ATBWSTBP Chapter 37
by VolareChapter 37 The Neighboring Boss
Back at Slow Residence, Xiaolian had already finished her shift, replaced by an older receptionist.
Seeing them come in, she enthusiastically handed over a few bottles of water.
The night shift receptionist was also a local, named Wu Xiaomei, already married, her home in Minle Village, a kilometer away.
Wu Xiaomei was forthright, her laughter loud, making people unconsciously feel happy.
Before long, she became familiar with everyone.
Bai Xian stood in the shadows outside the door, listening to the laughter inside, a faint feeling of bitterness rising in his heart.
After listening for a few minutes, he turned and walked away, heading towards the backyard.
Jin Mo caught a glimpse of movement out of the corner of his eye, surprised, and turned to walk towards the door.
“What’s wrong?” Xu Jiahao grabbed him and asked.
Jin Mo stood at the door, craning his neck to look around for a while.
“I felt like someone was just standing at the door!” Jin Mo muttered softly.
Xu Jiahao walked a few steps outside, looking left and right, “No one’s there!”
“Forget it, probably just the lights flickering!” Jin Mo waved his hand at him.
Xiao Feiwu, Xiao Ping, Huzi, and Pingyi’s rooms were on the second floor, Jin Mo and Xu Jiahao’s were on the third floor.
The six parted ways at the stairwell.
Reaching the third floor, Jin Mo remembered Xiaolian’s instructions, tugged on Xu Jiahao’s clothes, and whispered, “Keep it down, Xiaolian said their boss lives in this room, likes peace and quiet, let’s be quiet!”
Xu Jiahao nodded his somewhat dizzy head, making an “OK” gesture.
Bai Xian, who had just returned to his room from the back door, heard Jin Mo’s words clearly.
They’re living together?
Bai Xian’s mind was a little muddled! The bitterness in his heart couldn’t be suppressed.
He turned and walked into the bathroom, took off his mask, revealing the face that belonged to Jin Baiyan.
He was Jin Baiyan, and yet not Jin Baiyan.
He was now Bai Xian! A completely new personality!
Without any past memories!
He only knew that he was Bai Xian, the person on the ID card was him.
But he didn’t know what kind of person he was!
What had he done in the past twenty-five years?
He also didn’t know why he was the owner of this Slow Residence, or why he was here!
However, he didn’t care, he felt like a lonely person, walking in a vast, desolate land, it was all the same no matter where he went or where he walked.
From the time he woke up until now, it had only been eighteen days.
He crossed off a day on the calendar every day.
He used this method to tell himself how many days of memory he had.
“I am Bai Xian, then who is he? Why do I have a inexplicable sense of familiarity with his voice, with his figure!”
“Why?”
Bai Xian asked Bai Xian in the mirror, whose face was covered in water and had a hideous scar.
The person in the mirror, like him, showed a confused and doubtful expression!
“You don’t know either!”
“I don’t know either!”
The corner of Bai Xian’s mouth twitched slightly.
The person inside and outside the mirror looked at each other, finally laughing self-deprecatingly.
Since he didn’t know anything, then let fate decide!
Bai Xian turned around, walked into the bathroom, turned on the shower, cold water poured down, blurring his eyes and restoring a bit of calm.
Jin Mo, separated by a wall, also stood in front of the mirror, looking at his slightly flushed face, and raised his eyebrows.
His appearance was gentle, looking like a cute puppy, not very aggressive, but in reality, he was vindictive and stubborn.
Jin Baiyan’s disappearance was a blow to him!
In these three months, he constantly reflected on himself, realizing his stubbornness, once he decided on something, he couldn’t listen to other people’s words!
This was a character flaw!
Abandoned since childhood, living cautiously before the age of three, always afraid of being abandoned again!
The news of Jin Baiyan’s engagement reached his ears, and he felt that he was about to be abandoned, so he took the initiative!
The result was the way things were now!
“Jin Mo, Jin Mo, get your act together!”
Jin Mo pointed his finger at himself in the mirror.
