The school building is bright and the grass is green.

Lin Chaoxi, wearing the Red Star Primary School uniform, stood at the gate of Anning Experimental Primary School and looked inside.

The sun was pouring down, and inside the gate were many energetic faces.

Boys wore suits and ties, and girls wore short skirts and white socks. In those days, schools gradually carried out school uniform reforms, but only the best elementary schools would allow students to wear a complete set of uniforms.

If the previous loneliness belonged to Xiaolin Chaoxi, then the loneliness now must belong to Dalin Chaoxi.

The beautiful courtyard in front of her was her former school, but now she can't enter.

Because this is the city's primary school, the best primary school in the city. The primary school for the Red Star Welfare House is the Red Star Primary School, which is at the other end of the street and has no place in the city.

A few hours ago, she complained that she and Pei Zhi had gone to the same school but different classes since childhood, and that their lives had no intersection. Now, even the setting of going to the same school was gone, and this was truly no intersection.

The cheese world is a cruel place.

Being hit hard in the face by the reality, she crashed her head into the stainless steel railing with a loud clang.

The security guard of the Experimental Primary School was not far away. He was startled and waved at her, telling her to leave quickly.

She lowered her head, glanced at her red school pants that had been washed to pink and her gray sneakers, then turned around and left silently.

Although they are only about 700 to 800 meters apart, there is a world of difference between the Friendship School and the Experimental Primary School.

Hongxing Primary School is neither a city-level nor a district-level school. It is a normal new village primary school covering a large area. There are many students, the school buildings are in short supply, and everything looks shabby and old.

She also stood at the gate of Red Star Primary School for a while, during which time she encountered senior students blackmailing junior students.

She turned away without hesitation and continued her journey to find her father.

She is a college student, and attending classes is as common as eating and drinking water to her, and she does not feel guilty at all.

…

Zhuanzhu Lane is very close to the two schools, just a five-minute walk away.

Once upon a time, Lao Lin spent tens of thousands of yuan on school selection fees so that she could attend the Experimental Primary School. After he had used up all his savings, he even rented a small courtyard next to the Experimental Primary School, which was not cheap, so that she could sleep longer every day.

When renting a house, Lao Lin fell in love with Zhuanzhu Lane at first sight.

Zhuan Zhu was an ancient assassin who stabbed Wang Liao with a sword hidden in the belly of a fish. This is the one we are talking about.

Lao Lin is a mathematician and lacks literary accomplishment.

At that time, the rental agency was telling the story of "Zhuanzhu" and boasting about the long history of this alley. Lao Lin sighed and said, "There used to be a river nearby, but I didn't see it before."

The agent reacted within a few seconds, his face turned pale, and he became angry along with the landlord, and he almost didn't rent the house to them.

Walking along the alley, he saw the same white walls and black tiles everywhere. His pace slowed down, and Lin Chaoxi was confused again.

She wasn't directionally challenged, but she wasn't good at remembering her home. When she first moved in, she knocked on the wrong door twice and was sent back by her neighbors. Lao Lin came up with a solution and wrote a mathematical formula on the door with red paint to serve as a signpost for her.

Walking from No. 1 to No. 299, Lin Chaoxi did not see the door with mathematical formulas painted on it, and felt awkward.

I feel sad that I may not be able to find Lao Lin here, but I feel lucky that there may not be another Lin Chaoxi in the cheese world.

After walking around again and forcing herself to recall the houses around her, she finally found the small courtyard where she and Lao Lin once lived.

The door looked similar to what I remembered, a tinplate door with copper nails. The family next door had a Chihuahua that fiddled with it all day and it was still barking.

Accompanied by the chihuahua's cry, she took a step back, raised her head, and continued to observe the courtyard, comparing it with her memory.

What was the pattern of the frosted window paper? I can’t remember.

What kind of door lock was it? I don't remember.

The shape of the moss on the wall? How can I remember that?

Finally, she spent a long time looking at the grape vines growing out of the courtyard wall...

It's green and sways in the wind. Hmm, it seems similar to my memory.

But it was hard to determine anything just by looking outside. Lin Chaoxi noticed with his sharp eyes that there was a hole in the window paper.

She moved a few bricks and made sure that no one was around, then she stepped on the bricks to climb onto the windowsill, staggered her head and looked into the hole.

The room is dim and simply furnished.

There was a bed, a desk, and a very old wardrobe, nothing else.

In other words, there was no one inside.

In the past, although Lao Lin lived in this room, it was filled with her useless supplementary textbooks and children's books, which looked like a garbage dump. Now, looking at the clean and tidy appearance of the room, she suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

But if you think about it from another angle, there seems to be no trace of the little girl living here.

Even if Lao Lin still lived here, he wouldn't have another daughter to raise!

Lin Chaoxi forced himself to comfort.

…

From the blazing sun to the setting sun, Lin Chaoxi had been guarding the gate of the courtyard, but he didn't even see the owner, let alone his biological father.

During the long wait, Lin Chaoxi gradually came to his senses.

