Shi Zhen's mood is very complicated.
Guan Baiyu's feelings for him may not be the feelings of a younger brother to his elder brother.
He wasn't sure, but the more he thought about it, the more wrong he felt.
But he didn't show it. The next day, he took Guan Baiyu to rent a house in Changxi City.
Changxi City is different from Anshan Town. There are already many nice houses built in recent years. However, these new houses are lived in by other people, or they are planned to be used for their children's marriage, so they will not be rented out to others. The houses that are used for renting are all that people cannot live in.
So it's really not easy for Shi Zhen to rent a better house.
It was even difficult for Shi Zhen to find a house with two bedrooms.
For example, at this moment, the house they were looking at had only one bedroom, which was the dormitory of the former sweater factory.
The house faces south and has five floors. The house they looked at was on the third floor.
There is a long corridor on the north side of the house, and there is a door at a distance. There is a dormitory behind each door. Open the door and enter, and the layout inside is the same.
Once inside, it is a room with a maximum of ten square meters, which is used as a kitchen and dining room.
Then there is the aisle and bathroom, and the innermost is a bedroom of about ten square meters.
The whole is very small, and the advantage is probably... There is no shortage of flush toilets in the toilet.
Shi Zhen found a special middleman to bring him here. After seeing it, he asked the middleman, "Is there a two-bedroom house?"
The kitchen and dining room outside this house is not very big, and the stove is built and the cupboards are placed. In the end, the Eight Immortals table that can seat eight people can't be put down, and only a small square dining table can be put down for four people... This kind of thing There is no room for an extra bed for him.
"Brother, isn't this house nice? I've been staying at the school, and I only come here occasionally. Then we can sleep together." Guan Baiyu said.
Guan Baiyu really liked this house. The original owner was a young couple, and the home was very warmly furnished.
Mainly... It's a bit too much, but he really wants to share a room with his brother.
"Yeah, you are just two brothers. This house is already very good," said the middle man. "Many of these dormitories are lived by young couples with children. There are three people!"
Shi Zhen glanced at Guan Baiyu and said to Zhong Ren with certainty, "I like to sleep alone... Is there a two-bedroom house?"
"I really don't have it, but I heard a few days ago that someone is going to move, and there is a big house to rent... Otherwise, let's go and ask?" The middle man suggested.
"Okay." Shi Zhen said.
Shi Zhen was quite surprised that the place where the middleman took Shi Zhen was the dormitory that was previously allocated to government workers.
This place... is a feng shui treasure.
More than 20 years later, the school districts of the best public junior high schools and the best public elementary schools in Changxi City have all zoned here.
Therefore, the houses that are broken down here are very expensive.
The middle man asked, and learned that there is indeed a house for rent here.
The house was on the fifth floor and belonged to a retired couple.
The old couple had been walking down the stairs for many years, but they couldn't walk anymore, so they wanted to change houses.
This house is very large, with a total of 140 square meters, which is the same size as the house the Shi family is building, but the size of the apartment is... not flattering.
To the south of the entrance is a very small kitchen and a very small toilet, to the north is the dining room, and then a long aisle in the middle, with two bedrooms on both sides of the aisle, door to door.
That is, the layout is four bedrooms, a small dining room, and a mini kitchen and a bathroom.
The four bedrooms are really big, and there are also rooms with two bunk beds... The previous owner's house must have been very crowded.
"This house is big and can be rented to several families separately... Of course, the landlord doesn't want to rent it to others. If you want to rent it, the monthly rent will be two hundred." Zhongren said.
"Just rent this." Shi Zhen was sure.
The middle man gave Shi Zhen a surprised look.
They are just two brothers, one of them is still in school, and he doesn't go home very often... Even renting such a big house
In the previous house, the rent of one hundred per month was enough, and he felt it was more suitable than this house.
Shi Zhen didn't want to get too close to Guan Baiyu, so he insisted on a two-room house.
Although this house has more rooms, it still meets the requirements.
Moreover, the landlord of the house is willing to keep the furniture for them, which saves a lot of trouble.
