Fred walked over slowly, with a relaxed smile on his face, walked over to him, gave Lu Li a big hug, and also slapped Lu Li's back viciously, banging, no need for extra words, simple actions are enough to explain everything. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Then, Fred looked at Lydia next to him and showed a smile that thought he was merry/flowing, "First meeting, I'm Fred, may I ask ...... you?"

"Lydia. She politely introduced herself, her eyes swept back and forth between Lu Li and Fred, and then showed a clear look, "You're Fourteen's partner, aren't you? However, a thousand words, everything is just empty words, it is better to go upstairs and see with your eyes what is going on. ”

Lu Li was stunned, Fred was also stunned, and then Lu Li reacted first, and Lydia misunderstood.

Before, they had a little joke on the phone, and then when Fred appeared, the two of them started with a hug, and Lydia naturally had a part. After understanding, Lu Li laughed directly.

Fred reacted half a beat slower, and then reacted too, waving his hand again and again, "You misunderstood, we're not...... Me and him, not ...... Oh God!"

Lydia thought that they didn't want others to point fingers, so she quickly restrained her smile and apologized, "I'm sorry, please forgive me for my rudeness." Let's go upstairs and see the house. ”

At this time, Fred was even more depressed, and directly pushed Lu Li away, and the two of them opened up a distance of three steps. Lu Li, who stumbled half a step, was completely happy, laughing, looking at Fred's cramped and uneasy appearance, he felt more and more funny, and he couldn't stop it.

"Lydia, we're really not, I'm serious. Fred wanted to explain well, but found that he had no way to start, so he could only look up to the sky and sigh, and roared with a depressed face, "Alas, my first name." ”

Seeing Fred's real reaction, Lydia was not sure, looked at Lu Li suspiciously, and cast a gaze for verification.

Lu Li finally calmed down a little and explained seriously, "He actually wants to ask you out for dinner at night, not the kind of good friends." Now that you've misunderstood, he doesn't have any chance at all. Between the words, he shook Fred again.

Lydia finally understood at this time, she made a fuss, and two blush suddenly flew on her cheeks, but she quickly calmed down and said half-truthfully, "It's 2015 now, and there is no need for us to hide this." Right, Fred?"

In the face of this ridiculous words, Fred couldn't help choking, looked at Lu Li, and then at Lydia, and finally could only shake his head, and simply broke the jar and joked, "I'll go upstairs with you to see, if it's suitable, I'll move here and live here." ”

"If you're willing to pay half the rent. Lu Li was not fooled at all, and said without hesitation, and then ignored Fred's depressed expression, "Lydia, we can go upstairs." What floor is the house on?"

"Third floor. "This building is 300 years old, but the owner has regular maintenance and maintenance, so there is no need to worry about safety. Correspondingly, living here, you need to pay attention to the maintenance of the house, and you need to be careful on a daily basis. Although there is no elevator, the whole building is only four floors......"

Lu Li followed behind Lydia, carefully scanning the walls of the stairwell. Primitive and rough, as if it has not been carved in any way, and even has a sense of desolation of a warehouse, but it has a post-modernist style, simple and elegant with a retro taste.

Soon to the third floor, Lydia took the key from her backpack and unlocked the door. This is a sliding door, and when you push the reddish-brown carved iron door to the left, the iron door slides into the wall and disappears, and the whole spacious space appears in sight without reservation.

It's a typical post-modern retro-style décor, like a garage, in keeping with the style of the building.

Dark gray leather sofas, smoky gray short-hair carpets and pure black glass coffee tables are placed on the right hand side of the door, and above the head is the exposed aluminum water pipe, which can clearly see the structure of the house, dazzling but not chaotic, with a unique sense of space in the midst of complexity.

To the right of the door is the kitchen and dining room, with black and navy blue accents exposed by metal pipes, and a lacquered extra-high dining table, while matte metal vanities and cabinets have a low-key gorgeousness, with calm and restrained lines with a modern style.

The space of the hall alone makes people feel amazing, compact but spacious, cumbersome but not simple, messy but orderly, these contradictory sensory adjectives appear in the mind at the same time, there is a wonderful harmony.

