Chen Xu saw Luo Xiyun's frightened look, his hands froze, and after a pause of one second, he casually put the coat he had just taken off on the table, pulled out a chair in front of the table and sat down, saying, "Sit down, I have something to tell you."
Luo Xiyun was a little confused by his attitude. He touched the edge of the bed, sat down, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"
Chen Xu looked around the room. It was the first time he had entered this room since moving into the villa. The room was very tidy and there was a faint fragrance in the air.
Seeing that he didn't speak but looked around with hostility, Luo Xiyun felt a little uneasy, as if she was waiting for trial. This feeling made her very uncomfortable. Just when she couldn't help but speak, Chen Xu finally spoke, "The heating in my room is broken."
The heating is broken?
She stared at him blankly with her mouth half open.
Chen Xu spread his hands and said, "The temperature outside is already dozens of degrees below zero. Without heating, it is impossible to sleep, so..."
So? Luo Xiyun still stared at him blankly, and suddenly had a very bad premonition.
“I decided to move here.”
When she heard this, she felt her scalp go numb. She was stunned for a few seconds before she realized what this meant. She stammered, "But..."
Chen Xu had already stood up and said, "I'll go get the bedding."
When he walked out of Luo Xiyun's room, a sneer appeared on his face.
He really wanted to get angry just now, but she looked guilty. If he really got angry, she might cry on the spot, and then it would seem like he was bullying her.
But if he let her go and swallowed this loss, he would not be able to accept it. So he thought of such a means of revenge.
A person like her with obsessive-compulsive disorder like mysophobia would probably be driven crazy soon if she lived in the same room with him.
If you don't let me be happy, I won't let you be happy either.
Thinking of this, he returned to his room, unplugged the heater, rolled up his pillows and quilt, and went to Luo Xiyun's room. She was still sitting on the edge of the bed, seemingly unresponsive.
He closed the door with his backhand, spread a quilt on the floor, arranged the pillows, and then lay down on it, covered with the quilt, and reached out to turn off the desk lamp. Suddenly, he remembered Luo Xiyun who was still sitting beside the bed, and looked up and asked, "Are you still not asleep? I'm going to turn off the light."
"Uh, oh..." Luo Xiyun responded and moved.
With a click, the lights went out and the room fell into darkness.
It was such a pitch-black darkness that Chen Xu had been afraid of the dark since he was a child and was not used to such an environment. After entering this dream world, he would always turn on a night light when he slept at night.
Tonight was an exception. Perhaps because he couldn't see, his other senses became more acute, and he could even hear Luo Xiyun's slightly strained breathing.
He lay there, thinking about her conflicted expression, and closed his eyes happily. As usual, he soon fell asleep.
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The next day, Chen Xu woke up naturally. When he opened his eyes, the room was still dark. He took out his cell phone from under his pillow and looked at the time. It was 5:09 in the morning.
At this moment, he was no longer sleepy and did not want to leave the warm bed immediately.
Luo Xiyun should still be asleep, he could hear her long breathing.
"What is the state of this dream world when I fall asleep?" he suddenly thought. He had never had any dreams here. It seemed that a night would pass as soon as he closed his eyes and opened them again. He could not feel the passage of time at all.
It is not easy to maintain a life with water and electricity in this deserted world. There is a lot of work to do.
He first went to the basement and filled the two generators with oil, and then filled the water tank next to it with water. It was freezing cold now, and it was quite troublesome to prevent the bottled water from freezing.
It took him two hours to finish these chores, and he was sweating all over.
At this time, it was already bright outside, a rare good day. He carried a rectangular box and walked to an open space a few hundred meters away from the villa.
At one end of the open space, there were piles of broken glass bottles. He took ten intact bottles and laid them out on the ground. He retreated a dozen meters and opened a rectangular box, which contained two guns.
He took out a pistol, loaded it, stood still, took slight aim and fired.
Bang, bang, bang…
He fired all the bullets in his pistol in one breath, shook his hands which were numb from the shock, looked at the six still intact empty bottles, and shook his head slightly, obviously not satisfied with this performance.
When firing continuously, the recoil had a huge impact on the head. When firing the last few shots, I didn't know where the muzzle was going.
In the past few months, he got up almost every morning to play with the gun. He fired hundreds of bullets a day and his accuracy was quite good. At a distance of more than ten meters, he could hit the glass bottles with at least a 90% hit rate, if not 100% accuracy.
Fortunately, he found an armory, so he had so many bullets to waste and had a great time shooting.
Of course, no matter how good his marksmanship is, it will be useless when he returns to reality. He is not a military police officer, and he probably won't have the opportunity to touch a gun for the rest of his life.
He played with guns purely out of interest. In this end times with a lack of entertainment, this was almost his only entertainment activity.
An hour later, he had used up all the bullets he brought with him. He reluctantly put the gun back into the box and walked towards the villa.
Back at the villa, this time, Luo Xiyun did not come out to greet him, but stayed in the kitchen. He smiled in his heart, but did not care. After changing his clothes, he walked to the table.
As soon as I sat down, Luo Xiyun came out with breakfast.
Chen Xu saw some bloodshot eyes and swollen eye bags, so he deliberately asked, "How did you sleep last night? I might snore when I sleep, but I hope I didn't disturb you?"
Then he saw a noticeable pause in her movement with the spoon.
After a few seconds, she asked, "Can the heater in your room be fixed today?"
Chen Xu shook his head and said, "I guess it can't be repaired."
She paused for another two seconds, finished filling a bowl of porridge, and then said, "Well, let's clean up the room in the corner."
There are three rooms on this floor. In addition to the two rooms they live in, there is one that is used as a storage room.
Chen Xu looked at her, nodded, and said, "Okay. But I'm a little tired and want to rest for two days. Let's do it in two days."
Luo Xiyun said expressionlessly, "It's okay, I'll clean it up."
(End of this chapter)