Shi Zhen decided to rent a house, and the middleman took Shi Zhen to the landlord.
At this time, most of the renters do not sign a contract.
Both Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu spoke local dialects, and Guan Baiyu also mentioned that he was studying in No. 1 Middle School... The old couple happily rented the house to them.
Shi Zhen paid three months' rent and one month's deposit and got the key.
In fact, according to the old couple's intention, he can live in with only one month's rent and one month's deposit, but Shi Zhen felt that it was too troublesome to pay the rent every month, so he did not choose to do so.
"Brother, where do you need to rent such a big house..." Guan Baiyu didn't like this house very much.
Shi Zhendao: "Isn't this house very good? I plan to buy it when I get rich... With so many rooms, you can live in it when you get married and have children."
Shi Zhen has no plans to buy this house. The school district of this house is good, but it is too old.
Most importantly... He doesn't use the school district.
He said so, just tentatively.
Guan Baiyu turned his head to the side and didn't look at Shi Zhen: "Brother, I am an unmarried person like you."
Shi Zhen said: "You are still young, don't say that."
"It's as if you are the same age." Guan Baiyu was speechless.
Shi Zhen didn't continue the topic: "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's clean it up."
"Okay." Guan Baiyu said.
Shi Zhen smiled: "We just live in two south-facing bedrooms. I'll take out the things that I don't need. Go and clean the kitchen and dining room."
After speaking, Shi Zhen entered a south-facing bedroom, took a deep breath, and rubbed his eyebrows.
It is very possible that Guan Baiyu has a different affection for him.
When he was with Guan Baiyu in his last life, he was actually a little concerned about gains and losses, and he wasn't sure if Guan Baiyu really liked him.
But after Guan Baiyu passed away, he repeatedly recalled...
No matter how Guan Baiyu was with him at the beginning, in the end, Guan Baiyu must have liked him.
It's just that although they lived together at that time, they seldom talked about their hearts, not to mention love, love, etc.
Besides... He couldn't understand what Guan Baiyu had learned, and Guan Baiyu couldn't understand what he was doing.
There is a gap between them, but also because of the lack of communication, there is a gap.
He often wondered, if Guan Baiyu didn't die, and they talked, wouldn't they be able to get along well
It was precisely because he knew this and thought of this possibility that he felt even more pain and guilt.
However, after the rebirth, he did not intend to be with Guan Baiyu.
His current state of mind is wrong.
He also thought that Guan Baiyu would no longer like him when they were relatives.
But thinking about it carefully, many of the things Guan Baiyu has done are the same as in his previous life.
Shi Zhen felt that his breathing was a little difficult.
He stood for a while, then moved out the unused furniture in the room and moved them to a north-facing room.
He plans to use one room for the sundries, and the remaining three rooms, two for the bedroom and one for the study.
No matter what Guan Baiyu thinks about him, Shi Zhen intends to... pretend he doesn't know.
Guan Baiyu is about to be in his third year of high school. At this critical moment, it is best to keep it as it is.
As for the future... Guan Baiyu will definitely go to other places when he goes to university, and he will stay in Changxi City for development. In this way, they will be far away.
Guan Baiyu is still young, even if he had some thoughts about the men around him when he was young, it should gradually fade away in the future.
Even if Guan Baiyu still likes men... There are so many good boys in the university, Guan Baiyu may not still like him.
Shi Zhen was not feeling well.
But in his last life, he had experienced more unpleasant things, and he was still able to control his expression.
Guan Baiyu's holiday this time is actually two and a half days. Just like the usual big week, they completed the move in these two days.
And the location and floor of their house should not be visited by thieves.
There are really thieves coming... Then they can only go through the gate, and outside the gate of this house, there is an iron-welded security door.
Just after moving house, Guan Baiyu went back to school.
He stayed in the house rented by Shi Zhen for a while longer, and by the time he returned to school, the evening self-study had almost begun.
Sitting down at the table, Guan Baiyu was a little absent-minded.
