Rebirth 2010, the best

Chapter 231: Men and Women Under the Typhoon
"Don't say it yet."

"how?"

"Compared to last year... don't you think this place feels more like home?"

Leaning against the dining table, after hearing Lu Yao's words, Xu Ruochu looked around.

Nodding subconsciously:
"Yeah, a lot of things have been added."

"Yes, a lot of useless things have been added."

Lu Yao said while cutting tomatoes carelessly:
"Like that automatic toaster. I've never seen you use it."

"I've used it twice. The first time it got burnt. The second time... I think the ones I baked weren't tasty. They weren't as good as the ones I bought."

Hearing this, Lu Yao rolled his eyes:

"The bread you bought, one croissant costs over 60... This is the first time in my life that I know that a croissant can be sold for over 60 yuan. If you buy two croissants, it's enough to buy one of these machines. How can you compare?"

"You can't buy two. This bread machine costs more than 3,000 yuan."

"..."

Lu Yao was speechless for a while, picked up a piece of tomato and put it to her mouth:

"Be good, open your mouth."

"Ah~"

"Eat well, and shut up."

"..."

The royal sister who was so sweet just now is now speechless.

After cutting all the tomatoes and putting them on a plate, Lu Yao lifted up the inverted stainless steel basin on the dining table.

"Oh, that's a good post."

Looking at the incredibly smooth dough, he patted it with a smile.

The dough made a crisp sound.

"..."

The queen who was eating tomatoes paused.

Avoided gaze.

After sprinkling some flour on the dining table, Lu Yao took a rolling pin and started to roll the dough.

Forget about three meals a day.

It's already past 9 o'clock.

But two meals are still ok.

The first meal was a simple stir-fried noodle with tomato and egg, which he learned from a colleague from Henan Province. His colleague's mother came to see him and invited a few good friends to have a meal together, including Lu Yao.

As for the other dishes, Lu Yao had eaten them with his father since he was a child, so they were not that strange to him.

But that bowl of stir-fried noodles made him linger on.

I learned how to do it specially.

The key is to make sure there are plenty of onions and the oil is hot.

On a windy and rainy day like this, there is no need to say how powerful a bowl of steaming hot stir-fried noodles is.

"Have I ever told you that?"

Suddenly, the royal sister spoke.

"what?"

Lu Yao asked as he rolled the noodles.

"When we first met...one night, I dreamed of you."

"Um, no. What did you dream about me?"

"That was the day after grandma left. You brought me back and slept at my house for one night. Remember?"

"Ah."

"I just dreamed... that you kissed me."

"..."

Looking at her boyfriend's speechless expression, she shrugged:

"Really, I don't remember the details very clearly. But... I remember it very clearly. I was in your arms, you hugged me, kissed me, and said you would always be with me."

"So that's when you started liking me?"

"I don't know... Anyway, I started to care about your affairs without realizing it. Sigh."

Suddenly, Xu Ruochu sighed.

"What are you sighing for?"

"I was thinking, if I could be more proactive...would Sister Xiaoli be out of trouble?"

After saying this, she immediately shook her head again:

"But that's not necessarily true. Sister Xiaoli is also a very impulsive person. I think that when the time comes, based on your concern for her, she would probably be in my position now."

Lu Yao was speechless.

He looked up at her and shook his head:

"I didn't think you would be like this."

"How am I doing?"

She suddenly walked behind Lu Yao, reached out from behind and slowly wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Lu Yao."

"Ok?"

"Don't forget, I'm your girlfriend."

"..."

Lu Yao was silent.

Seeing this, Xu Ruochu closed his eyes, feeling the warmth coming from his cheek, and added softly:
"At least, that's the case today."

"Okay, boil some water. I'm going to start cooking."

"Ah."

Soon, accompanied by a sizzling sound, the aroma of stir-fried chopped green onions began to spread in the room.

In less than 20 minutes, two bowls of noodles and a plate of side dishes were placed on the table.

The lady put her nose close to it and sniffed it, and smiled instinctively:

"It smells good."

"Give."

After handing her the chopsticks, Lu Yao sat opposite her:
"Eat."

"Ah."

……

After the meal, Lu Yao went to the kitchen to clean up the dishes.

Xu Ruochu was sitting at the dining table watching.

While watching, I imagined the future that belonged to the two of us.

She slowly looked at her boyfriend's back.

from head to foot.

From the hairstyle, to the neck, to the well-proportioned back that vaguely resembles an inverted triangle, and those two long legs that are even better proportioned than mine...

As she watched, she fantasized about...

We can have two children.

A son and a daughter.

It would be best to have a daughter first, then a son. Just like how I take care of Xiaochen.

Dad is cooking in the kitchen, son is playing with toys, and daughter... is sitting on the sofa reading.

He... doesn't have to do anything.

We just need to maintain our small family.

I can't be like my mother and do whatever it takes to pursue my dreams.

