Feelings of Guy Next Door Chapter 3

The kitchen is semi-open, separated from the living room only by a decorative frosted glass.

Ervin looked at the spotless coffee table and asked Noah loudly: "Brother Cheng, who cleans the house?"

"Whoever is free can clean up!" Noah's voice came through the glass.

Ervin recalled the university dormitory he lived in for two years in China. No one did the duty even though the roster was drawn up. His roommates were all lazy and kept making excuses. Every time, Ervin couldn't help but clean up first. But he didn't complain because Yu Minhong was his idol...

When his idol was in college, he fetched water for his roommates for four years. Later, he established "New Oriental", and all his former roommates came back from the United States to help him, in order to repay him for "fetching water" that year. This incident touched Ervin deeply.

The idol said that hard work always pays off. Although Ervin has not received any substantial rewards yet, he firmly believes in it.

But now it seems that the new roommates are all very self-conscious and clean people, which makes Ervin quite satisfied... Can it be considered a kind of "reward"?

"Do you usually cook for yourselves?" It was too tiring to shout through the glass, so Ervin stood up and walked to the kitchen door and asked, "I heard that Adrian requires roommates to cook?"

"Really?" Noah smiled faintly, but his smile was a little stiff. Ervin noticed his frustration, but didn't understand why, until Noah brought the two pots of fried dishes to the table...

Looking at the not-so-attractive-looking fried tomato and eggs and potato and pork slices, Ervin really couldn't say anything nice.

Noah was also quite self-aware: "I'm not a very good cook, and there's not much food in the fridge, so just make do with what you have for now. When Ben comes back, we'll find another day to treat you to a good meal."

Ervin waved his hand sympathetically and joked, "I feel very honored to eat the food cooked by Dr. Yang!" Even if it doesn't look good, can it be worse than the canteen meals without oil or water when he was in boarding school? Ervin is not a picky eater.

But after taking a bite, he changed his mind... He felt that Noah was really not humble.

After a few more bites, Ervin began to feel reluctant to part with the pack of instant noodles he had generously given to the foreigner that morning...

After finishing eating, Ervin decided not to let Noah cook for him anymore. It really... hurts his stomach!

After dinner, Ervin rushed to wash the dishes. Noah took the opportunity to tell him the location of various kitchen utensils in the kitchen, as well as how to use the oven, bread maker, coffee machine and other items.

"There is a convenience store nearby that sells fresh food every day, but there are not many varieties. We occasionally drive to a large supermarket a little further away to make bulk purchases, usually once every two weeks," Noah opened the refrigerator and said, "Most of the food here is shared. Whoever needs it can take it. If you take more, you will have to pay more when you go shopping again, and it won't be counted..."

Ervin was still expressing his admiration for the mutual trust between roommates when Noah said sternly, "It's only Adrian's things, you'd better not touch them."

Ervin suddenly felt nervous: "Ah? What if I took the wrong one?"

Noah pointed to the top shelf of the refrigerator and the row on the door: "This is Adrian's place. Everything he buys will be placed on his own shelf."

Ervin saw many green glass bottles on top, and he didn't know whether they were wine or drinks...

Noah opened the quick-freeze compartment below and said, "It's the same here, except the bottom one is for Adrian, you can use the other two as you like..."

Closing the refrigerator door, Noah said with a smile: "In fact, we don't have the habit of cooking. Most of the food we buy is frozen food, such as pizza and pasta, which can be eaten after being heated in the oven. That's why Evor always says that the food we eat is not nutritious and unhealthy."

Soo Bin asked, "Can Evor cook?"

Noah: "He only knows how to cook simple Western dishes, and he only started learning after he moved in."

Later, Ervin found out what Noah meant by "knowing something" - it was just toasting a piece of bread, spreading some but.ter on it and sandwiching two slices of bacon from the supermarket; or boiling soft pasta in boiling water and mixing it with some ready-made pasta sauce... What kind of "knowing something" is this? It's even less chAdrianging than cooking instant noodles!

But now Ervin is still very naive. When he heard "Western simple meal", he thought it was very high-end...

After introducing everything, Noah was not in a hurry to go back to the room. He made a cup of tea for Ervin, sat on the sofa with him and chatted, and waited for Adrian to come back so that they could formally get to know each other.

