Chi Xiaochi was standing in front of Lou Ying's house.

Aunt Lou Ying and her uncle are not at home.

He looked across the window and looked at the rolled-up cover on Lou Ying's bed. His palm left a sweat-stained mark on the glass covered with small flying insects.

In all fairness, Aunt Lou Ying's family has treated Lou Ying very well.

When Lou Ying first moved in, Aunt Lou Ying asked someone to build a thin wall in the house, separated the couple ’s bed from Lou Ying, and gave him an independent hut. The tight hut was crowded with bookshelves and desks. Lou Ying eats and wears the best that she can afford, for fear of being talked about by her neighbour that she is an uncle's harsh mother-in-law.

... but this is a thing of the past.

Chi Xiaochi sat slowly on the floor along the door panel, with the back of the head against the door panel, and felt a long absence.

These days, he sleeps for an average of two hours a day, and once he closes his eyes, he will be enveloped by the smell of blood, the smell of a man's head, the smell of a softened asphalt road, and the cold and cold smell of a morgue.

Only by returning here can he remember what drowsiness means.

He leaned against the door panel and slept peacefully until it was dark until he was woken up vigorously.

Chi Xiaochi opened his eyes and saw Lou Ying's aunt and uncle.

He wanted to get up, but his two feet were all numb. It was uncomfortable like tens of thousands of ants biting together. He couldn't move, and couldn't speak for a while, but he looked at the two with his teeth.

"How come to sleep here again? Do you have a home?" He heard Lou Ying's uncle coldly, "You are not welcome here."

Iko Koike stood up slowly.

After the incident, he tried to explain to Lou Ying's house more than once.

But every time, the family is either empty or pretending to be empty.

To Chi Xiaochi, Zhu Shoucheng was the culprit.

To the parents of Chi Xiaochi, Lou Ying is the culprit.

From the perspective of Lou Ying's relatives, the culprit is naturally Chi Xiaochi.

Chi Xiaochi leaned slowly to the door, lowered his head, and his voice was soft: "Uncle, aunt, why do you ... tell the police?"

Lou Ying's uncle frowned, and seemed to want to say something awkward, but was stopped by Lou Ying's aunt.

The uncle froze and pushed Ikiko to the side, ready to open the door with the key.

Ikekochi reached out and covered his keyhole.

He no longer had the strength to speak loudly: "... you don't care about him anymore, there really is no one to control him."

Lou Ying's uncle looked around and found that some neighbors had probed his brain. He looked like a gossip, his face changed slightly, and he pulled open the hand of Chi Xiaochi, opened the door, let his wife go in, and then stretched out Chi Xiaochi. .

Making sure the door was closed, he yelled, "We're not going to pursue you, are you still running over? What are you trying to do?"

Chi Xiaochi's feet were still numb, and he was not very stable.

He whispered: "I have inquired, I haven't reached the age, I can't sue him without a guardian. Uncle, aunt, you are the last relatives of Brother Lou, please, please, don't care about him."

The uncle asked: "Sue?"

"Zhu Shoucheng." Chi Xiaochi looked up. "He pushed Brother Lou down. I saw it with my own eyes."

Hearing the news, Lou Ying's aunt and uncle just looked at each other.

Lou Ying's uncle Chang breathed a sigh of relief, determined to solve this entanglement: "We already knew about this. Teacher Zhu went to the door and said that he accidentally pushed Lou Ying down. He told We apologized, lost money, the police came, and did not investigate anything. I discussed with his aunt Lou Ying, there is no need to make a big deal about it ... let's do it. "

Chi Xiaochi opened his mouth.

... "That's it."

A life, just like that.

With a hoarse throat, he played a meaningless emotion card: "Uncle, aunt, Brother Lou is the one you brought up ... you can't ..."

Hearing that, Lou Ying's aunt leaned away and let out a long sob.

When the uncle embraced the aunt, patted his shoulders to appease his wife for a while, and then faced Chi Xiaochi, his only patience was exhausted.

"What are you talking about? We blame us for this? We have already fought to feed him and make him live well. What do you want us to do? What else can we do? It was an accident. Teacher Zhu also responded and said that it was Lou Ying who accidentally fell when he went to his home for tutoring. What else do you want to do? Let him completely lose his reputation in this building and let our family lose his reputation? When will we come? Money to move, do you give it? Besides, Lou Ying was such a good child. Since he was mixed with you every day, his heart has been lost, and he has been running around with you all day. We see that his grades are not bad. I didn't care about you, but now you come to question us? "

Chi Xiaochi was cold.

He justified in vain: "I ..."

The uncle left the last few days of depression and all vented to Chi Xiaochi: "How old are you? The opening is that we don't care about him! Do you know how much it costs to fight a lawsuit? Make the matter big and end up Our family ’s reputation has been ruined, so much compensation may not have been obtained. In the end, what do you want us to do? ”

Lou Ying's aunt knew that her husband said too much, and waved his hand, begging his uncle to stop rushing like this.

