The rain stopped for a few hours and then started again in the evening.
Meng Yao was watching a video with headphones on. The rain pattered outside the window, but she was completely unaware of it.
Until the light in the room suddenly went out, Meng Yao was stunned and took off his headphones.
In the darkness, the sound of rain became clearer.
Meng Yao sat on the wooden chair and took two seconds to react before realizing that the power was out. She turned on the flashlight on her phone, left the desk, walked to the door, opened the door, and subconsciously looked next to her.
Xu Yao's house was also dark with no light.
Meng Yao stood at the door for a moment and didn't hear any movement from the next door.
The sound insulation effect of old houses is not good. Xu Yao stayed in the dormitory at this time on weekdays, and Meng Yao occasionally heard some noises. For example, the sound of gurgling when the water in the kettle boils, or the sound when Xu Yao occasionally picks up a heavy object and puts it down.
Separated by a wall.
Although there are not many such moments. Meng Yao would always be dazed and distracted by these sounds. She would even sometimes deduce what Xu Yao was doing at the moment based on the sounds.
She couldn't control her thoughts.
Many years ago, she was like a shadow peeking at Xu Yao's every detail, and it was still the same after many years.
A lot has changed over time, but nothing seems to have changed.
Meng Yao himself was more cautious.
She was always gentle and would not even show the video to others. She deliberately lowered her sense of presence. It was unclear whether it was because she was afraid of disturbing Xu Yao or because she was used to it.
It's raining outside and the air is cool.
Maybe it's because in the mountains, the temperature drops when it rains.
Meng Yao stood at the door for a while and still felt a little cold. Just as she was hesitating whether to go downstairs to ask Yu Yuan about the power outage or go back to her room and wait, familiar footsteps sounded in the stairwell.
It's Xu Yao.
Meng Yao thought so.
She, Xu Yao, Yu Yuan, and Feng Xiao currently live in the school. Tan Hong is close to home and goes home every day. However, Yu Yuan has bad legs and feet. She can't see anything when walking, but she will show symptoms when she goes upstairs. It has to be laborious and slow.
Not as calm as this.
As for Feng Xiao, Tan Hong's mother's body felt even worse on rainy days. Feng Xiao chased Tan Hong home after school, saying she was going to help. It rained after that and the road might be difficult, so I haven’t come back yet.
After Meng Yao realized it was Xu Yao, his first reaction was to retreat to the room.
Her past habit was to subconsciously hide herself in front of Xu Yao, but her personality has changed in recent years. Meng Yao felt that she could be calm and calm when facing Xu Yao again.
This is not Feng Han who is making a lot of noise.
She didn't need constant reminders to realize this fact.
But she had to admit that even though she had been prepared a long time ago, Feng Xiao's casual words on the playground that day still had a little impact on her.
She and Xu Yao were originally from two different worlds.
Regardless of his low self-esteem or his calmness, Meng Yao is just an insignificant passerby in Xu Yao's world.
And with the end of high school, Xu Yao has gone further and further away from her world.
After the physical education class that day, Meng Yao deliberately distanced herself from Xu Yao. In fact, it was inappropriate to say "pull apart" because they were strangers to each other.
Meng Yao just became more awake.
If meeting Xu Yao again in Yunnan was a sweet dream, Meng Yao was immersed in it before, but now Meng Yao has clearly realized that it is a "dream".
When Meng Yao took a step back into the room, he suddenly realized that he was holding a mobile phone in his hand, and the white light of the flashlight was shining brightly on the wall. So there's no point in hiding her. It's just a cover-up. What's more, she had the idea to ask Yu Yuan about the power outage before.
So Meng Yao took a step back and then took a step forward.
Just at this time, Xu Yao finished climbing the last step and walked out from the corner.
He also held a mobile phone in his hand and turned on a flashlight.
He actually saw the light reflected on the wall when he went up the stairs, but he was still stunned when he saw Meng Yao standing at the door.
Meng Yao looked at him and said, "There's a power outage. I'll come out and take a look."
Xu Yao put away the moment of confusion and nodded: "Principal Yu just asked me to tell you."
