Chapter 397 [Extra: Youyu] (2) Rent a girlfriend?
Ever since that day with Gao Mianji, the president of the Early Bed Club, Li Luo found that the frequency of chatting with him became more frequent.
Although the two of them had known each other for more than half a year, their usual communication was limited to Internet articles and entertainment-related matters.
You can chat for more than an hour if you are really excited, but when you have nothing to do on weekdays, it is normal not to chat for several days.
But since meeting Ji, the relationship between the two people has obviously advanced from online friends to the level of real friends.
As a result, daily chat topics have become richer.
For example, the Yinjiang District where the two grew up, the two went to the same junior high school, and they complained about the pressure to get married at home.
No longer limited to web articles themselves.
But after the meeting, the two people never met again.
Until the average subscription of Li Luo's new book exceeded the 6,000 average subscription mark, the editor arranged for it to be listed on the "Daily Guide" recommendation position on Friday next week.
Li Luo then plucked up the courage and sent a dinner invitation to Gao, Chairman of the Early Bed Club.
[Liluo]: Are you free this weekend?
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: Yes, what's wrong?
[Liluo]: I’m going to give an introductory reading next Friday. How about I treat you to a meal to celebrate?
[Liluo]: Last time I met Ji, I told him that I would invite you to come next time, but I never found any opportunity.
[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: Yes, but why is it the weekend?
[Liluo]: What happened on the weekend?
[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: You are so stupid...
[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: We are full-time online writers. People take weekends off and go out for entertainment. We Why go out on the weekend?
[Liluo]: So?
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Monday.
[Liluo]: OK, I have no problem.
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: Where to eat?
[Liluo]: Over there in Yintai City, right?
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: OK, let’s make an appointment for dinner. I can’t get up at noon.
[Liluo]: Okay.
……
Dong dong dong!
“What are you doing?”
“I’m going to the bathroom!” Lin Xiuhong shouted at the bathroom door, “What are you doing in there?”
"Can't you hear me? I'm taking a shower!"
"No..." Lin Xiuhong glanced at the time and asked with a look of surprise, "Why did you take a bath at 4:30 in the afternoon?"
"I'm going out soon and won't have dinner at home." Li Luo said loudly in the bathroom, "Didn't I tell you yesterday?"
"Oh, remember." Lin Xiuhong nodded. , "Who are you with?"
"A friend." Li Luo said, "Didn't I meet him just last month when we went out? They are all writing novels."
"I have a bit of an impression..." Lin Xiuhong frowned and recalled, it seemed that such a thing happened, and then couldn't help but ask, "It can't be a woman, right?"
At this time, there was no one in the bathroom. Sound.
Seeing that Li Luo was silent, Lin Xiuhong raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but ask: "Is she really a girl? How old are you? Where are you from?"
"Hello Sorry, why are you asking so much?" Li Luo responded while wiping his body in the shower.
“I’m just asking, you won’t lose any meat if you tell me.”
"You don't know how many pieces of meat you ask." Li Luo put on clean clothes, walked out of the bathroom, stuffed a mobile phone in his pocket, and was about to go out.
"You kid..." Lin Xiuhong was in a hurry to go to the toilet. Seeing Li Luo go to the door and put on her shoes, she immediately complained, "It won't matter if you tell me, really. .”
……
Yinjiang District, Exit C of South Metro Station.
Li Luo came out of the subway entrance and faced Yintai City on the south side of the station.
It was different from the Yintai Department Store where there was no traffic near his home.
Yintai City is a new landmark in Yinjiang District that was only built in 2018. Like Times Street in the north, it is close to the subway entrance, and it suddenly siphoned the flow of people from the entire surrounding area.
Especially here at South Railway Station, once the weekend comes, the entire Yintai City suddenly becomes lively.
On Monday, the situation was much better.
Li Luo walked into the gate of Yintai City in the evening. There were not many people coming and going, so he didn’t have to worry about there being no empty seats in the restaurant.
He walked into the door closest to Exit C, looked up at the still very hot weather outside, took out his mobile phone and looked at the chat history on it.
[Liluo]: I'll be out in a moment. I'll be there at about five o'clock.
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Huh? So punctual again?
[Liluo]: Take your time, it’s okay.
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: I’m still cleaning up!
[Liluo]: Didn’t you just get up?
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: It’s a bit of a look down on people! I woke up around three o'clock!
[Liluo]: But I haven’t gotten up yet.
