Chen Le pointed to a question on the top of Master Lin's test paper, "You should use to, do here, not do." ”

Master Lin first looked at the place where Chen Le was pointing, then blocked the test paper with his arm, and glared at Chen Le with a little dissatisfaction, "Of course I know, so I don't need you to teach." ”

"I didn't teach, I just corrected your mistakes in advance, and the teacher will change them anyway. ”

“......”

Master Lin was stunned, feeling that what Chen Le said made sense, and he couldn't find a place to refute for a while, so he could only change the direction of the attack, "It's almost 10 o'clock, why don't you leave." ”

Chen Le glanced at the torrential rain outside, and replied frankly, "I want to stay longer, it's quite warm next to you, it's so cold outside, I don't want to go out." ”

“......”

Master Lin just stared at Chen Le, pursed his lips, and wanted to say something to refute, saying that he was warm or something, and felt that he was taken advantage of by Chen Le, but unfortunately he didn't find it for a while, so he could only put away the test paper, and said angrily, "I'm going back." ”

"Oh, it's late, it's time to go back. ”

"You're going back with you, too. ”

"Ah, do you want to come with me, okay. ”

"Not really. ”

Master Lin retorted vigorously, "It's so late, if I leave you alone, who knows if you will do anything bad to Miss Night." ”

"Won't do the pull. ”

"Hmph! Miss Night says boys aren't good guys! You're guys, so you're not a good guy either. ”

“......”

What a perfect reasoning.

Chen Le couldn't find any reason to refute it.

After sorting out the homework books and test papers on the counter, and stuffing a lot of things into the small schoolbag, the two officially ended the day when the Pavilion of Time was no one patronizing.

"Did you come here with an umbrella?"

"Yes. ”

"Then I'll send you home. ”

Master Lin was angry, "Have you listened to me, I said, there is a belt! I don't need you!"

Chen Le smiled and said, "Yes, if you don't need it, then I can stay with Miss Night." ”

“...... Not. Master Lin immediately puffed up his pretty face and glared at Chen Le fiercely, although he was dissatisfied, he had to agree, "Yes!"

"Good. ”

Chen Le immediately said happily, "Since you need to, then I'll go back with you." ”

As Master Lin skillfully closed the door of the store and locked it,

Chen Le also opened the black umbrella page and walked out of the eaves of the Pavilion of Time with Master Lin.

Master Lin carried a pink one that was obviously much larger than her delicate figure, a full schoolbag, and a small flower umbrella in one hand, and walked next to Chen Le.

The road here was not smooth, and the two of them stepped side by side in the small ditch, splashing strings of water.

This Chen Le's trousers and socks were wet.

He looked down and found that Master Lin was wearing cute little red rain boots, and he was not afraid of standing water at all, so he stepped into the water unscrupulously.

He didn't care about the water on the ground and his feet, and walked straight over the canal.

There were no pedestrians, not even cars, on the roads in this remote corner of the city.

It's a remote and quiet little corner that the night has deliberately chosen.

Until he came to the crossroads, Chen Lecai asked, "Which way to go?" ”

Master Lin stretched out his little finger and pointed, "Left." ”

"And then there's the right. ”

"Then we're going to go through the alleys. ”

Master Lin came to the mouth of an alley, looked into the dark alley, and explained, "This is a short road, and you can usually see a little road,...... Even when there is no moon, it will be ...... A bit of a scary place. ”

Chen Le looked at it and felt that the alley was basically pitch black, with no end in sight.

"Yes, children are afraid of the dark. ”

Master Lin glanced at it, and shrunk his neck in some fear, but immediately straightened his small chest and said, "I'm not afraid, Miss Night said, as long as you are not afraid, be brave." ”

Although he was full of momentum, his body unconsciously leaned towards Chen Le's side.

As if he was explaining to Chen Le, he said as if he was explaining to himself, "If you don't walk this alley, you have to walk far, far away to bypass a highway in front of you, I walk here every day, you don't have to be afraid, it's okay." ”

"Oh, that's good. ”

Chen Le smiled and said, "When I was a child, I was terrible and dark, and I always thought that ghosts would come out of the darkness and eat me. ”

Master Lin put on the appearance of a little adult and explained, "If you are not afraid, the ghost will not eat you, the more you are afraid of him, the more he will eat you, just like a puppy, the more you run, the more he will chase you." ”

"I see. ”

Chen Le put one hand on Master Lin's shoulder and led her into the alley.

After getting used to the darkness in the alley, he could already see a lot of things.

In the alley, there is a lot of messy garbage, and there are fallen or unfallen garbage cans everywhere, which look dirty.

As the two walked by, they also startled two night cats to flee in a hurry.

Along the way, Chen Le could feel Master Lin clenching his little fists nervously, cheering up his morale.

It wasn't until he walked out of the alley that he was relieved lightly as if he had finally defeated the enemy, and his small fist was also released.

"On the right, three hundred meters ahead. ”

"It's a lot closer. ”

Chen Le found that the street lamps on both sides of the road were much older, there was no one, and the houses were much older, which looked like the old town of Kyoto.

They are all one- or two-story earthen houses that fell to the ground a long time ago, and they look full of the vicissitudes of time.

To put it more bluntly, it's a bit like a slum in a big city.

Occasionally, you can see a few homeless people sitting on the side of the street, hiding under the eaves or under small sheds, wrapped in heavy quilts or coats.