She is a woman who is so temperamental that she is weak, and she whispered, "It's not good for me, I haven't educated Xiaoying, and it has caused trouble for others. Teacher Zhu also paid us money, which is already kind."

"... It's eight thousand." Lou Ying's uncle interrupted. "Everyone's gone, let's fight with Teacher Zhu, don't we just tell the others in the building to look at the joke for nothing? Say our family is greedy?"

"It's not like that. Brother Lou is not wrong ..." Chi Xiaochi braved his courage and planned to tell his story again and again, "Not to save me, he won't ..."

The scar was used to tearing and became numb.

Who would have thought that Lou Ying's uncle had no patience to listen to him, and simply said: "Today Lou Ying has been cremated. What you say is useless."

Pond Koike.

His voice was as soft as his heartbeat now: "What ..."

He didn't even know about it.

No one told him.

He hasn't had time to see Brother Lou last.

"This summer, where the corpses can survive, it smells bad if they don't burn," said the uncle. "It has been buried today. Beibei Cemetery."

There was a vortex in Ikkoike's throat, and all the words I wanted to say rolled up.

"Koike, it's not that we don't care. I also suspected that Xiaoying is not such a person." Auntie said softly, "But we are all tired, and now we really don't have the mind and the energy to control this matter."

As she said, she raised her hand and touched the lower abdomen: "... you are also an older child, and my aunt is not afraid of your jokes. I was pregnant. It was found during the medical examination in the factory. The report form issued yesterday, the child was almost two months old It's healthy. "

Chi Xiaochi issued a short syllable: "... ah."

...... He knows, understands.

Chi Xiaochi and Lou Ying have known each other for many years, and they know each other's things at home.

Lou Ying's aunt and uncle have been married for many years and have no children. I heard that it was a man's problem. After treating for many years, they did not see improvement.

Therefore, they took care of Lou Ying's heart, and also made it possible for them to become dependent on old age.

Well now, they finally have children.

To be more brutal, Lou Ying, after all, is an outsider to this little family.

Thinking like this, Chi Xiaochi turned to look at Lou Ying's room, thinking that it would look like a baby room.

The uncle was busy for a day, eager to rest, and had the meaning of ordering guests in the words: "Are you still okay?"

Chi Xiaochi heard himself say, "Yes."

He stood up staggeringly, holding the back of the chair with one hand, facing the two, kneeling slowly.

This kneeling kneeled both adults.

The aunt reached out and helped him: "Oh, Koike, what did you say? There's something to say, don't kneel, get up."

Chi Xiaochi didn't move, and his voice was low and steady: "Uncle, aunt, I beg you one thing .... Don't take Brother Lou's room."

The uncle immediately quit: "This is our family's business, don't ..."

"You listen to me." Chi Xiaochi looked up slightly, looking directly at his uncle's eyes. Although his body was shaking a little, his eyes were black and white with a clear emotion. "Don't take Lou's room, don't move his things. You rent this room to me, will you? "

The uncle sneered and said, "You pay for rent."

Chi Koike's hand slipped off the edge of the chair and dropped to his side: "I pay."

Lou Ying's aunt and uncle stopped talking.

Chi Xiaochimu said with a face, "I asked. The price of renting a house in this place is 500 yuan a month for one bedroom, one kitchen, one bathroom. The toilets in this building are shared by the public. There is only a small room. I rent it and pay 200 yuan a month. You will not lose ... "

Then, he looked at Lou Ying's aunt: "The child will need this money, won't he?"

The aunt didn't know what to do, and turned to look at her husband.

This money is not a small amount. The uncle is already subconsciously looking around and estimating where the baby cot should be placed outside the room. He was dragged by his wife for two times before returning to his mind.

He asked, "Will your parents agree?"

"I don't need their consent, and please don't tell them." Chi Xiaochi said, "I can earn this money myself."

After reaching a preliminary agreement not to pay a deposit, monthly payments, and the price to go with the market, Chi Xiaochi left Lou Ying's aunt's house.

He leaned against the wall and walked down the corridor step by step.

At this time, the residents of Tongzilou, who were chatting and chatting, were dispersed early. There were snoring and insect sounds in the hallway, and Chi Xiaochi's footsteps were too light.

He walked from the first floor to the second floor alone.

In the darkened corridors, he was usually most afraid.

He walked up the stairs where the voice-activated lamp was broken, clinging to the root of the wall, and whispered, "Lou brother. Lou brother."

Soon, he laughed silently for his antics.

He laughed as he walked, his shoulders trembled, and he squatted down at the corner of the stairs, buried his face in his knees, and shook his shoulders, almost laughing.

