Cthulhu

The morning sun is like fire, spreading its heat to the earth.

Al, who had been nervous all night, now relaxed and couldn't help being sleepy anymore. He opened the door in a daze and was about to go upstairs to sleep.

"Al, tell me where you went last night?" Emily asked seriously.

The father next to him was also sitting upright, with a serious look on his face.

But Al could tell at a glance that his father must have been pulled over by his mother. Al's father, Zhang Tianrui, was not a serious person.

He could do things like working with Al to defraud his mother of pocket money in the name of book fees.

Even though he looked serious, Al knew that his heart was for him.

"I went to my classmate's house yesterday, and I..." Al explained.

Before Al could finish speaking, Zhang Tianrui quickly interrupted, "Al, your mother was worried that you didn't have pajamas yesterday, so she asked Aunt Peter's phone number from the teacher to prepare to send you clothes."

My dad had a weird expression, but the shrewd Al immediately found the key. This was a subtle reminder to me that this excuse had been exposed, and my mom already knew that I had been out all night.

Elton felt a little dizzy at the moment, but he was very sleepy now and wanted to sleep very much. He couldn't think of any explanation, so he said in a rogue manner, "Mom, I have grown up, but I just didn't come back all night."

I'm so sleepy, I'm going to go to bed. "

Al said and wanted to take a walk.

Emily's almond-shaped eyes widened, and the owner's aura exploded. He twisted Al's ears and wanted to teach this disobedient boy a lesson.

Suddenly, the doorbell at home rang.

Seeing my mother committing domestic violence, my father was like a monkey watching the chicken suffer. He couldn't sit still for a long time and hurriedly ran to open the door.

A timid little girl stood outside, Cathy.

"It's Casey. It's so early. What can I do?" Zhang Tianrui's expression was very calm, and he obviously knew Casey.

Kathy is their neighbor's daughter. Although they don't know her well, she grew up with Al and can be said to be the boy's childhood sweetheart.

"Hello uncle, this is Al's coat. He forgot it." Casey reached out and handed over a coat obediently.

Without waiting for Zhang Tianrui's reply, he ran away without looking back.

Zhang Tianrui looked at Casey's back in a daze.

Stayed all night, my coat is at Cathy's place

amazing

“Honey, I’ve made an important discovery.”

Zhang Tianrui, who thought he had guessed the truth, quickly ran to his wife Emily.

Dancing around, he whispered everything he had just said together with his own guesses.

Emily immediately put down her hand that was about to hit Al, turned around and whispered to Zhang Tianrui, "No way, Al really and Kathy... they were just kids together last night."

Zhang Tianrui shook his head and said with a smile: "You're not young anymore, wasn't that what we were like back then."

Al looked at his mum and dad who were mumbling and didn't want to eavesdrop. He just wanted to sleep.

After taking a few steps to the stairs, he was about to return to his cabin.

Zhang Tianrui took two quick steps and grabbed Al.

With a smile on his face, he said: "Al, you are not young anymore. Please pay attention to safety when you go out."

After saying that, he handed Al a small box the size of chewing gum.

He looks like a good baby and passed it on to you.

Al didn't bother to look at what it was, so he put it in his pocket and nodded casually to show that he knew.

Returning to the hut, I flopped onto the bed.

Wake up sound asleep.

Zhang Tianrui hugged his wife, and the two of them were lying on the sofa.

"It's great that the kids are older."

At this time, Emily no longer had the angry look before, and said angrily: "The child is getting older, am I getting old?"

Zhang Tianrui didn't speak, he held Emily's head with both hands and pressed his forehead against Emily's forehead.

Staring deeply at Emily with his eyes for a long time, until Emily's cheeks turned red.

Then he said softly: "You will always be my little baby."

"I hate it, the child is still here."

In his sleep, Al smiled unconsciously.

This is his home, warm and happy.

...

Al slept well until the evening when he was woken up by a phone call.

"Hey"

"Al, I am Delia, the monitor. The school will be closed for a week. The teacher asked me to inform you.

It seems that the school gymnasium will suddenly be demolished and rebuilt, and other parts of the classrooms will also need to be renovated.

Really, my things are still at school and I can’t pick them up. "Delia started to complain as she spoke.

"Okay, monitor, I understand." Al yawned and said drowsily.

He picked up a glass of water on the bedside and drank it in one gulp.

"By the way, it seems that this week's classes have been changed to extracurricular practical visits.

I'm going to visit the Museum of the City of New York tomorrow. You can't just come and go as usual.

I heard that we will be arranged to visit Osborne Company on the last day. It is a big company. Don’t miss this opportunity. "Delia finished conveying and quickly hung up the phone.

The speaker didn't care, and the listener... didn't listen carefully either.

Al didn't pay attention to what Delia was saying at all. The only information he heard was that the school seemed to have a... no, two weeks of vacation.

Yes, you heard me right, two weeks.

Al thought about it and nodded seriously.

My brain hurt from the flashback memory yesterday, but I felt refreshed after a good sleep.

He stretched.

Open the windows and let in fresh air.

The sun was setting in the west and it was already dusk.

Al touched his dry belly and was about to go to get some food from the refrigerator in the living room when the phone rang again.

It's Peter.

He asked for Al's home phone number from his aunt. Worried about Al's safety, he called directly.

"Al, is it Al? It's great that you're okay.

Yesterday I saw you riding a bicycle and running away very fast. I wanted to catch you but couldn't, so I went home.

Later, when I heard the explosion coming from the school, I thought something had happened to you.

It's great that you're okay. "

As soon as Peter opened his mouth, it was like a machine gun firing, one after another.

But Al heard from Peter's words that he was deeply worried about himself.

My heart also felt warm. To be fair, I would never be able to care so much about a friend I had only known for less than a day.

Maybe... it's because Peter doesn't have many friends at school

Haha, the guy no one loves.

Wait, I don’t seem to have many friends in school.

As he thought about it, Al's thoughts wandered to nowhere.

When Al came back to his senses, Peter was still talking.

Al quickly interrupted: "Peter, it's time for dinner. Are you hungry? You help me and I'll treat you."

Peter's eyes lit up on the other side of the phone, and he said with some surprise: "Chinese restaurant"

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Al considered his feelings about his shriveled wallet and quickly refused, replying, "McDonald's, McDonald's. See you later."