The Porsche car carried Fan Xiaoxiao onto the viaduct, Xiaoxiao looked down from the viaduct with a sideways face, and found that many shops were closed at this time, and the lights of the surrounding office buildings were constantly decreasing. She leaned her head lightly against the window, admiring Beijing at night, she suddenly felt that Beijing soaked in the night curtain was so lovely and peaceful, like an old grandfather immersed in the fragrance of dreams, Beijing in the cold winter night is less congested and noisy during the day, and more stable and down-to-earth.

"Is this it? Xiaoxiao. He Dudong lightly touched himself with his elbow, and Fan Xiaoxiao woke up from a beautiful fantasy. It only takes about 20 minutes to get from the restaurant to my home, and it usually takes more than 40 minutes to make the bus by myself.

Fan Xiaoxiao wiped the slightly fogged glass with her hands, and saw the iconic snack stall at the entrance of the community, which was run by a pair of elderly people who were close to the sixtieth birthday. But what surprised Fan Xiaoxiao today was that it was almost twelve o'clock, but the food stall was still lit up, and the two old men were still busy there, and the snack stall usually closed at eight o'clock.

"Yes, that's it. Before she finished speaking, Fan Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to open the car door and jump down, she wrapped her down jacket tightly and ran straight to the food stall, the old man who heard the sound of running immediately raised his head, and couldn't help but smile when he saw Xiaoxiao running towards him, "Oh, girl, I'm back." ”

The grandmother who heard the old man's voice also put down the work in her hand and raised her head, and the old face of the grandmother also showed a happy face, "Girl, why did you come back so late, we are all in a hurry." The old lady couldn't wait to reproach.

"I went to dinner with a friend of mine tonight, but, grandparents, why don't you come home so late. Fan Xiaoxiao scratched her head embarrassedly.

"Aren't your grandpa and I waiting for you, you said you came to buy an egg cake every night, and I didn't see you come so late today, girl, we are also worried about you, afraid that something will happen to you outside, we are relieved to see you come back, don't come back so late in the future." The grandmother's tone was full of a mother's concern for her daughter, which also moved Xiaoxiao in a foreign land, and she tried to hold back the tears that came out of her eyes.

"Hello grandparents. I don't know when, He Dudong was already standing behind Fan Xiaoxiao. The two old men who heard the greeting looked behind Xiaoxiao at the same time. Before Fan Xiaoxiao could introduce Dusk Winter to her grandparents, the old man spoke first: "You...... Are you Fan Xiaoxiao's boyfriend?" After listening to grandpa's words, He Dudong smiled embarrassedly, "No, grandpa, I'm just a good friend of hers, it's so late, you and grandma should hurry home and rest." Xiaoxiao also hurriedly said to the two old men: "Grandparents, it's so late, you should go back quickly, don't freeze your body, I'll just ask my friend to send me back, don't worry, he won't dare to do anything to me." After saying that, he didn't forget to turn around and naughtily glared at Twilight, and Twilight nodded and smiled in accommodation.

After Xiaoxiao and Dudong helped the two old people put away the stalls and watched the two old people leave, He Dudong looked at his watch, and after determining the time, he hurriedly dragged Fan Xiaoxiao to the community: "It's so late, do you want to go to work tomorrow?" ”

"Didn't you say you would send me home and leave? Fan Xiaoxiao vaguely felt that Twilight had the intention of sending herself to the door, so she said vigilantly.

"I said that, but if you look at the lights in the community now, which one is still on?" He Dudong said confidently.

After listening to Dusk Winter's words, Fan Xiaoxiao turned her head to take a look, and found that the street lamps on both sides of the streets in the community were usually extinguished today as if they had been discussed, which made Xiaoxiao, who was naturally afraid of the dark, suddenly have goosebumps. She had no choice but to tell He Dudong the number and direction of her residence.

When He Dudong took Fan Xiaoxiao's arm and walked on the street where the direction could only be determined by the moonlight, Xiaoxiao felt as if the world had suddenly quieted down, and she followed closely behind Dudong, for fear that she would fall behind. After a few minutes, Twilight and Xiaoxiao stood under a very old residential building, and there were no artificial lights around.

