Chapter 90
Lu Shenxing fell into a deep sleep with Wu Yuan. This time he came directly to the character world and skipped the stay in the virtual space.
This world is called "How Are You?", which tells the story of an urban love story of reconciliation.
Looking around, Lu Shenxing's eyes rolled around twice. It was a room less than 20 square meters, with a damp and moldy smell. The red-painted cabinet door was open, and clothes and pants were piled in a mess.
Under his armpit was a little yellow and white furred cat.
Lu Shenxing reached out and stroked the soft fur, his mind racing. The owner of this body was called He Ming, who had just turned twenty-two. His parents had passed away, leaving him an unfinished house with three bedrooms and a living room. He had modified the house by adding partitions, dividing the living room into two rooms, and rented out the entire house, including the kitchen.
He Ming is a total otaku. From furniture to garbage bags, he will buy anything that is available online. He will not go out if he can avoid it. If he has to go out to buy something, he will wait ten days or half a month.
He is a contracted author of Orange Network. He usually plays games, writes articles, and collects rent. He lives a comfortable life.
Chuan Chuan stretched lazily, and Lu Shenxing held its paw. The target of this mission was Yan Shu, one of He Ming's tenants, an honest man.
Yan Shu is a game concept artist for a foreign company. He is the current boyfriend of the heroine Mou Yun in this world and soon becomes the chief backup. He Ming becomes the second backup shortly after him.
Mou Yun had a first love, the male protagonist Chen Yang. After Chen Yang went abroad, she met Yan Shu.
Yan Shu is nearly ten years older than Mou Yun. He treats her like a baby and treats her very well. After something happened in her family, he paid for her to go to college. After she graduated, he tried his best to give her material and emotional support, taking care of her in every possible way.
When Chen Yang returned to China, Mou Yun became uneasy and their old love was rekindled.
Yan Shu quit the game.
As an affectionate male supporting role, Yan Shu is just like all the male supporting roles in the story. He watches the female lead when the male lead is not around, but once the male lead appears, he will just hand the female lead over to the male lead's arms intact.
And send blessings, guard silently, without regrets.
What’s even more terrifying is that when the heroine is in trouble, the first person to appear is usually the male supporting role.
Mou Yun was sad and upset, so he called Yan Shu. He also called him when he had a quarrel with Chen Yang. Yan Shu was switching back and forth between hope and disappointment.
He waited for Mou Yun for his whole life and died alone.
The tragedy index is three stars.
Lu Shenxing rubbed his forehead. Under the halo of the heroine, He Ming also fell in love with Mou Yun. They were both spare tires. He was different from Yan Shu. Yan Shu was promoted and then kicked down, but he never got promoted and was just a spare tire covered in dust.
The knock on the door instantly tensed up Lu Shenxing's nerves. He jumped up and quickly went to open the door.
Standing at the door was a very young woman. She was wearing a pink butterfly pajamas, short hair, and a bright red rabbit ear hairpin on her head. She had a completely exposed oval face and wore black glasses without lenses. Her two overly long false eyelashes kept shaking, as if they would fall off at any time.
"Landlord, what's going on? There's a cockroach in the refrigerator. It's so disgusting!"
This is one of the young couple living in the master bedroom, Zhang Ping, who runs a Taobao shop. Like He Ming, she is at home every day, walking around in slippers.
Lu Shenxing opened the refrigerator door and was hit by a strange smell. He almost vomited. He saw the little cockroaches crawling into the plastic bag and his throat rolled.
"See? There's more than one!" Zhang Ping stretched her neck and suddenly screamed, "Look, there's a big one over there!"
Lu Shenxing was indifferent. The refrigerator was dirty and messy, filled with unknown soup and oil stains, like a garbage dump, so it was not surprising that there were cockroaches.
He reached out and flipped through the disgusting plastic bags, pointing to a disposable transparent box squeezed into the corner. There were many yellow things clinging to it, and there were long gray hairs all around it.
Lu Shenxing's stomach churned, "Whose is this?"
Zhang Ping took a look and said without hesitation, "It looks like it's mine."
"Why put it in there if it's already moldy? Are you trying to use it as a specimen?" Lu Shenxing said in a bad tone. He stuffed everything into the refrigerator and then forgot about it. He let it lie there quietly, waiting for it to grow hair and rot. This was also a kind of persistence.
Zhang Ping was unable to refute and wanted to slap herself for speaking too quickly.
"Wait until everyone is here in the evening, determine what's in the refrigerator that you don't want anymore, throw away what needs to be thrown away, and then clean up."
After Lu Shenxing finished speaking, he left. The carpet on the ground had already lifted up and was making a creaking sound.
