My Homestay connects to another world

On a summer afternoon, the hot and dazzling light shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows, making the scene in the room clearly and sharply reflected in Xie Cheng's eyes

The scattered clothes at his feet, the messy bed with stains, and the man he was very familiar with leaning against the head of the bed and smoking in silence.

Xie Cheng paid off the mortgage on the house last year, and the [-]-square-meter house is the "home" where he and An Chen lived together in S for three years.

A friend of four years in college, a business partner for five years, and a relationship three years ago, Xie Cheng has been with An Chen for one-third of his life.

Xie Cheng is calm and has works, An Chen is smooth and sociable, both of them have no parents and are working hard in S City, a first-tier big city.They have paid too much and are too busy to let the design company go from being unknown at the beginning to becoming a little famous in the industry.

Xie Cheng originally planned to finish the list in hand and rest with An Chen for a period of time. The two of them haven't gotten along well alone for half a year.

Who knows that today I accidentally went home to pick up the plan, but saw An Chen messing with other men.

"Xie Cheng, it's been eight years. I've known you for eight years and we've been together for almost three years. We used to have feelings for each other. I didn't want you to see such a scene..."

An Chen took a deep breath of the cigarette, and with trembling hands pressed the cigarette end into the ashtray beside the bed.

Xie Cheng doesn't smoke, he bought it specially for An Chen.

"I can't stand you treating me as if I didn't exist when you started working, and I'm really tired of seeing your expression that hasn't changed for thousands of years. For three full years, the same life and you who haven't changed make me feel like I don't exist. I'm sick of bondage! And you..."

An Chen just wanted to confide all the suppressed thoughts in his heart, or maybe he was looking for excuses for his cheating, so he told all of Xie Cheng's problems.

Xie Cheng looked at the ferocious veins on An Chen's pale cheeks, and the bright red lips that kept opening and closing seemed like a bloody mouth.

He remembered that when An Chen chased him, he said that he looked very good-looking when he was cold-faced. He said that although staying by his side was plain, he felt safe...

Standing quietly in the room and listening to An Chen's words, Xie Cheng knew for the first time that a person can change so quickly, and it took only three years for An Chen to completely change his mind.

I found in my heart that the anger after An Chen cheated suddenly disappeared completely.

Xie Cheng's complexion was cold and pale, his facial features were exquisite and three-dimensional to a little sharp, the anger in his dark eyes disappeared, and his pale lips spread out a palpitating smile in front of An Chen.

It's not worth it, Xie Cheng thought: "An Chen like this is not worth getting angry with himself."

Xie Cheng also felt that the feelings he had put in for many years were not worth it. When the matter developed to this point, no matter how much An Chen said, he could not change the ending.

"An Chen, let's break up. Please take your things and leave my house as soon as possible." Xie Cheng was in a calm mood when he said this, with no tone and no emotion. He just wanted the person in front of him to change from himself. disappear before my eyes.

Resisting the disgust, he stretched out his hand to open the bedroom door, stood on the balcony to breathe, the warm and light-colored home decoration in the house behind him was redecorated after he and An Chen were together, but looking at it now is extremely irritating.

Xie Cheng turned on his phone and made an appointment for a housekeeping company to come clean.As long as he thinks that his house is full of traces of An Chen and other men, he feels uncomfortable staying here.

An Chen sat on the bed and watched Xie Cheng walk out of the bedroom, and the door closed again, before recovering from the breakup sentence.

His reason seemed to come back to him. The always smooth and rational man remembered what he said just now, tremors spread from his hands to his whole body, and the silver-rimmed glasses slipped from the bridge of his nose to cover his sight.

Shaking his hands and smoking two more cigarettes, An Chen got up and put on his clothes and began to tidy up his own things in the room. He didn't even take the clothes and accessories that Xie Cheng bought for him in the closet, and he didn't even take a second look at them.

"Didn't you realize that the easy life is not suitable for you? It's just right to break up with Xie Cheng. My current bed partner is the manager of a partnership company. Not only will he come to trouble, but he can also help me expand the company's business. How wonderful!" I dare not go again During the years when Shensi and Xie Cheng were together, An Chen never let himself regret the choices he had made.

After simply packing up his things, An Chen walked out of the room, looking at Xie Cheng's back, An Chen couldn't help thinking: "I know Xie Cheng, but has Xie Cheng really understood me?"

"Since we broke up, I will leave the company, and my shares will be sold within a week." Not mentioning love, thinking about his friendship with An Chen in college, Xie Cheng told An Chen in advance of his future plans.

He took a step back and only hoped that An Chen could find the right designer to take over the company.

"Okay... I will sort out the company's share documents and financial information." Xie Cheng's decision was exactly what An Chen wanted, so he immediately agreed.

Anyway, he won't let go of the company.

An Chen walked out of the room without hesitation, and walked all the way into the elevator.

He didn't look back, and Xie Cheng didn't look back at him either.

They had known each other for eight years and fell in love for three years. This relationship ended rationally and quickly after a farce.

......

The scheduled housekeeping knocked on the door, and six housekeeping staff arrived, armed with cleaning tools.

While the housekeeping staff were cleaning the house, Xie Cheng went to organize his things. He was going to move out today, and the house was listed for sale.

Perhaps it would be a good choice for him to go back to his hometown to rest for a while.

He has been busy since college until now, and he is also tired.Grandpa is 73 this year, if he doesn't want to live in the city, then Xie Cheng can go back to his hometown instead.

When packing up the closet, seeing that all the things he bought for An Chen were left behind, Xie Cheng twitched his lips, packed all these things, and planned to send them to the second-hand store later.

