Ghost World Office

Tao Ye obviously panicked too, he subconsciously looked at Lu Yi, but Lu Yi didn't intend to help him.

As the fire intensified, a large amount of smoke rose from the ground, triggering the smoke alarm in the living room.

As soon as the fire alarm rang, the security officer in charge of fire protection downstairs took the special elevator up to the 99th floor, and rushed directly into the living room of Lu Yi's house.

The moment the security guard walked into the living room, he was stunned by the scene in front of him——

A thin boy was carrying a bucket of water and pouring it on the ground with great difficulty.

The wool carpet on the ground was obviously burned, but the fire has been extinguished.The water mixed with ashes stuck to the boy's calf, looking very distressed.

As for the other two men in the living room, one was sitting leisurely on the sofa, drinking tea slowly with a teacup, while the other was standing aside, staring at the boy as he poured water on the ground like a supervisor.

If it weren't for the three men, this picture would be a modern rendition of Cinderella and her two vicious sisters.

"Mr. Lu, are you okay?" The security officer was not at ease, and after looking at Tao Ye, he confirmed to Lu Yi.

Lu Yi smiled at the security officer: "I'm sorry to cause you trouble. The child at home insisted on doing a chemical experiment, and accidentally set the carpet on fire. The fire has gone out."

Hearing Lu Yi calling himself a "child", Tao Ye angrily raised his head and glared at Lu Yi, then gritted his teeth and said to the security officer:

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes, I made a fireball and set the carpet on fire."

Tao Ye had a slender figure and a small face, and the security officer had never seen Tao Ye before, so in the eyes of the security officer, Tao Ye was a brat who had just entered high school.

The security officer had already set Tao Ye as Lu Yi's distant nephew in his heart, so he raised his hand and touched the top of his head, and smiled honestly at Tao Ye:

"Children, you must pay attention to safety in the future. Be sure to conduct chemical experiments under the supervision of your parents."

Tao Ye was speechless. He dropped the bucket in his hand to the ground, and angrily called out to the security officer who was about to turn his head and leave:

"Uncle, what degree do you have?"

The security officer turned around, smiled inexplicably, rubbed his forehead and replied, "High school."

"Then you should have studied chemistry, right?" Tao Ye glanced at the gray-water mixture on the ground, and decided to make a fireball to let this security officer who called him a child without authorization see the world.

The security officer showed a kind smile that only parents can have, and said to Tao Ye:

"Little friend, uncle is a liberal arts student."

After finishing speaking, the security officer nodded to Lu Yi, turned around and left Lu Yi's apartment, leaving Tao Ye alone standing in the gray water, scratching his forehead with his index finger in embarrassment.

"What? Still trying to be brave?" Staring at Tao Yi's embarrassed and embarrassed face, Liao Zhi teased.

Tao Ye pursed his lips and glanced at Liao Zhi, then bent down to lift the bucket on the ground, without looking at Lu Yi, walked towards the bathroom with bare feet.

"I'm going to take a shower."

Accompanied by the magical sound of paws slapping the ground, Tao Ye said so in a very self-contained manner.

……

After the burning of the living room incident, Tao Ye felt even more awkward.

Humans have a strange problem: when encountering unpleasant things, human rationality will tell themselves that it is no big deal.But sensibility always jumps out to make trouble from time to time, and pokes a few needles at rationality as a protest.

Tao Ye is now in this strange contradiction.He knew that Liao Zhi and Lu Yi had a good relationship because they were both in the God Realm, so it was normal to have more common topics.

Going deeper, Liao Zhi really helped him, so he shouldn't dislike Liao Zhi.

But he was quite resistant to Liao Zhi.

As the new year is approaching, Liao Zhi proposed that the three of them stay at Lu Yi's house for the new year.

Although he didn't really want to live under the same roof as Liao Zhi, the dormitory where Tao Ye lived was closed, so he reluctantly stayed at Lu Yi's house. After all, he had nowhere to go except the dormitory.

On the evening of New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily in S City.

It is rare for cities in the south to have heavy snowfall, and even the TV station broadcast the snow scene of S city in a rolling manner.

The night can barely cover the afterglow of the sun, and the car lights flowing on the street are like fire dragons on the village fires in the past, shining warm and dazzling light.

Tao Ye was lying on the lazy sofa in front of the French window in the living room, holding the mobile phone in one hand, staring at the short video played on the screen in a loop, feeling very uncomfortable.

While Lu Yi and Liao Zhi were preparing the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen, the aroma of the ingredients wafted into Tao Ye's nose, disturbing him.

"Xiaoye, there is no soy sauce at home, you can go to the convenience store downstairs and buy a bottle."

Liao Zhi, wearing an apron, leaned out half of his body from the kitchen and shouted to Tao Ye.

Tao Ye lazily glanced back at Liao Zhi, responded, got up from the sofa, put on his coat and went downstairs.

After buying the soy sauce, Tao Ye stood for a while in front of the open space in front of the convenience store.

The flying snow all over the sky was illuminated by the lights of the building, flying towards Tao Ye's eyes.He blinked, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and put it in his mouth, and did not light it for a long time.

The smell of snowflakes mixed with mud was very pleasant. Tao Ye sucked in greedily, and then spat out the hot air in his chest for a long time.

The hot air instantly condensed water vapor in the air, turning into a cloud of white mist.

"Brother Ye, do you want a fire?"

A voice sounded beside Tao Ye. Tao Ye turned his head and saw that it was Mai Xiaobo.

