Have you ever done anything that makes you feel shy now?
Lin Xiaocha has moved here for almost a month and hasn’t met the young man who shares a house with him.
Because their daily schedules don’t match at all.
I heard the landlord mention that young people work in an architectural office. On weekdays, they work from nine to nine and go on business trips from time to time. The time they stay in their residence is mainly every night.
As for Lin Hsiao-cha herself, she is a painter who works in a comic book studio. She is used to going to the studio every afternoon. She doesn’t come back to catch up on sleep until four or five o’clock in the morning when she paints. When she wakes up, it’s probably noon again, and the one next door goes to work early.
So although they lived under the same roof and knew each other’s existence, they never met.
I once shared a house with a strange boy. Because of the time difference at work, although we lived under the same roof, we never met. Although we had never met, we talked about everything, all in a “silly and shy” way.
At most, you can hear the sound of the other party opening the door in the middle of the night or going out in the early morning, as well as the occasional cat meow or two in the young man’s room.
Lin Xiaocha didn’t take this kind of missing seriously. She felt that it was good to abide by the rules of sharing and keep a sense of propriety. Even on weekends or holidays when both sides were there, there was no motivation to open the door to get to know each other.
As an ordinary person who lives alone, he has tried his best to deal with daily trifles, and even strangers who are only separated by a wall do not have much leisure to go out and make friends.
* * * The first communication between the two people was completed by the refrigerator magnet in the kitchen.
At that time, the sewer in the kitchen was a little blocked by the oil accumulated over the years. The young man dredged it manually and bought a special pipe dredger to deal with it.
According to the instructions of the pipeline dredging agent, it is better not to let water in for a period of time after use, so as not to affect the dredging effect.
Lin Xiaocha happened to be working in the studio that night, and the young man wrote a note on the refrigerator door before going to work, reminding her not to use the faucet in the kitchen for the time being.
Lin Xiaocha took off the refrigerator sticker and read the note carefully several times.
Because the handwriting on the note is neat and refreshing, quite aesthetic, the relevant instructions are clear and concise enough, and the specific time when the faucet can be reused is marked, it can be seen that the person who left the note is both attentive and rigorous.
As for the refrigerator sticker used to stick the note on the refrigerator door, it is a small house with a unique shape, which is also very close to Lin Xiaocha’s eyes.
This little brother seems to be a very reliable person.
Lin Hsiao-cha fiddled with the note paper and the refrigerator sticker with interest. After thinking about it, she went to get a piece of note paper and drew a picture of a little girl smiling and bowing on the refrigerator door. She thanked the young man for helping to dredge the sewer and reminding herself.
Then she opened the refrigerator door and took out the doughnuts that were about to expire for brunch from her own compartment in the freezer.
I don’t know why, but looking at the fresh vegetables and fruits that belong to the young people in the refrigerator, and then looking at the unhealthy snacks that he stuffed in the refrigerator, Lin Xiaocha, who has always been very thin-skinned, suddenly felt a little guilty.
It seems that the co-tenant’s living habits are much healthier and more organized than his own.
* * * The second exchange between the two was caused by a tragedy that was almost caused by a cat.
It was a fat orange cat kept in a young man’s house. Lin Xiaocha knew about its existence when she first moved here, because the owner of the cat had asked the landlord for permission in advance and entrusted the landlord to ask her what she meant.
In view of the fact that he had raised an orange cat in his hometown before, Lin Xiaocha did not mind, but envied the cat life next door.
But the young man was still afraid that the cat would disturb her, and that the cat would run around and go wrong, so he would lock the cat in his room when he went out.
Today, the serious cat did not know how to slip out of the locked door, ran into the small public living room first, and showed the agility that did not match its fat figure, jumped onto the high windowsill, and showed great interest in the row of succulent plants on which Lin Xiaocha was placed. His rotund head rubbed against the side, and the cat’s paws were eager to try, as if they wanted to give these equally chubby little ones a loving touch.
In the eyes of Lin Xiaocha, who still has a toothbrush in his mouth, his beloved succulent plants are facing the disaster of being destroyed by the big monster Godzilla. Frightened
Lin Xiaocha didn’t even have time to swallow the foam in his mouth. He rushed over, grabbed the neck skin of the little monster’s fate with one hand, and with the other hand, he urgently transferred the fleshy people to the small balcony connected with the living room, and closed the door between the small balcony and the living room, completely cutting off the possibility of the little monster going to destroy it again. The cat who
was put back on the floor scratched the door unyieldingly for a while, and when he found that he could not succeed, he stared at Lin Xiaocha discontentedly and turned away.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Lin Xiaocha actually read a kind of gangsterism in the cat’s swaggering posture.
Even after this guy actually ran into the bathroom, tiptoeing and trying to drink toilet water, the Wang Ba’s aura did not disappear. Lin Hsiao-cha, who had
witnessed everything, continued to brush his teeth with a complicated expression: “Well, this cat..” Is it a sperm?
No, she had to report the matter to the cat owner in detail.
Then the girl did not control her hands and brain holes, and drew a series of actions of the cat sneaking out, coveting the meat she raised, and drinking toilet water into a stick figure cartoon with the theme of the cat’s big devil, and pasted it on the refrigerator door.
Finally, a kind reminder: “Is the water you put for the cat in the house not fresh?”? Remember
to change the water in time.
* * * At noon the next day, Lin Xiaocha received a reply from the other party on the refrigerator door. To be
precise, it was a brief but sincere apology and thank-you note, apologizing that the cat almost endangered her succulent plants and thanking her for reminding her that the cat had sneaked out to drink toilet water.
