"Brother Rui?"
"… "
"Brother Rui!"
Yu Rui's shoulder sank, and when he regained his senses, he turned his gaze and saw Qiao Shengyu chasing after him puzzled, "I'll give you the homework, thank you!"
"Well, you're welcome."
"But what were you thinking just now, so fascinated? I called you several times from behind and you didn't respond."
"It's alright." Yu Rui took two steps out, hesitantly asked, "Do you know Ye Mumu?"
"Ye Mumu?" Qiao Shengyu was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly, "Oh, when I went back to get my schoolbag, I heard someone in the classroom say that she blocked the door and confessed to you today, right?"
Yu Rui was helpless, "It doesn't count."
"Ye Mumu's brother is from outside the school, so it's really not easy to mess with, but if you're worried about her coming to threaten you next time, Brother Rui, leave it to me, and I'll help you clear it up." Qiao Shengyu patted his chest loudly.
"I can solve Ye Mumu's matter."
"Then what bothers you?"
"..." Yu Rui was silent for a moment, frowning rarely, "Xie Li had a conflict with Ye Mumu today, will her brother do anything to Xie Li?"
Hearing Xie Li's name, Qiao Shengyu's expression suddenly became strange, "Xie Li doesn't seem to be very polite to you, are you still worried about him?"
"This matter is caused by me. If he has an accident, then I can't explain it to the teacher."
"Also..." Qiao Shengyu scratched his head, "but you don't have to worry about Xie Li at all, he won't have an accident if anyone has an accident."
"?" Yu Rui stopped.
"I can't tell if it's too much. Brother Rui, just remember, don't provoke Xie Li if you have anything or nothing, and stay away from him as far as you can."
Qiao Shengyu muttered something again, and before Yu Rui could speak again, he waved his hand and walked away noisily with the gang of friends in the school.
Yu Rui stood there, his expression gloomy and uncertain.
One of his tenets in life is to keep himself safe. So he didn't want to provoke someone like Xie Li who was obviously sick and whose status was unknown.
However, the current situation is that he does not cause trouble, but trouble seems to be following him.
"Thank you, Li."
Yu Rui frowned, pursed his lips, put on his earphones, and left.
—
Yu Rui lives in the old town. The walls of the residential buildings in the community are mottled, and the side floors are covered with creepers, which are obviously some years old.
This is a dormitory building at the end of the last century, with the highest five floors, no elevator, and the corridors are also dilapidated. The sensor lights on the second and third floors had been broken for a long time, and Yu Rui slowed down to avoid the debris accumulated in the corridor.
On the fourth floor, he took out the key, unlocked the door and entered the house. However, the house was also dark.
Yu Rui stopped in the entrance, "Xiao Li?"
The empty living room was quiet for a long time, and with the sound of a rotting metal door shaft, the door of a small bedroom was pushed open from the inside.
The skinny figure in the dark stood for a while and whispered, "Brother."
Hearing his sister Yu Li's voice, Yu Rui breathed a sigh of relief, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.
"Why don't you turn on the lights?"
"I'll turn off the lights after I finish my homework, so I can't waste electricity." In the dark, the girl whispered.
Yu Rui was helpless, he glanced at the closed master bedroom door, "That person didn't come back?"
The girl narrowed her eyes and shook her head.
"Have you had dinner?"
Yuuri shook her head again.
Yu Rui turned on the light in the living room and put the schoolbag on the sofa. Then he straightened up with a smile, raised his hand and stroked the girl's hair.
"Then you go back to your room to read, I'll cook and call you."
"Isn't my brother tired? Let me do it."
"You?" Yu Rui walked towards the kitchen, and came back with a joking laugh, "Let you come to the kitchen to bake?"
"I won't!"
"I'll be fine, you can go back and read the book."
"Oh… "
Yu Ruiqing fry two green vegetables out of the pot, and when he was about to bring them to the restaurant, he saw Yu Li running into the kitchen with his mobile phone.
"Brother, someone called you."
"Well, whose phone number?" Yu Rui asked without looking back.
"I don't know the number and voice, but it's a bit fierce." Yu Li recalled, "He asked me who I was, but I didn't tell him."
"Yeah." Yu Rui washed his hands and took it, and it turned out to be an unfamiliar number on the screen. "Xiao Li, take the dishes to the living room first."
"it is good."
Yu Li left, Yu Rui hesitated for two seconds at the phone, then called back.
The opposite is connected almost in seconds.
"Is the squad leader also busy at night?" His tone was low and mocking, with the coolness of the night.
The smile on Yu Ruiqingjun's face faded, "Is there something wrong with Xie Li?"
"Who is the girl who just answered the phone?"
"It's none of your business."
"So it's your girlfriend."
"… "
Yu Rui discovered that this person had a "special ability" - Xie Li always seemed to be able to easily use up the endurance he had cultivated for more than ten years, and then bring him to the brink of breaking his power in the shortest time possible.
