play house

"What award do you want?"

Chu Xian regained his composure, looked down at the food on the table, bacon enoki mushrooms, stewed beef brisket with tomato, tofu mixed with shallots, they were all simple home-cooked dishes, and they were all his favorite dishes. It is estimated that Shen Yichi came from Ozawa again. Lessons were made there.

"Before you said that Ozawa passed the interview successfully, then tell me about Chen Huang,"

Shen Yichi helped Chu Xian serve a bowl of matsutake spine soup. If Chu Xian didn't know him well enough, he wouldn't be able to guess what evil thoughts were hiding in those smiling eyes just by looking at his good-looking appearance.

"Boss Chu can't count his words, right?"

"Do you know that I'm also your boss?"

Chu Xian chuckled, "But you didn't make any substantial contribution to the results of the interview, and even almost screwed up because of you, so this reward probably shouldn't be given to you."

"That's not what you said yesterday."

"Yesterday was yesterday. Today, after thinking about it carefully, I think you are to blame."

Feeling confident, Chu Xian stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the cold tofu on the plate. Unexpectedly, the tofu was too tender and slippery. When he went down with two chopsticks, he just picked up the tofu and picked up nothing.

Shen Yichi leisurely dug a spoonful into his bowl, the corner of Chu Limit's mouth twitched, and finally chose to accept it obediently,

"Seeing that you have worked hard without credit, it's not impossible to reward you with something else."

"How to say?"

"My company's employees don't provide accommodation, so I'll give you a back door. In the future, I will provide you with accommodation and give you an allowance."

"Why didn't I feel the change?"

Shen Yichi raised his eyebrows, but Chu Xian said seriously,

"Temporary employees turned regular, isn't that a big enough change?"

"The more it sounds, the more it looks like nurturing."

"That's different. From tomorrow onwards, you have to go back to work at the TV station. Have you ever seen a foster child who has to get up early and work late at night to make money? Besides, Chengyue will have irregular home visits every semester. You'd better be prepared at all times."

"..."

As Chu Xian spoke, he stuffed a piece of pork ribs into Shen Yichi's mouth, which was about to protest. Shen Yichi was stunned for a moment, then slowly closed his mouth and chewed.

Seeing that this gagging method worked, Chu Xian simply fed Shen Yichi all the food on the table one after another, and did not give Shen Yichi a chance to speak until the dinner was over.

The dishwasher that Chu Xian asked to buy before has been installed. After he helped Shen Yichi put the dishes in, the two of them sat on the sofa speechlessly and fell into an awkward silence.

This is the first time that Ozawa is not at home, Chu Xian didn't know how to get along with Shen Yichi for a while, he quietly looked at Shen Yichi, Shen Yichi who was looking down at his phone looked up as if he could feel his eyes Head, and even asked him what's the matter with a smile.

"nothing,"

Chu Xian stood up, "I'll take a shower first, you are not allowed to enter my room if you have nothing to do."

After Shen Yichi moved into Chu Xian's house, except for Chu Lingze who continued to use the bathroom next to the living room on the first floor, both of them tacitly washed in the bathroom in their own bedroom.It is uncomfortable for Chu Xian to stay in the bathroom without windows, and he never closes the door of the bathroom every time. In addition, the rooms at home are all semi-open design. As long as you stand at the door of his room, you can see everything at a glance. .

"I obviously never went in."

Shen Yichi looked at Chu Xian's back as he entered the room and scratched his head aggrievedly.

It was only when the shower in the bathroom was turned on that Shen Yichi noticed how soundproof the house was when the doors were wide open, and every move in the room could be heard clearly from outside.

Shen Yichi turned on the TV calmly, and turned the volume to the highest level. He didn't know if it was turned on. When the TV was turned on, his face suddenly appeared on the screen.

The city station is rebroadcasting the previous episode of "Save the Children". On the TV, Shen Yichi is wearing a cartoon cultural shirt and playing games with the children. Although his face is smelly, he is surprisingly humorous.

