Su Li didn't have the money to take a bus home, so she felt anxious and uneasy when she saw that there were fewer and fewer pedestrians around her and the sky was getting dark.

After she stood under the stop sign for about half an hour, bus No. 7 stopped in front of her, and her father got off the bus.

For the first time, she felt that her father's gloomy face looked so kind.

After following my father back home successfully, my father sat on the sofa in the living room and said seriously, "The teacher called me on your mobile phone. She said you skipped class."

Su Li stood there silently, neither admitting nor denying that she skipped class.

"Why?" Dad asked, with a look of disbelief on his face, "How did you become like this?"

"Didn't the teacher tell you why I skipped class?" Su Li asked, her tone without any emotion.

"No." Dad shook his head, and the gloom on his face was replaced by doubt, "The teacher scolded you? That shouldn't be done."

"No, it's because I got up too late in the morning and didn't have time to eat. My stomach always growled during class. The teacher kicked me out because he thought I was noisy." Su Li spoke very calmly, as if she was talking about someone else's business.

, "I don't like that teacher."

Dad's expression softened a little, "Of course it's wrong for the teacher to do this, but it's even more wrong for you to skip class."

Su Li didn't want to say anything more, anyway, adults are always right.

"Go and reflect on it. I don't want it to happen again."

"Yeah." She went straight to the second floor, feeling extremely depressed.

The next day, Su Li didn't go to school and just skipped class.

She didn't know if she had reached a rebellious age or something, but she just wanted to do this, regardless of the consequences.

That day she was lying in bed reading Sanmao's "The Story of the Sahara". The love between Sanmao and Jose made her so envious that she didn't put down the book until three o'clock in the afternoon to rest.

Little Steamed Bun was running around the room playing with paper balls and having a great time. Wind blew in from the window and messed up the curtains.

Su Li suddenly remembered what she said to her old lady last night, "I'm going to buy food and I'll be back soon."

She wondered if the old woman would sit in front of the door and wait for her. If so, she would really have committed a sin.

The more she thought about it, the more guilty she felt. She stood up and pulled out a small wooden box from under the desk. It was full of money, with red 100 yuan stacked one on top of another. Her father would give her 300 yuan every month, and many times she would

I didn’t need that kind of money at all, and I actually saved a lot as I kept saving.

She took out a brand new one hundred yuan note from it and walked out towards the vegetable market.

I stopped in front of a supermarket and bought various flower seeds, including hyacinth, cornflower, rose, rose...

When passing by a steamed bun shop, Su Li glanced over subconsciously. A woman was giving change to a customer, and a little boy was playing with dough nearby. When he saw Su Li, he bared his teeth and made a face at her.

After the woman found the money, she shouted upstairs, "Ling An, come and see the water on the pot."

Ling An Su Li was stunned for a moment when she heard the name. The name on the grid book in the small schoolbag jumped out of her memory. She stepped forward and said, "Auntie, give me two buns."

The woman smiled enthusiastically and quickly loaded two fat white buns for her.

"Auntie, is your family name Gu?" she summoned the courage to ask.

The woman was stunned for a moment, as if this was the first time she was asked such a question, and she was a little confused.

Su Li felt that her question was really abrupt, so she took the bun and ran away immediately.

In fact, so what if his surname is Gu! It may not be him, there are too many people with the same name and surname in China!

She quickly went to the old woman's house. The old woman was sitting at the door blowing the air. She saw a confused look on her face and asked, "Who are you?"

Su Li thought she would be happy when she saw her blossom, but she didn't expect that she would ask such a question. It seemed that the old man's mental state was not stable. She handed over the flower seeds in her hand and said, "The flower seeds your grandson bought, I

Help deliver it."

The old lady immediately burst into laughter after hearing this, "Chen'er is so considerate." She said, taking the seeds, looking at Su Li, and asked with expectation, "Are you Chen'er's friend?"

Su Li looked at her expectant expression and nodded hesitantly.

The old woman immediately burst into laughter and said, "Chen'er, this kid is quiet. He has very few friends. Come in quickly and sit down for a while."

Su Li wanted to say, "No, I'm going back." But she couldn't bear the old man's enthusiasm and was dragged into the house.

The old man pulled her to sit down, brought a plate of mung bean cakes, picked one up and put it into her hand, "What's your name? Are you Chen'er's classmate?"

Su Li responded obediently, "My name is Su Li. I am not in the same class as him, but we are from the same school."

"Oh." The old woman still smiled happily, "Besides you, has Chen'er made any new friends in school?"

Su Li shook her head, intending to say she didn't know, but the old woman took her shaking head as a sign of no, and sighed, "He has been like that since he was a child. He doesn't like to make friends or talk to people. He is withdrawn. Although his grades are not bad, the teacher

Said he was very unpopular." His tone was half sigh and half helpless.

Just as Su Li was about to say something, a tall boy suddenly stood at the door. He was very thin, wearing a navy blue T-shirt, holding a drawing board, and the hem of the T-shirt was dyed with some paint.

The old woman stood up immediately when she saw him, "Chen'er, why are you here so late today!"

The boy walked in, glanced at Su Li, and asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"

The old woman answered for her, "Your friend brought you flower seeds."

"Flower seeds?" The boy's brows knitted into a knot, and he looked at Su Li with a puzzled expression.

Su Li felt that this boy didn't seem to welcome her, so she didn't want to stay any longer. She stood up and said to the old woman, "I'm going back first." After that, she hurried out the door.

The old woman shouted to her from behind, "Come and sit here often when you have nothing to do." Then she said to the boy, "Chen'er, see your friend off."

The boy walked out obediently and followed Su Li. Su Li heard his footsteps, which were gentle and rhythmic.

She wanted to turn around and say there was no need to send her off, but she was afraid that the other party would reply, "I didn't see you off, I was just about to go out." That would be too embarrassing, so she simply kept silent and just walked forward.

The two of them walked one behind the other, with three steps in between.

The alley was very quiet, and the wind blew in from the entrance of the alley. It first blew over Su Li's face, then went around to the boy and lifted his short hair.

After a long time, the boy finally spoke, "You asked me yesterday that your mother left you and left. So, is your mother like this too?"

Su Li didn't expect that he would ask this question. She was stunned for a moment and looked back at him. The other person stopped and stood there, his face just hidden in the shadow of a pillar, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

"Yeah." She just hummed without saying anything more.

"What's the reason?" The other party asked in a probing manner.

Su Li didn't have to answer, but she hesitated and answered, "Maybe you're not used to my dad's lifestyle."

"Oh." The boy looked down at the bluestone floor. He was silent for a long time and then raised his head and said, "Like my mother, she and my father have different views and always quarrel."

Su Li was slightly surprised, "I always thought that only my family was like that."

"I've always thought so." After the boy said this, he walked out of the shadow of the pillar. Su Li looked at him, and both of them smiled kindly.

In this way, two hearts with the same scars came together in an instant.

"My grandma is not in good spirits. Don't take some of her words seriously." He said, "Let's go, I'll take you out."

Along the way, we talked a lot. Su Li found out that his name was Xu Chen. He studied in Class 1, Grade 3, and liked painting, reading, and music. He didn't like talking or laughing. The last one was very similar to her.
Chapter completed!