"Is that so?" asked He Dudong in a low voice.

"Yes, that's it. Fan Xiaoxiao lowered her head and said.

"Are you sure? Isn't it going in the wrong direction? He Dudong couldn't believe it.

Fan Xiaoxiao didn't say anything more, she knew that there was no need for any more words at this moment, and there was no need to hide anything, there was no turning back.

Xiaoxiao broke free of Twilight's hand, walked straight to the entrance of the corridor like a female warrior, and stomped her feet, and the sound sensor light in the corridor was immediately "awakened", emitting a yellow light like old cheese. He Dudong followed Fan Xiaoxiao into the corridor, but to his surprise, Fan Xiaoxiao did not go upstairs, but went to the basement, and He Dudong also went into the basement after glancing at the stairs leading from the first floor to the second floor.

Before entering the basement, He Dudong was mentally prepared to be wrapped in a musty smell and moisture, so he subconsciously covered his mouth and nose with his hands. But when he walked into the basement, he didn't smell a hint of unpleasant smell, and the air seemed to smell of aged sake lees and tempeh. He Dudong put down the hand covering his nose and walked forward quickly, because he found Fan Xiaoxiao standing at the door with orange lights waiting for him, apparently the house rented by Fan Xiaoxiao and her classmates.

What He Duidong didn't expect was that the so-called home in Fan Xiaoxiao's mouth turned out to be a basement, and what he didn't expect was that there was no heating in the basement, even He Dudong, who was wearing a woolen sweater and a tweed windbreaker, couldn't help but shiver when he stood in the basement, not to mention Fan Xiaoxiao, a girl with a smaller body. He Dudong looked around the basement with his hands in his pockets, a double bed, a 25-inch old television, and a half-meter-high log table, on which there were two empty boxes of instant noodles, these were all the belongings in the house. The walls of the basement are also a little yellowish, but the smell in the room is quite pleasant, presumably thanks to the two pots of greenery in the corner.

"Drink water?" Fan Xiaoxiao said to Twilight, holding a water glass.

"This is your home, don't you feel cold when you live here?" He Dudong didn't pay attention to Fan Xiaoxiao, who was holding a water cup, but asked with an expressionless face like a robot.

Fan Xiaoxiao feels that there is nothing to hide at this moment, and the matter has come to this point, so let's be safe when it comes.

"Yes, this is the house that my classmates and I rented, in fact, when you said in the western restaurant that you were going to take me home, I didn't want you to see this...... Yes, I'm very poor, and I don't have any heating, because I don't have any money at all, I'm just a small clerk, and I only earn a few thousand dollars a month, unlike you who make millions of dollars a book just a lot. Every time my mom asks me how I'm doing in Beijing, I say it's good, just like at home......" Speaking of this, Fan Xiaoxiao couldn't cry anymore, she covered her mouth and sat on the bed, raindrop-like tears fell to the ground along Xiaoxiao's fingers.

"Why do you like to watch other people's jokes so much, I don't let you come with me just because I don't want you to look down on me, I don't want you to pity me, but why do you have to debunk these ......" Fan Xiaoxiao became more and more excited, and tears couldn't stop pouring out.

"Come back with me tonight, go to my house. Fan Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment by the words that He Dudong said coldly, she wiped her tears, and asked incredibly: "You, what did you just say?"

"I said, come home with me tonight!" He Dudong strode in front of Fan Xiaoxiao and said excitedly. But before Fan Xiaoxiao could express her opinion, He Dudong took Xiaoxiao's arm and walked out the door.

"Where are you going to take me?" Fan Xiaoxiao tried to break free from Twilight's hand, but Twilight's hand was like a crab's pincers gripping her arm. The basement door was slammed shut by Twilight, but Twilight's hand didn't let go. Fan Xiaoxiao was reluctantly dragged out of the basement by Dusk, and then dragged out of the corridor, Fan Xiaoxiao staggered behind He Dudong, she knew that it was useless to resist at this time, because she knew since she was a child that as long as He Dudong decided, ten cows would not be able to pull it back.

