The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

Gong Cheng remembered that Tao Zhi liked SpongeBob SquarePants. After all, he had seen his SpongeBob SquarePants pants countless times.

I never cared about these details before, and there was no need to remember them.

But now, this tableware suddenly reminded me of this little thing, and I felt inexplicably dazed.

"Mr. Gong, do you want to keep that plate? Don't blame me for being nosy. After all, this is what the previous owner used to eat. It's a bit unlucky." A maid kindly reminded.

Gong Cheng looked at the smiling face of SpongeBob on the plate in his hand, pursed his lips and handed the plate to the maid who was cleaning it.

"Clean it up." Gong Cheng said.

After cleaning up downstairs, the maids started going up the stairs. One of them had already entered Tao Zhi's room, while the other put his hand on the door handle and pressed it down.

Tao Zhi, who was in the room, heard the noise at the door and saw the doorknob turning. His heart suddenly beat faster and he stared at the door, inevitably becoming nervous.

Gong Cheng looked up.

"Let's stop here today. It's already very late. Thank you all for your hard work today. We will continue to clean up tomorrow." Gong Cheng said.

The servant who was about to open the door loosened his grip and the door handle bounced back. The servant who had already entered the next room came out of the room with a rag and went down the stairs with another person.

Tao Zhi vaguely heard a man's voice, but he was so nervous that he didn't hear clearly what the other person said.

Could it be my new roommate?

Tao Zhi listened attentively, but the other party did not speak again.

Then outside the window, a group of servants were seen walking and chatting, obviously going home after get off work.

Tao Zhi squatted in front of the window and looked out. He saw the crowd disappearing into the night, and the laughter became farther and farther away until it returned to silence.

Once again, I was the only one left in this house.

Before Tao Zhi could feel disappointed, he suddenly heard the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground outside the door.

Is there anyone else who hasn't left?

Is this the new owner of the house?

Tao Zhi was suddenly worried. Even though he knew the other party couldn't see him, he still hid behind the table in a panic, leaning against the table and looking furtively at the door with his eyes exposed.

The footsteps stopped and the door handle was pressed down. Tao Zhi felt like he was about to forget to breathe. He stared at the door without blinking, waiting for a living person to appear in front of him.

But the door was not pushed open for a long time, and the door handle remained pressed down.

Tao Zhi was confused.

What are you doing?

Is it because it can’t be opened without a key?

Yes, after I closed the door, I locked it from the inside to prevent Gong Cheng from coming in.

Tao Zhi heaved a sigh of relief when he thought of this, patted his sleeves and stood up from behind the table with confidence.

Tao Zhi walked towards the door and was about to take a look at the other person's appearance through the peephole, but before he got close to the door, the door handle was released.

When Tao Zhi got closer to the cat's eye and looked out, he only saw the other person's back, followed by the sound of someone coming down the stairs.

Tao Zhi squatted in front of the window for a while and saw that the lights at the door went out, the door was closed, and a person was walking towards the gate on the dim cobblestone road.

Due to the angle of the window, Tao Zhi couldn't see the man's appearance clearly. He could only vaguely tell from his outline that he was a man.

Tao Zhi inexplicably felt that the other party was somewhat familiar, a bit like... a small town.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Tao Zhi couldn't help but laugh at himself in his heart, and then smiled bitterly.

What was I thinking? I had just managed to escape from this house in this small town, so how could I possibly come back?

I am really crazy. Everyone looks like Xiaocheng to me.

As the sun rose, the house became lively again. Tao Zhi saw through the window that the yard had changed a lot. The weeds and dead trees had been cleared away, and the rose wall had been trimmed. It no longer had the original wantonness and arrogance, but had a more tranquil and beautiful meaning.

It's a big change, but it's not particularly big.

There was a lot of banging noises on the original wooden pavilion on the left. They were repairing a new pavilion and the frame of the pavilion had already been put up.

The area where the dead tree was dug out yesterday was replanted with trees of the same species as before.

The sand pit that I dug for the little bugs was not filled with soil, but was replaced with new sand.

It would be more accurate to say that the courtyard has been restored to its original appearance rather than changed.

Gong Cheng heard noisy sounds of people being chased away and the barking and wailing of dogs outside the house, so he walked over.

"What's wrong?" Gong Cheng asked.

The maid holding the broom turned her head, looking embarrassed.

"I don't know which hole these three stray dogs came from. They were running around in the yard, dirty as hell. We couldn't chase them away, so we had to chase them away with brooms," said the maid.

Hearing this, Gong Cheng looked over and saw three stray dogs being chased by the servants. They were so dirty that their original colors could not be seen. They wailed when being hit by the brooms, but they were unwilling to go towards the door.

"Stop, stop fighting." Gong Cheng shouted.

The servants stopped chasing after hearing this, and the three dogs huddled together, trembling.

Gong Cheng looked over there, but before he could focus, one of the short-legged stray dogs suddenly let out a howl and ran straight towards Gong Cheng.

Gong Cheng was startled, thinking that the dog had gone mad and was coming to bite him. Just as he was about to step away, the dog came up to him, wagging its tail wildly and whimpering, splashing a lot of mud on Gong Cheng's trouser legs.

The stray dog ​​rubbed its head on Gong Cheng's legs and kept scratching Gong Cheng with its claws. The humming sounds from its mouth were very aggrieved, and it howled from time to time.

Another stray dog ​​rushed over and rubbed against Gong Cheng together with the original dog, causing Gong Cheng to lose his balance and almost step on their feet.

The third one was calmer, and just quietly watched the other two pour out their joy and grievances of reunion.

Gong Cheng was a little bit at a loss as they acted as if they knew him very well. He just stood there and let them rip his clothes off until they were horrible.

When they finally calmed down, they clung to Gong Cheng's legs, humming and weeping. Every time Gong Cheng took a step, they would follow him, as if they were clinging to him.

Gong Cheng listened to their humming sounds and felt inexplicably soft in his heart, with a strange sense of familiarity.

The servants came forward and tried to help Gong Cheng drive them away, but Gong Cheng waved his hands.

"Take them to the pet hospital for cleaning and physical examination." Gong Cheng said in a gentle voice.

"Mr. Gong, are you going to adopt these stray dogs?" the maid asked doubtfully.

Gong Cheng thought that the three of them were unwilling to leave no matter how hard they tried to drive them away, and guessed that this might have been their shelter since the yard was abandoned.

"Maybe they are the owners of this house." said Gong Cheng.