Ambiguous addiction

The phone in Ye Xi's hand vibrated, and a low but sweet voice came from beside his ears, "Ye Xi, are you moving today? Do you want me to come and help you?"

"Help me? How do you want to help me? Do you want to help me try a new bed?" Ye Xi chuckled, raised his eyes and glanced at the kingsize mattress that was carried into the elevator with all his strength. There was a cigarette in between, and the blue smoke was exhaled from the lungs from the half-opened lips along with the breath brought out by the chuckle, and swirled and diffused in the air.

"Ah, Ye Xi, you're good or bad, then we'll see you tonight." The other party blamed him with a smile, and hung up the phone.

Lu Churan pressed his lips against the rim of the glass and sipped it down. He tried the temperature of the water in the glass. It was moderately warm. He unscrewed the lid of the honey jar and scooped a small spoonful of rich color and texture from inside. Put the viscous honey into the cup and stir gently. The warm water rotates with the stirring direction of the spoon, and a small vortex is formed in the middle. The color is as clear and soft as the morning sun entering the house.

Lu Churan picked up the spoon from the water, tapped it lightly on the rim of the cup, and there was a crisp sound when it collided. A drop of honey water on the tip of the spoon fell into the water and made a small ripple.

The impact drill drilled holes on the wall and made regular and continuous noises, occasionally overlapping with the sound of hammers hitting nails. Lu Churan was about to be shaken by the shock that started at eight o'clock in the morning until the walls seemed to be shaking The noise from the ring three-dimensional decoration is annoying to the point of mental breakdown.

He frowned, his expression was very sad, the honey water in his mouth seemed to be a mouthful of muddy water mixed with sand and stones, like a stick in his throat.

His thick wake-up breath gradually rose, and the vibrating noise disturbed the air, as if a layer of dust had been shaken off the walls and ceiling of the house, and the smoke and dust permeated his body, making him feel disgusted and uncomfortable.

After half a minute, he got up irritably and went out, deciding to leave this place full of grinding noise.

This residential building is equipped with two elevators, one passenger elevator and one freight elevator. Usually, both elevators are used to carry passengers. The freight elevators are only used when sanitation workers go to each floor to collect garbage at night or when residents move occasionally. It will be used as a freight elevator with its original attributes.

Today's freight elevator has undoubtedly been occupied due to the renovation of the newly moved residents, and the passenger elevator has been stuck on the first floor for some unknown reason.

Lu Churan's family lives in 16 Lu. When he first bought this house, he suffered from difficulties in choosing floors, and he struggled for half a month. One of the considerations was the problem of relying on elevators for access.

Living on the lower floors below the tenth floor is more convenient and saves a lot of time waiting for the elevator, but there are many mosquitoes on the lower floors.

Lu Churan is very afraid of mosquitoes. He lived in a dormitory for a school year when he was in the third year of high school. Since he had no experience in boarding for the first time, he forgot to buy a mosquito net. Therefore, the first night after the dormitory turned off the air conditioner after autumn, all roommates stayed under their own mosquito nets. Li fell asleep peacefully, and the mosquitoes buzzing all over the room found their only food and got into his bed to chat happily with him about life.

That night, he couldn't sleep all night and slapped six mosquitoes that had sucked his blood to death on his body, and there were a few more mosquitoes that survived the slap and continued to hum in his ear, "Come on, slap me to death, or if you don't slap me, I'll bite." You are gone", which eventually cast an indelible shadow on him throughout his life.

So the mosquito panic made him decisively give up the lower floors before going upstairs, and then he went to the upper floors to see the suites above the twentieth floor, but as soon as he stepped out of the balcony and looked down at the ground, he began to feel dizzy and his palms were sweating coldly. The reaction is more severe than that of a woman in early pregnancy.

At that time, the suites below the 15th floor were sold out when the market opened, so Lu Churan struggled for a long time and finally could only choose a floor that was barely a compromise. There would not be too many mosquitoes, and the fear of heights index was three and a half stars. It's okay to get over it.

At this moment, Lu Churan was in a very bad mood. He waited for a full 10 minutes for the passenger elevator to remain motionless on the first floor. He was woken up and his breath had not passed, and his impatience in waiting for the elevator increased. His sullenness.

In the end, he was really impatient to wait, so he had no choice but to go down the escape stairs, and while going down the stairs, he secretly cursed in his heart which street boy was occupying the passenger elevator on the first floor.

The air in the stairwell does not circulate, and it seems that the summer heat has been trapped here in this sultry July. Although it is not difficult to go downstairs, Lu Churan is still sweating after walking three floors. The quality tee absorbs sweat and sticks to the body, which is very uncomfortable.

