Loneliness

Chapter 3

Originally, he thought Chen Dong Lan would take the initiative to contact him so Yuan Yuan paid close attention to his phone.

He received quite a few calls and text messages, even wrongly answering a prank call, but Chen Dong Lan didn't contact him.

After work, he thought Chen Dong Lan could be at home, wanting to meet him and talk.
Until he saw the extinguished lights at home.
The house no longer had any trace of another person living there. Chen Dong Lan himself had very few personal belongings, moreover, he would never place them randomly.

Normally, the most he bought were books. Later on, when he started cooking every day, he would buy pots and kitchen appliances with various functions. The sizes were not large and suitable for one to two people.

Now, all these had been taken away.

Anyway, it was no use leaving them here since Yuan Yuan didn't cook. Even if he really needed to, he could only make noodles, which would taste awful.

He laughed, then returned to his room to work.
Two days later, Chen Dong Lan sent a text message, "I've already settled down at the new home. Very busy recently and will visit when there's time."

Chen Dong Lan was kind of an odd person. He had a computer and a smart phone, but normally, he never used their most important function.

At home, he never played on his phone or computer. If he wasn't reading a book, he was sitting on the sofa watching television. Even if there was a commercial, he would watch it seriously. Moreover, he had a fixed position. The sofa in the rented house had a few years on it.

The place where he kept sitting in, even had a depression that wouldn't go back to its original shape.

He didn't have WeChat and had never used his phone to buy anything. The model of his smart phones kept up with the times, but he only ever used it to call or send text messages.

The only exception was that he had added the school debate team group, and was quite active in it during college.

After receiving the text message, Yuan Yuan called him.

"Hello?" It was very quiet on Chen Dong Lan's side.

"Where did you move to? I'll go over and take a look after work today."

After a burst of noise, Chen Dong Lan hastily said, "No need, no need, I'm all good here."

"What was that noise earlier?"

"..I wasn't holding onto the phone properly."

Chen Dong Lan's voice was light.
Yuan Yuan didn't know he was laughing, but feigned a strict tone, "Why is there no need, can't I go and see you?"

"It's not that...it's not that, " Chen Dong Lan explained, "It's just that I'm recently very busy at work, so I haven't tidied up properly. It's too messy at home and really embarrassing to invite you over."

And his earlier text message had said that he was settled down.

Yuan Yuan didn't nitpick on this and continued, "Then, it's just right for me go to help you tidy up."

"." Chen Dong Lan was at his wit's end.

"How about this, I'll rush to tidy up the house then contact you. You can come over then, okay?" Chen Dong Lan used a "let's discuss this nicely" tone.

"Okay, then it's set." Right then, someone in his office was looking for him, so he hung up the phone.

Chen Dong Lan was also someone who would do something once he said he would, moreover, he was fast. Not even two days later, he sent a text message informing Yuan Yuan that the house had already been properly tidied up.