"Ye Ke, shall I go to your place in the afternoon?" Guan Qing asked with a hippie smile.

"No, I can't. "I'll say it right away.

"Why are you always so unfriendly!" he said with a sneering voice.

"Because I'm going to say anything you're going to come, I'd rather say no, so there's a small chance you're not coming. ”

"How do you know me so well. Hehehe, Guan Qing handed me another lunch box, "My grandmother made fried dumplings, let me bring them to you, saying that you are as thin as a monkey." ”

“... Didn't you tell your grandmother that you don't have to cook for me anymore..."Lately, I've been getting all kinds of food almost every two days.

"It's useless for me to say, it's not like you haven't seen her, you're very stubborn. Guan Qing grimaced, "I'll go home first, see you in the afternoon, bye!"

"Hey!" I wanted him to tell the old lady that he didn't need to bring food anymore, but he had already run out of the classroom.

Since we chose the same elective, the frequency of meetings between me and Guan Qing has skyrocketed, and he always runs to Tianbei groceries without saying hello, but fortunately, it is all daytime, and there has been no big problem.

Helplessly picked up the lunch box, I felt a slight warmth in my hand, I haven't had this feeling of being cared for for for many years, I don't know how the family is now, I thought so, I took out my phone while walking, opened the address book, found the number, hesitated again and again, or dialed out.

"Duh... Honk... Honk... Hey, who's who?" came the voice on the phone for a long time.

“... Dad, it's me. ”

"Oh, Yeke, is this your phone number?"

“... Well, didn't I send it to you as soon as school started last year. "I slowly walked in the direction of the subway station.

"Yes? I guess I didn't see it. "The person on the other end of the line was a little sluggish, feeling like he was drunk.

"It's the Chinese New Year next month, and I want to go home and see it. I struggled to say that.

“... You decide for yourself, I may not necessarily be at home for the New Year. ”

"So... Then I'll come back next time. "Just as expected.

"Well, good. "There was no retention on the other side.

"That's nothing, I'll hang up first, you pay attention to your body. "I really shouldn't have made this call.

"Good. On the other side, Lisso hung up the phone.

With a wry smile, I looked at the people walking hurriedly in the subway station, I haven't been home since I was admitted to the university in City A, I haven't even made a phone call, and the person on the phone who has a father-son relationship with me has never asked me how I am doing, except for the tuition fees that I received when I first entered the school, I also know that I have a father, and he and I will forget each other at other times.

"Well, I won't go back for the Chinese New Year this year, so the money saved will be enough for next year's tuition, and I will save money on the road. "I comforted myself a little and felt a little better.

When I got back to the store, the old man was reading a book.

"What are you looking at?" I leaned over curiously, the old man was still a very cute old man when he was not angry, and he was an old man who loved to read.

"Naturalist". He pushed his reading glasses, "Why did you come back so early today, that kid named Guan Qing didn't drag you to the library." ”

"No, he's going home today, so I'm going to borrow a few books myself. I shook the "Naturalist" in my hand a little proudly, "I happened to borrow this too, and the book in the library was dusted, and sure enough, the hero saw the same thing." ”

"Phew, who is a hero with you, a little hairy kid actually talks to an old man like this to me. The old man clipped the bookmark to the place where he was looking, "I'll go back when you come, there's something wrong with the radio, I'll take it and fix it." ”

"Go, old hero. "I clenched my fists and pretended to admire.

"Hmph, hairy boy. ”

As soon as the old man left, the room was quiet, and I leaned back in my chair to hurry up and read the "Naturalist", who knows when Guan Qing will come to harass me.

"Hello, is there anyone?" said a girl's voice at the door.

"Yes, welcome, what do you need?" I put down my book and hurried out.

This is a very beautiful girl, beautiful not like the appearance of the world. Her dark brown curls were long and straight at the waist, her skin was white and tender as if she had never been exposed to the sun, her thick eyebrows and big eyes, she looked like she was seventeen or eighteen years old, but her eyes looked like a child of seven or eight years old. It was already the weather of the lunar month, but she was wearing a thin dress, which looked strange, layered like piles of seaweed, and held a thick pile of documents in her hand.

