Chapter 3: The World
I turned on the water heater and after a while I put hot water in the tub, I gently touched the water with my hand, it was slightly warm, and this is all right!
She stood next to me and looked at me stupidly.
"You can take a shower first." I walked outside, "I'm going to buy you a set of clothes." β
"Thank you!" She said to me.
I tiptoed open a door and crept into my parents' room, and I rummaged through a key, huh? Where is it?
Sure enough, it was still hidden under an old CD. I picked up the key and opened the drawer in the center of my desk. I smiled, and in it, my baby was sleeping - the smartphone.
I charged it and made a phone call while charging.
"Hey." The phone was connected.
"None...... Monitor. I said, "I've found the girl, she's in my house right now." β
"Really?" She said, "Where's your home?" I'll come now. β
"Building C5, B Road, New District." I said, "Please buy me a set of clothes, her clothes are all wet." β
"Okay, I got it!" The other end of the phone was panting, and it seemed that Zhou Wuwei had rushed here.
Within a quarter of an hour, Zhou Wuwei came over with a new set of clothes, I handed her a new bath towel, she walked to the fourth floor, knocked on the bathroom door a few times, the door opened, and Zhou Wuwei handed the things in. After a while, the girl walked out.
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Qipan was wearing a newly bought white loose T-shirt, a pair of ultra-short jeans, and his undried hair was draped over his shoulders, but his big eyes looked uncertain.
You Bei found a hair dryer from a cabinet, and Zhou Wuwei turned on the hair dryer to blow Qi Pan's hair.
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The girl kept looking at me, with a little confusion in her eyes, I smiled and gently brushed her damp hair, "My name is Zhou Wuwei, and I am You Bei's classmate, what about you?" β
The girl didn't speak, but just turned her head and glanced at You Bei, who nodded at him and said to me, "Her name is Qipan!" β
"Qipan," I said softly, and I asked You Bei, "how old is she?" β
"I don't seem to know about this." You Bei said to me.
"Sixteen." The girl finally spoke.
"What month is it?" You Bei interjected and asked.
"July." The girl said softly.
You Bei said again, his face seemed a little proud, "Younger than me, I'm from May." β
I quietly glanced at him, then turned to Qipan and said, "That...... Qipan, don't you have a place to live? β
She shook her head.
"Then stay at my house." You Bei seemed to say righteously.
The girl looked up at him.
I asked Youbei, "Will your parents agree?" β
"I didn't use it on the sixth floor of my house at all, there was a bed there, and I just had to get a quilt and sleep on it. My parents wouldn't have noticed. β
"Are you sure?" I strengthened my tone.
You Bei seemed to touch his head because of my emphasis, "Not necessarily, maybe my parents will notice." β
"That's not going to work." I said to him.
"It's okay, these days, I promise they won't know these days, they've all gone out these days, and they're coming back late, I don't believe they went to the top floor to see it so late." You Bei said very firmly.
I said to Qi Pan: "Qi Pan, where is your home?" β
"I ...... I...... There is no home. She bowed her head and said.
"So where did you live? What province, what city, whatever. β
"I ...... ...... before" She hesitated for a moment, and the confusion in her eyes aggravated a little, "I should have lived in Jingtuo Town before, I ......"
"Jingtuo Town?!" You Bei and I opened our eyes wide at the same time.
You Bei took out his mobile phone and opened Baidu search, but there were only some miscellaneous things. I asked, "Do you remember what the province was?" β
The girl shook her head and did not continue to speak.
I just remembered that more than an hour had passed, and if I didn't go back, my mother would read it, so I left in a hurry after You Bei called the package ticket and said that it must be fine.
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After Zhou Wuwei left, Qipan said to You Bei: "This world-is there still a dragon?" β
"Dragons?" You Bei wondered, "Isn't that reptilian creature extinct a long time ago?" β
"Extinct?" Qipan was silent for a moment, then opened his eyes wide, and asked, "Is the human race victorious?" β
"Huh?" You Beida was surprised, "Are you living in a fairy tale?" But when he saw the look on Qipan's face, he had to say, "The dragon is a reptilian animal, and the dragon became extinct when an asteroid hit the earth a long time ago." β
"Really?" Qipan whispered.
The time was almost seven o'clock, and You Bei fried a few dishes for Qipan to eat.
"I didn't expect you to cook?" Qipan said while eating.
Looking at Qipan's gluttony, You Bei smiled: "My academic performance is not good, my mother let me learn any craft, so it will be, is it delicious?" β
"Hmm!" Qipan looked at him with a smile.
Meal.
You Bei tiptoed his phone to its place, and he took a spare quilt from the guest room to the sixth floor and made the bed.
"I'll sleep here tonight, but it might be a little noisy at night, and this elevator is a bit loud, but if you close the door, it will still be a little quieter." You Bei said intimately.