This kind of modern design, there are almost no traces of design, as if it is based on the original foundation of the building, to play to the fullest, decorated. It is like a painter painting on a piece of paper sprinkled with paint, according to his own inspiration, but the presentation effect is far beyond imagination, and the creativity and talent in the artist's mind are brought into full play.

Walking into the lobby, there is a wooden screen wall in front of you, and the wardrobe is hidden in the wall in a sliding way, this modern and simple way is obviously not the style of 300 years ago, that is, in recent years, after the rise of the decoration style of rational and efficient use of space, but it is perfectly integrated into the whole room.

Bypassing the screen, there was a different scene in front of me. In the front right is a completely open bedroom, with two black sandalwood bookshelves in the corner against the wall, which are empty at this time, and two steps up to a large double bed, but now there are no mattresses, let alone sheets, and the bedside tables and bookshelves on both sides are of the same series.

On the left side of the bed, a frosted glass is intersected, and when you see through the glass, there is a semi-open bathroom. The space of the whole room is deliberately released, it feels a little tight, but it is not crowded, and every corner can be used freely.

"Wow, that's not the most powerful factor when looking for roommates. Fred had already let go of his hands and feet at this time, pointed to the semi-open bathroom, and took the initiative to tease, and the situation in the bath was almost unobstructed.

Lydia couldn't help but chuckle, "But for a one/night/stand, that's the perfect bonus point to set the mood." ”

"Two drivers, please don't rush to drive, I don't want strange images in my head when deciding whether to rent this apartment. Lu Li's complaint made both of them laugh directly.

Lydia took the initiative to walk up and make an introduction, "The decoration here is basically left by the owner of the building, and you can notice that this is different from most ordinary apartments. ”

In the United States, most apartments or houses are unfurnished. Even if there is decoration, when the previous occupant leaves, the owner has the responsibility and obligation to remove all the decoration and then welcome the next resident in. Bags also exist, but the number is always small.

This has to do with the specifics of culture.

First, Americans are more self-oriented, they want to decorate the house in their own style, rather than simply and rudely follow other people's designs; second, young people in the United States are keen to move, and after staying in one place for six months or a year, they often change the location, so their houses do not have cumbersome decorations such as suspended ceilings and wooden floors, but more just the relocation and change of furniture.

As a result, the second-hand furniture market in the United States has always been thriving.

However, the apartment in front of me is a little different.

Strictly speaking, it does not have much decoration itself, but follows the original style of the building, supplementing, the most cumbersome part is the decoration of the kitchen, following the design of the same style. However, in order to maintain this unified style, the owner of the building added furniture such as pull-out wardrobes, bookshelves, beds, and sofa sets.

Although there is no need to use hammers, hammers, drills, etc., the style of the whole house is continuous. It is precisely because of this that when the previous resident left, these parts of the decoration were also left.

"The owner of the building asked the residents not to make drastic changes to the décor, but to add some furniture of your own according to your own style and habits. "Lydia is a little anxious, and it is for this reason that this apartment is more troublesome every time it is rented.

For most Americans, even if they like it, they don't like to be confined to a frame.

Ten days, after the previous occupant left, the apartment has been sitting here for ten days. In Manhattan, where there are always too few places to live, and a Manhattan where a vacant room is booked before it comes out, ten days is almost equivalent to ten years.

Lydia said just now that this house is very popular, but it is actually just a sales pitch by a real estate agent. In fact, she personally didn't worry less because of this apartment.

It stands to reason that such a location, such a floor, such an area, such a house, is not only sought-after, but even hot, and the price must remain high.

What's more, the area is very suitable for living, with coffee houses, supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants, bars and other convenient amenities in the vicinity, but not too close to the quality of sleep at night, there is a 24-hour underground parking lot behind the house, the nearest subway station is only two blocks away, and the police/police station is a block away - security.

All of this is a positive factor. However, because of the insistence of the owner of the house on the decoration, things became tricky.

Within ten days, seventeen residents had come to see the property, but without exception, they were not very interested in the décor, or even disgusted. If they want to choose a house that has already been renovated, the Victorian-style retro villas in the upper/downtown area are the better choice.

Lydia hopes that Lu Li will be the last.