"2005..." Wei You murmured.

The background of the game was actually fifteen years ago, which he had not noticed before.

No wonder the TV here is still an old desktop computer. The prices are so low that you can buy breakfast for only 50 cents.

It turned out that he not only entered the game, but also traveled back to fifteen years ago.

Wei You was shocked, even more surprised than when he discovered that he had traveled through time.

But no matter how shocked you are, you still have to accept the reality.

At this point, it didn't seem to make much difference what year he was wearing it in, and since his cell phone had lost its function, he wouldn't be able to use the money anyway.

After seeing Guazai's savings, he would definitely not use the child's breakfast money to buy groceries.

So after walking around for a while, Wei You returned to the starting point and used the few remaining pickled vegetables and leftover rice to make some dried vegetable fried rice.

Since there were no other ingredients in the kitchen, he couldn't make a soup, so he could only pour a cup of hot water for Guazai to prevent him from choking on the dry fried rice.

Although the dinner was a little simple, Wei Xu was not picky at all. He scooped up spoonfuls of dried vegetable fried rice with an iron spoon and stuffed them into his mouth. His cheeks were puffy, like a little squirrel, and he was very adorable.

Wei You sat opposite him, drinking hot water while watching him eat: "Is it delicious?"

Wei Xu nodded vigorously and said vaguely, "It's delicious."

Wei You couldn't help feeling sad when he saw his satisfied look.

How bad must this child's normal meals be if he can eat a bowl of dried vegetable fried rice so happily!

After Wei Xu shoveled down a few mouthfuls of rice, he suddenly seemed to remember something, looked up at Wei You across from him, and asked, "Brother, have you eaten yet?"

Wei You curled his lips and said, "I ate before I came here, eat more, melon boy."

In fact, before coming through, Wei You was waiting for the takeaway for dinner. Now, smelling the aroma of fried rice, he actually felt a little hungry.

But the amount of fried rice was just so small, and no matter what he did, he would not snatch the rice from the child’s bowl.

The boy felt relieved after hearing this and continued to concentrate on eating.

It was obvious that the child was really hungry. He finished a bowl of fried rice in just a few minutes. The bowl was scraped clean by the spoon, and not even a single grain of vegetable was left.

After dinner, Wei Xu went to the kitchen to wash the dishes on his own initiative. However, before he stood in front of the sink, Wei You reached over his head and picked up the rag spread on the kitchen windowsill, leaving the boy empty-handed.

While he turned on the faucet to wash the dishes, he looked down at the boy and asked, "Have you finished the homework assigned by the teacher?"

Wei Xu's little hand stretched out towards the rag and paused in the air for a few seconds at a loss. Then he withdrew his hand, stood aside, and shook his head.

"Then go do your homework first. I'll come check it later."

"Oh." Guazai responded and turned to walk out the door.

Wei You's ears were filled with the sound of his plastic slippers stepping on the floor tiles.

The slippers might be a little big, and the clattering sound of his footsteps made a furry little penguin unconsciously appear in his mind.

About two or three minutes later, he had just finished washing the dishes and was about to wash the pot when he heard the "pattering" footsteps returning to the kitchen door.

Wei You waited for a while, but there was no other movement. He turned around and saw a "little dinosaur" standing by the door, staring at him quietly and seriously, as if it had something to say.

Under the hazy glow of the setting sun, the other person's black eyes seemed particularly clear and bright.

"What's wrong?" He asked casually as he wiped the grease in the pot with a rag covered with detergent foam.

Wei Xu hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Brother, can you stay with Guazi for a few more days?"

Wei You stopped and turned to meet the child's pleading gaze.

Looking closely, the boy's facial features, including lips and nose, are relatively thin. He should have a cold face, but he happens to have a pair of large, slightly upturned eyes.

Because of these big wet eyes, when he looks up at you, he looks particularly pitiful, making people unconsciously think of a white kitten that was born not long ago.

With such a beautiful appearance, she is still just a delicate rag doll.

Wei You couldn't refuse such a look, so after wiping the water stains in the pot and putting it in the cupboard, he answered readily: "Okay, I'll stay here with Guazai for a few days."

"Really?"

"Really." Wei You responded without hesitation, "Can you do your homework now?"

"Um."

After getting the guarantee, Guazai's big eyes narrowed with joy. When he returned to the room, even the time his slippers rubbed against the ground became short and brisk.

Wei You wrung out the rag and wiped off the water droplets on the table. He couldn't help but sigh again, thinking that he clearly couldn't leave even if he wanted to!

·

It was not until about half past seven that Guazai finished his homework.

It was completely dark at this time. There was an incandescent lamp hanging in the room. A few white moths gathered around the orange-yellow bulb and circled and danced.

While Wei Xu was taking a shower in the bathroom, Wei You leaned on the black leather sofa in the living room, listening to the TV news to understand the times while fiddling with his phone distractedly.

He repeatedly tried to turn off the phone, pressing the volume button and the power button, trying to get the phone to respond.

However, no matter what he did, the phone screen remained white.

