Pushing open the door, I saw Chen Yan holding her hands and breathing on them to warm them up. Her face was red from the cold, and she kept stomping her feet to warm them up.
Oh! You're already asleep! I'm so sorry!
Lu Yuan smiled slightly and said, "It's nothing, I just went to bed. Come in! I have some water here, but it's cold. You'll have to go back and boil it!"
"Thank you so much, it's so late at night and I'm troubling you again."
Smiling, Lu Yuan welcomed Chen Yan inside and closed the door behind him. The wind outside was quite strong, and Lu Yuan immediately shivered as soon as he opened the door. However, his action surprised Chen Yan slightly.
Lu Yuan didn't notice Chen Yan's action and turned around to fetch water with the kettle.
Why do you always get off work so late? Are you that busy?
"Yes! The main thing is to hand over the experimental data as soon as possible, and then help cultivate the first batch of photophobic crops, so I've been busy these past few days!"
It was Chen Yan's first time visiting Lu Yuan's place. As soon as she entered the room, she smelled a strong odor of feet, which made her frown.
"Why haven't you broken your habit of not washing your feet? This room smells awful!" Chen Yan said, covering her nose.
Lu Yuan felt a wave of helplessness wash over him. "Heaven and earth bear witness! This isn't my smelly feet, okay?!"
At this moment, Hei Zi, who was in the bedroom, heard Chen Yan's voice and came out wearing only his underwear. He was barefoot and shivered as he stepped on the cold floor.
"Chen Yan is here! Haha! You've come at the perfect time. I just brought some food from work, you can take it with you!"
As he spoke, Hei Zi darted out from inside and casually grabbed two pieces of cured meat that Lu Yuan had taken out for dinner from the living room.
At the kitchen doorway, Chen Yan's gaze fell upon Hei Zi, who was only wearing floral shorts, and she was immediately taken aback. After a long while, she turned her head to look at Lu Yuan, her expression very complicated, and stammered, "Lu Yuan... I... I didn't know your friend was here too! I'm so sorry, I won't bother you any longer!"
Chen Yan emphasized the word "friend" in her words, clearly indicating that she was thinking of some indescribable scene.
Lu Yuan was completely stunned, holding the kettle that had just been filled with water: "WTF?"
"Chen Yan, it's not what you think! Let me explain! Actually..." Lu Yuan tried desperately to explain, but Chen Yan just smiled and her eyes flashed with a "I understand" meaning.
"Alright, it's freezing cold, get some rest, I'm heading back now!"
After saying that, Chen Yan picked up the kettle and left Lu Yuan's rented room, leaving Lu Yuan looking bewildered and Hei Zi looking somewhat lost.
"Holy crap! What did that girl just say? Did she misunderstand something?" Hei Zi asked, pointing to the door.
At this moment, Lu Yuan wished he could strangle this troll. His image had really collapsed. He could tell that Chen Yan must have mistakenly thought that his relationship with the troll was not simple, and she could also understand why Lu Yuan had rejected him in her rented room last time.
...
At five o'clock in the morning, the entire Fifth District was still asleep. Apart from a few homeless people, there was hardly anyone on the streets. There were no breakfast vendors at all, since they were almost out of their own food and had no money to sell their food.
However, two figures still moved back and forth in the darkness, one tall and one short, and both were exceptionally strong with steady steps. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that these two were no ordinary people and were quite skilled.
The two arrived at the entrance of the Future City residential complex. There were no security guards or gatekeepers, so they searched around freely.
The tall man breathed on his hands and asked in a low voice, "Is this the building?"
The short man glanced at the address on his phone, then looked up at the somewhat blurry building sign and nodded: "That's right! This is the building. It says he lives on the third floor of building number nine, so this should be it!"
"Alright! Let's stay here and keep watch for now! He shouldn't be up yet, let's wait a bit! We'll talk to him when he comes out!"
"OK!"
So the two found a sheltered spot and hid, their eyes fixed on the exit of Building 9.
...
A cell phone rang.
Hei Zi, still half asleep, pulled out his phone from under his pillow, glanced at it, and muttered under his breath, "Damn! Who could it be so early!"
So they answered the phone and started talking.
"Okay, okay! Got it! I'm coming right now! You can't even handle this little thing, what good are you! You still have to wait for me to come! Wait! I'm coming right now!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone and patted Lu Yuan on the shoulder.
Lu Yuan immediately sat up with a start. Last night, Hei Zi kept talking about wanting to sleep with Chen Yan whenever he saw her. Lu Yuan was so annoyed by him that he didn't fall asleep until after 2 a.m.
However, this wasn't the first time Lu Yuan had slept with a man, but it was the first time he had slept next to a naked man. This made Lu Yuan unable to sleep soundly all night. He finally managed to fall asleep, but was then slapped by Hei Zi and immediately got up.
"Damn it! What are you doing so early in the morning?!"
"Sigh! Something's come up at the station, I have to go back. You can continue sleeping!"
"Damn it! I just fell asleep and you woke me up with this! Are you even human?!" Lu Yuan looked utterly hopeless. After all, he still had things to do today, and he hadn't slept well all day, so he wasn't very energetic.
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