"Your home is in the mine? It's a bit far. ”

"Well, so I usually live on campus and only go home on weekends."

"Just walk back? Our school is six or seven kilometers away from the mine. Don't take a taxi or a bus? ”

"I'll just walk home, it's not far away......"

Jiang Lan and Xu Jing chatted and walked.

High in the sky, the stars are faint. There was still sunset when the two of them left the Wall of Wishes, and now there was only a bright orange line left in the sky, intertwined with the vast deep blue.

The two of them walked west along the Taohe River, and walked from Qingquan Street to Sikuang.

The construction here is a little backward compared to the rest of Huai City, many of the buildings still maintain the style of ten years ago, and most of the residential buildings are small high-rise buildings of five or six floors, and there are almost no buildings with more than 20 floors.

When Jiang Lan stepped here, it was as if he had touched a sealed memory, and everything had its own light gray filter.

A stall selling boiler cakes on the street, a stationery store full of small toys and snacks on the door, and an old man sitting on the stone steps in a daze...... They exist in the present moment, but as if they came from the past.

And she walked with herself, so vivid.

An hour ago, he and she had become friends—

Ordinary friends. Not other friends.

Xu Jing still spoke in a small voice, and she couldn't hear it if she didn't pay attention to it. However, Jiang Lan could obviously feel that she had become more active.

The two talked as they walked and talked all the way, and they talked more than the previous days combined.

"You're pretty good."

"What...... Awesome? ”

"I said you're amazing."

"Huaishi No. 1 Middle School has only a few dozen indicators every year. You must have done well in the high school entrance examination before you can go to the first middle school. ”

"Well, indeed."

Hearing Jiang Lan praise her, Xu Jing scratched her head a little embarrassedly, and then hung her head in some loss.

"But I'm not getting good grades right now......"

"It's going to be fine. Just find the problem and solve the problem. ”

"Uh-huh!"

Xu Jing nodded vigorously.

At this time, the stall owner who bought the boiler baked cakes noticed her from afar: "Alas! Xu Jing! ”

Xu Jing hurriedly greeted him: "Uncle Zhang is good." ”

The aunt in the stationery store also caught a glimpse of her: "Yu Fang's daughter! School's out? ”

"Well, Aunt Li is so ......"

Along the way, many people greeted Xu Jing, and Xu Jing would also smile and salute them in return. Occasionally, someone jokingly asks, "Is that handsome guy next to you your boyfriend?" She would blush and explain, "No, we're just ordinary friends now......"

Jiang Lan accompanied her through the small streets that were not too lively, watching her greet the stall owners on the street, and quietly laughing when she was not looking.

In fact, Xu Jing is not as introverted as others think, right?

Well, it's like I'm not like others think I'm just curling up ...... I would also hold my mobile phone and laugh on the bed, writhing around like maggots.

After crossing the relatively lively area, Xu Jing continued to take Jiang Lan to the street.

The two unconsciously became walking side by side, and the distance between them was only one meter.

Jiang Lan didn't seem to notice.

Xu Jing noticed it, but didn't tell him.

In case Jiang Lan reacts and has to keep his distance from her, wouldn't it be a loss?

The girl has a lot of bad thoughts.

However, they're friends now, even if it's just the kind of ordinary friends, they can walk the streets together, right?

Not...... Anyway, he didn't move, so she didn't say anything......

Xu Jing suddenly stopped, and further on, there was a restaurant.

Or it's not a "restaurant", it's a small self-operated restaurant with a small scale, and it can't fit a few tables visually. The signboard "Yufang Hotel" is a Wei monument composed of colored lanterns, which looks a little old, and two light bulbs can no longer be lit.

"That's it, just send it here."

Xu Jing folded her hands in front of her and whispered.

"Thank you."

Jiang Lan frowned: "But this is still on the street, and I said I would send you home." ”

"But ......"

"The main thing is that I'm worried that you're not safe alone, and if you really don't want to, forget it."

Xu Jing suddenly looked up at him.

"What about you...... Do you really not mind? ”

"Mind what?"

Jiang Lan scratched his head a little unconsciously.

Xu Jing didn't answer him, but walked straight to the "Yufang Hotel" not far away.

Jiang Lan followed her from a distance.