"The circuit here is unstable and power outages are common on rainy days."
Xu Yao came closer and stretched out his hand, and Meng Yao discovered that he also had a few candles in his hand.
"Will there be another call tonight?" she asked.
"Most likely not." Xu Yao said, "The weather forecast shows that there will be heavy rain in the past few days."
Meng Yao nodded and took the candle. Xu Yao took out a lighter from his pocket and handed it to her. In case she didn't know, he reminded her specifically: "Be careful when lighting the candle. After lighting it, put a few drops of wax to stabilize the candle." good."
"Ok, I know."
There was nothing else to say for a while, and the two fell silent. The rain was pattering in my ears, but I didn't feel it was noisy.
There was darkness behind them and in the distance, and the range that the flashlight could illuminate was limited, not to mention that they were all pointing their flashlights towards the ground. In this case, the facial contours of both people are somewhat blurred. But on the other hand, it can magnify a lot of things in a dim environment.
Meng Yao never raised her head from the moment she lowered her head to take the candle. She kept looking at the ground. Xu Yao lowered his eyes and could only see half of her face.
I don’t know why, but Meng Yao is not short, but he feels petite. Maybe it's because she has a pure appearance and a thin figure.
He is really thin, and the wrists exposed when he reaches out are so thin that they seem to be easily broken.
But she is not the kind of person who can't stand the wind and rain.
Xu Yao didn't understand her, but he just felt it intuitively.
fantastic.
Maybe it was because he had read articles written by Meng Yao in the past and she had a very open mind, or maybe it was because she came all the way here.
This is really not something you can do just on a whim.
What's more, Xu Yao recalled that when he first met, Meng Yao was a person who could not even cry without making a sound.
Xu Yao realized that he was thinking about something that happened a long time ago, so he cut off his thoughts in time and looked away from Meng Yao.
"Go to rest early," he said to her.
This sentence is very familiar.
Meng Yao didn't raise her head until then. She hummed softly, but Xu Yao didn't go to the next room. He turned around and seemed to want to go downstairs.
Meng Yao suddenly remembered something and called him: "Xu Yao."
Xu Yao turned around, looking a little surprised: "Huh?"
Meng Yao looked outside and asked, "Will such a heavy rain have any impact on the school?"
"Not yet." Xu Yao looked at her, "Just for safety reasons, there will be no classes tomorrow. I will go downstairs to help the principal inform parents."
Meng Yao thought of the dirt road outside the school, which would be very difficult to travel when it rained.
She pursed her lips and said, "Do you need my help?"
"No need." Xu Yao said politely, "It's just a phone call. You can rest. If you need help, call us."
Meng Yao nodded.
Xu Yao left.
Back in the room, Meng Yao lit a candle. She had used her computer to watch other videos about volunteer teaching on the Internet. Now that the power was out, she closed the computer. There was not much battery left on the phone, and he was not sure when the call would come. In order to save power, Meng Yao did not play with the phone.
But it was still early and he couldn't sleep, so Meng Yao simply took out a book from the table and read it.
Xu Yao returned to the first floor. Yu Yuanzheng ended a call with her parents and asked him on her mobile phone: "Did you tell Meng Yao? She wasn't scared by the sudden power outage, was she?"
Xu Yao said: "Probably not."
"That's good." Yu Yuan nodded, looking a little apologetic, "I'm just afraid that she will be scared. After all, the little girl is new here."
She sighed: "The conditions here are really not good."
Xu Yao didn't answer this. In fact, he also thought of Meng Yao at the moment when the power went out. He was not sure if Meng Yao was scared, but judging from his expression just now, he was not. As for whether the conditions were good or bad, Xu Yao thought, Meng Yao was scared. Yao is prepared.
Xu Yao and Yu Yuan took their phone books and called from door to door, notifying all the parents in about half an hour.
After finishing this matter, Yu Yuan thought about it and decided to go upstairs to see Meng Yao. Xu Yao took a flashlight to carefully check whether all the windows were closed and whether there was any leakage in the roof.
