In the evening, the iron gate helped Ah Wei to walk on the road, and his mouth was full of words of praise. Ah Wei smiled bitterly while looking at the sunset in the distance, it seemed that he hadn't spent a day so fully for a long time.

"Hey, did that girl follow us from the beginning?" The person he accidentally caught a glimpse of was the little girl who came to watch the game today, and it looked like she was just a middle school student, right?

"Who's who?" the gate stopped, and the girl stopped.

"Don't stop, you'll be discovered. Ah Wei hurriedly opened his leg but cried out in pain, and the smile on Tie Gate's face froze, because the long path behind him was indeed empty.

......

The family has long since lost its life, and the only family activity is a ball game every weekend night. Ah Wei and his father sat at a distance, there was no communication between them, and only the voice of the narrator echoed lonely in the whole house, but it was already the most lively time here.

During the intermission, my father opened a can of beer, and the poor taste made him frown. And there were already more than a dozen cans piled up at his feet.

"Football...... Are you kicking?"

"Nope. ”

"That's ......"

The long commercial is finally over, the camera finally cuts back to the stadium, and the father's snoring arrives as promised. Since the beer brand was changed, Ah Wei's father basically did not survive the intermission.

Ah Wei draped the blanket over his father's body and turned off the light. He hesitated for a moment when his hand touched the TV switch.

Let's read it all the time.

In this way, he quietly returned to his father's side. The TV shows two players banging their heads over the ball for a high ball.

It hurts. Ah Wei frowned slightly.

......

Ten days later~

Hahu!!!——

He was woken up by a low roar of rage, every day, as precise as an alarm clock. The tanuki cat floated by the window, glaring at the car that was already far away.

Such a creature Ah Wei called a ghost. They can see everything in the world, but they don't have the slightest collision volume.

The tanuki cat excitedly chased the cat teasing stick, because its range of motion was too large, but the cat teaser was tired after playing for a while. Ah Wei threw the cat teaser on the bed and left the room, "I'll play with you when I come back." ”

And the tanuki concentrated in mid-air, posed, and flew towards the cat teaser. The cat ghost passed through the cat teaser, the bed and the floor one after another, and collided with Ah Wei, who had just come downstairs.

......

If every dead creature becomes a ghost, then I won't be able to see the sky, right?" Ah Wei only looked out the window with his right eye open, but his vision was wide, and there was only a white ghost floating under the transparent blue sky.

It's exactly like in a horror movie! Even in the daytime, the teenager shuddered.

In the end, he came to the conclusion that only creatures that still have nostalgia for the world will become ghosts. At this time, he was sitting in the classroom, and between him and Nana, a man wearing a "struggle" ribbon looked at the blackboard and the textbook interactively, and his right hand never stopped.

Unlike other ghosts, he didn't float or wander, and he looked like he was really living in this world. Ah Wei closed his right eye, the struggle man disappeared, and the girl next door felt that her gaze turned sideways, and she didn't want Ah Wei to look at herself with only one eye open!

It's like giving Nana a wink, she must be treated as a pervert, right? Ah Wei turned his head back in embarrassment.

Struggleman was in his forties when he died, and he struggled every day to provide for the education of his three children.

"Don't you want to go and see them?" asked the boy as he left the classroom, turning to the empty classroom.

And the struggling man, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, was silent for a moment, and then buried his head in the book, as if he had already given the answer. As many uncles have said, if you ......

When he stepped out of the school gate, Ah Wei didn't forget to look at the court, and only the iron gate and the two boys who were hard-pulled by him were left on the field. Iron Fence recently played the last game of his high school career, and now his only wish is that Inuyama can put together a team every year, "You have to pull people, those unknown first-year pulls are a lot." ”

The two freshmen smiled wryly.

"And that Ah Wei, next year you will make a poster first, printed with the legendary superstar......"

It's training that has nothing to do with football...... The boy tilted his head sideways and walked out of the school quickly.

Following.

If only I hadn't played football in the first place. Looking at the appearance of the struggling man, Ah Wei's most regretful thing was constantly magnified in his mind.

When I was in middle school, the boy would ride home every day at noon, and in early summer he would always sit in the entrance to greet him.

"How long have you been sitting?"

"It didn't take long. ”

The refrigerator contained the ingredients prepared by his father in advance, Ah Wei quickly took them out, then picked up the kitchen knife and cut it with a "bang".

The distance from school to home is not short, and every movement of the boy is racing against time.

"Brother. Chu Xia held an apron in his hand, and Ah Wei skillfully put it on his body and immediately boiled the pot to cook, "Thank you." ”

"If only I could go to school. The little girl muttered. At the age of seven, she also went to school a few times, but her sister's body couldn't hold on at all, and often before half a day, the teacher sent her home.

