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When Lu Pingchuan woke up, all he could see was the eight-square-meter sky dome mottled with paint in the rental room.

In the living room next door, the sound of an old-fashioned radio "chirping" could be heard again, and it seemed that the landlady had gotten up. This old lady with a regular schedule is extremely sensitive to sound, and sometimes Hu Beibei returns late to wash up louder, and she will talk about it for a while. But such a pair of rabbit-like ears seem to have a soft spot for the buzzing sound of electricity, which is really laughable.

Lu Pingchuan rubbed his head and sat up, last night he rushed some personal works and resent his resume, and he was still a little sleepy at this time. But thinking of his depressed state at this moment, Lu Pingchuan still rubbed his face vigorously, put on his clothes and began to do his homework for the day: open his laptop and log in to the mailbox, and the large number of cover letters sent out last night and a few days ago still have few responses. Lu Pingchuan couldn't help but smile bitterly - he is still a high-achieving student with the title of a prestigious school, but it's a pity that the major he studied is really uncompetitive - philosophy.

Lu Pingchuan, 23 years old, an ordinary urban ant tribe that can no longer be ordinary, lives in this three-bedroom house with his girlfriend Hu Beibei and the landlady with a total of more than 60 square meters, and is currently unemployed.

Open the window to let in the air, the sun is so stingy for everyone. As far as the eye can see, whether it is a high-rise building or a cramped small building, it is gradually coming alive in this warm light. Turning out the only set of cheap suits that was still relatively decent, Lu Pingchuan decided to try his luck at the talent market in the city center today.

In the accompaniment of the radio, Lu Pingchuan quickly changed clothes and washed, and when he was about to go out, the landlady poked her head out of the room and stopped him with a twisted face:

"Xiao Lu, go find a job?"

"Ah...... Yes, I'm in a hurry to go to the interview. Facing the landlord with an uncertain temper, Lu Pingchuan unconsciously sped up the action of tying his shoes, and the tone of this old lady at any time would make the other party feel the discomfort of a dwarf.

"Don't blame me for being verbose, you haven't paid this month's rent yet! When your daughter-in-law comes back, remember to ask her to hand it in first. You say you're a big man, and it's really not like a thing to let a girl's family feed you, right? It's not that my old lady is nosy, you said you've been idle for almost two months, and it's really so difficult to find an errand outside? If your heart is high, you have to see if your current situation is ......."

"Yes, yes, I'll tell her......" He put on his shoes and closed the door as if he was running away, and trotted out of the narrow staircase, and only when it was in the sun did Lu Pingchuan breathe a sigh of relief. The landlady is such a powerful character who is unforgiving, and what is even more terrifying is that he can't refute every word she says now.

Walking in the warm sunshine, Lu Pingchuan has been thinking about how he has come to such an embarrassing situation.

Although the major is unpopular, he has the aura of a famous school, and he is not the type of person who is not a high-eyed master or a high-paying famous enterprise. After a period of tossing and turning in the graduation season, he also had a good job. It was an advertising agency of acceptable scale, and the position was planning, and Lu Pingchuan stayed in it for eight months, and then he was swept away.

Even after more than two months, the roar of Jack, the department director at that time, still seems to be in my ears - this usually gentle and generous boss yelled at him with a red face that day. Lu Pingchuan couldn't remember whether he had closed the door to the director's office, but it didn't seem to make a difference - Jack was loud enough to cover the entire floor, telling the rest of his colleagues that there was an unlucky guy here who was being baptized by a storm.

"Who gave you the authority to send such a thing directly to the customer?" In the neat and clean office, Jack was slapping the table with the proposal in his hand, "Who gave you permission, huh?" Who made you feel that you have the ability and qualifications to cut project expenses without checking it with the team? ”

"But, Jack...... I just think that this program ...... We can minimize our operational consumption......" Lu Pingchuan wanted to explain, but his voice was as low as a mosquito's groan, which made his argument sound very unconvincing.

