The air after the rain smells like a camphor leaf covered in mud.

When I was happy, I was stepped on by an orange cat that jumped on the bed. I opened my eyes in a daze and realized that I had overslept.

It was obvious that he could only be late a few times a year, but it was really unlucky that something happened on the first day of school. When he heard Aunt Rong calling him downstairs, he quickly responded a few times when he was happy, but the cat stepped on his stomach again and jumped lightly under the bed.

, he also quickly washed up and changed clothes, grabbed his schoolbag and ran out.

"The alarm clock didn't go off?" Lin Rong calmly poured out the milk cup, "Hurry up and have breakfast. Yesterday's stewed beef juice was mixed with rice noodles. It's quite delicious."

Le Zhishi had already rushed to the entrance in a hurry, and there was no time for breakfast.

"I forgot to set a new alarm clock because I didn't study early before the opening ceremony. Aunt Rong, where is brother Song Yu?"

The family's little Pomeranian pitter pattered behind his butt, and sat obediently on the ground to watch him change his shoes.

"Your brother has left early. Isn't today the opening ceremony? It seems that he is on duty today. Do high school seniors still have to be on duty?" Lin Rong put the cup away, wiped the water on her hands and turned around, "You guys

The opening ceremony of the junior high school should be held together with the high school..."

When he turned around, Le Zhishi opened the door, and Hiromi frantically scratched his legs to prevent him from leaving.

Lin Rong called out to him anxiously: "Lele! You can't skip breakfast!"

Le Zhishi knelt down and rubbed the dog's head, kissed it again, and left in a hurry, "I'm going to buy rice cakes, bye Aunt Rong~"

"Don't eat randomly!"

After leaving the house, Le Zhishi rode his bike straight to the breakfast stall outside the community. His mother-in-law, who had been selling rice cakes before, did not come out of the stall today. Le Zhishi had heard her say that her back was hurting before, and she thought she would have to rest for a few days. Next time

Be sure to buy more if you see it. The noodle soup shop next door is fragrant, and you can smell the aroma of stewed beef offal from afar.

"Lele, is it too early? Come and eat noodles." The owner of the beef noodle shop pulled out a colander filled with rice noodles from the big soup pot. The hot soup under the spoon was like white silk, rising and falling.

"I'm going to be late, Uncle Chen, let's eat tomorrow!" Le Zhishi stopped the car and ran quickly into the convenience store. He didn't have time to make a choice, so he just took a bag of rice and bread, paid for it, and left. This is what Le Zhishi could buy at the convenience store.

There are a few snacks that you can eat by yourself.

It rained all night last night. The rain in this city was never gentle. It was always accompanied by lightning and thunder, which kept him from sleeping all night. I remember that the first night after arriving at Song Yu's house, it was also raining like this, and the lightning tore through the rain.

The night sky cracked. As soon as the thunder rang out, he was so frightened that he cried and ran straight to Song Yu's room and climbed onto his bed.

From that moment on, he instinctively began to rely on this brother who was not related to him by blood.

Le Zhishi's father Le Yi and Song Yu's father Song Jin were close friends who grew up together.

The old man of the Le family passed away young. Before moving to the UK, Le Yi was almost a non-staff member of the Song family. They ate and lived together. Le Yi liked extreme sports. One time when he was rock climbing, he met the British girl Olivia, and the two fell in love.

It was a lovely happy hour. But the happy time was too short. Eleven years ago, the couple was skiing in the Alps and accidentally encountered an avalanche, killing both of them.

Overnight, Le Zhishi lost his parents. Even Song Jin, who flew to England to bring him back, didn't know how to explain all this to a three-year-old child.

At that time, Le Zhi grabbed Song Jin's sleeve and could only call him "uncle" sweetly. He did not understand what death was and what foster care was. He was brought back to the Song family and took root in Jiangcheng from then on.

The red light at the intersection forced Le Zhishi to stop his bicycle. He woke up too hard in the morning, and he was still a little dizzy. His eyes were fixed on the light spots on the red light, and his thoughts were jumping and scattered. Last night's story

The dream left only a broken silhouette in my mind, as if I had turned into a small ball and was following Song Yu's butt. He couldn't even speak Chinese well and could only pester people.

