Shadow Under the Keys

At six-thirty in the evening, the old town of Zhucheng City was immersed in the orange sunset. The bluestone roads had been exposed to the sun all day and were slowly exhaling warm breath. I held the interview script I had just picked up from the print shop and turned into the narrow alley of Fangxiang Street—today's task was to write an exclusive interview on "New Era Youth Model" for the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles' "Cultural Weekly." The protagonist was Zhang Boning, a fifth-grade student at Fangxiang Primary School. At the end of the alley is the family courtyard of Fangxiang Primary School. The three-story red brick building is covered with ivy. Zhang Boning's home is on the second floor. I just raised my hand to knock on the door, but the door opened a crack first, and a little girl with a high ponytail poked her head out, her eyes as bright as black grapes soaked in water: "Is this reporter Lin's sister? My mother said you are coming today."