"Hehe, you kid are okay......" Jack laughed angrily, "Minimize operational consumption?" Your ledger is faster than the activity department...... Yes, lower expenses are a good thing, but did you know that your so-called optimal solution allowed the client to cut our budget by half in the second half of the year, and the company lost nearly a million directly! Also consumes the lowest ...... You're an undercover agent from a competitor next door, right? ”

"No, it's not, I, I really ......" Lu Pingchuan tried to defend himself, he spent a full two weeks to optimize this activity plan, thinking that it would be the first highlight of his career, but he didn't expect that in exchange for such a result, "I just ...... I want to cut some parts of the original plan that have no real value...... Even without these elements, as long as the new guidelines and schedules are implemented, the reduced costs will be able to achieve the operational purpose......"

"Shut up! Listen to me, what is the best plan, it's not something that a rookie like you is qualified to consider! Jack slammed the proposal on the table and unceremoniously interrupted Lu Pingchuan's defense, "Those details that you can casually cut off in your mouth are where the company's profit lies!" You kid is smart enough to make such a thing public, how will we make a budget in the future? How to bid? Yes? Aren't you capable? You're trying to find a way to feed the dozens of people in the company for us! ”

"I ...... I was just...... Really ......" Jack's anger made Lu Pingchuan speechless, and after a few seconds of stalemate in silence, Jack suddenly sighed, lit a cigarette in the office, took a hard puff, and pointed out the door with his finger holding the cigarette:

"Now, pack your things and get out!"

Lu Pingchuan lost his first job after graduation without any turnaround. In the next two months, although he worked hard to submit his resume and cover letter every day, Lu Pingchuan was never able to find a suitable and stable job because of his major and dismissal resume. The daily expenses of the two can only be maintained by Hu Beibei's income alone, and the standard of living that could barely be made up suddenly became stretched.

Thinking of Hu Beibei, Lu Pingchuan couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart - he opened the screensaver on his mobile phone to check his mailbox, but sure enough, he didn't reply. Since arguing over a few trivial matters last weekend, Hu Beibei has not taken the initiative to deal with him for several days.

The two are campus lovers who came together in their freshman year, and even in the beautiful Faculty of Arts, Hu Beibei is a memorable scenery. When he was in college, Lu Pingchuan was also a popular figure on campus: unlike the dull and boring labels of other top students, Lu Pingchuan was very good at various sports competitions. The vigorous and confident figure in the campus basketball game and the inter-school debate match easily shook the hearts of many ladies, including Hu Beibei. Talented and beautiful, made in heaven. On that Qixi Festival, when Hu Beibei shyly accepted the crystal music box sent by Lu Pingchuan in the library, everything seemed so natural.

However, once out of the pure and quiet ivory tower, this "fit" is as fragile and ridiculous as the naïve self-confidence of the student days, in the face of the real problems that followed.

Lu Pingchuan and Hu Beibei are not natives of S City, and the two have also made up their minds to carve out a small world in the city together - but confidence can't match reality after all, less than a year after graduation, Hu Beibei is obviously haggard, and her originally ruddy and smooth cheeks have become yellow and dry due to irregular work and rest and work pressure, and the pimples that pop up from time to time are like the bad temper of the landlady, which makes her already tired mood even worse.

For his girlfriend's hard work and pressure, Lu Pingchuan has always been full of apologies and distress - but since graduation, Hu Beibei's temper is the same as her appearance, and she has gradually become mean and anxious, and a little unhappiness will turn her into a machine gun with explosive firepower, all kinds of grievances, accusations, complaints and even insults, which always make Lu Pingchuan feel incomplete.

But when he calmed down and asked himself, Lu Pingchuan still couldn't let go of this relationship that had lasted for more than four years. They are each other's first love, and they have too many beautiful and happy memories. In the dead of night, when his thoughts settle down, Lu Pingchuan occasionally fantasizes about their common future - taking root in the city, having a small house, a lively and lovely child, and taking both parents to see the neon night scene here during the New Year's holidays......

Such thoughts were his only beliefs in this cold city. So much so that once or twice, when he went to pick up Hu Beibei from work, he saw her walk out of the company building from a distance, and directly got into a white Audi A6 and left, he also chose to turn a blind eye, returned to the temporary residence alone to prepare meals, and waited for her return in the nagging of the landlady and the sound of the radio waves.

She'll be back and everything will be fine. With such belief, Lu Pingchuan once again walked into the talent recruitment market, solemnly lingering in front of each booth and handing out one resume after another.

