Is it possible to repay favors without balls?

When Ye Xi ran to the balcony, her face was still red.

Hanging on the balcony were the two coats that the two of them just took off after taking a shower last night.The sesame paste was aired out before Ye Xi got up. The weather was good in the morning, and it was almost dry.

Ye Xi used to hang clothes by herself on the clothes rail inside the balcony to save trouble.Sesame paste is not bothersome to do things, but there are only two clothes, and they still need to be dried outside with bamboo poles.

He has great strength, and the bamboo pole can be stretched out and retracted easily.Ye Xi is not as strong as him, and he is not proficient in his work. After a lot of tossing, when he finally put the clothes back in his hands, he was already half wet by the rain.

His extremely stiff movements made the aunt next door very anxious, and he kept dictating, wishing to come over the window to help.

Ye Xi felt embarrassed, secretly disliked the sesame paste for being unnecessary, and hid inside, refusing to help.

"The way you held it just now was wrong. You held it so close to the side. No matter how light the pole was, it would be heavy." She instructed Ye Xi, "Stay out a little and hold it forward, and it will be lighter."

Ye Xi smiled at her while closing the pole: "Thank you."

Mrs. Hu is as enthusiastic as her husband.However, compared to Mr. Hu, who looks mediocre, this lady is more eye-catching. Although she is a little older, she still has bright eyes and is very charming. She must have been a very popular beauty when she was young.

Of course, it is still beautiful now.

The unfamiliar mature beauty wanted to instruct her how to dry the clothes, Ye Xi felt embarrassed and nervous, flustered and just wanted to escape.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Hu didn't know what he was thinking, and chatted with him enthusiastically.

"My husband said that you live alone." She leaned against the edge of the balcony and asked Ye Xi with a smile, "How do you hang your clothes out every day?"

Ye Xi didn't know how to answer, so she smirked.

There is a canopy on the outside of the balcony, and the rain is not heavy, so it doesn't affect chatting at all.The balconies of their two families are very close to each other. If the windows are not closed, even a child can easily climb over them.Although they are standing on both sides, it is no different from talking together.

Ye Xi doesn't dislike the warm, gentle and beautiful Mrs. Hu, but she hopes that Mrs. Hu can let him go quickly and stop talking.

Just about to muster up the courage to say goodbye, he suddenly heard a familiar voice from the next room.

"Meow~"

Ye Xi's eyes widened all of a sudden, and she subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.

"Oh, Miaomiao misses me," Mrs. Hu's tone softened all of a sudden, "Where are you, come and hug me!"

It's a pity that the cat named Miaomiao didn't buy it, and there was no movement.

Mrs. Hu hurried back to hug the cat, and finally took the initiative to say goodbye to Ye Xi.

But Ye Xi was unwilling.

"Do you have a cat at home?"

"Yes, you like cats too." Mrs. Hu narrowed her eyes with a smile, "Our family Miaomiao likes to hide under the bed during the day and refuses to come out. Let me show you sometime."

Ye Xi nodded: "OK."

His heart beat a little faster.There are subtle differences between different cat calls, and the Miaomiao voice is almost exactly the same as the sesame paste.At that moment just now, he almost misunderstood it.

"By the way," Ye Xi suddenly thought of something, "Auntie, wait for me."

He said, holding his clothes and walking quickly into the house.

As soon as I stepped into the living room, I saw sesame paste.This suspicious guy was crouching, hiding in a hidden corner behind the wall, obviously eavesdropping.

Seeing that the deeds were exposed, Sesame Paste immediately stood up straight, and forcibly pretended to be nonchalant.

Ye Xi didn't have time to pay attention to him for the time being. After stuffing the clothes into his arms, he quickly walked to the cabinet at the door, and took out the leftover canned cat food from it.

Holding the can and running back to the balcony, Mrs. Hu looked surprised.

"These, for Miaomiao." He handed them over from the edge of the balcony.

"How embarrassing, these cans are not cheap," Mrs. Hu hesitated, "You also have cats?"

Ye Xi glanced into the room: "My cat doesn't eat this."

"Oh, I've had it before. It's not rewarding for the little ancestor to buy it back, so I can only give it away." Mrs. Hu shook her head with a smile, and stretched out her hand to take it. "Young man, what should I call you?"

"My surname is Ye," Ye Xi said, "Ye Xi."

"Looking at your age, you are still in college, why don't you live in the school?" Mrs. Hu started chatting with him again.

Ye Xi looks small, and looks two or three years younger than she actually is, so it's not surprising to be mistaken.

"I've already graduated, and now I'm preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination." He didn't give up, and continued to look at her house, but unfortunately, he couldn't see anything clearly.

"Yeah, that's amazing," Mrs. Hu admired, "Then your grades must be very good."

"No," Ye Xi shook his head, "...I don't know if I can pass the exam yet."

"At first glance, you are a good student." Mrs. Hu obviously liked him very much, "It's not like the one in our family."

After she finished speaking, she lowered her face and sighed, looking rather sad.

Ye Xi didn't know whether he should cooperate with the question or not.

He didn't say a word, Mrs. Hu confided that she had a strong desire, and complained all over her head: "I would be happy if Hu Yichen had half of you in our family. The brat's grades were messed up since he was a child, and he never focused on studying, so he only knows how to play computer. It's hard. I passed the third-level exam, but I refused to go after only one year. Now I stay at home all day, don’t go out, don’t make friends, and I only talk to cats every day. I don’t know what is going on in my mind. Recently, the It's getting too much, he doesn't even come out of the room during the daytime, locks the door, and ignores him, it's like having him at home without him. I want to take him to see a psychiatrist."

Ye Xi was so embarrassed that she couldn't hold back words to comfort her, she froze there and giggled.

"I'm sorry, how can I say this?" Mrs. Hu shook her head. "Xiaoye, you look like a smart kid who can study and is self-motivated. If you live alone, it must be inconvenient. If you need help, please contact me. I talked to Lao Hu, come to our house for dinner when I have time."

Ye Xi thought to himself that being able to study and being smart and self-motivated are not the same thing at all.

Mrs. Hu wanted to say something again, and meowing came again from the room.

"Our little one called me," Mrs. Hu said, "Oh, cats are cuter than my brat."

Mrs. Hu couldn't wait to go back to hug the cat, so she greeted Ye Xi and went back to the house.

Ye Xi tilted his head in doubt.

It's strange, this time, why does it sound completely different from Sesame Paste's cry?Could it be that I miss the cat-shaped sesame paste so much that I had an illusion just now?

When Ye Xi walked into the room, Sesame Paste was still standing in the original position with a bad expression.

"What's the matter with this woman, who wants to listen to their family's family affairs, and casually talk to strangers, it's so strange!" He complained with a sullen face.

Ye Xi smiled: "It's not easy for her."

"...Why is it not easy?"

Ye Xi thought to himself, according to Mrs. Hu's description, the boy named Hu Yichen is the most standard NEET, the kind who can be on social news.It is reasonable to be depressed as a parent.

It's just that I can't imagine that Mr. Hu and Mrs. Hu are so good, how could they raise such a child who sounds spooky.

"What are you thinking about?" Sesame Paste approached and asked.

Just as Ye Xi was about to speak, her lips were kissed, her face turned red, and everything in her mind floated away.

"Do you think that person sounds terrible too?" Sesame Paste asked.

Ye Xi thought for a while, then shook his head.

"I don't know," he said, "I don't know him."

The author says:

Now I can finally tell everyone with certainty: there are balls.