After the smoke goes out

The second hand of the clock turned round and round, and the cicadas called one after another.The cloud floated for a long time and finally covered the sun, leaving behind a few seconds of coolness. After the cloud passed, it was scorching hot again.

Wen Su tugged at his collar, staring at the second hand that kept turning, drowsy.He couldn't hear what the teacher said at all, and he was full of anticipation for the bell to ring after class.

When get out of class was over in a few minutes, Wen Su couldn't hold back the restlessness in his heart, and moved from side to side as if sitting on pins and needles, turned his head and said to Yu Chen: "Tomorrow Saturday, do you want to go home, your family?" where?"

Yu Chen finished writing the last question, put the pen aside, and said, "I won't go back, my home is in the city."

"Oh, are you staying at school?" Wen Su suddenly laughed and asked in a low voice.

Yu Chen turned his head and glanced at him, and said "En".

Before the teacher finished his lecture, the classroom was already noisy like boiling water. He slapped the podium helplessly and said, "Quiet, quiet!"

After only two seconds of silence, the teacher's voice was covered by the noise again.

Wen Su bumped Yu Chen with his elbow, and said, "Why don't you go to my house, there is no one at my house on weekends, we can go play together tomorrow."

Yu Chen refused without even thinking about it. He closed the book and stuffed it into a drawer. He rested his chin and looked at the clock hanging beside the blackboard with a blank expression on his face.

After class, everyone flocked to leave, only a few people remained in the classroom.The ceiling fan kept spinning, and the window sash was shut with a bang.

Wen Su hung the backpack on his shoulder, then grabbed Yu Chen's shoulder, and said, "Aren't you going?"

It's not that Yu Chen was dragged away. If he didn't leave, he would miss the meal time. He said helplessly, "Next time."

"Just this time." Wen Su babbled on for a long time, Xiaozhi finally persuaded Yu Chen with emotion and reason.He took out the basketball covered under the chair, and said with a smile, "Come on, please eat noodles at the school gate."

As a result, the two of them ate the pepper-filled noodles at the gate of the school. They snotted and burst into tears. The tissues on the table were almost torn to the bottom, and white balls were thrown all over the table.

The two were walking on the sun-baked street, listening to the cicadas chirping from the trees, passing by a teahouse full of people, detouring into a half-shady alley, and finally stopped at a lacquered building. Renovated the front of the building.

Wen Su was a little tired from walking, so he simply put the basketball on the ground. When the football was kicking, he pressed the up button of the elevator, then turned his head and said to Yu Chen, "I can't walk anymore, my house is on the seventh floor."

Yu Chen didn't speak, and looked at the floor where the elevator was located, counting numbers one by one, and finally opened the door with a ding sound.

The basketball leaning against the wall on the ground was kicked into the door by Wen Su, rolled a few times and hit the inner wall of the elevator, swayed back a few times, and then stopped.

After entering, Wen Su pressed the button twice, and then the elevator closed again.No one spoke in the confined space, not even an eye contact.Wen Su scratched his hair, even though the person was abducted by himself, he was still a little embarrassed.

Seeing the floor count jumping up one floor after another, and finally jumping to seven, Wen Su let out a breath, glanced at Yu Chen secretly, thinking that he had finally arrived.He bent down to pick up the basketball, reached into the backpack with one hand, and finally found a bunch of keys.

Sure enough, there was no one in the house, and it looked tidy and clean, but it seemed even more deserted.Wen Su kicked off his shoes, then walked in barefoot, turned his head and said, "Sit down, do you want to drink water?"

Yu Chen glanced left and right, then nodded to Wen Su, and he sat on the sofa a little cautiously.Seeing Wen Su bring the water over, he stood up and took it in his hand. After taking two sips, he asked, "Where are your parents?"

Wen Su shrugged, turned around and took out the snacks from the refrigerator, including half of the unfinished watermelon.He turned on the TV and said as he switched channels, "They're not home on weekends."

"No one cares about you?" Yu Chen asked one more question rarely.

The variety show host's giggling laughter came from the TV, Wen Su curled his lips and pressed the button again, saying, "Yeah, isn't that good, I'm still annoyed when they care about me."

Then the two fell silent again, and the empty house was filled with the noise from the TV.The pedestal fan kept turning, blowing a corner of the thin curtain that hadn't been drawn.

On a hot sunny afternoon, everything is mild and comfortable.

Wen Su was very bored. After hollowing out half of the watermelon, he took Yu Chen to play a game.The two villains on the screen were fighting fiercely, and Wen Su and Yu Chen's fingers were numb from pressing, and they played all afternoon as soon as they got excited, without feeling tired at all.

As soon as Wen Su lay back, he lay on the floor, exhaled slowly, and said, "I don't want to play any more. It's fine if I get good grades. You're even better at this game than me." Frustrated The entire chest was oppressively stuffy.

Yu Chen let go of his hand, looked back at him, and said, "What's wrong?"

Wen Su pursed his lips, and it took him a long time to choke out a sentence: "It's boring if you can't play with me." The vanity and desire for performance that had been germinated by the ten-year-old boy were defeated in front of someone stronger than himself. It was like a puddle of mud.

"Then I will let you?" Yu Chen was silent for a while, then suddenly said.

Wen Su rejected Yu Chen's kindness without hesitation. He lost, but at least he lost brilliantly. If he has no skills, he can't just think about opportunism, otherwise it would be even more boring.

Yu Chen also lay down, so the two of them just stared at the ceiling with their eyes open, without thinking about anything, just staring at it for a while, and then fell into a deep sleep.

The sun gradually retreated out of the window, and the sky slowly sank, and the clouds in the sky were dyed a thick orange, like a child's graffiti.

Wen Su woke up hungry, his stomach was very empty, and when he woke up, he heard his stomach rumbling.He turned over and pressed his belly down, but unexpectedly it barked even louder.He curled up slowly, curling himself up like a boiled shrimp.

Yu Chen naturally also heard Wen Su's hungry voice, he sat up and patted Wen Su's back, and said, "Get up, get something to eat."

Wen Su reluctantly opened his eyes, rolled up his clothes under his armpits, and wiped the sweat off his back.After lying down for a while, he suddenly turned over and got up. He grinned and said, "I'm sure you won't be hungry."

Yu Chen looked at Wen Su suspiciously, and when he was about to ask, he saw Wen Su walking towards the bedroom, and he said as he walked, "You turn on the water dispenser, and I'll get instant noodles."

As a result, Wen Su really came out with instant noodles, and with a hippie smile on his face, he lowered his voice and said, "There are instant noodles under my bed."