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: Shut up!
[Liluo]: Okay, okay, I don’t dare to talk in front of the boss of Wanding.
[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: Now you remember that I am the boss of Wanding?
[Liluo]: Before, we were talking purely from the perspective of friends, but suddenly I found that there was a thick barrier between us.
[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: Just break it (funny.JPG)
[Fence fall]:…
……
After glancing at the chat history from around four o'clock, Li Luo clicked on the screen of his phone a few times and sent the latest news to the other party.
[Liluo]: I have arrived.
【Going to bed early will make you grow taller】: So fast? ! It’s not even five o’clock yet!
[Liluo]: I will first go to the gate at Exit C. There is a Starbucks next to it. I will sit inside for a while.
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Haha~ It’s Starbucks again, don’t hit me again later.
[Li Luo]: I don’t dare to contradict the boss.
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Don’t call me boss again!
[Liluo]: Go to bed early, sister!
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Haha~ We are real friends now, and we don’t need to call each other by pen names. You can just call me Youyu.
[Liluo]: There is a fisherman.
[Going to bed early will make you taller]: You have to look like I’m bigger than you, right?
[Liluo]: Isn’t this true?
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Humph!
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: I’m out! Coming soon! Five minutes!
[Liluo]: So fast?
[Going to bed early will make you taller]: The house I rent is in the community next door. Didn’t I tell you?
[Liluo]: This is the first time I heard about it.
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: Then wait! Come out of Exit C and hurry up.
[Liluo]: What's wrong?
[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: Look at the community across the road to the north, counting from right to left, the second building is on the 18th floor.
Looking at the messages on his phone, Li Luo walked out of the gate of Gate C with a curious look on his face and looked in the direction Xu Youyu said.
Soon, he saw a vague figure standing next to the window on the opposite floor, waving to him.
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: Did you see it?
[Liluo]: I saw it.
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: I saw you too, haha~ I’ll be down soon~
Putting away his mobile phone, Li Luo looked at the opposite community.
The community near the South Station subway entrance... the house price is estimated to be 20,000 to 30,000 per square meter.
This is also due to the decline in housing prices in the past two years.
In the early years, when house prices were rising at their peak, it was normal for this place to be over 40,000 yuan per square meter.
Based on this price, the rent is probably not going to be cheap.
But for Xu Youyu's income, it's just drizzle.
Li Luo thought this, while waiting for Xu Youyu to come over, while imagining in his mind that his next book would become a hit, and he could buy the house here in full with the royalties from just one book.
But this is just a thought.
On the other hand, Xu Youyu is quite likely to achieve this goal.
"Hello! What are you looking at?" Xu Youyu appeared behind Li Luo and patted him on the shoulder.
Li Luo turned around and looked at Xu Youyu. He was stunned for a moment, and then responded: "I didn't look at anything. I was wondering if you would buy a house opposite."
As he said that, Li Luo's eyes When it fell on Xu Youyu, even though he had quite restrained his gaze, he still couldn't help but look up and down.
Xu Youyu was still wearing a very simple T-shirt today, with white text on a black background and a string of English words written on it. It was distorted by Xu Youyu's plump breasts, and Li Luo couldn't understand what was written in English.
The lower body is wearing a pair of light blue denim hot pants, revealing a pair of white and tender slender legs. The tight thighs look very voluptuous, and they always want people to pinch them.
"What kind of house should I buy?" Xu Youyu waved his hand and said after hearing what Li Luo said, "I still prefer renting a house. When I get tired of staying, I can change places."
"So go to bed early... Hmm... Has Sister Youyu ever moved to another place?" Li Luo led Xu Youyu inside and asked as he walked.
"I have always lived here in Yinjiang, but I might change my house to rent every few months." Xu Youyu followed Li Luo into the door, took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the door. After taking the photo, we walked towards the restaurant on the fourth floor together.
“Isn’t this troublesome?”
“Is it okay? The main reason is that I don’t have many things.” Xu Youyu said, “After all, most of the things are still at home, so I just A computer is more important, plus two cats.”
“What about cats?”
"It's very cute." Xu Youyu said with a smile, "Do you like cats?"
"It's okay, but it would be a bit troublesome for me to raise it."
"That's true." "Xu Youyu nodded.
"So Sister Youyu, you are usually so lazy, and you still have time to raise a cat?"
"I feel like you have a big misunderstanding of me?" Xu Youyu narrowed his eyes and squinted. He glanced at it and hummed twice, "And I bought fully automatic equipment."