Yu Rui endured, "That's my sister."
"Ah." The other side stopped for two seconds, then smiled suddenly, "I'm sorry for not saying good evening to my sister. I'll bring her a gift next time and apologize."
Yu Rui: "..."
Yu Rui: "That's my sister, not your sister. And I won't let you see her."
"Tsk. The monitor who came home is really cold." The man laughed hoarsely, "Is it because there is no one else around, so I don't need to hide it?"
"… If you're all right, then I'm going to hang up."
"Okay, good night, monitor."
"… "
When he heard the "beep", Yu Rui still hadn't recovered.
He stood there for a few seconds before he could react, and then put down the phone stiffly. The lit screen was displaying the words "Call Ended".
Yu Rui: "?"
Calling and saying nothing, as if to say good night... What kind of sick state is this
"Brother, it's time to eat."
"Well, here we come."
Yu Rui put away the gloom in his eyes and walked to the living room.
After dinner, Yu Rui checked Yu Li's homework and urged her to go to bed.
The girl in her early ten years was just when her mind was sprouting, and she pestered Yu Rui and he chatted excitedly about things at school. Yu Rui has always been the most patient with Yu Li, without the slightest anxiety, until he coaxed the girl to fall asleep, and then he quietly got up and left the room.
Yu Rui returned to his room after cleaning up the tableware in the living room. When he put on rimless glasses and finished half-finishing a brand-new healing paper, the outer door of the house was suddenly slammed.
"Bang!" "Bang!"
The rumbling sound seemed to wake up the entire building, and was vaguely accompanied by the drunken scolding of the man's rough voice—
"Little rabbit, brat... Where are you going to die! Don't hurry up... Open the door for Lao Tzu!"
Under the pale light, there were not too many surprises on the face of the young Qing Jun.
His dark eyes were also indifferent.
He glanced back at the closed door of Yu Li's small bedroom, and without hesitating for too long, he turned to the entrance and opened the door for the drunken outside.
As soon as the metal door was opened, the disgusting smell of alcohol hit the face.
Yu Rui frowned.
Two people stood outside the door. The one on the left, Yu Rui, didn't know, and didn't want to know; the one on the right was still swearing, and was supported by the person beside him like mud.
"You're Yu Rui, right?" The unknown person smiled awkwardly at Yu Rui, "Your dad drank too much again, and finally managed to find the door. You can help him go back."
Yu Rui didn't reach out.
He just stood there calmly, glanced at his drunken father like a stranger, and then raised his eyes coldly.
"Uncle, if he still drinks like this next time, you don't need to send him back. It's okay to throw it on the side of the road."
"… what?"
"My sister is young and sleeps lightly. She has to go to school tomorrow morning, so she can't afford it. If you drag him drunk next time and want to send him back, don't blame me for not opening the door for you."
"Hey, look at you kid..."
The drunk-eyed Yu Lugsheng seemed to be awake, twisting several times, pointing at the indifferent Yu Rui and cursing, "You bunny, bastard—I don't even care about your dad, right!? I gave birth to the two of you who lost money. -Pooh!"
The man next to him raised his hands awkwardly, not knowing what to say. He looked back at the boy standing in the door. He thought he would see the other person's face flushed, but he didn't expect the boy to hear nothing.
The swearing was incessant, Yu Rui only frowned before the man's voice became louder. "Xiao Li is already asleep, don't wake her up."
"Fuck you, even I dare to teach you a lesson! Who gave you the courage!"
The man's face was flushed, and the more he talked, the more excited he became, and suddenly he raised his hand and slapped the boy's face.
A crisp slap in the face.
Yu Rui's face was slapped to the side, the rimless glasses were slightly crooked, hanging on the bridge of his straight nose, and the cold white complexion quickly turned into a dazzling red.
A bitter taste in the throat.
This time, even the person outside the door was stunned, and he quickly went to pull Yulushsheng back to his senses, "Old Yu, are you confused? Why are you beating your own children!"
He didn't dare to let the father and son get along again, and he hurriedly dragged Yu Congsheng into the master bedroom and threw him on the bed, then closed the door and came out.
The man embarrassedly comforted Yu Rui for a few words before leaving.
The door is closed.
Yu Rui silently stood there for a while, raising his hand to fit his glasses.
He didn't look back, turned and walked into his room.
The management papers on the desk are half done. Under the lamp light, the handwriting overlapped with dim yellow shadows.
Yu Rui sat down at the table and picked up the pencil. After completing the two multiple-choice questions, the nib stopped, leaving a light lead mark on the surface of the scroll.
Then the pencil was put on the table.
The teenager at the table slowly leaned back into the back of the wooden chair.
After a while, he laughed softly.
It was probably because the light of the table lamp was too dazzling, and with a smile, Yu Rui raised his hand to cover his closed eyes.
Then it was silent.
The window was open, and the hot late summer wind was blowing into the room.
In the heat, Yu Rui looked at the ceiling and shivered slightly.