Inferior star

Wei Yu was reading in the library when he received the call from Xu Mingzhao.

Looking at the "calling Xu Mingzhao" on the screen, he was a little nervous, and then remembered that the quiet surroundings were really not suitable for being disturbed, so he wanted to hang up the phone and send a text message.But after a second thought, he picked up his phone and ran softly to the stairs, and pressed the answer button.

"You finally answered the phone." Xu Mingzhao's clear voice came from the phone.

"I'm in the library. I'll listen to what you say." Wei Yu lowered his voice and answered him.

"The 'voluntary service' I mentioned earlier... Are you free today? Will it bother you?" Driven by Wei Yu, Xu Mingzhao also began to speak in a low voice.

"... free. No. What's the matter?"

"I'll wait for you in the lobby on the first floor of the library in 10 minutes."

Wei Yu walked behind Xu Mingzhao for more than half an hour. The two walked out of the library and the school gate without speaking a word.Wei Yu thought about the mystery that Xu Mingzhao didn't speak anything other than "Follow me" after meeting in the lobby, so he cleared his throat and asked him, "Where are you taking me?"

"Where I live." Xu Mingzhao answered lightly without turning his head.

Wei Yu was so startled that he stopped in his tracks.

Xu Mingzhao still walked forward naturally, until he turned around and found that Wei Yu was standing still, and then added: "I want you to help me move something."

"Ah."

The house that Xu Mingzhao rented was in an old-fashioned residential area, not far from the school. The exteriors of each building looked a bit dilapidated. The original white walls were dirty and mottled after being washed by dust and footprints.Wei Yu walked up to the third floor with Xu Mingzhao. Many residents had shoe racks at their doorsteps. The shoes were placed crookedly, and there were green plants beside the shoe racks, which seemed very lively.

Xu Mingzhao lives in the innermost room, which is farthest to the south.

Xu Mingzhao took out the key to open the door, went straight in, hung the key on the antlers of a miniature deer head ornament, and said to Wei Yu who had taken off his shoes halfway: "You don't need to take off your shoes. Wait until you move your things out and wear them around." It's quite troublesome, just mop the floor after finishing it. And... I live alone, and I only have one pair of slippers."

"Ah."

Wei Yu put on his shoes again and followed him into the door.

Walking through a narrow hallway, the living room is on the left. The beige curtains are all gathered to the edge of the window. The whole room is very bright and the things are neatly arranged. Xu Mingzhao must have tidied it up on purpose.A decorative painting of ocean waves is hung on the wall, and a dark green fabric couch is placed against the wall, next to it is a maroon ball-shaped bean bag seat, with a large piece sunken in the middle.In front of the sofa is a light gray velvet carpet, and a small round log table is placed on the carpet.

Wei Yu carefully examined the placement and color matching of the furniture until Xu Mingzhao interrupted his wandering thoughts.

"Usually the tables are placed in the corner, so that you can sit directly on the carpet and play games."

Xu Mingzhao was not in a hurry to tell Wei Yu what he wanted him to do, and showed him around the kitchen.The dining table is between the living room and the kitchen. The kitchen is not very big, but there are not many kitchen utensils, and it doesn't look crowded. The whole area is clean and unearthly.

"The kitchen is very clean." Wei Yu said to Xu Mingzhao, touching the white tiles of the cooking counter.

"I don't know how to cook. I usually eat out or order takeaway. In the kitchen, apart from the pots and rice cookers given by the landlady, there are only a few plates and bowls I bought. If you want to cook, you need to pay extra for condiments. purchase."

Wei Yu looked at the empty sink and didn't speak.

Xu Mingzhao opened the door on the left side of the house, Wei Yu looked inside, the floating dust under the sun was very clear, the air was filled with a sandalwood fragrance, except for a vertical bookcase full of sundries and a pair of Tables and chairs, and a lot of cardboard boxes.

Xu Mingzhao reached out and scratched a circle among the bookcases and the cardboard boxes on the floor, and said, "This room will be vacant in the future, I ask you to help organize these sundries and move some unnecessary things out."

Wei Yu nodded, squatted down and lifted the lid of one of the cartons, staring at a rose-red hair dryer covered with cartoon stickers.

Could it be that these things belonged to Xu Mingzhao's ex-girlfriend?

"These are left by the people who lived here before, the tenants who lived here before me." Xu Mingzhao seemed to see through what Wei Yu was thinking, and explained, then shook the huge black garbage bag, ready to put it away. Sweep in all the ornaments on the bookcase.

Wei Yu picked up the things in the cardboard boxes, and they were indeed of different styles, it didn't seem like they all belonged to the same person.

Throughout the morning, Wei Yu and Xu Mingzhao took pictures of the cardboard boxes and sent them to the landlord to confirm that there were no her things in the sundries, and then moved more than ten cardboard boxes from the third floor to the garbage collection place at the corner of the first floor.

After moving the last cardboard box, Wei Yu held a sneaker-shaped keychain in a daze, thinking about the long-expired snacks, yellowed clothes, daily necessities and collections full of personal style in the cardboard box, thinking about the burden they carried. memory.

"Do you like this keychain?" Xu Mingzhao asked Wei Yu while drinking water.