If I can't wait for Lao Lin here, then the most likely possibility is that Lao Lin has gone abroad to study, right?

Not bad, she thought.

This is the life that Lao Lin should have.

Moreover, maybe the future plot will be about the rich second generation returning to their roots?

She thought to herself as if to comfort herself that it was getting dark and she knew she had to go back.

When he was about to reach the gate of the welfare home, Lin Chaoxi felt a sense of impending storm.

It wasn't that she had any special abilities, but when she dragged her heavy feet to the alley entrance, the little boy squatting under the street light burst into a startled roar: "Lin Zhaoxi! Come back!"

Lin Chaoxi was so frightened that he turned around and ran away.

The little boy was quick-witted and rushed over to hug his legs, shouting, "Brother Xi is about to run away, come and catch her!"

Lin Chaoxi lowered her head and looked at the boy rolling around at her feet, wondering why she had no prestige among the children in the welfare home, even though she was supposed to be a rebel.

She stood there without moving, then shook her feet and said, "Lin Aimin, it's almost done."

"No, Auntie said that whoever catches you first can get five pine nut candies."

Lin Chaoxi was about to curse when a big hand came from behind and grabbed the back of her neck.

She was about to scream out in pain, but when she turned around and saw a gloomy face, she swallowed all the pain.

Five minutes later, in the dean's office.

Not many lights were on in the welfare home, and the buildings outside the window looked dim, with only warm yellow light in the office.

There were group photos on all four walls, and the bookshelf against the wall was filled with awards and trophies. Most of the awards were old and meaningless, such as the third prize in the school reading competition.

But no matter the size, they will be neatly framed and displayed to represent the mood of the displayer.

Lin Chaoxi stood silently, his eyes scanning each award certificate and the names of their winners.

She looked at it for a long time until she was interrupted by the slight sound of the office owner putting down his pen.

She quickly raised her head and put on a smile of admitting her mistake.

Looking at the little girl's obviously flattering smile, Dang Aiping was very disappointed.

This afternoon, she received a call from Lin Chaoxi's homeroom teacher, and she thought there was something wrong with her ears. She was not surprised that someone hit someone, but how could she skip classes?

Because every child here knows that the orphanage also has primary school courses, so it is not easy for them to go to school outside.

She can say that in the more than 20 years she has worked here, she has only seen many children going to school with a high fever of 40 degrees, but has never seen a child skipping school for a trivial matter.

She was angry, but she knew that Lin Chaoxi had a strong sense of self-esteem, so she calmed herself down.

Staring into the little girl's dark eyes, she slowly said, "I made a lot of phone calls today."

Lin Zhaoxi was stunned.

Of course she knew that skipping classes was wrong, and she was prepared to be scolded.

But for her, no matter how terrible the following reprimand and punishment were, they could not overcome the urge to find Lao Lin.

But now. There was no scolding or anger, the atmosphere in the office was peaceful, and the dean himself did not look angry at all. Instead, she felt uneasy.

"I called all the hospitals in the city, including the traffic police. They all said that no 12-year-old girl had been sent to the hospital after a car accident today, and I felt relieved."

The lady at the desk was over 40 years old and wore a cotton shirt with a yellow background and black plaid. She spoke slowly and calmly, and after she finished, she pushed up her glasses and looked at me with a calm gaze.

Although everything was quiet, Lin Zhaoxi's mind was in a mess.

Yes, when the child didn't show up at school, the parents' first reaction was that something had happened. In the past few hours, the director's mother must have made many phone calls and contacted many people.

She wanted to act cute and say something funny, but the words were stuck in her throat and she didn't know what to say.

At this moment, the dean spoke again.

"It's OK, go back."

Lin Zhaoxi raised his head suddenly.

In fact, before coming here, she had already thought of an excuse like she had a fight with her classmates today and the school called her parents so she didn't dare to come back.

But when she heard such a plain and ordinary sentence, all her careless excuses suddenly got stuck in her throat and she couldn't say a word.

"sorry."

After thinking for a while, she stood up straight and apologized seriously.

"Where did you go wrong?" asked the dean.

"I shouldn't have skipped classes and made you worry." She honestly expressed her thoughts.

"No." The dean shook his head.

"I skipped classes and failed to cherish the hard-earned learning opportunity. I feel bad for myself."

Still shaking his head.

Now, Lin Chaoxi realized the eternal dilemma that boyfriends face when trying to coax their girlfriends - what did you do wrong?

She will never get it right.

She sniffed and thought about crying. But she just felt uncomfortable and couldn't cry.

The stalemate lasted for a while.

Finally, the woman behind the desk sighed softly and said to her, "It's okay. If you can't figure it out, forget it. Go back."

Lin Chaoxi's legs and feet were frozen in place, unable to move.

At this time, a gentle voice sounded: "If you don't leave, then I will be off work."

After saying this, the director of the Red Star Welfare Home stood up. She picked up her bag from the hanger and really left the room, leaving get off work.