Chapter 5 Neighbors
Chen Nanxing was also a little dumbfounded when he saw Xu Hongdou greeting the people next door.

"Know him?" Chen Nanxing asked in a low voice.

"Neighbor." Xu Hongdou said succinctly.

“……”Chen Nanxing.

I was eating melon and suddenly found the heroine was right in front of me?!

Time quietly goes back.

It just so happened that Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing made an appointment to have dinner together today.

After helping Chen Nanxing take several photos with the food, Xu Hongdou picked up her chopsticks and asked, "Can we start eating?"

"Wait a minute." Chen Nanxing gestured with his hand and said solemnly: "Let me introduce these dishes to you first."

Xu Hongdou had no choice but to put down her chopsticks and signaled with her eyes: Please start your performance.

"They are the meeting of mother and son, Guan Gong meeting Qin Qiong, and finally this, a passionate kiss." Chen Nanxing introduced them one by one enthusiastically.

"Isn't this just fried bean sprouts with mung bean sprouts, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and fried pig's mouth with peppers?" Xu Hongdou complained while looking at the dishes on the table.

"Don't you think this is an interesting name?"

"I just feel that this restaurant is slow in serving food." Xu Hongdou said, "I have to leave right after dinner because a tour group is coming today."

"I am really crazy. I am so busy that I have a mouth ulcer, and I am still here with you to eat this fried pig's mouth with peppers."

"You love me the most~" Chen Nanxing said coquettishly.

"I can't afford to love you anymore~~" Xu Hongdou shook her head and replied.

"Hey, when will you accompany me to Yunnan?" Chen Nanxing asked.

"Not recently, let's see."

"Actually, I mainly want to try the water lily soup." Chen Nanxing said expectantly.

"Water hyacinth soup? Why is it called this name?" Xu Hongdou asked curiously.

"It seems that the plant is called water lily." Chen Nanxing said uncertainly.

"That probably just tastes like ordinary vegetable soup."

“……”Chen Nanxing.

"Okay, try the fried pig's mouth quickly. It's quite fragrant." Xu Hongdou quickly picked up a piece for Chen Nanxing.

"Please call it a hot kiss." Chen Nanxing emphasized.

"Fried pig's mouth." Xu Hongdou said.

"..."

"Tour group." Chen Nanxing countered.

“Fried pig’s mouth.”

“A tour group.”

“Fried pig’s mouth.”

“Tour group, tour group, tour group.”

"Fried pig's mouth, fried pig's mouth, fried pig's mouth."

Just as the two were bickering, Chen Mo and Jiang Congwen walked in.

Then the embarrassing scene happened.

Xu Hongdou thought the voice was familiar at first. When she heard room 1101, she turned around and saw a familiar handsome face with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. She knew that the person they were talking about was herself.

She was still wondering whether to say hello, and then she heard Jiang Congwen's reasoning and analysis.

Xu Hongdou didn't feel offended. It was normal to talk about the opposite sex in front of good friends, as long as the scope and thoughts were not too dirty.

It's just that it's a bit embarrassing now. Not only were you eavesdropping when people were talking about you, but your best friend even laughed out loud, and finally you were discovered.

"What a coincidence, you guys are coming to eat too?" Chen Mo didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only ask a nonsense question.

"Yes, I was just thinking that the voice was a little familiar." Xu Hongdou replied with a smile.

Watching their respective good brothers and besties chatting, Jiang Congwen and Chen Nanxing had almost the same inexplicable expressions: curiosity, gossip, and a bit of an auntie smile.

Jiang Congwen and Chen Nanxing's eyes wandered implicitly and synchronously between Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou.

Chen Mo felt the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so he quickly spoke up to introduce Xu Hongdou, "This is my friend, Jiang Congwen, who lives in Room 1102."

Then Chen Mo introduced Jiang Congwen, "This is Xu Hongdou, your next-door neighbor, she lives in room 1101."

Jiang Congwen then realized what Chen Mo meant by "neighbors".

So he really is a neighbor, so he wasn’t…

Fortunately, I don’t know him. It’s Chen Mo who is embarrassed, not me.

Jiang Congwen thought silently in his heart.

Xu Hongdou greeted Jiang Congwen: "Hello, it's our first time meeting."

