Yu brushed the plate expressionlessly, this was the thirtieth time she had brushed the plate alone in the middle of the night. On the first day of this month, she went to the khaki restaurant to apply for a job and work for the summer vacation, according to passers-by, the owner of this restaurant is a profiteer, and she dares to do illegal and gray things, and she will be successfully left to wash dishes when she is underage.

The salary of three thousand a month for others was exploited to a thousand for a person of her age who was not protected by the labor law, and the work was also increased to the point of being responsible for all the dishes at night. However, she is also very satisfied, as long as she waits late at night when the staff boss is gone, she can easily dispose of the huge number of plates.

The late-night customers are gone, and the owner of the shop is trying his best to show his leadership skills outside: "Our restaurant, we don't raise waste people, I only spend a thousand yuan to hire people, I can cover the workload of a few of you, you complain every day, there are too many plates, the work is too tiring, and the brushing time is too long and there is no time to rest." Someone else did it all with a fourteen-year-old girl. You waste, who are paid much more than others, do not do anything. If you're lazy, I'll let you all fuck off one day," Yu could imagine the smug look of the boss in the hall.

Yu was still unhurriedly brushing the plates, waiting for the boss's daily harassment. The boss came to Yu's face as expected, with deep sunken eye sockets, high raised cheekbones, and a suit that looked extremely ill-fitting on his bloated body, he looked like a typical middle-aged Mediterranean man from the outside.

"Xiao Yu! What I said before counts, if you agree with what I said before, you are the proprietress here, you don't have to do any work, just serve me well. If you don't agree, you can continue to be a subordinate, you have to think clearly, this is your future."

"Don't," Yu said coldly

The middle-aged man from the Mediterranean smiled smugly and turned to leave. In his opinion, this girl will beg to come to him one day, and when the time comes, even a black household can give her access to her household register.

Yu playfully stuck out her tongue at the empty restaurant and went about her work. Towards the mountains of plates stacked on the floor, with plain white fingers to make a loud snap of fingers, the plates seem to be magical, one after another jumped into the large iron basin full of dish soap, the scouring pads hanging on the closet flew into the iron basin, quickly wiped the plates one by one, the first to wipe the plates, stood in line, orderly rushed into the majestic atmosphere of the water, and then flew into the disinfection box, and finally lay down rigorously on the draining rack. If the middle-aged people in the Mediterranean saw this scene, they probably wouldn't be so complacent, they would only shout "there are ghosts", and then slip away without a trace in a panic.

What a dirty world, she thought.

"Ah Yu, you're finally back, please help me buy a cup of bubble tea, half a catty of braised duck feet, and my idol's latest album, by the way, take a few bags of garbage at the door and throw them away, the money is on the shoe rack, and the rest will be used as a tip for you" As soon as Yu stepped into the door of the apartment, the voice of the landlord and guardian rang on time like an alarm clock.

Yu felt warm in her heart, and after responding softly, she slipped out of the room. She leaned on the railing of the corridor, looked at the dimly lit night, and couldn't help but wonder, among the thousands of lamps, everyone has such a lamp, when you are depressed in the middle of the night, the warm lights are scattered on you, you must be?

It's another night, and Yu should be working for almost a month.

Yu didn't know about her own past, she was nine years old when she was picked up by Lin Xiyu. As soon as I woke up, I was in this apartment. The first person I saw was her future landlord, Lin Xiyu. She said that she was picked up from a dying boy in a fire in an orphanage, and the boy seemed to call her Xiao Yu at that time, so she named her Yu, and when she entered the household registration, she symbolically registered as Lin Yu. Yu's description of her was not impressed, and all the clues were not caught by her even a little.

But she often dreams of a scene, the ruins of the fire, the house is burned to black, and the world is full of firelight, a silver-haired little Zhengtai is sad to hold a little girl and cry bitterly, there seems to be a fire burning on her body, and her mouth keeps shouting, whispering, whispering. Sadness hit like a tide, Yu woke up from the dream, touched the corners of his eyes, and tears unconsciously soaked the pillow.

When she was 12 years old, she dreamed of different things, it was still the silver-haired little Zhengtai, it was in a storage room full of clutter, the little girl in the dream snapped her fingers, and then all the clutter was suspended in the room, she pounced on him with a smile, Xiao Zhengtai hugged her with her backhand, stroked the smooth back under her clothes, gently close to her ear, and said softly, "Power is a double-edged sword, Xiaoyu, your ability can only be used three times a day, each time can not exceed half an hour, exceeding the limit will bring irreparable consequences, It must be remembered that it must be "

Strength flowed from the sad heart, gathered on the palms of the hands, tears dripped silently from the eyes, condensed in the air and still.

She lay straight in bed during the day, and when night fell, she went out to work for the summer. Linsi is the complete opposite, working during the day and returning home at night. Yu just wanted to live like this without a sense of existence, and when Lin Xiyu was old in the future, she would accompany her to stare at the ceiling in bed in a daze, and reminisce about the past together.

Yu waved her hands on her sides, raised her head and looked up at the starry sky, and went downstairs in a happy mood, and soon she would be able to pay her salary, and she would be able to treat the lady who had been taking care of her to have a good meal. I bought the milk tea that Lin Xiyu asked for in the milk tea shop, and I went to the braised meat shop I frequented to buy half a catty of duck feet, the owner of the braised meat shop was a young man, who often blushed and sold a pound of duck claws to Yu as half a catty. Then I went to the bookstore and bought the latest album of Linxi idols. Yu felt that he couldn't understand Lin Xi's behavior of chasing stars. obviously has no contact with that star, and what I learned is that I don't know if there are any forged deeds. Lin Xi said with a big grin, he just liked him to be handsome, that's all. The little sister who sells the album is probably also an avid fan, and when Yu checked out, she just talked to Yu for half an hour of nagging for no reason.

