After being divorced, I pried the corner of my ex-husband

It's easier to do things with money.

The taxi driver received a tip of several hundred yuan and put the banknotes in his pocket with satisfaction.

He started the car, took Xia Bing and Li Guanying back to the commercial street they had just passed, and then drove into some secluded alleys in a detour.

The architectural styles of the local people are all similar, and the storefront signs outside the commercial street are all similarly decorated. In addition, the local characters are arranged like garbled characters. After a while, Xia Bing lost his way.

Li Guanying kept observing the mirror image outside the car window. Halfway through the car, he frowned and rubbed Xia Bing with his elbow, and whispered, "Brother Xia, he is taking a detour."

"I know." Xia Bing supported his forehead. "But when you're away from home, it's better to spread your money to avoid disaster."

The car finally stopped near a secluded homestay.

It is said to be a homestay, but it actually looks similar to an ordinary residence.It was a three-story self-built house, with four households on each floor, the owner lived on the first floor, and a small yard.

The homeowners are a middle-aged couple who seem to be honest locals.

As soon as the driver got off the bus, he greeted the homeowner and his wife familiarly. They exchanged pleasantries and chatted happily.

Although he couldn't understand what they were saying, Xia Bing could tell from their gestures that the driver was introducing himself to the owner.So, he also greeted them in English, but they also replied to him in English.

When the driver saw it, he said, "Talk about it yourself, then I'll go first," and then left the hotel.

Li Guanying didn't know what they were talking about the whole time, and only saw Xia Bing give the landlord two banknotes.The house owner's aunt took a key from a disc-shaped thing, handed it to Xia Bing, and then led them up to the second floor.

An old incandescent lamp was burning in the corridor, not much brighter than the light coming in from the window in the stairwell.

The room does have a window facing the sun.

The house is not big, but fortunately there is a living room and a small bedroom.The basic furniture, tables and chairs are ready-made, sofas, coffee tables, tables and chairs, air conditioners, TV sets, and even a small refrigerator, which are quite complete, but they are very old.

Xia Bing took Li Guanying into the bedroom and the bathroom to look around. There was only one bed, 1.5 meters wide and [-] meters long.He frowned and talked to the house owner's aunt, who shook her head and waved her hands.

"This is the only room left. I asked her if she has any extra beds." Xia Bing explained to Li Guanying.

Li Guanying replied simply: "It's a blessing to have this shelter. I don't mind squeezing with Brother Xia."

"But..." Xia Bing wanted to explain something, but felt embarrassed.With outsiders present, he had no choice but to mumble to himself in an ambiguous way: "I have a special situation, so it's not very convenient."

The house owner's mother suddenly slapped her head, said a few words to Xia Bing, and then yelled a few words to the house owner's uncle in the yard from the balcony.

Soon, the uncle of the house owner carried a folding bed into the room, and placed it in the living room in twos and threes.The living room, which was already a bit crowded, was even narrower now.

The owner's aunt stretched out her hand to Xia Bing, and Xia Bing took another banknote and put it in the aunt's hand.

Just as Li Guanying was about to say something, Xia Bing tugged on his sleeve, motioning him not to speak.

When the owner and his wife left the room, he finally couldn't help asking: "Brother Xia, you gave them so much money, and he just added this one? How can you sleep here? You'll fall apart if you turn over, right?"

Xia Bing smiled and explained patiently: "It's okay, you go to sleep in the inner room. I can sleep in this bed. The money I give is not only for this bed, but also for new bedding, which the boss will send over later. In addition , I also asked them to prepare a meal, and it is almost lunch time now."

Speaking of meals, Li Guanying's stomach also made bowel sounds at the right time.

The two immediately looked at each other and smiled.

"But, brother Xia..." Li Guanying looked at the little broken bed, then at Xia Bing, and said bluntly, "You paid for and took care of me all the way. If you still want to let you sleep on the Here, I'm really sorry. We are all brothers, so it's really okay to share a bed! I was with the army before, and the brothers squeezed together. If there is any movement from the enemy army, the reaction is quicker."

Xia Bing thought, that's your straight man!Besides, the conditions for marching and fighting can be the same as they are now.There is no way to do it on the island. Now I live in a hotel, and I have to avoid suspicion.

He didn't want to discuss this issue with Li Guanying, he rubbed his messy hair and rubbed his eyes: "We've been quite tired these days, I'm going to take a shower, after dinner, I'm going to sleep."

"Then I'll go to the kitchen to boil water for you." Li Guanying raised her foot and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Xia Bing quickly grabbed his back shirt. "Don't be busy. I forgot to teach you how to use the water heater."

He led Li Guanying into the bathroom, told him which water valve to turn on to use the shower, and also demonstrated how to adjust the water temperature.Li Guanying followed the operation, nodded to show that he would use it, and then pointed to a row of similarly-sized bottles and cans in the storage basket next to the shower and asked, "What is this?"

Xia Bing pointed to him one by one: shampoo, body wash, conditioner...

"Hey, I just bought some facial cleanser and lotion at the mall. That's all I have here." Xia Bing murmured.

Li Guanying scratched her head, wondering if there was any difference between these, they clearly looked the same.

