Knight in the Wind

  Ichigo Kurosaki, holding Zangetsu in a long coat with a haori, had several streaks of blood on his forehead, and was leaning against the wall with an unpleasant expression.

  The computer amplifier hummed a hasty and cheerful tune, but the melody was subtly tinged with a faint sorrow and endless perplexity, as if it was plucking the deepest string in an attempt to evoke that dusty, forgotten memory of despair.

  It's really unsettling.

  The air conditioner hung on the wall hummed as it blew, a young woman with slightly curly blonde hair and wearing an ordinary white tank top bowed her head over the desk, writing rapidly. Her brow was furrowed in concentration, her eyes fixed intently, and the water-based pen danced lightly between her fingers on the paper, as a string of 11th-grade English vocabulary words emerged slowly.

  It's probably only her who can learn in such a frustrating environment, and even more surprisingly, she doesn't seem to be forcing herself at all. Listening to that music has actually calmed her mind.

  About ten minutes later, she filled up three whole pages of paper, and the last dozen or so words were squeezed in outside the lines.

  After finishing writing down the words, she took out her English textbook from the drawer, opened the vocabulary list and checked for errors one by one.

  %￥*#@……！！！

  The mobile phone placed on the edge of the table suddenly started shaking violently, she was taken aback and picked it up to take a look, on which it displayed "......Caihua Ge is calling"

  Lost in thought about the other person's intentions, a smile gradually bloomed, and the hands-free button was pressed down on the table.

  "Hey, Youyou sister, want to come out and play?"

  The guy opposite is very direct and stated the topic in the first conversation.

  "What now?" She tapped her chin with a water-based pen, seemingly hesitant to look up and calculate, then said to the phone: "You're stupid, I'm not convenient right now, you don't think..."

  "Alas, are you coming or not? Just one sentence." The person on the other end was very anxious.

  "Oh... alright, where are you now?" She gently put down her pen, picked up the phone and switched it back to call mode, then tilted her head and rested it on her shoulder.

  "My mom is downstairs too." The other person replied.

  She had just stood up and was about to go find her clothes when she suddenly stiffened and asked in surprise, "Is Auntie also here?"

  "Don't worry, my mom knows what's going on with me. She'll be here soon and I'll tell you then. Yeah, that's it. Hurry up, I'm waiting for you."

  Beep beep beep...

  She put down her phone, slightly pouted and narrowed her eyes to think for a moment, then walked slowly to the table and put down the phone. In the end, it was probably the trust in her best friend that overcame some worries, she smiled slyly, opened the closet door and dove in to find beautiful clothes.

  ……

  Under a certain composite residential building, a bright red sedan was parked in front of the staircase entrance.

  Nothing can be seen through the dark car window.

  In the car sat a mother and daughter, the mother reclining in her seat with her eyes lightly closed, her index finger tapping gently on the steering wheel, a hint of a smile playing on her lips, exuding an air of leisure and contentment. On her lap lay a small head with black shoulder-length hair. The cunning daughter pretended to play with her phone while stealing glances at her mother's serene countenance, seemingly curious about and trying to guess the mysteries of her mother's inner world, her eyes wide open and filled with a naive and innocent light.

  "Xiao Cai, go and hurry her up." Mother said calmly without even opening her eyes.

  Ye Cai flipped over and sat up, questioning: "Didn't you say earlier that we can't go up to urge him?"

  "My mother smiled faintly and said: 'I didn't say you can't urge him, but rather that you can't rashly go to his place.'"

  "Ugh, what a hassle..." He muttered to himself as he pushed open the car door and got out. Suddenly, Ye Cai turned around with a smile and asked, "Would it be very rude if we went up now?"

  Her mother sighed and shook her head, saying: "I didn't let you go up just now to give her some mental preparation. At this time, she must be dressing up, with her personality, how long do you think it will take?"

  Ye Cai's eyes widened in surprise, and then she nodded in deep agreement, quickly turning around and rushing into the stairwell.

  Ran up six floors without panting, the terrifying lung capacity is visible and tangible. Bang bang bang, fiercely knocking on the door, shaking off a pile of rusty iron filings.

  "Who's there!?" A flustered voice came from deep within the house.

  The other party roared, Ye Cai was furious, and knocked on the door with even more force, shouting loudly through the gap: "It's me!!!!"

  "Oh, wait, fifteen seconds." The tone of the voice inside the door had softened slightly.

