Psychopathic Cup Noodle

"I'm so sorry..." Lu Cheng followed his interviewee into the living room, and panicked at the door because of whether he should change his shoes, but the other party just said politely and decently, "You're welcome."

Is it "you're welcome, change it" or "you're welcome, don't change it"?Lu Cheng felt dizzy.

The furnishing of the man's room seemed to press his head to the floor - preventing him from moving forward without crawling.

Whether it's the mousse-colored, glossy, evenly cleaned, short-pile carpet, or the powdery sunlight that wafts in from the spacious floor-to-ceiling windows; The surreal style iron lamp... everything seems to be looking at distant objects in the desert. The surface is covered with a layer of mist, and some words seem to appear faintly on it.

what word?

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"quality".Lu Cheng was hit in the heart by these two words, and his chest ached. "I'm sorry, I didn't bring a meeting gift..." While sweating, he tried to calmly tuck the bag of tropical fruits in his hand to the bottom of his feet, but then he realized that the hoodie and jeans he couldn't hide had nothing to do with the other party's How out of place is the Polo shirt and trousers.

"Feel sorry?"

"..."

"Feel sorry."

"Ah!" Lu Cheng suddenly came back to his senses.

"Excuse me, what exactly do you mean by 'interview'?" Although the other party was polite, his tone was a little stiff, and there were four words clearly written in his eyes: not interested.

"Ah, that's right, I'm the intern editor of this gourmet magazine," Lu Cheng knew before handing over the business card—the eyelashes that were perfunctorily drooping to the direction of the business card seemed to be covered with frost, but he had to continue Let’s go on—"I heard that you have a special liking for instant noodles, Professor. I would like to invite you to do an interview about instant noodles. What brand of instant noodles do you usually eat?"

"I'm not a professor, I'm just an ordinary lecturer." Sure enough, Bai Chong didn't buy it, as if there was a wall standing in front of him, "Sorry..." He got up quickly, as if he was about to see off the guests; but Lu Cheng suddenly shouted, " I'm sorry," and took out the vibrating mobile phone from his arms - in fact, Lu Cheng could completely ignore the phone call, but at this moment he was very willing to be rescued from the icy situation by it, even for a minute.

Bai Chong watched the young man in a hoodie stand up and walk to the window. He wore bangs, and his smooth cheeks, which were baked into light brown by the sun, looked childish.

……

The girl's sharp voice came from the other side of the phone, which could be heard from Bai Chong's side, and it seemed that the other party had a serious temper.

"Speak well." Bai Chong heard the young man lower his voice and admonish him. "Are you finished, I'm going to hang up."

But he didn't hang up.Bai Chong watched the young man with interest as he let the people on the other side bombard him wildly for a minute, then closed his eyes and called out the other party's name twice in earnest into the air:

"Orange, orange."

"I can't go, because that's not my home. Compared to this, listen to me, go home after school and don't go to the sea bath with them, haven't you read the news? How many things have happened to swimming at the beach recently... You heard Is it? Hello? Hello?"

The girl hung up long before he knew it.

"Sister?" Lu Cheng turned around, and seeing Bai Chongzheng looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Before he could answer, Bai Chong continued to ask, "A half-sister?" He couldn't help being surprised.

"How do you...?"

The man pointed to the business card in front of him, on which Lu Cheng's name was written. By the way, he called his sister's name when he called just now. That's why the man noticed that the two were of different clans.

"You have a good relationship. You cherish your sister very much." Lu Cheng felt even more embarrassed when the interviewee said this, and couldn't speak while touching the back of his neck; but Bai Chong smiled and didn't embarrass him anymore: "About About the interview..."

"About the interview, if you don't want to write your name in the article, it will take you three or ten minutes at most, no, two or ten minutes..." Lu Cheng couldn't continue, and the other party looked at him with slightly wide eyes, without commenting.

"If you really don't want to..."

"No," the man with short hair still opened his eyes wide, with innocence in his clear double eyelids, "I just think, is 10 minutes enough?"

Huh?

"For instant noodles, it doesn't matter what brand it is, the timing of eating is the most important." At that time, the man didn't emphasize it, but he couldn't say it lightly. "So... how about doing an interview while I'm eating instant noodles?" He spread his hands slightly, his eyes shining with sincerity: "Editors can also taste it together, which is more conducive to writing reports... huh? What's wrong?"

