Walking into the corridor, I was greeted by a cold and damp breath, and when I walked to the third floor, the unpleasant sour smell was even more choking and I couldn't breathe.

The man took out the key, looked back at me and said, "What are you doing with me, is there something wrong?" ”

I looked him up and down, and saw that he was wearing a long brown woolen trench coat and a pair of black slacks, with a thin body, slightly dark skin, some messy hair, a high nose bridge, a pair of gold-wire glasses, and a height of about 1.75 meters, giving people the feeling of a weak scholar.

"You're the owner of this house, right?"

I asked anxiously, and unconsciously took two steps forward.

He nodded noncommittally, a hint of vigilance in his clear eyes.

"I'm a resident downstairs of your house, and now the roof is leaking, so I'll come and take a look."

I said it very politely, after all, I will live here permanently in the future, and the relationship between neighbors and neighbors should be handled more harmoniously.

Without speaking, he slipped the key into the lock hole, turned it twice, and opened the door.

But the door opened with some difficulty, as if something was stuck, and we worked together to push a gap open.

Suddenly, I felt a chill on the soles of my feet, and when I looked down, I saw a stream of water flowing out of the gap at the bottom of the door, and the cold and biting feeling made me gasp.

The water squeezed through the cracks in the doorway, into the hallway, and down the stairs with a faint sound.

I banged on the door twice harder, looked at the man and said, "Dude, did you forget to turn off the faucet?" ”

He looked at me with a stunned face, scratched his dirty hair, and muttered, "Probably." ”

"Then hurry up and knock the door open."

My cheeks flushed, and with all my strength, I finally pushed the door open.

What catches your eye is the blistered furniture and the slippers floating on the water, the shoe cabinet is upside down, blocking the doorway, and the stainless steel sink in the kitchen has long been filled with water, flowing down the marble board, and the entire bedroom and living room have become a sea of water.

I stepped on the water, walked briskly to the kitchen, turned off the faucet that was gushing out, pressed the funnel again, and heard a loud noise, and the water in the pool poured down.

He walked up to me and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I may have been in a bit of a hurry and forgot to turn off the faucet." ”

I glanced at him and sighed: "Dude, my downstairs house is being renovated, and the ceiling and walls of the entire bedroom are soaked with water, this is the most common sense question, you are such an adult, why are you still confused?" ”

He didn't say anything, just picked up the broom and swept the water hard, I sighed lightly, took a mop, and helped him sweep the water to the bathroom, through the funnel, and went straight down.

It took us nearly an hour to restore the messy living room and kitchen to their original appearance, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed me one, and said guiltily, "Thank you." ”

I took the cigarette, lit it, took a puff, looked at him and said, "What does my brother do?" ”

He was not good at talking, so he just walked to the sofa, sat down slowly, and said lightly: "I lost my job, I lost my girlfriend, and I was left with this soulless skin, like a walking corpse, I really don't know why people are so tired." ”

I sighed, feeling that he was so young and pessimistic, it was a little regrettable, so I whispered: "You can find a job when it's gone, and you can look for your girlfriend when it's gone, but you can't live too depressed, as long as you still have hope..."

"Don't talk about it."

He interrupted me, looking a little lonely, and there was an indescribable sadness on his dull cheeks.

I extinguished my cigarette, stood up and said, "You can do it yourself, remember to turn off the faucet and gas when you go out later." ”

I sighed deeply, turned around and took just two steps, when I heard him say to himself: "She died so suddenly, so quietly, just after receiving the marriage certificate, she had a car accident, my silent roar, powerless struggle, can not save her." ”

My heart thumped, and I looked back at him, and saw him covering his cheeks with his hands, choking in pain, and his thin body was also deformed and trembling by the indelible thoughts and torture.

I didn't know what to say, I just stood there and watched him quietly.

Ask what is the situation in the world, the direct teaching of life and death, the double flyer of the south and the north of the world, the old wings several times of cold and summer, happy and fun, parting bitter, there are more crazy children, you should have words, thousands of miles of stratus clouds, thousands of mountains and twilight snow, only the shadow to whom.

He sobbed for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "She is like an autumn daisy, exuding an intoxicating fragrance, I haven't had time to take a closer look, and then she went away with the wind, I ask you, what is the most painful and difficult thing in the world?" ”

I sniffled, walked over to him again, sat down slowly, and whispered, "I think it's love." ”

He looked up, and there was a deep tiredness on his haggard cheeks, and he looked at me in a daze, and said hoarsely, "What about the happiest thing?" ”

I was confused when asked, what do you love and hate, why do you have to make it so complicated, it's simple, it's not bland.

I thought for a moment and said thoughtfully: "I saw a sentence in the circle of friends before, which is very right, the happiest thing in life is that the person you like is secretly liking you." ”

When he heard this, he sneered, looked at me and said, "It's just nonsense." ”

He lit a cigarette, took two deep breaths, and said unhurriedly: "This kind of words are used to coax little girls, we have long passed the age of listening to love, you just said that love is not possible, this is not necessarily the most painful, the reason why you can not love is because you are not good enough, what you can't get is always in turmoil, once you hold it in your hand, you don't have that throbbing freshness." ”

I scolded in my heart, what does this have to do with me, I am really nosy.

I didn't say anything, I just looked down at my watch, there were still a lot of clothes downstairs that hadn't been shipped, and I didn't have time to spend here, so I whispered, "I have to go back, you take care of yourself." ”

With that, I stood up and walked straight to the door.