Sorry, I was on a business trip two days ago, and I used the automatic water dispenser for my second master. Maybe he didn’t like it very much, so he went to drink the water in the toilet. I’ve already cleaned the toilet specially, and please forgive me.
“The young man wrote on the note,” And the Second Master is so clever that he has learned how to open the door from the house. I will remember to lock the door before I go out.
Haha, it turns out that this cat’s name is Second Master, and it matches his aura quite well.
Lin Hsiao-cha recalled the domineering appearance of the orange cat. Smiling, she opened the note and found two lines of words on the back.
A line of words is that the young man said that he brought some special products back from this business trip and put them in the refrigerator as a thank-you gift for her.
Another line of words is to praise her, praise her to the second master to draw a small piece of animation.
In the blank space of the note paper, the young man drew a pot of meat, a few strokes of black line draft, but it was lifelike, Lin Xiaocha knew at a glance that the prototype of this painting must be his pot of meat named Quiet Night.
“Oh, you are really engaged in architectural design, and your artistic skills are also very good.”. From the painter’s professional point of view,
Lin Hsiao-cha fully affirmed this small picture and conveniently opened the refrigerator door to see what the young man was saying about the thank-you gift.
It turned out to be a box of fresh strawberries, tender red and plump, very much like beautiful little hearts.
Moreover, their taste was clear and sweet, which made Lin Xiao’s eyes bend with pleasure after enjoying the delicious tea. After eating, he became interested again. With a stroke of his pen, he drew a new note for the second master of the orange cat and pasted it on the refrigerator door. The theme of
this creation is that the cat demon king, who has been sealed for a long time, has been freed and inspired by the mysterious power to turn over a new leaf and start a new journey in the wider world.
And the words that Lin Hsiao-cha left on the back of the note said that she didn’t mind letting the Second Master come out for a walk in the small living room at ordinary times. If she was there, she would also pay attention to closing the doors and windows and taking good care of the Second Master. If necessary, she could also put a feeding device and a drinking fountain in the small living room, so that when young people were on business trips, she could help feed and change water.
Some time ago it was raining all the time, and I moved in because I was afraid of getting wet in the rain. It hasn’t rained recently, so I’ll put them back on the balcony and leave the small living room for the Second Master.
Lin Hsiao-cha wrote on the back of the paper, I think the Second Master would be very happy if he could have more space to move around. In the days after
* * *, everything was still the same, and the two of them were still busy and had not met.
It was the second master of the fat orange who lived a more comfortable life. Since he got permission to use the small living room, he ran out of the young man’s room from time to time and went up and down to patrol around. When he met Lin Xiaocha, he did not evade it. He put on an air and walked past her grandly.
What a fat cat with a lot of confidence. From time to time,
Lin Hsiao-cha couldn’t help but feel an itch in his hands. He crept over and tried to steal a hand. He thought the Second Master wouldn’t like it, but he didn’t expect that he would be very generous. He was used to this kind of behavior, and it can even be said that he put on the posture of “the Second Master has given you a gift.” He let the girl go up and down, and Lin Hsiao-cha was so happy that he flew up.
While petting the cat, she could not help but be curious about the cat owner who could not see the end of the dragon.
To be able to raise a cat with such fun and personality, what would he look like? There is no answer to
this question for the time being, and Lin Hsiao-cha is not curious enough to make a special appointment with him. In her limited rest time, she prefers to focus her attention on the fat, cute, and domineering Second Master.
By the way, he gave full play to his specialty as a painter. During the interval when he was forced to work by the father of Party a, he was very efficient in fishing. He drew one draft after another for the Second Master, without stopping at all. After
painting, they are naturally pasted on the refrigerator door and shared with cat owners. At the end of the cartoon,
she would draw a little girl with a round face and add a dialog box: “Thank you for your cat’s willingness to model for me.”.
Then the next day, I received a reply from the other party. It was a little boy with a stick figure who said, “Thank you for drawing it so interesting.”.
* * * As a result, Lin Hsiao-cha became addicted to fishing.
Even if the daily work task is so heavy, she will continue to come up with new inspiration in her mind, giving the second master a richer and more exciting plot arrangement in the small strip. The owner of the
cat will also appreciate her work carefully and have a friendly discussion with her about the role of the second master, including his amazing weight, domineering personality and tortuous origin.
He said that the second master was originally a little stray cat, which was picked up by his former colleagues and raised by the company. Soon, with his interesting appearance and outstanding personality, he became the group pet of the whole department. Unfortunately, before long, their department was merged by the company, and the original colleagues had their own places to go, but the fate of the orange cat became a problem.
So everyone held a ceremony similar to catching Zhou. Everyone gathered in a circle with canned cats to see who the Second Master would like to go with. As a result, he did not hesitate to hold on to the young man and refused to let go of his paws even if anyone wanted to coax him away.
Like me, I’m very busy with my work, and I’m sharing a house with others, so it’s not suitable to keep a cat. The
young man wrote on a note.
But Second Master is a very strong-minded cat. Since he has decided to be my companion, I can’t easily betray his trust. Instead, I should try my best to raise him well first. Of course
you didn’t let it down.
Lin Hsiao-cha put down the pen with which he was writing his notes and glanced at the Second Master next to him, who was walking around in a dignified manner, shaking his beautiful fur majestically. Remembering that the orange cat his parents raised in their distant hometown often looked so relaxed, he couldn’t help smiling and continuing to pick up his pen. I guess the Second Master has a good eye for people. You really raised it very well.
