Chapter 115 (1/2)

Chapter 115: Lead The Way

Jiao Yuan felt Fu Lei was a nice person despite what everyone said about hireatly pleased Jiao Yuan

After talking about the cat, Jiao Yuan told Fu Lei, ”I heard you can fight”

”Not really I just get in fights a lot” Fu Lei wanted to be huhts

”Can you run then?”

Xiong Xiong had come out by this time He heard Jiao Yuan's question and looked at Fu Lei hopefully

Fu Lei wanted to say he wasn't a runner but was forced by the situation to answer yes

He regretted it i was a waste of tis

Xiong Xiong forgot he was upset with Fu Lei and draped his arm around Fu Lei's shoulders He took out his list of nan up for the 800-meter run? We believe in you Here, write your name here, then write 800 meters behind your name”

800 th He nodded and wrote 800 meters after his name

Xiong Xiong was grinning so hard his eyes were slits ”Why don't you write down 1500 meters too?”

Fu Lei rolled his eyes What a scoundrel

”Well, I' took back the list He got a na

On their way horoup ran into Fu Lei However, Fu Lei wasn't riding a bike, so Jiao Yuan's group left after waving hello

Jiao Yuan told Papa Jiao about what happened Papa Jiao didn't seem surprised The cat often went to the pet center by himself That was even farther away than Jiao Yuan's middle school He was, however, pleased the cat could find his way there without any help

”Sadly lish teachers use the same office so I can't let Charcoal in” Mama Jiao said

”Don't worry about it He went there on his walks, he can just walk ho cats in this area He should be fine”

After dinner, Jiao Yuan went to the track fields with his friends Zheng Tan and Youzi went to watch and maybe run a lap or two in the meantime

Jiao Yuan and his friends didn't start running right away They all just had dinner, so they needed to war while they rested Fu Lei becah there were all kinds of ruroup kind of liked him Jiao Yuan liked hiroup liked hined up for the 800-meter race

”Should we invite him over to train with us touys know his phone number? We could ask him first”

”I only have a list of na checked his watch, ”It's only seven We could go to his house now”

They normally went home around 8, which meant they still had an hour left

”That could work too Where does he live?” Su An asked

Xiong Xiong shrugged, ”I don't know Don't look at me”

No one knehere he lived, but he didn't ride a bike to school so they felt he should live close by

”I kno to find him” Jiao Yuan suddenly jumped off the parallel bars He waved to Youzi and the black cat, ”Come over here for a second Charcoal!”

Zheng Tan heard Jiao Yuan calling out to hio over there There was always so up with these boys

”Charcoal, you knohere Fu Lei lives right?” Jiao Yuan asked ”Lead the way if you do”

Zheng Tan twitched his ears, what did these boys want to do?

Xiong Xiong and the rest of the group didn't believe a cat could lead the way, but Charcoal really did start walking

Jiao Yuan followed hio horoup

She left her bike in the bike shed near the side gate

”Jiao Yuan, does your cat really know the way? It won't lead us to so left and right

It wasn't completely dark yet but the street lamps were all lit There were a lot of people on the street, so the kids were not so much afraid as dubious

Jiao Yuan tutted, but he wasn't so sure himself

Zheng Tan led the way in the front of the group After a while, Xiong Xiong started coain

”I thought you said he lived nearby Why aren't we there yet?”

The other kids were voicing their doubt too

Zheng Tan ignored the them there

Zheng Tan crossed the street and headed to the old residential neighborhood where Fu Lei lived

There were elderly people taking strolls in the neighborhood They were surprised to see the group of kids and asked why they were here Jiao Yuan told them

”Fu Lei? Oh, that boy lives in that building over there I think the fa nearby

So he really lived here!

The kids exchanged a look then looked at the cat again They were truly surprised Jiao Yuan's cat really was so No wonder it was the leader of all the eastern quarter cats

Fu Lei's family had just finished dinner

His parents came home very late every day, so they always had dinner late

Fu Lei's ot up to clear the table She could tell by the look on her husband's face that Fu Lei was in for a beating tonight He didn't like to be disrupted when he was trying to educate Jiao Yuan

Fu Lei had three bowls of rice He always tried to eatto beat him He felt he recovered faster if he ate more

”Come over here!” Fu Lei's father motioned his son to him

He dragged to a chair over and sat down He raised his hand ready to slap his son when there was a sudden knock at the door

Fu Lei's father didn't want other people to see hiood side of his fa He sat there and didn't move

Fu Lei's hed She put down the dishes, wiped the water off her hands and went to open the door

She was surprised to see a group of kids about her son's age outside She had thought it was the neighbors co

”Is this Fu Lei's house?” Jiao Yuan asked

”Yes, and you kids are?” Fu Lei's mother quickly answered She orried her son had caused more trouble at school These kids didn't look like schoolyard bullies

Zheng Tan went ignored everyone and entered the house He saw right away Fu Lei was in his room with his father Was Fu Lei's father about to beat hiht in time

Fu Lei and his father were surprised to see the visitors He hadn't expected Jiao Yuan to visit The black cat jumped onto a chair and looked like he was ready for the show

”Ued to squeeze out a s Fu Lei on the back of his head as he asked