sight and said in a low voice, "You don't need to explain, I'm just asking casually."

"Well, wait for me." Pei Yu went into the building and took a poncho and handed it to Lu Shaohang, "It's not easy to open an umbrella when you go home and ride a bike, so put it on."

Lu Shaohang frowned instantly, it was too troublesome to wear this thing, and it was ugly.

"It's not too rainy, I don't need it." He put his school uniform back on his head, ran into the lingering autumn rain, and stopped when he passed the door. "Come back early tomorrow, I won't wait for you so long."

Before Pei Yu could answer, he quickly disappeared into the night like a gust of autumn wind.

After filling his stomach, Xiaoguai stretched and let out a contented cry.Pei Yu looked away, touched its soft belly, and said with a smile, "Do you like the brother who fed you just now?"

"Meow..." Xiaoguai raised the tip of her tail and rubbed her head against his arm flatteringly.

Pei Yu played with it for a long time before going upstairs.

He flipped through the test paper brought by Xia Lu Shaohang, the questions were not difficult, there was no need to waste time calculating the results, anyway, he wouldn't go to school these days anyway.

But when he thought of the slightly angry face in the rain, he still picked up the pen and finished the two papers.

"Xiao Pei, why are you always distracted today?" The owner of the noodle shop asked concerned, "Have you stayed up late again? Although you are young, you should pay attention to rest. My son is about your age, and he doesn't go to bed until two or three o'clock every day. Why? I don't even listen to..."

The clock on the wall pointed to nine, and the evening self-study was coming to an end.

"Uncle Zhang," Pei Yu interrupted the boss's complaint to his son, "I have something to do today and want to go back early."

"Ah, it's all right, I'll just keep an eye on it, you can go." The boss sent him to the door of the store, and said, "Slow down on the road."

"it is good."

Pei Yu kicked his long legs, stepped on his second-hand bicycle that didn't need a lock and no thief would worry about it, and rode steadily across the long street. After turning a corner at the intersection, he started to accelerate.

The wind whizzed past his ears, blowing up Pei Yu's loose hoodie.

The bicycle creaked, and every part protested his sudden passion.

But maybe it was the speed that gave him a moment of freedom, or maybe it was the random agreement last night that gave him a glimmer of expectation. In short, he just wanted to ride faster.

Better be fast enough that all the bad stuff can't catch up to him.

Flying all the way to the gate of the community, the chasing boy folded his wings, recovered his breath, and pushed his bicycle that was about to fall apart into the community.

From a distance, I could see that downstairs, in the dim light and shadow woven by several street lamps, someone was pacing back and forth.

He walked over quickly, and heard Lu Shaohang calling Xiaoguai's name in a low voice.

"It's so early," Pei Yu parked his bicycle downstairs, "Did you skip class?"

"There is no teacher watching over the evening self-study, come out 10 minutes earlier." Lu Shaohang glanced at the dilapidated car, and couldn't help but said, "Is it necessary for you to lock this car?"

Locks are worth more than it.

Pei Yu said, "Did you see the old man at the gate of the community?"

How could Lu Shaohang care about a janitor, he shook his head: "What's wrong?"

"The uncle has wanted it for a long time," Pei Yu patted the car seat, "If I don't lock it, he will definitely push it away."

Lu Shaohang scoffed lightly: "A pile of scrap iron, what's so rare."

Pei Yu smiled: "Scrap iron can be sold for 20, wouldn't you have a pack of cigarettes?"

The eldest young master, who has lived affluently since he was a child, naturally does not understand this approach. He is more concerned about where the little boy is, "I have been looking for it for a long time, and I don't know where it is hidden."

"Follow me." Pei Yu walked into the unit building, Lu Shaohang turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, saw him bent down and walked into the small space under the stairs, he couldn't help frowning: "What are you doing?"

"Aren't you looking for Xiaoguai?" Pei Yu squatted down/body, revealing the simple cat nest made of cardboard boxes in the corner, "If you can't find it outside, it usually hides here to sleep."

The moment the light beam hit, Xiaoguai's black and gray body had merged into the night, only a pair of golden eyes were floating in the air, as if the high beam was turned on.

Being shot by the "laser of love" suddenly, Lu Shaohang froze for a moment.

Pei Yu turned his head and showed him that shallow dimple again.

"Do you have anything to eat, little brother?"

thump, thump—

This smile is a bit foul.