[Net King] Waiting for you at the next intersection

"It's so hot..." Utada Jinxia lay on the wooden corridor with her hands hanging down, turning over occasionally, and then staring at the eaves with her eyes open.

Summer just makes people feel powerless.

No need to go out, Jin Xia knows that there are no more than three pedestrians on the road, and even the stray cats and dogs are looking for a cool place to take a nap.

The trees on the side of the road are almost drooping their leaves.

"Let's pass the summer vacation quickly..." Jin Xia stretched her arms back and put them under her head.

The mouse was sleeping soundly beside her, its beard curled up.

The mouse is a cat, a fat cat with a yellow pattern on a white background.

A gust of hot wind blew over, making Jin Xia itchy, and the wind chimes above her head sang cheerfully, but stopped soon.

Jin Xia looked at the wind chime in a daze.

How long has it been?My mother said that she had hung up the wind chime since she was born, and it has been 15 years now.

An ordinary wind chime is another world in Jin Xia's eyes.

"Asha!" Dad's voice came.

"Meow!" The mouse was startled awake, its hairs all standing on end.

"What's the matter, Dad?" Jin Xia sat up and comforted the mouse while responding to her father.

"Aren't you going out to play? Children shouldn't stay at home every day." Dad said as he walked over, looking helplessly at Jin Xia who was sitting cross-legged on the corridor.

"Ah...it's too hot." Jin Xia covered her forehead with her hand and said lightly.

"Young people have to be a little bit alive, or what can you do when you're as old as me?" Dad said disapprovingly.

"Yes, I'm going out now." Jinxia surrendered helplessly, and then woke the mouse up again with her hand, "Let's go, mouse."

When passing the Buddhist hall, Jinxia stopped, looked at the portrait of her mother in the center, and bent over: "Mom, I'm going out."

Jinxia's mother passed away due to illness in the summer three years ago, and she, her father and the mouse are left to depend on each other.

"Get some beer when you get back!" Dad called after her.

"Yes—" Jin Xia agreed without turning her head, and deliberately prolonged her voice.

Jinxia's family owns a grocery store, and the business is pretty good, so the two of them can eat and drink without worrying about one cat.

"I really don't want to go out..." Jin Xia walked slowly along the side of the road, while the mouse walked on the low wall of the house beside the road.

"Meow~" the mouse called out, agreeing.

"Yushi! It's too slow!" When passing by the street tennis court, Jinxia heard a very energetic voice.

Ah, does anyone still play tennis in this weather?By the way, some time ago, there seemed to be some kind of national competition. The brat from Caiqian's house next door also played tennis. Jinxia knew something about it.

"Watch the ball!" Another voice came, different from the hearty one just now, this one was a little low.

"Go and have a look." Jin Xia got excited, lifted her foot and began to climb the steps.

The mouse followed her closely.

Sitting in the stands, Jin Xia raised her legs and watched the game leisurely.

One is a boy with light brown short hair, and the other is a boy with dark blue semi-long hair.The boy with dark blue hair also wore a pair of glasses with round lenses.

They looked alike, but the boy with the light brown hair was a little fairer.

"7--5, I won." The dark blue-haired boy gracefully pushed his glasses and reported the score mercilessly.

"Hmph, I will definitely win next time!" the light brown-haired boy said unconvinced.

"Let's go, mouse." After watching the game, Jin Xia got up, ready to leave.

"Miss over there, are you going to watch the game for nothing?" The low voice from behind made Jin Xia stand upright.

"Ah, it's wonderful." Jin Xia turned her head.

"Hey, when did you come?" The light brown-haired boy seemed startled.

"Just now." Jin Xia answered his question expressionlessly.

"Hey, you look familiar to me! I can't remember your name!" The light brown-haired boy scratched his hair, his face tangled.

"Ah, actually I feel the same way." Jin Xia did look at him familiarly.

"By the way, you are Caiqian's friend, right!" The boy seemed to have remembered something, and he clenched his right hand into his left palm.

"So you are Ah Guang's classmate." Jin Xia still couldn't remember who he was, as she had always had a bad memory.

"My name is Kenya Renzuzu, how about you?" The boy had already walked to the side of the stands.There was a huge smile on his face.

"Utada Jinxia." Jinxia said flatly.

"By the way, that's my cousin, Yushi Ninzu." The boy named Kenya pointed back.

The boy named bowed slightly gracefully, and Jin Xia nodded towards him.

"I'll go first." Jin Xia didn't intend to continue talking.

"Then goodbye!" Qian also waved to her.

"Goodbye." Jin Xia called the mouse and left the tennis court.

In the evening, Jin Xia passed the tennis court again with a bag of beer.After thinking about it, she walked in and found that Qianye was still there, but he was the only one practicing against the wall.

"Did you practice hard by yourself in order to beat your cousin?" Qian Ye was hitting the ball, and when he heard the sound, he retracted the ball in surprise, and then he held the racket and looked at Jin Xia who was standing on a high place and looked down at him.

"Ah, it's Utada-san!" Kenya smiled and waved vigorously.

