Chapter 47: The Hair Dryer in the Toilet

  The sound of the doorbell entered An Yi's ears, and his eyes slowly opened.

  The warm light shines through the window and into the bedroom, sprinkling on An Yi's face.

  He slightly turned his cheek, avoiding the discomfort of opening his eyes for the first time. An Yi glanced at the time and paused for a moment.

  Living alone for a long time, but An Yi has always maintained a nearly strict schedule.

  Of course... The reason for keeping this habit is more a way for An Yi to miss his old mother.

  When An Yi's mother was alive, she would often put some cold and messy things into An Yi's quilt when he was sleeping in.

  It's just... An Yi's old mother had a habit of oversleeping when she was alive, but after her parents passed away, An Yi naturally changed.

  He gently stroked his cheek and An Yi supported himself with his body, sat up.

  It's been a long time since An Yi overslept like this, and he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

  Aware of his own excessive fatigue recently, An Yi let out a faint bitter smile.

  The still ringing doorbell broke An Yi's train of thought.

  Hurriedly putting on his clothes, An Yi got up and walked into the living room, opening the door.

  "Is it you?" Looking at the girl in front of him, An Yi's face couldn't hide his surprise.

  His subconscious gaze lingered, and when he saw the girl holding vegetables and pork ribs in her hand, An Yi couldn't help but reveal a hint of weirdness on his face besides surprise.

  "Huh? You, you just woke up?" Xiao Xiao looked at An Yu's messy hair and lowered her eyelids in embarrassment: "That, that, I happened to be passing by, so..."

  What a coincidence that she happened to pass by, and yet it sounded like a lie. But... An Yi really couldn't understand how this silly girl in front of him could come up with such an idea to get in touch with him.

  Xiao Xiao smiled and lowered her eyelids, her cheeks flushing bright red.

  Especially ran over to cook for An Yi, this method is naturally not something that Xiao Xiaoxiao can think of. As for the source... apart from that eccentric Ye Zi, who else could it be?

  But...

  This absurd method will probably only be believed by silly Xiao Xixi.

  "Come in." An Yi hesitated for a moment, yielding to let her in, although he was somewhat speechless, and it wouldn't be good to leave the girl standing outside the door.

  But...

  As soon as he let the girl in front of him into his home, An Yi regretted it.

  The living room is in a mess, where can people sit...

  "Ah..." Looking at everything in sight, Xiao Xiaoxiao was also startled.

  "Cough, our home was robbed yesterday and we haven't had time to clean up yet." An Yi's face turned slightly red with embarrassment as he hastily threw the messy things on the sofa onto the floor, finally clearing a place to sit.

  "Ah, you sit down first, I'll go wash my face..." The sudden arrival of the girl in front of him made An Yi a bit flustered, and he hastily found an excuse to rush into the bathroom.

  He closed the bathroom door and turned on the faucet, splashing two handfuls of water onto his face.

  The cool water flow made An Yi's emotions calm down quickly, thinking about the situation that appeared in front of him.

  That silly girl would have thought of using this method to get in touch with herself, as for An Yi, it's not that important anymore. What's important is...

  Because of his own loose tongue earlier, he had obviously misunderstood something, and this was absolutely not what An Yi wanted to see.

  What should I do now?

  Looking at himself in the mirror of the washbasin, An Yi's facial expression kept changing.

  The answer is fixed, An Yi knew he had to refuse the other party.

  It's not that An Yi didn't like this girl called Xiao Xiaoxiao, on the contrary, An Yi knew he had a good impression of this girl. But...

  Because he had a certain degree of affection for this girl, An Yi knew that he must refuse her.

  If I were to be with you and one day I died in that strange world, how would you take care of yourself?

  That was undoubtedly a serious injury of irresponsibility.

  But...

  But how to deal with the current situation? An Yi obviously has no similar experience in this regard.

  A blunt refusal would undoubtedly hurt the other person, which was also what An Yi couldn't help but worry about.

  If the other party is that kind of carefree girl, An Yi doesn't have to pay too much attention to this aspect, but...

  His face changed frequently, and he shrank in the bathroom for a good half day. An Yi still couldn't think of a suitable solution.

  But can't always be an ostrich, right? Sighing, An Yi finally hesitated and pushed open the bathroom door, walking out.

  But...

  Looking at everything in sight, An Yi's face changed slightly.

  The messy living room had been cleaned up spotlessly, but the girl named Xiao Xiaoxiao was nowhere to be found.

  The sound of a spatula stirring the pot faintly reached An Yi's ears.

  Her complexion changed slightly, An Yi followed the sound and walked into the kitchen.

  The kitchen window was open, but the fumes were mostly congested in the small kitchen.

  Xiao Xiao stirred the pot with a spoon while being choked and coughing continuously.

  Noticing An Yi appearing at the kitchen door, Xiao Xiaoxiao hastily spoke up: "Ah, cough, cough... you'd better get out of here quickly, it's really smoky. Oh right, sorry about this, I think I broke the range hood, as soon as I turned it on it started spewing smoke... cough, cough."

  Xiao Xiao smiled as she spoke, skillfully flipping the stir-fry with a spatula while occasionally rubbing her eyes, which had turned bright red from the smoke.

  A clean and tidy little face, because Xiao laughed and rubbed her eyes from time to time, was smeared like a flower cat, silly but... very cute.