The rain was so heavy that Xu Yao walked from the dormitory building to the classroom and then to the kitchen. His trousers and clothes were all stained by rainwater. After handling these matters, he returned to the dormitory. When he passed Meng Yao's room, he did not hear Yu Yuan's voice. The light of the candle was weak, the door was closed tightly, and no light came out from the gap. Xu Yao was not sure whether she had already Fall asleep.
Xu Yao's footsteps dropped softly as he passed by her room door.
The rain looked like it was going to last for several days, as the weather forecast said.
Meng Yao still didn't stop when she woke up. She touched her phone from the pillow and looked at the time. It was already past eight in the morning.
This is the latest day she has woken up since arriving here, but fortunately there is no school today.
Meng Yao put down the phone and continued to lie on the bed for a while. In fact, she couldn't sleep anymore, but she just wanted to be lazy on a rainy day.
Listening to the sound of rain is a very healing thing for Meng Yao. She always sleeps well in this kind of weather. The whole person is very comfortable.
Meng Yao continued to lie down for about ten minutes before getting up and washing up.
She was not the only one to relax. Meng Yao only saw Yu Yuan when he went downstairs to have breakfast.
Xu Yao hasn't come out of the dormitory yet, and Feng Xiao didn't come back last night. Meng Yao had nothing to do today. After breakfast, he thought about it and took a few textbooks from last semester with Yu Yuan to take a look.
Being able to solve problems does not mean that you can teach well. Before the new semester started, Meng Yao wanted to prepare first.
In order to facilitate communication and learning experience with Yu Yuan, she did not go back to the dormitory. Yu Yuan was also free and went to the office with her.
"This is actually not as difficult as you think. Relax and don't be stressed." Yu Yuan comforted her, sitting at her desk and sharing her experience and some methods of class with her.
Meng Yao started reading from the first-grade textbook. As she read it, she thought in her mind that if she were to teach this class, how would she impart the knowledge to the students so that they could understand and absorb it.
She thought about it all morning, and time flew by quickly. As noon approached, Yu Yuan went to the kitchen to prepare lunch. She followed her, wanting to help.
The rain at this moment was weaker than in the morning.
When Xu Yao came over from the dormitory, Meng Yao was washing vegetables with his sleeves rolled up.
It was a bit cold due to the rain, so Xu Yao also wore a coat today. The black sportswear made his figure slimmer and slender.
Yu Yuan was just about to light the fire when she glanced at a person walking in from the kitchen door. She raised her head and asked with a smile: "Are you hungry since you didn't have breakfast?"
"It's okay." Xu Yao said. He turned his eyes to the side, then quickly looked back. He walked over and reached out to take the lighter from Tai Yuan's hand, "I'll do it."
Yu Yuan was not polite to him either. After giving it to him, she turned to wash rice.
Meng Yao paused while washing vegetables when Xu Yao walked in. She raised her eyes and glanced at Xu Yao, then hurriedly lowered her head when Xu Yao tilted his head and looked over.
But his ears were open, and he heard the conversation between Xu Yao and Yu Yuan clearly.
She was surprised that Xu Yao could make a fire. After washing the dishes, she couldn't help turning her head to look at the stove.
Xu Yao's movements were not very skillful, but they were decent.
Before today, it was hard for Meng Yao to imagine that a person like him would sit in front of the stove and light a fire.
It's really amazing.
Some people can actually stand high like the moon and stars, so that you can't easily touch them, but they can also blend into this world of fireworks and live an ordinary life without any sense of disobedience.
Yu Yuan was shopping for rice and coming to chop vegetables. She accidentally caught her gaze. She didn't ignore the surprise in Meng Yao's eyes. She followed her gaze and smiled.
"Isn't it a bit unbelievable? Xu Yao is lighting a fire."
Yu Yuan only knew that they were schoolmates, but she didn't know what Meng Yao was thinking. She didn't deliberately lower her voice or avoid anything.
Xu Yao heard it naturally and raised his eyes to look over.
Meng Yao didn't have time to shift his gaze.
Yu Yuan was completely unaware and continued: "This should be the skill Xu Yao developed here. He knows a lot."
Yu Yuan said with a smile.
She didn't notice that Meng Yao and Xu Yao were looking at each other quietly from a distance.