The next day, Zhu Shoucheng's son-in-law received the news and came to visit the "frightened" father.

They carried big bags and small dresses and were very well-groomed. They heard that they were doing business in the city and making a lot of money.

Chi Xiaochi stayed at home, leaning his back against the wall, listening to the faint voice from the wall.

"Dad, all right."

"It's okay, it's okay. You look good to me."

"I heard a thief burglar? The thief's hands and feet are not clean, his morals are corrupt, and he will die when he dies. Don't go to your heart."

"I know, I know."

"Dad, if this is the case, would it be appropriate for you to live here again? Otherwise, you might as well live with us in the city. I have negotiated with May, and I will change my house and change my second room to third room after the year , Live for you. "

"No. Your dad is still a long time away from retirement, and he can work for a few more years. Those children like me, can't do without me."

"Dad, let me change your door and window."

"Ah, OK. What would you like to eat at noon? I'll buy you some yellow croaker soup?"

"Dad, don't move. We all know where the market is. I'll buy it with Mei. Mei, go and bring that apple to Dad—"

"Then I put the garbage in the door, and you go down and remember to pour."

Iike Koike stood up.

He didn't want to listen anymore.

When he went out, when he came to the front door of Zhu Shoucheng's house, the door just came out from inside, making a very sharp creak.

Zhu Shoucheng's face was revealed inside.

He held an halved apple in his left hand, carrying a bag of **** in his right hand, and looked at Chi Xiaochi across the screen door.

After a short while, he suddenly showed a weird smile.

Zhu Shoucheng asked him: "... want to eat mung bean popsicles?"

Chi Xiaochi ignored him, carrying a schoolbag and striding away.

He escaped Zhu Shoucheng, and also escaped downstairs to gather gossips.

Regarding Lou Ying's "theft", Zhu Shoucheng did not go out and talk about it.

But terribly, he did not deny it.

The police came and asked Lou Ying's comments and asked about the semiconductor incident that happened to Lou Ying. For those imaginative people in the building, they can naturally piece together a set of "truths" they want. .

Chi Xiaochi didn't want to stay in this place for a while.

Fortunately, he has an appointment today.

Yesterday, Saitama Yochi Koike came out for a light meal.

She likes this stubborn and stubborn boy, but the bad thing is that she can't help him at all.

Saitama could do nothing but put vegetables in his bowl while he was eating.

She concealed the depression in her heart, and put a chopsticks and lamb in his bowl: "Eat more. Look at you, these days, you have lost a lot of weight."

Chi Xiaochi stuffed his mouth with food: "Sister, do you have anything to do with me?"

Before Saitama had time to speak, Chi Xiaochi had guessed: "... the case is closed?"

Saitama took another piece of sepals from the hot pot, and didn't want to talk more about it: "Um."

In small places, there are so many headless cases, which happen indiscriminately and end up indiscriminately.

Chi Xiaochi blew the dishes in the bowl, and rolled the crickets in the hemp sauce: "Hey."

Saitama: "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry," said Chi Xiaochi. "It's not you who are sorry for me."

Qi Yu really didn't want to let Chi Xiaochi indulge in his emotions too much.

So she started the conversation: "What are you doing recently?"

Chi Xiaochi replied: "Brush the plate."

"……Ok?"

"I do it for the time being, I don't earn much." Chi Xiaochi chopped vegetables in his mouth. "Large-life models have recently become popular on the clothing street. I heard that there are many salaries, but there are more women and less men in this industry. Go try it. "

"But you are only fourteen ..."

"I don't look like that." Chi Xiaochi raised his head from the bowl and blinked. "Sister, if you meet me in the street or something, don't tear me through."

From time to time, his youthful little playfulness makes Saitama feel sour.

Pu Yu advised him: "You are still so young, don't rush to make money. Reading a book is serious."

Chi Xiaochi said briefly, "I will."

Saitama thought he didn't go to his heart, and he was slightly anxious: "Listen to my sister, get your grades right, and then go out from here diligently, don't stay here. You can fly farther, here really is not Suitable for--"

"... Sister-in-law."

Chi Xiaochi put down his chopsticks: "Thank you."

Saitama felt a little helpless and grabbed her hat: "Don't say thank you, my sister didn't help you. My sister has already bought the order, and there are a lot of things to do. You should eat slowly here.

At the end, she added a little painfully: "... don't be too sad."

Chi Xiaochi smiled: "I'm fine. I can bear it."

After Saitama left, Chi Xiaochi took out a mobile phone, buried his face under the table, and typed a word on it.

While packing up Lou Ying's relics, he found two used mobile phones.

In this era, a mobile phone is definitely rare.

One belongs to Lou Ying, and the other is a gift that has not yet been sent out.

