22. Let's work together
The next day, the rainy season didn't seem to be over, but it was a sunny day, and I woke up early in the morning and was busy in the kitchen with breakfast—specifically, throwing the bread I bought from the convenience store last night into the oven.
At the moment of pressing the power button, the phone in the hallway rang - "Who?" Somewhat scrambling, I ran into the hallway and picked up the earpiece and put it to my ear, "Chihiro? "I was a little surprised by the sound coming from inside." It's me—"
"Great, when I thought about contacting you, I remembered that I didn't have your contact information, so I had to call and ask Mr. Xia Fan." After a while, the voice that seemed to breathe a sigh of relief ran into my ears. "Really? Is there something wrong? ”
I asked naturally, probably because I was still a little sleepy, and my voice was a little confused. This made Izumi a little unhappy—"Could it be that you haven't gotten up yet?" I quickly denied: "No! It's just that I haven't eaten breakfast yet. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the sun was already peeking out of the distant horizon.
"You made an appointment with Shion today to go to the second-hand book market, right?"
"That's right—" I said, nodding slightly. And then when she continued, she had intended so, but before that I asked, "Where is she now?" Then Izumi told me that Shion went to school early in the morning, and now she is probably sorting out old books at the literary club.
"What! It would be nice to give me a call—" Unexpectedly, this suddenly made Izumi sigh heavily, and her next words seemed to be like poking my head into the door—"How could she have your phone!" ”
Suddenly, I could only pretend to be stupid and laugh a few times.
"If you're okay, go to school and help her, right? There are quite a lot of books, and I'm afraid she won't be able to keep her busy alone. I didn't think much about it before I agreed, "That's it—" With that, Izumi hung up.
I grabbed my navy blue coat hanging on a hanger and was about to go out. The moment he grasped the doorknob, he tucked the key on the shoe cabinet into his pocket. And then I came to the hallway. Then it took me about 40 minutes to ride to school.
But when I came to the literature club on the second floor, I found that the door seemed to be just hidden—"Aster? "When I walked in, I saw that there was no one inside. Just as I was about to go out, the phone in my pocket rang as if it wanted to stop me.
"Who?"
"It's me. I'm now under the Shuizhuwan Bridge. ”
"Aster?" The moment I heard this voice, I was surprised. "Lola is with me too. Come on—" and then, ignoring my questioning voice, she urged. "How do you know about my—"
Unexpectedly, before I could finish speaking, she helped me answer this question, "I asked Izumi, and she told me." Then, I left the literary club and rushed to the place where Ziyuan said, and the Shuizhuwan Bridge where she was located was about two streets away, and it didn't take much time.
Sure enough, after the last uphill on the second street, I saw her. And at this time, she also took her hand out of her pocket, raised it high, and waved it at me. "Really, it's really hard enough to get in touch with you!"
The moment I approached her and was about to say hello, her complaint came to the forefront. I had no choice but to swallow back the words that came to my mouth, "I'm sorry." Honestly apologized, "Let's go—" With that, Shion walked straight to her bike. And reached out and adjusted the cap slightly......
Then she patted the back seat with her hand, and Lola grinned and went up.
And so, I followed her closely, and before I knew it, I had crossed a street in front of me. Then stopped at the end of it. Opposite is the used book market, and there are already many people gathered around. There are also many stalls, which seem to be lively.
"What should I do, there are no vacancies at all!" As I walked forward with the slowly moving crowd, I had to raise my voice and ask Shion, who was not going to speak, "What should I do?" Unexpectedly, the moment the words just fell, I almost collided with the person who stopped in front of me!
Fortunately, before that, he was grabbed by Aster's right hand.
"Don't worry, I've already taken a spot—" As soon as she said that, she was hit on the right shoulder. She frowned slightly at this time, but at this moment, her foot seemed to be stepped on again......
There was no way, the two of us could only get closer together and move forward desperately at the same time. But even so, they were still being pushed around by the crowd...... Then, by the time he noticed, he had already separated from Lola.
"Shh
I couldn't help but feel that the fiery aster finally took me away from the crowd that seemed to be rubbing shoulders one after another. Now, the two of us are resting against a pillar next to us. "Where's Lola?" She tried her best to adjust her rapid breathing and asked, "I'll go find her!" You're waiting here! ”
"Hey, wait!"
Then, ignoring the shouts behind Shion, I rushed into the crowd again.
But fortunately, it didn't take me long to find Lola, it turned out that she was just washed to the other side by the crowd, "Lola, are you okay?" I grabbed her shoulder and asked nervously. It's okay. She shook her head slightly.
"However, I was a little scared when I didn't find you anywhere at first."
Then she wrote it down in her notebook. "It's okay now. Let's go! As I spoke, I grabbed her outstretched hand tightly. And at this time, she seemed to be a little shy.