He returned to the room and slammed the door. The puppy on the bed shuddered in fright, barked a few times with its tail erect, and then curled back up after realizing the current situation.
Lu Shenxing looked around the room, not knowing where to start cleaning. He found half a bag of noodles, some carrots and cabbage, and cooked them all in a pot. He ate them directly from the pot with chopsticks.
"Do you want to eat too?" Lu Shenxing kicked the puppy. He didn't know when it came over. It put one foot on his slippers, grabbed his trouser legs with its two paws, and reached up with all its strength. It looked very cute.
Lu Shenxing scooped out half a noodle from the noodle soup in the pot and said, "That's all I have. Fill your stomach and eat it tonight."
After eating the noodles, the puppy licked his mouth and kept wagging his tail at Lu Shenxing, wanting more.
Lu Shenxing patted its head. "At night." He thought for a moment and said, "From now on, you will be called Xiaobai."
It took almost an hour to clean the room. Lu Shenxing went out with two large bags of garbage, and Xiaobai followed him happily. Zhang Ping, who was standing at the sink washing cups, was quite surprised to see Lu Shenxing. "Landlord, are you going out?"
Lu Shenxing hummed casually and hooked the door with his foot. He walked down a few steps and looked back, his mouth twitching.
Xiaobai stood on the stairs, looking at Lu Shenxing with his big round eyes, his short legs trembling, and he didn't dare to go downstairs.
Lu Shenxing, “…”
He freed his hands to lift the puppy's butt, and his clothes were tightly grasped by his two claws.
The residential complex consists of six-story buildings with nice greenery. Lu Shenxing threw away the garbage, took Xiaobai for a walk, and then took it to the supermarket at the door to buy a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, and also bought some snacks.
He sat down on a chair opposite the building, put Xiaobai next to him, and touched the cigarette box to light a cigarette.
In the middle of winter, the temperature drops significantly as soon as the sun sets.
More and more people were leaving get off work. Lu Shenxing stuffed potato chips into his mouth, holding the bag in one hand and Xiaobai in the other, and strode towards the man walking towards him.
"Yan Shu."
The man turned his head when he heard the words, and the corners of Lu Shenxing's lips rose. This was the most beautiful face he had ever seen in all his wandering. It was not stunning, nor did it have any offensive power, but it was beautiful, simple and straightforward, and very comfortable.
The man was tall and slender. He was wearing a well-fitting gray wool coat. His nose was a little red from the cold, making people want to lick it.
Lu Shenxing's eyes darkened, "Just got off work?"
"Yeah." Yan Shu didn't notice anything unusual. He looked at Xiaobai in Lu Shenxing's arms and asked, "Landlord, what breed is this dog?"
Lu Shenxing smiled and said, "Skewers."
Yan Shu said "oh", and seeing the puppy's wet eyes, his heart softened, and he couldn't help but reach out to scratch its chin.
"What's your name?"
"noob."
“…It’s quite catchy.”
Lu Shenxing narrowed his eyes slightly. He no longer needed to touch his ankles or the door to confirm. After so many lifetimes, that familiar throbbing was so strong that it could not be erased.
Yan Shu seemed to have just noticed Lu Shenxing's gaze. He tilted his head, and his clean and clear outline seemed to be coated with a layer of light under the sensor light.
Lu Shenxing curled his lips at him, "The weather forecast says there will be light snow tomorrow."
Yan Shu retracted his gaze and said as he walked up the stairs, "Really?"
Lu Shenxing followed slowly behind, "Yes."
Yan Shu touched his nose. He seldom communicated with this young man. The only time was when he paid the rent. Even if they met, he would just nod. In his impression, he still thought of him as an immature child.
Seeing Yan Shu opening his briefcase to look for his keys, Lu Shen walked closer, his breath brushing behind his ear, intentionally or unintentionally, "I'll do it."
Yan Shu stood aside uncomfortably.
As soon as the door opened, he went into his room, the one on the left side of the door, closest to where the refrigerator was.
At eight o'clock, Lu Shenxing called everyone in the rooms out and said, "Go check the garbage in the refrigerator and take your own."
Everyone was hesitant and hesitant, as if saying, "You go first, I'm not in a hurry."
Lu Shenxing was eating a cucumber. "There are already cockroaches. Hurry up."
As soon as he said this, except for Zhang Ping, who had seen cockroaches before, the other girls showed disgusted expressions, took a step back, and pushed their men forward.
For a moment, there was a lot of cursing and a foul smell spread from the refrigerator and into everyone's breath.
Lu Shenxing's face twitched. The refrigerator was already so dirty, but they still threw fresh vegetables and fruits in it and were unwilling to tidy it up. These people lived so casually.
