"Ding Dong~"

Trembling all over, the sudden ringing of the doorbell made Xu Yan, who was originally looking at Sadako, stop this behavior.

He remembered having lunch with a lady upstairs on Friday.

To put it more specifically, a single mother who moved upstairs two years ago moved into this floor with her daughter.

Because she is a single mother, whenever she goes to work, Xu Yan is basically taking care of her daughter, who is four years younger than himself.

Her name is Wu Xiuli, and her daughter is called Wu Wenli, she is thirteen years old, and she is already in the first year of junior high school.

Because the two have been together for about a year, although they are not ridiculously familiar, they are not far behind.

"Ding Dong~"

The doorbell rang again, and Xu Yan stood in place hesitating, he didn't know whether to open the door or pretend not to be at home.

If it were normal Xu Yan would probably open the door, but that was usual, how could this situation be open without the slightest taboo, if you open the door and see Sadako standing next to you, then you should immediately be scared to the ground!

After all, women are notoriously afraid of such ......

"Hey, what are you going to do!"

Xu Yan, who lowered his head and thought about whether to open the door, suddenly saw Sadako walking towards the door from the afterglow.

Ignoring Xu Yan, Sadako walked to the door and put her hand on the doorknob.

"Don't!"

It's too late to stop it, and even if Xu Yan runs over, it's impossible to stop Sadako, it's too late.

It was probably followed by a scream, followed by a thud and a fall to the ground.

Xu Yan was ready to carry her into the house.

Click.

With a crisp sound, the door opened.

"I've been waiting for a long time!"

The first thing that came into Xu Yan's ears was a mature female voice, and then the door was opened, and Wu Xiuli walked in, directly past Sadako, and closed the door casually.

After entering the room, Wu Xiuli looked at Xu Yan, who was standing not far away, and was stunned for a while.

"Huh? How did Xiao Yan open the door? Is it a newly installed door opener? It's really high-tech! ”

Turning her head and glancing at the door behind her, Wu Xiuli, who seemed to understand something, said something like this with a smile.

"How could there be such a thing!"

"Isn't it?"

After receiving Xu Yan's denial, Wu Xiuli tilted her head and asked.

"You're not kidding! How could such a thing that opens the door automatically in my house! ”

"Huh? How did Xiao Yan get to the door so far away? ”

After saying this, Wu Xiuli focused her eyes on Xu Yan's face, with that look full of doubts.

Suddenly speechless.

Sadako was still standing at the door, standing on her side, her head slightly bowed, and she looked at Wu Xiuli with half-rolled eyes.

That expression is really distorted......

"What are you looking at?"

Wu Xiuli looked at Xu Yan, who was staring behind her, and asked, then turned her head to look at him along his line of sight, and then saw nothing.

"Is there anything behind me?"

"Can't you see it?"

"What do you see?"

Wu Xiuli's face was full of doubts.

Where did Xu Yan, who got the answer, stand.

"Didn't I already say it yesterday, there is no way for ordinary people to see me."

Sadako, who was standing at the door, looked at Xu Yan with half-rolled eyes and said this sentence in a gloomy tone.

After listening to her words, Xu Yan seemed to wake up, yesterday, Sadako seemed to have said such a sentence, because she seemed to have forgotten because she was nervous just now.

"Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan?"

"Huh? What, what? ”

"What happened to you?"

Wu Xiuli's tone was worried.

"Nothing, just thinking about something."

"Oh, if there's nothing to do, let's go upstairs."

With something similar to the brilliance of motherhood on her face, Wu Xiuli said with a smile.

"I made a lot of things that you and Wenli love to eat."

"Well, let's go."

In response, Xu Yan nodded.

Wu Xiuli is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today, she was probably Wu Wenli who was born when she was eighteen years old, although her age subconsciously feels very big, but in fact she looks like she is twenty-five or sixteen years old.

Now working in a garment factory, although the salary is not rich, at least it can support their mother.

Her husband died three years after she gave birth to her daughter, and at the age of 21, she raised her daughter alone and has not remarried.

Wu Xiuli was the first to walk out of the door and stood at the door waiting for Xu Yan.

Following behind her, Xu Yan took advantage of the time to change shoes to look at Sadako standing in front of him and asked.

"You're alone at home?"

"Hmm."

"If you're bored, just watch TV and watch some interesting shows."

"Hmm."

I don't know if she listened to it, but looking at her appearance, even if you watch TV, you can't see anything.

He sighed slightly.

"Who are you talking to?"

"Ah, nothing to say."

Wu Xiuli, who was standing outside the door, may have heard the sound of talking from inside the house, so she leaned in and asked.

Perfunctory, Xu Yan laughed a few times and stood up, looked at Sadako a few times and then walked out the door.

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"Ah, brother, you're here!"