The door of the hotel is glass, so you can clearly see the display inside—there are only six tables in total, and they are arranged so closely that the already small shop is visually even more crowded. The ceiling is also very low, only more than two meters by eye, which belongs to the height that Jiang Lan can touch the top with a light jump.

Looking further in, there is a small bedroom behind the counter, where tables, books, beds, wardrobes and other items are packed together...... It must be Xu Jing's room.

In the midst of the crowd and dilapidation, a woman was wiping down the table by the door with a small blue rag.

"Coming to dinner? What do you want to eat today—"

Yu Fang thought that there was a guest, but as she spoke, she turned around and found that it was Xu Jing, and her face suddenly showed joy.

"Baby? Are you back from the exam? ”

"Hmm."

Xu Jing looked at her mother with some distress. I haven't seen it for two weeks, and my mother's whitehead seems to have increased again, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes have deepened, which looks a little shocking under the lamp.

His gaze swept over her clumsy back, the wet rag on her hand......

Xu Jing's mouth puffed out, snatched the small rag, and didn't use it for her.

"You don't have to work so much all the time, you have to rest......"

She looked down and complained, but her voice was small and unremarkable.

Mom works so hard, isn't it also to make money so that she can study with peace of mind? And what reason did she have to complain?

Yu Fangwan smiled, wanted to touch her head, remembered that she was still wearing rubber gloves on her hands, so she had to stick her forehead with her forehead, and quietly went to find the rag that she had snatched.

"It's okay, my mother is usually so tired, I'm used to it for a long time."

"Mom lied to ......"

Xu Jing muttered, but her hand was very honest and returned the rag to her mother.

She looked up suddenly.

"Mom, I'll give you the press fee this month...... Would you like to have a day off? ”

"You still have to focus on your studies now, and you'll talk about those things when you grow up...... Writing is the same, but it doesn't interfere with learning. ”

Yu Fang looked at her daughter's serious appearance and rubbed her head with some distress.

"It is said that the children of the poor are in charge of the house early, but your mother doesn't want you to grow up so early, and you should also have your own youth. You don't have to worry about things in life, just leave it to your mother. ”

Xu Jing put her head on her mother's shoulder and did not speak.

"Baby, that boy at the door is your classmate?"

“？”

Xu Jing instantly stood up, turned around in a panic, and sure enough, she saw half of the dog's head popping out of the door.

Jiang Lan seemed to be a little confused, he didn't expect that he could be found like this, and he felt a little like Xu Jing being caught by Uncle Chen in the breakfast restaurant at that time.

The girl was so anxious that she was about to die, and she said not to come, why did he still come......

Jiang Lan simply walked in generously.

"Hello Auntie, my name is Jiang Lan, and I am a friend of Xu Jing. We're still at the same table. ”

"Oh, it's Xu Jing's friend!"

Yu Fang's face immediately filled with a smile, "Do you want to leave school together today?" Xiaojiang, you also live in the mine? ”

"I live in the Jingyuan community. It's a little late after school today, and she's a girl, so I'll send her off. ”

"That's a long way off...... It's so hard for you to go so far with her. Yu Fang nodded at Jiang Lan a little embarrassed, and went to the counter to find a can of Coke.

"Come to the child, Auntie invited you~"

"Well, thank you, Auntie."

It's all here, it's still a child, it's a big night.

Jiang Lan was not polite, and took a big sip of it.

"The Coke in your store is delicious."

"Hee-hee~"

Yu Fang looked at Xu Jing, her eyes bent into two crescents: "Xiao Jiang is really good at talking." ”

Xu Jing didn't speak, bowed her head and pouted.

"Then Auntie, I'll go home first, and I'll come to your store to play when I'm free."

"Why don't you have dinner and then leave? But your parents must be waiting for you...... Then go back quickly, and stay safe on the road! ”

"Well, goodbye, Auntie!"

Jiang Lan waved his hand to Yu Fang, and looked at Xu Jing and blinked.

"See you on Monday, then."

"Goodbye ......"

Xu Jing waved at him in a low voice, watching his back fade into the night.

……

After drinking Coke, Jiang Lan flattened the empty cans and threw them into the trash, and accelerated his pace in the evening breeze.

The mood suddenly became a little complicated.

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