His roommate has already been replaced, and the new roommate is also a boy who has a good relationship with Guan Baiyu, so he asked Guan Baiyu curiously, "Why are you so listless? Are you uncomfortable?"
"No." Guan Baiyu said while sighing.
"Anything on your mind?" the man asked again.
"That's right." Guan Baiyu said.
He just left Shi Zhen and was a little unhappy.
In addition, Shi Zhen is very busy right now and spends very little time with him, which also makes him depressed.
"Wait, you won't fall out of love, right?" Guan Baiyu's deskmate thought of something.
At the front desk, he had just recently lost his love, and looked similar to Guan Baiyu.
"Forget it... You said, if the person you like is much better than you, what should you do?" Guan Baiyu always thought that Shi Zhen was very good. Although he has not read any books, Shi Zhen has a clear goal and is willing to put a lot of effort into it.
He always felt that whatever his brother wanted to do, he could do it.
Although he did well in school and started a company... But recently, he always felt that there was a big gap between him and his brother.
His company was actually started by chance! What about his brother's business? It's all done little by little.
"You like a very good person? It won't be in the second class..." The first year is in the second class.
"No!" Guan Baiyu interrupted his deskmate without thinking, "He is not from our school."
"Is she older than you?" Guan Baiyu's tablemate was shocked. Not from their school, but better than Guan Baiyu... Not too young, right
"Yes." Guan Baiyu said.
He actually wanted to talk to people about this, but Liang Qinxuan knew him too well, and basically everyone he knew knew Liang Qinxuan, so he couldn't tell Liang Qinxuan.
"You cow!" Guan Baiyu's tablemate gave Guan Baiyu a thumbs up. He didn't expect Guan Baiyu to like a woman who was older than him... Guan Baiyu said that there was a big gap between the two of them. Is that woman already working? , work fine? "Guan Baiyu, don't belittle yourself, although you are not as good as others now, but you will go to university and graduate in the future, you will not be worse than others... I think you should worry about whether he will be there when he arrives. already married."
"He said he wouldn't get married."
"She is willing to wait for you? Then she must really like you."
Guan Baiyu knew that his deskmate had misunderstood, but he liked to hear such words.
He wished his roommates misunderstood.
Guan Baiyu said: "He is really kind to me and takes good care of me. He knows everything I like to eat." He said a few small things that happened in his relationship with Shi Zhen by the way.
Shi Zhen is really good to him, so the two of them get along with each other, and it makes people feel full of affection.
"She definitely likes you!" Guan Baiyu's deskmate was very sure.
Guan Baiyu laughed when he heard the words.
"Hey, you are so handsome! You are already recognized by the whole school as the school grass! It's no wonder that the eldest sister likes you." Guan Baiyu's tablemate looked at Guan Baiyu enviously.
"Don't tell others." Guan Baiyu whispered.
"I won't tell you!" Guan Baiyu's tablemate patted his chest and assured.
Guan Baiyu also knew that his deskmate was strict and didn't like to gossip, so he told him.
However, although his deskmate did not tell others about this, he often asked him about the progress.
Guan Baiyu had no progress at all to tell him.
After they moved, Shi Zhen got busier.
Although Shi Zhen would come back to eat and sleep when he went home from vacation, they really didn't spend much time together.
He went to Shi Zhen's construction site to find Shi Zhen, but Shi Zhen was always busy, talking to people about various professional terms, which he couldn't understand and couldn't speak.
However, even if there is no progress... There is still a lot to be said about his relationship with Shi Zhen.
As time passed, Guan Baiyu's tablemates got to know more and more about the people Guan Baiyu liked.
She was a strong woman who was three years older than Guan Baiyu. She was very capable and cared about Guan Baiyu very much.
It's only three years older, so it's really not that old! Not to mention, Guan Baiyu has always said that people are good parents!
Guan Baiyu's tablemates are particularly envious of Guan Baiyu.
