Xiao Yuchen has always felt that the dusk in Purple City is the warmest moment in this cold city.

Because in this city that is covered in haze all day long every winter, it is only at dusk that the sunset can penetrate the thick clouds and faintly seep a faint halo.

She likes to be on the way out of school, waiting for the light to last only a few minutes, even though she knows that after this short period of time, the world will slowly sink into darkness.

And more time, she can't satisfy such a simple luxury, because the place she used to hide after school can barely see the sky outside.

The abandoned snail house was placed in a park near the middle school, and it is unknown who put it here for a long time, and it is very likely that the park forgot to remove it when it was replacing children's equipment.

The shell of this tin toy has become mottled due to fading, and it has been left unused for a long time and is covered with dust, which looks like a giant trash can overturned on the ground to outsiders. The entrance to the house had long been damaged, so it was hard to imagine that there could be people inside, until Xiao Yuchen found a small side door from the place covered by branches, which became the most reassuring hiding place for her. At this time, she was leaning against the door, listening intently to the movement outside.

"Where did she run away if she saw no people?" A boy asked angrily.

"I don't know, if you catch her, you must give her some color!"

"Look over there!"

Hearing the stray footsteps in the distance, she breathed a sigh of relief and sat down against the wall. At the same time, I feel sad for myself who feels lucky.

I don't remember when she spent all her twilight days in this snail house. I thought that after junior high school, I could finally watch the sunset on the way out of school, but nothing changed, but the people who bullied her changed again.

The three years of junior high school have passed like this, and the three years of high school are probably no exception, when will she be able to come out of this dark and cold snail house.

It seems that for as long as she can remember, everyone else has been laughing at and ostracizing her. At first, the reason was that she had no parents, and then because she lived at her uncle's house and was laughed at as a child that no one wanted, and then it simply became a habit. She has lived very carefully, but she still can't escape it. Like today, she accidentally knocked over the inkwell of Qi Siyu, the most beautiful girl in the class, obviously Qi Siyu himself said that it didn't matter, but those boys who were beaten like chicken blood had to force her to pay as if they were loyal to the queen, and chased her all the way out of the school gate to teach her a lesson.

"Is anyone in there?"

The male voice that suddenly sounded at the door made the blood in Xiao Yuchen's body instantly coagulate.

was discovered...... Her eyes widened in horror as she watched as the side door of the snail house was pulled open a crack. However, the next second what appeared in front of her eyes was a pair of clear eyes and a gentle face that she had never seen before.

"May I come in?" The boy asked politely, but before she could answer, he bent down and got in. Xiao Yuchen subconsciously shrank into the corner and looked at him defensively.

The boy squatted down in front of her and looked at her curiously: "What's wrong with you, why are you crying here alone?" ”

Xiao Yuchen realized that her eyes were full of tears, she shook her head, and refused to talk to him.

"It looks pretty good here," the boy looked around as if he didn't notice her fear, and looked at her very sincerely, "Can I share this place with you in the future?" ”

Xiao Yuchen blinked innocently: "Are you also bullied?" ”

The boy was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Yes, I was bullied very badly." ”

The boy's smile is beautiful, and it still shines even in the dimly lit snail house. Xiao Yuchen stared blankly at his smile, thinking that this person is so beautiful when he smiles, even better than the sunset she looks forward to every day, it turns out that a boy with such a good-looking smile will also be bullied.

The sense of belonging of her companion made her suddenly angry, so she nodded very seriously: "No problem, next time someone bullies you, just hide in, it's safe here." ”

"Thank you," the boy smiled softly and extended his hand to her, "then we will be friends from today onwards." I'm Zhou Zimeng, what's your name? ”

The word "friend" made Xiao Yuchen's heart pound, no one had ever said these two words to her, and no one had ever asked her name, not to mention that the other party was such a good-looking boy.

She should have been flattered, but for some reason, in the bright smile of this boy, she only felt inferior.

So she lowered her head like an ostrich burrowing into a dune, and finally did not hold his hand.