Xie Cheng already had a lot of savings in his hands when they formally communicated.The gifts he gave An Chen were all famous brands that An Chen liked, and now he can get back a lot of money if he sells them.

Thinking of having a good income, Xie Cheng felt better.

I went to the study room to sort out my design draft and some company planning plans, some of which were to be sent to the company.

When he was alone, Xie Cheng's expression unconsciously relaxed. Although he still didn't smile, his facial features were less sharp and more gentle.

Few people have seen him like this, even the grandfather who is dependent on each other, sees Xie Cheng's silence and strength more often.

The manuscripts that need to be sent to the company were sorted out into two big boxes, and besides books and competition trophies, there were some small things left on the bookshelf.

Some objects are too old, Xie Cheng has no memory of them.

Xie Cheng looked through them one by one, and there were small ornaments carved by his grandfather that he brought from his hometown when he was just in college.

"So this box is still there." Xie Cheng looked at the small square box with exquisite patterns carved in his hand, feeling deeply.

It contained a birthday gift from his mother when he was five years old, and it was the only birthday gift he received from his mother.

Because before his sixth birthday, his parents, who were teachers in the mountains, encountered a landslide on the mountain road to send students to school, and he never went back to his Taoist home after that.

The square box is about two fingers and very light in weight, and there is a sound inside when it is gently shaken.Because it has not been opened for too long, the lid and the box are almost integrated.

Xie Cheng took out the toolbox in the drawer, and got busy with the small saw and screwdriver.

"Crash!" A crisp sound of broken glass came from the living room.

Frightened, Xie Cheng lost all strength in his left hand, and the saw knife cut a wound on his right index finger while cutting open the box.

Fortunately, the wound was not deep, Xie Cheng clutched the bleeding wound, put down the box in his hand and walked out of the study to check the situation.

Behind him, his blood slowly slid into the box. After the round seeds with faint blue luster were stained with bright red blood, faint starlight flashed on the surface.

Accompanied by a slight "click", the fluorescent blue translucent buds broke through the confinement for the first time in more than 20 years, and stretched gently in the air.

After Xie Cheng and the person in charge of the cleaning company finished discussing the follow-up treatment of the broken glass wall, they returned to the study.

Suddenly, he was taken aback by the strange plants that suddenly appeared on the desk with teeth and claws.

Subconsciously, he used his body to block the crack of the door to block the view from the outside. After realizing it, he immediately closed the door and locked it.

He saw some familiar fragments of seed husks falling out of the small box he just opened, and looked at the magical plant that was rooted in the air and shone with a blue light, trying to stretch its translucent branches and leaves.

The first thought in Xie Cheng's mind was: "So what mother said about the star flower that can make the owner happy is true? Isn't it a joke to make me laugh?"

The translucent plant stopped growing when it reached a height of half a meter, and the curled heart-shaped leaves slowly unfolded. The soft roots fell on the desk and seemed to be moving slowly towards Xie Cheng.

The scene in front of him shocked Xie Cheng's world view established in 20 years of science education.

He thought he should be surprised and wary of this strange moving and glowing plant.

But in his memory, his mother’s happy face when she told about the dreamlike and beautiful scene of the star flower blooming appeared in front of his eyes. It was obviously a strange plant beyond the scope of science, but he was familiar with it from the bottom of his heart, and even felt a little bit lost. The urge to tear.

He couldn't help getting closer to it, and when his fingers touched its branches and leaves, the feeling of being connected by blood was transmitted from the cool branches and leaves under his palm to the bottom of his heart.

The tender branches and leaves slowly rubbed against his fingers, and a large leaf covered the back of his hand, patting gently, like an elder comforting a lost child.

Xie Cheng was surprised by his association, but he couldn't get rid of this comforting feeling.

He couldn't even have any thought of harming this plant, and subconsciously directly told him to keep the secret of this plant.

"Perhaps what mother said is true? The magic star flower and the talking magic plant are all real..."

"Dong dong dong!" There was a knock on the door, and the housekeeper asked him if he could clean the study now?

As if feeling Xie Cheng's psychological entanglement, the star flower grew a bud-like protrusion on the top and then quickly shrunk until it became half a palm.

Seeing that a plant can shrink and fly, now Xie Cheng is no longer surprised.

Putting the small things in his heart into his backpack, and aware of the cramped environment, Xingchenhua quickly adjusted the branches and leaves to flatten his body.

Seeing this scene, Xie Cheng put the wooden box originally used to hold the seeds into the bag to help it open up space.

While picking up the box, he saw the blood stained inside the box, "Could it be his own blood that made it germinate?"

With doubts, Xie Cheng closed his backpack and opened the door.

The cleaners spent a total of two hours cleaning and fully disinfecting Xie Cheng's house. Xie Cheng spent a little more money and asked them to move the packed boxes to the courier station near the community.

After sending the boxes to the addresses they were supposed to go to, Xie Cheng realized that it was already six o'clock in the evening.

Xie Cheng hastily settled his dinner at the nearby night market, stayed in the best hotel here, and contacted a special intermediary before going to bed to put his house up for sale.

After hesitating again and again, Xie Cheng thought that Grandpa might have fallen asleep, so he didn't dare to call him.

He felt that it was better to deal with the matter in S City first, and then tell his grandfather that he was going back to his hometown. It would make him less angry after talking about it once.

The body is not very tired, but the mental state is very bad. Looking at the star flower beside the pillow, his mind is full of doubts, but he can't resist the sleepiness.

After he fell asleep, the star flower was growing again, the elongated branches and leaves gently wrapped Xie Cheng's body, the starlight flashed in the room, and the place where Xie Cheng was lying under the quilt was empty.