"For example, automatic drinking fountains, automatic cat food machines, and automatic cat litter boxes."
"Basically, just process them once a week."
"Oh." Li Luo clicked. Nodding, "That's quite convenient."
The two of them walked to the fourth floor chatting and laughing. Li Luo took her into a restaurant called "Daoxiang Chuiyan" and found a restaurant. Take a window seat.
After sitting down, Xu Youyu took out his mobile phone again and took a photo of the dining table.
Li Luo thought this was just because girls liked taking photos more, but didn't think much about it.
He also took out his mobile phone, scanned the QR code on the table, and ordered food with Xu Youyu.
After ordering about four or five dishes, Xu Youyu looked around and then at the name of the store, and then suddenly said: "Have you been to this store before?"
"Yes." Li Luo nodded, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay." Xu Youyu smiled and shook his head, "I just suddenly remembered that the name "Daoxiangchuiyan" seems to be in It appears in your book that the hero and heroine often come here when they are dating.”
"Ah...that's it." When Li Luo heard this, he felt a little embarrassed, "I just used the materials, I'm too lazy to think of a name myself."
"Haha~ Same as me." Xu Youyu smiled He said, "The name of the restaurant in my book has always been that of the restaurant downstairs from my house. I can change it to yours in the future. It will be a bit fresh."
After the dishes were served, the two of them chatted while eating.
Because they have similar hobbies and jobs, they always have something to talk about.
From each other’s latest updates, we talked about various gossips in the online literary circle, and then commented on the works that have become popular recently.
Then the topic jumped from online articles to the entertainment industry, and I made some exchanges and summaries based on the new entertainment books in the recent period.
Li Luo often can only see an appearance, such as which new book has a good idea, and if it is written how and how, the results may be better and so on.
Xu Youyu is more in-depth and can often combine the content trends of new books and the dynamic development of the entertainment industry in recent years to analyze and infer the subsequent trend of the entertainment literature category.
As the popularity of celebrities in the entertainment industry has become a regular focus of entertainment, and they often appear in people's field of vision, the aura everyone has for celebrities is fading little by little.
Especially for most readers who read male videos online, they basically don’t have too many filters for celebrities, and there is a high probability that they are not fans of a certain celebrity.
You may be a fan, but you only want to be a fan of the other person's works or appearance, and you won't be too brainless.
Under this trend, Xu Youyu felt that if cultural and entertainment content were created according to the original model, the results might not be very good.
On the contrary, there are three directions and you can try more.
One is purely imaginary entertainment.
One is era entertainment.
There is also entertainment based on variety shows.
When talking about these topics, the two of them talked very enthusiastically. After all, they were all matters related to their own jobs.
Although Li Luo does not have as strong a subject summary ability as Xu Youyu, he can occasionally have some opinions of his own and provide Xu Youyu with some inspiration and thinking direction from other angles.
The two of them chatted happily. After they had finished drinking and eating, Xu Youyu touched his belly, looked at the time, and then said to Li Luo: "Why don't you go watch a movie? ? It’s still early.”
“Huh?” Li Luo was stunned for a moment, but he didn’t expect Xu Youyu to ask him to watch a movie. Originally, he planned to go home and code after dinner... After all, because he had to go out to eat with Xu Youyu, he didn't code during the day. He kept thinking about it in his mind and was not in the mood at all.
"What's wrong?" Xu Youyu tilted his head and asked, "Don't you want to see it?"
"Of course not!" Li Luo shook his head quickly, "You can see it, I haven't been there for a long time. I’m watching a movie in the cinema.”
“Haha~ I go to see it often,” Xu Youyu said with a smile.
"...Really?" For some reason, Li Luo felt a little disappointed when he heard Xu Youyu say these words.
But Xu Youyu said the next sentence: "But basically I watch it alone, mainly because it is close and more convenient."
"Watch it alone?" Li Luo blinked, a little unresponsive, "Wouldn't it be boring to watch a movie in a cinema alone?"
"Is it okay?" Xu Youyu said with a smile, "It's mainly for the purpose of collecting materials. It's more interesting to watch on the big screen. If it's just for watching Movies, it’s definitely better to go with friends, but I don’t have any friends.”
“Now I have them.”
“Yes, now I have them.” Xu Youyu was happy. He smiled at him, "So? Do you want to reward me?"