When Ervin talks about his own affairs, the person he talks about the most is his girlfriend, Lily.

Lily is Ervin's high school classmate and also the most beautiful girl in the Foreign Languages ​​Department of the Provincial University, but they got together because of a prank played by their friends.

In his second year of high school, Ervin played a game with his classmates and made a bet that he would court the most beautiful girl in the school. Ervin lost the game, and he could not stand the encouragement of his classmates, so he rushed into the broadcasting room and shouted into the microphone in front of the stunned members of the broadcasting club: "Lily, I like you! I am Ervin from Class 2-3 of Senior High School!"

This roar caused a sensation in the whole school.

Originally there were many people pursuing Lily, but in a key high school that prohibits premature love, suitors could only express their true feelings to their loved ones in secret. Ervin was the first one who made such a big deal out of it.

Seeing Ervin being chased out of the broadcasting room with a red face, the brothers laughed. But what they didn't expect was that after school that night, Lily appeared at the door of their class...

Ervin and Lily started dating. The teachers at school turned a blind eye to their behavior because they were both top students. But in the college entrance examination a year and a half later, they both lived up to expectations and were admitted to the best university in the province. This incident became a good story in their high school.

However, their relationship did not develop so smoothly.

At a class reunion after high school graduation, Lily learned that Ervin pursued her as a "joke" among classmates, and was surprised and proposed to break up. However, Ervin had already fAdrian in love with this girl from the bottom of his heart, so he tried his best to keep her and pursued her again.

This pursuit lasted for three months.

Ervin fetched water and bought breakfast for her every day; he sent her off to class and picked her up after class; when he learned that she was late for her morning run, he tried his best to bribe the seniors in the Discipline Inspection Department to exempt her from the penalty points record; when he heard that her favorite star was coming to the city for a concert, he queued up for several nights to buy tickets for her... There are many other thoughtful things, big and small, that I won't mention here. In short, wherever Lily appears, you can see Ervin serving her.

On the eve of Lily's 18th birthday, Ervin gathered several high school classmates who had made a bet together at the time, bought a bunch of candles and placed them downstairs of Lily's dormitory to form a huge heart.

That night, curious heads were hanging outside the windows of the female dormitory of the Foreign Languages ​​College. They looked at a group of passionate teenagers singing Wang Leehom's songs downstairs. Ervin stood in the middle of the heart, holding a conspicuous bouquet of roses. It was so romantic that the whole night sky seemed to be dyed pink...

After singing, Ervin shouted towards the dormitory building: "Lily, I like you! I am Ervin from the Finance Department Class 1!"

There were screams everywhere inside and outside the building, and everyone was yelling at them to "stay together"...Finally, Lily came out of the dormitory building. She was wearing a white dress that day. She came to Ervin gracefully, took the rose he handed over, and said shyly: "Everyone is singing out of tune..."

Their story caused a sensation and was even reported by the provincial university newspaper. Since then, Ervin has become a celebrity in the school. Later, it was heard that the method of placing candles to woo was spread online by netizens, spreading the gospel to countless boys...

Ervin spoke with great excitement, and Noah also listened with great interest.

"How romantic..." Noah sighed, and then asked, "But I only heard you say how you pursued her, so is she good to you?"

"Great!" Ervin could list a lot of good things about Lily. "She is not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted. She also has good grades, especially English..." Ervin's idol was determined only after he and Lily went to listen to the speech. "She comforted me when I was sad, and encouraged me when I was lost. She is very thoughtful, independent and sensible, and never pesters me to buy things for her." Ervin knew that some girls cared more about these things. "In short, she is very special."

Noah nodded: "You are in a long-distance relationship now, and there is an eight-hour time difference. Isn't it uncomfortable?"

"It's so uncomfortable. I'm worried every moment!" Ervin said with a frown.

Noah comforted him: "But sometimes distance can test whether a relationship is firm...If you can get through this stage, you can consider proposing to her when you return."

"Ahaha, that's too early..." Ervin knew that Noah was joking with him, but even though he was laughing, his heart beat faster. "Brother Cheng, what about you? Do you have a girlfriend?" Ervin immediately changed the subject.

Noah was a little shy: "I'm afraid you'll laugh at me if I tell you this, I've never been in a relationship before."

