Chapter 319 "Little Fish Cries"
With a "puff" sound.
The sound of the bus's brake exhaust was heard.
In the carriage, the students who had been sitting for a long time stretched comfortably in their seats and then looked out of the window curiously.
Xu Cheng, who was still sitting in the back seat, did not get up in a hurry. He waited quietly for the students in front of him to get out of the car one by one.
Yu Yu sat in his seat somewhat awkwardly.
She sat on the inside and Xu Cheng sat on the outside. If he didn't get off the car, she naturally couldn't get off either.
In addition to the scene she accidentally saw before, the girl was too embarrassed to talk to Xu Cheng at this time, and just looked at the scenery outside the window.
This nursing home is located in the suburbs. There are few high-rise buildings around it, but there are many tall trees. It is quiet and lush with greenery. If you listen carefully, you can hear the pleasant sounds of kingfishers singing in the mountains, which makes people feel peaceful.
"Come on, let's get off."
Xu Cheng called her, and the two of them got off the bus in a rustle. Yan Wenwen, who was standing in the front of the team, looked curiously at the last two people who got off the bus, and then waved in the direction of Yu Yu.
"Little Fish, here, here."
Yu Yu walked towards her with his head down, but Yan Wenwen grabbed his arm and questioned her curiously.
"How is it? How does it feel to sit with your sweetheart?"
“W-what…heart…heart…”
Yu Yu nearly fainted from shame, and there was no way he could utter those three words.
Afraid that someone would hear Yan Wenwen's nonsense, she looked around and made sure that no one heard it before lowering her head. Her two hands clasped each other's slender, white fingers.
"Hey, what did you two do along the way?"
“…”
Yu Yu pursed her lips and did not answer.
Yan Wenwen didn't find it boring, so she continued to speculate curiously, "Did he take advantage of the car turning..."
Having said this, Yan Wenwen paused.
Yu Yu became nervous instinctively.
The car turns?
Could it be that she had seen him hugging her accidentally?
At this time, Yan Wenwen clasped her hands together and placed them next to her head, as if she was using them as a pillow to sleep.
"When the car turns a corner and you happen to be drowsy, you take the opportunity to lie on his shoulder, and slowly his hand is held in his palm... Hey, it's so romantic just thinking about it."
The more Yan Wenwen spoke, the more disgusting her tone became, but her face was still smiling like a nympho with great excitement.
Yu Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
So that’s the extent of it.
Since she didn't see what happened just now, she felt much more at ease.
But sitting together, is there actually such a way to play? The girl felt like she had opened the door to a new world, with more things and scenes in her head.
I must try it when I get back.
She said that she would definitely draw it into comics later.
The person in charge of the nursing home first explained the background and scale of the nursing home to the students from No. 1 Middle School, and then took them on a brief tour to familiarize themselves with the environment.
After that, the students were divided into pairs to help the elderly person they were assigned to tidy up their house or chat about family matters.
As the small boss, Xu Cheng was only responsible for management matters, looking around, and taking some photos of the event.
In short, there is nothing to do.
I walked around this old nursing home for a few times. Out of boredom, I read a lot of introductory materials. Finally, at the door of a corridor, I bumped into Yan Wenwen, who looked very angry.
"Class monitor, I finally found you. Xiaoyu and I were bullied. Do you think you can help with this?"
Xu Cheng was a little confused.
"You are fearless, how dare someone bully you?"
Yan Wenwen didn't answer him, she just frowned and said, "Xiaoyu was crying just now."
Xu Cheng was stunned for a moment, and his expression immediately became more serious. "What's going on?"
"We were just assigned to an old lady named Feng. She was very cunning. As soon as we entered the room, she didn't look at us in a good mood and wanted to chase us away directly."
"I wanted to leave, but Xiaoyu stopped me and told me that some elderly people just have bad tempers and I shouldn't take it too seriously."
"Later, we helped her wash her dirty clothes. The old lady was so dirty that she didn't wash so many dirty clothes."
"Xiaoyu and I spent a lot of time to find them, and finally we helped her clean them."
…
"Then what?" Xu Cheng asked after listening.
"Then the old woman scolded us. She scolded us terribly, saying that we stole her clothes and were thieves."
Yan Wenwen was very angry when she said this, and then she remembered something and added.
"Xiaoyu even brought a painting with her. She thought she would give it to the old man as a gift today. It was a painting she prepared while staying up late to finish her manuscript."