Needless to say, this past experience of the Second Master has been painted by Lin Hsiao-cha with an unrestrained and wacky brain hole, and pasted on the refrigerator door as a small note about the life experience of the cat’s big devil.
And this time, in addition to receiving a review of the other side’s pictures, she also had a serious suggestion: “You should put these articles on the Internet so that more people can see them.”.
“Lin Hsiao-cha lacks confidence:” Farewell, I’m at such a poor level. I work hard and my father finds fault with me all day long. How can anyone like something that fishes casually?
“But the other side does not think so:” I like it very much.
Lin Hsiao-cha took off the note paper and slowly rubbed the edge of the paper with her fingers. Her eyes gradually changed from hesitation to firmness.
I’ll try it first.
“She said softly to the refrigerator magnet in the shape of a small house, with a little embarrassment and more expectation and gratitude.” Thank you, the stranger who lives next door.
* * * From then on, Lin Hsiao-cha began to post small comics featuring the Second Master on her social media account. Because she was too busy with her work, the update time was not fixed. She spent three days fishing and two days drying the net, and the length was sometimes long and sometimes short. Sometimes the content she posted might not be a comic, but just one or two sketches of the Second Master.
Even so, she still attracted a small group of regular audiences, who would come from time to time to urge him to leave a message, lamenting that the Second Master was so cute and wonderful, or praising the author for his good painting.
These free creations and scattered praise are a small benefit, so that Lin Xiaocha’s life is no longer occupied by boring work, can be a little relieved. As a result,
Lin Xiaocha was a little more grateful to the Second Master and the young people who supported him.
But just the words of thanks feel too light, thinking that the New Year is coming, Lin Xiaocha hopes that he can come up with some more practical thanks.
For this reason, she found a friend who specializes in animation peripheral products, paid her own money to make a set of refrigerator stickers with the theme of the Second Master, packed them in a clean box on the night before the New Year, and put them in the refrigerator for young people. The
original refrigerator magnets for a small house are very beautiful, but the magnetic force is not enough, and they are almost unstable. This new box of refrigerator magnets is a New Year gift for you and the Second Master.
Lin Hsiao-cha closed the refrigerator door and pasted the note paper with a little pride. This is the only thing in
the world. There is no other semicolon.
* * * The other party’s return gift appeared on the second day of the New Year. It was
also placed in the refrigerator, packed in a bento box, and placed in the special compartment for Lin Xiao’s tea.
Lin Xiao Tea opened the lid of the box and found that there was a box of fresh Pan-Fried Meat Dumplings inside.
All of them are chubby and good-looking, the bottom edge is fried crisp and golden, crisp and fragrant, the head is folded with delicate pleats, and a handful of black sesame seeds are sprinkled for decoration, even if they are refrigerated, their attractive beauty is still nowhere to hide. The message on the
note reads: I just joined a very urgent project, and I was working in the company on New Year’s Day. I didn’t have time to come back to rest until last night. The
new refrigerator magnets are very nice, thank you very much. I made
this box of Pan-Fried Meat Dumplings myself, as a return gift. I hope it’s to your taste. Happy New Year to you, too.
And the thing that pasted this note on the refrigerator door was a new refrigerator sticker that looked like the Second Master.
My God, that’s a great gift. Lin Hsiao-cha, a
big eater, was so excited that he almost had a back flip on the spot, holding the bento box in his arms. When he put the Pan-Fried Meat Dumplings into the microwave oven to heat it according to the note, he did not forget to take off the new refrigerator sticker to tease the second master who passed by.
Second Master, look, look, does this look like you? The Second Master, who was used to
seeing big scenes, was not moved. He took a perfunctory look at the silly girl and the refrigerator magnet in her hand, snorted coldly, and walked away with his tail wagging.
I don’t want to be in the same place with this stupid mortal for one more second.
* * * However, when Lin Xiaocha opened the door of the microwave oven, the smell coming from inside made the Second Master give up his pride decisively and turn around to pick up the girl’s calf and meow.
After all, the hot Pan-Fried Meat Dumplings is really fragrant. Second Master
, do you want to taste it, too?
Lin Hsiao-cha directly grabbed a chubby Pan-Fried Meat Dumplings, crouched down in front of the Second Master and shook it, then quickly stopped when the fat orange jumped up with a eager face and stuffed the Pan-Fried Meat Dumplings into his mouth in time.
“Sorry, I can’t give it to you. It’s all mine. Ahahahaha!” The Second Master, who was frozen in place, threw a sharp look of condemnation at Lin Xiaocha.
Then I was satisfied to see the silly girl who was protecting her food opening her mouth in a hurry and fanning herself: “Ow, ow, ow, ow, how hot!” How interesting.
The Second Master turned around and left with a sense of superiority, walking in a gentle and graceful manner.
This stingy fool deserves it! Later, Lin Xiaocha left a message asking the young man how he could be free to cook when he was so busy with his work.
I really admire your determination to maintain a healthy pace of life as much as possible.
Lin Hsiao-cha’s words are absolutely sincere, and there is no compliment at all. For example, when I get busy, I just want to eat takeout, and I don’t have the heart to cook.
And the other side’s reply is: Just like you usually like to fish and draw, sometimes I am too pressed by work, but I like to relax by cooking. I think maybe because cooking is also a form of creation, I like the feeling that the content of the design can be controlled by myself.
It seems that you are also a bitter child who is forced to change this and that by Party a’s father all day long. No wonder you always have to work overtime like me.
Lin Hsiao-cha stood in front of the refrigerator, holding up the note and giggling, feeling an inexplicable sense of pleasure in finding a companion.
Even though she hasn’t actually met him.
