Deep in the Living

Chapter 32 Movie
Although Luo Di lives in this community, he has hardly ever greeted anyone except community workers.

He had no memory of the residents on the third floor. At least during the times when he went to and from school and ran at night, the door of the third floor was always closed.

"Squad leader, what kind of person lives on the third floor?"

"I think he should be a middle-aged man. The main thing is that he only opened the door a crack, so half of his face couldn't be seen. After confirming that it wasn't you, I turned around and left without observing carefully at all."

Luo Di did not continue the topic, "Let's continue doing our homework and wait for the ban to be lifted."

The squad leader suddenly blinked his eyes. "That's a lurking pseudo-person. It's not easy to catch him. Judging from what the investigator said just now, the other party may have already hidden himself in advance. The regional blockade may last for a whole day or even longer. I may have to stay at your house tonight."

"Well, you can sleep on the sofa then, and I'll prepare a blanket for you."

The monitor didn't say much and quickly immersed himself in studying.

There are not many homework assignments in cultural courses and logical thinking courses. Students mainly focus on physical exercise, and their daily exercise status will be recorded in the bracelet.

So after each hour of paperwork, the two would start a period of indoor training.

Luo Di was doing push-ups on the balcony, while the squad leader was mainly doing high leg raises and weighted squats.
It was quickly approaching noon.
"I'm so hungry..." Wu Wen collapsed on the sofa. "I only ate a piece of bread on the way here this morning. Do you have anything to eat at home?"

"I'll go cook." Rody quickly switched back from push-ups and walked straight to the kitchen.

Hearing this, the squad leader swept away his tiredness, immediately jumped up from the sofa, and went to the small but very tidy kitchen area.

With both hands on the door frame, he leaned out and looked at Rody who was preparing the food.
"What are we having for lunch?"

Luo Di found a piece of frozen pork belly from under the refrigerator. "Shredded pork with green peppers and winter melon and pork soup. Should that be enough?"

Wu Wen scraped the door frame with her fingers, "Can you do a little more~"

"Then let's stir-fry some shredded potatoes."

"Great! Do you want my help?"

“Have you ever cut vegetables?”

"No... But I have practiced sword fighting! I'm pretty good at it."

"Then you try it. I'm going to take a shower first. My clothes are soaked."

Rody quickly washed off the sweat on his body, and when he returned to the kitchen, all the vegetables and meat had been cut into even and appropriate sizes.

"Is it okay? This is my first time cutting vegetables."

"can."

"Hehe~ I told you, practicing swordsmanship is quite useful. However, I don't know how to cook, so I'll leave the rest to you!"

Wu Wen tiptoed to make room for him and stood aside with a learning attitude, almost ready to take out her notebook.

In just twenty minutes, two dishes and a soup were ready.

The two of them returned to the dining table with their meals.

"I'm going to start!"

The squad leader filled herself a bowl of rice and started stuffing the dishes into her mouth.

"Yum! So delicious!"

She praised while chewing, so much so that several grains of rice fell on the table, but she immediately picked them back into the bowl one by one.

Although Luo Di's expression did not change, something deep in his heart was shaken. Occasionally having a meal with others at home like this seemed much better than he had imagined.

"By the way, what are we going to eat tonight? I'm so looking forward to it!" The squad leader asked the question even before he finished the rice in his bowl.

“I’ll eat whatever is in the fridge… maybe the community will be unsealed in the afternoon.”

After hearing this answer, the squad leader immediately clasped his fingers in front of him, as if praying for something.

time flies,

The map app can already check the blockade status of the current area, and the estimated unlocking time is unknown.

Afternoon time,

The two of them had already finished all their paperwork, and the word "boredom" was gradually fermenting in the closed little room. Both the monitor and Luo Di gradually became restless.

Due to the lockdown, Roddy’s night run had to be cancelled, and the daily movie schedule might also need to be cancelled due to the squad leader’s arrival.

The monitor crossed his legs on the sofa, and the remote control in his hand switched boring TV channels at a speed of once per second.

"So boring~ Luo Di, what do you usually do at night? Are you still exercising at home?"

"A night run or a... movie."

The monitor's body and head immediately turned sideways. "Movies? Oh, yeah, you seem to have this old-fashioned CD player at home. Do you have any movies worth recommending? We can watch them together. I'm usually very strict at home, so I haven't seen most movies."