"Hmm!" Qipan smiled, You Bei looked at her, smiled and said, "Look, is it good to laugh!" β
Seeing Qipan lying on the bed, You Bei left with peace of mind, he put out the light, and gently closed the door.
Sitting in his room, biting the tip of his pen, looking at the pile of magical characters and words, he yawned, but he couldn't sleep, and it was about ten o'clock, and his parents returned.
The outer door was opened gently, but the sound could not be hidden from You Bei, and quietly, his own door was also opened, revealing his father's face. You Bei was still staring at the book as always, he glanced to the side, and hurriedly said, "Dad, you're back?!" β
"yes, yes." Dad looked at You Bei happily, this was his mother's voice from outside, "You Bei, why haven't you washed the rice bowl you eat!" β
"Oh!" You Bei patted his head and smiled again, "No, I encountered a math problem, I didn't make it, and I hurriedly went to study that problem after eating, no, I forgot." β
Mom was about to say something, but at this time, Dad said: "It's okay, just leave that kind of rough work to your mother, you just need to study obediently, don't delay your study." β
"Well, okay, Dad." You Bei said firmly.
"Have you done your homework?" Dad said again.
"I'm done, I'm doing a preview."
"It's not too early, go to bed early after the preview." After Dad said this, he closed the door and left.
When the footsteps disappeared, You Bei put the book away and went to sleep immediately.
Day 2.
It was still dark, and You Bei had already gotten up, and he cautiously and sneakily opened the outer door of the fifth floor, and gently pushed it open, it was only five o'clock now. The outer door creaked, and You Bei raised his throat and gently pushed it out. Roughly reaching the gap his body could fit through, he stopped.
He put his bag outside the door first, then walked out himself, and gently closed the door again. There was a "click" from the door, and You Bei exhaled and walked upstairs.
Still in the same vein, he quietly opened the outer door, and was greeted by a large exposed balcony, only topped with a shed. Walking to the left, you can reach the inner room, he opens the door, there are two bedrooms inside, Qipan sleeps in the innermost bedroom. He quietly opened the door, and the girl in front of him was still asleep.
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This is probably the most comfortable night I have in this world, in this world, the material is so high-end, I have never slept in such a comfortable big bed, I have not covered such a comfortable and soft quilt, because I slept very early, I woke up in the middle of the night, and I didn't sleep too hard after that.
I heard the sound of the door opening and closing, but instead of opening my eyes, I listened to his footsteps, and I knew that it was Youbei who was coming.
When I opened my eyes, I saw the boy sitting at the end of my bed.
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You Bei sat at the end of the bed, wearing a white school uniform T-shirt and a pair of black school uniform trousers, with a Nike brand school bag next to him.
"Yubei." Qipan shouted softly.
"Huh?" You Bei turned his head to look at her, "Are you awake?" β
"Hmm." Qipan said.
You Bei looked at his watch, it was already 5:30, he took out a set of disposable toothbrushes from the cabinet, and after Qi Pan finished washing, the two of them walked up the stairs to the downstairs.
The summer sun always comes early, and before six o'clock, the sun has already shown half of its face.
You Bei opened the door and went out with Qipan.
"Two dumplings." You Bei said to the uncle who went to the shop early, and didn't ask Qipan what he liked to eat, so he made a decision for her without permission. He handed his uncle some change.
"Okay." The uncle said to them, "Eat here or pack?" β
You Bei looked at his watch, it was still early, and said, "Eat here." As he spoke, he walked towards the tables and chairs in the shop. Sitting in the innermost position.
"Brother You Bei likes to eat dumplings very much?" Qipan asked softly.
"Well, I also ate traditional Chinese food for you yesterday, how do you feel?"
"I like it." Qipan replied.
"Have you ever eaten dumplings before?" You Bei continued to ask, and Qipan shook his head. You Bei glanced at his watch again, and then a voice came from outside, "A dumpling." He looked up happily and saw Zhou Wuwei walk in, smile at the two of them, and sit opposite Qipan.
Qi Pan saw that the person who came was the girl he saw last night, so he smiled and said to her, "Sister Wuwei also likes to eat dumplings." Seeing that Qipan actually took the initiative to greet him, Zhou Wuwei hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes!" β
"Squad Leader Zhou." You Bei called out politely. Zhou Wuwei waved at him.
"You Bei, why are you so polite, don't call me that outside in the future," Zhou Wuwei pouted, "Just call me Wuwei." β
"Nothing less." You Bei thought to himself, his heart couldn't help but start shaking rapidly, and a smile was written lightly at the corner of his mouth.
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"Nothing is fine?" I thought to myself, Squad Leader Zhou, who is strict with myself and others on weekdays, asked me to call her "Wuwei" outside. I......
"You Bei, You Bei!" Suddenly, I heard someone calling my name, and I screamed, it was Squad Leader Zhou calling me.
"Huh?" I looked at her, "What's wrong?" β
She looked at me and smiled, and said, "Why do you seem to have lost your mind all of a sudden?" But she gets back to business: "We'll go to school later." She lowered her voice and quietly glanced at the girl who was concentrating on eating dumplings next to her.