But if you have similar worries and complaints at work, and similar hobbies in life, such as aesthetics and cat sucking, it’s not difficult to chat with a sticky note on the refrigerator door.
Of course, it’s a wonderful feeling.
We live under the same roof, but we can’t always meet each other. Although we have never met each other, we can always chat without obstacles.
It was obviously impossible, but it really happened to her. Lin Xiaocha was very excited about this coincidence. At the same time, she carefully maintained this delicate balance. Even though they had chatted many times with notes, they still restrained not to ask the young man’s mobile phone number or other contact information.
Just like young people do to her.
Two strangers separated by a wall, relying on the magical contact method of refrigerator stickers, keep communicating tacitly and never stop in the process of missing again and again.
As for the refrigerator that made the two people meet, it also had a special meaning for Lin Xiaocha.
It’s no longer just a pantry she uses to stuff junk food, but a treasure box with hidden surprises. Whether it’s a new note on the refrigerator door every day, or a gift of delicious food that they occasionally put into the refrigerator, it carries her full expectations, without exception.
* * * It wasn’t until the end of the winter that Lin Hsiao-cha, who had returned to his hometown in the south for the Spring Festival, filled his refrigerator with the specialties of his hometown and wrote a note to the young man: This sausage is made by my mother. You can try it. It tastes great.
Then she stopped writing, hesitated for a long time, and then went on: I heard that there’s an art exhibition going on nearby next weekend. Are you interested in going to see it together? The location and date of the
art exhibition are written in very small type.
Just like a writer who dares not speak loudly, he just uses the lightest voice to seek the answer.
As for Lin Xiaocha’s reason for taking the initiative to break the original situation even if she was perturbed, it was related to her return to her hometown for the Spring Festival.
In the hustle and bustle of the New Year’s atmosphere, facing a big table full of delicious food every day, Lin Xiaocha, a foodie who should be happy enough to forget himself, can’t help but be distracted from his hard work and think about whether life is a little lacking.
Then she figured it out.
It’s missing the second master’s refrigerator sticker on the refrigerator door, the sticky note paper, and. The young man I’ve never met.
Unconsciously, she has become accustomed to sticking new things on the refrigerator door every day, as well as a lot of small notes she has accumulated during the Spring Festival holidays, waiting for people who can understand them to share and appreciate.
But she does not have any contact information with the other party, let alone daily communication, even want to send a New Year’s blessing can not be done.
In this situation of being forced to interrupt contact, Lin Xiaocha was very sure that he was really thinking about him.
Besides, I really want to see him.
* * * The young man’s reply did not disappoint Lin Xiaocha.
He readily agreed to her invitation, and even took the initiative to book a ticket on the Internet first. He took the second master’s refrigerator sticker and pressed it on the refrigerator door, with a short note attached: “See you then.”.
Lin Hsiao-cha took down the ticket and looked up to the sky and laughed three times, which startled the Second Master, who had always been calm in the face of change.
To tell you the truth, the Second Master despised Lin Hsiao-cha’s lack of stability. As for her, she danced and shouted into the air, “See you then!” This kind of middle two behavior is directly classified as dementia behavior by the second master.
Humph! Stupid blue man.
The Second Master left quickly with his head held high.
I should stay away from the fool, so as not to be infected.
* * * Unfortunately, the script of life will not unfold exactly as intended.
Lin Xiaocha has not decided which clothes to wear to go to the appointment, the other party can not go to the appointment of the apology first pasted on the refrigerator door. I
‘m really sorry. I was temporarily sent by the company to work as a fireman for a large bidding project. I have to go to other places to see the situation of the project this weekend. The
young man really seemed to be in a hurry to leave, and even the usually neat handwriting on the note was somewhat sloppy. I’m sorry. Let’s go to the exhibition together next time when we’re free. In addition, I’d like to ask you to help take care of the Second Master for two days. Thank you.
Lin Hsiao-cha took off the note paper and sighed a little.
Take care of the second master is not difficult, the second master has long been a mature big cat, can be very skilled to take care of themselves, do not need her to do too much.
For young people to break the appointment, she is not angry at all, the same as the bitter drawing dog, the kind of work project suddenly carried forward involuntarily, Lin Xiaocha can understand, will not be forced.
She just felt a little bit, a little bit of regret that she couldn’t meet this time. It
doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter at all.
Lin Hsiao-cha quickly braced himself up and forcibly picked up the Second Master, who was passing by to eat melons, and sucked him fiercely. In the gaze of the fat orange, he felt that he had come back to life again with full blood.
* * * As a result, I don’t know when I will be late this night. The young man who came back from a
business trip did not have time to relax. In order to attack this big case with all his strength, the company gathered the whole project team, including him, in the hotel next to the company. In the next three weeks, everyone was closed in the hotel to eat and live together, in order to complete the bidding.
During this period, he only had a little time to come back to change the laundry, while Lin Xiaocha was still working hard in the studio, and they missed it perfectly.
Looking at the note, Lin Hsiao-cha could not help but shed bitter tears for the miraculous deeds of the young man’s industry. She squatted down and rubbed his hairy head, joking, “Second Master, look, look, your master seems to have been kidnapped by their company.” I can’t escape without finishing my work. It’s so pitiful.
The Second Master struggled to break free from Lin Hsiao-cha’s clutches, and before he ran away, he did not forget to turn his head and meow twice, as if to declare in righteous words: “This Second Master is the master, he’s just shoveling shit for this Second Master!” All right, all right. I’m sorry, Second Master. I’ve overstepped my authority.