Shen Yichi felt his toes scratching the ground when he watched it. He would never watch his own program when he was at home. He picked up the remote control and was about to change the channel. The moment he pressed the button, he heard a "swoosh", and the whole TV suddenly flickered. black screen.

At the same time, the lights in the living room, dining room and even the corridor were suddenly extinguished, and the whole Chu house fell into silent darkness in the blink of an eye.

Even the sound of running water in the bathroom stopped at this moment. I don't know what Chu Xian stepped on in the sudden darkness, but he let out a deep "hiss".

"Chu limit?"

Shen Yichi had already stood at the door of his room with the flashlight on his mobile phone. Shen Yichi had never entered his room before, so he didn't know that the design of Chu Xian's room was so open that he could almost see the end at a glance.

"……close."

Chu Xian didn't expect that he would come over with his mobile phone in his hand. He wanted to pull off the bath towel hanging outside the glass door and put it on, but the foam on his back hadn't had time to rinse off, and it would melt sticky on his body once covered by the bath towel .

After hesitating for a while, Chu Xian still decided to grit his teeth and put it on first. Just as Shen Yichi obediently turned off the flashlight, it was a cloudy day outside and the room became completely invisible again in an instant.

"I heard movement, are you okay?"

Shen Yichi stood at the door, neither entering nor leaving, looking at the shadow, he felt that Chu Xian seemed to have encountered some difficulties.

The difficulty Chu Xian encountered was that he could not see and was distracted by him. He reached out and grabbed a handful, not only failed to catch it, but also hung the towel on the floor full of warm water.

The dripping water mixed with foam soaked the bath towel in large areas, Chu Xian frowned, and stepped on it a little irritably.

"Shen Yichi."

"Ok?"

"Do me a favor,"

Chu Xian sighed silently, "Enter the room, there are clean towels hanging in the first row in the cloakroom on the left, bring me two."

"Did you forget your towel?"

Shen Yichi walked in the dark while talking, Chu Xian likes a transparent space, and the walls that can be replaced by glass will never be made of solid cement, so even if he turns his back, he can still see a little bit of blur through the glass. reflection.

"Take it, it won't work if it gets wet on the ground."

Chu Xian snorted unhappily, "Take it if you tell me...don't close the door!"

"?"

Shen Yichi took a quick step and closed the door habitually. With a crisp click, he also realized why Chu Xian didn't let him close the door.

The doors and windows in the entire Chu Mansion are controlled by smart assistants. Now that the power is cut off, except for the main door which has its own backup line that can be opened with a key, the small doors in other rooms will automatically lock as soon as they are closed, unless there is a call to recognize the voice or fingerprint to unlock the lock. .

"...Forget it, pass the towel over first."

Chu Xian really didn't want to bear the feeling of shower gel caking on his back anymore, so he urged impatiently.

Shen Yichi didn't know what he wanted, so he just pulled off everything he could touch and hugged it to Chu Xian. When he was approaching the bathroom, Chu Xian emphasized again,

"Don't look at it."

Shen Yichi thought to himself that it was not that he hadn't seen it, but he was afraid that Chu Xian would be angry, so he closed his eyes and touched the wall and handed all the towels to Chu Xian.

"Why did the water and electricity stop suddenly?"

"It seems to be because the water pipe in the neighborhood next door is broken and needs to be repaired. I posted a notice in the morning, but I forgot."

Chu Xian carefully wiped off the foam on his body with a towel before he hurriedly put on his clothes. He casually put a towel on top of his head, walked over Shen Yichi's shoulder to the door of the bedroom, and checked whether the door was closed tightly by Shen Yichi .

"How long is it going to stop?"

Shen Yichi stood behind him, the dark environment inevitably reminded people of the time they got together more than ten years ago.

"Sixteen hours. You call Zuo Yi and say that Ozawa will live with her tonight, so as not to prevent him from going to kindergarten due to lack of water to wash in the morning."

"Do I have to find her to ask for tomorrow morning's leave by the way?

"...That's right, unless you are willing to turn the window. Of course, there is a man-made stream outside my room. I don't want to live in a haunted house where people have drowned around me, so I suggest you not take the risk."

