April 30th, Tuesday.

Labor Day is approaching, and students returning home from vacation are crowded at the school gate waiting for traffic lights. Some are also flowing along both sides of the school gate, causing the streets to be dyed blue and white.

Zhou Li walked slowly along the shade of trees on the sidewalk, with mottled light and shadow along the way. He was not in a hurry at all.

After walking a distance, he took off his school uniform, carried it in his hand, and involuntarily looked up at the sky.

Clear and clear, without a single cloud.

Zhou Li lowered his head.

This summer will come later.

It's starting to heat up.

At a crossroads, Zhou Li turned his head to observe the traffic on both sides. There were also some students standing beside him, discussing where to stay up all night and some game related content. The air was filled with a sweet and elegant fragrance. Zhou Li turned around and found that the roadside trees had already bloomed, with clusters of white flowers and a faint smell.

It's locust flowers

The Chinese locust tree is often used as a roadside tree in northern cities, but not many in the south. In the city where Zhou Li is located, only a few streets near schools are planted with Chinese locust trees, while the rest are mostly small leaved banyan trees and ginkgo trees.

It seems that its flowers will bloom later this year.

As soon as I reached the middle of the intersection, a blurry melody drifted in and reached Zhou Li's ears. The tune was quite pleasant, simple and distant.

Unfortunately, there are no lyrics, just humming.

Zhou Li's footsteps did not stop, and at the same time, he instinctively lifted his head and looked in the direction of the song.

I saw a slender figure sitting on a branch of a locust tree, legs hanging in mid air and swaying freely. He was not wearing shoes and seemed to have a patch of locust flowers on his mouth. He hummed a song in a nasal voice while turning his head to look around, as if bored.

He is an extremely handsome young man.

Zhou Li's gaze slightly lowered. When he caught a glimpse of the young man's red and dusty feet, he immediately frowned. As he moved up, the young man also had nothing to do and turned his head in his direction.

Instantly, eyes met!

Zhou Li naturally withdrew his gaze and looked ahead, pretending not to see anything and continuing to walk back.

But the locust tree and the boy are right ahead.

Zhou Li tried to maintain his composure, breathe steadily, and even glanced at the roasted sweet potato stall across the street, but Yu Guang told him that the boy was staring at him.

I kept staring, my gaze following him.

Zhou Li is not panicking for the time being. The weather has been very warm lately, and it is not outrageous for someone to run out without shoes and climb up trees to pick locust flowers. The locust flowers themselves can be eaten and have certain medicinal value. Every year, some people come to pick them.

But then, a sentence sounded in my ear——

Can you see me

The young man took off the locust flower from his mouth and raised an eyebrow at him, with a tone of surprise in his voice.

Zhou Li ignored it.

Wow!

The young man jumped directly from the tree, barefoot, but fell to the ground silently. The road was crowded with pedestrians, and no one cast a glance at him.

After landing, the boy immediately followed Zhou Li, as if discovering a rare prey.

Can you see me

You must be able to see me

You just looked at me! "The boy walked barefoot, following Zhou Li.

Don't pretend, I've already seen through you

Hey! You still want to pretend

The boy kept walking slightly ahead of Zhou Li, which made it easier for him to turn his head and look at Zhou Li's appearance. However, Zhou Li remained calm and composed, occasionally glancing at the cars in the lane, occasionally glancing at the locust trees with white flowers on the roadside, and even occasionally glancing in his direction, as if his gaze could see through him the storefronts on both sides.

Why are you ignoring me

Why

Hmm

The boy's questioning intervals became longer until he closed his mouth and stared blankly at Zhou Li.

Ke Zhouli's face remained unchanged.

Gradually, the boy's pace slowed down, falling behind Zhou Li, his eyes filled with disappointment, and his voice grew quieter, mixed with loneliness——

Why

Zhou Li almost couldn't hold back.

Ten minutes later, he returned home smoothly until he turned around and closed the door. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, put his school uniform jacket on the shoe cabinet, and started changing into slippers.

There were bursts of fragrance coming from the kitchen, accompanied by a gentle female voice: 'Are you back?'

I'm back

Where is Xiaoshuang

I don't know, it's still ahead

I thought you guys would come back together. It seems like we've run out of vinegar... "She poked her head out of the kitchen and caught a glimpse of Zhou Li getting up and relaxing after changing her slippers. She swallowed the rest of her words and said," When Xiaoshuang comes back, let him go to the supermarket across the street and buy a bottle before he even changes his slippers

I'll go

No need, you can rest well

It's okay

Thank you for your hard work. Take the money yourself and remember to buy the water well in Ninghua Prefecture

Oh

So Zhou Li put on his shoes again and went out.

This is an old residential area, adjacent to Yancheng Middle School. Turning left 200 meters outside is the intersection where Zhou Li met the young man. However, he made a detour on his way back, and now he has to go out again, which makes him a little worried.

There is still one month left before the college entrance examination, and this time period is very important. He doesn't want to cause trouble.

The supermarket is right across from the entrance of the residential area. Zhou Li walked over calmly and came back with vinegar in his arms.

No worries.

After dinner, Zhou Li sat on the sofa with Lao Zhou and watched the news for a while, then went back to his room to read for a while. During this time, he always thought back to the boy he met in the afternoon, so absent-minded that it was actually time to go to bed.

Heh~~

Stretching lazily and yawning, Zhou Li returned to bed after washing up and was lost in thought for a while before turning off the light.

The room suddenly darkened.

The lights of the city are still bright. Zhou Li turned around and lay on his side, looking out the window at the silhouette of the orange horizon and hillside, the small squares of buildings with lights on, the empty road in the distance with streetlights, and even the sound of a train whistle. His drowsiness gradually began to rise, and his eyelids began to fight.

I don't know if he's asleep or not, but suddenly the window in his room seems to have been pushed open by someone——

Wow~~Bang

Immediately dispelled Zhou Li's drowsiness!

He opened his eyes and a silhouette of a human figure appeared on the square window frame!

This is the 25th floor!

Zhou Li felt anxious in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to be very puzzled and looked at the window. Then he thought it should be the noise from the next door, so he turned over and lay flat, ready to continue sleeping.

I've figured it out, you must be afraid of me! "The boy's voice rang out again during the day.

You must be afraid of me

Do you think I'll harm you? I'll eat people

But actually, I won't harm you, and I don't eat people either. I've never eaten anyone before

「……」

The boy turned his head to observe Zhou Li's reaction, but there was no movement on the bed, which inevitably disappointed him: "You still don't want to talk to me... I'm telling the truth, I know you can hear, you can see. I saw it during the day today, and my shadow is reflected in your eyes

Zhou Li lay in bed quietly listening.

He believed at least 80% of what the teenagers said, because he had never seen them eat people since he was young, not even once.

But that doesn't mean there won't be any trouble contacting them.

At this moment, the boy slightly increased his voice and said, "Speak up, tell me why. I finally met someone who can see me. If you really don't want to see me, just say it and I'll leave

The room was quiet for a while.

Slightly, a sigh sounded.

Never mind

You're still afraid of me

Perhaps... this is also appropriate

Anyway, I really didn't intend to hurt you. I just haven't seen anyone who can see me and talk to me for too long... "The voice carried an inexplicable melancholy," I just want to talk to you more

I'm leaving

The room was completely quiet, and Zhou Li had already opened his eyes.

He didn't turn his head to look, the clean light spot hitting the ceiling proved that the boy had indeed left.

Zhou Li kept his eyes open and hadn't slept for a long time.