Due to poor sound insulation, the chirping of birds can be clearly heard in the ears.
Zhao Xuanying opened her eyes in Mi Mi Lake. The pillow her head rested on was a little stiff. The dent in her head after a night did not rebound when she got up.
He opened the thin sheet covering his body and moved his slender legs to put on the slippers placed beside the bed.
Because I woke up early, my eyes were half-opened and half-closed. I sat on the edge of the bed and leaned forward with my hands supporting my body. After a while, I raised my hands above my head, and a soft moan came from my mouth.
"Hmm~"
Put your arms down.
Looking back subconsciously, I saw that there was no one beside the bed. The grandma who was accompanying her was leaving the house early as usual, and the plastic bottles packed in sacks last night disappeared with her.
An old clock hanging on the wall shows the time.
06:12
The sound of the second hand moving sounded in the room. Zhao Xuanying did not sit down, picked up a rubber band from the table and combed her slightly messy hair with her hands, then walked to the corner and picked up the washbasin.
I was about to pour some cold water from the bottled water, but when I looked out, I saw that the water in the bucket had bottomed out.
After realizing that there was no water, he just sighed slightly, then picked up the handle of the bucket, opened the door and walked outside the house.
The old building only has a faucet in the corner downstairs. Last year it was a hand-operated faucet, but it was replaced with a faucet at the beginning of this year.
Residents living in this area have to fill buckets with most of their domestic water and carry it back to their rooms.
The collision between slippers and the cement floor made a slapping sound. As soon as Zhao Xuanying came down the stairs, she saw the male figure in front of the faucet, who was collecting water.
The march paused slightly.
After some hesitation, he walked forward and stopped about three steps away from the man.
The bucket she was carrying was placed by her feet. Perhaps she felt that it was not good to stare at other people's backs all the time. Zhao Xuanying slowly lowered her head to look at the ground under her feet, and after a while she curled up her toes in her slippers.
Use this way to kill the waiting time.
The sound of water flowing into my ears.
Sensing someone behind him, Liu Weicheng looked back from where he was originally staring at the faucet. He saw the figure of a girl wearing loose pajamas and slippers.
His eyes glanced from top to bottom involuntarily, watching the girl stare at her toes intently, curling up and stretching out for a while.
So fun?
Looking from bottom to top, looking at the other person's appearance, he automatically connected it with the figure he met last night.
Thinking that the two are neighbors, and the water output from the faucet is pitifully small, it would take a lot of time to fill it up, so I just chatted to pass the time.
I mentally organized my vocabulary, and then struck up a conversation in as friendly a tone as possible.
"You live upstairs too?"
"..."
The curling of the toes stopped.
Zhao Xuanying didn't expect that the man in front of her would actually talk to her.
He did not choose to reply at the first moment, but turned his gaze back to the ground and slowly looked up at the unfriendly man in front of him with gauze wrapped around his head.
"Um……"
After a long while, he answered with an imperceptible volume.
After hearing the other party's response, Liu Weicheng once again showed his cheerful smile in order to make his image look more approachable.
Asked.
"I see you are not old? Are you still in school?"
"..."
"Um……"
Originally there were only three steps away from Liu Weicheng, but now there are four steps away.
Zhao Xuanying always felt that the other party did not look like a good person.
She had no idea how much of a shock that small step back would be to the man in front of her.
Liu Weicheng's hearty smile froze and slowly faded away, and he turned around in embarrassment.
After staring at the unfilled bucket for a while, he raised his head and looked at the sky, and spoke again without giving up.
"The weather is nice, with blue sky and white clouds."
"..."
He looked up at the sky.
Not only did Zhao Xuanying not feel that the sky was blue and white, but she felt that the sky was a little gray and it seemed like it was going to rain at any time.
I'll take my umbrella with me when I go to school...
With a growl in her heart, Zhao Xuanying turned her face to the side and did not respond to Liu Weicheng's question.
The atmosphere suddenly became dull, and the forced termination of the conversation caused silence downstairs, except for the sound of water flowing into the bucket.
