blazing fire

Cheng Zhuo ran to the "secret base" in one breath, but when he looked around, there was no one there.

He supported his knees to breathe, and suddenly realized that if Yuan Yu didn't go to school and didn't come to him, he didn't know where Yuan Yu would go.

Unknowingly, he lived in the village for more than a month, and he still couldn't tell the difference between this field and that field, and who they belonged to; he still didn't know how much work a village brother usually did at home; he still didn't know , besides going to school and working, Yuan Yu will go and where she likes to go.

If Yuan Yun hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known about this "secret base".

Cheng Zhuo ground his molars, and rubbed his feet hard on the dirt road.

The sole of the shoe rubbed against the rough gravel and made a harsh scratching sound, Cheng Zhuo cursed in a low voice: "Fuck!"

But he still didn't give up, walked around the field ridge a few times, and even went to the straw bushes where Yuanyun was hiding and crying just now, not to mention people, not even ghosts.

He went home with a full stomach.

Accidents happened one after another today, and he hasn't washed yet.When he got home, he brushed his teeth and washed his face before sitting at the dinner table.

The food was a bit cold, grandma wanted to reheat it for him, but Cheng Zhuo refused: "Don't bother, I'll eat whatever I want."

If it wasn't for the low blood sugar after running for a long time, in fact, Cheng Zhuo didn't really want to eat right now.

Yuan Yu couldn't be found, and at the moment he was frustrated with his heart and appetite, and finally managed to eat half a bowl of rice. He put the rice bowl on the table and said, "I can't eat any more."

Grandma is a person who cherishes food. Although she is lenient to her grandson, she can't help but say a few words to him when she sees leftovers.Cheng Zhuo couldn't understand a few words anyway, so he pretended he didn't hear them.

He wanted to go out for a stroll, but he didn't know where to go. Yuan Yu couldn't find it, and he didn't have the mood to go to the town to surf the Internet.

Isn't this person still avoiding him?Otherwise why didn't you come to him?

How about asking about Yuan Yun's situation?

Annoyed by the thought, but really had nothing to do, Cheng Zhuo swayed back upstairs, flicked off his shoes, and lay down on the bed in a daze.

In the afternoon, the village was very peaceful, no one from Yuan's family came back, and Cheng Zhuo visited twice on the way.The first time he went, he kindly closed the open door; the second time he went around, he found that the original house had a back door, so he helped to close the back door.

But no matter whether he was in a daze at home or wandering around Uehara's house, he never saw Yuan Yu's shadow.

Anxiety accumulated little by little, and the sky darkened little by little.

Yuan Yu's parents came back in the evening, and his mother limped to the other side of the dirt road, supporting his father.At that time, Cheng Zhuo was busy serving food for his grandma, so he ran back and forth between the two houses, and saw them from a distance.

Among the people living on this road, Yuan Yu's father was the only one who was lame, and he was quite recognizable.Thinking of what that man did, Cheng Zhuo took a dislike to him.He was just about to go back to the house, but when he turned around, he felt something was wrong.

He turned his head suddenly, and found a familiar figure flashing past in the corner of the other side of the kitchen.

Cheng Zhuo frowned, and walked over there lightly.

Sure enough, Yuan Yu was standing at the bottom of the wall. When he saw Cheng Zhuo, he panicked and turned around to run away.

"Stop." Cheng Zhuo's voice was cold, "Come back to me."

Yuan Yu froze in place.

Cheng Zhuo walked towards him, walked around and stood in front of him: "Where did you go today?"

"My mother told me to run, so I ran out..." Yuan Yu pursed his lower lip, "I didn't go anywhere, I just stayed in a place in the village where no one was around."

"I didn't go to the 'secret base' either, so you don't want to be found by me?"

Cheng Zhuo hooked a smile, very kind, but seeing Yuan Yu was terrified.

The sky was getting dark, and the insufficient light made Cheng Zhuo's original outline even deeper.

Yuan Yu was a little guilty, and didn't dare to answer this question, so he asked in a low voice, "Did my sister leave?"

"Well, the train at 12:58." Cheng Zhuo reported the name of the county-level city to him.

"...Thank you." Yuan Yu paused, "Is my dad dizzy today? I just saw my parents come back together..."

"Ah."

"..."

Nothing to say.