As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard a sound from inside the door, and then opened the door, and a figure crossed Wu Xiuli and rushed directly to Xu Yan.

Hands hurriedly clasped.

Xu Yan looked at the girl hanging on his chest a little helplessly.

Although she is thirteen years old, her height is only one meter four or five, and if you want to compare Xu Yan's one meter seven or eight, her height is much shorter.

Maybe it's out of care for her size, Xu Yan always dotes on her.

"You...... I'm already a junior high school student. ”

Stretched out his hand and nodded Wu Wenli's forehead, Xu Yan smiled with a doting smile.

"If you are not big or small in the future, don't blame me if you can't find a boyfriend when you grow up."

"I don't want a boyfriend, brother, you can raise me."

"Wenli!"

Without waiting for Xu Yan to say anything, Wu Xiuli, who was standing on the side, first called out to stop Wu Wenli, who was hanging around Xu Yan's neck.

The expression on his face was rare for the first time.

"Girls have to be reserved, if you go crazy like this again, I'll lock you in the house and won't let you go out of the house."

"Ah...... No, Mom. ”

"Then you get off my brother quickly."

"Hmm......"

Responding softly, Wu Wenli pouted and jumped off Xu Yan's body.

The height reached the position of Xu Yan's chest.

"Okay, Xiaoyan come in quickly, the meal is ready."

The serious expression just now disappeared, and he had regained that smile when he faced Xu Yan.

Although Wu Xiuli has always felt a little unreliable and even a little natural, she will only change when it comes to her daughter.

Maybe this is a mother's love.

The structure of their house is similar to that of Xu Yan's house, with three bedrooms, one living room, one toilet and one kitchen, and it is quite good to have such a house in today's era of soaring housing prices.

This is the house that Wu Xiuli bought after many years of work and the insurance compensation she received when her husband died.

That amount of money was enough for her to raise Wu Wenli to go to college.

"Huh? Where's your glasses? ”

"Huh?"

Xu Yan, who was changing his slippers, was stunned, and then remembered something and raised his hand to touch his face.

After Wu Wenli's reminder, Xu Yan remembered that he seemed to be missing something.

Glasses, since junior high school because of the obsession with e-books, myopia caused by myself need to wear glasses.

If you take off your glasses, you won't be able to see anything, but you will need to look up close to see things clearly.

Because my eyes have always seen clearly, I subconsciously ignore the problem of not wearing glasses.

"Brother~ Where's the glasses?"

"Ah, that ......"

Wu Wenli pulled Xu Yan's sleeve with a puzzled expression, which made Xu Yan not know what kind of reason to use to fool the past.

I thought about it.

"I don't know what to do, maybe my eyes are suddenly good or something!"

"Hmm, brother!"

Jiao Sheng shouted, obviously Wu Wenli didn't believe what Xu Yan said.

"Okay, okay, you two don't chat, let's eat quickly!"

"Well, here we are."

In response, Xu Yan pulled Wu Wenli to the table, the food was very rich, all of them were meaty.

Compared with vegetables, Xu Yan prefers to eat meat.

Putting a bowl of rice in front of Xu Yan, Wu Xiuli looked at Xu Yan with a smile.

"I have to go to school tomorrow!"

"Hmmm......"

Nodding his head, he picked up a pair of chopsticks.

"There is probably a month left before the summer vacation, so I'll go swimming with the two of you then!"

"Yay, swimming, that's great!"

Wu Wenli, who was just about to start eating, heard what Xu Yan said, as if she had won some big prize, and she seemed to jump up with excitement.

Maybe it's because I'm too excited, and there's a hint of flushing on my face

"The first time I go swimming with my brother, you must wear a formal point, huh...... What about bikinis? The boys in the TV series like that! ”

"It's going to be on that TV show!"

Xu Yan said helplessly, and then smiled a little awkwardly.

"It's okay to wear an ordinary swimsuit, we lost the pool and didn't go to the beach, it's useless to wear such a beautiful ......"

"Hmm, that's a pity...... Originally, they were going to let my brother see my figure. ”

“……”

How to say it, is it said that today's children are too mature, or too precocious, Xu Yan doesn't know what to say, probably different ages, different times!

"What about swimming...... You can bask in the sun! ”

Wu Xiuli looked at Xu Yan and asked this sentence, and then looked expectant.

"It should be possible to ......"

"It's so good, I've wanted to try that feeling for a long time, since that's the case, Xiao Yan will protect our mother and daughter at that time!"

Stretching out his chopsticks, he picked up a piece of chicken thigh meat and put it into Xu Yan's bowl.

"Because Xiaoyan is a man, so you have to protect women, so ...... Please! ”

"Oh......"

In response, Xu Yan looked at Wu Xiuli and nodded.

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ps: This mother and daughter are the main line of the later text, so the appearance is inevitable.