"Ah Yu, I heard that you are now working at a khaki restaurant, and that boss often embarrass you, right?" Lin Xiyu seems to have been planning for a long time, and when Yu came back, he made trouble.

"No, you see I'm not good," Yu put down the takeaway and said lightly.

"Yo, I've learned to lie, I have a sister who went there to eat, and I just saw you that day, and I don't know how many of the dishes you want to wash are tall, stop, don't explain, you look so beautiful, everyone can recognize you as my child."

"Oh," Yu bowed her head.

"Ah Yu, I am your guardian. I have the right to know all that you have, and I have over all that you have. If someone bullies you in the future, tell me, I'll support you, understand? ”

Yu lowered her eyelashes and nodded resignedly, "Mmmm, I know, I understand"

In the matter of changing jobs, Lin Xiyu did not back down at all, and escorted Yu to the Kaqimi restaurant to find the bald boss and resigned. Yu also took a meager salary and generously invited his guardian to a big meal. Lin Xiyu was greatly moved, patted his chest, and used the excuse to take Yu to the mall on the spot to buy a few sets of small skirts, and also bought a lot of gadgets for Yu.

In fact, Yu knew that her life as a guardian was also very difficult. Working in a nightclub pays well, but her mother, who is still unconscious, needs a huge amount of money to maintain. But Lin Xiyu, whose family is mostly in deficit, actually adopted her as a burden and raised her for five years. If Linxi's language changes one day, it just means that the world is crazy.

Of course, it is impossible for Yu not to remain indifferent, but some things cannot be succeeded by blind actions. Age is like a shackle that restricts movement, and it cannot be broken. It's a pity that she can't do bad things, otherwise the money will definitely come quickly. Yu has applied for jobs in different places more than a dozen times in a row, and the rejections she has received are all directed at the problem.

"You are very good, and I believe that you can do a good job, but we can't ignore this without an ID card"

"I'll put away your resume first, and keep the position for you, and I'll apply for you next time you bring your ID card."

"You don't look bad for money, and you're beautiful, so let's go home and study, and I'm going to work until you become an adult."

Lin Xiyu has always felt sorry for the sensible Yu, and feels sorry for Yu. Yu is about to enter high school, and Lin Xiyu's face is getting worse and worse, and Yu feels that it is time to take on some responsibility. This foolish guardian always doesn't want to think about how hard he is, how distressing he is, he obviously carries much more than her, but he is fearless and hugs her regardless of the way back.

She sorted out all the information, and there was only one job that didn't require ID and age, and that was the daily work on the construction site.

"Do you still need people?" Yu tentatively opened his mouth at the door of the security room of the construction site, and when he saw that no one responded, he shouted loudly, "Is anyone there?" Do you need people to do the work? ”

"If you need someone, go in and find a foreman to find a job, and get the money when you finish it" The security guard who was woken up threw out a pair of gloves angrily.

Yu touches it, it is the most ordinary pair of gauze gloves, usually sold for a dollar in the market, or used by others, the smell of sweat and various stains are mixed together.

The foreman looked at the gray-faced Yu, as if he was looking at what Yu's physique was suitable for.

"You go and move bricks, a brick is a dime, how much to move" The foreman really couldn't see what the thin little body could do, and he impatiently pointed to the mountain of red bricks in the southeast corner, and then to the open space in the northwest corner.

"Okay" Yu was glad that she had made her pretty face dirty beforehand, otherwise the already impatient foreman would have driven her away mercilessly when he saw her appearance.

The foreman was pulled to the northwest corner by Yu in a daze, and the northwest corner, which was originally empty, was neatly stacked with red bricks, and the southeast corner, which was originally full, was not left. He began to feel that he had to calm down, and all the sounds seemed to disappear, and his head was still scary. He mechanically pulled out his bulging wallet, pumped out a large stack of money, and when he came back to his senses, he was left standing there stunned.

"Ah Yu, don't do stupid things! Where did so much money come from, stolen? Or is it robbed? Tell me, it's not too late to deal with it," Lin Xiyu said eagerly with a panda eye, pinching a sum of money that was three centimeters thick.

"This money is very clean, it is not stolen from others, nor is it robbed, I earned it by my own labor, don't worry" Yu sat up slightly straight, and his tone was firm.

Lin Xiyu still didn't believe that this money from unknown sources was obtained through labor, it was too illogical.

"If you rob it, I'll go and ask Brother Kun now, there is someone in his police station, and he will definitely be able to solve it." If you stole it, that's fine. Wait, you won't be ...... Do you want to do that, right? I don't care if I'm dirty, you can't go down that road of no return, tell me, do you have it? Yes? Lin Xi's voice buzzed in Yu's ears like thunder.

Yu knew that Lin Xiyu was worried about herself, but there were some things that she couldn't say, which was too shocking.

In Yu's world, only the silver-haired Xiao Zhengtai and Lin Xiyu look real, and everyone else is like a living form formed by a bunch of matter.

Yu had the urge to say everything, but when her eyes touched Lin Xiyu, who was red-eyed for her, all the unreality came to naught.

"I'm sorry, I stole the money, but I robbed it with my face covered, and I wasn't seen" Yu finally relented, telling a satisfying white lie.

As Yu spoke, Lin Xiyu's stagnant gaze returned to his light again.