Fan Xiaoxiao, who sat in the cab again, was still a little unconscious, and it was only after the car started again and drove onto the viaduct that Fan Xiaoxiao came back to her senses.

"Where are we going?" Fan Xiaoxiao felt as if she was in a dream, and He Dudong's answer was categorical, "My family." Fan Xiaoxiao didn't want to resist anymore, she put her head on the glass on the right side of the car, and she was deeply sleepy and wrapped herself, and after a while she fell asleep with the night of Beijing outside the window, she was too sleepy.

"Get up, Xiaoxiao, I'm home, go to bed and sleep again. After He Dudong pulled down the handbrake and turned off the engine, he woke up Fan Xiaoxiao softly. The first thing Fan Xiaoxiao did when she woke up was to wipe her mouth first, and then stretch, but when she saw the towering commercial building outside through the car glass, she immediately opened the car door and walked down. The park with its artificial lake and plum trees, the cobblestone park paths, and the brass street lamps in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale on both sides of the path dazzled Fan Xiaoxiao with envy.

"Let's go up, I'll change your environment tonight. He Dudong lightly grabbed Xiaoxiao's waist from behind, and this action made Xiaoxiao's face immediately red to the base of her neck. He Dudong took Xiaoxiao into the elevator in the building and pressed the eighth floor. When the elevator door opened with a "ding" sound, Fan Xiaoxiao's eyes widened, and in front of her were three huge wooden doors, which could be seen from the decoration on the doors and the material of the doors. Twilight walked towards a maroon red door on the left with Xiaoxiao, and when she walked to the door, Twilight didn't take the key to open the door, but entered a string of passwords on a machine on the wall, and then entered her fingerprints before the door opened.

"Welcome, ma'am. Twilight made a gesture of please at the door. Fan Xiaoxiao glanced at Twilight Winter, and then walked in the door blankly. The first thing that catches Xiaoxiao's eye is the living room that is many times larger than the basement where she lives, there are two crystal chandeliers hanging on the ceiling of the living room, and the sofa under the chandelier is also a leather sofa with European style, the surrounding walls are dotted with golden patterns, and the ground is also covered with milky white floors, but what makes Xiaoxiao most comfortable is the warm air that surrounds her. He Dudong walked in and found two pairs of slippers from the shoe cabinet and handed them to Fan Xiaoxiao. After the two put on their slippers, Twilight asked Xiaoxiao to sit on the sofa for a while, while she ran to the room. Fan Xiaoxiao walked to the sofa and carefully wiped the surface of the sofa with toilet paper before sitting down carefully.

"Come on, Xiaoxiao, come here. After a few minutes, He Dudong came out of the room and beckoned to Xiaoxiao, it turned out that He Dudong had cleaned up Fan Xiaoxiao's bedroom just now, and Xiaoxiao knew that tonight was in danger.

"No, this is your bed, turn left after the bathroom goes out, my bedroom is opposite, if there is anything, you can call me directly. As soon as Fan Xiaoxiao walked into the room, Twilight couldn't help but say, but Fan Xiaoxiao stared at the big bed in front of her, which was enough to accommodate three people, and slept in a daze. Twilight thought that Xiaoxiao had listened to it, so he was about to go out after explaining, but as soon as he turned around and walked out of the door, he heard a long question from behind him.

"Why are you helping me?"

He Dudong involuntarily turned around, and she found that Fan Xiaoxiao's eyes were already full of tears.

"What did you say?" He Dudong took a step forward.

"From inviting me to dinner, to sending me home, to letting me live at your house, I have seen all this, but I don't understand why you want to help me, just because we are small, I don't want to owe you anything, so please tell me. ”

He Dudong looked at Fan Xiaoxiao, who had a questioning face, paused for a moment, and then said, "Do you really want to know?"

Fan Xiaoxiao nodded affirmatively.

He Dudong took his eyes off Fan Xiaoxiao's face, and then took a hard breath and said, "It is not easy for anyone to come to the big city to work hard, I used to be the same as you. With that, he walked out of the bedroom and closed the door without looking back.