The phone was tied with a small ribbon and placed in a gift box. After waiting for Xiaochi to charge it and turn it on, he discovered that Lou Ying did not know what tool he used to modify the root file of the phone.

The start-up screen is a firework, and the scattered smoke finally gathers into a line.

... I wish Koike a happy 15th birthday.

Ji Xiaochi's 14th birthday is just a few months away, and there is still a long way to go before his 15th birthday, but Lou Ying has prepared gifts for him.

Now, Chi Xiaochi held his head against the table, and texted Lou Ying with the birthday present that Lou Ying had intended to give him.

He said, "Brother Lou, sister-in-law invited me to dinner. Hot pot is delicious."

After sending it successfully, he stuffed his mobile phone into his pocket and kept filling his mouth with a bowl full of food, until he filled his mouth.

His little squirrel chewed the food, chewing the food into a bitter taste.

He held the bowl, tears dripping down, but didn't cry even if he heard it.

After dinner, he still has work.

He wants to keep Brother Lou's last trace in this world, so he can't spend the money that Brother Lou has accumulated to pay the rent, because those are also one of the evidences that Brother Lou once existed.

In this summer vacation, Iikeko did a lot of work.

However, there is too much work that requires an identity card, and errands, dishwashing and other activities are earning too little. Now he can barely do it, but once he starts school, he can't earn that much.

In the end, he came to Clothing Street and successfully applied in a men's clothing store opened by a woman.

In a short period of time, Chi Xiaochi, who has always been sensitive and thin-skinned, quickly learned the concave posture and posing on the mixed streets of fish and dragons. He ran around the street to distribute leaflets, helped the boss to buy and move goods, and deal with male and female guests or goodwill or maliciousness. Ridicule, as well as a small place for the boss to cook for trouble.

Chi Xiaochi's shape is very outstanding, and his legs are long and his hands are long. He is a natural hanger. A little dressing is a full-blown teenager. Even if the clothes of low quality and style fall on him, he can wear them. Come out with a unique taste.

Because of him, the boss has a lot of repeat customers.

Chi Xiaochi lied that he was in high school, had an accident at home and needed money urgently, and the boss had no doubt. He told him that if he could commute, he would pay him 600 yuan a month and wait for him to go to school. I have to come here to report and give him 250 yuan a month.

When the summer vacation was about to end, Chi Xiaochi hit a basin of water, dipped his tattooed feet in water, and wiped off the tattoo with a steel wire brush.

Everyone said that Ikekochi changed.

Since the end of the summer vacation, his results have leaped forward.

Normally, the teacher always likes to use "So and so very smart, but just doesn't like reading" to teach, but it is clear to me that most students with poor grades have nothing to do with cleverness and can't speak directly, so they can only use "just Do not love reading "for general encouragement and salvation.

The pool Koike is different.

He really doesn't like reading, but he's really smart enough.

Under the staring eyes of everyone, Chi Xiaochi's performance rose like a rocket in one year, and he was admitted to the high school where Lou Ying lived.

The funny thing is, when Ichi Koike didn't want to get anything from anyone anymore, the chance came to him.

A professional model manager, while accompanying his wife and sister-in-law to shop on the clothing street, saw Chi Xiaochi who was acting as a model in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Later, Chi Xiaochi ended his whole year's career as a fashion street model, bid farewell to his boss, and left with the manager.

Prices are going up, rents are going up, and he should find a new job.

When filling out the model card, the manager asked him if he was in such good condition, should he consider full-time.

Chi Xiaochi's voice has grown up: "No need."

The manager also knew that his grades were not bad, and dropping out of school to do this was a bit violent, so he just talked about it.

Chi Xiaochi's pen stopped in the "English name" column.

The manager said, "This is more fashionable lately. With the English name, I say it is fashionable. But fill it if you have it.

Chi Xiaochi said, "I have."

Speaking, he wrote his English name in this column.

... July Chi.

The manager was curious: "July? Are you born in July?"

Chi Xiaochi tilted his head slightly and answered, "No, I died in July."

The manager was confused and simply thought he had heard it wrong.

For good-looking people, weird personality and behavior don't matter at all.

The manager knows that there is a lot of quirks in Chi Xiaochi. At a young age, he can smoke and drink alcohol, like a perpetual motion machine that never needs to rest and sleep. He knows how to listen to people, knows how to be human, but does n’t love much. Talking, and often ran to a public middle school nearby to wait for someone.

The manager thought, maybe his little girlfriend is studying here.

The manager lived near the public middle school. He drove to work several times and he could see Chi Xiaochi, who was studying by himself, dangling nearby.

The boy in the white shirt leaned against the mottled white railing, carrying a heavy schoolbag, his cigarette in his hand, and looked at the public middle school across the road.

After smoking two cigarettes, he lowered his head and pressed the exercise book against the railing with one hand to do the problem.