Back at home, Grandma hasn't come back yet. April went to the kitchen and took out a handful of rice, put it in the rice cooker and poured the right amount of water, and then steamed yesterday's leftovers on the rice cooker. Immediately, she grabbed another handful of pickles, cut them into shreds on a cutting board and put them in a bowl.

After doing this, she took a broom and swept the dust on the concrete floor, wiped the table with a water-soaked rag, and then spread the old newspaper on a smooth surface.

The incandescent lamps gave a dim glow to the tiny room, and occasionally insects crept in through the cracks in the windows, circling around the bulbs and crackling from time to time.

April sat on the bench, spread out the homework book on the table, and quietly wrote his homework. From time to time, there was the rustle of books turning in the air, and she turned her face slightly sideways, occasionally frowning, and her expression was a little stern.

Time jumped and slipped away like black and white keys, and when the homework was done, April looked at the old-fashioned pendulum on the side and estimated that Grandma was about to return. After simply putting away her workbook, she walked to the side of the cabinet, opened the drawer, and pulled something out of a cheap plastic box.

It was a delicate butterfly hairpin with tiny diamonds set in thin wings that glowed in the light. April looked reverent, and carefully flicked the pair of wings, and for a moment, the butterfly hairpin seemed to be about to flutter in the palm of her hand.

She smiled secretly, a glimmer of dazzling light flashing in her dark pupils, happy and content.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Grandma returned, and April handed her the dry towel she had prepared and asked her to wipe the dew off her body, while she went to the kitchen to bring the hot meal.

The grandfather and grandson gathered around the small dining table, chewing their food quietly and silently. April and Grandma generally don't talk much, and the relationship is not as close as ordinary grandchildren.

April swallowed the rice with pickles, and was about to add some pickles when Lin Po put a piece of scrambled egg in her bowl. The scrambled eggs were from yesterday and the color wasn't very pretty, but it was better than pickles.

"Thank you, Grandma." April glanced up at her.

The old man didn't speak, just looked at her somewhat red and swollen face, "Being bullied by classmates again?" ”

April opened his mouth, and just as he wanted to speak, the old man had already continued to himself: "You just go to school honestly, don't mess with those messy things, others bully you, just stay away from them." ”

"Hmm." April's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she answered softly.

She was obviously not an obedient child, and the next day at noon, she sneaked quietly into the carport while no one was looking. Yuan Xiaoqing's bicycle is very conspicuous, and it didn't take much time to find it in April. There weren't many people in the carport at that time, but there were still a few scattered people, and April waited for those people to leave before secretly squatting down and tinkering with something there.

Her movements are skillful, her expression is also very calm, and she has no intention of doing bad things at all.

After just a few minutes, April got back on her feet, her hands stained with jet-black oil. With a blank face, she put her hands in her trouser pockets and paced as if she were leisurely walking out.

It was supposed to be a seamless plan, but when she turned a corner, she was startled by the figure in front of her.

Still in a white shirt and black pants, the boy leaned against the wall with his legs bent and glanced at her nonchalantly.

He was wearing a pair of white sneakers, and he was kicking the stones on the ground rather boredly. Seeing April looking at him, he paused at his feet, his eyes passed over her, and he looked towards the carport as if he were nothing.

The heart seemed to jump to his throat, and a trace of panic quickly flashed in April's eyes, and cold sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead.

Did he see it?

April pursed her lips and quickly looked away from the boy's face, bowing her head and brushing past him in silence.

"Hey—"

Behind him, the young man's slightly casual voice came from behind, and April stopped, quietly waiting for the other party's verdict. Her back was straight, her slender neck curved slightly, and her back was silent like a tree.

Gu Qingyan blinked his eyelids slowly, and said meaninglessly: "Next time you do something bad, don't be so blatant." ”

After saying this, he obviously felt the other party's body stiffen. Then, without looking back, the girl walked away from his sight step by step.

Gu Qingyan crossed his hands behind his head, and with the clear breeze, he closed his eyes leisurely.

This girl, he had a little impression. I thought she was a somewhat weak person, but I didn't expect to have the courage to do such a thing, it's really unseemly.

He smiled lightly, and didn't feel much annoying, just such a person, he would never want to understand.

After all, he preferred sunlight to darkness, the warmth that was within reach and far away.

***

In the following days, every day of April passed with fear, for fear that Gu Qingyan would go to sue.

She waited and waited, but she didn't wait for anything abnormal, but waited for the news that Yuan Xiaoqing was hit by a bicycle on her bicycle.

She was not surprised when the news reached her. Yuan Xiaoqing picked up a life, but broke a leg and couldn't come to school for a while.

April lived her life as usual, but Xia Bai came to her from time to time.

"April, April." In front of the large glass window, the girl jumped and waved her hand and shouted the name of April loudly. The short and fine hair dances with the master's jump, cutting a beautiful arc through the air.

April turned her head, and the girl's bright smiling face came into view.

A girl with stars in her eyes.

April's brows furrowed slightly, and as the bell rang for the end of the last class in the morning, she slowly walked out of the classroom along the noisy crowd.

It was lunch time, and the students rushed to the cafeteria in twos and threes, only April maintained an unhurried pace. Xia Bai couldn't wait for April to walk up to her, so he took a few steps forward urgently, made a big grimace with a wrinkled face, and said with some small complaints: "April, are you a turtle?" ”

"Huh?" Lin April, who has always been slow and half-beat.

"Forget it." Xia Bai waved his hand, then regained his spirits, and said with some excitement: "My mother made my favorite fish-flavored shredded pork and sweet and sour pork ribs today, the food in the cafeteria is so unpalatable, you can eat with me in a while." The girl's face was flushed, and the tip of her small nose was covered with a thin layer of sweat, apparently from her own class.

The girl in front of her was too enthusiastic, this was obviously beyond the scope of April's cognition, she didn't understand, Xia Bai's enthusiastic help last time could also be called uneven, so what was the reason for sharing lunch with her this time?

April was silent for a few seconds, and said slowly, "I never eat in the school cafeteria. ”

"You're so wise, the school cafeteria is full of cabbage all day long, and it's not something that people eat at all." Thinking of those dishes that were difficult to swallow, Xia Bai complained with disgust.

April shook her head, "I only eat a dollar of bread from the school commissary." ”

"Huh?" The girl's eyes widened in surprise with a look of confusion.

April said lightly, "That's it, I haven't tasted the unpalatable meal you said in your mouth, because, I don't have any money." ”

Because I don't have money, I don't even have the qualifications to be picky.

"You ......" Xia Bai's clear pupils showed April's accustomed look, and the whole person was stunned in place.

April thought to herself, this is fine, there shouldn't be any intersection between her and Xia Bai. She shrugged her shoulders indifferently and walked past the girl. However, before he could take a few steps, Xia Bai suddenly rushed up in three steps and two steps, and grabbed April's arm with a little anxiety.

She explained incoherently, "I'm sorry, I just ...... That's not what it means, the food in the school cafeteria isn't so bad, no, no, I mean it doesn't matter if you don't have money, I can give you my food, no, I'm ......"

The girl in front of her was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and she was as helpless as a child who had made a mistake, so she could only do it in a hurry.

It's lovely and real.

Lin April suddenly smiled, a very light smile, only a few strokes on the ink painting, outlining a gentle silhouette, "What do you want to say?" ”

"I want to be friends with you." It's a very simple sentence, neat and crisp, and it doesn't need to be filtered in your head.

After saying this, there was a moment of silence in the air, and after a long time, Lin April replied, "Okay." ”