Su Yu looked at the graffiti on the wall, its colors already faded, and felt the memories in his mind growing hazy. He looked up at the higher part of the wall, his head aching.
In a daze, he did remember a tiny child scribbling all over the place here. Someone had lifted him up and let him sit on his shoulders to draw on the higher sections of the wall. A woman had stood by the door beside them, smiling as she gently stroked her belly.
Was this the original owner's memory?
Su Yu wasn't sure.
"Back then, you were so naughty. You loved scribbling here, and Old Wei always indulged you." Fourth Brother appeared at his side at some point, nearly startling Su Yu out of his skin. Still shaken, Su Yu patted his chest. "What are you doing? Do you walk without making any sound?"
Fourth Brother hurriedly protested, "Little Yu, it isn't that I walk silently. You've been spacing out, thinking so hard you got completely absorbed."
"Really? Then what's your relationship with Old Wei?"
"Us? We're just neighbors."
"I don't believe you. Would ordinary neighbors go so far as to tie me up for him?"
Fourth Brother corrected him, "This isn't tying you up. Have you ever seen a kidnapped person living more comfortably than you?"
"Quit trying to PUA me. Bringing me here against my will is no different from kidnapping."
"Then I'll tell you the truth. Old Wei saved my brother and me, so we've been following him ever since."
Su Yu said skeptically, "Then he really does love saving people."
"But he looks so idle and carefree. Would he really meddle in other people's affairs? He's probably too lazy even to manage his own." For instance, he couldn't even be bothered to