The two people next to the faucet look like sculptures.
This situation continued for a while, and soon Liu Weicheng finally filled the bucket, turned off the faucet, and prepared to leave with the heavy bucket.
Zhao Xuanying took her place, carried the bucket under the faucet, unscrewed it, and watched the tiny water flow into the bucket...
I don't know why I looked back.
Liu Weicheng, who thought he had gone upstairs, still stayed there for some reason, and happened to catch Zhao Xuanying's gaze.
Eyes facing each other.
Zhao Xuanying looked away like a frightened little rabbit and quickly lowered her head as if she was concentrating on observing the bucket.
Why is he staring at me?
What does it mean to have a bandage on your head?
Gangster?
Looks quite dangerous...
Thoughts popped up in his mind one after another. Liu Weicheng, who was stuck in the same place, certainly didn't know that in just a few seconds, his image had been planned by the other party as a gangster.
As if he was in a daze, more like an idiot, he put the bucket at his feet and stood waiting at the stairs.
As time passed by, Zhao Xuanying became more and more nervous. She pretended to be calm and took a few glances. She saw Liu Weicheng who was still staying in the same place. He saw that the bucket was almost overflowing but he didn't show any intention of leaving.
The uneasiness in my heart became more intense as my heart beat faster.
Turn off the faucet.
Zhao Xuanying's right hand, trembling slightly due to nervousness, grabbed the handle of the bucket, trying to pick up the bucket that was about to overflow.
Using her arms, the weight of the bucket that could be filled with clean water was completely different from that of the empty bucket, which made her fail to lift it successfully the first time.
After exhaling, Zhao Xuanying glanced at where Liu Weicheng was standing again, holding the bucket in both hands and staggering towards the stairs...
The distance between the two kept shortening until they were about to pass Liu Weicheng.
"Let me lift it up for you."
Because of the sudden pause, some water overflowed from the side of the bucket, and some of the water splashed onto her toes, making Zhao Xuanying feel chilled.
After being stunned for a while, she turned her head and looked at Liu Weicheng standing next to her. She obviously did not expect to hear this sentence from the other person's mouth.
Seeing that the other party did not respond, Liu Weicheng did not continue to say more, and stretched out his other hand to take the bucket that the other party was holding in both hands.
It's a bit difficult to use one hand.
Try carrying two buckets at the same time.
"Forehead!"
"I'll send it to you first."
After giving it a try, Liu Weicheng simply gave up. Now, relying on his physical strength, he still cannot carry two buckets of water upstairs at the same time.
After saying that, he put his bucket at his feet, carried the bucket belonging to Zhao Xuanying and walked quickly towards the stairs with small steps.
Due to the shaking of the body, some water spilled out of the bucket and soaked the trouser legs.
Zhao Xuanying, on the other hand, looked at the other person's figure going upstairs as if she didn't react. It wasn't until Liu Weicheng called her at the corner of the stairs that she trotted to follow her.
He quickly walked up the stairs and looked at Liu Weicheng's back, which was struggling to carry the bucket. Then he turned back and glanced at the bucket that was placed downstairs and belonged to him.
this person……
Following Liu Weicheng to the door of the room where he lived, he watched the other person let out a sigh of relief and waved his right hand to relax after putting down the bucket...
He rolled his eyes and saw Zhao Xuanying staring at him.
Liu Weicheng paused for a moment and turned around without saying a word, preparing to go back downstairs to carry his bucket back to the house.
As soon as he took a few steps, he heard a question from behind him.
The words he spoke were a little stuttered, and you could tell from his tone that the other person was a little nervous.
"You, what's your name?"
Excellent communication often requires the other party to take the initiative to mention it.
"Liu Weicheng, what about you?"
Looking back, Liu Weicheng looked at Zhao Xuanying behind him, and his signature cheerful face appeared again.
Hearing the response, Zhao Xuanying looked relieved, her nervousness improved, she spoke, and replied in a tone that was neither big nor small.