Chu Xian twisted the door lock, and it seemed hopeless to get out of the room, so he simply sighed in resignation.

Shen Yichi had already made a phone call with Zuo Yi, and after hearing what happened, Chu Lingze was about to ask him and his sister-in-law if they needed to bring a master lockpicker home when Zuo Yi snatched the phone.

"I know, I know, I will send Ozawa to kindergarten on time tomorrow, don't worry."

Zuo Yi hung up the phone quickly, Chu Lingze looked at her puzzled,

"Sister-in-law, why did you let Daddy and Daddy be locked in the room?"

Zuo Yi curled his lips and said clearly,

"Student Ozawa, don't you know how powerful your father is? If he wants to figure it out, he still needs our help?"

"……Oh!"

Chu Lingze suddenly understood, but immediately frowned again, "But there is no water or electricity at home, and my parents are so particular, it must be hard for me."

"Little ancestor, where do you think your parents are trapped?"

"A bedroom."

"Then tell me, what else do you need to do besides sleeping at night? Is the bedroom just for sleeping?"

What Zuo Yi said was reasonable and well-founded, Chu Lingze scratched his little head, thinking that what she said was reasonable.

"So don't worry about them tonight, my sister bought a new projector, and I will cast cartoons for you to watch at night, okay?"

"Okay, okay!"

Chu Lingze nodded happily. Zuo Yi doted on him even more than Chu Xian, and he would always come up with novel gadgets. Although she didn't like children other than Chu Lingze, she liked them the most.

"Actually, a power outage is also very good. It will give your parents a good reason to go to bed early. I worry that his health will be too much for him to spin around all day long."

Zuo Yi murmured.

Chu Xian, who left her mobile phone in the living room and had nothing to do, of course fulfilled her wish and lay down on the bed early.

In the dark, Shen Yichi dipped a towel in the hot water from the solar energy and wiped it briefly, then lay on the other side.

Chu Xian turned his back to Shen Yichi's direction, and the corners of the quilt were crumpled by him. It was his own fault that he didn't put extra sofas or cushions in the room, and he didn't even have extra quilts, and he couldn't really let him Shen Yichi was sleeping naked on the floor, and his bed was just that big.

"Have you set the alarm clock?"

Chu Xian confirmed to Shen Yichi.

"The power went out for sixteen hours, and you can't go out even if you get up early, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

After Shen Yichi said it, he still helped him set the alarm for 07:30.

"My biological clock is very strict. Whether it's good to get up to breathe fresh air or exercise, it's healthier than lying down and being a sleeping pig."

Chu Xian snorted softly, "Don't play with your mobile phone, lest the phone ring when the battery goes out tomorrow morning."

"...I just found out today, Boss Chu, you are stingy and domineering."

Shen Yichi smiled and pressed the lock screen, and pressed the phone under the pillow. He didn't intend to play with the phone at such a rare opportunity.

"I can barely understand domineering, but where does the word stingy come from?"

"I have to bargain with you even if I ask for a reward."

Shen Yichi explained.

"That's because you expected too much."

Chu Xian disagreed, "Shut up and go to sleep, cherish the night when you can not be enslaved by the mobile phone."

"Listen to the boss."

Shen Yichi laughed, lying flat on the edge of the bed and fell silent.

But this laughter was like a gust of wind, causing waves of unevenness in Chu Xian's mind. From more than ten years ago to the present, the memory of Shen Yichi's participation kept flashing in front of his eyes, making it impossible to fall asleep at all.

I don't know how long it took, Chu Xian opened his eyes helplessly, and habitually reached out to the bedside table to find a cup, only to find that there was no water to drink tonight because of the water outage.

After rubbing his temples, he lay back on the quilt again, and just as he closed his eyes, he heard Shen Yichi ask softly,

"Can't sleep?"

"...I'm used to going to bed late."

Chu Xian opened his eyes quietly, but he didn't expect Shen Yichi to still not fall asleep for so long.

"Do you want me to put you to sleep?"

Shen Yichi laughed, of course Chu Xian was too lazy to pay attention to him, but in the next second, a hand gently covered his exposed neck.