I will never give in to Miss Death

Is this even possible?

Originally, I saw that Elodie’s introduction to her house on the rental app was just that it “requires girls” and “is in a remote location”. But after I came here, I found that it was completely different from what I imagined.

I know about sea hunting. There are many anchors on Tongmeng.com who specialize in making "sea hunting" videos. To put it simply, "sea hunting" means taking a small shovel and a small bucket to the beach and picking up whatever you can find.

Because the sea has tides, some beaches on the beach will become sea when the tide is high, so all kinds of fish, crabs, shells, squids, starfish and so on will move around nearby. After the tide goes down, if these "seafood" do not run fast enough, they will be "stranded" on the beach and unable to move.

At this time, the beach is exposed and people can walk up and pick up the stranded seafood. Whoever picks it up owns it.

I learned a long time ago that some people call themselves "hermits". They don't work, but earn some pocket money by playing games and live streaming every day, and then live a life of living off the land. At that time, I couldn't figure out how they did it, but now after hearing what Elodie said, it all becomes clear.

Just like now, rent a small house near the sea in Minami Nagi District, find a piece of land to grow vegetables every day, and then when the tide goes down, go to the sea to harvest a lot of seafood, store some rice at home, cook seafood every day and stir-fry some side dishes, then it is indeed enough for one person to survive.

"Xiaomo lives on the first floor now. Her room is over here."

The structure of the house on the sixth floor is pretty much what I imagined - there's a hall directly after entering the door, and you can see the stairs leading upstairs in front, as well as the kitchen, corridor and rooms on the first floor.

But what I didn’t expect was that this room… actually had so many potted plants!

Succulents, spider plants, green radish, money trees, Snow White, lilies, roses, jasmine...

There are as many as three shelves near the door, which are specially used for displaying potted plants and flowers. Various plants and flowers are placed on them. Even the balcony connected to the hall is planted with flowers. The huge house is filled with the smell of a mixture of plants, soil and flowers.

"These are what Xiaomo brought back from the vegetable garden downstairs. She has so many of them as she has been growing them. She must really like flowers."

Helping to take a pair of small sandals from the shoe rack next to me and putting them on my feet, Elodie put on her shoes very naturally and went into the house: "It would be convenient if you two knew each other... You are not allergic to pollen, right?"

“I’m not allergic to it.”

I put on my slippers, carried my small schoolbag, and walked into the house carefully. My steps made a dull "thump thump" sound on the wooden floor.

"You just said...Xiaomo?"

"Yes, Xiaomo, my mother and I both call her that..."

Elodie walked to the large refrigerator next to the living room and opened the door: "What would you like to drink?"

“Ah… no need.”

I walked curiously to a large stand filled with various flower pots, which was taller than me and looked like it was hand-woven: "This is so beautiful..."

The layout of the whole house...how should I put it, you can feel the owner's love for "life" every day.

The floor was swept very clean, and things were tidy. There were a few star-shaped ornaments and spider plants hanging above the head, and there were so many well-cared-for plants on the ground and against the walls. If I hadn't dealt with Miss Death these few days, I would never believe that she had been living in this room all the time.

"Xiaomo's craftsmanship is really strong. Look at that vine and this frame. They were all made by her. She said she found some wood and vines from the vegetable garden and landscape behind the community, and then folded them."

Elodie walked over to my side and said, "Even my old-fashioned mom came over and praised me highly. She said it was the first time she had encountered such a tenant."

"Is her name Xiaomo?"

I turned around: "Which Mo?"

"Foamy."

Elodie was a little confused: "Hey, don't you know each other?"

I was a little embarrassed: "I don't know her real name."

"Yin Xiamo, we have the same last name as you."

Elodie didn't think much about it and blurted out: "Xia for summer, Mo for bubble."

"Oh……"

Yin Xiamo...

Did she come up with this herself?

I thought of the dreams I had these past few days that were from another world.

Obviously, this name should have been thought up by the Death Girl on the spur of the moment, just like my "Yin Nuoer".

I grew up in an orphanage and the director who took care of me was named Yin, so I was named Yin Shiren. When I wrote the novel, I named my heroine Yin Nuoer. I was suddenly turned into a little loli by Miss Death, and by accident, I gave myself the name of the heroine. If the person who took care of me at that time had the surname Li, it would be Li Shiren or Li Nuoer, the same principle.

As for Miss Death... My last name is Yin, and she came because of me, so there is no problem with using this last name, but where did the two words "Xia Mo" come from?

"understood."

Although I had no idea why someone had this name, I nodded to Elodie: "So why do you suddenly want to hire a roommate?"

"This isn't sudden, is it? I've posted the roommate information online for months, but because the place is so remote and we only have girls, who can cook, my phone hasn't rang except for a girl from the Honor District who came to look at the house last month."

Elodie gestured to the kitchen next to her. "We were thinking that with so many kitchen appliances in the house, it would be a waste to pay the gas bill every month. I usually either eat the company's fast food or order takeout. Xiaomo is even worse. She always eats near the company before coming back every day. So we thought about hiring a roommate who can cook. It doesn't matter if we can't hire one. It won't cost much to just leave the information up for a month."

Why does it sound to me like you two are looking for a swindler babysitter or a pet?

The place is very remote, and you have to change several stops by bus. There are no places to eat or play around, and transportation is inconvenient. It is only open to girls, and girls have to know how to cook. It is already very good to have someone come to see the house.

"Take a look at the room first."

Perhaps noticing that something was wrong with my expression, Elodie coughed dryly and walked towards the corridor next to the classroom.