I have to try my best to balance family and work.

Spend more time with him and our children...and provide him with a life without worries about food and clothing.

Let him be the happiest husband in the world...

Um...no.

I'd rather have two sons.

I feel like my daughter will take away his love for me.

What should I do if a clingy person is born?
In the storm outside, her thoughts began to gradually diverge.

Until Lu Yao finished washing the dishes, wiped his hands and walked to the sofa:
"Are you thirsty?"

"..."

The royal sister came back to her senses.

After looking at him, she shook her head and patted the sofa.

After Lu Yao sat down, she pushed him directly, letting him lie down on the sofa, and then snuggled into his arms.

"I am full?"

He patted her back and grabbed the remote control, thinking of watching some TV.

"No signal."

Hearing this, Lu Yao was stunned.

As a result, when the TV screen lit up, I found that there was indeed no signal.

"What about the Internet?"

"This is my Internet TV. No signal means no network... I guess it's because of the typhoon."

Xu Ruochu didn't care.

Lu Yao took out his cell phone and checked, and sure enough... there was no response from the WIFI connection.

The network must be down.

That's how it is on typhoon days, anything unexpected can happen.

This is a natural disaster and cannot be changed by human will.

But the strength of a country lies in its ability to quickly return to normal in a short period of time after a disaster.

In this regard, China has always done very well.

He turned off the TV directly, leaned back on the sofa and yawned.

"Sleepy?"

"It's OK... but it does feel pretty boring without the internet."

"Read a book. You're too dependent on the Internet."

"You don't even look at what I do..."

Xu Ruochu didn't argue with him about this, but just sniffed in his arms and said:
"Go take a shower. You smell like cooking fumes."

"No, wait at home. I'll go buy groceries. We have to take a shower anyway, so let's prepare dinner first."

"Don't."

Just as he was about to stand up, Xu Ruochu grabbed him:
"Don't go out, it's dangerous."

“There’s no food left at home.”

"Aren't there two boxes of dumplings in the freezer? Just eat something for dinner. What are you going out for in this weather?"

"alright."

Lu Yao glanced at the howling wind outside the house and gradually gave up the idea of ​​having a fine dinner.

Just deal with it in one bite.

But without the internet, it’s still quite boring.

Lu Yao thought about it and suddenly said:

"Go to the 17th floor?"

"What are you doing there?"

"Make a new song. And practice that DJ console for a while." "Hmm..."

Xu Ruochu was stunned for a moment, then nodded:

"Ok."

"But let's not do anything intimate over there."

"why?"

"There is surveillance."

Hearing this, she subconsciously asked:
"Hu Li pretended?"

"No, Guoan."

"...????"

Her eyes were full of absurdity:
"What?"

"Don't ask, just listen to me."

"..."

Amid her speechlessness and curiosity, the two of them came to the 17th floor.

As soon as she entered the house, Lu Yao discovered that she was sneaking around...

"What are you doing?"

"Looking for surveillance..."

"Don't overthink it. You can't find it at all. I checked every socket before, and I couldn't find it at all."

Hearing Lu Yao's words, she subconsciously asked:
"Are you sure there is?"

"of course."

"Then they can hear us talking, right?"

"Well, I guess you can't hear it... Anyway, just be normal. Mainly because I'm bored, I'll make you a new song."

As he said that, he took the other person all the way to the recording studio.

After turning on all the equipment, he looked at the uneasy Xu Ruochu and asked with a smile:
"What are you doing? So nervous?"

"..."

Xu Ruochu did not answer, but expressed his speechlessness with his eyes.

Lu Yao smiled and shook his head, then picked up a guitar:
"New song, do you want to listen to it?"

"Ah."

Seeing how frugal she was with words, Lu Yao didn't care. He turned on the effects unit, adjusted the pitch slightly, then sat on the chair and played a melody.

After clearing his throat slightly, he sang softly in the melody:
“When the days are cold…”

When Lu Yao sang, she listened quietly.

There is no difference between English and Chinese to her. She understands the lyrics of Lu Yao's songs anyway.

At first, she didn't think there was anything special about this song until Lu Yao sang the chorus of "DEMONS".

"When you feel my heat~Look into my eyes~It's where my demons hide~It's where my demons hide~"

She nodded belatedly.

Yeah, that sounds nice.

After the song was over, she clapped her hands:

"It sounds good. By the way, isn't your album finished? When will it be released?"

"do not know."

Lu Yao shook his head:

"It's all because of the monitor's concern. It should be done soon..."

"Last time Xiaochen came back, he told me that you guys should give him all the money from this album. He was quite unhappy about it."

"It's okay to be unhappy. After all, he spent all his money on favors. Others feel bad about it."

As he said that, he put down his guitar, opened a few software on his computer, and came to the DJ console.

Just by pressing a few keys, all kinds of electronic sound effects appeared in the speakers.