"Hello, hello." Jiang Congwen also replied with a smile.

"Who is this?" Chen Mo looked towards the opposite side of Xu Hongdou.

"Oh, this is my best friend, Chen Nanxing." Xu Hongdou introduced.

"Hi, hello." Chen Nanxing waved and greeted Chen Mo and Jiang Congwen: "I'm so sorry to have heard you talking just now."

"Haha, it's okay, my friend was just joking." Chen Mo said with a smile.

Ha, are you kidding?

Jiang Congwen raised his eyebrows.

Before, it was mostly just a joke.

But now after seeing Xu Hongdou, Jiang Congwen became more certain of his previous reasoning.

Sure enough, I, Jiang Holmes, saw the truth at a glance, and there was no mistake!
No matter what he thought in his heart, Jiang Congwen still followed Chen Mo's words and said, "Yes, I was just joking just now. If we really have to apologize, we should be the first to be embarrassed."

"I didn't expect that you guys happen to be neighbors. So let's not be so distant. It's inconvenient to talk across each other. Your dishes haven't been served yet. Why don't you come and sit together?" Chen Nanxing suggested.

Before Chen Mo could speak, Jiang Congwen immediately said, "Okay, okay. I haven't seen my neighbors in such a long time. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that we happened to meet here. I must get to know them."

"It is said that if we are destined to meet, we will meet even though we are thousands of miles apart. If we are not destined to meet, we will not meet even though we are face to face." Chen Nanxing said
"Haha, that's right."

Chen Nanxing and Jiang Congwen sang the same tune.

Before Chen Mo could react, Jiang Congwen had already stood up and walked over.

Xu Hongdou also blinked and looked at Chen Nanxing, not understanding why her best friend suddenly became so enthusiastic.

But at this time Xu Hongdou didn't hesitate and said, "It's okay, we just happened to meet each other, so let's go together."

After hearing this, Chen Moting could only stand up and say, "Sorry to bother you then."

Because Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing had already started eating, it was not convenient to change seats now, so Jiang Congwen sat next to Chen Nanxing first, so Chen Mo could only sit next to Xu Hongdou. Xu Hongdou took the bag that was placed in the next seat.

"Thank you." Chen Mo said.

"It's okay, come and sit down."

Xu Hongdou was wearing a black dress with a heart-shaped pattern today, looking fresh and lovely.

Delicious food.

When Chen Mo just sat down, this word suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Waiter, our dishes will be served to this table in a while." Jiang Congwen explained to the waiter first, then said, "I'll treat you to dinner today."

"No, no, no, we invited you here, how can we let you pay the bill?" Xu Hongdou refused.

"Chen Mo just told me that my noise every night disturbs you, so you must give me a chance to express my apology." Jiang Congwen said.

"Not every day, and let's be clear about one thing at a time. I definitely can't do that today..." Xu Hongdou declined.

"Are you the host who sang "King of Karaoke" last night?"

While Jiang Congwen and Xu Hongdou were arguing with each other, Chen Nanxing looked at Jiang Congwen, and the more he looked, the more familiar he looked, so he suddenly asked.

"Huh? It's me." Jiang Congwen was a little surprised that he was recognized, but still nodded in acknowledgement.

"Am I so famous now?" Jiang Congwen knew he was popular by looking at the increase in fans, but he felt it for sure now that he was recognized by people around him.

After all, although a million fans sounds like a lot, in reality, if you are not someone who often watches his live broadcasts, even if other people know him and have watched his videos, they will rarely recognize him when they see him on the street.

There aren't so many die-hard fans in real life. Basically, people see you just to have some fun after their heavy work.

"When I was scrolling through videos this morning, I happened to see your live broadcast last night." Chen Nanxing said.

"What video?" Xu Hongdou asked in confusion. She was usually busy and seldom watched videos or live broadcasts, so she was a little slow in receiving the latest and hot news on the Internet.

"He sang a song during a live broadcast last night, and netizens recorded the song and shared it. As a result, the song has become popular, and he has become famous too." Chen Mo took the initiative to explain.

"Now people on the Internet call him the king of karaoke." Chen Nanxing added.

"What's the use of being popular? It's all just empty fame, nothing more than empty fame." Jiang Congwen waved his hand nonchalantly. It would have been better if he could suppress the upturned corners of his mouth.