Slowly walking down, Jinxia took the racket and ball from Qianye's hand, then put on a good posture, and hit the ball vigorously, the ball rebounded immediately after hitting the wall, heading towards Jinxia's face .

"Pa—" Jin Xia reached out to hold the ball, stared at it for a while, and returned the ball and racket to Qian Ye.

"Utada-san can also play tennis?" Qian also looked at her in surprise.

"No, I just want to try it after watching too much. I really shouldn't touch it, and I'm sweating again." Jin Xia frowned.

Qian also looked at Jinxia standing in front of him.

He is not tall, probably only reaching his shoulders, with delicate features and fair skin.Probably because of the hot weather, his black hair was tied up casually.She was wearing a white T-shirt and black shorts, showing her slender arms and calves.The flip-flops on her feet made her look a lot cooler.

"What are you looking at?" Noticing Qian Ye's eyes, Jin Xia frowned at him.The feeling of looking up... makes her very uncomfortable.

"Ah, it's nothing." Qian also scratched the back of his head and smiled happily.

"I'll go first." Jin Xia prepared to bypass Qian Ye with a blank face.

"Eh?" Qian didn't respond.

"Ah... It seems a little early to go home now, should we go around again?" Jinxia looked at the sunset still hanging in the sky and said unintentionally.

"Eh? Us?" Qian also asked in surprise.

"Excuse me, I was talking to my cat." Only then did Qian Ye realize that there was a big fat cat at Jinxia's feet.

Jin Xia looked at Qian Ye and smiled awkwardly, suddenly she was in a good mood.

"Well, it seems to be pretty good for you." Jin Xia walked forward after finishing speaking, the corners of her mouth slightly hooked.

"Wait for me!" Qianye finally came to his senses, packed the ball bag in a hurry, and followed Jinxia with big strides.

"Does Utada-san's family live nearby?" Ken also asked curiously.

"En." Jin Xia replied lightly, after thinking for a while, he said, "Just call me Jin Xia, Utada-san...that's strange." Qian also nodded.

"By the way, your cat is so cute, what's its name?" Qian Ye asked looking at the mouse walking on the low wall.

"Mouse, it's called a mouse." Jin Xia also looked at the mouse.

"Eh? A cat called a mouse?" Qian also opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"Why, it's weird?" Jin Xia squinted at Qian Ye, the eyes clearly said "If you dare to say it's strange, you're dead".

Qian also wisely shut up.

After a long time, Jin Xia finally spoke: "When I saw it for the first time, both of us were at the most embarrassing time for each other. I had just experienced the loss of my mother, and it had just been abandoned. When I picked it up, , it is thin and small, as dingy as a street mouse. That's why I gave it such a name." Jin Xia's tone was always calm, and the pain of losing her mother did not show on her body at all. She took it lightly.

"I'm sorry, I reminded you of something bad." Qian also felt guilty.

"Ah, it's nothing, it's all over. By the way, do you know how to drink?" Jin Xia shook the bag in his hand, "I bought a bit too much."

Sitting on the grass by the river, Jinxia threw a can of beer to Qian Ye, then opened a can herself, and drank with her neck raised.

Qian also stared at Jinxia's bold way of drinking with wide eyes, and then opened the can in his hand.

This is his first drink.

"If you don't know how to drink, let me tell you sooner." Jin Xia watched Qian Ye blushed after taking a few sips, then snatched the beer from his hand, and squashed the beer can she had already drunk, she didn't care He drank the can that Qian also drank.

"It's my first time drinking." Qian also felt a little dizzy.

"Drink this." Jin Xia flipped through the bag and threw him a can of lemon tea.This was what she intended to keep for herself.

"Thank you." He opened it and drank a few sips, feeling much better immediately.

"The first time... I even forgot when I drank this kind of thing for the first time." Jin Xia laughed at herself, drank the rest of the beer, and then crushed the beer can.

She will never go through that period of low tide again.

Qian Ye slowly drank the lemon tea in his hand, and quietly looked at Jin Xia's side face.

Jin Xia stared at the river in rapt attention, but didn't notice Qian Ye's eyes.

"Dad, I'm back." Jin Xia said in a flat voice while changing shoes.

"Hey, why are you willing to go out for so long today?" Dad asked in surprise after taking the bag from Jin Xia's hand.Originally, when Jin Xia was going out, he thought that the child would come back in a few minutes.

"Ah...it's quite hot today." Jin Xia answered the question out of question.

Dad watched helplessly as Jin Xia slowly sat down at the dining table.

"A can?" Dad shook the bag.

"Ah, good." Jin Xia didn't refuse, nor told him that she had already drank two cans.

At the same time, Ninjazu family.

"Kenya Ninzu, have you been drinking?" Yushi Ninzu frowned and sniffed, then looked at Kenya with a little disgust.

"Yeah." Qian also rubbed his temples and nodded.

"Why don't I remember that you can drink?" Renzu asked suspiciously.

"The first time." Qian also explained simply.

Ninzu Yushi understood that this guy must be drunk, or else a person who is usually so noisy would have jumped up at this time.

"Do you want me to help you?" Yushi Ninzu was a little worried, after all, he was his cousin.

"No need." Qian also waved his hand, and then walked towards his room with slow but steady steps.

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