"In the end, the old lady tore up Xiaoyu's painting without even looking at it, and said that we were thieves and that she would tell the school and ask them to expel us. Then she beat us away with a broom."
Xu Cheng listened quietly to what Yan Wenwen said.
From what Yan Wenwen said, we can tell that this old lady is a very suspicious and alert person.
There are many strange people of all kinds in society, and Xu Cheng has also seen such people.
Communication is already a very difficult thing, and communicating with this kind of people is even more difficult. In addition, due to Yu Yu's personality, he naturally couldn't communicate smoothly with the weird old lady mentioned by Yan Wenwen.
But it’s a pity that the girl’s simple and honest heart was wasted.
"Where is Xiaoyu now?"
Xu Cheng asked and Yan Wenwen sighed.
"She didn't let me tell you about it, so I said I was going to the bathroom and that's why I came to see you."
Then he led him to a concrete wall and pointed in the direction of the other side of the wall.
"I'm afraid Yu Yu will blame me for leaking the secret, so don't tell them that I brought you here."
Yan Wenwen whispered something, and when she saw Xu Cheng make an OK gesture, she tiptoed away.
Xu Cheng walked around the wall and saw Yu Yu at the location Yan Wenwen pointed.
She squatted in the shadow of the low wall, lowered her head and gently stroked with her fingers a small grass growing in the cracks of the bricks. There was a wet stain on her arm and a pile of scraps of paper lay at her feet.
If no one paid special attention, perhaps no one would be able to notice her insignificant presence.
When the girl noticed someone approaching, she looked up at her surroundings.
Seeing that the person coming was Xu Cheng, the girl's face was obviously flustered. She nervously wiped her red peach eyes with her small hands a few times, and then buried her head deeply.
Xu Cheng clearly saw that there was an extremely crystal teardrop hanging on the girl's round chin.
He took out a piece of toilet paper from his pocket, squatted down beside the girl, handed her the tissue without saying a word, and then picked up the scraps of paper that had been broken into snowflakes on the ground.
The boy laid out the pieces on the ground, pieced them together at random, and then said jokingly.
"It's only been a short while since we last met, and you're already crying because you missed me so much?"
“No…No…”
The girl said while choking.
Her charming peach blossom eyes were full of urgency, and her pretty little upturned nose twitched slightly twice.
Although she didn't want to talk, she didn't want Xu Cheng to misunderstand her like this.
Xu Cheng smiled at her, his face full of sunshine, "I know, I was teasing you on purpose. Yan Wenwen has already told me the matter."
Wenwen!
The girl pouted.
Xu Cheng helped her wipe the tears hanging on her round chin and spoke softly to Yu Yu.
"She didn't let me tell you that she was the one who revealed this, but after thinking about it, I decided to tell you. Just don't tell her that I sold her out."
The girl listened quietly. It seemed that because Xu Cheng touched her chin, her head, which had been lowered for a long time, also raised slightly, revealing her snow-white and slender neck.
She also noticed Xu Cheng's particularly serious and focused eyes.
"She and I didn't want to have any little secrets before, but this can be a little secret between the two of us. We know each other so well, so we should have some little secrets to keep together, right?"
A little secret to keep together?
And him... ?
Somehow, hearing Xu Cheng say this, Yu Yu suddenly had a very special feeling.
I couldn't help but nodded slightly.
Xu Cheng then stood up with satisfaction and extended his hand to the girl, "Then let's go find that old lady Feng."
Yu Yu didn't let him pull her up, but stood up slowly on her own, her eyes full of hesitation.
"But……"
"No buts, leave the rest to me."
"Then, then you are not allowed to fight..." The girl grabbed the corner of his clothes tightly.
Xu Cheng has been protecting her since she was a child, so of course she knew about this.
Xu Cheng just chuckled and looked at her, "I don't even know how to argue, so how can I fight?"
"You, you promise." The girl's eyes were still persistent.
"Then let's make a pinky promise?"
"Hook?"
Xu Cheng tried to hook the girl's fingers, but Yu Yu thought of something and immediately let go of her hands, then lowered her head and said with a red face.
"No, no thanks."
Under her guidance, the two of them went around to the gate of a small independent courtyard in the nursing home.
The young man immediately saw the old lady in the yard. She had gray hair, a hunched body, and wore a pair of reading glasses.
When she saw the two of them, the old lady picked up the broom in anger, like an extremely aggressive fighting cock.