Seeing that Chu Xia didn't move his chopsticks much, the boy just wanted to speak, but swallowed the words back. Because he knew that his sister's meal was indeed getting less and less, and she was spending more and more time in bed every day.

A few times when Ah Wei came home, he found that Chu Xia was not waiting for him in the entrance, and he was so anxious that he rushed upstairs.

"Sorry, overslept. The younger sister looked guiltily at her panting brother.

"It's okay, I'll bring you the food later. ”

"I can do it, of course the family has to eat around the table. ”

But how long has it been since the three of them have eaten together in the family? Since my father took over an extra job to deliver goods to the restaurant, only the two brothers and sisters were left for breakfast and lunch, and as for dinner, although my father came back to prepare, Ah Wei, who had just joined the football team, never came back to eat.

"Brother, are you happy playing football?"

"Of course. After gobbling it up, the boy took off his apron and walked out of the house quickly.

"Be careful on the road. "In early summer, I confirmed Ah Wei's distant figure from the window on the second floor. Whenever football is mentioned, the smile on her brother's face makes her phrase "come back early" never come out......

After giving up football, the boy found that he had endless time every day, and now he sits in his sister's room, which has been vacant for three years, but the most beautiful part of the house. Whether it's him or his father, they take the time to clean up.

Hatsu hugged Usako and sat there blankly.

Come back early and stay with me......

She must have meant that, right?

At that time, did he really like football, or did he want to escape from reality?

"Meow?" Tanuki also came through the next room at this time, it should be a clingy kitten, after finding Ah Wei, it circled in the air a few times, and it didn't take long to fall asleep honestly.

It's another day~

Nana, who is sitting next door, goes to work at a coffee shop every day after school, "Ah Wei will come too." ”

"I don't drink coffee. ”

Nana shook her head, "It's a part-time job, and there is a lack of a boy in the store." "She is a very introverted girl, and this is the first time Ah Wei has seen her take the initiative to talk to a boy.

"That's right. The boy thought for a moment and agreed, "Yes." ”

After receiving an affirmative reply, the other party was stunned for a moment, and then smiled happily. Although it was only for a short moment, Nana who laughed was the best-looking girl in the class - the boy immediately came to a conclusion.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the store. ”

"So fast?"

"No, please have coffee, our coffee is delicious. ”

Ah Wei bypassed the struggle man when he got up, and Nana was puzzled by this, "Is there anyone among us?"

"Hahaha. The boy didn't know how to explain it, so he could only smile dryly.

"Strange people. ”

......

Finally, Ah Wei once again found something that he could devote himself to. Just over a week after working part-time, he has already transformed into an excellent waiter. The return of several guests seems to be the credit of the teenager.

"How are you smiling?" asked Nana as she cleaned up before closing.

"Huh?" Ah Wei was a little puzzled.

"It's a smile on the customer's face. The girl lowered her head, and she didn't look very good, "The boss always said that I didn't smile well." ”

"What a thing. Ah Wei immediately retorted, and then he thought for a while and shook his head, "I don't know, maybe I'm more involved?"

Finding Nana glaring at him, the boy hurriedly defended, "It's not that you don't ...... invested"

"It's closed. Nana turned off the lights and closed the door and left the store.

"Wait!"

On the way, the boy was thinking about how to alleviate the embarrassment, but Nana spoke first, "Indeed, you work harder than anyone else." After that, Nana suddenly laughed, "When you were in class yesterday, you were practicing ordering food for guests. ”

"You've found out. ”

"It's not just me, the teacher sees it too. The boy nodded and smiled from time to time, and his right hand was still waving rapidly in the air. The teacher rubbed his eyes twice, convinced that he was right, but he didn't say anything.

"It must have scared the teacher out. Perhaps her mind flashed back to the scene again, Nana covered her mouth and continued to smile.

Ah Wei also laughed, and at the same time thought in his heart, no matter how he practiced, he would not be as good as Nana's smile now.

"Xiaobai is also here today. The girl mentioned, "I see your hands are shaking a little when you serve coffee." ”

"After all, she is a big beauty, and she doesn't dare to look at her when she is close. ”

"A good waiter will have tricky guests. It didn't take long for the two of them to stand at Nana's doorstep.

"Do you like Xiaobai?" the girl asked suddenly.

Ah Wei's body shook, "Maybe." ”

"That's good news for you. Nana's mouth was smiling, but her face was expressionless, "Xiaobai likes you too." ”

"Why do you say that?" Ah Wei was very emotional. However, the other party only left a sentence of "thank you for sending me", then turned around and trotted into the house.

Does Xiaobai like me? Ah Wei laughed stupidly on the road, and got carried away. Fortunately, there were not many pedestrians on the road, but the ghosts on the road avoided him by three points when they saw him.

"Struggle man!" Ah Wei seemed to have bumped into an old acquaintance, and just wanted to say hello, but found that the other party was standing next to a house, looking inside through the window.