Everyday Shou Ren and Li Tong avoid each other as much as they can. For him, he doesn't know how to interact with another person who is living with him. All his life, he had been living alone. While Li Tong, have been living outside with roommates but it's the first time she is living with a half naked man.
Shou Ren can see that Li Tong is a hard working person. She does the housework diligently. She even clean the long window panels. When she is done with the housework, she will sit at the table infront of the TV and does her homework. 2 hours before dinner, she starts to prepare to cook. She turn on the music from her phone. With a happy tone, she starts to cook. Shou Ren watch her with an interest. She never seen to be angry or frustrated at any situation. When she is upset, it shows on her face or the music she plays on her violin.
While Shou Ren is the opposite spectrum of her. He is never smiley nor happy at anything. He maintain a poker face at any situations. His outfits are mostly black or navy. The only other color he have is a beige color trench coat. He enjoy siting infront of the TV to listen to whatever is blasting on the TV while scrolling through his laptop. On weekends and public holidays he will be working on his laptop or having zoom meetings with clients or co-workers.
One day, they find each other siting infront of the TV. Awkwardly, they smile and their eyes dart back to the laptop infront of them.
"I am going to visit aunty Mei. Do you want to follow along?"
"Sure. I would love to. Give me a minute!" She run off to the little house outside. While he dig for his black tee and jog pants. Together they put on their footwear and leave the apartment.
Aunty Mei is delighted to know that Shou Ren had allowed Li Tong to stay. While Shou Ren goes off to pay for the medical bills, aunty Mei talks about the past. "This boy have suffer a lot while growing up. He is like you, don't have a family. His parents die of a road accident when he was seven. Shou Ren was lost and angry with god. I adopted him but never change his family name. I am his mother's best friend. We grown up together and have simple ambition in life. He is her pride when she is alive. Shou Ren never live with me. He was very independent . However he is messy and live in a chaotic environment. From high school till at this age, i still pop by his apartment to clean up his mess. Now you are here with him. Please take care of that grumpy boy. At least till i recover. Can you?" Li Tong can only hold her fragile hands and nod her head. She gives a weak smile and a teary look.
The couple stay for awhile till the nurse inform them that the visiting hours are over. Together they leave and it rained heavily. The car move in a slow speed they sit in the car in silence, listening to the radio. For some reason, the engine died. Shou Ren got off to check the engine of the car. The traffic turned bad and other cars horned. He knock on the window where Li Tong is sitting. She look at him where he signal to call for help. She nod her head and look for her phone. While he place a car sign on the road to show he is in trouble. The other cars avoid the lance he is in. After awhile he come into the car, shiver and sneezing non stop.
A long time later after the towing car service brings the car back to the service center, they got home. However Shou Ren had caught a cold and fever. Li Tong spend the night taking care of him. In the morning when he wakes up, the first thing he see is Li Tong sleeping on the edge of his bed and the sunlight is shining on her. Without her glasses, her big round eyes with heavy lashes are attractive.
Two days later, on a weekend, Shou Ren is siting by his side table in his room reading a book on finance. Outside, Li Tong appear and later she goes back in. He continue to read his book then with a slip of his coffee, he sees Li Tong fishing up leaves in the pool. He smile but then he squinted his eyes. Quickly he look for his mobile phone. He run back and open up the camera. At her direction, he zoom in. Behind her, the other block, men are at their balcony with binoculars looking at her. He look at Li Tong without the camera. She is wearing a v cut swimsuit with high slits. Her full breast is push together and created a sexy sight to look at. He put down his phone and walk in a hurry out to the living room to the door leading side. "Li Tong!" She looks up and smile and wave.
"The sun is very hot now. Go in the living room. Dont swim. There is a warning the UV ray is high now. Best stay indoors. Go and change too. Wear your tees. GO go!" He throw away the net and push her into her little house. Li Tong look puzzled. "But i want to take a short swim."
"Later when the warning is off. It's good for you! Don't want to get skin cancer, right?" He look somewhere else as she is so close that he can see her deep cleavage infront of him. Shou Ren feels a strange feeling stirring in him. He breaths deeply and close his eyes. He stand infront the door of the little house and look at the far away apartments. Most of those men have left the balcony only a few still stands there. He curse under his breath of those lusty men. "Mr Tian..."He turn around to see her change into her tee shirt and shorts. Her tee had a huge round neckline. Again his eyes move to the deep cleavage infront of him. The white milky skin from the shoulder to the chest glimmer with glow. Shou Ren's eye look up to meet Li Tong's big round eyes. He stand aside to let her walk to the door leading to the living room and he slowly follow her. He take a quick glance behind him to the far away apartments. He is thinking if he should get more plants to block the view.
Inside the apartment, he feels like he going to have a heart attack. With her pacing infront of him with what she is wearing is hard to breath.