48

The weather was already very cold, and when she woke up in the morning, there was a thin layer of frost on the glass of the window.

Ya Xiao yawned, and just as she got dressed, she suddenly heard a banging sound outside, her brain was still in a state of confusion, and she was so agitated by the sound that she almost jumped up and pulled open the door.

This two-bedroom layout is not too good, T-shaped structure, two bedrooms side by side, the door to the living room, the living room is past the dining room, the dining room is past the open kitchen, the decoration is very simple, even the partition is not. Now looking out from her position, she could see very clearly and comprehensively what was going on in the dining room and the kitchen. Steamers and pans and frying pans from the market were turned out on the tiny stovetop, stacked one on top of the other. The dining table was cluttered with different pot lids and a few dishes stacked on top of each other with a plastic cup standing on top. The cutting board was also on the table, with the bell peppers and small onions she’d bought yesterday.

Her eyes shifted from the cup standing tall to the man with his back to her, and it just so happened that the other man also turned his head and swept a quick glance at her, then turned away to continue the action of his own hands, looking at his posture to see what he was frying in that position. It was only then that she remembered that she had agreed with him some time ago that he would take turns doing everything except for things like cooking and cleaning.

It looked like it was his turn to cook today, and she stretched her neck rather curiously to see what he was actually cooking for breakfast. Unexpectedly, the man seemed to have eyes behind his back and turned his head to give her a glance, as if warning her not to look around. She shrugged her shoulders in disbelief and fished out her clothes fork from behind the door and headed for the balcony outside the living room. The man heard the commotion and turned his head to look at her again.

She tugged at the corner of her mouth, grinning a very disdainful smile, the fork in her hand tapped twice on the ground, demonstrating, “What are you looking at, I’ve never seen an early morning laundry collector.”

The way of drying clothes here is very primitive, with two bamboo poles set up horizontally above the balcony, and then hang the hangers one by one with a clothes fork to dry. As long as it doesn’t rain, winter clothes actually dry quite quickly. She hummed a little tune as she pulled the clothes off the bamboo poles one by one, her movements unusually brisk. However, when she was putting down her last piece of clothing, she accidentally knocked down a piece of clothing on the next bamboo pole, and it floated all the way downstairs in a whirlwind. She leaned over the balcony to look down, and the triangular shaped piece of clothing that had fallen was laying foursquare on the public walkway.

Oh no, that’s Mr. Shan’s ……

“Why do you want me to pick it up?” He was really snappy in his tone, I guess he was still holding a grudge against the twenty-five dollar a dozen panties, “You’re the one who touched it and dropped it, so of course you have to pick it up.”

She was a little weak, but she also lied very well, “Hey, people all have a slip of the tongue, I am also kind to help you collect the clothes.”

He didn’t raise his eyelids, “I didn’t ask you to do that.” The implication was, you’re too nosy.

She hated that she couldn’t poke a clothes fork through his back, “Then, then I don’t care, anyway, those are your clothes, you like to pick them or not. It’s just that if you don’t pick them, you won’t have any underwear to wear, so don’t expect me to buy you any more!” She’s not going to go down and pick a man’s underwear, how humiliating it would be to be seen.

The spatula clattered into the pot, he half turned his body with a huff on his face, “Thank you for your concern, eleven items I can still wear for a long time.”

At the sound of eleven articles she didn’t hold back a poof of laughter, which succeeded in drawing an angry look from him, “Do you want me to throw you out of here.”

She stood up straight and shook her guts, “Don’t you dare.”

“Care to try?”

She took a step back, her clothes fork rushing at him, “If you take one more step over, do you believe I’ll poke you to death with a fork?” His injuries had not yet healed, plus he seemed to have a bit of a low-grade fever in the past two days, so his attack power should not be strong.

He saw through her mind at a glance and laughed coldly, “Even if my arms and legs are broken, I can still clean you up.” With that, he reached out to fish for her neck, just as his hand was about to touch the back of her neck there was a sudden knock on the door, short and continuous.

The two people facing each other froze at the same time, reacting almost at the same moment. Shan Yanxiu quickly pressed himself against the wall next to the door, and her reaction was much simpler and more direct, copying the lid of the pot on the dining table, attacking and defending at the same time.

The knocking on the door lasted for about ten seconds and then stopped, but the eye contact between the two did not stop. One was calm and collected, the other rather agitated. She made lip-sync and asked him who was outside. What to do? Instead, he put up a finger to his lips in a silencing gesture, his ear pressed against the wall as if listening for movement. After a few seconds, as if relieved, he gave her a safe signaling gesture and then unscrewed the door.

Outside the door stood a girl, small, with curly hair and small but intense eyes. Her face was filled with a kind smile, “I believe you dropped this, I was passing by and saw it and picked it up.” The hanger holding up the triangular chambers hooked over the girl’s curled fingers and wiggled and wiggled.

“Thank you, trouble you to make this trip.” Without changing his color, Shan Yanxiu recovered the renegade hanger and thanked her rather politely, even putting on a hint of a smile.

