Wait till the sun rises

The curtains were drawn, blocking the light from outside.It was quiet all around, except for the occasional barking of dogs from downstairs.

It was already time for Xu Jiming to go to bed, but the small desk lamp on the bedside table in his room was still on.

Xu Jiming was wearing pajamas with a big cat face on it, lying on the bed with his buttocks pouted, looking at the sleeping boy next to the wall on the other side of the bed.

"Why don't you wake up?" Xu Jiming muttered softly. After lying in one position for a long time, he felt his whole body was stiff and uncomfortable. He simply lay on his side on the bed and made some rustling movements, but the other party had no intention of waking up at all. Didn't even move.

Xu Jiming's eyeballs rolled around, and finally stretched out a hand from under the quilt to pinch the child's nose.Being pinched by someone's nose, he couldn't breathe well. The boy moved uncomfortably. Xu Jiming was so frightened that he quickly let go of his hand. It seemed that the other party hadn't woken up.

Xu Jiming waited for another moment, then stretched out his claws again, this time attacking the child's cheek.Meaty and smooth, like a peeled egg.The touch was very good, Xu Jiming withdrew his hand and touched his face, but felt that the touch was not so good, so he stretched out his hand again.

When his paw was still a few millimeters away from the child's side face, the boy suddenly turned over, and now he was face to face with Xu Jiming.

The boy's breathing was shallow, and it felt warm against the back of his hand. His thick eyelashes trembled slightly. Just when Xu Jiming thought that his eyes were about to open, he heard the boy yell "Mom" in an anxious voice.

Xu Jiming was startled and almost fell off the bed. The boy's face was filled with pain, and he sobbed softly. Xu Jiming lifted the quilt and sat up, looked in the direction of the door, thought for a moment and held the boy tightly. Holding the hand of the quilt, he wiped the cold sweat off the boy's forehead with his own sleeve.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Jiming yawned and fell asleep on the bed. The lamp was on all night.

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The consequence of staying up late is getting up late the next day.

The curtains were pulled open at some point, and when Xu Jiming opened his eyes, he was stabbed by the light, and he buried his head under the quilt again.

When he regained his consciousness, Xu Jiming habitually reached out and groped into the bed, but he didn't find the fluffy big Ben.

, The inside of the bed is empty, nothing.Xu Jiming rubbed his eyes and sat up. It took him a while to remember that he had made the bed for the child last night, and that Da Ben had been stuffed into the closet.

Reaching out to take the alarm clock by the bedside, it was already past 8 o'clock. Xu Jiming hurriedly changed his clothes and rushed out. He saw the kid sitting on the sofa reading a book in yesterday's neat clothes. When he heard the sound, he just looked up. After looking at it, he lowered his head again.

Han Ling came out of the kitchen and said with a smile: "Slacker, you are the last one to get up today."

Xu Jiming scratched his hair, washed quickly and rushed to the dining table, picked up the breakfast prepared by his mother and started to eat. While eating, he looked at the child on the sofa. Han Ling knocked on the table and said, "Concentrate Eat." Xu Jiming drank a bowl of porridge, took the eggs on the table in his hands, walked up to the child and sat down, passed the eggs over, "here."

The child looked up at him from the book, and said in a low voice, "I've eaten." Seeing that Xu Jiming hadn't walked away after a while, he raised his head again and said thank you.

Xu Jiming put the eggs on the coffee table and sat cross-legged on the sofa with a serious face. At first glance, he thought he was thinking about something important, but in fact he just wondered why the child didn't like him.

From his perspective, he could see the boy's long and thick eyelashes. Xu Jiming rested his chin on one hand and stared at the serious profile of the boy. He remembered the panicked and hasty "Mom" from the boy last night.

He moved his body, leaned close to the child's ear and said, "You were talking in your sleep last night." Xu Jiming raised his eyebrows, a little smug, his face almost said "come and ask me, come and ask me these few" Character.

The boy put his hand down and turned his head to look at him. Xu Jiming was a little smug and thought to himself, you have to talk to me now, right?But I didn't want the boy to just oh, and picked up the book to read again.

"You..." Xu Jiming was dumbfounded, and he moved closer to say something, when the doorbell rang.

Han Ling, who was making snacks in the kitchen, shouted, "Mingming, go and open the door."

Xu Jiming groaned, glared at the child unwillingly for several times, and then ran to the door reluctantly with his slippers on.

It's boys of the same age in the community, in groups of three and four, and they also bring footballs.

Xu Jiming was very bored at home, his eyes lit up when he saw the football in their arms.He yelled to the kitchen, put on his shoes and slipped out with the group of brats.

At noon Xu Jiming returned home covered in sweat and dirt, but Han Ling took him to the bathroom as soon as he entered the door.After taking a fragrant shower, dinner was already on the table when I came out.The smell of the food made Xu Jiming salivate, and after hours of crazy playing, his chest was already hungry and his back was sticking to his back.

Xu Jiming glanced over and saw salt and pepper shrimp, cola chicken wings, sweet and sour short ribs, crab roe tofu, and a pot of stewed milky fish head soup on the table.With so many delicious foods, Xu Jiming cheered, only to find that the seat he was originally sitting in was occupied by a child.

"Obviously don't stand here, sit down." Father Xu walked out of the kitchen wearing an apron, and patted Xu Jiming on the head.Xu Jiming snorted, and when he turned his head, he saw an extra serving of tiramisu on the table.

Xu Jiming's eyes lit up, and the little entanglement of being robbed of his seat disappeared instantly.Xu Jiming happily sat down next to the child, grabbed the chopsticks and looked at the tiramisu in the middle of the table reservedly.