Lin Hsiao-cha also gave a serious response to the Second Master, and then squatted in the same place, filling in the small cartoon picture of the cat’s big devil losing his shoveling officer and walking in Jianghu without any more cards. He amused himself so much that he giggled. After a while, he stood up rubbing his sore thighs and went to the small living room to report to the Second Master on the handover of his work.
“Second Master, although you’ve done a good job as the chief shoveling officer, I’m going to take over this position these days!” * * * This is the first time that Lin Xiaocha has entered the young man’s room.
Although it was in response to the other party’s request to come in and help the Second Master shovel shit for cat litter, Lin Xiaocha instinctively felt guilty about being a thief at the moment of opening the door.
As if he were making an abrupt pry into the lives of young people.
So Lin Xiaocha even opened and closed the door on tiptoe, as if he was really doing something bad that could not be seen.
“Oh, I have a guilty conscience. I didn’t sneak in. This young lady is fair and aboveboard.”. Lin Hsiao-cha, who had
recovered, took a deep breath, steadied her mind, and looked up at the entire room.
The first impression is clean, simple, clean and reliable.
In summer, the lush pine forests in the mountains are blown by the wind, and the quiet mountains are full of clear flavor.
Tut, what on earth can be done to make the room so clean that there is no cat hair or odor at all.
Lin Hsiao-cha couldn’t help exclaiming and said to herself.
Then she realized that it might be impolite to look at other people’s rooms so wantonly, and quickly buried herself in the corner of the litter box to shovel excrement and change the litter for the second master.
As for the matter of changing water and food for the Second Master, when the young man added a feeding device and a water feeder in the small living room, she had already done it with ease.
Second Master, you are so lucky.
Lin Hsiao-cha sighed with emotion as she worked.
There are two such good fools willing to serve you.
To tell you the truth, Lin Hsiao-cha didn’t want to pry into other people’s privacy. She just wanted to leave immediately after finishing her work.
It was the Second Master who ran in halfway and jumped bravely on the desk which had been tidied up very neatly. As a result, I don’t know if it was because the tonnage was too heavy to step on the brake and knocked down the small shelf on the desk. The things inside were poured out and scattered all over the floor.
“Ah, ah, second Master, look what you’ve done!” Lin Hsiao-cha scrambled to pick up those things. Even if you’re a cat master, you have to follow the rules. You can’t mess around.
At this time, the perpetrator, the Second Master, in a rare way, lost his mighty aura and froze in place, without any intention of refuting Lin Hsiao-cha’s criticism.
All right, all right, it’s not a big deal. It’s still a good cat to correct your mistakes. With tolerance,
Lin Hsiao-cha poked his finger on the top of Second Master’s head and was about to put something he had picked up from the ground back on his desk when he suddenly froze. “This is..” This is a lot of post-it notes. They were
all pasted on the refrigerator door before. Some of them were just chatting and talking nonsense. Some of them were small sketches drawn by Lin Xiaocha for the Second Master. The shape was sloppy and the quality was poor. Even Lin Xiaocha herself forgot that there were such things. She never asked where the notes that were replaced every time.
She thought it was thrown away, but it was all carefully put away by the young man and folded neatly on the desk.
He even dated and numbered each note.
Lin Xiaocha refolded the note paper according to the number, which is equivalent to reviewing the communication process between the two people from the first dialogue to the present.
It turns out that unconsciously, the two people have been completely the same way of communication as friends, familiar and comfortable.
Even if they haven’t actually met.
At the end, Lin Xiaocha couldn’t help laughing foolishly, which made the Second Master look down on her again, but she didn’t care. She just patiently rearranged the table that had just been messed up by the Second Master, and continued to walk out of the house with a giggle. Before
closing the door, Lin Xiaocha noticed the schedule of daily affairs pasted behind the door, and watched it arrange all kinds of complicated trifles in good order, and her mouth could not help but raise higher.
Second Master, your chief shoveling officer is really an interesting person.
For such a strict and self-disciplined young man, Lin Hsiao-cha is of course more and more curious about what he actually looks like.
She left a note on the refrigerator door: “When are you free? Let’s meet again.”.
However, the second invitation was withdrawn by herself before the other party could reply.
Because soon Lin Xiaocha was beaten and kicked by life, the unreliable father of Party a temporarily asked for an urgent revision, and her studio was caught off guard by the accident. Every member of the
studio was mobilized to be a firefighting teammate, including Lin Xiaocha, the absolute main force.
So this period of time, Lin Xiaocha’s situation is not much better than young people who were closed by the company to bid, the same busy, all day long like in a war to catch up with the dead line, there is no time to think about what to meet.
But at least she has the freedom to go back and play with a cat every day.
Sometimes in order to be able to accompany the second master at home alone for a while, she would deliberately take her work back to work overtime, and in the middle of the painting, the second master, who usually did not take the initiative to come over, or lay heavily on her knees to keep warm, or lay on her hand-painted board and refused to move, or grabbed her hand-painted pen. Play as a cat teaser.
At this time, Lin Hsiao-cha would stop working and reach out to gently stroke the back of the orange cat. His tone was a rare gentleness: “Second Master, do you also feel very lonely and need my company?”?
This self-righteous fool has misunderstood again.
Before he snored happily, the Second Master thought disdainfully.
Obviously, the Second Master was afraid of your loneliness, so he condescended to accompany you.
* * * Even if the work is so busy, Lin Xiaocha still did not control his hand to fish.