"Is this the thing that DJs use in nightclubs?"

"Yes. I just started learning, but my friends helped me create a lot of effects the other day. According to them, these effects, combined with this set of equipment, are enough for a novice like me."

"……friend?"

Xu Ruochu was a little curious:
“Do you have a friend who’s a DJ?”

"...Don't ask. I can't tell you."

"You can't even ask that?"

"Sure. Anyway, there are some things I can do, but you can't ask."

"You are too hypocritical."

"what."

Lu Yao chuckled and continued to fiddle with the instruments.

You know what, maybe because he has just started, he is extremely interested in these instruments. Various sound effects are emerging in the recording studio, and Lu Yao is consciously linking them together.

Perhaps, he cannot do what a mature DJ can do, to memorize hundreds of sound effects and various notes skillfully in his mind and express them intuitively in music.

But as a novice, he had too many melodies he had heard in his mind. After gradually figuring out some patterns, he was able to vaguely piece these melodies together.

Xu Ruochu didn't disturb him and just watched.

From the initial uneasiness when I heard “there is surveillance”, I have gradually relaxed now.

Her emotions also followed Lu Yao's music towards an unknown direction.

Moreover, she stood up and came to Lu Yao, pressing the buttons from time to time, showing great interest.

Unfortunately, the good times don't last long.

"Clap."

"..."

"..."

The two were having fun when suddenly, the lights in the recording studio dimmed.

Lu Yao subconsciously looked up and heard the UPS alarm.

He glanced at UPS and realized...

"power cut?"

"Uh……"

Xu Ruochu looked at the still bright computer screen, wondering why the power went out.

Lu Yao methodically turned off all the equipment.

Finally, after all the flashing red lights on the UPS dimmed, she tried to turn on the switch, and when she saw that the lights had no response, she realized...there really was a power outage.

"Check the elevator!"

After Lu Yao reacted, he rushed out.

But when I saw the dark screen in the elevator, I was speechless.

Oh, there was a complete power outage.

Xu Ruochu also walked to the door, and after seeing the elevator, he said speechlessly:

"Stairs?"

"It can only be this way."

The two closed the door and climbed back to the 27th floor.

During this period, Xu Ruochu called the property management and learned that there was indeed a power outage and it would probably not be restored until the typhoon passed.

Then there's no way.

On a typhoon day, anything is possible.

However, the good news is that the property has started a backup generator. Although it is not enough to support residents' electricity consumption, the most basic living water needs can be guaranteed.

The toilet worked but I couldn't take a shower.

The circulating heat pump in her house can't be operated without electricity.

"It's done."

Lu Yao scratched his head:

"Now I can only read books."

"Please take a bath before reading."

The royal sister was speechless:

"It smells like chopped green onions... I asked you to wash it just now, but you didn't. Is this okay now?"

"Well, please tell me, wise Miss Xu Ruochu. How do I wash now?"

Xu Ruochu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said:

"Boiling water?"

"Cooking in pots?"

"There's a bathtub in the master bedroom bathroom. Boil some water and put it there. And you do need to store some water in case the water supply is cut off, which would be even more troublesome."

"also."

Hearing her words, Lu Yao immediately took action.

No matter whether you live in a villa, a large apartment, or a tube-shaped building, it is actually inconvenient without water and electricity.

Soon, the sound of splashing water was heard, and just as Lu Yao was squatting in front of the bathtub to collect water, Xu Ruochu walked in:
"Shall I boil some water for you?"

Hearing this, Lu Yao smelled himself.

Indeed, it smells like chopped green onions.

So he nodded:
"Ah."

"Okay, I'll get you some clothes."

"Ah."

The two of them followed the procedure and were busy with their own things.

Lu Yao filled most of the bathtub with water. When he came out, he looked at the royal sister who was boiling water and thought to himself, you really have no common sense at all.

He walked over to the other person, found some pots and pans, filled them with water and placed them on the kitchen counter one by one.

After a while of busy work, the three pots of water on the three-burner stove began to emit a slight steam.

Noticing Lu Yao was by her side, she turned her head and took a look, then hooked her hand around him:

“It feels pretty good.”

"what?"

"This kind of atmosphere is a wonderful experience in life."

"…Your house has never had a power outage?"

"Of course I have stopped. I mean... don't you think today is quite interesting? It's like the world is ending and we are the only two left."

Hearing this, Lu Yao smiled and shrugged:

"I hope you can still say that when it gets dark."

"..."

The corner of the royal sister's mouth twitched.

He glanced out the window speechlessly.

The sky is already very dark now, it doesn't even feel like noon, so it must be getting dark very early today.

And when I think about how it's getting dark, and there's still a storm outside...

"It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm here."

Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed her shoulders and squeezed them hard twice:
"Relax, I'm with you."

"……Um."

The royal sister nodded and saw the water in the pot begin to bubble.

"Okay, get ready for a shower."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)