Reaching out to touch his pocket, Tao Ye realized that he did not bring a lighter, so he nodded, took the lighter that Mai Xiaobo handed over, and gave Mai Xiaobo a cigarette by the way.

"Why are you here?" Staring at the endlessly moving snow curtain, Tao Ye asked.

Mai Xiaobo lit his cigarette, rubbed his hands that were red with cold, and replied, "I live here."

"Oh, a rich man." Tao Ye sipped his cigarette holder, took another puff, and looked sideways at Mai Xiaobo.

Mai Xiaobo was wearing a padded sweater for home use, a pair of shorts on his legs, and a pair of furry hamster slippers on his feet.

This attire didn't match his usual demeanor at all.

Seen terrified by Tao Ye, Mai Xiaobo tried to break the awkwardness between the two of them, and spoke again:

"Brother Ye, do you live here too?"

Without looking at Mai Xiaobo again, Tao Ye put the soy sauce bottle in his hand by his feet, then squatted down, sat on his heels, and slowly twisted the white cigarette holder with his fingers:

"No, I have nowhere to go, I'm living under the fence here."

Mai Xiaobo originally wanted to say something, but suddenly he felt a stalk in his heart. He glanced at Tao Ye who was squatting on the ground, and he squatted down too. Looking at the night scene dyed rose red by the snow, he said after a long time:

"My mother is still working overtime and won't be coming back tonight."

Tao Ye didn't answer the call, but just stared at the pedestrians in front of the convenience store carrying big bags and small bags together with Mai Xiaobo.

After a long time, Tao Ye smoked the last puff of his cigarette, got up and put the cigarette end on the smoke extinguisher of the trash can, turned around and picked up the soy sauce bottle, and said to Mai Xiaobo:

"gone."

Mai Xiaobo raised his eyes to look at Tao Ye, and finally mustered up the courage to ask Tao Ye:

"Brother Ye, are you playing games?"

Tao Ye looked at Mai Xiaobo without knowing why, and asked:

"What?"

Mai Xiaobo coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said seriously:

"I have two computers at home, and my mother won't be home tonight."

A man's happiness is always interlinked, and Tao Ye instantly understood what Mai Xiaobo meant.

Tao Ye thought for a while, and the scene of him, Lu Yi and Liao Zhi huddled on the sofa watching the Spring Festival Gala after the New Year's Eve dinner appeared in front of his eyes, and he felt very unhappy.

So he agreed to Mai Xiaobo's invitation: "Okay, I'll go up to eat first, and I'll find you after dinner."

After speaking, Tao Ye turned around and walked towards the apartment lobby with the soy sauce bottle in hand.

It was as if he had found his companion in the snowy night. Mai Xiaobo's eyes lit up. He got up from the ground and threw the cigarette butt into the smoke extinguisher from a distance. Amidst the sound of the cigarette being extinguished, he pointed at Tao Ye. shouted from behind:

"Brother, my house lives on the 60th floor, send me a WeChat message after you finish eating!"

After returning to Lu Yi's house, Tao Ye put the soy sauce bottle on the kitchen island, and found that most of the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner had already been prepared.

"Why did it take so long?" Liao Zhi asked while taking the steamed scallops out of the steamer.

Tao Ye patted the snowy water above his head, pretended to walk around behind Lu Yi casually, and replied:

"I met a friend and chatted a few words."

Lu Yi was collecting juice for the sweet and sour pork ribs, when he heard Tao Ye talking behind him, he subconsciously looked back at Tao Ye, and said softly to him:

"Hungry, you'll be fine soon."

Standing on tiptoe, Tao Ye poked his head out from behind Lu Yi's shoulder, staring at the amber-like pork ribs in the pot, and swallowed.

"Didn't it mean that gods don't eat human fireworks? How can they still cook?"

Looking at the pork ribs in the pot, Tao Ye's stomach writhed excitedly.

Lu Yi smiled, and said to Tao Ye: "Go get a plate and I'll tell you."

Tao Ye pursed his lips, and said a sour sentence that he still regrets decades later:

"Let Liao Zhi get it for you. If you are close to vermilion, you will be red and if you are close to ink, you will be black. I am afraid that your holy tribute will be dirty."

As soon as he said the words, Tao Ye immediately regretted it.

Fortunately, Liao Zhi is a god of high emotional intelligence. He took a plate out of the cupboard, put it in Tao Ye's hand, and changed the subject:

"Hurry up, I'm starving."

Tao Ye put the plate that Liao Zhi handed over on the side of the integrated stove, suddenly in a bad mood, he turned his head and walked out of the kitchen listlessly.

The New Year's Eve dinner was quickly served on the table. Tao Ye washed his hands and sat down at the table. Looking at the dishes on the table, the hunger in his stomach and the awkwardness in his heart began to contend.

If I just start eating and eating like this, I will be very embarrassing.In Tao Ye's heart, there was a word floating back and forth anyway, which made his face very ugly.

"Don't you like it?" Lu Yi took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet, put it on the table, and asked with concern after realizing that Tao Ye was not in the right state.

In fact, all the dishes today are Tao Ye's favorite, but Tao Ye just felt awkward, so he nodded angrily.

Lu Yi's eyes darkened slightly, and he immediately turned on the phone with his head down.

Tao Ye took a peek at Lu Yi out of the corner of his eye, and found that he was frowning slightly, staring at the phone seriously, with his slender fingers flicking the screen back and forth, as if he was looking for something.

"What are you doing?"

Lu Yi quickly searched for the barbecue shop, and replied softly:

"See if there is a barbecue restaurant open."