Now not only did this small girl outside the door blush, but even Ya Xiao’s face, who was hiding behind the door, burned. Only the former was shyly red, while the latter was angry red. Gross, what did this dead demon say? What did he say? He actually said thank you to someone and said he was troubling you? Did he have a burnt out brain or a watery heart? How can he be so polite and courteous to a stranger? And his voice was so …… well, mild! That’s right, it’s gentle – she’s been cooking for him and warming his bed for so long that she’s never seen ya say thank you to her, let alone say trouble, hard work! She also thought he never and people thanked the habit of it, think about it also tolerate forget, which know which he will not say thank you ah, people are selective ignore, automatically skip.

Look at the man’s appearance now, how much like a beast of burden ah, face that expression tsk tsk tsk, really can not be described, as if his hand is not 2.08 yuan a small inner, but a valuable crystal glass shoes.

“…… I live on the first floor, just below your house,” the girl’s voice outside the door was soft and sweet, sounding pleasant, “Are you a new mover?”

This time, without waiting for him to say anything, she got out from under his arm, groundhog-like, “Yeah, we just moved in, we haven’t had a chance to get to know our neighbors yet. Hello.”

The girl saw the sudden emergence of Ya Xiao, obviously taken aback, the smile on her face had a momentary delay, after a while before she snapped back a hello, and then asked inquisitively, “Are you …… sharing a room?”

Seriously this line of questioning was asked very skillfully. Generally speaking, when you see a man and a woman of the right age living together, you can immediately think of the relationship between the two of them, when encountering this kind of situation, most people will smile heartily, wave their sleeves and then go away. In a few cases – especially in the case of a woman who meets a third party – the other party will ask if you are married, how long have you been married, do you have children, when do you want to have them, and so on, so that they have to find out about all of your ancestors.

But the girl in front of me asked the words will be very meaningful, if they answered yes, that means that the relationship between the two is only a common tenant, there is no further deeper connection. If they answered no, then it is very obvious to release a signal: these two men and women did not pull the marriage certificate to live together, the characterization is illegal cohabitation without negotiation. However, she will never admit to living with this man.

Now this is really difficult, she has to answer yes or no? Ya Xiao’s hesitant gaze naturally shifted to Shan Yanxiu, with her understanding of him, this man 80% is not going to do the answer, not in front of people flinging the door has been very good. But to her surprise, he actually opened his mouth again, his tone was gentle, not to mention that he even added a cushioning auxiliary, “Oh, we just live together.” -Look, how tricky this answer is, on the one hand, not affirming or denying the other party’s question about living together, on the other hand, this cohabitation paraphrase is much more skillful. What is co-habitation? Co-habitation is a neutral term between renting and living together that allows you to swing from left to right. You can understand it in the direction of ambiguity, or in the direction of innocence, it all depends on whether you have a dirty heart or not.

Ya Xiao inexplicably felt a burst of annoyance, I do not know whether it was because of his ambiguous sign back or because of the girl’s suddenly bright eyes outside the door, in short, she was very uncomfortable.

After dismissing the downstairs neighbor who had clearly told her that she would definitely come back to visit again when she had time, Yashiro found herself holding a pot lid and a clothes fork in her hand, in the same posture as a second mother who was always ready for a fight. It was only then that it dawned on her what the surprise and hidden amusement contained in the girl’s gaze when she looked at herself earlier was due to, and she flung the pot lid to the ground with some exasperation, the loud noise attracting Shan Yanxiu’s gaze to follow her over, her tone slightly reproachful, “What are you doing dropping things?”

“It’s out of your hands.”

“Pick it up.”

“Don’t!”

“Pick it up!”

“No!”

“Pick it up, I want to use it!”

“Pick it up yourself.”

“Why should I pick it up if you drop it on the floor?”

“Who told you to use it? You have to pick it up if you want to use it.” She knew it was unreasonable for her to drop something and lose her temper, but she couldn’t restrain herself from being inexplicably cranky. Her chest was heaving up and down between gasps, and her lower lip was clenched tightly by her teeth flushed with white stains.

Shan Yanxiu looked at him fixedly, dark as ink eyes like a thin layer of fog, can not see, say not clear. A few moments later, he leaned down and picked up the not-so-light frying pan lid. Just as he had just straightened his back, she suddenly flew up and slapped the lid of the pot to the ground with a bam.

The sudden blow caused his facial expression to tense suddenly, a hidden layer of thin anger. She held his questioning-like gaze with her chin, her expression like she was saying what the hell can you do to me? The corners of his mouth twitched, obviously holding back his anger, and he leaned down to pick up the poor pot lid once again.

“Is it good? Such a big person taking it out on something.”

“Is it nice? Such a big man letting a girl give you panties!” She responded with an oddly quick spurt, “And you don’t know how to be ashamed!”

The corners of Shan Yanxiu’s mouth seemed to pick up in a moment, vaguely rippling open in general. Only to see him turn around and put the lid on the pot, shoveling up the somewhat cooled pancakes again and carrying them to the table, pushing them in her direction with one finger, and

“You’re sour enough as it is, I’ll skip the vinegar. “