I asked you to write a light novel, but you wrote about living?

Chen Jianjia stood at the entrance of the residential compound and glanced at the address in her phone again.

The invitation was sent by Yu Yin a few days ago.

The little girl first asked her earnestly when she would be free, and after a while, perhaps afraid of appearing too hasty, she added that her brother wanted to invite her to his house for a meal to thank her in person.

Chen Jianjia originally intended to agree that very day.

However, the school in the lower district has had a lot of unexpected things happening these past few days, and she hasn't been able to find the time until today.

She was just about to send a message to Yu Yin when her personal terminal suddenly vibrated slightly.

Tang Wan sent a message:

I've arrived at the grasslands!

Chen Jianjia never changed this note; it was Tang Wan's name before she met Gu Yu.

A photo was attached to the message.

In the distance, grasslands stretch to the horizon. The sky is low, and the wind presses large swathes of wild grass in the same direction.

The photo has not been edited by any algorithms, and the composition is not even particularly neat, but it is so clean that it is hard to look away.

Chen Jianjia didn't say much, only telling her to have fun.

The moment the message was sent, Chen Jianjia heard a voice coming from not far away:

"Teacher Chen!"

Chen Jianjia raised her head.

Yu Yin was running quickly from inside the residential area.

The little girl was wearing a light-colored coat and her hair was neatly combed. She waved to her from a distance.

Chen Jianjia looked at her, but did not respond immediately.

It hasn't been that long since we last met.

But the change in the lingering sound was even more obvious than she had imagined.

Back when she was in school in the lower district, Yu Yin always kept her head down and walked with her shoulders slightly hunched, as if she was afraid that she might accidentally block other people's way.

Even when the teacher calls her name, she will only hug the book in her arms tightly and answer softly.

Even now, she is still not considered lively.

But at least he dares to call out to her from afar, and dares to run towards her at the entrance of the residential area where people come and go.

His clothes were clean and fit him well, and his originally pale face had regained some color.

Most importantly, she no longer subconsciously avoids eye contact when looking at others.

After moving to the central district, the child's life did indeed change significantly.

But Chen Jianjia knew that what truly made Yu Yin who she is today was not just the spacious house and the better school.

Instead, she no longer had to worry about her brother's health, the rent, or whether their crumbling home would suddenly collapse.

"How did you get out?"

When Yu Yin came to her side, Chen Jianjia smiled and asked:

"Didn't we agree that I'd message you after I arrived?"

"This place is very big."

Yu Yin was slightly out of breath.

"I'm afraid Teacher Chen won't be able to find it."

"So you were waiting for me at the door beforehand?"

Yu Yin nodded somewhat shyly.

Chen Jianjia reached out and tucked her wind-blown hair behind her ears.

"You don't need to wait so early next time."

"It's windy outside."

"Um."

Yu Yin obediently agreed, her gaze quickly falling on the paper bag in her hand.

"Teacher Chen, you brought something else?"

"A little bit of dessert."

Chen Jianjia smiled and said:

"It's my first time visiting your new home, so I can't really come empty-handed."

The things she brought were not valuable.

It's just a pastry from an old shop in the central district, and the portion isn't large.

Yu Yin helped her complete the visitor registration, and then led her towards the residential building.

Along the way, the little girl was noticeably more talkative than before.

She pointed to the rooftop garden not far away and said she would go for a walk there with her brother;

When they passed the artificial lake, he told Chen Jianjia that many lights, like stars, would light up the lakeside at night.

Chen Jianjia listened quietly, occasionally asking a question.

Yu Yin explained very carefully.

It was as if he was showing her a treasure he had kept for a long time.

"Are you getting used to the new school?" Chen Jianjia asked after she finished speaking.

"Habit."

Yu Yin nodded.

"The teachers and classmates are all very nice."

She paused again at this point.

"Sometimes I just think about Teacher Chen."

Chen Jianjia slowed her pace and turned to look at her.

"The teacher also misses Yinyin."

Yu Yin pursed her lips, but a smile quickly appeared on her face.

"By the way, Teacher Chen, my brother recently told me a new story."

"A new story?"

"Yes, it's called Harry Potter."

When this was mentioned, Yu Yin clearly became interested.

"It's about a boy who can do magic. He's going to take a train to a magic school where people can fly on broomsticks and the portraits on the walls can talk."

"But my brother has only told me a little bit; he hasn't told me what happened after that."

Chen Jianjia smiled upon hearing this.

"It seems your brother is a good storyteller."

"certainly."

Yu Yin nodded seriously without hesitation.

"The stories my brother tells are all very interesting."

After saying that, as if she felt it wasn't enough, she added:

"It's even more interesting than the holographic animations at school."

Chen Jianjia couldn't help but laugh.

……

The two took the elevator to the floor where the apartment was located.

When the door opened, the aroma of food wafted out.

"Brother, Aunt Zhang, Teacher Chen is here."

As Yu Yin changed her shoes, she called out to the living room.

As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Zhang came out of the kitchen.

She was holding a hand towel in her hand, and when she saw Chen Jianjia following behind Yu Yin, she smiled and said:

"This must be Teacher Chen, right?"

Yu Yin stood to the side and introduced:

"Teacher Chen, this is Aunt Zhang. She usually takes care of my brother and me."

Hello, Aunt Zhang.

Chen Jianjia smiled and nodded at her.

"Sorry to bother you today."

"Not at all."

Aunt Zhang quickly waved her hand.

"Yinyin has been talking about it for the past few days, saying that Teacher Chen is coming. The meal is almost ready. Please sit down. There's one last dish."

After she finished speaking, she went back to the kitchen.

Yu Yin put the snacks that Chen Jianjia brought aside and skillfully took out a new pair of indoor slippers from the shoe cabinet.

"Teacher Chen, wear this."

"Thank you, Yinyin."

Chen Jianjia changed her shoes and followed her into the living room.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the crisscrossing suspended tracks in the central urban area are bathed in a pale golden light from the evening sun.

Yu Wen sat in a wheelchair by the window, with a manuscript page that was still open floating beside him.

Hearing the noise, he raised his hand to put away the light screen and turned around.

"Teacher Chen."

Yu Wen smiled at her.

"welcome."

Chen Jianjia stood at the entrance of the living room, looking at the young man in front of her, and her steps slowed down.

She suddenly remembered the first time they met.

At that time, Yu Wen was also in a wheelchair.

Behind me was a narrow, damp basement, with odds and ends piled up in the corners, barely enough to sustain our lives, and the air was thick with the smells of mold and engine oil.

His face was much paler than it is now, and his body was much thinner.

Life had almost driven the brother and sister to the most desperate corner.

But that day, when Yu Wen turned his wheelchair around and politely greeted her, there wasn't much embarrassment or inferiority in his eyes.

Calm and clear-headed.

She didn't consider herself inferior just because she lived in a basement, nor did she deliberately act reserved or ingratiating because she came from Midtown.

Today, the dark and cramped basement has been transformed into a spacious and bright apartment.

He is no longer the down-on-his-luck author who could be crushed by debt at any moment and struggle to support his sister.

The novels "To Live" and "The Old Man and the Sea" have made Yu Huashi's name known throughout the StarNet.

But when Yu Wen looked at her, Chen Jianjia felt that his eyes seemed unchanged.

His past hardships did not make him feel inferior.

His current fame and wealth have not made him arrogant in the slightest.

The environment has changed, and so has life.

But his eyes remained unchanged, his gaze the same as always.