Plop, plop—
In the darkness, Lu Yin could only hear her own heartbeat.
He was standing right in front of her eyes, the heat from his body wrapped her tightly, the smell of this person lingered in her nose, and she couldn't breathe fresh air. But the corridor was narrow, as if there should be this distance between them, and she couldn't find a reasonable reason to push away or yell.
What he asked just now made her froze for an instant, with a thorn stuck in her throat, she didn't know how to answer.
Lu Qiang didn't intend to back down, his chest rose and fell, and he breathed regularly.
Lu Yin couldn't bear it, and wanted to break the awkward deadlock, so she moved to the door on the right.
After taking half a step, she stopped in a jerk, and there was a very sudden vibration in the quiet space. After a pause for half a second, Lu Yin hurriedly took out the phone from her bag, and retreated to the door without a trace.
She went out, one stood inside the door, and the other stood outside the door.
Lu Yin glanced at the incoming call and quickly answered it.
"husband?"
"..." Ye Fan, "Yinyin? It's me..."
"How soon will you be home?"
The other party was silent for two seconds, and reminded: "I am Ye Fan!"
"Are you coming to the community soon? It just so happens that I just walked in."
"...are you crazy?"
She bit her lip and asked bravely, "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll go buy it."
Over there, he cursed secretly, hating iron for being weak: "How long has it been, can you cheer up a little bit."
"Just steamed sea bass, sweet and sour short ribs or crispy chicken."
The receiver yelled: "What's so good about that bastard, it's worth making yourself crazy."
Ye Fan's tone was not good, Lu Yin listened, walked a few steps further away, and turned down the volume of the microphone.
Lu Qiang laughed slightly, and shook his head. He was still standing sideways in the door, turning his head to look at the blurry silhouette in the corridor. It was extremely quiet at the moment, and the other end of the phone was emotional and chattering. On the contrary, she spoke softly, like the soft wind on a summer night, and her 'husband' made people's bones numb.
Lu Qiang put his hands into his pockets, brushed his tongue left and right on his lower lip several times, he drank too little water, his lips had dry vertical lines, moistened, his lips were wet, but he was getting thirstier, hoping that there was a cup of pure water in front of him. Refreshing water.
Lu Yin said, "Is there anything else you want to eat?"
"... What's wrong with you?" Ye Fan slowed down and asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"
"It's pretty good... let's make it so."
"Don't scare me, or you wait at home, and I'll go find you right away..."
"No, I'll go buy it, see you later." Before the other side finished speaking, Lu Yin cut off the phone first.
Lu Qiang glanced at her again, looked away, turned his hand back, and accurately turned on the lights in the corridor.
Lu Yin was still standing straight in the corridor, the sudden strong light made her eyes uncomfortable, but she finally regained her sense of security, and her heart returned to her place at once.
Lu Qiang asked: "Where to put it?"
She regained her senses, glanced at the box on his shoulder, "Just put it on the open ground."
He put his things down, glanced into the room again, and turned around to come out.
Passing by her, Lu Yin took half a step back and whispered, "Thank you."
Lu Qiang stopped and looked down at her.
Her soft waist was pressed against the armrest, her upper body leaned back, her collarbone appeared straighter, and there were two deep dimples on her shoulders, which were suitable for drawing its ups and downs with fingers. His eyes lowered, and this action made the shape in front of her face him, protruding and ostentatious, but she didn't know it.
Lu Qiang hooked the bridge of his nose, and took a step back calmly, fearing that if he did anything else, she would fall down.
After a moment of stalemate, Lu Yin repeated: "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"...bye then."
"goodbye."
Lu Qiang turned around and went downstairs, stopped after two steps, raised his eyes, there were two shallow and short lines on his forehead, "Can you cook?"
Lu Yin was puzzled: "..."
"Looks like it's going to do a lot."
"..."
"Would the little stew be okay?"
"...never did."
"Learn, it's delicious."
After saying this, he went downstairs, the voice-activated lights on the second floor turned on, and he never looked back.
Lu Yin stood in the corridor for a while, the phone buzzing in her hand, it was Ye Fan. She entered the room, closed the door behind her back, answered the phone and explained what happened before.
***
Back in the security room, Lao Li had already packed up and chatted with passing residents.
Seeing him coming back, he waved his hands, and the residents walked in, and greeted Lu Qiang with a smile. Lu Qiang nodded and went to the house to find water to drink.
Lao Li patted the bicycle seat, lifted the pedals, "Have you delivered?"
Lu Qiang poured water with his head up, and drank so fast that some of it flowed down his chin to his chest. He was good at humming, and made a 'hmm' sound in his nasal cavity.
Lao Li said, "Then I'm leaving."
Lu Qiang didn't respond, and took off half of his sleeves. His dark chest seemed to be covered with oil. He took his clothes and wiped them casually, and then put on his security uniform. There were five buttons, and he fastened them one by one. When he reached the third button, he paused, walked out, and called out, "Lao Li."
Lao Li stopped: "What's the matter?"
Lu Qiang squinted his eyes: "It's nothing."
"Then you call me!"
Lu Qiang said, "That woman's name is Lu Yin just now?"
"...Ah." He responded.
"How many years have you lived here?"
"For six or seven years, her family is also from other places, renting a house..." Lao Li looked at him: "Why do you ask this?"
Lu Qiang said, "I am familiar with the situation."
Old Li understood, and nodded in praise.
He passed the cigarette to Lao Li, and lit one himself: "Is she married?"
"Seems to be."
Lu Qiang smoked to the edge of his mouth, and his movements froze. Lao Li re-supported his pedals, ready to finish smoking the cigarette before leaving. He thought for a while, "It seems like it happened at the beginning of this month."