For no other reason, Lin Xiaocha was on the verge of collapse after days of rushing to draft and being scolded by Party A. The greater the pressure, the more he wanted to fish. The theme
of Touching the Fish is still the Cat Demon King, with the Second Master as the main character. The plot is also coherent. It tells that the Cat Demon King has met a more powerful opponent in Jianghu. The opponent is good at “urging the draft swordsmanship,” picking the palm, “changing the mind,” owing the money, “and” changing the magic. “Even the powerful Cat Demon King can’t resist it.
This must not be seen by Party a’s father.
Lin Xiaocha thought with a guilty conscience as he tidied up those small hand-drawn drafts.
So instead of posting these notes on the Internet, she silently posted them on the refrigerator door.
Some creations don’t have to be seen by many people.
Lin Xiaocha looked at the small strip that had already covered half of the refrigerator door, and his mood was suddenly a little complicated, and he could not say whether he was entangled or relieved.
As long as you can wait for someone who can really understand, it’s enough.
* * * So did Lin Xiaocha wait for that person to see these small strips?
Of course there is.
On the night when Lin Xiaocha was asked by the devil’s father to revise the manuscript all night because the data of his work was not good enough, and he almost vomited blood, the young man came back temporarily, got together with the Second Master, took some necessary daily necessities and left. Before he left, he also saw the small strips on the refrigerator door.
He should be very sympathetic to these small strips, otherwise he will not leave a feeling after reading.
He must also look very carefully, very carefully, otherwise he would not be able to read Lin Xiaocha’s depression hidden under each funny picture, and point it out implicitly in his feelings after reading.
If the cat devil is really tired, then he can walk slowly or lie still and rest. He still has a long way to go, and the world doesn’t need to be saved by himself.
In fact, it doesn’t matter if the cat doesn’t come to the top in the end, because every battle it fights has made the world better, and its own smile is equally important to maintain the beauty of the world.
Lin Hsiao-cha stared at the note for a long, long time. The mood
that had been depressed to the freezing point suddenly warmed up a little. The
previous self-doubt caused by the bad data of the works and the great frustration caused by the scolding of Party a’s father are like ice cubes illuminated by the sun, gradually melting and evaporating.
Yes, nothing I do is in vain. Little by little, the
smile returned to Lin Hsiao-cha’s face. She turned to look at the fat orange cat at her feet. Second Master, although not many people read those little cartoons of yours, at least when they read them for a little while, they were really happy and could forget their troubles for a while, right?
After that, Lin Hsiao-cha began to laugh again: So although I can’t make money by fishing, I can make myself happy, and I can also make the people who watch me happy. Wow, so I’ve been doing charity all the time. Ha ha ha ha.
This woman is crazy.
The Second Master showed his usual look of disdain.
But Lin Xiaocha has no time to joke with it at the moment, because there is a bigger surprise waiting for her in the refrigerator.
It’s a box of Pumpkin Congee made by young people.
Even if it is frozen, it is still hot, soft and glutinous, melting with the unique sweet fragrance of pumpkin when it is heated slightly in the microwave oven.
Drink down, warm good taste from the tip of the tongue straight to the stomach bag, that plain and comfortable warmth blooms in the heart, baking Lin Xiaocha all over comfortable.
Even the stomach that was almost exploded by the father of Party a was not painful at all. If you have a good sleep
at this time, you will wake up and feel that everything is not a problem, and it will be better.
Obviously, he must have been under a lot of pressure himself during this time, but he was still able to spare his energy to encourage others. Oh, what a stupid person would be willing to do that.
Lin Hsiao-cha reached out his hand to wipe the Pumpkin Congee stuck to the corners of his mouth and smiled stupidly. Second Master, your chief shoveling officer doesn’t seem to be very smart either.
The Second Master gave a haughty snort, as if to express what a stupid woman you are saying. Is the person who is favored by
this second master still bad?
* * * In the next few days, Lin Xiaocha, who was resurrected with full blood, went to the battle of wits and courage with his father.
Of course, it is impossible to stop fishing, and it will not be interrupted in this life.
Although she knows that the young people will not come back these days, she is still actively creating the follow-up plot of the cat devil: the cat devil who encounters obstacles in saving the world is not discouraged, but continues to work hard to move forward, eat every meal carefully, and is no longer as arrogant as in the past, and begins to care about the friends around her. And willing to cheer on other heroes who save the world.
The world does not have to be saved by it, but the world is better because of it.
Of course, according to Lin Xiaocha’s consistent style of sand sculpture creation, all kinds of funny and funny brain holes in the story must be indispensable, often making her laugh while drawing.
And then put it on the Internet, the audience who have been beaten by life on weekdays can temporarily forget their worries and have fun with them.
Only the Second Master was not satisfied with this.
It is very suspicious that these stupid little strips will seriously damage its cool image.
But looking at that silly girl every night, even though she was already very tired, she was still thinking hard with her pen in her mouth, saying something like, “If the plot is designed like this, he will be very happy to see it. Well, it will certainly help him relieve pressure. That’s the decision!”. Such stupid words, the second master decided, forget it, what do you care about with a fool.
For the sake of doing her duty to feed herself and shovel shit every day, let her go.
* * * When the young man finally finished bidding and returned to his residence that night, Lin Xiaocha was sleeping in his room with the quilt in his arms. The sky was dark and the earth was dark. He would not wake up when the earthquake came.
After all, in order to catch up with the final dead line of the project, she stayed up all night for two nights in a row. Even if the effect of the project was still ordinary, she could not control it.
The young man did not disturb her, so Lin Xiaocha did not know that after the other party came back, he had first tidied up the internal affairs that had been put aside during this period of time, and then tried his best to coax the Second Master to re-establish a good relationship with the fat orange who had left him for so long.