Ervin opened his mouth in surprise: "No way, you are such a nice person, you look good, and you are a doctor... I really don't believe it if you have never had a girlfriend!" How could a super warm-hearted man like Cheng Ge not have anyone chasing him? ... Of course, ignoring the fact that he doesn't cook well.

Noah said: "I have been focusing on studying since I was a child. I skipped grades twice. Later, the girls around me were older than me. I was under a lot of pressure after studying abroad for my master's degree. I didn't have a partner. Now I am studying for my second doctorate. I have been abroad for nearly eight years and I am used to being alone."

"Second PhD?" Ervin was shocked. Noah was only five years older than him, but he was already studying for a second PhD. How academically proficient must he be... It seemed understandable that he couldn't cook.

Noah looked at Ervin and smiled: "By the time I realized it, I was surrounded by people like you who were much younger than me. I felt a little embarrassed to do it."

Ervin got mad and said, "What do you mean 'much younger'? It's just a five-year age difference. Don't think of yourself as that old!" If he were a girl, he would definitely choose a boyfriend like Noah who is both gentle and mature... It doesn't matter if he can't cook, he can do it!

As they were chatting, there was suddenly some noise at the door. They both looked over at the same time... and saw a boy in black standing quietly at the entrance. They didn't know when he came in.

He stretched out his hand and pressed the switch on the wall. The ceiling lamp shone a beam of white light, illuminating the man's deep facial features and high nose bridge. His long eyelashes cast two shadows, but they could not cover his gray-green eyes...

At that moment, Ervin felt his heart stop beating.

This is a handsome face that will amaze people at first sight. At this moment, many words appeared in Ervin's mind, such as mixed-race, star, model, prince in fairy tale, etc. He even thought of vampires... But except for the jet-black hair, there was nothing about this person that made Ervin think of a Chinese.

He walked towards them step by step, his posture was indescribably elegant, and his footsteps made no loud noise, but the closer he got to them, the more oppressive he felt...Ervin stood up involuntarily.

"Evor, this is Michael." Noah also stood up and introduced with a smile.

"Hello." He greeted lightly, and stretched out his hand to shake with Ervin. His fingers were slender and his skin was white as jade, like an aristocrat who walked out of a medieval oil painting. "Nice to meet you."

Even as he said this, his tone was flat and his expression was even calmer. If Ervin hadn't heard his voice on the phone, he really wouldn't have admitted that this person was Adrian.

But apart from this appearance, Ervin couldn't imagine any other possible image of Adrian. It's just that he thought Adrian should be more like a "real person"...but this person's appearance was so perfect that he looked like a sculpture.

Seeing Ervin stunned, Noah laughed out loud.

"Michael, don't be nervous. Many people will be shocked by Adrian's appearance when they see him for the first time, but you will get used to it after spending some time with him." Noah began to speak English fluently and naturally, and Ervin could understand him.

Ervin blushed and withdrew his hand awkwardly, not daring to stare at the other person anymore.

Noah asked Adrian if she wanted a cup of black tea. Adrian agreed and sat down next to Ervin. Ervin instantly became nervous again.

Evor asked him a few questions, all very casual, like "Are you studying abroad at M University?", "What's your major?", "Do you plan to live here?", "How long will you stay?"

Ervin answered the teacher's questions like a primary school student, answering "yes", "study finance", "I have moved my luggage to the empty room upstairs", "I plan to live here for a year"......

But with just a few simple questions, Evor seriously pointed out several of his mistakes in vocabulary and grammar...Ervin's face almost turned red!

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Noah came back with a cup of tea. Noah smiled and said, "You're right to listen to Adrian. He learns very rigorous and beautiful aristocratic English. You can learn a lot from him if you communicate with him more often."

Ervin roared in his heart: Communication, I am here to rent a house and live, not to learn English, it is really stressful to get along like this...

Ignoring Ervin's thoughts, Noah directly mentioned the room change to Adrian. Adrian frowned and said, "I'm a little busy these two weeks, and I don't know if I'll be free on the weekend. Let's see. We can also consider moving in at night..."

Noah: "Okay, let me know when you think it's convenient."

Ervin silently prayed that Adrian could change rooms with Noah as soon as possible. He always felt that if he had to meet this guy all the time, he would definitely be constrained and uncomfortable.