Lu Qiang didn't speak. He took a deep breath of the cigarette and exhaled it. There was no wind, the smoke circles kept gathering, and the air was full of acrid smell.
Lao Li glanced at him: "Is this considered to understand the situation?"
He bowed his head and said nothing.
Lao Li sighed, and continued: "But, life is impermanent, so it was originally a happy event." He paused, "It's a pity..."
Lu Qiang raised his head suddenly: "What a pity?"
"I also heard it from others. I don't know if it's true or not. The marriage didn't seem to be consummated. It is said that a third party came out halfway and made a big fuss at the wedding..." He clapped his hands twice and spread them apart: " One beat and two break up."
"true and false?"
Old Li Bai glanced at him: "I heard what I said, but who knows if it's true or not."
Lu Qiang was silent for a while, and he thought of that rainy day, when he appeared at an inappropriate crossroad with his embarrassed figure, desolate and sad expression, and a white gauze.
Everything fits right.
So that's the case, he thought for a while, and couldn't help but bend the corner of his mouth: "Such a bear? Lost to a mistress?"
Lao Li said: "That girl's child is about to be born, so what can I do if it doesn't happen."
Lu Qiang looked at him: "You are enough gossip."
"It's not gossip either. Speaking of which, I haven't seen that man recently. I'm afraid he moved out early and doesn't live here anymore. No wonder," he paused, "There seems to be a reason for it. It's for the child."
"How to say?"
"I heard that the two have been together for six or seven years, but Xiao Lu's stomach hasn't moved. Women can't have children, and men have ulterior motives."
Lu Qiang looked up at him again, there was still half of the cigarette left, he sucked it up in one gulp, sucked it in with both cheeks, the sparks flickered, and then threw it on the ground and stepped on it under his feet.
He changed to a comfortable standing position, relaxed all over, and stood more lazily.
There was no wind just now, and the sultry heat was sticking to the body, and it would kill people; now there is a breeze, and the begonias are in full bloom in the distance, and it seems to be able to distinguish a trace of fragrance from the scorching wind. The restlessness also calmed down.
After a while, he snorted and laughed: "Maybe he's useless."
Lao Li heard something, and nodded his hand: "Don't think about it, you boy, I saw it, she is a good girl."
Lu Qiang glanced: "Am I like a bad guy?"
Lao Li didn't answer his question, just glanced up and down, pondered for a moment: "...not suitable." He didn't say anything inappropriate.
Lu Qiang joked, "It's up to me to decide whether it's suitable or not."
Lao Li smiled, but he didn't take it seriously. After smoking, he got on his bike and went home.
Seeing his back disappear, Lu Qiang turned his gaze back. He was the only one left near the sentry box, and square dances were added to the garden of the community. The joyful tunes that have remained unchanged for thousands of years made the distance extremely lively.
His place is quiet and silent, and the light flows from a high place, passing through the dense branches, and there is not much light below.
He thought of that night, when thousands of houses were lit and the breeze was gentle.
The car whistle outside the community, he stood up, and saw a head sticking out of the car from a distance, the wind gently blew her hair, her neck was slender, and her face was beautiful.
That face suddenly came into sight, and the surroundings were dim, except for a half-old street lamp above her head. The dim light softened her face, he heard a 'dong' sound, a stone fell from the lake in his heart, no matter how hard he tried to drive the shell, it was not enough to conceal the little bit of unexpected joy.
He never knew that it turned out that he was waiting for an unknown reunion.
...
Lu Qiang didn't feel sleepy that night.
The neighborhood is getting quieter and quieter, the lights in the windows are going out one after another, there is no TV in the sentry box, an old radio is blaring, it is broadcasting an advertisement, and I am going to a certain hospital for andrology...
Lu Qiang turned the button, another channel was playing an old song,
He put his legs on the table and looked out the window. The street lights were all off, and it was dead of night. He pressed the phone, the phone was still a popular model when he first went in, and the screen didn't turn on until half a day later, he glanced at the time, it was already one o'clock in the morning.
There was another person who didn't sleep. Lu Yin tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. This situation had lasted for half a month. Even though she gradually calmed down, her biological clock was disrupted, and she couldn't fall asleep even a moment earlier.
She turned over and got out of bed, ransacked the box, and found a half bottle of white wine from behind the bookshelf, which was bought by Liu Zecheng, and she forgot to clean it up. Lu Yin found a glass and poured half of it.
The lights in the room were not turned on, so she walked to the window by the moonlight and took a sip.
Lu Yin didn't drink alcohol in the past, and she didn't have much capacity for alcohol. Now she just wants to use alcohol to hypnotize her so that she won't be so sober again.
People who don’t know how to drink can drink it in a few sips. The acrid pain burns from the throat to the chest. After standing for a while, the alcohol came up. She leaned against the wall and lay back on the bed. She closed her eyes, dizzy but still awake .
She thought wildly for a while, took out her mobile phone, and turned on the screen. It was already one o'clock in the morning.
How to make a small stew…
The progress bar is buffered for a few seconds, and the information is listed line by line.
She clicked on the first one, and the method said: blanch the pork belly, cut into small cubes, add spices and dark soy sauce, boil on high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 30 minutes, soak for 12 hours, boil again on high heat, and simmer slowly One and a half hours, sugar at the end...
There was no difficulty, Lu Yin just glanced casually.
Slide your finger up, and there is a line of words at the bottom, marked in red,
Sleepiness gradually came up, she closed her eyes, opened them again, barely finished reading those small words,
Cooking skills: Remember, simmer slowly over a warm fire, and soak and settle for a long time, so that the taste will be delicious.