17. Bad memory
When the house opposite the house, which had been vacant for a long time, was renovated, and when someone moved in, Chen Ran went in and out, never paying attention.
Chen's mother has always taught that girls have straight eyes, go out early and go home early, don't care about idle things outside, and speak through their brains.
Chen Ran came out of her mother's womb, her personality is like that, and she mentioned her life in the later stage, coupled with the increasing development of the Internet in recent years, it is really strange that she is not an otaku girl.
Naturally, going to work is a survival instinct, and without additional personnel troubles, she is very able to sit still.
On that day, when I went out in the morning, the weather was fine, but it turned cloudy at noon, and it was not only raining but also the temperature dropped sharply when it was time to get off work.
Chen Ran was very unlucky, came out of the company, hit the rain, watched the bus pass in front of her, missed one shift, the next one was delayed, waited for half an hour to arrive, a bunch of passengers gathered one after another, swarmed up, finally squeezed into the car, there was no place to stand, and the smell was unpleasant.
She got out of the car dizzily, stopped for a while and rained for a while, and became entangled again, but she couldn't get along alone.
Hurriedly ran back to the staircase of her house, her hair and clothes were wet, not to mention, and the coolness went straight inside, and even more unlucky, she finally climbed upstairs and found that the door of the house was locked, and she poured all the things in the bag but couldn't find the key to the house.
Shaking his hand and calling Chen's mother, the news he got made people collapse on the spot, there was something in the countryside, they went to see their grandmother, and let Chen Ran's two sisters and brothers have dinner by themselves.
I can't get in the door, I feel big, I think of waiting for Chen Hong, a senior dog, to come home and open the door, and my eyes are black!
shrank on the spot for about a quarter of an hour, there was footsteps in the corridor getting closer and closer, Chen Ran held his mobile phone to the iron door of the house, in fact, the tips of his ears were erect, in this kind of closed corridor, a little wind and grass was enough for her to be guarded, just begging the other party to pass by quickly.
But the footsteps broke right behind her, and Chen Ran had to look back, and suddenly bumped into an extremely tall man in his sight, with straight black pants, a white shirt with two buttons on his neck, revealing a small collarbone, I don't know if it was a navy blue or pure black coat on his elbow, and he was carrying a computer bag in his hand.
Check the water meter? Insurance? Or do you want to go to relatives? She didn't remember that there were such occupants in this building anyway.
Chen Ran took a step back and stared at him cautiously.
As a result, people looked at her and smiled, "Forgot the key?" Cold is not cold. ”
"Ah......h
Listening to his familiar conversation, Chen Ran didn't know how to deal with it, but he saw him turn around and open the door on the other side, "If there is no one at home, let's sit down first." ”
"What's this ......?"
Chen Ran looked at him in a panic, and then looked at the room opposite that was instantly brightly lit, and after a moment of thought, he remembered, could this be the new neighbor that Chen's mother had said, the one she sent her upstairs drunk?
If this is true, she looks a little defensive, Chen Ran hurriedly walked a few steps, "Was it you last time, thank you so much...... Wow......"
Chen Ran shouldn't have been so ignorant, but she is also a person who works in a Fortune 500 company. But when she suddenly changed from the dark corridor to a house that completely suited her heart, it was like entering a certain home improvement magazine, and she couldn't slow down.
Originally, the opposite side was more than 20 square meters more than Chen Ran's house, and the usable area was about 150 square meters.
Chen Ran's house is more than 120 square meters, with three bedrooms and one living room, and it is separated from the study and kitchen, even if the dining room and living room are connected, you will not feel small when you enter the door, but it is spacious.
But the design of others, ah, open kitchen, living room, dining room, no, even the study is only separated by a glass wall, so that at a glance, the area of the past is larger than some people's common sense, not to mention, in fact, the house here is the same as Chen Ran's family's home that blindly spends a lot of effort to play cabinets, except for the difference in area, the pattern is the same.
Bright, simple, modern, nothing special to look straight up, the white elephant-colored bookshelf, neat and neat yards are all turning books, pure black leather sofa, lying three people horizontally is not a problem, the unique shape of the round coffee table, summed up unique, by the end of the floor-to-ceiling window, even the semi-open study partition, actually placed a lazy sofa, into a bird's nest type, if this person collapses, I don't know how to get up!!
As for the large blanket that spread out the whole living room, it was long hairy and pure white, exactly the kind she had dreamed of.
When she first moved in, she wanted to put a small piece on the bay window and lie down when she had free time, but Chen's mother just refused, because it was flashy and difficult to clean up.
Of course, she couldn't buy such a good quality blanket if she wanted to, either the price was too expensive, or the quality was really unbearable.
"Come in and sit, I'll open the door, Chen Hong is back, you can see it." The hospitable neighbor took a pair of white women's slippers from the shoe cabinet.
Chen Ran rubbed the board shoes on his feet a little embarrassed, feeling that he had stepped down and soiled other people's shoes.
"Still don't bother you and your family, I'll just wait outside." Wait for your wife to come back, what should I say?
Chen Ran really didn't want to go in, she could go to the KFC store across the street to sit for a while, or don't make trouble for others.
"I'm the only one in my house, milk or tea?" The host had already turned to the bar, and without waiting for her to answer, he poured a glass of milk out of the refrigerator and put it in a container to warm it.
Eh, "...... Excuse me, thanks. Chen Ran felt that that cup of milk should not be wasted, people were so kind.