"Wait."

He let out a low growl, and I stopped, turned around, and looked at him with a bored look on my face.

He stared at me for a moment, and there seemed to be an indescribable element in his mournful eyes.

"What's wrong?"

I frowned, feeling like it was a lot of effort to talk to him.

A teasing smile rose at the corner of his mouth, pointed to the phone on the sofa, and whispered, "Your phone." ”

I touched my pocket and found that my phone had fallen out of nowhere, so I hurriedly walked over, picked up my phone, and said lightly, "Thank you." ”

With that, I walked out of the room quickly, ran downstairs, and breathed heavily.

Wang Ling walked out of the shop, she wiped her mouth with a tissue, and when she saw me standing there with a dull face, she walked up to me, blinked her big beautiful eyes, looked at me and said, "What's wrong with you?" ”

I ignored her, walked back to the store, and saw that her beef noodles had already been eaten by her, so I turned back to her and asked, "You have eaten all for me?" ”

When she saw the fierce look on my face, she shrank back and said with an aggrieved face: "I'm hungry, just..."

I was a little short of breath, so I took out the rice and said angrily, "Didn't I give you some staple food?" ”

"I don't like to eat rice."

She peeked at me, and she looked like a child who had done something wrong, and she was very pitiful.

"Owner, have you been to see it, why is it leaking?"

The worker lay on the top of the stairs again, shouting downward.

"I forgot to turn off the faucet, it's not a big problem, you can keep working."

"Okay."

My lunch was gone, but luckily there was still a can of beer left, so I pulled open the aluminum ring, raised my head, and drank it all.

It took me a whole afternoon to transport these clothes to the warehouse, and Wang Ling also helped me a lot, but she was doing it while playing, and after a few words of training her, she squatted in the corner and scolded aggrieved, and I was so angry that I was about to vomit blood and die.

The sky darkened, and the residual temperature of the day, which was baked by the sun, was also swept away by the howling night wind, and in the dark night, the stars twinkled and the Milky Way was bright, and a shapeless remnant cloud blocked the moonlight, adding a layer of bleak mystery to the whole night.

I dragged my tired body into the car, I couldn't eat at noon, coupled with high-intensity labor, my physical strength was seriously overdrawn, at this time, I really wanted to fall into bed and fall asleep, sleep until I was old, sleep to the end of the world, and even dinner was left.

The renovation workers were still working overtime, and I was leaning back in my chair, my eyes slightly closed, recuperating.

Wang Ling pulled the car door and sat in, I looked at her with a stunned face, and said weakly: "Hurry up, I don't have the energy to accompany you." ”

"You haven't eaten since noon, do you want to try my craft?"

In the dim light, her delicate cheeks seemed to be much brighter again, and even the fragrance of flowers on her body seemed to float out, rippling in this ambiguous car.

"I'm not hungry, don't bother me."

I closed my eyes again, but my stomach was growling.

Wang Ling covered her mouth and smiled, she leaned over, listened carefully for a while, and said with a smile: "Is your stomach very honest?" ”

At this time, my phone rang, I took it out to check, it was Du Chenyu calling, I hurriedly answered.

"Brother Du."

My voice was slightly hoarse, and anyone could hear that I was tired.

"Listen to Xiao Ran, are you looking for me in a hurry?"

I lowered the window, took a long breath, and said lightly: "The house is leaking, I went upstairs to look for it, and when I found no one, I called you." ”

"Is it the upstairs resident?"

Xiao Ran's singing and Vinlan's laughter came from the other side of the phone, and I was a little sad, opened the car door, and lit a cigarette.

"Yes, a man with glasses."

I took a light puff on my cigarette and saw a couple kissing passionately not far ahead, I turned around again and whispered, "That man upstairs seems to have a mental problem." ”

"That's right, he's stimulated, you'd better stay away from him."

Du Chenyu carefully told me, but I still had some questions, so I asked him: "That man said that his wife died, is there really such a thing?" ”

Du Chenyu was silent for a moment, and seemed to be very reluctant to answer this question, but he still said lightly: "Yes, her wife did pass away, but that was many years ago, and since then, he has been mentally distorted, once decadent, and detained by the police, so you should try to have less contact with him." ”

I was a little short of breath, no wonder he was nervous and incoherent, Du Chenyu saw that I had no words, so he asked in a low voice, "How is the house decorated?" ”

"The second-floor residence is almost finished."

I threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stomped it out with my foot, turned around, and saw the couple who had just kissed, and since there was a violent argument, I sighed and got into the car.

"If the second floor is completed, you can also go back for the New Year, the matter has come to this, and the merchandise store on the first floor is waiting for you to come back, and you are making plans."

Du Chenyu said calmly, he changed his normality, completely lost his previous coldness and indifference, I was a little surprised, and said guiltily: "Brother Du, I can't do without people here, I can't just leave, it depends on the situation when the time comes, if there is enough time, I will take the time to go back to my hometown." ”

Wang Ling was holding her mobile phone, indulging in a competitive game, I glanced at her, and saw that her eyes were straight and her expression was wooden, so I shook my head helplessly.

After hanging up the phone, I looked at Wang Ling and said, "Can't you go down?" ”

She ignored me, and was so fascinated and happy that I snatched her phone and said angrily, "Get out of the car quickly." ”

She glanced at me and muttered softly, "Cut, be virtuous." ”

I gave her my phone back, started the car, and headed straight for the basement.