"You... Not a local?" I don't think there's something right, but I can't say what's wrong.

"Hmm... No, is Mr. Yeck here?"

I'm a little weird, there are more people looking for bosses in general, and there are very few people looking for me.

"I am. ”

Her expression was slightly surprised, "I didn't expect it to be such a young person, I thought it would be a qualified person." ”

I nodded awkwardly, thinking to myself that we were also young people, why should we hurt each other, "Heh, I am indeed Ye Ke, what do you want to buy?"

She handed me the document in her hand, "Please, can you help me find this person." ”

I looked at her suspiciously, "I'm sorry, we're in the grocery store." ”

"However, everyone said that Mr. Ye Ke was responsive. ”

I suddenly understood why I felt that something was wrong, the girl in front of me was not an ordinary human being.

"Why did you come during the day, come in first. I looked out the door to make sure no one noticed my strange behavior and closed the door, "My rule here is to receive you after twelve o'clock in the evening. "I looked at the girl closely, and strangely, I could barely feel the smell of the youkai.

“... I'm really sorry, but I don't think I'll last until the night... I can only bother you during the day. "Her voice is very nice and soft.

"What do you mean?"

"I can only hold on to the human appearance for a maximum of six hours, but it took me half the time to find you...", her expression was like crying, "I can't leave the water for more than ten minutes as I was..."

"You're a water monster?" I remembered the jellyfish-like guy last time.

"No, I'm a merman, I have lived in the sea since I was a child, I don't have much time, can you help me see if I can find someone to write these letters. ”

"Letters?" I noticed the papers, flipped through them, and looked at them, "Wait! This was written by a human?" and my tone betrayed my shock, how could a human take the initiative to write a letter to a youkai? If there were, it meant that there was someone who could see youkai as much as I did.

"Yes, he's the nicest person I've ever met, but I don't know where he is now..."

I invited her to sit down and rest, then poured her a glass of water as usual, and gave her a tissue by the way, but the sight in front of me made me dumbfounded: as she cried, large tears fell from her eyes, and the moment they left her skin, each tear turned into crystal clear pearls, crackling and falling to the ground.

I held the cup in my left hand, held a tissue in my right hand, half-bent over, fixed in front of her, watching more and more pearls on the ground, I finally recovered from my stunned state, and pressed the tissue on her face as fast as I could, but it was useless, her tears turned into pearls as soon as she touched the tissue, "Girl, don't cry! I'll help you find it!"

Hearing me say this, she really stopped crying, and still looked at me expectantly with teary eyes, "Really, sure enough, Master Ye Ke is responsive." ”

“... You wait a minute, take a drink of saliva first, and I'll take a look at the documents. Although she was reluctant, she continued to cry like this, and the store was flooded with pearls. I flipped through the pages one by one, and found that each page was a sentence similar to a love poem, always beginning with "Dear Youzhen" and ending with "Love your Mida".

"Your name is Youzhen?" I asked.

She nodded.

"The person who wrote to you is called Mida?" I asked, somewhat incredulous.

She still nodded, her expression extremely well-behaved.

"Are you sure it's your real name??" I confirmed. Speaking of Mida, it is estimated that everyone in City A knows that the young entrepreneur has done a prosperous business in recent years, the company has developed rapidly, and it is rumored that the double business is very high, a talent, and a very kind person, who has participated in many public welfare undertakings.

"Well, his name is Mida. When he said this person's name, You Zhen's eyes were full of love.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and I motioned to You Zhen not to speak, just about to tell the visitors that the store was closed today, but when I saw Guan Qing carrying the electric hot pot, my head had become twice as big.

"Hi Yeke, let's eat hot pot tonight, it's suitable for eating hot pot on such a cold day, call the boss too, you go and prepare." Guan Qing was still like that, he walked in by himself, I was wondering if I should let You Zhen go back and come back another day, but Guan Qing suddenly stammered, "This... Who are you?"

Did he see Youzhen? What's going on?

You Zhen turned his head, his eyes were just at Guan Qing's gaze, he was stunned for a long time, and the two of them also looked at each other for a long time.

"Double pupils, cut the water. He said.