Cheng Zhuo was still holding a bowl of vegetables in his hand, looking down at him leisurely.That look made Yuan Yu feel like he was a mouse, and Cheng Zhuo was that cat.

Grandma waited in the kitchen for a long time but did not wait for Cheng Zhuo, so she came out to look for someone: "Xiao Zhuo?"

"I'm here." Cheng Zhuo greeted, then raised his chin towards Yuan Yu, "Go to my house for dinner?"

Although it is an interrogative sentence.

But obviously, he didn't give Yuan Yu the right to refuse.

His parents have already entered the house, and now they are not afraid of being bumped into on the dirt road.Yuan Yu obediently followed Cheng Zhuo into the room.

He is quite famous in the village, because he often enthusiastically helps the folks in the village with some work, and the adults of all families like him very much.Grandma Cheng saw him with a smile on her face, telling him to eat more.

"What did my grandma tell you?" Cheng Zhuo asked from the side.

"...She asked me to eat more." Yuan Yu glanced at him, lowered his head, looking very reserved.

Grandma was there, Cheng Zhuo had something to say, and the three finished the meal peacefully.He always acted as the shopkeeper after eating, but Yuan Yu was embarrassed to do so, so he took the initiative to help Grandma Cheng clean up the table after the meal, and even followed to the kitchen to help wash the dishes.

Cheng Zhuo stood on the threshold of the kitchen and watched, without leaving.

Finally, Yuan Yu couldn't take it anymore, and raised his head and asked him, "Why are you standing here all the time?"

"I'm afraid you will run away again." Cheng Zhuo said, "Are you going home tonight?"

Yuan Yu paused.

Cheng Zhuo understood it at a glance, and smiled: "Is there no place to go? Stay here, there are free beds upstairs."

Yuan Yu pursed his lower lip, lowered his head and continued to wash the dishes, neither saying yes nor no.

But after washing, he followed Cheng Zhuo upstairs.

Cheng Zhuo saw it and smiled silently.

Usually, Cheng Zhuo's grandma would go to bed early after cleaning up after dinner, so if Cheng Zhuo didn't plan to go out at night, he would usually wash up in advance, then lock the door, and stay up quietly on the second floor.

It is the same today.He has unused new towels here, although he doesn't have a toothbrush, but there are new replacement brush heads, all of which he gave to Yuan Yu.

Afraid that people would run away, he even followed Yuan Yu when he was washing up, and by the way taught the little soil turtle how to use an electric toothbrush.

Before coming, grandma didn't know which bed he would sleep in, so both beds were made for him.Yuan Yu wants to live, even bedding is ready-made.After the others washed up, Cheng Zhuo carried him upstairs and put away the stairs.

In this way, only the two of them were left on the second floor.Cheng Zhuo, who hadn't moved all night, suddenly stretched out his hand to clasp his shoulder, exerting some force on his hand.

Yuan Yu's expression suddenly distorted: "What are you doing..."

"Are you injured?" Cheng Zhuo said.

"……No."

Cheng Zhuo sneered: "Your family has become like that, you think I'm a fool? Besides, your sister told me before she left."

"..." Yuan Yu flattened her mouth, as if a little aggrieved, "Why does she talk about everything... I have nothing to do, so I just get beaten. Who in this village didn't get beaten when they were young?"

Cheng Zhuo rolled his eyelids.

His eyes and expression are cold.Yuan Yu quickly closed his mouth, feeling a little flustered for no reason.

Although he didn't know what he was panicking about.

"do not move."

After saying these two words, Cheng Zhuo stretched out his hands and pinched all the joints of Yuan Yu's body, from head to toe, and said, "The bones seem to be fine. I'll take you to the town for inspection at dawn. Tonight Go to bed first."

Yuan Yu hesitated for a moment, then said: "Actually, there is no need to go for an inspection..."

Before the word "check" was spoken, Cheng Zhuo glanced over.Yuan Yu shivered, and climbed onto the bed despondently.

Cheng Zhuo turned off the light, and the room became dark.

In fact, Yuan Yu couldn't sleep well, so he glanced at Cheng Zhuo, and found that Cheng Zhuo hadn't slept, and there was still a glowing cell phone light on the bedside.

He didn't have a mobile phone to play with, so he lay in bed in a daze.

He didn't intend to tell Cheng Zhuo his little thoughts, but sleeping in the same room with the person he likes like this is really distracting.