When he finally reached the first floor, he angrily pushed open the door of the stairwell with a bang, cast a resentful look in the direction of the passenger elevator, and immediately saw several sweaty porters moving out a sheet of paper from inside. The kingsize mattress, because the mattress was too big, got stuck in the middle of the elevator door and couldn't get in and out. Workers struggled to change positions in order to find a feasible tricky angle.

"Mr. Ye, according to the property management regulations of our community, residents can only use the freight elevator when moving furniture. You have called and complained to other residents who use the passenger elevator to carry furniture in violation of the regulations. You see, it is also time for work..." Hearing the object Director Chen's voice from the management office, Lu Churan moved his eyes from the passenger elevator to the side, and fixed on the stranger in front of Director Chen.

"I know, they already got the mattress in when I came here, and I can't do anything about it if I can't move it out now." The man interrupted Director Chen with a contemptuous attitude, and in his tone he was concerned about the situation that caused the whole building. No apology for the inconvenience.

He was sitting on a smoky gray fabric sofa, wearing a slim navy blue shirt, with the first button under the collar unbuttoned, revealing a casual casualness, with the sleeves rolled up to reveal a section of his wrist , under the dark blue shirt is a pair of straight black trousers with narrow feet, which makes the legs slender and straight, and the two long legs overlap slightly comfortably, causing Lu Churan's gaze to pause for two more seconds involuntarily.

"Ah, Mr. Lu, good morning." Director Chen heard the movement at the door, looked up and saw Lu Churan coming out of the corridor, and greeted him. Lu Churan had a cold expression on his face and nodded slightly in response.

Ye Xi also turned his face away when he heard the words. There are a pair of beautiful eyes under the handsome thick eyebrows. His facial features are deep but not strong. His handsomeness seems to reveal a kind of handsomeness that can be used to describe men. The corners of his lips Looking at Mr. Lu who suddenly appeared from an angle that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, the angle of that smile gradually became more meaningful.

"Mr. Lu, this is the new Mr. Ye, who lives in the suite downstairs." Director Chen introduced to Lu Churan, and Lu Churan's eyes lowered at a slight angle to meet Ye Xi's gaze. , there was no embarrassment on the face of being scrutinized by strangers, the expression on the surface was very calm, but the anger was suppressed in the heart, like the water that was about to boil, small irritated bubbles quietly popped up underneath, and he looked away not much Stop and walk away.

Ye Xi seemed to think he was very interesting, and stared at the back of the long-distance traveler with great interest, and the smile on his face deepened unconsciously.

When I returned to "tobecontinued", the staff at the bar, Xiaotong, was mopping the floor. When I heard the sound of the door being pushed, I didn't look up and someone said, "Sorry, we haven't started business yet... Eh?! Teacher Lu , so it's you, aren't you on vacation today, why did you come back so early, and the second uncle hasn't arrived yet."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Ji Er's faint voice from behind, "I seem to hear someone complimenting me for being handsome behind my back."

The smile on Xiaotong's face froze instantly, she shrank her neck and lowered her head, ran into the inner hall and continued mopping the floor.

Ji Er is actually only 27 years old this year, a year younger than Lu Churan. He should be the age when elementary school students call him uncle and he would call him old, but every time he hears others call him "Brother Er" He felt that he heard the flavor of calling the second brother with an unknown and strange accent, so he would rather step into the ranks of uncles early and become the second uncle.

Ji Er went to the bar and poured himself a glass of water, and poured another glass for Lu Churan, "Why don't you sleep at home on vacation and come back, do you have classes in the afternoon?"

"No," Lu Churan's voice revealed exhaustion, and he couldn't help yawning as he spoke, with an abnormally irritable tone, "Today, there are renovations downstairs, and it's very noisy."

"Oh, a new neighbor has moved in?" Ji'er smiled lightly, knowing that he was getting up and angry now, so don't get close to others, so his tone was gentle enough, "It turns out that Teacher Lu came to me to catch up on sleep, I know, don't let People sit in the inner hall and disturb your sleep, right?"

Lu Churan did not speak as an admission, and Ji Er was used to his coquettishness, so he asked him if he had breakfast as if nothing had happened, and expressed his willingness to share his mushroom-shaped barbecued pork buns with him.

Lu Churan shook his head, and after holding back for a long time in silence, he suddenly said, "Ji'er, tell me, do people who smoke on the fabric sofa have mental illness?"

"Ah? Teacher Lu, did I hear you right? Are you complaining about your new neighbor?" Ji Er glanced at him in surprise. He rarely heard Lu Churan mention a person with □□, Most of the time, he doesn't actually mention anyone. He has always been lonely and serious, giving people a sense of alienation that cannot be approached.

From this point of view, Lu Churan's anger value is a bit high today.

