Chapter 7 – How did you get this button?

The faint mist in the air is dispersed by the sunlight and the dimly lit room gradually brightens up.

I remember when I was a child, when the sun came up, the alleys were always bustling with activity, there were hot breakfast stalls along the street, older women selling their home-grown vegetables in the street during the bustle of the market, cars honking in the narrow street, children walking with school bags while eating breakfast, young people rushing to work, big yellow cats stretched out on the wall as the sun fell on them, life was not comfortable, but when I think back now, I remember mostly smiling faces. But when I look back on it now, I remember mostly smiling faces.

With each passing year, the number of people living in this small street has been decreasing, the young people have moved to the city, leaving these old houses and a few old men who often sit in front of them to cool off.

Shen Yu, who rarely sleeps, felt the warm redness of his eyelids gradually lighting up, pursed his brow hard and then slowly opened his eyes.

” Bai Xiaomeng , get up.”

Shen Yu called the cat’s name softly, so the little fat cat nestled on his shoulder stretched and made a pouty meowing sound that tickled his ears.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had such a long sleep, and when Shen Yu looked at the time, it was eight o’clock in the morning.

The daze from his long sleep began to awaken quickly, and it dawned on him that there was now a girl from Japan living in the house.

I don’t know how she slept last night, but I have to say that Asaba Rika was quite rowdy last night.

When he was in the shower, he came over to wake him up and asked why there were little goldfish in the bathtub, then an hour later he came over again and asked what to do about the mosquitoes, and now Shen Yu picked up his phone only to see a text message from her in the middle of the night, saying she couldn’t sleep and asking if he was asleep

Girls are really troublesome.

When I opened the door and came out to wash up, I saw that the door to her room was still closed and the bathroom sink was all dry, which meant that this sister was still awake.

Shen Yu also had no intention of waking her up, muttering in his mind that girls are troublesome, while grabbing the little goldfish from the bathtub and keeping them in a big red bucket, then getting a brush and detergent disinfectant and carefully cleaning the tub.

It was half past eight when Shen Yu finished washing up, brought a bucket and took the clothes out of the washing machine to dry.

Asaba Rika’s clothes are also together, and of course, both of them have hand-washed underwear, which is now flapping in the wind on the balcony.

Instinctively, Shen Yu took a curious look at Asaba Rika’s underwear, black and white, the black size obviously larger than the visual effect, and it felt like even this ordinary place, the balcony, had a strange and charming smell.

Chop chop chop!

Shen Yu is back to his expressionless self and continues to dry his clothes like a robot.

How the hell does that buckle fit?

The buckle was on the back, did she turn her hand inside out?

Shen Yu was so absorbed in his thoughts that he also put his hands behind his back, thinking that this was really something that was too difficult to do.

Suddenly it came back to me, what the fuck am I doing?

Chop chop chop! Chop chop chop!

It was almost nine o’clock, but Asaba Rika was still not up.

” Bai Xiaomeng , it’s time to eat.”

“Meow.”

Bai Xiaomeng had also finished going to the toilet and pressed the toilet flush with his little jiojio pad, when he heard Shen Yu calling him, he came bumbling out to eat.

“What flavour would you like for breakfast?”

Shen Yu brought out two packs of cat food, one chicken flavoured and one beef flavoured.

Bai Xiaomeng pawed at the chicken-flavoured one with his little paws, so Shen Yu poured some over it.

He was also a little hungry, so he went downstairs and out to buy breakfast.

The place where he buys breakfast is next door to his neighbour, a family who has lived here for decades. The couple run a breakfast stall, the owner’s wife sells buns and soya bean paste, the owner sells soup and noodles, and also does some late night snacking in the evening, behind the stall is their house.

” Shen Yu Ah, it’s so early today, or is it doughnuts and soy milk?”

She and her husband are not very old, in their thirties, but they are very good at their craft, and they do the best business in the neighbourhood.

“Good morning Aunt Wang, no more doughnuts today, let Uncle pack me two noodles in soup.”

The biggest difference between Shen Yu and other young people is probably the planning of time. Shen Yu seldom does things that waste time.

A typical cold person on the outside and a hot person on the inside, Shen Yu will not waste time on the other person if she thinks they are insignificant, not even angry.

“Someone from home?” Aunt Wang was quick-witted.

“Right.”

Shen Yu didn’t explain much, he just looked inside the stall and didn’t see the familiar little figure helping to clear the table, and asked, seemingly casually, ” Where’s Puffs? School starts tomorrow too, right?”

“She’s playing in the countryside. Her father will go back to pick her up at noon, and she said on the phone yesterday that she caught a lot of robins and would give you a few when she returns.”

At these words, a natural smile appeared on Shen Yu’s face, “Really.”

As we chatted, the two noodle soups were ready, the speed of which must have cut into the queue, as Auntie Wang had sneaked into the back kitchen to bring them out to Shen Yu, avoiding other customers.

“Auntie Wang, thanks.”

“Don’t be polite, take it back quickly, the noodles will get mushy if you soak them for too long.”

Shen Yu returned home with two portions of noodles and when he reached the first floor, he saw Asaba Rika sneaking around the door of his room, his ear pressed against the door, not even noticing Shen Yu behind him with his breakfast.

She looked like she had just woken up, still in her house shorts that reached her bottom, wiggling her little white legs, leaning on the door and holding her breath as she listened intently.

“What are you doing.”

Asaba Rika was startled by the sound of Shen Yu’s voice behind her, and turned around, pressing herself against the door, her eyes panicked, her hands shaking in front of her: ” Shen Yu! Please don’t misunderstand!”

“I, I just wanted to see if you were awake and I was afraid to knock for fear of waking you up.”

Shen Yu was speechless, thinking that if there was ever an outbreak of the zombie virus, the zombies would be full of disappointment when they opened her head.

“I woke up a long time ago.”

Shen Yu puts two breakfasts on the table, unwraps one and starts to eat it, while Bai Xiaomeng smells it and runs in from the balcony, jumps on his lap and waits to eat.

“Oh so you’re awake early.”

Asaba Rika smiled a little awkwardly, now a bit standing or sitting, and smelling the smell of noodles, his stomach rumbled indefatigably.

“Have you washed up yet?”

“Not quite I forgot my toothbrush.”

“There are cups and toothbrushes in the cupboard above the sink, hurry up and wash up, after breakfast I’ll take you to do your bank card mobile phone card, you won’t always be free this afternoon.”

“Yes!”

Asaba Rika fled as if he had been pardoned.