"Of course." Li Luo nodded vigorously, "You deserve the honor."
"Don't be polite to each other." Xu Youyu stood up and patted his shoulder, "Let's go, let's go Let’s see what we can see today.”
Li Luo paid for the meal and followed Xu Youyu to the cinema on the fifth floor of Yintai City.
The two chose a movie that has been discussed recently. Xu Youyu took the initiative to buy the tickets without giving Li Luo a chance to pay.
“I’m going to invite you out to dinner, so I should pay for the movie tickets.” Li Luo smiled helplessly.
"You treat me to a meal, and I'll treat you to a movie." Xu Youyu said with a smile, "Next time I treat you to a meal, you have to treat me to a movie."
Li Luo was startled. Looking at Xu Youyu, he nodded slightly: "...Well, okay."
The movie tickets Xu Youyu bought had an early opening time, and they had to wait until eight o'clock in the evening, which was still more than an hour away.
So Xu Youyu suggested taking a stroll in Yintai City.
Li Luo accompanied Xu Youyu to the women's clothing store on the second floor. He watched her choose clothes and asked him from time to time if they looked good.
In a daze, Li Luo almost thought he was dating his girlfriend.
But when he realized that the other person was a senior Internet writer with two million-book subscriptions and a monthly income of tens of thousands, Li Luo's fantasies and thoughts disappeared in an instant.
How could anyone like him... He is just a small boutique.
Even just a moment of similarity was enough to make Li Luo happy for a while.
When was the last time I went shopping with a girl like this, watching her choose and buy clothes in the store.
It seems like it goes back to junior high school, right?
Li Luo recalled a familiar figure in a trance, then shook his head, smiled bitterly, and stopped thinking about it.
As for now...just think of it as collecting materials.
It’s better not to think too much about anything else.
"How about this one?"
Xu Youyu changed into a dress and walked out, turned around in front of Li Luo, then held the hem of his skirt and bowed slightly, making a curtain call to thank the audience.
"Well...it's very beautiful."
"As an author, could you please give me more adjectives?"
"You are in a bit of a dilemma."
"How does that compare to the one just now?" Xu Youyu asked.
"That's still as good-looking as before."
"Is it because the thighs are exposed more?"
"Cough...cough cough..."
"Haha~" Xu Youyu Seeing how embarrassed he was, I couldn't help but laugh, and then said to the waiter, "Then, please help me wrap that miniskirt just now."
"Are you really buying it?"
"Didn't you say it looks good?" Xu Youyu said with a smile, "Next time I go out, I will wear that one, how about it?"
"Next time... when is it?"
< br>"It depends."
When it was almost eight o'clock, the two of them finished shopping and walked towards the cinema on the fifth floor.
When he was at the entrance of the cinema, Xu Youyu took out his mobile phone again, took a picture of the door, and then took a picture of the movie ticket in his hand.
It seems that he plans to make a nine-square grid and then post it on WeChat Moments, right?
Li Luo glanced at Xu Youyu's little movements and thought to himself, he understood the girl's thoughts.
However, although Li Luo and Xu Youyu have known each other for so long, they have not added WeChat yet. They usually communicate on QQ.
So Li Luo couldn't see Xu Youyu's circle of friends.
He wanted to add WeChat, but he didn’t know what the reason was.
It would be a bit embarrassing if someone rejected me.
Anyway, there was QQ to contact him, so Li Luo gave up the idea.
After walking into the cinema, Li Luo bought a set meal for two. Then the two of them lined up to check in. They came to Cinema No. 6, found a seat and sat down.
When the video started playing on the big screen, Li Luo turned his head from time to time to look at Xu Youyu next to him, watching the light from the screen fall on her face, outlining her delicate profile.
Li Luo was in a trance for a while.
Even now, it still feels like I'm in a dream.
......
By the time the movie ended, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.
Yintai City has closed. The two people followed the crowd, took the elevator, and walked out from the side passage.
Under night, Li Luo and Xu Youyu walked side by side on the road.
Seeing Xu Youyu take out his mobile phone again and take a few photos, Li Luo subconsciously said: "Nine photos."
"Huh? What nine photos?"
"Nine palaces grid. "Li Luo said, "Should I post it on Moments?"
"Haha~ Why do you think so?" Xu Youyu said with a smile.
“That’s just for taking pictures.”
"Not really." Xu Youyu smiled, then looked at Li Luo, suppressed his smile, and whispered, "Actually, there is something I want to ask your opinion on."