She could not have known that in the silent midnight, the young man stood in front of the refrigerator door, looking at the small strips pasted on it, and the depressed corners of his mouth slightly raised a little radian.
Because he saw that Lin Xiaocha had skillfully integrated his previous words of encouragement into every frame of the picture.
If the cat devil is really tired, then he can walk slowly or lie still and rest. He still has a long way to go, and the world doesn’t need to be saved by himself.
In fact, it doesn’t matter if the cat doesn’t come to the top in the end, because every battle it fights has made the world better, and its own smile is equally important to maintain the beauty of the world.
In the end, she put a red pen to express her thanks: “Thank you, because your efforts have made my world a little better.”.
“* * *” Ah! What the hell? I missed it again and again. Lin Hsiao-cha, who didn’t get up
until the next morning, found herself passing by the young man next door again. She was so irritable that she wanted to hit her forehead against the wall. She turned to look at the second master next to her, who was slowly eating the delicious fresh cat rice. She couldn’t help but be very envious.
Second Master, the chief shoveling officer is back, and the food is really good.
Second Master alertly stretched out his paws and pushed the bowl as far away from Lin Hsiao-cha as possible.
Who knows if this super foodie will go crazy and not even let go of his cat meal.
However, the Second Master was worrying too much this time. Instead of coveting his cat meal, Lin Xiaocha was concentrating on reading the notes left by the young man. She was more concerned about the other side’s mention of the failure of the bid
than other side’s praise of the small strip.
Yes, even though he had tried his best with the team, he still failed in the competition.
Life is not a novel, there are too many things helpless, not to say that as long as the efforts will have good results.
To be honest, the result is very disappointing, but I feel much better after seeing your cartoon. It was originally used to comfort you, and I should believe it myself.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Lin Hsiao-cha always feels that this time the young man’s handwriting is a little brisk, and maybe he’s smiling as he writes.
Of course, the cartoon you created is also a great comfort to me.
This kind of consolation in times of frustration may be no less meaningful to people than a perfect victory.
Because the winner can always get the corresponding reward, there is no lack of laughter, but the world is more frustrated, even if the world always teaches people to be strong, but when they can not hold back, it is also very rare and precious to have a little gentle comfort.
And this kind of happiness also exists for Lin Xiaocha.
Recalling the bitter days just past, although the process was rather difficult, the results of their respective gains were not very good, or even a bit of a failure.
But at least, on this road, you and I are not alone.
* * * On that day, it was supposed to be the closest time for Lin Xiaocha to meet the young man next door.
But just a few hours before the young man came back from work, Lin Xiaocha received a phone call from relatives in her hometown, saying that her father had an accident and was now sent to the hospital in critical condition, so she hurried back to have a look.
Because his father’s condition was unclear, there was no time to lose. Frightened, Lin Hsiao-cha was particularly flustered. He grabbed something at random and stuffed it into his suitcase. Before rushing back to his hometown thousands of miles away, he hurriedly left a message for the young man: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll see you when I get back!”. As soon as he left, he went for half a month, and it was not until his father’s condition improved and his life was no longer in danger that Lin Xiaocha came back with his suitcase.
Waiting for her, however, is not the original young man living next door, a strange couple living in the young man’s room, they claimed to be relatives of the landlord, recently moved in.
Lin Xiaocha looked confused: “What’s going on?”?
The truth is posted on the refrigerator door.
In the days when Lin Xiaocha left, the landlord forcibly suspended the lease with the young man in order to make room for his relatives, and did not give him a buffer time, demanding that he move out immediately.
It’s a pity that I have to move out before I can even say hello. I can’t be your neighbor anymore. On the
last note, the young man’s handwriting was as neat and strong as ever. Thank you for taking care of the Second Master these days. Please take good care of yourself in the future. Goodbye.
Along with the note, the original refrigerator sticker in the shape of a small house was pressed on the refrigerator door, as well as a kitten doll in the shape of a second master.
Lin Xiaocha took off the kitten doll and held it tightly in his hand, feeling the same touch as the second master’s fur in his palm, thinking that the other party had said goodbye so simply, even the follow-up contact information was not willing to leave one, just like countless other people in life who only had a short intersection but never disappeared. Lin Xiaocha’s tears suddenly burst out after years of absence.
She didn’t know why she was like this.
It’s just really sad.
* * * After a period of time, there was nothing special for Lin Xiaocha, just as calm as in the past.
No second master, no refrigerator magnets, and she never took the initiative to deal with new neighbors.
Even though she met occasionally in the public area, she just couldn’t get up any pleasantries, at most, she gave the other party an awkward and polite smile.
Even her daily fishing is not updated.
Many loyal readers will leave messages below for updates, but she can’t draw anything, and when she’s free, she just stares at the little doll in the shape of the Second Master.
She knew who she was thinking about, but that person had already left.
From the beginning to the end, two people have not even met, of course, this is not surprising, in this big city where no one knows who, even if strangers are under the same roof, many times they just pass each other in a hurry, no longer staggered.
But is there really no trace left?
That’s not true.
Lin Xiaocha’s life did change a little. She began to enjoy the pleasure of cooking and bringing meals by herself. She would try to make the room more tidy, refreshing and aesthetic. Even the day and night reversal of work and rest, which she thought she could never reverse, was slowly changing, becoming more consistent with the noise and silence of the city.
And these are the things she learned unconsciously from a self-disciplined young man. It
seems like a summer wind blowing through the lush pine forest in the mountains, but after the cool, there is nothing else.
But after all, in the life of Lin Xiaocha, left traces of continuity.
* * * After a while, Lin Xiaocha became very busy again.
