"Of course not." Xu Ran smiled, "I take classes at school during the day, and I have to go to work during the recent holidays, and I have something to do on the weekend, so I don't have time to take care of a pet if I want to." ”

And I already have a pet, if the cute chipmunk next door counts, taking care of her is enough to bother yourself.

"And how do you know there's a cat here?" Zhou Ziyu said strangely.

"I've been passing by here a lot before, and I've noticed this chair for a long time." Xu Ran wiped the metal armrests of the bench with paper, then stretched out his hand and stroked it gently, his eyes recalled, "In my impression, from the first time I noticed this bench, it was like this, covered with dust, only scattered leaves were spread on it, and it seemed that no one cared about it, not even anyone who cleaned it." ”

"Maybe it's been a person for too long, and at that time I felt like this bench, and I felt very lonely in my heart, which was a pity for such a good chair, but more because I was depressed for myself, I lost the person I liked, and I came to a completely strange place, and I had no friends."

"So, I used to patiently wipe this chair clean by myself, and then sometimes after class, I would come here to sit and sit, read a book and listen to a song, as if I was accompanying it, but I knew that I was just accompanying myself and trying my best to embrace the lonely life."

Xu Ran's narration is calm, as if telling another person's story, but Zhou Ziyu can feel the surging mood in his heart, and she can empathize with it, because this similar loneliness is not new to her.

"Later, as the semester progressed and life became busier, there was no time to sit in this chair again, and it was really miserable to think about this chair, and I even felt guilty occasionally because the only friend it had had so hard to have was gone."

"At the end of the term, I realized I was wrong when I walked past here one night."

"Is it because of this cat?" The thoughtful Zhou Ziyu replied.

"Ziyu is so smart." Xu Ran nodded with a smile and gave a thumbs up, "At first, I didn't notice it like you, but when I got closer, I noticed the cat in the shadows, and that night it was also like now, lying quietly on the chair and sleeping soundly." ”

Xu Ran lowered his head, and Zhou Ziyu followed Xu Ran's gaze again.

The cat's fur is mottled in color, with a few brown spots in the white, and it looks very ordinary, which is obviously not one of the breeds that people want to love as pets, and perhaps because of this, it is not sent to pet stores for consignment or taken home by well-wishers on the street for adoption.

"Later, when I came home several nights in a row, I passed by this side and could see this cat. So I wondered if this cat had been wandering for a long time, and finally found the existence that could accept it, that is, this chair. ”

Zhou Ziyu stretched out his hand to stroke the cat, but Xu Ran grabbed Zhou Ziyu's little hand, shook his head and said, "Don't wake up this cat, if you scare it away, Mr. Bench will blame us." ”

"We should be happy for Mr. Bench and Miss Kitty, because they have waited or searched for so long to finally meet each other who can always be by their side, right?"

Xu Ran didn't let go of Zhou Ziyu's hand, and continued to himself: "I'm thinking about it now, how did Miss Cat meet Mr. Bench?" Ziyu, what do you think it will be like? ”

"This, maybe I happened to pass by and saw that Mr. Bench had no one to accompany you, so I used this place as my own small bed?" Zhou Ziyu wasn't sure what Xu Ran's rhetorical question meant, and guessed tentatively.

"No, I have more romantic ideas." Xu Ran said softly.

"Could it be a rainy afternoon, but the trees that are used to sheltering from the rain still make Miss Cat soaked. When it was cold, Miss Cat found Mr. Bench, and Mr. Bench offered to tell her that I can help you keep out the rain, so Miss Cat fell in love with the feeling of being with Mr. Bench, and since then she has come here every night to rely on him to sleep. ”

"Should I say it's a kind of fate?"

Xu Ran took Zhou Ziyu's hand and let her get closer to him, staring at Zhou Ziyu's eyes, and the sincerity in his eyes made Zhou Ziyu feel inexplicably flustered.

"Just like the flyer that Miss Yu who met Mr. Xiong that afternoon took the initiative to help him solve his headache, but it's a pity that Mr. Xiong took so long before he could really meet Miss Yu."

Zhou Ziyu was stunned, and quietly listened to Xu Ran say so much, of course she knew that Xu Ran was not just talking about benches. But what she didn't expect was that Xu Ran was not only talking about him, but also herself.

"What do you want to say..."Zhou Ziyu lowered his eyes and bit his lower lip lightly, a little nervous for no reason.

"I want to say, Ziyu, you don't have to close your heart anymore, believe me, we are the same, so I will fill the gap in your heart, if you feel lonely, come to me, I will accompany you."

Xu Ran's tone was very serious: "Just like I won't feel lonely anymore with you, Mr. Bench and Miss Cat have found each other that belong to them, and you and me, aren't they?" ”

Zhou Ziyu looked at Xu Ran in a daze for a long time, a bright smile bloomed on his face, and he said with crooked eyebrows: "Thank you very much, Xu Ran, it seems that it is really not enough to have sisters twice, I am really happy to have such a precious friend as you to accompany me." ”

"Me too." Xu Ran replied with a big smile.

"Shall we go for a walk, then? But you said you wanted to stay with me, so stay with me for a while, until I have to go back. Zhou Ziyu spit out his powder tongue and said playfully.

"Very happily." Xu Ran readily agreed.

"But... Can you let go of my hand? ”

Zhou Ziyu Nunu mouthed, gestured to the hand held by the two, blushed and said, although she didn't resist and even liked the feeling of being held by Xu Ran, but being led by a boy on the street... It's too much like a couple, so it's better to be careful.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't think about it." Xu then realized it and quickly let go of Zhou Ziyu's hand.

Xu Ran looked unaware on the surface, but in fact, he secretly felt pity in his heart, he originally thought that he could hold Zhou Ziyu's hand so unknowingly.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

Opening up to each other made the girls rarely show their playful side, Zhou Ziyu put on the mask she took off, walked two steps quickly, took the lead in moving forward, turned around playfully, and beckoned to Xu Ran.

"It's coming, it's coming."

Xu Ran looked at the time, eight o'clock.

How did time pass so quickly tonight...

Xu Ran pouted, now he only hoped that tonight would never pass.