"Huh?" Li Luo was stunned for a moment, "What is it?"
"My mother has been urging marriage, you know that, right?"
"I know."
"But I I don’t want to get married.” Xu Youyu said, “I have no interest in getting married. I just want to live alone.”
"So?"
"But I have to deal with my mother's nagging." Xu Youyu shook his phone and smiled helplessly, "So can I borrow the photos from this date?"
< br>"Ah, this..." Li Luo was stunned for a moment, then realized, "Don't you mean..."
"Uh-huh." Xu Youyu winked at him playfully, "You understand. Yes, please help me.”
“Is this a pretend date?”
"Haha~ It's not pretending, we are dating." Xu Youyu said with a smile, "I just want to give my mother the illusion that I am trying to find a partner, so as not to nag me all the time."
"That's it..." Li Luo was silent for a moment, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, "Okay, I don't care."
It's just that he felt a little disappointed.
Li Luo looked at the girl in front of him with a sweet smile. She was enthusiastic, cheerful, generous, considerate, and good at driving...
If so.
Well, there are no ifs.
Li Luo smiled helplessly, and then suddenly Xu Youyu hugged his neck, and he was stunned for a moment.
“Come on, come on.” Xu Youyu smiled and joined him, standing side by side, holding up his phone, “Since you agreed, let’s take another group photo, lest my mother suspect that I am with him. Other girls came out."
"...Okay."
The two of them took a group photo with their backs to Yintai City in the night.
Li Luo received the group photo sent by Xu Youyu, looked at the two people standing side by side on the mobile phone screen, and sighed softly after saying goodbye to Xu Youyu at the street intersection.
The subway is no longer in operation at this time.
Yintai City is neither close to home nor far from home.
He took advantage of the night, walked on the street, and took a slow walk home.
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: I’m home~
[Liluo]: I'm walking back, still on the road.
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: Then be careful.
[Liluo]: Did you send the photo to auntie?
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: It’s a bit late today, and she hasn’t nagged me these past few days.
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: When she nags me again one day, I will send her the photo hahaha~
[Liluo]: Can I use it?
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Huh? Show it to your parents?
[Liluo]: They also always nag me.
[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: Yes haha~
[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: But what should I do if my uncle and aunt are too satisfied with me?
[Li Luo]: Then I can only ask you to pretend.
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Okay, okay, it feels familiar.
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: I rent a girlfriend, right?
[Liluo]:...What do you usually look at?
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Hmm~ Someone seems to understand very well.
[Li Luo]: I don’t know anything.
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: Share your reading list next time.
[Liluo]: Don’t even think about it!
【Go to bed early and you will grow taller】: I can also share mine.
[Liluo]: Then I’ll think about it.
The two of them chatted all the way, and the journey that originally took more than twenty minutes felt like it was over in the blink of an eye.
When Li Luo came to his senses, he was already standing at the door of Jincheng Community.
[Liluo]: I'm home.
【Going to bed early will make you taller】: OK, then I’m going to take a shower.
[Liluo]: Okay.
Li Luo put away his mobile phone, returned to the door, took out the key and opened the door.
The next second, he looked at the sofa in the living room and saw Lin Xiuhong and Li Guohong sitting there.
Li Guohong was holding a cup of tea in his hand. When he saw Li Luo coming back, he didn't say anything and just took a sip of the tea.
Lin Xiuhong crossed her arms and glanced at Li Luo. After he put on his slippers and closed the door, she cleared her throat: "Ahem...Li Luo, come here."
< br>"What's wrong, what are you doing?" Li Luo glanced at his parents, slowly walked to the sofa, and sat down on the single sofa next to him.
"You were in a hurry to eat before, so I didn't stop you." Lin Xiuhong said, "Is the person eating with you a girl?"
"Yes." Li Luo nodded.
"How old are you?"
"One year older than me."
"Older than you?" Lin Xiuhong frowned slightly, "Besides eating, what else do you do? Don’t tell me you’ve been eating until now.”
"Watched a movie."
"Where are you from?"
"Local."
"What does it look like?"
" No. ”
Xu Youyu's consent was obtained before, so Li Luo didn't have any psychological burden. He honestly turned out the group photo and handed it to Lin Xiuhong and Li Guohong.
The couple came over to take a look.
The next second, Lin Xiuhong’s frown suddenly relaxed.
"Oh... the little girl... she looks quite pretty..."
(End of this chapter)