When I stopped in front of the school gate, the school bell rang in time.

The campus was suddenly crowded, and the children rushed out of the campus and rushed into the arms of their parents.

I anxiously searched in the crowd, but I couldn't see Yin Lanlan's shadow.

Soon, there was no longer a single person to be seen on the campus, and a faint light inadvertently blew made the whole school look a little desolate.

I was a little panicked, and I read Yin Lanlan's name over and over again in my heart.

Just as I was about to rush into the school to look for Yin Lanlan, I saw a lonely figure appear around the corner of the teaching building with a casual glance.

She carried her schoolbag, drooped her head and kicked a pebble, and walked slowly.

From beginning to end, my eyes were firmly on this girl.

It wasn't until she walked out of the campus that I greeted her and called softly, "Lan Lan, Dad is here, Dad is here to pick you up." ”

Hearing my voice, Yin Lanlan was slightly stunned, she raised her head and looked at me in surprise, her eyes were rosy.

Tears burst out in an instant, and Yin Lanlan ran to me and cried: "Dad! ”

I hugged Yin Lanlan in my arms in distress, stroked her head and said worriedly: "Lanlan, what happened, did someone bully you at school?" ”

Yin Lanlan shook her head with tears in her eyes and never spoke.

I took out a tissue, gently wiped the corners of Yin Lanlan's eyes, and asked softly: "Lanlan, if you are wronged, you can tell your father everything, and your father will make the decision for you." ”

Under my comfort over and over again, Yin Lanlan finally stopped sobbing, she raised her head and looked at me with teary eyes, and said aggrievedly: "I don't want to go home, I'm afraid of Aunt Zhou Yao." ”

My heart chuckled, like a piece of rotten wood, stunned in place, and even the gaze that looked at Yin Lanlan was full of complexity.

Yin Lanlan's eyes flashed with tears, she clubbed her head and looked at me aggrievedly.

I can't say a word of guilt.

After a long time, I sighed, hugged Yin Lanlan in my arms, and said softly: "It's okay, she won't do that." ”

"Really?" Yin Lanlan asked with a snot snort.

I smiled and scratched Yin Lanlan's nose and teased: "Of course it's true, when did Dad lie to you." ”

Until this moment, Yin Lanlan's mood finally returned to calm.

Along the way, I remained silent, stepping on the afterglow of the setting sun, walking on this road that I had walked so much.

When the last rays of the setting sun disappeared over the entire city, I finally returned to the community with Yin Lanlan.

After opening the door with the key, I put Yin Lanlan down and sat on the sofa weakly.

Taking advantage of Yin Lanlan's work to turn on the light and write her homework, I lit a cigarette and inhaled it heavily, full of bitterness written in my heart.

It was as if I was back to square one, but I couldn't see where I was going and what the future was.

I sighed heavily and looked out the window mechanically.

The night was already dark, and a few stars twinkled in the dark sky covered by the haze, flickering and bright.

Although it is ethereal, it can help me find solace in the depths of my heart in this lonely night.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps at the top of the stairs interrupted my thoughts.

I tensed my nerves and focused my eyes on the outside of the house.

With the figure of the lock cylinder popping open, Zhou Yao's figure suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

I couldn't help but gasp, and suddenly focused my eyes on Yin Lanlan's body.

At this moment, Yin Lanlan also noticed that Zhou Yao had returned, her face changed suddenly, she got up from her seat crying, ran into my arms, and said tremblingly: "Dad, I'm afraid!" ”

From beginning to end, my eyes were firmly focused on Zhou Yao's body, and even the eyes that looked at her were full of vigilance.

Then I saw another figure enter the room.

"This is the door." Zhou Yao pointed to the broken door and said.

Hearing this, the man walked over with the toolbox he was carrying, he first measured the thickness of the crack in the door, and then knocked it open directly with a piece of iron of the corresponding size.

Then, the man looked at the lock for a while, dismantled it with a screwdriver, and then took out a lock of the same style from the toolbox, and installed it after dividing it by two, and after repeatedly opening and closing the door for a while, the man put away the toolbox.

Zhou Yao didn't say a word, took out a banknote from his pocket and stuffed it directly into the man's hand, and the man left satisfied.

I sat on the couch in a daze and watched this scene, my jaw dropping out in surprise.

"Are you crazy? It's just a change of lock, why don't you run out into the street and call the locksmith to come back? I was surprised.

"What do you care about me? I can shout whoever I like, at least others will do what they say, and come over at what time they say and I will come. "Zhou Yao didn't have a good airway.

Then, Zhou Yao walked into the room and slammed the door slammed.

I froze in place, staring blankly at Zhou Yao's locked door, unable to say a word.

It took me a while to come back to my senses and gently pushed Yin Lanlan away, "It's okay, you don't have to be afraid of her, she won't do anything to you, Lanlan, you go to do your homework, and Dad will make you dinner." ”

After appeasing Yin Lanlan, I took out some ingredients from the refrigerator and went to the kitchen to make a fuss.

Just when Yin Lanlan finished her homework, I happened to have already made dinner.

I put the dishes on the table and gulped down the rice.

After eating, I sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette and looked at Yin Lanlan quietly.

Soon, Yin Lanlan finished eating, and after putting her eating bowl in the kitchen sink, she unscrewed the door and walked into the room.

Every day after eating, Yin Lanlan's favorite thing is to lie on the desk in her room and scribble on scratch paper with a watercolor pen.

And when I look at the messy scratch paper and ask Yin Lanlan what she is drawing, she always looks up and tells me without thinking that she is drawing another world that she can see.

I never asked Yin Lanlan what the other world was like, and there were many times when I would take the scratch paper she drew and look at it repeatedly, and all I could see was a mess of watercolor paints.

However, since Yin Lanlan wanted to cultivate painting as her hobby, I didn't stop her.

After smoking the last puff of cigarette, I looked away from the door, and after extinguishing the cigarette butt, I walked to Zhou Yao's room and knocked on the door gently, "Zhou Yao, open the door, I have something to tell you!" ”

After shouting a few times, there was still no movement in Zhou Yao's room.

Just when I sighed and wanted to give up, Zhou Yao's room suddenly opened......