Xiaobai seemed to like Yan Shu very much. He ran from Lu Shenxing to him and circled around him.
Yan Shu also likes Xiaobai and squats down to play with it.
Lu Shenxing looked at the back of the man's head, "Yan Shu, don't you want to take a look?"
Yan Shu looked up and said, "I don't have anything in there."
He felt a little weird, with an indescribable feeling, this was the first time the child called his name.
Everyone took their own things. Lu Shenxing took down several layers of the refrigerator and took it to the sink to scrub it with a brush.
Yan Shu came over with a basin to wash the vegetables. He bent down slightly and picked the green leaves one by one with his slender hands.
Lu Shenxing casually asked, "Yan Shu, your girlfriend didn't come?"
Yan Shu suppressed his subtle feeling and said, "She's been busy lately."
Lu Shenxing thought, that’s because Chen Yang has returned to China, and you have been downgraded to a spare tire.
After cleaning the refrigerator, Lu Shenxing was exhausted and lay in bed until about ten o'clock. He asked Xiaobai to look after the house while he went to knock on every door to collect rent.
When Zhang Ping opened the door of her room, she saw express parcels piled everywhere, and she had to find a place to step.
She ran to the computer and typed furiously, the ding-dong sound going off non-stop. "How much is the total?"
Lu Shenxing looked at the notebook in his hand, "1035."
Zhang Ping said, "Right away!"
Lu Shenxing glanced at the young man standing by the induction cooker cooking. The other party said politely, "Landlord, come in and sit down?"
Then Zhang Ping rolled her eyes and handed over the money, one hundred-dollar note and one fifty-dollar note.
Lu Shenxing found fifteen and gave them to her, then turned and went to another house. He finally walked to Yan Shu's door and raised his hand to knock.
Yan Shu stood inside the door. The aroma of food wafted from behind him into Lu Shenxing's nose, as well as the smell of soap on his body.
Lu Shenxing suddenly said, "There's a grain of rice on your lips."
Yan Shu was stunned. He reached out and touched it, smiling embarrassedly, and that smile was extremely warm.
Lu Shenxing showed him the notebook and said, "This is this month's rent."
"The electricity bill for your room is 42, the shared electricity bill is 28, and the water bill is 15." Lu Shenxing added, "The internet fee is 25 per person."
"Plus the rent of 700, the total is... 810."
Yan Shu said, "Wait a moment."
Lu Shenxing admired Yan Shu's room through the half-open door. It was about fifteen or sixteen square meters, with a computer desk, a bedside cabinet, and a small table next to the small balcony. The pots and pans were all there. It was very clean, just like him.
There was a huge poster on the wall, which almost took up half of the wall. It was of Mou Yun, who had just signed a contract to become a model. She was young and beautiful.
Lu Shenxing took a deep breath and pretended he saw nothing.
Yan Shu came over and counted the money in his hand, "Landlord, I forgot to withdraw money tonight, and I'm short of you a hundred. How about this, I'll withdraw it and give it to you tomorrow."
Lu Shenxing said readily, "Okay."
Watching Lu Shenxing go back, Yan Shu continued to eat. He remembered one thing. The young man had written a novel on a website before and asked them to support it and leave comments.
Yan Shu pondered for a moment, opened the website, searched for the novel he wanted, clicked on the reward, and chose the amount of one hundred.
There is only one bathroom in this house, and people have to queue up for both big and small bathrooms. Lu Shenxing has sunburn pain, so when Yan Shu develops feelings for him, he and Yan Shu will go out and rent a smaller one where they can have more peace and quiet.
When Lu Shenxing took off his coat before going to bed, he suddenly wanted to read the novel written by the original owner He Ming. He took his notebook to bed and put Xiaobaituan aside.
After entering his account and password according to his memory, Lu Shenxing saw a row of small trees in the background. There were nearly ten novels, the most recent of which was updated yesterday. The title of "If You Don't Love Me, Get Out" was simple and straightforward, and it was about a futuristic science fiction theme.
Lu Shenxing opened the front page. The page was quite fresh. Below the text were the words "urging for updates". He had never read novels before, but after being tricked by 222, he started reading task books, so what he saw was quite novel.
The one pushed to the top is a reward: Landlord, I will transfer the remaining hundred to you.
That comment was posted at 10:23:16, and within a minute, a reader downstairs had printed it.
First floor: Yes
Second floor: I think I know something
Third floor: Haha, I’ll just take a look
…
A lot of "I know something but I just don't want to say it" looks, and someone suddenly interrupted: Where is today's update?
The buildings below were built one after another and soon became high-rise buildings.
Lu Shenxing rubbed his forehead helplessly, "Fool."
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