There are also a few local dogs raised by families, and when the two of them pass by, they suddenly bark at the two of them.

The frightened Master Lin leaned towards Chen Le again.

Fortunately, the dogs are all locked up, so it's not a big problem.

Those homeless people were used to it, and they didn't even look at it.

Chen Le lowered his gaze, glanced at Master Lin's slightly nervous, but forcibly calm little face, his big eyes dodged the gaze of the earth dog, looked left and right, leaned nervously next to him, his little hand unconsciously grabbed the cute appearance of the corner of his clothes, and couldn't help laughing, "It's dangerous to walk alone at night, I should go back later in the future, I'll accompany you home at night." ”

When Master Lin heard this, he immediately let go of his little hand, sank his little face, and said angrily, "I don't need you, I can go by myself, are you underestimating me?"

"Of course not. ”

Chen Le looked at the darkness in the distance and said lightly, "I didn't say it, I've been afraid of the dark since I was a child, I found that this road is closer to the way I went back, but it's too dangerous for me to walk alone at night, if I have you with me, I won't be so afraid." ”

"No, I won't accompany you. ”

"That can't be helped, I can only not go back at night, and stay with Miss Night. ”

When Master Lin heard this, he retorted without hesitation, "No, you must want to do bad things to Miss Night, so you are not allowed to stay!"

Chen Le looked at Master Lin with a smile, "What about ......?"

“...... I, I see. ”

Master Lin found that he couldn't resist, so he turned his gaze a little helplessly, puffed out a pretty face, and said angrily, "I really can't help you, since you are so afraid of the dark, if you have to go with you, then it's okay to accompany you." ”

"Okay, thank you! ”

Master Lin immediately straightened his chest proudly, raised his chin and said, "Hmph, of course!

"Yes, the teacher is very strong and powerful. ”

"I ......"

Master Lin wanted to say something, but then reacted, glaring at Chen Le angrily, "Don't flatter me, it's not good to praise me." ”

"No, no, I'm just telling the truth, how can it be flattery, like me, I can't cook, I'm afraid of the dark, I can't tidy up the shop, and I can't tell the difference between the clocks. ”

"Hmph, of course, I took a long time to memorize, if you want to learn, I can teach you later. ”

"Okay, then I'll thank you first. ”

“......”

Master Lin inexplicably had a feeling that he seemed to have been tricked, but he couldn't say where he had been tricked, and it took a long time before he barely squeezed out a sentence, "I feel like you've changed." ”

"Hmm? ”

"It's gone a little bit bad. ”

"Is there one?"

"Yes. ”

Master Lin replied affirmatively, "In the past, although you were a little wooden, a little stayy, and a little stupid, you felt a little better, a kind, a kind of feeling, it wouldn't hurt people, but now you have become a little bit worse, a little bit of a bully, hum, bad person!"

"Yes," Chen Le smiled with some emotion, "Actually, I was originally so bad, in the past, I was too tightly bound, always expecting what happened, and then forcing myself to do something, what to say, now,...... I let go of it a little bit and want to cherish myself and others more. ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about, but I'm home. ”

Master Lin said and pointed to a two-storey tile house in front of him, "I'm in." ”

"Good. ”

Chen Le took Master Lin to the eaves all the time, and watched Master Lin take out the small key and open the door and go in.

Only then did he wave goodbye to Master Lin.

"Go to bed early. ”

"I don't want you to say it. ”

After Master Lin finished speaking, he was ready to close the door, but he was halfway closed, said "Wait", and ran out again, stretched out his finger and pointed to the road on the right, and said with concern, "Go to the right, don't turn right immediately when you get to the intersection, there is a field road over there, there are few lights, very dark, and very scary, turn right at the third intersection, there are many lights over there, remember." ”

"Okay, I remember. ”

Master Lin stepped on his small leather shoes, ran back again, and closed the door again.

Chen Le stopped in front of the door for a minute before shaking his head and sighing, "Has it become a little worse, children are really sensitive." ”

Chen Le did not go to the right, but returned along the same path.

I didn't go far when I saw an old man in a simple coat, sitting in the corner of a house, with one hand on the top of his head, leaning against a little corner of the house, and sheltering himself from the wind and rain through the house.

Even so, he was still shivering by the wind and rain, shrunk into a ball in the corner, and kept his body warm by constantly shaking.

Chen Le paused and asked himself in his heart, he could feel that there was a fierce beast hidden in his heart, it was extremely terrifying, and he suppressed the beast while suppressing his heart in the past.

If it's your truest thoughts, what you really want to do......

After thinking about it, he walked quickly to the old man's side, squatted down slightly, glanced at the old man, and said with a smile, "I don't have any money." ”

Then he left the umbrella behind. It was hung on the sloping wall next to the old man, which was regarded as a shield for him from the wind and rain.

The old man looked at Chen Le a little timidly, and whispered, "I, I don't need it." ”

"I don't need to, I'm already soaking wet anyway. ”

After saying that, he left his umbrella and walked straight towards the rain curtain.

When I came back with Master Lin, the umbrella was pressed very low, leaning towards the right side of Master Lin, at Chen Le's left shoulder, all the way to my arm, which had long been transparent by the rain, and there were constant droplets of water, but now, from half of my body to my whole body......

"Also, I like the rain. ”

Chen Le just closed his eyes in the rain curtain, sniffed deeply, and felt for the first time that the air in this world was more relaxed and sweeter than he imagined,...... It's warmer too!