  She pouted, recalling her fierce demeanor of chasing high-interest loans, and leaned against the wall with her arms crossed. Suddenly, she paused, pulled away from the wall, turned her head to glance at the fragrant shoulder that had just leaned against the wall, raised her hand to pat it lightly, then flipped her hair back, wiped it with her hand, blew a breath, raised an eyebrow and smiled shamelessly, thinking she was very cool.

  Knock knock, someone is making noise inside the door.

  Her body shook, and she quickly flashed to the side, hiding herself tightly and holding her breath as she stared vigilantly at the door of the house.

  The door creaked open with a loud screech.

  Ye Cai responded with a jump towards the door, "Hey!"

  The girl in the doorway was dressed to the nines, as if she had transformed into a different person. Her mouth was half open, her eyes were dull and slightly raised, and after a while, she let out a sigh, pouted, and gave a white eye, "Boring..."

  Unfortunately, Ye Cai didn't have the heart to feel embarrassed, and instead focused on admiring Ai Ziyu's stunning outfit today - a black and gray off-the-shoulder pleated skirt, a apricot-colored long windbreaker draped over her shoulders, a necklace, a bracelet, pearl earrings, black silk stockings, and a pair of red high heels. Looking at her face, which was painted with rouge and lipstick, she could be described as breathtakingly beautiful.

  Ye Cai admired Ai Ziyu, but Ai Ziyu only glanced at her lightly, then restrained all his surprise and put on a face with a sense of superiority and contempt, raising his chin to deliberately look down on Ye Cai.

  As if bearing a huge pressure, Ye Cai swallowed hard, previously nothing, but Ai Ziyou deliberately put on a high and mighty attitude, suddenly almost scared Ye Cai into becoming a clown duck in front of her.

  After calming down, Ye Cai looked up at her and slowly shook his head, sighing: "You're so different."

  Ai Zi almost fell over, then propped up his elbow and angrily asked: "Do you also have the qualifications to say I'm perverted?"

  Ye Caiyi shrunk her neck and looked up at her with a humble expression, then leaned in to hold her arm and said: "Are you done yet? If you're done, come down with me, my mom is still waiting downstairs."

  Ai Zi pouted, didn't refute anything, closed the door and was dragged down to the first floor by Ye Cai who had accelerated to full speed, it was too thrilling all the way, almost dying from fright.

  He Xiaoyun leaned out of the car window and smiled at her, "Tsk, Little Ai, you look very pretty today."

  Hehe, two dry laughs, Ai Ziyou scratched his temples with a single finger, hadn't said anything yet, was pulled by Ye Cai towards the car door. Ye Cai still muttered: "So pretty, yet so stubborn to death..."

  Sitting in the car, Ye Cai's mother slowly drove towards the amusement park. Along the way, they chatted several times and she learned that before coming here, her mom had taken her to the hospital for a full gynecological examination, and also did an ultrasound scan of almost every part of her body. As a result, her mom thoroughly accepted the fact that Ye Cai had become a girl, losing the gentle warmth of the anxious period, but gaining a calm and indulgent attitude.

  ……

  ……

  A dilapidated and desolate street in a village within the city limits of Luoshui Town.

  From the sturdy old willow tree on the street of Youyi Village, which has a sacred meaning, looking out at the street, most of the buildings on both sides are residential rental houses. Bedding and clothing are exposed on the balcony, and a small half is submerged in plastic giant trash cans filled with plastic and fruit peels. The old ladies and vegetable farmers walk back and forth, and a strong urban atmosphere permeates this place.

  Zzz...!!!

  The ear-piercing sound came from a storefront not far from the street, with an old sign hanging above the door that read "Xiao Yang Hardware Miscellaneous Goods Repair Decoration". The cement slope in front of the store was covered with metal shavings, and dozens of aluminum alloy pipes were piled up on it. Next to it, a dirty boy wearing goggles and safety shoes was intently cutting an aluminum alloy pipe with a hacksaw.

  About ten seconds later, the roar of a motorcycle came from an invisible place on the east side of the alley. The dirty boy with a cloth bag stopped his work and raised his head, narrowing his eyes to gaze into the distance.

  Then, a super cool modified motorcycle rushed out of the alley, with the rider wearing an unbuttoned floral shirt and exposing his chest, squinting his eyes and holding a cigarette in his mouth.

  A strong gust of wind blew by, and a motorcycle screeched to a halt in front of the young man with the cloth wrapped around his head.

  "How was it? Did you fly?" asked Bu Tuo, putting down his work and walking up.

  A puff of white fog rose, the knight took down the cigarette butt from his mouth and turned around with a smile: "The car almost floated up, you don't know, just now at a turn, I almost crashed..."