When Lin Rong teased Le Zhi with a jealous tone, she said that the first Chinese word he learned was his brother.

However, Song Yu was taciturn and was neither cold nor warm to anyone. Fortunately, although he didn't pay much attention to Le Zhi, he would not drive him away and let him pester him. He just waited until they were older and started to go to elementary school.

Le Zhishi's mixed-race appearance is even more eye-catching.

Song Yu was already a provocateur, and he followed a doll-like troll. He had to deal with gossipy inquiries about his family affairs almost every day. As time went by, Song Yu really lost his patience, and he just happened to move to a new home, leaving his previous school district and elementary school classmates.

After he entered junior high school, he made three major agreements:

You are not allowed to call me brother outside.

We are not allowed to go to school or go home together.

Don't let others know that you live in my house.

At first, Le Zhi couldn't accept it at all. It was a big blow to him that Song Yu was separated from him when he was promoted to junior high school, not to mention that he couldn't call him brother. But he has always been a child who only followed Song Yu's lead, and he was the first to obey the rules. After all, compared to

It is still acceptable to be ignored and stay away from others.

In Le Zhishi's mind, Song Yu was like a benchmark that always stood in front of him. He had been chasing after him since he was a toddler. When Song Yu was six years old, he was three years old, and he stumbled out with his brother to see the moving house.

Ant; Song Yu was ten years old and he was seven. He went to elementary school with his brother for the first time. He was so happy that he sang on the bus but his mouth was covered. Song Yu was fifteen years old and he was twelve. He held up a small battery under the bright sun.

Fan, the old man who sold ice cream gave him a bench so that he could sit and wait for his brother to leave the examination room. He still remembered that he ate three popsicles that day, but Song Yu didn't notice, and gave up taking the school bus for him, so they took a taxi.

Ate crayfish.

The crayfish that day was particularly big. He ate 23 of them, 15 of which were peeled by Song Yu because he was criticized for being too slow. He remembers his retort: ​​"Although I can't peel shrimps, I am good at hiding them."

Right, none of your classmates saw me."

Song Yu disagreed, "But I saw it at a glance, so you didn't hide it well at all."

Le Zhishi always insisted that he was good at hiding things, including his relationship with Song Yu. Later, he had to admit that Song Yu was right.

"The light is green, let's go."

The sound on the road interrupted his thoughts, he glanced at the time, Le Zhi stepped on the pedal to speed up, his thin body arched, and pedaled hard. The wind in early September was still warm, blowing the whole body, blowing away the summer school uniform shirt.

When it bulged up, Le Zhishi's slightly curly brown hair glowed a little golden in the sun, making it fluffy and soft.

He rode all the way to school, and as soon as he parked his bicycle, he saw the large troops checking at the gate, and he felt vaguely that he had forgotten something.

"Lele!" Lele was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and Lele turned around in shock when he realized that it was his close friend and deskmate Jiang Yufan.

Le Zhishi’s last name is special. Many people will pronounce it as happy Le instead of music Le at first glance. The frequency of mistakes made him have a nickname - Lele. Not only his family members, but also those around him who have good relationships.

My classmates and friends also call me that.

After succeeding, Jiang Yufan looked proud and touched his crew cut which his mother had just forced him to push clean, "Why did you come to school today on your own terms?"

"Have slept." Le Zhishi pulled Jiang Yufan towards the school gate, "There are many people at the gate."

Jiang Yufan was there, "The more you don't go to self-study in the morning, the more people will be late." Seeing the students on duty wearing armbands from a distance, he checked the school uniforms and glanced at Le Zhishi.

"Hey, wait a minute," Jiang Yufan grabbed him, "Le, where's your nameplate?"

Le Zhishi, who was walking fast, suddenly woke up and touched his chest. Sure enough, it was empty.

"Oops. Every time Aunt Rong does laundry, she takes off the nameplate. I was so anxious to leave today that I forgot about it."

"What should we do?" Jiang Yufan stepped forward and looked at the door, "Holy shit, Compass is here too."