After a while, the boss brought the bedding and helped them make it.The homeowner's aunt also came in with two bowls of hot rice noodles and a few side dishes, and put the tray on the coffee table, and the smell of seafood soup and shallots immediately filled the room.

"Human fireworks! It smells so good!" Xia Bing sniffed intoxicated.

He and Li Guanying sat down on the sofa, shared a pair of chopsticks, and even ate and drank the rice noodle soup in one go.

This is just a very ordinary bowl of rice noodles, so ordinary that there is not even a poached egg in it, only a few clams and a little shrimp skin.But Xia Bing tastes delicious.Li Guanying looked at him, eating very well.

After a full meal, he took a shower and changed into clean clothes. Xia Bing almost fell asleep with his head on the pillow.

After Li Guanying washed her hair, she was very surprised that a little rubbing of the shampoo could form a big pile of foam on the top of her head.

He remembered that Xia Bing had introduced earlier that it was better to apply another thing called "conditioner" after washing the hair, so he changed the bottle and squeezed out something on the hair, but accidentally squeezed it into a body wash.

As a result, at the end of the washing, Li Guanying's hair was dry and astringent and tangled into a pile. After washing for a long time, it didn't wash smoothly.

He also remembered that Xia Bing taught him to use a hair dryer to dry his hair, but the water on his hands was not dry, and when he reached out to touch the socket, a small part of the current flowed out and bounced to his fingers.

Crackling, numbness and pain in fingertips, and uncontrollable arms and body.

Li Guanying, who had never had this kind of experience before, panicked, her hands trembled in fright, and the plug connected to the wire was pulled away.

The current disappeared, so he escaped a catastrophe and recovered his life.

Still in shock, he wrapped his body in a bath towel with his hair fluffed up by the electric shock.

This world is too scary.Without Xia Bing, how would he survive in the future!

Xia Bing was already lying on the small broken bed in the living room, and Li Guanying didn't wake up no matter how much she shook.

Li Guanying still feels sorry for Xia Bing sleeping on such a narrow bed, but most importantly, he is also a little apprehensive to let him face this strange world full of unknown forces.

Let's squeeze it, at least it's safe.

Psychologically, the sense of security will be more.

He hugged Xia Bing by the waist, and she leaned into his arms obediently, and even naturally arched into his arms, calling out "A Ying" in a daze.

"Ah... Ying?"

Li Guanying looked at Xia Bing's face sleeping peacefully in his arms, feeling puzzled in his heart, but at the same time, a layer of warmth appeared on his cheeks.Is he... calling me?

He remembered that Ge Wei also called him that, and followed him, calling "Brother Aying" sweetly.That beautiful face overlapped with Xia Bing's sleeping face, the resemblance was so trance-like.

He gently put Xia Bing on the bed, pulled off the quilt and gently covered his body.

Li Guanying leaned against the head of the bed and looked at Xia Bing, in a trance, a sense of drowsiness suddenly filled his consciousness, so that his body and mind stopped functioning almost at the same time.

Then...let's go to sleep.

Li Guanying relaxed her body and lay down.He was too sleepy to keep his eyes open, and he didn't even want to move a finger.These days, I'm really exhausted.

He had a dream.

In the dream, Emperor Yuan ordered Ge Wei to go to Liang Guo in the south to get married, and he and the crown prince kowtowed together in the court hall, begging to withdraw their decision to marry.Their foreheads were smashed, and Yuan Huang was unmoved, and even appointed Li Guanying to be married off, which was like adding another handful of salt to the knife.

Li Guanying was in pain and depression, but he couldn't resist the order, because his parents were still in the hands of the emperor, so he had to lead the team forward.

Along the way, they experienced sandstorms, heavy rains and floods, bandits and robbers and other disasters. Just before they arrived in Liang State, a group of barbarians and bandits suddenly rushed out and took away Ge Weilian and her dowry.

Li Guanying fought to the death with them, but they all disappeared in a fight!

He was so startled that his heart was beating wildly, and in a daze, he heard noisy footsteps and voices coming from all around.

The door opened and closed, and the locks clicked together, making a "click" sound.

It seems to be next door, or at the opposite door, someone was having an intermittent conversation, followed by something hard and regular, which knocked down a table and kept stirring it.

It's mahjong.

cough cough.It seems that someone else is burning something, a little choking.

Li Guanying thought.

I was just dreaming.

He opened his eyes, and it was already night outside the window.This time, I don't know how long I have slept.

He touched his side subconsciously, but was surprised to find that Xia Bing was lying there, but there was only a cold quilt left.

"Brother Xia?"

He called out, but no one answered him.

Li Guanying shuddered and was completely awake.

The room was dark, with only a little bit of light brought in from the window and street lamps.

He came to the living room in the dark, but there was still no sign of Xia Bing.

The bedding on the small bed was still the same as when he took Xia Bing away.

"Brother Xia! Xia Bing!"

He groped around on the small bed, and found Xia Bing's newly bought mobile phone.Yes, he fell asleep here earlier, and his mobile phone was left on the bed.

Li Guanying went to the balcony, the bathroom...no, nowhere.

Xia Bing...has she run away, or disappeared?