"No..." Lu Cheng quickly put away the shocked expression on his face, "That's great! Then do you have any plans for today..." He raised his wrist to look at his watch, there was still some time before dinner.

"Unfortunately, today is already..." Bai Chong pointed to one side of the packed garbage with his thumb, and the instant noodle cones that he had eaten could be vaguely seen inside.

"I'll call you some other day... If there are no accidents, it should be the day after tomorrow." As he said, he left his phone number to Lu Cheng very readily, and then brought out iced coffee and sliced ​​coffee in a long-necked bottle. Heavy brown treats at sharp angles served him.

"Huh." Lu Cheng, who was sitting by the coffee table, suddenly turned his head towards the corridor.

"what happened?"

"Ah... no..." Is there any voice?

"Huh?" Bai Chong also looked in that direction, and then he heard it too, which seemed to be a "cracking" sound, very soft, as if someone was using the bathroom.but……

"Ah," Bai Chong snapped his fingers, as if he just remembered it, "it's my girlfriend."

"..." Lu Cheng couldn't help but think back to the other party's impatience when he entered the room just now and the faint fatigue in his brows... From his cheeks to the depths of his neck, he began to feel hot.He knew that his face must be very strange at this time, because Bai Chong laughed immediately.Suddenly he closed his mouth, with a serious look in his eyes: "Do you care?"

"..."

"No, no, I—" Lu Cheng realized something was wrong when he said this, and quickly changed his words: "No, no, no, I didn't mean that I didn't care if I disturbed you, I mean that if you said it earlier, I don't know—"

But Bai Chong has recovered his smile:

"I lied to you."

"... Huh?" I couldn't help but yelled out.

"I don't have a girlfriend yet." He said frankly with a smile, "I put water in the bathtub just now, it probably overflowed... Excuse me." After finishing speaking, he left Lu Cheng alone and the awkward air around him, got up and turned towards Walking to the bathroom, Lu Cheng's natural and willful smile convinced Lu Cheng that he was not deliberately playing tricks on him.

Two hours later, Lu Cheng splashed water on his face in the bathroom, using this primitive method to slightly wake up his consciousness.Has it been that long since we talked?He couldn't believe it.

Rather than the content of the conversation, it is more surprising to say that the way Bai Chong chatted.Although even Lu Cheng could feel the gap in knowledge between himself and the other party, the air was relaxed and cheerful, making people feel joy from the bottom of their hearts.The black-haired young teacher seems to be very good at eliciting the true meaning of people's words in the way of small talk. Lu Cheng can't help but think of the favor of a Thai master he received when he was a child. The rhythm of Bai Chong's speech is very similar to that master's technique, as if Slowly follow your bone meridians, and when he pressed his thumb precisely, he found that he was already talking about his relationship with his stepfather, even the fact that he left home at the age of 16, and his sister had been mediating in it—but Lu Cheng didn't feel uncomfortable.

Everything converges at the beginning of the circle of words. In front of this man, the barriers between people's hearts are just illusions.

Besides, if Bai Chong was just a take-it-all taker, Lu Cheng might still feel that he was only well versed in the art of listening and comforting.However, the calm-faced man also intersperses his own point of view from time to time. He sees the world from a unique and controlling perspective. He disdains to criticize everyday boring things and has no intention of torture Lu Cheng's childishness. There are only a few of them. The words make people feel ashamed, and they can't wait to wash themselves in a pool of clear water.

Lu Cheng splashed another handful of water on his face, and washed his hands in the milky white bone china basin.Needless to say, Bai Chong's bathroom is also clean and elegant, the translucent shower curtain has not been closed, and there are some water stains on the floor - probably because Bai Chong just filled the bath with water.Could it be that he was planning to take a bath before he entered the room?

Lu Cheng didn't want to fantasize about strangers bathing in the unknown huge and luxurious bathtub (and the other party was a man), so she turned her eyes away and opened the cabinet with a mirror inlaid above the sink.

... I don't know whether to say I am disappointed or relieved.

A few men's facial cleansers in unremarkable quantities; boxes of electric toothbrushes and oversized waterproof bags—all very common brands.Lipstick and combs for long hair—nothing.