This development was unexpected to Shunian. She couldn't believe her eyes, and was nervous and busy, and almost hung up the phone. She calmed down and answered the phone.

The next second, a man's low voice came from the other end.

“Who.”

Shu Nian's breath stopped and her fingers unconsciously clenched the quilt. She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

And the person on the other end was very patient, not urging or hanging up.

After a long time, Shu Nian said in an obscure voice: "Hello, is it Xie Ruhe?"

There was no speech there for a long time, so quiet that I couldn't even hear the sound of breathing.

It was like putting my phone in a very far place and forgot to cut off the sudden call. I didn’t care, and I didn’t know what kind of mood the person on the other side made the call.

It was still raining outside the window, and the sound of pouring rain was rustling, accompanied by the strong wind. It overlapped and overlapped with the sound of rain in memory.

I don't know how long it took.

The man spoke, his voice was low and hoarse, cold and emotional, as if he was suddenly pressed onto his face, and he was so cold that he was numb.

"You recognized the wrong person."

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...

Shunian saw Xie Ruhe for the first time, and it was also in a night rain like now. It was all cool. With every breath, the cold and damp smell was poured in.

It was in the second year of the junior high school, in the small place in Shiyan Town.

It takes about twenty minutes to walk home from school.

Winter is coming soon and it is getting dark very quickly. The lights on the side of the road are not bright, and there are flying ants flapping their wings inside. The sound of rain in my ears is loud, and the puddles accumulated on the ground are shiny, with lights on the back.

After school, Shu Nian didn't want to go home too early, so she finished her homework in the classroom and left the school gate. She held an umbrella and carefully avoided the puddles on the ground, for fear of getting her shoes dirty.

She walked slowly, and it was almost seven o'clock before she could see the water bridge near her home.

After crossing this bridge, I arrived at the residential area where I lived.

Shu Nian was about to walk over when she heard a verb from the other end from afar. She blinked, thought for a while, and then repeated the sound with a sound in her mind for a few seconds.

It is Uncle Li Hong who lives next door to her house.

"You said, can you do things?! If it weren't for Yu Peng's introduction, I would have driven you away long ago!" Li Hong was wearing a raincoat, pinched his waist, and spitted on his face, "You said, now all these goods are wet, how can I explain?"

Hearing this, Shunian stood on tiptoe and looked around.

I saw a tall and thin boy standing in front of Li Hong, who was lowering his head at this time. His loose blue and white school uniform jacket had no zippers, revealing the short-sleeved school uniform inside. His pants looked a little short when worn on him, and the water dripping fell down his trousers.

His face was filled with rain and mist, and he could only see a blurry outline.

Shunian didn't know what was going on, so he walked slowly over there.

The closer you get, the more you can see the situation there.

Behind the two there was a small tricycle with several cartons on it. There was a ceiling on the tricycle, but there was a hole, and raindrops leaked down from it, and the outer skin of the box was wrinkled.

Shunian recognized that the car was Li Hong's. The ceiling was originally broken.

Li Hong was still scolding, and even pushed Xie Ruhe's shoulder with a domineering expression.

"Anyway, today's losses will be compensated with your salary!"

Xie Ruhe was pushed back a step, but he still didn't say a word, his head was low, and from this angle he could only see his naked nose bridge and lips exposed, his jaw stiffened, and his masseter muscles tightened. His whole body was soaked.

In such weather, it seems to condense into ice.

The unpleasant scolding continues.

During this period, Shunian walked to the two of them and distributed half of the umbrella to Xie Ruhe.

She is very small, has a small face, fair and smooth skin, delicate and delicate facial features, and looks like a porcelain doll.

Shunian looked up at Li Hong in front of her, and whispered: "Uncle Li."

Seeing Shunian, Li Hong's expression became even more ugly.

"The little brat is back home quickly."

Shunian immediately corrected: "I'm not a little brat."

Li Hong sneered.

Shunian pointed to the position of the tricycle and said seriously: "I remember that the ceiling of your car was already broken. Isn't this a problem with the tools you provided to him? You can't just not give him wages because of this."