Work is like a never-ending battle for her, one after another, and the imminent dead line of the project is always ahead.
One morning, Lin Xiaocha, who had worked all night in the studio, was on his way home. Looking at the water beside the road, he found that it had just rained heavily. Thinking that his succulent plants were still on the balcony, he could not help worrying about whether they had been drenched by the excessive rainstorm.
With such a heavy heart, Lin Xiaocha opened the door.
As a result, there were many pots of succulent plants intact on the tea table in the small living room, a young man sitting on the sofa, and a fat orange cat squatting beside him.
It’s the Second Master! Lin Xiaocha looked at the young man who stood up in astonishment, and suddenly an idea flashed through her mind: this tall, thin, fresh, and bespectacled young man was the young man who had always lived next door to her.
Don’t ask the reason for the judgment, she just knows! “You are..” Lin Xiaocha didn’t know how to open his mouth for a moment.
Yes, I am the master of the Second Master. The
young man nodded to Lin Hsiao-cha, then picked up the back of Fat Tangerine’s neck and dangled it in the air. This cat suddenly sneaked out of my house last night and ran all the way back here. It’s really hard for it to remember such a long way and work so hard to get through the window.
“” Well, so you’re looking for a cat?
Lin Hsiao-cha blinked.
Sort of. I saw it was raining heavily just now, thinking that you said before that meat can’t get wet in the rain, and you brought them back from the balcony by the way.
“The young man put down the cat, and his tone was suddenly suspiciously hesitant.” By the way, I’m very grateful to the people who used to live in my room for opening the door for me, and I’m also very grateful to them for allowing me to stay here and wait for you.
“Lin Hsiao-cha repeated dully,” Wait for me?
The young man nodded again, then took out a note and handed it to Lin Hsiao-cha: Because you may have forgotten this.
Lin Hsiao-cha didn’t know why, so he took the note paper and found that there was a phone number written on it, as well as a time and place for an invitation to meet. The place was a nearby art gallery, and the time was.. Not long after the young man moved from here?
Looking at Lin Xiaocha is a face of confusion, the young man showed a clear look, attitude also suddenly relaxed a few minutes.
He told Lin Xiaocha that when he moved out of here, he actually left her two notes, one to explain the reason for his move, the other to ask her to meet formally.
These two notes were originally pasted together. Maybe the refrigerator sticker in that small house was really too old and too loose, so I missed this one. The
young man took a step closer to Lin Hsiao-cha and pointed to the note. You haven’t seen it, have you?
I just found it in the gap between the refrigerator and the wall.
It was the disappearance of this note that made Lin Hsiao-cha misunderstand that the other party had said goodbye without any nostalgia. She didn’t even want to leave a contact information for herself, so she couldn’t muster up the courage to ask the landlord for the young man’s phone number, so as not to ask for trouble. The
young man himself, on the other hand, waited in front of the gallery for a whole day. He also misunderstood that Lin Hsiao-cha refused to show up, and even refused to make a phone call to inform him.
Both of them were waiting for each other, but neither of them came.
Had it not been for the Second Master’s raid on the rainy night, and had it not been for the young man’s careful search of the gap between the refrigerator and the wall, the two men would have been completely separated in this crowded big city.
“Ah ah ah ah!” After listening to the explanation, Lin Hsiao-cha almost went crazy, and her complicated mood burst out, making her speak a little incoherent. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I don’t know.” Harm you to wait for a day in vain, ah, no, still want to thank you for your help first, er, help to move the meat back. No, no, I, uh.. Second Master, oh. This is really.. Don’t worry. There’s no need to apologize or thank you first. We can talk about it later.
At this time, is it more appropriate for us to introduce ourselves first?
The young man chuckled and looked at Lin Hsiao-cha, his eyes full of brilliance. Hello, Miss
Lin. It’s my first time to meet you. My name is Su Yichuan. The second master of
a fat orange cat once made a secret deal with someone. The content of the
transaction involves its long run on a rainy night.
In fact, this is not entirely out of its whim or whimsy, but purposeful and planned.
In order to create an excuse and an opportunity for a young man who is unwilling to give up hope.
In view of the fact that someone’s small dried fish reward is really very generous, the second master who keeps his promise has been keeping the secret silently. He’ll
never tell his girlfriend.
Later, the second master of the fat orange cat left Miss Lin and Mr. Su.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a matter of life and death, but the first time Miss Lin took Mr. Su back to his hometown to meet his parents, she brought him back with her, and he met the orange cat named “Taro” raised by Miss Lin’s parents.
As a result, the two cats fell in love at first sight, and the Second Master spent all day picking up taros and refusing to loosen his claws. He was ten thousand times more resolute than when he picked up Mr. Su, and no one could persuade him.
At the same time, Taro is so homesick that he doesn’t want to leave with Miss Lin and Mr. Su.
No way, in order to help this pair of cat lovers can stay together forever, Miss Lin and Mr. Su had to leave the second master in Miss Lin’s parents’home. Miss Lin was sad for a long time. After returning, she called her parents from time to time and asked the second master worriedly how he was. There was always only one
answer: “Don’t worry, Second Master is very good. He doesn’t have any discomfort. He only has eyes for his taro. He has completely forgotten the two of you.”. Miss
Lin was speechless. She hung up the phone and complained to Mr. Su, Second Master, you heartless bastard. Mr.
Su, on the other hand, was even more open-minded: You should be glad that it didn’t miss its fate.
“Miss Lin’s eyes lit up.” Just like the two of us?
“Mr. Su smiled indifferently.” Of course.
“END. Focus on not getting lost ~”
