This came as a surprise.

Sang Zhi stopped what she said. She raised her eyes and looked at the clock hanging on the wall. It was just past four-thirty. There was still an hour before five-thirty.

There was an uncontrollable little expectation fermenting in her heart, mixed with a bit of inexplicable nervousness. But soon, when she thought of what she had just agreed to Yin Zhenru, her heart felt like there was a hole in it, and all her emotions were leaked out one by one.

Lose.

Sang Zhi was a little unable to speak, but felt that it was not good to go back on her word, so she glanced in Yin Zhenru's direction, looking extremely hesitant.

Not waiting for her response, Sang Yan asked again: "Did you hear that?"

Sang Zhi groaned slowly, as if she didn't hear clearly.

Sang Yan reluctantly repeated it patiently: "I said Duan Jiaxu will pick you up later, around 5:30. He should call you then. You should do your homework in class for a while."

Sang Zhi: "Five-thirty?"

Sang Yan: "Yeah. Also, be honest with me today and don't cause trouble for others."

"..." Sang Zhi was about to retort.

Sang Yan said again, "Okay, I'm busy," and then hung up the phone without any hesitation.

Listening to the mechanical beeping sound coming from the receiver, Sang Zhi put down the phone and looked at the screen wordlessly. She put down the phone and began to pack her schoolbag with resignation, then limped to the door after putting it on her back.

.

Yin Zhenru came over and held her arm.

Walked a while.

Thinking of what happened before, Sang Zhi asked suspiciously: "You won't take me to find Fu Zhengchu again, will you?"

"Ah?" Yin Zhenru was stunned and waved his hand quickly, "No, I haven't played with him for a long time. He seems to be a different person recently, studying all day long."

"No, that's fine." Yin Zhenru didn't lie to her, and Sang Zhi didn't doubt it either. He just added, "Then I'll go with you to have something to eat. But at half past five, I have to come back to find my brother."

The neighborhood Yin Zhenru mentioned was in the backstreet of the school, in an alley leading out of Nanwu University. There were many small stalls and shops inside, and the two of them had been there several times before.

It takes about an hour to do this again and again.

Yin Zhenru was silent for a few seconds and nodded: "Okay."

The two went downstairs.

Sang Zhi walked a little slowly because of her legs and feet. She stepped on the step with one foot and stepped on it with the other before continuing down the next step. She didn't let Yin Zhenru support her and moved slowly while holding on to the handrail.

Yin Zhenru used to talk a lot, but for some reason, she said very little today.

Sang Zhi took the initiative to raise a topic: "Why did you suddenly come to see me today?"

"Huh?" Yin Zhenru seemed to be thinking about something, and her reaction was a little slow, "Have I not seen you for a long time? Well, because I was divided into different classes, and then I met a few new friends, so I didn't have time to see you. I'll see you another day.

Let me introduce you to each other."

She has always been very popular, so Sang Zhi didn't pay much attention: "It's okay, I'll just ask."

Yin Zhenru: "I miss you a little, so I came to play with you."

Sang Zhi nodded, the corners of her lips curved up, and there was a dimple on her lips. Although she couldn't say anything disgusting, she was very happy to hear her friend say this.

When they got out of the school, they turned left and walked straight, then turned left.

They chatted at various times along the way, mostly talking about recent things in class. Seeing that Yin Zhenru was always absent-minded, Sang Zhi also felt a little boring when he said it, and couldn't help but ask: "I think you seem a little a little bit today.

strangeness."

Yin Zhenru immediately raised his head: "What's wrong?"

Sang Zhi: "Are you unhappy?"

Yin Zhenru: "No, no."

"Then I feel like you talk too little."

"Really?" Yin Zhenru rubbed her nose, "Maybe she's a little sleepy."

"Did you stay up late yesterday?"

"……Um."

The two walked to the back street. Sang Zhi looked at the nearby shops and asked casually: "What do you want to eat? Shall we order wontons?"

Yin Zhenru didn't respond and asked: "Sang Zhi, did you bring any money today?"

Hearing this, Sang Zhi lowered his head and took out a banknote from his pocket: "I brought twenty, that's enough."

Yin Zhenru suddenly lowered his head, his tone seemed to be a little ashamed and guilty, and pointed to another alley: "I don't want to eat wontons, let's go over there."

