Female tenant: 26-year-old heartbeat and life ups and downs

After having dinner at Alin Hotel, Su Ran and Le Yao strolled on the streets of Suzhou in the autumn night, carrying a guitar. Falling leaves, howling cold wind, interweaving light and shadow, and towering buildings outline the outline of the city in the atmosphere of late autumn.

Su Ran lit a cigarette, and in the smoke after being well fed, he looked back at the city frequently. When he really had to leave, he realized that he didn't hate it so much, but was a little reluctant. After all, this place carries his youth and past, as well as those sweet or bitter love memories. Here, he realized the loneliness of missing someone; here, he understood the feelings of two people. If it can be sublimated into marriage, it is love. If only memories are left, it is just a lonely legend.

Tired of walking, Su Ran and Le Yao sat down on a bench by the street. After a moment of silence, Su Ran spoke first: "How about you, how have you been recently?"

Le Yao looked a little confused and shook her head gently: "It's still the same, not good, but I never gave up trying."

Su Ran nodded, not knowing how to respond for a moment. He understood the hidden meaning in Le Yao's words. When she said she had not given up trying, she was actually questioning why she chose to give up.

After a short silence, Le Yao asked: "How do you plan to live after returning to Xuzhou?"

Su Ran took a deep puff of cigarette and thought for a long time before responding: "It would be best if my father could find a job for me in his unit. If not, I will find a job on my own and find a woman to accompany me for the rest of my life, and then wait for birth, old age, sickness and death."

"Don't plan your life so subjectively. Life is full of variables, isn't it?"

"In fact, I would rather see the end of my life at a glance."

Le Yao smiled slightly: "That's why you fantasize about a crystal clear city as a spiritual sustenance."

"Yes, only crystal clear can you look into the distance without obstacles."

"Perhaps, we are really not the same kind of people." Le Yao sighed.

"That's right. The island with cooking smoke in your heart can only be reached by swimming across a vast ocean. In comparison, you have to go through more."

Le Yao seemed to have an epiphany. She stared at Su Ran for a long time before saying, "Do you feel that we are like two stars that are destined not to meet? I am at the end of the sea, and you are at the end of the world. Although we are far away from each other, we can never get close."

Su Ran did not answer, but just looked into the distance. In a trance, he seemed to really see the sky city and a beach echoing each other, but they were close yet far away.

That night, Su Ran and Le Yao hugged each other and said goodbye. Perhaps after leaving Suzhou, they will really go further and further in the direction of their respective aspirations, and one day, they will forget the lingering night. Perhaps life is made up of countless forgettings, until death, everything will return to nothingness.

Time passed quietly, and three days passed in a flash. In the past few days, Su Ran spent all his time looking for tenants to rent his single apartment, except for eating, sleeping and going to the bathroom.

This afternoon, he received three tenants in succession, but they failed to reach an agreement for various reasons. The last one to come was a couple who had just graduated from college.

The two held hands and looked around the house, quite satisfied. The boy asked Su Ran: "How do you plan to rent this house?"

"One deposit and three payments, a total of 5,200 yuan."

The boy and the girl looked at each other, and after a few whispered words, the boy said: "You can erase the 200 yuan change, and we will rent this house."

"Little brother, 200 yuan is not a small amount. If I wasn't in a hurry to leave, I would never rent it at this price. I spent 5,600 yuan to rent it, and I only lived there for less than a week." Su Ran's tone was firm, leaving no room for negotiation.

The boy and the girl whispered again, and this time the girl said: "5200 is fine, but we have to move in tonight, do you think it's okay?"

Su Ran weighed it for a moment and said: "Okay, if there are no other questions, let's sign the contract now."

The boy and the girl nodded in agreement, and Su Ran immediately went into the house to take out the house sublease contract that had been prepared long ago.

Just as the two were checking the contract, Su Ran's mobile phone suddenly rang. He subconsciously thought it was another tenant calling, but when he took out his mobile phone, he was surprised to find that it was Xu Tianna, who had not been in contact for many days.

This call made Su Ran feel mixed. He had teased this woman countless times, and because of her, he lost the job opportunity he had worked hard for in this city. Perhaps, they really had a narrow road for enemies, although they had a short time of friendship.

Su Ran walked out of the house and answered the phone. The two of them waited for the other to speak first tacitly.

In silence, Su Ran couldn't help but say, "You called me, why didn't you say anything?"

Xu Tianna seemed to have just come to her senses: "Oh, sorry, I was reading a document and didn't notice that the call was connected."

"Oh, you seem to be very busy. Aren't you just a building manager of Zhuomei? How can you be so busy?" Su Ran knew that Xu Tianna was the CEO of Zhuomei, but deliberately teased her.

Xu Tianna didn't care, smiled and said, "It's really busy, but I'm almost done."

"Oh, tell me, what do you want to talk to me about? Is my room that you occupied leaking again?"

"No, I got off work early today, didn't you say I could go to your place for dinner?"

Su Ran was a little surprised. Although he mentioned it, he didn't expect her to take it seriously. Could they really become friends after the dispute in the house was settled?

Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, Xu Tianna asked, "Is it not possible? Or do you not have confidence in your cooking skills?"

Su Ran came back to his senses and asked, "What do you think of my father's cooking skills?"

"Great."

"A good father will have a good son, have you heard that? Come on, I'll let you see my cooking skills tonight, so that you don't always think I'm useless."

"Okay, I'll go over later."

"Well, go to the supermarket to buy whatever dishes you like, I don't provide ingredients."

Su Ran thought Xu Tianna would blame him for being stingy, but she only said "OK" and hung up the phone.

Su Ran returned to the house, and the couple had read the contract and signed it.

Su Ran took the contract and said in a negotiating tone: "I want to discuss something with you. A friend of mine is coming to dinner later, so I can't move out tonight. I'll give you a 200 yuan discount as compensation, okay?"

The boy and the girl started to whisper again, and Su Ran felt helpless. The two were really in love and had to negotiate everything.

After waiting for a long time, the boy said: "400 yuan discount."

Su Ran frowned: "Little brother, be honest. 200 yuan is enough for you to find a hotel to stay for one night and have some midnight snacks."

"The contract has been signed, and now we have the right to use this house. If you don't give us a 400 yuan discount, we won't agree."

"Oh my god!" Su Ran couldn't help but swear.

The boy and the girl were startled and looked at him with horror.

Su Ran thought it was funny: "You two are so timid, so don't learn from those scoundrels to play kicking people when they are down."

The boy mustered up his courage and said: "Who told you not to give us a 200 yuan discount just now?"

Su Ran hated people who were shy the most in his life, and interrupted impatiently: "Okay, stop arguing, 400 is 400."

The boy and the girl smiled at each other, as if they had picked up a great bargain, and happily counted out 4,800 yuan from their bags and handed it to Su Ran.

Su Ran handed them a house sublease contract and a key, and the two left. Su Ran couldn't help but smile bitterly. He didn't expect that he would be calculated by this couple, and fell into the hands of a sissy.

He didn't think about it anymore, picked up the mop and started cleaning the house, ready to welcome Xu Tianna's arrival. He knew very well that this might be another opportunity given by God for him to say goodbye to Xu Tianna, and it would also be the last unforgettable memory he would leave in this city. No matter what the future holds, he would cherish this last time and make the parting no longer full of regrets. Even if their paths would diverge from now on, he would let this memory bloom in his heart with its own brilliance and become a unique scenery in his life journey. Even if they were like two parallel lines and would go their separate ways after a brief intersection, it would be enough to comfort his slightly lonely heart at this moment.