Chen Ran changed her shoes and tiptoed to the opposite side of the bar, and when she reached out to pick up the milk, the man touched her hand, "It's not hot yet, wait a minute." ”
Chen Ran's face turned red, and his hands trembled.
"Raining? Have a new towel at home, go and wipe your face. ”
Chen Ran was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, no need." ”
"Go ahead, I'll catch a cold if I endure it." He spun out from behind the bar, took the bag from her hand, pushed her back forward, walked all the way to the bathroom door, turned on the light, and handed her a new towel by the way.
Chen Ran was a little flustered with hot hands, what's going on, this is, I can see my wet hair sticking to my cheeks from the mirror wall opposite, and it is wolf and ugly, so I can't refuse.
"Thank you." She glanced at him, then lowered her head, a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, it should be." Lu Cheng kept staring at the top of her hair, and his tone was very close to being flat with all his strength.
The door of the bathroom closed in front of her, Lu Cheng walked all the way back to the bedroom of the cubicle with the bag in his hand, took out a yellow silk bag from the bedside table and carefully put it into the hidden pocket in her bag.
He lowered his head and sniffed his body, and nodded in satisfaction.
When Chen Ran came out of the bathroom, he smelled the milky fragrance of the room, which was mixed with the unknown smell of tea, Chen Ran tied his hair with a leather band, and after washing his face, he felt a lot more refreshed, and he was bolder in looking at people.
The man is afraid that he has also changed his clothes, a white shirt, light coffee house pants, when he is busy with his head down, the forehead hair that was originally combed is hanging softly, the indoor lights are shining, and the whole person is like floating in the white light, comfortable and warm.
Over there, Lu Cheng smiled and beckoned her over, "I made milk tea, do you want to try it." ”
Chen Ran came back to his senses in an instant, his heart couldn't help but tremble, and he couldn't help but smile and replied loudly, "Okay." ”
The central air conditioning is on, the milk tea is drinking while warming her hands, the large-size TV plays her favorite variety shows, and the host is still with her, like a dreamy adventure.
I don't know how long it took for someone at the door to shout, "Brother Lu, you are at home." ”
Chen Ran was taken aback, first thinking that this voice was so familiar, and then remembered, isn't this her little brother! Why is he here, giggle, blah, nonsense, it's her house across the street. Well, she's almost forgotten where she is.
"Eh, sister, you're here too." Chen Hong, who was extremely accustomed to hanging out, was equally surprised when she saw her sister when she entered the door.
The sisters and brothers stared at each other, and Lu Cheng sat on the side and looked funny, "Chen Hong is out of school, did you bring the key?" ”
"Brought it," Chen Hong replied, and finally reacted, "Sister, you forgot to bring the key again." ”
How can you call it again, Chen Ran replied unconvinced, "Just this once." "You can't be embarrassed in front of him anymore.
"Then do you want to go home, give you the key, I want to play with the computer at Brother Lu's side for a while." Chen Hong quickly took out the key from his schoolbag, threw it to her, said hello to the host, and ran to the computer desk by the floor-to-ceiling window.
Chen Ran took the key, looked at her brother, and then looked at the master's house, "He, does he come here often?" ”
"No, I've been on a business trip for the last week." That was the few days when he was not on a business trip, and Chen Hong and this new neighbor developed an extraordinary friendship under the premise that Chen Ran didn't know it at all.
"Oh!" Chen Ran looked at his brother, holding the computer, killing everything without caring about it, and couldn't say a polite word for him.
"Eat at my side in the evening."
As soon as Chen Ran was about to say no, he heard his younger brother shouting over there, "Let's order takeout, my parents will come home later." ”
"Then no, I have food here, what do you want to eat?"
Chen Hong, "Okay, ribs, you made it last time, it's delicious." ”
Chen Ran, "......"
"Chen Ran, go back and change your clothes, be careful of catching a cold."
"Ah, okay."
Chen Ran took a bath at home and changed his clothes, thinking about whether he would go to someone's house to eat with a big face like Chen Hong did a hundred times.
As a result, just after six o'clock, people came to the door on time to call.
When he arrived on the other side, Chen Hong's kid had ribs in one hand and chopsticks in the other, and his mouth was full of oil, and he beckoned to her arrogantly, "%¥#好吃......"
Mom, have you ever seen your son so unproductive, it's amazing.
Pizza, pasta, and pieces of roast and meat that are stacked on a baking sheet like mahjong tiles, golden brown, sizzling roast meat, and meat......
If this is replaced with side dishes, shark fin, oysters, shrimp and crabs, and meat dishes on the table, Chen Ran will just glance at it, and have the courage to refuse, so it can be replaced with a lively barbecue.
No wonder Chen Hong, well, she can't stop these, and her saliva is already overflowing.
"It's delicious, it's the same as the barbecue outside, no, it's not, it's even better, Brother Lu is really amazing." Chen Hong is still working hard to advertise.
The man standing in the dining table, the white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, revealing his strong arms, and rummaging through the clips unhurriedly, gave a faint halo on his plain face.
Is it because the lighting in the kitchen is too bright, Chen Ran feels that he is really as moving as the barbecue on the dining table.
"I don't have anything to prepare, I'll treat you to a good meal next time." He seemed to be very serious every time he looked at her.
At this moment, Chen Ran was not only hungry in his stomach, but also soft and tight, empty everywhere.