Seeing his mother raising her hand towards the box of tiramisu, Xu Jiming followed those hands.The mother's white and slender hands passed in front of her, and the tiramisu was placed in front of the child.

Han Ling smiled and said, "Yangyang, try Auntie's craft."

Xu Jiming bit his chopsticks and shouted, "Mom, where are mine?"

"You, eat."

Xu Jiming felt aggrieved and wanted to say something more, but Han Ling opened a small delicate box beside the table, and it was empty.

Han Ling said: "Eating so much sugar, I'm not afraid of tooth decay. I will do this again next time, and I won't buy it for you in the future." Xu Jiming froze for a moment, lowered his head and ate honestly, but his eyes flicked to his side from time to time.

Xu Jiming was unhappy, and saw Father Xu bringing a piece of chicken wing to this side. He raised his head, but before he could thank him, the chicken wing fell into the bowl of the child beside him.

"Come on, Uncle Chang's cooking, this is my specialty, your aunt likes it."

Xu Jiming bit his chopsticks resentfully, feeling even more aggrieved in his heart, a little mute who doesn't like to talk, how could he steal his parents' attention as soon as he came.Perhaps because his resentment was too obvious, Father Xu gave him another piece of chicken wing.

Xu Jiming was unhappy, all the attention of his parents was obviously on the children around him, whether he had eaten well, slept well, what he liked, where he wanted to play, and he didn't have this kind of treatment.

After dinner, Xu Jiming lay on the sofa and watched his mother wash the dishes, while the child sat on the side to answer the phone. Xu Jiming heard him call Grandpa, and then the child nodded for some unknown reason.

The grandfather and grandson chatted for a long time, and Xu Jiming listened for a long time. Finally, when the child said that his mother must tell him when he got home, Xu Jiming curled his lips.He knew the child's mother would not be coming back.

The phone was hung up, Han Ling walked over wiping her hands, and said with a smile: "Go and take a nap first. Don't be bored in the room all the time, how about Yang Yang going out to play in the afternoon?"

The child nodded obediently, "Okay, thank you, Auntie."

丶

Many children gathered in the square of the community, and parents sat in groups of three or four chatting with each other.

Han Ling held a little devil's head in one hand, and someone greeted her before she got close.

"Whose child is this, so cute." It was a pregnant woman, only in her early twenties, with her hair pulled back, looking extremely gentle.

Seeing that she was about to squat down, Han Ling quickly reached out to help her, "The child of a relative's family, come and stay for a few days. Mingming, I'll talk to auntie, you can take Yangyang to play."

Xu Jiming let out an ooh, and asked the child as he walked, "Shall we go play football?"

The child broke free from his hand, "Go and play, I'll just wait for you here."

Xu Jiming was already dissatisfied in his heart, but now with this attitude, he immediately turned around with a cold snort and wanted to leave.

"Xu Jiming!" Several sweaty boys ran over with a soccer ball in their arms, and one of them, a dark-skinned and stout boy, called out, "Why did you come out so late? Didn't you mean to find him after dinner?" Did I play?"

"I have something to do. I just came out." Xu Jiming glanced at the child and said, "Let's go."

After walking for a while, Xu Jiming turned around and found that Li Annian hadn't followed. He shouted, "Li Annian, what are you doing? Let's go."

Li Annian waved his hand and shouted, "Go first, I'll go there later."

A few children beside him were giggling, hooking their shoulders and wanting to leave. Xu Jiming saw Li Annian's lips moving. He didn't know what he said. The child shook his head, walked to the side of the bench and sat down. Li Annian's expression was slightly displeased. , followed behind the boy.

"Let's go, don't wait for him." A child said.Xu Jiming ignored him, glanced at his mother who was chatting happily, and walked quickly towards Li Annian's direction.

After walking halfway, the child stood up and gave Li Annian a hard push.Li Annian was caught off guard by the push and almost fell to the ground. He became furious and kicked him.

"Li Annian, what are you doing!" Xu Jiming yelled and rushed over, but it was already too late, the child was kicked and crouched on the ground with his stomach in his arms.

Li Annian's face was flushed with anger, like a rooster with fried feathers. He lowered his head and said something. The child who was squatting on the ground suddenly shouted that you are lying, and threw Li Annian to the ground. .

When Xu Jiming rushed over, he saw Li Annian being crushed by a child, his eyes were red with anger.

The child burst into tears, hugged Li Annian's waving arm with both hands, opened his mouth and bit it hard, Li Annian screamed and kicked his legs wildly, but the child seemed to be stuck to him, shaking him no matter what. Do not take off.

Li Annian is one year older than Xu Jiming. He is also tall among his peers. He also loves sports and has a strong body. The little boy who came out of the painting was beaten helplessly, which is really embarrassing.

Xu Jiming rushed forward, seeing the child tearing and biting, he was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this child to be so powerful in fighting, and he might not be able to win a fight with Li Annian.Seeing that Li Annian burst into tears, Xu Jiming felt his arm hurt too.

Still, the adults who came over heard the noise and separated the two. Han Ling picked up the child and found blood on his lips, so she quickly opened his mouth to check.The child's tears couldn't stop streaming down his face. He avoided Han Ling's hand and screamed at Li Annian, "You lied! You lied!"

Li Annian covered his arm with one hand, and glared at the child viciously, "I didn't, your mother is dead!"

"You lied!" The child cried so hard that his voice was completely hoarse, "My mother will be back soon."

"I didn't!" Li Annian was also yelling, pointing to Xu Jiming in the crowd and said, "If you don't believe me, ask him, he said it."

The author has something to say:

Children can be scary sometimes.