Li Hong was very upset when she exposed her thoughts and argued: "I handed over the goods to him. Of course I was looking for him when there was a problem with the goods. Could it be that I would have suffered this loss by myself?"

Shu Nian was stunned for a moment, and he didn't go around, and wanted to continue to reason with him.

"But this car-"

"Okay, stop talking, I'm so annoying." Li Hong took his ears and raised his foot to sit on the tricycle. "What's the point here to preach me? I'm really crazy about my brain."

Shunian pursed her lips and said, "Don't scold people."

"What's wrong with scolding you? If there is a problem with the goods, I will find someone to deliver the goods. This is the reason for me. What nonsense are you talking to me?" Li Hong turned his head and shouted loudly, "It's so fucking unlucky!"

After saying that, he didn't wait for Shunian to speak, stepped on the pedal and left quickly.

The only two of them were left on the water bridge, quiet and speechless.

Shu Nian scratched her head, but there was no solution. She had to turn her head and look at Xie Ruhe next to her and ask, "Do you live here?"

He didn't say anything or look at her, and turned his head and walked in the opposite direction of the residential area.

Shu Nian was stunned and hurriedly followed.

His steps were bigger than her, and Shunian had to trot to keep up with him.

The shoes were splashing water on the puddle, and the shoes were stained. All the careful results along the way turned into nothing. Shu Nian was anxious and couldn't help but grab the corner of his clothes, a little angry: "Hey!"

Hearing the sound, Xie Ruhe paused and stopped.

This action immediately dissipated Shunian's faint anger.

Thinking of her impolite roar just now, Shunian frowned in annoyance. She pointed to the handle of the umbrella and asked in a low voice: "Can you help me get this?"

Shu Nian raised her eyes and happened to run into his sight.

His bangs are a little long and half-covered. Therefore, his eyes are not very real.

But it seemed to be confused by her behavior.

However, this time Xie Ruhe responded to her words. After a moment of silence, he obediently took the umbrella from her hand.

Shunian thanked him softly, and secretly observed him while unzipping the zipper of her schoolbag.

The boy's hair was wet, and the water droplets fell down the end of his hair, and his face was very pale. His eyelashes were dense and long, like two small fans. His eyes were like varnish, and his nose was straight and his lips were pursed from the bottom.

Shunian doesn’t have much richer vocabulary, so I can’t imagine how to describe him.

A word that surges in my mind is "beautiful".

Although gloomy, he is an extremely beautiful boy.

She actually had nothing to do, she just wanted to give him the umbrella.

Shu Nian thought for a while, took out a mango candy from her schoolbag, and put it in front of him like comfort.

"Please eat candy."

Xie Ruhe didn't answer.

Shunian looked at him with her round eyes, and after a stalemate with him for a while, she tightened her strength with the candy. She sighed like a little adult and put the candy in his pocket.

"It's raining...well, don't get wet on rainy days. My home is here, I ran back very quickly."

He still ignored her.

Shunian didn't have a temper, so she added: "Take the umbrella back and go home early."

After saying that, she stopped waiting for him to respond and lowered her head and carried her schoolbag in front of her.

Just as he was about to run forward in one go, Xie Ruhe suddenly raised the umbrella in front of her. The umbrella covered her all, and his body was exposed to heavy rain again.

Shu Nian paused and turned to look at him.

The heavy rain drenched his whole body, and the hair on his forehead was glued into bunches, with short sleeves pressing against his body, outlining his slightly thin figure and feeling embarrassed.

Shunian didn't answer, and her eyes were stained with a layer of water vapor on this rainy day, like two black beads soaked in water.

"Aren't you cold? Why don't you hold an umbrella?"

Xie Ruhe lowered her eyes and avoided her gaze.

Shunian didn't know what to say, but after so much time on this matter, there was no reason to interrupt it. She lowered her eyebrows and said softly: "Goodbye."

She just took a step forward.

The people next to him also took a step forward.

Shunian looked at him with a little wonder: "Or, your home lives here too?"
To be continued...