"What's wrong?"
She shook her head vigorously at my doubts. When we returned to Shion, her face seemed ugly. I thought I would be scolded, but I didn't expect her to just walk up to Lola and whisper to her gently, "It's okay." ”
Lola nodded and smiled.
After that, we finally led by Shion to a hillside behind the second-hand book market, from which we could easily overlook the entire second-hand book market. - "How's that, isn't it?" Shion asked us triumphantly as she took off her shoes and sat down on the grass.
At this time, she didn't know when there was an extra sugar gourd in her hand. And he patted the position next to him lightly, and motioned for us to sit down. "I'm not here to play today—" As I sat down, I reached out and took the sugar gourd she handed over, and gave one to Lola, who was sitting next to her, to remind her.
"Anyway, no one is patronizing now, what's the point of relaxing a little!"
She looked at me and said as if disdainful. Then, he took another bite of the sugar gourd in his hand. "Where did you buy this?" Shion raised her head and pointed behind her, "Well, that's it." ”
I looked in the direction she was pointing, and there happened to be a snack bar in the shade of a tree not far from here.
"Just now, while you were looking for Lola, I happened to see it, and I was a little hungry, so I bought it—" As soon as she finished speaking, she took out another baked cake from the plastic bag on the grass and took a bite.
I've finished eating the sugar gourd just now. There's only one skewer left......
"Do you want it?"
Then she took out another pancake and handed it to me. I was about to refuse, but my stomach made a loud noise. "Haha, take it!" Shion shoved it into my hand and smiled a little gloatingly.
Then he got up again and walked to the two carts parked next to the stall. "What is that for?" I looked at them with some curiosity and asked. "I used them to get the old books from the literary club here—"
In an instant, I was so surprised that I almost choked on the biscuit I was about to swallow, "Alone?!" Shion immediately shook her head, "How is that possible?" That's going to be exhausting! While carrying out the book with Lola, he held it; I was told with some difficulty.
"So I called Lola to help."
Then, put them all on the table. "Hey, Chihiro, if you have time to ask questions, why don't you come and help me—" Then he turned to me again. "Here we go!" At this time, I also happened to finish eating the pancakes, "Could it be that she deliberately waited for me to finish eating?" ”
"Impossible, right?"
Shaking his head to shove such thoughts out of his mind, he walked over to them. After we finally took out the last part of the book and put it in order, Shion gently patted the dirt off her hands and said to us, "Thank you, if it was just me, it wouldn't have been over so quickly." ”
After speaking, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
"What's next?"
"Wait!" Shion snapped her fingers at us and said, "Or do you have another way?" Suddenly, I was a little embarrassed, but I still whispered a suggestion, "Can't we shout?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Shion laughed for a while, and then looked at me seriously and said, "Yes, yes, but I think it may not have any effect." Then we tried, and no one noticed even how loud we shouted.
"So, I warned you before, right?"
Aster teased me as if she were teasing; He reached out and handed over a bottle of water, "Thirsty, aren't you?" I unscrewed the cap and looked up at her, "Thank you," and in a few moments she unscrewed the bottle she was holding.
"Lola, do you want it?"
However, when Shion turned her head to look behind her, where Lola was supposed to be, there was no one there. "Gone?" Shion couldn't help but be so surprised that she dropped the bottle in her hand on the ground at her feet. "Lola is gone!"
When she told me, I was stunned for a moment—"Gone?" Just as I was feeling strange, Lola happened to appear from the next step, "Where have you been?" Shion pushed me away, ran up to Lola, grabbed her shoulders and shook her vigorously!
His voice was full of anxiety and worry, and he couldn't calm down at all.
"I'm just selling the book?" At this time, a series of question marks seemed to pop up on Lola's head, and then told her in words written in a notebook. "Are you going to a crowded place to persuade people to come here......?"
Lola nodded a little smugly, "That's right, how's it going?" Awesome, right? Then he showed off to Aster a little flutteringly. Unexpectedly, she flicked her head mercilessly: "You! Even if you want to do this, you should have let us know in advance, right? What if you get separated again! ”
Suddenly, Lola, who seemed to be frightened by her, took two steps back with some grievances, "I'm not a child anymore......" After writing this sentence, she took her eyes off Ziyuan's face and looked into the distance as if she was angry with her.
At this time, I approached the dumbfounded Shion, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Okay, isn't this the situation you said?" Immediately after, she was glared at with a sharp gaze, "That's what I said, but what if—"
Suddenly, I could only smile as if I hadn't heard. "If you're always angry, be careful that wrinkles will increase—" Unexpectedly, she was stomped hard before she could finish this sentence......
At this time, the footsteps of more and more people came from the direction of the steps...... Lola's expression suddenly brightened, and her eyes seemed to be shining, "It's a success!" ”
She shook her fist vigorously in front of her eyes.