“This time, find your brother, and don’t get sick again!”
Jin Mo in the mirror nodded quickly.
Jin Mo outside the mirror laughed twice, expressing satisfaction.
Xu Jiahao slumped on the sofa in the living room, listening to Jin Mo’s self-talk in the bathroom, almost bursting out laughing.
“Stop it, take a shower quickly, then it’s my turn, I’m covered in the smell of alcohol, it’s so uncomfortable!” Xu Jiahao shouted towards the bathroom.
If it were in the past, Jin Mo would definitely have run out and punched him twice.
Thinking that Xu Jiahao had been helping him find Jin Baiyan for more than three months, sparing no effort, the little spark of anger just now quickly died out.
Although there was an employment relationship between him and Xu Jiahao, whether or not he tried his best sometimes had little to do with money.
Xu Jiahao worked as a cleaner in the high school he attended for two years to take photos of him secretly.
The two often ate together, played ball together, and even fought together, he was one of his few friends.
Jin Mo pursed his lips and rushed into the bathroom. In a daze, he seemed to hear the sound of a shower in the next room as well.
His heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Coming back to his senses, he couldn’t help but laugh at himself.
What does it have to do with him if someone else is taking a shower, why is he eavesdropping with his ears pricked up, how perverted!
More than ten minutes later, Jin Mo came out of the bathroom with a burst of heat.
Xu Jiahao had been waiting at the door, and as soon as the door opened, he couldn’t wait to rush in.
Jin Mo stood at the door, dumbfounded, looking at the closed bathroom door.
“Are you in a hurry to pee?”
A “bang” sound came from the bathroom, obviously someone was embarrassed and angry.
Jin Mo walked towards the balcony while laughing “hahaha”.
Slow Residence was built against the mountain, in order to facilitate everyone to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountain, so a special large floor-to-ceiling balcony was built.
There was also a recliner and a bamboo-woven table on the balcony, with a set of tea sets on the table.
Unfortunately, it was too late, if he drank tea, he wouldn’t be able to sleep.
Jin Mo sat on the recliner and kicked his legs hard, the rocking chair began to “creak, creak” rocking.
He had the illusion of returning to the Tongmei Sanatorium.
There was also a recliner there, the one his brother had lain on!
The slight “creak, creak” sound was a bit harsh in the quiet environment.
Jin Mo leaned his head on the back of the chair, looking at the stars above, his thoughts scattered again.
In a daze, he seemed to hear a similar “creak, creak” sound from next door.
He “swished” and sat up, pressing his hand on his rocking chair, his ears perked up.
Two “creak, creak” sounds of a rocking chair came from next door, then it seemed to be held down by someone, and there was no sound.
On the balconies of the two rooms, there was a recliner each, each with a person sitting on it, both tensing their bodies, pressing their hands on the rocking chair, listening to the movements next door.
The scene was very strange and funny!
It was just that neither Jin Mo nor Bai Xian could see the situation on the balcony next door.
They were just wondering, could the people next door also be rocking in the rocking chair?
Jin Mo even stood up, trying hard to reach his body, trying to see the situation on the balcony next door.
He couldn’t see anything! He didn’t dare to make a sound either, and finally could only quietly return to the living room and sit on the sofa in a daze.
Xu Jiahao, who came out of the shower, saw Jin Mo sitting on the sofa as if he had lost his soul, which was strange.
“What did you do? You look like you’re not all there?”
Jin Mo slightly lifted his eyelids, glanced at Xu Jiahao, and pointed his finger at the next door.
“I just resonated with the people next door!”
Xu Jiahao was at a loss, not knowing what nonsense Jin Mo was talking about.
“We actually sat on the rocking chairs at the same time, and started shaking at the same time, don’t you think it’s weird, scary!”
Xu Jiahao laughed when he heard it.
“This shows that you two are on the same wavelength!”
Jin Mo raised his leg and wanted to kick him.
“I’m only on the same wavelength with my brother! Hmph!”