Seeing that Luo Di was a little hesitant, the squad leader seemed to understand what he meant.

"You don't have any weird movies like that hidden away, do you?" "Huh?"

"Ahem~" the squad leader coughed twice, "It's the kind that's only for adults..."

Facing the monitor's suspicion, Luo Di nodded.

Rody also made another important decision and planned to reveal his "secret".

In his opinion, since the two of them had experienced a dangerous incident like the practice together, it would be okay to watch a movie together, so that their nightly movie-watching plans would not be interrupted.

The strange thing was that the squad leader curled up on the edge of the sofa, looking at him as if he were a pervert.

Luo Di didn't realize the problem and continued to talk: "Do you want to see it?"

The class monitor was also stunned. She had never expected that this boy who didn't like to talk would have such a hobby and say it so directly.

Instinct was urging the squad leader to shake his head and refuse, but something deep inside him suppressed his instinct due to boredom.

She bit her lip lightly and nodded slowly.

"By the way, I've basically watched these movies. There are quite a few discs stored in the room. Do you want to come in and choose with me?"

The squad leader was really frightened this time and kept shaking his head.

"Then I'll just take any one."

This is the first time that Rody has shared a movie with others, and it is his favorite slasher genre movie, so he needs to carefully select one that is most suitable for beginners to watch.

The monitor still stayed in the corner of the sofa, curling up as much as possible.

But soon she widened her eyes and stared at Luo Di who came out of the bedroom, staring at the two unrelated things in his hands.

"Mysterious disc" and "dumbbells",
In an instant, a bold and exaggerated picture was born in her mind, and even her voice trembled.

"Luo...Luo Di~ Could this be your way of exercising?"

“I’m used to exercising while watching movies, sitting all the time is not good for the body.

Captain, do you mind if I turn off the lights? Just leaving the street lights coming in through the windows will reduce the light in the house, which will make the movie viewing experience better. "

"Oh~ ok."

When the disc is inserted into the player, the TV screen will change accordingly.

The squad leader quickly covered his face with his hands.
There is also obvious swallowing behavior in the throat.
An inexplicable heat spread throughout her body, forcing her to look at the TV screen through her fingers.

As the display of lesser-known film company logos came to an end,
The scene is set on a cold and gloomy night.

A young couple came to the lake to swim, and took off all their clothes for the sake of excitement.

It was the first time for the squad leader to see such a scene, and his heart rate kept rising. On the other hand, Rody on the side was watching it very seriously, without even blinking.

The young man and woman in the movie were getting more and more ambiguous in the lake, and when they were about to take the next step,
Swish!
A machete pierced through the young man's body and lifted him high in the lake.

The blonde woman, covered in her boyfriend's blood, screamed wildly and swam quickly towards the shore.
When we were about to land,
The blade fell vertically and pierced through her heel. A huge hand grabbed her calf and pulled her back into the lake.

Bright red spreads across the lake, and the camera gradually zooms up.

Movie titles from the 1970s and 1980s also emerged.

"Ah...is this a horror movie?"

The monitor's question received no response. Rody was already engrossed in watching, with one of his hands automatically doing dumbbell curls.

Watching the murderer on TV, the squad leader suddenly remembered the practice mountain area half a year ago, and the moment when Luo Di chopped off the head of the zombie alone.
The feeling at that time was somewhat similar to the scene in the movie, even the machete was of the same type.

Misunderstanding cleared up,

The squad leader also slowly moved his body from the edge of the sofa back to his original position.

She had gone through countless courage tests and was naturally not afraid of this type of horror film, but the murderer portrayed in it was indeed somewhat similar to Rody.

At this moment, she finally understood the so-called "exercise secrets", or more precisely, the exercise goals.

I don't know if it's a coincidence.
Halfway through the movie,

Boom~ A loud thunder passed outside the window, and pea-sized raindrops hit the window violently. The gaps in the window left for ventilation also splashed with water stains, which fell into the house.

Luo Di decisively pressed the pause button and went to the balcony to close the window.

Just as he closed the window, another bolt of thunder flashed.

The instantaneous brightness brought by the lightning allowed Luo Di to glimpse the outline of something in his peripheral vision. It seemed that something was lying on the wall of the building.

He immediately turned around and put his whole face against the window to observe carefully.

All I saw was an air conditioner outdoor unit.

(End of this chapter)