squirrel

"I--"

As soon as the explanation started, it stopped abruptly. Gao Liyuan almost knocked him aside, and put the scattered medals back into the cabinet one by one.

The force of the impact was not small, although it didn't directly touch the squirrel's wound, it still caused a pain, which made him stay where he was for a long time before he straightened up.Gao Liyuan was still packing up his things. To be honest, the squirrel in the eyes of the other party didn't see clearly at that moment, but the more he thought about it, the more disgust and disappointment he felt.

If you come back earlier, everything will be gone... Do you feel that you are looking for valuables when no one is around?

Feelings of bewilderment spread, gradually mixed with grievance and anger because of my wild thinking, filling the whole person with ups and downs.In the end, Gao Liyuan turned his head away after packing up, but before he could open his mouth, Squirrel gritted his teeth and said "Who cares about your crap", turned his head and ran out of the room.

The moment he rushed out of the unit door, he seemed to hear someone shouting "squirrel" above his head.

The squirrel ignored it, and walked a long way outside the family area before slowing down.The summer is sweltering and hot, and with the plaster cast on his right arm, he has already walked hundreds of meters and he is covered in sweat. A restaurant on the side of the road says that the air-conditioning is open. The squirrel touched his pocket and finally gritted his teeth. Ordered the simplest Yangzhou fried rice and a bottle of ice soda.

A plate of fried rice was quickly finished, but half a bottle of soda was intentionally left, and he continued to sip it without taking a sip. No matter how many knives the boss threw at him, he didn't move, and he just sulked.I don't know how long I stayed there, a shadow suddenly flashed outside the store door, and the squirrel hurriedly got up to pay the bill, opened the door and chased after it: "Mouse!"

"squirrel!"

As soon as the mouse heard his voice, it turned around with surprise on its face: "Why are you here? I just finished the exam yesterday, and I just wanted to go to find you."

The mouse carried a bag of pears in his hand, saying that they were all for the squirrel, so they happened to take them with him.Squirrel couldn't say that he just slammed the door and came out. After hesitating for a moment, he had to lie: "Well... my landlord went back to my parents' house today. I went out for dinner and didn't get the key. I was worried. I guess I have to wait until evening."

"That's it..." When he said this, the mouse naturally believed it, and frowned, "Then you have to stay outside for a day?"

"It's fine, it's fine, just find an Internet cafe to play for an afternoon. If you want to go or not, I just finished the exam, so I invite you." Going to an Internet cafe by yourself is too boring.

Unexpectedly, the mouse said that he had other things to do, and the squirrel was going to the Internet cafe, so why not leave the fruit to the next door and pick it up when the landlord comes back at night. "Your hands are not well yet, so you don't need to follow me around again, anyway, I still remember where you live." He said.

"No, no, no!"

The squirrel was so frightened by this proposal that he yelled out. After speaking, seeing the puzzled expression of the mouse, he quickly continued: "It's a hot day—and I don't feel like going to an Internet cafe by myself. What are you going to do? Why don't I come with you?" I can go, pears can be eaten on the road."

He was also a little nervous after asking, for fear that Miaozi was going to see Brother Tang, but fortunately Miaozi said that after the college entrance examination, he was going to visit the grave.

The squirrel followed him and got on a bus, wobbling around in which corner of the city he got, then changed buses, and drove all the way to the suburban cemetery.The mouse bought a bunch of plain flowers at the transfer place, put the flowers down when it found the place, and pointed to the photo for the squirrel: "This is my brother."

"Oh."

The boy in the photo is only Mouse's current age, except that he doesn't wear glasses, his eyebrows and eyes really resemble him.Squirrel remembered that when he first lived in the same room with Mouse, he wondered where he got such good treatment. Later, he gradually heard that Mouse and Brother Tang were from the same hometown, and his own brother Xu Lin and Brother Tang were even younger. It's a pity that he died in an accident—all these were heard when Squirrel was drinking with his roommates, and Squirrel never took the initiative to say anything, and his heart seemed to be devoted to reading.

This time the mouse put flowers, didn't burn the paper, just squatted in front of the tombstone and chattered.The squirrel was suffering from the sun, so he simply walked to the shade and scanned the quiet cemetery - today is not a day like Qingming, the whole garden is deserted, with only the green hills as companions.

If I die one day...who will be buried where?

Probably affected by the environment, Squirrel's thoughts suddenly slipped to this question, and then, almost at the same time, a face appeared in his mind.

It was a face that was not very outstanding in appearance, but with deep eyebrows and a high nose bridge, it always left a serious impression on people when it was not smiling, but it always seemed like an old lady who talked about front management back.Because of being outside for a long time, the skin is slightly darker than ordinary people, especially the skin under the neck and neckline, which can be regarded as distinct.

"I'm really crazy."

When he came back to his senses, Squirrel was startled by his unconscious association just now, and couldn't help muttering to himself.The sacrifice and sweeping of the mouse had also ended, so he quickly followed down the mountain, leaving the cemetery far behind.

On the way back the squirrel consumed the last two pears.After casually eating a plate of fried dumplings outside the bus station, he said goodbye to the mouse. When he finally returned to the family area, the time had already slipped into the dusk of the evening.There seemed to be a game being held in the basketball court, and the lights were turned on extremely brightly, making the surrounding paths extremely dark.The squirrel walked around the basketball court twice, and finally hung its head down in frustration, and sat down in a remote place.