Sang Zhi looked along. The alley was a little dark, and there was little traffic at that end. There were a few teenagers smoking at the entrance of the alley. Seeing this, she stopped in her tracks and asked in confusion: "What are you doing there?

I’ve never been there, and it doesn’t look like there’s anything to eat there.”

"That's it-" Yin Zhenru's expression became a little anxious, "I don't want to eat anymore, I want to go to the Internet cafe."

Sang Zhi was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting to hear these two words: "Internet cafe?"

Yin Zhenru responded with some embarrassment: "Yes."

Sang Zhi reminded her: "Yin Zhenru, underage people cannot enter the Internet cafe. You need an ID card."

Yin Zhenru: "That one can enter."

"Isn't that a black Internet cafe?"

"……right."

"No." Sang Zhi frowned and rejected what she said, "Why are you going to the Internet cafe?"

"I want to play games..." Yin Zhenru said with a grimace, "My grades have gotten worse recently and my parents don't let me touch the computer."

"Then you can't go to black Internet cafes."

Yin Zhenru held her hand: "Just go with me, I don't dare to go in alone."

"No, my parents don't let me go to those places." Although Sang Zhi was a little willful, he still listened to what was said and did not give in at all. "You can come to my house to play if you want."

Yin Zhenru shook his head: "That game takes a long time to download."

Sang Zhi: "Then I will go back and download it for you today, and you can come to my house to play tomorrow. Then you study hard and improve your grades, and your parents will let you play."

"Anyway, we're all here." Yin Zhenru's eyes were wandering, "You just go with me once today. I'll just go this one time, and I won't go again in the future, okay?"

Sang Zhi stared at her without saying a word.

The two were in a stalemate for a long time.

After talking for a long time, she didn't agree. Yin Zhenru got angry and walked towards the alley. She raised her voice and said, "Forget it, I'll go by myself. You can go home."

The teenagers standing at the alley just glanced at her and did nothing else.

Sang Zhi was a little uneasy, but was afraid that something would happen to her. She pinched the strap of her schoolbag and followed her bravely: "Yin Zhenru, can you please not go?"

The light in the alley is dark, there are no lights, the road is slightly narrow, and there are garbage piled aside, making it look dirty and messy.

Sang Zhi walked not as fast as Yin Zhenru. After shouting several times, Yin Zhenru stopped and looked back at her. She looked around and didn't want to stay here at all: "Stop making trouble, let's go back."

Before Yin Zhenru could say anything, Sang Zhi saw several people walking out of a nearby house.

They were three girls, wearing uniforms from a vocational high school.

The leading girl stared at her burgundy hair, with heavy makeup on her face, and her original appearance could not be seen. Her school uniform was also covered with various weird patterns, and she was holding a cigarette in her hand and blowing out smoke rings.

He said to Yin Zhenru: "Why so late? I've been waiting for you for a long time, little sister."

Yin Zhenru slowly turned his head and said timidly: "Old, the teacher will have you in class today..."

Red-haired girl: "Is that so? I thought you ran away, and I planned to go to your school to play with you tomorrow."

"..."

"Did you ask your parents for money?"

"Sister, I really have no money. My parents won't give it to me...but, but, my friend brought money..." At this point, Yin Zhenru looked back at Sang Zhi and begged, "Sang Zhi, you are not

Did you bring any money?”

Sang Zhi realized something instantly and looked at Yin Zhenru, his eyes were dark and showed no emotion.

Yin Zhenru didn't dare to look at her and immediately looked away.

Hearing Yin Zhenru's words, the red-haired girl noticed Sang Zhi standing behind Yin Zhenru, and walked over calmly: "How much did you bring?"

Sang Zhi pursed her lips and took out the twenty card from her pocket.

The red-haired girl took it: "That's it?"

Sang Zhi nodded.

The red-haired girl clicked her tongue twice: "Little sister, are you so poor?"

The two girls standing behind her laughed suddenly: "It seems that he is still lame."

"Little cripple." She changed her tune instantly, patted Sang Zhi's face with the hand holding the cigarette, and said with a smile, "You don't have money, your parents should have some, right? Lend some to your sister for flowers?"
To be continued...