"What did you come back for? Are you looking for someone to help you vent your anger? Don't think I can't find out your school and name. I will definitely ask your principal to expel you..."
"This is grandma." Xu Cheng spoke politely.
"What grandma? Who is your grandma? What's your purpose? Why are you trying to establish a relationship with me?"
The corners of Xu Cheng's mouth twitched. He also felt the power of this strange old lady. She was indeed very alert and difficult to talk to.
No wonder he could scold Yu Yu and make her cry, and even drive away the fearless Yan Wenwen.
"Xu Cheng, why don't we go?" Yu Yu lowered her head and pulled the corner of Xu Cheng's clothes. She was still worried that Xu Cheng would not be able to help but fight with the old lady, which would cause a bigger trouble.
"Don't worry, don't worry. I will definitely give you a result today."
Xu Cheng turned around to calm the girl down, then gritted his teeth and continued to speak to the old lady.
"Grandma, you misunderstood. I heard that Painter Feng lives here , so I came to visit you."
As soon as these words came out, a look of surprise flashed across the old lady's face.
"You...you know me?"
"I know him. My dad often takes me to art exhibitions, and I've always heard him mention the name of painter Feng Xinqing. Later, I learned that you were living in seclusion here, so I quickly signed up for this school event and came to see you."
In fact, Xu Cheng, who knew nothing about painting, had no idea about Feng Xinqing.
This was also thanks to the fact that just now, when a man was walking around the nursing home and looking through the nursing home's information, he heard the person in charge of the nursing home whisper to him that Feng Daqian's legitimate daughter Feng Xinqing lived here.
After hearing Yan Wenwen say that the old lady's surname was Feng, the young man had some guesses. In addition, the special size of the courtyard was enough to show that this old lady was not ordinary.
After a try, I found out that my question was correct.
"She's sweeter than those two."
Old Mrs. Feng put down the broom she had been holding in her hand and became a little more lenient in her words.
"Since you know me, I won't bother with them about what happened before, lest it gets out and people say I bullied a child."
"Grandma Feng, what happened before was also a misunderstanding."
Xu Cheng walked into the yard unknowingly, and Yu Yu had no choice but to follow him in nervously.
"My classmate has always been quite introverted, not very talkative, and not good at communicating with others. He usually likes to bury himself in painting. I didn't explain clearly to you that I was doing your laundry."
These words also aroused some interest of Old Lady Feng. The introverted and speechless old lady had the illusion for a moment that "this world is different from me". The look in her eyes when she looked at Yu Yu was no longer as sharp as before.
"Like painting?"
"In fact, she has been drawing comics for many years. I remember that she started serializing in magazines when she was in the second grade of junior high school."
"Really?"
Old Mrs. Feng looked Yu Yu up and down again.
You have to know that there is a big difference between a hobby and a profession. If it is a hobby, Mrs. Feng would at most think that she is interested. If it is a profession, it means that the technology has been recognized by many people in the industry.
And to be recognized at this age, she can definitely be called a genius.
Yu Yu was frightened by the way he and she were looking at her. Perhaps because of the trauma she had experienced before, she moved her feet slowly and unnaturally, and shrank a little closer to Xu Cheng.
"I happen to have one of her works here. If it's convenient, I'd like to show it to you for your inspection."
Old Mrs. Feng's curiosity had been aroused, and after hearing what Xu Cheng said, she adjusted her reading glasses.
"Show it to me."
"Please wait a moment."
The young man then took out a bunch of scraps of paper from his trouser pocket, placed them on the stone table in the courtyard, and pieced them together piece by piece.
When Old Mrs. Feng saw this, she immediately thought of something and her expression changed slightly.
After hesitating for a while, she didn't say anything, turned around, took out two bananas from the house and stuffed them into Yu Yu's hands.
"Take it, take it and eat it..."
"Whoa whoa?"
The old lady pushed her again, feeling embarrassed, "Eat, eat. If it's not enough, I'll give you more."
The girl took it blankly, feeling a little overwhelmed.
Xu Cheng, who was concentrating on piecing together the painting on the table, caught a glimpse of Old Lady Feng's actions out of the corner of his eye, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
A person’s character can be complex at the same time.
People like Old Mrs. Feng, although not easy to talk to, don't have any bad intentions.
From this action, it can be seen that she already feels guilty about her previous impulsiveness.
Since the situation has improved.
Xu Cheng rearranged the position of the painting fragments on the stone table.
Next.
There are other things to do...