In their third year of high school, they basically don't have new classes, they have been reviewing all the time, and in the heavy review, the only adjustment for Guan Baiyu's tablemates may be to listen to Guan Baiyu's beautiful love story.
It's a pity that Guan Baiyu's big sister thinks that Guan Baiyu is still young, so she doesn't hold hands with Guan Baiyu, Guan Baiyu can only find a chance to rub a few times.
The review time of the third year of high school passed very fast.
In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and in June 1997, there is only one month left before their college entrance examination.
June 1st is Sunday, a small service.
The children of elementary school happily celebrated Children's Day, and the students of the first and second year of high school also happily went out to buy things and play together in the afternoon.
But senior year students... Most of them didn't go out and stayed in school to study hard.
There were only a few people in the first class of the third year of high school who went out during the small prayer, and Guan Baiyu was one of them.
Seeing that the evening self-study was about to start, Guan Baiyu's deskmate frequently looked out the window, wondering when Guan Baiyu would come back.
Ten minutes before the evening self-study, Guan Baiyu came back.
He looked a little unhappy.
"Why are you unhappy?" Guan Baiyu's deskmate asked him.
Guan Baiyu said: "He is very busy, so he accompanies me to have a meal."
"It's been like this for a few weeks... Is she being too cold to you?" Guan Baiyu's tablemate was somewhat worthless for Guan Baiyu.
When Guan Baiyu was in school, all he was thinking about was the family. He was thinking about the family all day long. That person was a good one. No matter if Guan Baiyu had a big or a small prayer, she would not stay with Guan Baiyu for a long time.
"No, he's just busy," Guan Baiyu didn't want to hear this, so he opened his schoolbag and showed it to his tablemate, "He also made me a pot of Coke chicken wings ahead of time and asked me to bring it to school to eat... Wait for us. Let's have supper together."
Guan Baiyu was at the same table: "..." He was very full even though he hadn't eaten.
Guan Baiyu said again: "He also bought me new clothes... Alas, I would rather he spend more time with me than new clothes..."
Guan Baiyu's tablemate: "..." Hehe, he shouldn't sympathize with Guan Baiyu!
"By the way, he even installed an air conditioner for me, and he doesn't have it yet..."
Guan Baiyu like this is a bit too much! Guan Baiyu's tablemate looked at Guan Baiyu's tangled and happy look, his heart was sour and sour, and he was really curious: "I heard about the air conditioner, it seems to be expensive? How much did it cost?"
"Seven thousand, it's from Mitsubishi," Guan Baiyu said. "Then the air conditioner turned on, and the room immediately became cooler... But now it's not hot, so I can't use it. He said that he bought this air conditioner for me before the college entrance examination. Sleep well... He let me live for a while, and when it's hot, I'll go home and sleep."
"She really loves you!" Guan Baiyu's tablemate could only say that.
Guan Baiyu sighed again: "It's just... He seems to be avoiding me a bit."
"What is this! Let's discuss it again, you can get close to her if you find a way." Guan Baiyu's tablemate said.
In the previous year, they thought of a lot of ways to allow Guan Baiyu to get close to the people he likes without leaving a trace.
Including but not limited to pretending to be sick, pretending to wrestle and throwing hugs, inadvertently holding hands when going shopping, etc.
Many of these ideas came from Guan Baiyu's tablemates. Every time Guan Baiyu succeeds, he has a special sense of accomplishment. He has said more than once that when Guan Baiyu gets married in the future, he will invite him to a wedding wine.
Guan Baiyu also promised many times, saying that he would definitely invite him to a wedding wine.
At this moment, the two discussed in a low voice again. They spread out a book of exercises, opened a draft, and looked very serious.
The teacher came in from outside to see it and nodded with satisfaction.
On the other side, Shi Zhen sent Guan Baiyu away, but he was a little helpless.
This year, he was very tormented.
Guan Baiyu was probably a young man who couldn't help but wanted to get close to him.
He is afraid that if he refuses, Guan Baiyu will find out something, so don't refuse... If it goes on like this, it really won't work!
He can only pretend that nothing happened every time.