He likes Cheng Zhuo very much.

Although he hid in the village for a day, he didn't want Cheng Zhuo to know that he was beaten by his father, but in the end he found an excuse of "seeing if his parents came home" and came to Cheng Zhuo's place.

Cheng Zhuo really took him in and helped him like he did when he was in trouble.

Yuan Yu turned over, the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably in the dark night, and after a while, he sighed silently again.

Can't think of it.

The gap between them is too great.

Yuan Yu tried to close his eyes and sleep, but after this day, his shallow sleep was filled with father's roar and elder sister's crying, and finally they all became Cheng Zhuo again.After an unknown amount of time, Yuan Yu opened his eyes.

There was no light from the phone on Cheng Zhuo's bed, and the moonlight came in from the window.Yuan Yu lay down for a while, tiptoed out of bed, and walked slowly to the table.

The old wooden floor is prone to "creaking" sound. Yuan Yu walked very carefully, and felt that he had lost half his life when he got to the table.

He glanced at the small alarm clock on the table by the moonlight, it was past 1 in the morning, Cheng Zhuo didn't move on the bed, probably fell asleep.

But Yuan Yu couldn't sleep a little bit, he stood at the table and looked out the window for a while at the shadowy fields in the dark night, then walked back carefully, put on his clothes, and went downstairs in the dark.

After Cheng Zhuo locked the door, he would put the key on the table. Yuan Yu fumbled to find the key and ran out of Cheng's house.

On the second floor, Cheng Zhuo leaned against the window frame, looked at Yuan Yu's leaving back, and smiled coldly.

He put on a coat and followed him downstairs.

The wind at night is still a bit chilly, but not cold. Yuan Yu likes this kind of temperature, which can make his mind clearer.

He walked all the way to the "secret base" along the dirt roads that he could pass with his eyes closed.

At night, the wind blows the straw and makes a "rustling" sound.Yuan Yu took a breath and sat down on the ridge.

In fact, he was also here in the afternoon, but he was on the other side of the hillside, watching the passing trains, wondering if Auntie was on one of them.Yuan Yu is often here recently, because he feels that he has too many things to think about.

Now that my sister is done thinking about it, there is only Cheng Zhuo left.

He had just had a dream, and when he woke up, he knew something was wrong, but he didn't want to solve the problem, anyway, the cold wind would subside after a while.Indulging one's desires/thoughts is also indulging one's feelings. He doesn't want to do this, and it is easy to lose control.

Yuan Yu buried her head in her knees.

"What are you doing?"

Cheng Zhuo's voice suddenly came from beside him, Yuan Yu was shocked all over, raised his head, and said in shock: "You, why are you here?"

"Can you be with me?" Cheng Zhuo walked to him and squatted down, "What do you do when you don't sleep at night, you have something on your mind?"

"...No, I'm just..." The sudden approach made Yuan Yu a little flustered, he hugged his legs tightly, not wanting Cheng Zhuo to find out what was wrong with him, so he started a random conversation, "Just... I've been I didn't thank you. No one ever told me before that I should do something for my sister, but today... I was beaten for her, and I was very happy."

Cheng Zhuo tilted his head to look at him, and gave a faint "hmm".

Only then did Yuan Yu notice that he was wearing pajamas with only a coat on top.He remembered that Cheng Zhuo didn't avoid him when he changed his pajamas just now, and Yuan Yu didn't know where to put his eyes.

But when he was thinking about it, Cheng Zhuo's eyes kept falling on his face, and Yuan Yu's cheeks seemed to heat up a little.

Cheng Zhuo looked at him for a while, then suddenly said: "Being beaten, does your body hurt?"

Yuan Yu shook his head.

Cheng Zhuo still stared at him.

Yuan Yu was defeated by his gaze, pursed his lower lip, and nodded hesitantly.

"Why don't you say it hurts." Cheng Zhuo suddenly stretched out his hand to clasp his lower lip, and the pad of his thumb landed on his lower lip, stroking back and forth, "The bite is full of wounds, do you really think others can't see it?"

"..."

Yuan Yuren was stunned by the sudden intimate movement.

"Hey, Yuan Yu. I'll just ask you a question, please answer me truthfully."

"What, what?"

"You ran away when you saw me recently..." Cheng Zhuo said lazily, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, while rubbing the wound on Yuan Yu's lips, "Do you like me?"