"Because I work in the live broadcast industry, mainly live singing, so sometimes I may be too loud at night and disturb you. I'm really sorry." Jiang Congwen explained.

"So that's how it is. No wonder we've never met. I have met your girlfriend several times." Xu Hongdou suddenly realized.

The last sentence made Jiang Congwen's expression darken.

"Because I work from sunset to sunrise, which is the opposite of the normal schedule." Jiang Congwen still explained with a smile: "But don't worry, I'm planning to move to another place."

"When did you prepare it?" Chen Mo asked with a question mark on his face.

"just."

“……”Chen Mo.

“No, no, no… Actually, there’s no need. It hasn’t come to this…” Xu Hongdou said quickly.

"Haha, it's not because of you. It's mainly because I broke up recently and I wanted to move to a different place to change my mood. Also, I can't disturb other people all the time." Jiang Congwen said with a smile.

"Sorry, I don't know..." Xu Hongdou remembered that she had just said she met someone's girlfriend, but she didn't expect...

"It's okay, it's all over." Jiang Congwen boasted, "I failed in love, but now I'm successful in my career."

Chen Mo quietly watched Jiang Congwen trying to be stubborn.

"Besides, I just realized that I'm really becoming famous, so I have to move to a place with better privacy and soundproofing, otherwise I'm afraid someone will come to ask for my autograph." Jiang Congwen was immersed in fantasy.

"Wake up, it's not dark yet." Chen Mo hit him mercilessly: "With just this song, you will be popular for at most two weeks."

"Why don't you write a few more poems quickly to help me soar to the sky!" Jiang Congwen urged.

"Hehe, I'll give you the pen, then you come?" Chen Mo said disdainfully.

"Did you write this song?" Chen Nanxing looked at Chen Mo and asked.

"Yes." Chen Mo nodded.

"No wonder." Chen Nanxing said.

"No wonder?" Xu Hongdou was confused.

"There's a line in the lyrics of that song: Let me, as the lyricist, sing out the happiness you want." Chen Nanxing explained to Xu Hongdou.

"Then your inspiration comes from life." Xu Hongdou looked at Chen Mo and sighed.

"Haha, I just suddenly had an epiphany." Chen Mo said with a smile.

Jiang Congwen on the opposite side twitched his eyes.

This comes from my life.

It was me who experienced tragedy, but it was my brother who achieved greatness?!

Jiang Congwen felt like he was vomiting blood.

"By the way, I've only lived in that house for two months and I signed a one-year contract. If I move out early, the landlord will deduct my deposit. Don't you just want to move out? Why don't you just move into my place? It's not far from the company." Jiang Congwen looked at the two people sitting opposite him, his eyes turned, and suggested to Chen Mo.

Even if my brother stabs me a thousand times, I will still regard him as my own brother.

"Hmm?" Chen Mo was caught off guard by what Jiang Congwen said, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed not bad.

The neighborhood has a good location, convenient transportation, nice house types and layouts, beautiful decoration, and the neighbors... I know them now.

"Let's talk about it later." Chen Mo thought about it and still didn't agree immediately.

Anyway, even if Jiang Congwen wants to move, it will take time to find a new house and move, so there is no need to rush.

"It's fate that we meet each other, and what's more, the three of you are neighbors now and in the future. Why don't we take a group photo together later?" Chen Nanxing suggested as he looked at the three of them.

"Okay." Jiang Congwen said.

Xu Hongdou and Chen Mo had no objection either.

Chen Nanxing leaned sideways and held up his cell phone. Jiang Congwen also moved his chair and turned to look at the camera.

"Come on, look at the camera."

Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou moved to the middle together.

"Chen Mo, move a little to the right. The camera can't capture your entire face." Chen Nanxing said.

Chen Mo listened to Chen Nanxing's instructions, leaned his head slightly to the right, and subconsciously took a deep breath, allowing him to smell a faint fragrance, fresh and soft, like musk and orchid.

Chen Mo subconsciously turned his head and saw Xu Hongdou's face close at hand, with her slightly trembling eyelashes, straight and delicate nose, bright red lips, and picturesque eyebrows and eyes.

You are on the left, I am on the right
The first photo, not too intimate]

A gentle melody suddenly sounded in my mind...

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