In the noisy and hectic talent market, half a day passed quickly. The more than a dozen resumes brought by Lu Pingchuan have all been sent, and several preliminary interviews have been conducted on the spot, but after all, they have run into walls everywhere because of the relationship between the wrong major and the lack of work experience. After receiving a bunch of "waiting for notices", Lu Pingchuan once again got up helplessly and prepared to go home.

Not far from the talent market is a small farmers' market, where many migrant workers are squatting outside the market holding signs waiting for someone to recruit workers. In order to save money, Lu Pingchuan's breakfast was two compressed biscuits, and he was already so hungry that he sang "Empty City Plan" at the moment, so he had to buy a pancake and a cup of soy milk in the farmers' market, and squatted outside the market to eat it.

"Dude, do you want to take the job?" was eating and suddenly received a slap on the shoulder, Lu Pingchuan almost didn't choke on the soy milk in his mouth, and when he raised his head, he saw a chubby middle-aged man standing behind him, wearing a crumpled jacket and a crocodile leather bag under his arm, and he couldn't tell what industry he was engaged in.

Seeing that someone was talking, Lu Pingchuan quickly stood up, the other party looked at his figure, seemed to nod with satisfaction, and said: "Little brother, I have a batch of goods into the warehouse today, but both sides of the logistics and warehouse refuse to help tally the goods." You can help me finish the goods and move them into the warehouse, and the salary is 200 a day, is it okay? ”

After tossing for a long time, you can actually bump into someone looking for odd jobs! Although it is a hard work with no technical content, it is also idle now, and it is better to have an income than not to have it. Lu Pingchuan hurriedly agreed to keep up with the middle-aged man's footsteps, and when he walked out of the farmers' market, he unexpectedly received the envy of many migrant workers.

The warehouse is not far from the market, and after trotting for nearly ten minutes, Lu Pingchuan finally saw the "hill" of goods that were randomly stacked at the door of the warehouse - in the face of this "hill" that is a head taller than others and covers an area of more than ten square meters, Lu Pingchuan swallowed his saliva silently, lowered his head and rolled up his sleeves, classified the goods one by one according to the instructions of the middle-aged man, and carried boxes into the warehouse and stacked them separately.

The inside of the cargo box are all metal parts, not to mention the weight, and the classification is quite cumbersome. After running dozens of times inside and out, Lu Pingchuan had become a dripping "wet man" at this time, leaving a vague sweat footprint on the white cement floor with every step. When he gritted his teeth and dragged all the hundreds of boxes of goods back to their places, the sunset had already set. The middle-aged man looked at the neatly arranged warehouse with satisfaction, handed Lu Pingchuan a bottle of Coke and 200 yuan, and signaled that he could leave.

At the beginning of the lanterns, walking alone on the way home, Lu Pingchuan suddenly felt that today's transaction was not cost-effective: after moving the goods for a day, the cheap suit and shirt on his body had already been covered with wrinkles and dust, and a few places were also ground out of the rough edges of the box, and it seemed that most of them were about to be scrapped. And the 200 yuan I earned, I'm afraid I can't buy a new outfit to cope with the next interview.

Although the gains outweigh the losses, at this moment, there was a feeling of unexpected income in his pocket, which still made Lu Pingchuan feel a little relieved - it was easy to climb on the bus for the return trip, and there were still empty seats in the carriage. Lu Pingchuan couldn't help but strode over with a happy face, sat down, stretched out his legs, raised his hand to open the window a thin slit, and enjoyed the comfort of the evening breeze.

As a result, it was such a small action, and the middle-aged woman sitting next to him was suddenly unhappy - I saw the sturdy middle-aged aunt slam the window with a wave of her hand, and she was a lesson in her head: "What window to open?" There is a smell on the body, and I want to smoke people to death if I don't pay attention to hygiene! ”

There was a low snickering in the carriage, Lu Pingchuan hurriedly shrunk his feet, and the whole person curled up into a prawn shape, not daring to raise his head a few more times. Fortunately, the middle-aged woman got off the bus at the next stop, Lu Pingchuan glanced out of the corner of his eye, and found that there was still a plastic bag left on her seat.

Inside the unfastened plastic bag, the aroma of food was faintly revealed, Lu Pingchuan saw that no one was paying attention, picked up the bag and smelled it, and inside was a golden and attractive roast duck. After confirming that there was nothing else of value inside, Lu Pingchuan finally calmly re-inserted the mouth of the bag and put the roast duck into his arms.