In fact, he didn't lie to the mouse about a certain matter - he was so angry that he slammed the door and left, and the house key was still on the bedside table.This time, he couldn't even sneak back while Gao Liyuan fell asleep in the middle of the night. After thinking about it, he finally stood up and walked into a certain unit building.

The corridors in the family area have been in disrepair for a long time, and the lights on the third and fourth floors are broken.The squirrel managed to get out of the dark stairs on the fourth floor, and when he looked up and saw the bright light bulbs in the corridor, he couldn't help but quicken his pace.

The moment the hand pressed on the door, the door slid open by itself.

Shouldn't it be a thief?

The squirrel was taken aback by his own thought, and hurried in - only to be forced back three steps by the choking smell of smoke.

But he managed to see Gao Liyuan in the smog in the living room.The man was still fully dressed when he came back in the morning, and he was sitting on the sofa. The tea table in front of him was empty, except for an ashtray with a lot of cigarette butts stuck in it.

"came back?"

Of course, Gao Liyuan also saw the squirrel, so he didn't do anything else, he just snuffed out the cigarette, raised his head and asked, his voice was deep but not hoarse.The squirrel had thought about the morning's events thousands of times on the way back, but at this moment he still couldn't figure out what attitude to adopt, so he gave a vague "hmm".

Under the signal of Gao Liyuan's eyes, he closed the door and walked into the living room.Out of the corner of the eye, I caught a glimpse of a cabinet door, which had been closed long ago, as if it had never been opened.

"Have you had dinner yet?" Gao Liyuan finally stood up and went to the dining table to uncover some upside-down bowls.The squirrel realized what those were and wanted to deny them, but there was no room for dinner and pears in his stomach: "I've eaten it."

Gao Liyuan looked back at him, as if to make sure that he had really eaten, and then nodded: "Okay, then I will put it in the refrigerator and have lunch tomorrow."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to be going to sleep, turned off the lights in the kitchen, and then went to turn off the living room.The squirrel jumped to the light switch one step earlier, and covered the switch tightly: "You wait a moment!"

He noticed Gao Liyuan's astonished eyes, moved his eyes a little away, and gritted his teeth to force himself to turn back, looking directly into the other's eyes: "You heard me clearly, I didn't want to take anything from you."

"I do not……"

"Listen to me first!"

The squirrel interrupted Gao Liyuan's words with a loud voice, and like pouring beans, he held back the whole day and thought about it over and over again, saying: "I know I am a thief, a repeat offender, taking money from other people's pockets, Been in two rounds, and the people inside looked at me like garbage. But you let me live in your place, and I'm not alone, and I won't think about getting things in your house—and What valuables do you have in this shabby house?! It’s not that you insisted on hiding my box of instant noodles, and I couldn’t find it for a long time, so I went through it myself..."

When he said this, he remembered that he did not just "turn over" in the morning, but took out all the trophies and medals from the cabinet. Taking your medal... I saw quite a few, and I was a little curious and wrote something..."

He hung his head in the middle of his sentence, staring at the cracks in the marble floor tiles.His head was suddenly lifted by a hand, and the squirrel didn't react for a moment, and there was only one thought in his mind: his hand was really hot.

"Are you crying?" Gao Liyuan stared into his eyes with surprise on his face.

"Who is crying!"

The squirrel slapped his hand away belatedly, and shouted back: "Are you blind?"

He really didn't cry, but the circles of his eyes were slightly red, and he didn't know whether it was from tiredness or anxiety.Gao Liyuan looked at the squirrel silently, making sure he had nothing else to say, then sighed, and continued the sentence that was interrupted just now: "I don't think you stole from me. If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't let you come to my live here."

"In the morning... I was too anxious, mainly because I didn't expect you to turn those things out." Gao Liyuan said, "It was my fault that I bumped into you."

The unexpected answer made the squirrel unable to think of a suitable reaction for a long time. After blinking his eyes in place for a long time, he finally choked out a sentence: "It's also because I shouldn't rummage..."

"Didn't you say you're hungry?" Gao Liyuan comforted him, seeming to recall something, frowned, but quickly recovered, pointing to the side cabinet, "Your instant noodles are in there, but it's still Eat less. Tomorrow I will buy some other things and put them together. Besides, you will feel hungry, isn’t it because last night—”

"I got it, I got it, old lady!" Squirrel never expected that the topic would turn back to his picky eater last night. He jumped to turn off the living room light, and rushed back to his room to lock the door.Fortunately, Gao Liyuan didn't want to drag him to continue preaching. Footsteps came and went outside the bedroom door, probably doing the final tidying. There was a last fuzzy sound of the door, and the squirrel pushed the door open a crack, and he could only I saw the moonlight flooding the living room.

He just walked to the toilet and washed himself drowsily.The dim lamp shadow was swaying in the water in the brushing cup. The squirrel stared at the lamp shadow while brushing his teeth, and suddenly regretted: Why didn't he ask more questions, why did Gao Liyuan lose his temper when he saw himself turning out the trophy?

Forget it, ask another day.He muttered something in his heart, lowered his head to rinse his mouth, and smashed the lamp shadow into pieces.