"No. I'm just wondering if these discarded things were once important to the people who owned them." Wei Yu put the keychain back into the top cardboard box.

"According to the landlord's aunt, some of these things were originally intended to be taken away by the residents when they moved, but they were left behind. Due to various reasons, they could not take them away and were reluctant to throw them away, so they simply left them here. Some people also promised to come back to pick them up later. But there are very few people who actually come back to pick it up. Some of them were left unintentionally when they left, but I have lived in it for more than a year, and no one has ever called to ask if something was left here. No matter how important it is, it is not here. If it appears in front of your vision, it will be forgotten after a long time. They are the ones who make the choice, so don't be too melancholy."

"En." Wei Yu listened to the open-mindedness in Xu Mingzhao's words and responded lightly.

"Break up and leave to start a new life." Xu Mingzhao turned around and threw the empty water bottle into the cardboard box.

After the cardboard boxes were cleared, there were still a few boards left on the floor of the room. Wei Yu counted them, and there were ten boards in total.

Xu Mingzhao asked Wei Yu to mop the innermost floor of the room, and he himself used a dry towel to wipe off the dust on each board.When the water stains on the ground were dry, he spread the planks on the ground one by one and arranged them in a 2x5 rectangle.

"What is this?" Wei Yu was a little puzzled.

"These are the logistics partitions I bought when I moved in. At that time, the landlord's aunt said that there was no bed here, and I happened to see that the bed was built with this kind of partition in the rental house renovation post on the Internet. It is very convenient and I think it is good I just bought it and painted it myself.” Xu Mingzhao adjusted the angle of the partitions so that they were parallel to the wall, “But when we moved in, there was already a bed, and these partitions were all useless. For tenants."

"Is this room going to be rented out? How much is the monthly rent?"

"five hundred."

"Is the rent so low?!" Wei Yu was surprised.

"Yes. It turned out that the landlord aunt did not intend to rent out this room. She felt that it would be easier to communicate and take care of many things if the tenant was only one person. She agreed after I tried my best to persuade her. Originally, she didn't want to charge more. A share of the rent, plus this room was used as a storage room before, so it is not easy to charge too high a price, just five hundred."

After Xu Mingzhao finished speaking, he patted Wei Yu on the shoulder and told him to go to the balcony with him to move the mattress.After the bed boards were put on the mattress, Xu Mingzhao put on the bedding and sheets collected from the balcony, clean and neat solid-color indigo sheets.

"How about you lie on it and try the bed." Xu Mingzhao pushed Weiyu.

"I?"

"Yes, your opinion is more objective."

Under Xu Mingzhao's expectant eyes, Wei Yu reclined cautiously on the bed, stepped on the ground with his shoes on, and bounced off quickly in three seconds, and hurriedly replied: "Very good."

"What can you feel in such a short time? You, lie down for a while." Xu Mingzhao pushed Weiyu again, "Let me ask you, if you are a tenant, what requirements do you have for your co-tenant?"

"Require... to leave enough personal space for each other, and don't force communication with me." Wei Yu stared at the ceiling, not daring to look at Xu Mingzhao's face, "Can I get up? If I lie down a little longer, I still feel the same. ,'fine'."

"That's all." Xu Mingzhao pulled Wei Yu to sit up from the bed, "Okay. In a few days, find someone to do a formaldehyde test. The wooden boards were painted and ventilated for more than half a year. Mattress sheets They have all been washed and dried, so there should be no problem. New tenants should be able to move in in a few days."

"The room has just been cleaned up, have you found a new tenant?"

"Yeah, it's better to say that I got a satisfied new tenant before I prepared to clean up the room. Otherwise, why would I have to convince the landlord auntie, how comfortable it is to live alone."

In Xu Mingzhao's house, Wei Yu often felt in a trance. Xu Mingzhao knew that he was looking for a house, so he would show him around, explain to him and ask him questions. He really thought about how to tell Xu Mingzhao that he wanted to live here. will be more natural.It wasn't until Xu Mingzhao said that there was a satisfactory candidate that he suddenly woke up. There was no reason and no reason, just like the "hug" when he first met, it was all self-indulgent.

"Xu Mingzhao, the room has been tidied up, I should go back to the library. Please clean up the footprints on the ground yourself." Wei Yu got up to leave.

"Okay, then you can go back first. By the way, when is it convenient for you to move here, I will help you."

——It’s not self-indulgence.

On the day of the sports meeting, Xu Mingzhao saw the printed rental advertisement in Wei Yu's bag, so he secretly made a bet with himself.

After bringing Weiyu to the house, Xu Mingzhao's sight and thoughts have been following Weiyu: Weiyu has been looking at the living room for a long time, and he seems to be very interested in the kitchen.There was surprise and joy in his tone after knowing the rent, and an unconcealable loss in his tone after knowing that there were already tenants.

He wants to stay here.

"Okay, then you can go back first. By the way, when is it convenient for you to move here, I will help you."

Xu Mingzhao looked at Wei Yu's expression and didn't need to wait for a reply.

Won.

The author has something to say

Please forgive my laziness and whirling, the plot unfolds a little too slowly, but believe me, this is all necessary preparation. I hope everyone can continue to read patiently. Good night