There is no humiliation to endure in vain, but there is a roast duck in the bag. Although it was dirty, there was always something to take back and explain to Hu Beibei. In order to save money, the two of them hadn't seen decent meat dishes at the dinner table for a long time, thinking about Hu Beibei's possible expressions when she saw the roast duck, Lu Pingchuan's heart, which had been tossing and turning for a day, was filled with some trivial and warm emotions for a moment.

But when he walked to the door of the temporary residence with a roast duck and humming a small tune, he was stunned by the scene in front of him: in the narrow and dark corridor, the things that belonged to him were scattered all over the ground as if they had been bombed: from cups to bedding, from clothes to documents, from picture frames, razors to various documents...... The half corridor near the rental house is like the scene of a disaster movie, and Lu Pingchuan is the only protagonist, standing in the center of the disaster area at a loss.

Lu Pingchuan was stunned for a long time and finally reacted, and hastily glanced at the messy debris, most of which were there, except for the laptop and a few expensive small household appliances. He stepped over the debris and decided to knock on the door first to inquire about the situation.

The doorbell rang, and a burst of murderous footsteps followed from far and near. The landlady's shrill voice that drank the water from the bridge head and flowed backwards was an octave higher for some reason, and a mouthful of saliva made Lu Pingchuan involuntarily take half a step back: "Liar! Deflated three! Shameless! Do you still have the face to come back? Do you still want to continue to eat and live for nothing? A pair of dogs singing a male and female reed is good! One is sloppy and drags time and the other slips and leaves, and wants to rely on my old woman's rent, you are still not human? Do you have a conscience? ”

"Eldest sister, eldest sister, don't get excited, didn't you say the rent? Beibeiren, I'll ask her to give you ...... when she comes back" "What kind of garlic do you pretend!" Your daughter-in-law has long since run away! Shameless, a few days ago she said that the family was in a hurry and asked me to return the deposit in advance, saying that I would pay back the salary together, and today I will take advantage of the time I am shopping for vegetables and leave! Did you say yes? She walks on the front foot first, you stabilize me and slip on my heels tonight? Just to pay off this month's rent, you two are not ashamed! ”

Hu Beibei is gone?

Lu Pingchuan only felt a "buzz" in his head, ignoring the landlord's insults, he pushed open the door and walked straight to Hu Beibei's room - the door was open, except for some original furniture and simple electrical appliances, it had indeed been emptied. He reluctantly pushed open his room, which was just as messy, and in this "home" that was simple but had lived for almost a year, there was no longer the slightest breath left by the two of them.

Lu Pingchuan was speechless in shock, mechanically took out his mobile phone, found out the contact, and dialed - the system tone prompted the other party to turn off the phone, call again, or turn off the phone, and call again...... Until the mobile phone sent out a series of busy tones due to a wrong signal, Lu Pingchuan turned his head in a daze, grabbed the landlady and asked, "When did she leave?" She can't move so many things by herself, who walked with her? ”

"Okay, I don't have money to pay rent, but I have money to eat roast duck!" The action of dialing the phone threw the roast duck hanging in her hand in front of the landlady's eyes, and her anger and dissatisfaction escalated into action. While continuing to chatter and abuse, she violently pushed Lu Pingchuan out of the door, "Get out!" Get out! I don't want to see you again! Get out of here! You shameless dog men and women, get out of here immediately! ”

"Eldest sister, eldest sister, listen to my explanation! I really didn't know she was gone, eldest sister ......" Having said that, Lu Pingchuan, who was still in turmoil, couldn't think of a reason to explain the current situation. In the hysterical pushing of the landlord, he was finally thrown out of the door - the moment his foot stepped out of the door, the door slammed behind him. Lu Pingchuan glanced at the debris on the ground, banged on the door and roared:

"Big sister! Please give me back the computer! It contains the information about my job search, as well as Beibei's contact information...... Please give it back to me and let me find a way to find her!" ”

"It's gone! Sold to pay the rent! A series of small curses were thrown out of the door, "I want to go back to the computer because of the rent, phew!" You want to be beautiful, bully my lonely old woman, and kill a thousand knives to die a good death......"

After a few seconds, even the expletive faded away from him. The voice-activated lights in the hallway flickered and then went out, and he was alone in the devastated hallway, once again the only protagonist and refugee at the scene of the disaster.