Compass is the nickname of the dean of their junior high school. Because he is tall, thin and meticulous, everyone calls him that.

Le Zhi was even more anxious. Compass was famous for being serious. Even when girls changed their school uniforms and skirts, they had to write it down and report it. Today coincided with the opening ceremony again, and he might be on the notification list soon.

He pulled on the strap of his schoolbag in an attempt to block it, "Jiang Yufan, help me cover it."

"Okay, maybe I can fool him."

Jiang Yufan blocked half of his body, and the two of them moved quickly to the school gate like conjoined twins, trying to sneak through a group of students undergoing inspection.

Yuangui's voice was very sharp, "Turn the collar of your school uniform inside out, classmate. There will be a video of the opening ceremony later and it will be uploaded to the school's official website. Your image is our Peiya image, do you understand?"

When he was happy, he held his schoolbag strap tightly in his hands and moved forward with his head buried close to Jiang Yufan.

"What's wrong with your pants?"

"Teacher, my school uniform pants are not dry yet, I'm wearing a similar pair..."

"Are two pairs of school pants not enough for you to change into?"

When he was happy, he lowered his head and prepared an apology.

"stop."

He was frightened like a rabbit that had been bitten in the hole. He stopped for a moment, but still did not dare to raise his head.

Not me, definitely not me.

"That's you."

Compass walked closer, and next to him stood the student on duty who was following him for inspection, "The girl with short hair, where is your nameplate? Which class are you in?"

Le Zhi just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Yuan Quan say again, "I have told you countless times that you must wear a student nameplate when you go to school. Is it difficult to do it? Who else doesn't wear it?"

And me.

Le Zhishi's whole body was stiff, as if a strange big hand suddenly appeared and snatched him out of the crowd, lifted him to the compass, and pointed out that he didn't have the piece of fabric with the nameplate on his chest.

At the most tense moment, his arm was actually grabbed. His heart suddenly jumped, and Le Zhishi subconsciously apologized: "I'm sorry..."

But the next second, the hand went down along the line of the arm, grabbed his hand, and spread his fingers in the tight group of students. A metal piece with warm body temperature was inserted.

It sounds mysterious, but I could tell who it was just by playing music. When I raised my head, I saw a cold yet familiar face.

The other person was wearing a high school uniform, with a red armband on his arm, and his brows were slightly furrowed under the direct sunlight.

It was none other than his "brother" who lived under the same roof with him.

Le Zhishi's eyes widened slightly, and his light-colored pupils were as transparent as amber beads in the sunlight. When he saw Song Yu, his whole body was electrified. He subconsciously wanted to speak, but in the next second he reflexively moved the squid to his mouth.

"Brother" swallowed it back alive.

When their eyes met, Song Yu let go of his hand and looked away with indifference, as if the relationship between them was really just the senior student on duty and the junior student who violated the rules. He glanced at his watch and took out a pen from his pocket to write down the late list.

The attention of the people around was still on Compass and the girl being trained, and no one noticed this secret handover. Le Zhi looked down at the nameplate in his hand, which was engraved with the eight words "Le Zhi Shi of Peiya Junior High School". Rush.

Before the compass was discovered, Le Zhishi quickly pinned the nameplate to the front of his shirt.

As soon as he put down his hand, he saw a pair of shrewd eyes scanning him. Le Zhishi raised his face and smiled at Yuan Guan. He was born with an innocent look and a pair of extremely innocent dog eyes. Although the bonus of appearance is not universal, this one

It’s really hard to criticize someone with a pretty face.

"I was almost late." Even so, Compass still let him go, "Let's go in."

"Yes." Le Zhishi nodded obediently, "Thank you, director."

The bell tower of the school just rang the bell. He couldn't help but turn around. Song Yu in the crowd was as tall as a metasequoia, just like the kind of person who shines when he appears in comics.

There was not much time, and the whole class had to gather in the classroom before the opening ceremony. Le Zhishi didn’t want to be late and ran to the classroom as hard as he could, but Jiang Yufan felt something strange, “No, Le Zhishi, stop! I saw it all!”

"We're going to be late, we're going to be late." Le Zhishi ran forward, his heart beating very fast.
Chapter completed!