"That's a question, I thought about it all night last night." I touched my head with my hand.
"Or," I was about to say, when Zhou Wuwei motioned for me not to continue. She said to Qipan: "Sister Qipan, You Bei and I will go outside to buy something first, you eat dumplings here slowly, and by the way, help us look at the schoolbag." β
"Hmm!" Qipan said to us with a smile.
"Don't wander around." Zhou Wuwei and I walked to the door, and she turned her head and said to Qipan again.
Walking out of the breakfast shop, Zhou Wuwei said, "Go on." β
"I think we're going to take her to school." I said, but Zhou Wuwei didn't speak, "I'll talk casually, do you want to take her to the library?" β
Zhou Wuwei said bitterly: "Now it's only like this." She thought about it again, "The library can't eat, what if she's hungry?" β
"Then ......"
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School.
He gave her two hundred dollars and a bunch of snacks, took her to a cafΓ©, and told her to stay in the morning, go to a fast food restaurant next to the breakfast shop at noon, and then go shopping by herself in the afternoon, and told her not to run too far. This is all right, You Bei, who was sitting in his seat, thought.
"You Bei!" The English teacher called him.
You Bei raised his head instantly, stood up as he raised his head, and straightened his legs.
"Don't get distracted in class," the English teacher said, "and answer that question." β
"Uh......" You Bei looked at the practice questions that were still blank to himself.
"Pick C." A small voice came from behind.
"This question should be chosen, uh...... Let's choose C. You Bei performed.
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After class.
"Thank you." You Bei turned his head and said.
Zhou Wu smiled, and at this time, she suddenly looked into You Bei's eyes. "You Bei!"
"Huh?" You Bei's eyes widened, full of doubts.
"Do you feel that Qipan is not the ...... of this world" You Bei's body was shocked.
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"Little girl, can I sit here?" In the cafΓ©, a man with brown and black hair and a height of about 1.85 meters said to Qipan.
Qipan nodded to him, and the man sat down across from Qipan.
"Waiter, a cup of Americano, no sugar." The man said. With that, he glanced at the girl in front of him, who was sitting there with a large bag of snacks on the table, and the three-ball ice cream he ordered had moved a little bit.
"Don't you like it?" The man said to him.
Qipan shook his head and didn't speak.
The man grinned softly, "The girl doesn't order a drink?" β
Qipan still shook his head and didn't speak.
"Ahem!" He chuckled lightly, and by this time, the waiter had already brought the prepared coffee.
"Sir, your coffee." The waiter said to him and handed the coffee over. The man politely took the coffee from the waiter's hand. There was a strange bitter smell from the coffee, and the man gently sniffed the air around him, and the whole person instantly became energetic.
"Do you know why I like to drink coffee without a little sugar?" He said to Qipan, who looked at him without speaking, and he continued: "In this era of great pressure of work and study, in my opinion, there is nothing better than a cup of bitter coffee. What coffee does is not to enjoy, nor is it all for refreshment, but to add a little more bitterness to the pressure to fight hard. For example, people who are busy outside need a cup, and people who are not happy in life also need a cup, although I don't know what you have experienced, but I think you also need a cup now, this cup, I please! With that, he put the coffee in his hand in front of Qipan, smiled at her, and then turned to leave.
Qipan quietly looked at the coffee on the table, "Coffee??! β
After school.
"Sister Wuwei, are you going to find Qipan?" You Bei said to her.
Zhou Wuwei shook his head and explained, "My mother may come to pick me up today, so she won't go." β
"Hmm!" You Bei told her that although he said so verbally, he was still not very happy in his heart. He walked towards the shopping street, looking for the girl.
You Bei searched with his sharp eyes and trotting pace. Suddenly, a smile appeared on his lips, and a girl in a white T-shirt and ultra-shorts was sitting on the edge of the kaleido, her head bowed, thoughtful.
"Seven pans." You Bei walked in front of Qi Pan, and Qi Pan instantly raised his head, "You Bei!" She laughed. stood up again, looked at You Bei, pursed his lips, and two crystal tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.
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The breeze blows through your hair.
Crystal tears, splashing two ripples.
Gentle calling, is it dependence?
Is it fate?
Let you and I meet!
Is it love? Or is it the budding heart?
It hurts me so much at this moment.
The fog has not yet cleared in the morning.
Look at you who are walking with me.
At night, the sky is getting darker.
Looking for you on the street.
See you,
Why am I laughing.
Is it love? Or is it the budding heart?
It makes me so happy.
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"How?" You Bei said to her.
Qipan raised her head and looked at him, tears swayed in her eyes, she pursed her lips and said movingly: "I'm very happy to see you again!" β
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That night, I had another dream.
It's still the scene where a man is killed by a dragon.
But the difference is that I didn't find this dream very strange, and I cried both in the dream and in bed.
Which world is it?
Who are you?