Chapter 26

  The boy ran over from across the street. Youyou felt like she was going to suffocate for a moment.

  The sultry wind blowing over the road seemed to suck away large chunks of oxygen, and she began to breathe rapidly. She looked at the boy, his guitar swaying heavily on his back as he ran towards her, glancing at her with a look that made her face flush with a demure redness, like seeds falling onto the warm sunlight on her eyelids.

  The boy slowed down his pace and walked into the sundry store, standing beside her to ask the boss for a box of lemon tea.

  It was the first time he had been so close to her, his hair gave off a plant-like fragrance, which Yu Rou could smell, it was like a large field of lavender blown by the wind. His slender eyebrows, clean nose wings, and every delicate line on his face blended into a warm sunlight that read directly into her heart.

  Under the sunlight, she couldn't help but feel her heart move.

  The boy handed the money to the convenience store owner, took over the lemon tea, and didn't immediately turn around and run back to the opposite road. Instead, he turned his head and said to Youyou: "Huh? Are you here to buy something too?"

  Just like an old friend he had known for a long time, the warm sunlight flowed slowly along the texture of his skin from the slightly curved corners of his mouth.

  "I... I came to buy soy sauce."

  "Oh." The boy nodded slightly, "You live around here, right? I often see you waiting for the bus here."

  "Really." Youyou pointed to the old building under the dark grey sky beside him, "I live there."

  "Oh." The boy glanced at the old, dilapidated building, said nothing, and slowly began to drink from a straw stuck in a beverage box.

  Youyou asked the boss for a bottle of soy sauce, paid the money, and didn't leave immediately. Instead, he plucked up his courage to ask the boy: "Y... what's your name?"

  "Huh?" The boy turned around and smiled: "My name is Cheng Yitian. And you?"

  "My name is Youyou. The 'You' from swimming and the 'You' from leisure."

  "Oh, Youyou." Cheng Yitian slowly savored the name, smiling, "It sounds really nice." Then, he looked at Lezi who was holding her hand and asked: "Is this your younger brother?"

  Le Zi was just lifting his head, staring at Cheng Yitian with a dull and wooden expression. Cheng Yitian felt that this little boy's expression was a bit strange, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. You You also seemed to notice this point and did not plan to admit that this somewhat weak-minded-looking child was her own brother.

  She soon felt glad of her hard-heartedness.

  Cheng Yitian was sizing up Lezi when he suddenly saw a strange smile spreading across Lezi's face. For no reason, Lezi started laughing "heh heh". A strong smell of urine wafted into the air. Patter patter, Cheng Yitian saw urine continuously flowing down from Lezi's crotch, and the yellow liquid hitting the hot cement ground produced some white steam.

  "He shouted: 'Hey, your younger brother... this kid has wet his pants!'"

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  It's really embarrassing. Her little brother actually wet his pants in front of the boy he likes, although it's just a small child and the other party may not take it to heart, but this is still a shameful thing... She blushed, but pretended as if nothing was wrong, enthusiastically helping Leizi wipe clean his soaked pants while saying: "Leizi, go home and ask your mom to change you into another pair of pants."

  Then she raised her head and calmly said to Cheng Yitian, "This is the child next door, his mother went out and asked me to take care of him for a while, I didn't expect you to see this."

  "Oh." Cheng Yitian responded lightly, seemingly unaware of the nervous lie behind her calm expression.