A cold black progress bar hung on the white screen, and the value "99%" seemed to mock his fruitless efforts.

The old residential buildings have very poor sound insulation. The sounds of children playing upstairs, footsteps in the corridor, elderly people chatting downstairs, etc., are entangled together and never stop.

These sounds mixed with the intermittent sound of water in the bathroom entered Wei You's mind, making him feel a little irritated.

Afraid that he would get angry and do something irrational like smashing the phone, he simply put the phone in his pocket, out of sight, out of mind.

At some point, the sound of water in the bathroom stopped. After a while, Guazai came out of the bathroom wearing a loose T-shirt with wet black hair.

Wei You turned around and saw him rubbing his hair with a towel, so he stood up and said, "Where's the hair dryer? I'll help you dry it."

Wei Xu raised his eyes from his hair and looked at Wei You, and whispered, "The hair dryer is broken."

"Then come here," Wei You sat back on the sofa and patted the seat next to him, "Sit here, I'll help you wipe it."

Wei Xu pursed his lips and sat next to him without saying a word.

Wei You picked up the towel to help him wipe his hair. Considering that he was a child, he deliberately softened the force and rubbed from the hair on the top of his head to the hairline where the back of his head met his neck.

Wei Xu felt himself surrounded by warm fluff. He lowered his head in comfort and closed his eyes as if he could fall asleep at any time.

The collar of the shirt he was wearing was too big, and when he lowered his head he could see the obvious bulge of his spine on his back. The light and shadow were distinct, giving off a sense of fragility.

Wei You couldn't help but frown when he saw the convex outlines of his spine.

I glanced at Wei Xu's little hand on the sofa again, and found that the child only had flesh on his face, but his body was so thin that it was a bit unhealthy.

What's more, even the fat on the face is just an illusion caused by baby fat. If you look closely, the child's chin is also pointed.

Once he noticed this, more details came into Wei You's sight.

The frayed edges of the collar, the girlish pink kitten print on the back, the hem that was so long it covered her butt...

Even as pajamas, the clothes on the child were too big. Not only were they big, they were also very old and full of pilling.

"Where did you get this dress?"

The sudden question behind him made Wei Xu inexplicably nervous. He paused before answering, "Grandma Li next door gave it to me."

"Clothes that others don't want?"

Wei Xu responded sullenly.

Wei You thought for a moment and asked, "Where are the clothes I gave you before?"

He remembered that in addition to the little dinosaur pajamas, he had exchanged a lot of beautiful clothes for Wei Xu when he was on a mission.

"It's too small. I can't wear it."

"You can't wear it so soon?"

Wei Xu suddenly turned his head, looked at him and said, "Brother, I am eight years old now and in the second grade."

Wei You was stunned for a moment. He quickly recalled and vaguely remembered that when he was raising the cub, Guazai was still a good kid in the kindergarten.

He adopted a baby melon and raised it from the small class to the middle class, but abandoned it before it was promoted to the senior class.

Have two years passed so quickly?

Perhaps because he stopped wiping his hair, Wei Xu kept looking at him with his head tilted.

Wei You came back to his senses and met his pure gaze.

The child's eyes and brows were hidden by his messy and wet hair. He looked pitiful and more like a kitten drenched by the rain.

Even though he had only not played games for half a month in the real world, it was a fact that he had abandoned Guazi for more than two years.

Wei You really regretted it now.

Such a cute and obedient child, who didn't need him to worry about it, nor did he need to spend much time on tasks. Even the little red flowers for exchanging rewards were earned by the child. How could he have the heart to just leave it alone? Now the poor little child has to pick up other people's discarded clothes to wear...

"Sorry." Wei You said from the heart.

Wei Xu looked at him with confused eyes, as if he didn't understand why he was apologizing.

Wei You did not explain. It was difficult to explain this matter clearly, so he just raised his hand and continued to wipe his hair. He said softly, "When brother has money, I will take Guazi out to buy clothes. Buy a lot of beautiful clothes, so that Guazi will have new clothes to wear every day, okay?"

Wei Xu was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

The moment he turned around, Wei Xu suddenly felt his nose a little sour for some unknown reason.

Being still young, he didn't understand where this feeling of wanting to cry came from. He just instinctively lowered his head to hide his emotions, and his fingers pinched the little balls of fur on his clothes one by one.

·

By the time his hair was completely dry, it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, and it was time for the second-grade student to go to bed.

Wei You accompanied the child to the bathroom to wash up. He brushed his teeth with a disposable toothbrush that Guazai found from the drawer, and then washed his face with cold water.

He wanted to just take a shower, but firstly he had no change of clothes, and secondly, considering that there was no water heater in the room, the only way to use hot water for a shower was to use quick-boiled water, which was too time-consuming, so he gave up.

Anyway, he took a shower before going to bed last night, and he didn't sweat at all while staying at home editing videos all day, so it wouldn't be a big deal if he didn't take a shower for a day.

Although he thought so, Wei You still reminded himself in his heart.

You have to prepare for the worst.

If he can't find a way to leave here in the next period of time, then he will not be able to do without money.