"Forget it, pretend I didn't say it." After blowing on the air conditioner for a while, Lu Churan finally relieved a lot of the depression that had been fermenting all morning, so she got up with a sullen face and went to sleep in the lounge behind the inner hall.

After sleeping without dreams until 12:30 noon, Lu Churan's expression and temper returned to normal after enough sleep. He closed the door of the lounge and smelled the aroma of coffee in the corridor. The air spread and filled the entire outer hall, and this quiet smell made him feel his mood soared, "Is it a new species?"

"Well, I'm from Madagascar. I woke up. How about a cup?" Ji Er held the kettle with a slender spout and turned her wrist deftly, pouring water around the coffee beans powder in the wet filter paper, dark brown The clear liquid dripped into the transparent coffee pot through the filter, and the water vapor rolled into the face with a strong aroma. Ji Er couldn't help feeling, "The batch of beans I bought this time are all deep roasted, and I like this one the most. .”

Lu Churan took a sip and thought it was not bad. He has no research on coffee, and his understanding is only to the level of being able to tell the difference between good and bad. If a guest asks him to introduce him, he can tell a thing or two. , but it was just memorizing what Ji Er taught him to the other party.

Said to be the half-boss of "tobecontinued", in fact, Lu Churan is more like looking for a place where he is willing to stay so that he will not be alone but will not be disturbed by complicated trivial matters, so as to kill the boring time after school.

After Ji Er greeted the guests, he received a call from a friend, and he didn't know where to go to talk on the phone.Lu Churan found a corner in the store and opened his laptop, answered a few students' emails, changed the courseware for tomorrow's class, read the book for a while, and the time passed without a trace.

As night fell, the number of customers gradually increased after the employees had finished their dinner. The hall was filled with the full aroma of bread and cakes baked, and the volume of the conversations of the customers gradually overwhelmed the music in the store.

When Xiao Tong tiptoed and reluctantly turned on the switch of the signboard light, Lu Churan told Ji Er not to decide to go home.

As the day fades away, the heat of the day still hangs over the entire city, sultry, oppressive and sticky, entrapping every trace of the surrounding air.

"Please wait a moment." Lu Churan saw two people entering the elevator one after the other from a distance, and chased after the elevator door before it closed.

Usually, when he is in a bad mood, he will see someone running over in the elevator and yelling to wait, and he will press the close button firmly, but when the person who is running and yelling to wait becomes himself, if the other party presses the door firmly After closing the door, he just wanted to say "fuck you".

This situation is similar to when I was on the bus and hoped that the driver would not stop to open the door for the idiot chasing the car, but if I were the one chasing the car, if the driver didn't stop, he could only point at the car and yell "Fuck" your mother".

People will always hold biased double standards for objective facts because of the change of identity and position.

The people in the elevator waited patiently for Lu Churan unexpectedly, which made him feel a little grateful, but after stepping into the elevator, he realized that it was the man who moved in today and was sitting on the fabric sofa smoking a cigarette. His mood was complicated some.

Ye Xi was staring at him unscrupulously at this moment, still with that half-smile expression, his eyes kept wandering around him, his eyes seemed to have a little warmth, he immediately turned his expression away and tried to Pretend not to know.

Ye Xi, however, took the initiative to greet him indifferently, with a gentle and familiar tone, "Mr. Lu, did you just get off work?"

Lu Churan had no choice but to look up at him reluctantly. His daily work made him form the habit of looking at each other when communicating.

He unconsciously looked into Ye Xi's eyes, and somehow felt that this person's eyes gave him the feeling of black pebbles polished smooth by the gurgling water, elusive and opaque, and the eyes inside were vague. With a hint of probing and aggression, it makes him feel that he is being analyzed and peeped.

Lu Churan looked away a little uncomfortable, and responded perfunctorily, "Well, Mr. Ye too?"

"Well, my friend and I just came back from eating out." Ye Xi replied, his voice was mellow and pleasant, and his tone completely lacked the carefree contempt when we met for the first time, "Well, we are here, goodbye, Mr. Lu. "

Lu Churan has never deliberately looked at the other silent person in the elevator. At this time, when she heard Ye Xi say "we", she was about to look, but they had already walked out of the elevator.

He was wondering in his heart that this new resident actually had a roommate, and then just as the elevator door was about to close, he heard the unfamiliar person ask in a sticky ending, "Beibi, your first day here?" Did you find a new friend?"

He flinched unnaturally, as if feeling an inexplicable and numbing chill, did I hear correctly, Beibi?

The author has something to say: I recently reflected on myself, saw some of the previous shortcomings, and decided to try again.This shou may be very annoying in the front, so let me give you a warning, it will get better later, in order to make him better not so abruptly, please forgive me for writing a little slower.Again, please comment.