  An Yi glanced at the dry water mark on the side of the range hood and shook his head silently.

  This must be Xiao Xiaoxiao's mischief, definitely that little thief poured a basin of water on it yesterday...

  An Yi's heart was slightly touched as he glanced at Xiao Xiaoxiao again.

  Perhaps it was the string that was unintentionally plucked by the girl in front of him, An Yi snatched the pot scoop from her hand: "You'd better get out quickly, you're almost unable to open your eyes. And look at the stuff on your face... go wash your face quickly."

  "But..." Xiao Xiaoxiao opened her mouth, but was interrupted again by An Yu's hand gesture.

  "Go wash your face quickly, I'll cook." An Yi rudely pushed the opponent out of the kitchen and even brought the door over.

  The door is closed, and the oil fumes are congested, making the kitchen even more densely filled with oil fumes.

  He coughed lightly twice, then An Yi opened the window to its largest extent, skillfully picked up the wok spoon and started stir-frying on the windowsill.

  It's better to have a slightly different time slot, otherwise An Yi's approach will definitely lead to disputes with the upstairs neighbors.

  She simply stir-fried some oyster sauce spinach and sweet and sour pork ribs, and An Yi walked into the living room with a plate.

  The living room was quiet, and there was still Xiao Xixi's figure, which made An Yi stunned again.

  The doorbell rang at this moment, An Yi put down the plate and opened the door.

  Xiao Xiao's face was dirty with a silly smile, standing outside the door: "Just now I couldn't find the electric rice cooker, so I went to buy a few pots."

  "Go wash your face quickly." An Yi hesitated for a moment, took the pot sticker from Xiao Xiaoxiao's hand, and smiled as he urged her on.

  Dazedly nodded, Xiao Xiaoxiao slipped into the bathroom.

  Leng Leng sat back on the sofa, looked at the plastic bag of potstickers in her hand, and then looked at the dishes on the coffee table. An Yi's face was somewhat inexplicably pale.

  For some reason, it seemed that with the arrival of a girl named Xiao Xiaoxiao, An Yi suddenly felt that his home, which had been quiet for a long time, was filled with a familiar warmth.

  Just as An Yi was lost in thought, a sudden cry for help came from the bathroom.

  An Yi's face changed, he put down the pot sticker and ran towards the bathroom.

  Didn't think much of it, and pushed open the bathroom door with a whoosh, but...

  Four eyes met, but An Yi was standing in front of the bathroom door, while Xiao Xiaoxiao was sitting on the toilet...

  The scream came again, and An Yi's face turned awkward as he pushed the bathroom door open once more.

  Standing awkwardly outside the door for a while, An Yi tentatively spoke up: "What's wrong?"

  Inside the bathroom, it was quiet for a moment, before a faint, mosquito-like voice came out: "I, I didn't see, how is there still a hair dryer soaking in the toilet, I, I thought it was..."

  An Yi's mouth twitched slightly, and he silently covered his forehead with his hand.

  There's a hair dryer soaking in the toilet, it must be that little thief from yesterday, but An Yi didn't have time to clean up before.

  An Yi coughed lightly and backed away into the living room.

  Sitting on the sofa, An Yi's face was still difficult to hide his embarrassment. Although... An Yi had actually seen nothing just now.

  After a while, Xiao Xiaoxiao's face turned red and she walked back to the living room with hesitation.

  "Cough, right, you haven't eaten yet either?" An Yi awkwardly tried to change the subject.

  "Eat, eat." Xiao smiled and lowered her head.

  An Yi quietly applied force to the pot in his hand, and the two of them fell into a slight silence, with only An Yi's light chewing sound.

  A brief silence allowed An Yi's awkward emotions to calm down, and the things he had been thinking about before floated back up in his mind.

  It seems that An Yi really couldn't think of a good excuse, so he tried to ease the awkward atmosphere between them by saying: "By the way, do you watch TV?"

  An Yi said as he picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

  The sound from the TV slightly lifted the gloomy atmosphere in the living room.

  It was probably a TV show that Xiao Xiaoxiao liked to watch, and in a short while, the other person's attention shifted to the TV.

  Yu Guang glanced at the girl on one side of the sofa, and An Yi's face was a bit speechless.

  But... after quietly watching the girl in front of him for a while, An Yi's eyes became slightly distracted.

  The girl was watching the program on TV and didn't notice An Yi's gaze.

  Slowly, the concerns in An Yi's eyes retreated a little.

  I don't know why, maybe it's a feeling... anyway, looking at the girl in front of him, An Yi felt an inexplicable sense of stability in his heart.

  Perhaps it was because of the long absence from home that this girl who suddenly appeared in his life gave An Yi a slight sense of stability.

  Maybe...

  Suddenly, an uncontrollable thought emerged in An Yi's mind.

  An Yi's eyes twitched and he said inexplicably: "Right, are you free this afternoon?"

  "Ah?" Xiao Xiao was taken aback, her face flushing red as she hesitated before responding: "Yes...yes..."

  Maybe he suddenly understood something, An Yi smiled and shook his head: "Then accompany me to buy some things that afternoon, many household items are broken."

  "Ah? Okay, okay......" Xiao Xiao smiled foolishly and responded with a dazed expression, the redness on her cheeks becoming even more apparent.