"This is Xiaomo's room."

On the right side of the corridor, Elodie pointed to a room in front of her and said, "She usually gets up at 7am to go to work and comes back at least at 9pm. She only takes two or three days off every month, but I didn't pay much attention to her. This is the bathroom, and this is the shower room."

After showing me the small toilet and restroom with a large bathtub next to the shower room, Elodie pointed to a small room at the end of the corridor and said, "This is the grocery room. You can put some books or daily necessities there."

"This is your room."

Finally, we came to the opposite side of "Xiaomo's room" mentioned earlier. Elodie turned the key that was still inserted in the door, unscrewed the door handle, and opened the door.

Open the door——

A very ordinary small room with only a bed, a wooden table and a wooden chair. There is a small step at the end of the bed, which is about five or six square meters in size. Behind it is a floor-to-ceiling window, through which you can see the green vegetable garden outside.

"Is that the vegetable patch you just mentioned?"

I looked at the outside world curiously: "It's so big..."

"Yes, there are not many people in this community, and the vegetable fields downstairs are rarely taken care of. There are only a few old ladies in one building who grow some vegetables. If you want, you can use the large piece of land over there."

Elodie opened the window and said, "There is also a garden in the back. No one cares about it. Xiaomo sometimes goes there during holidays and picks up many strange flowers."

I feel that the environment here seems to be quite good?

Although this room is a bit small, the window faces the east and the lighting is very good. Anyway, as a novelist, I don’t have any big requirements. A chair, a stool, internet, electricity, and a bed to sleep on are enough.

Besides, I just applied for a job at a nearby coffee shop. I will probably be very busy in the coming days, and I probably won’t have much time to stay here...

"That's about it."

After closing the window again, Elodie sat on a chair beside her: "Is there anywhere else you want to see?"

"Well... if I cook, I can't guarantee that it will suit your taste."

I confessed, "Plus, I just signed a contract with the coffee shop, so I may not be able to come back much in the future, and I may not be able to cook every day."

"It doesn't matter. Cooking is not a necessary condition. My mom's idea is to try to find a girl who can cook and keep her private life simple, because girls who are used to cooking at home usually have a decent attitude towards life. Otherwise, you'll end up with someone who changes boyfriends every few days and even brings men into the house. It'll be hard to explain then."

Elodie didn't care: "Although we don't communicate much, you have been writing books in Yaedo for such a long time, and your readers know your character. It is not necessary for you to know how to cook."

oh……

It seems that you put forward this condition of "must be able to cook" just to screen tenants?

"Then I have no problem."

I followed suit and sat down on the bed. "Is the editor working on the second floor?"

"How could that be? We are just temporarily working from home these few days. The new office in Yaedou should be ready this week, and we will go there to work then."

Elodie took out her phone and took a look. "Our editors currently have two days off on weekends. They arrive at work at nine o'clock every day and leave at six o'clock in the evening. If something unexpected happens, they will work overtime."

"What happened suddenly?"

"For example, if some authors cause trouble, or if there is content on the website that needs to be adjusted and the editor has to be on duty, then we have to work overtime."

Elodie shrugged. "Like last time, there was an author who was involved in politics and wrote too exaggeratedly. A lot of people reported it to the Cultural Bureau. Our boss was invited over for tea, and when he came back, he had to work overtime and hold meetings. Then he reviewed and added sensitive words. The editors reviewed their own authors and checked whether there were any problems with the books they were responsible for... Similar things happened almost every month when Yaedo was still around. There were also people who came from other sites and wrote illegal content with smurf accounts and reported themselves."

This is too scary.

"Then if you have no problem, you can stay here tonight."

She took out a bunch of keys from her pocket, removed two of them, and handed them to me. Elodie said seriously, "This is the key to the main door at the bottom of the building, and this is the key to the front door. Remember to take them with you when you go out. If you don't remember, I have a spare one here, and Xiaomo also has one. You can ask me or her... Oh, by the way."

As if remembering something, Elodie pointed to the top of her head and said, "We are on the sixth floor. Going up is the rooftop where you can dry clothes. Remember to bring your keys and cell phone with you when you go out. Don't think that you can leave the door open just because you are going upstairs to dry your blanket. Someone has done this stupid thing before."

"Someone?"

I became interested: "What's the stupid thing?"

"What else could it be? He was locked up."

Elodie said helplessly: "I got up early in the morning without my keys or my phone and wanted to go to the roof to dry clothes. I thought I could just leave the door open, but as soon as I went out, the wind blew and the door slammed shut. I was locked out."

Death is locked out?

Thanks to Elodie's vivid description, the somewhat funny scene emerged in my mind.

On a gray morning, a girl who had just woken up from a dream, wearing pajamas, went out with a blanket in her arms, and went up to the rooftop to dry the blanket. On the way back, a strong wind blew, and the door that had been open closed instantly, leaving the girl alone in the wind with her hair disheveled...

Couldn't she use the cracks to travel freely around the world? And could she be locked in a room?

"When was that?"

"Xiaomo has only rented a house here for a few days."

Elodie blurted out: "At that time, she really... gave me a silly and cute feeling. She didn't know how to do many things. In the end, my mother came to open the door. At that time, I thought Xiaomo was so beautiful, why did she feel... silly."

Pfft hahahaha...

You have today too!

I suddenly felt a sense of pride as if I had "caught someone's weakness".

"Okay, since there are no problems, let's leave it at that for now. I still have to go upstairs to take care of some company matters."

Elodie stood up from the small chair: "If you have anything to say, just call me on my cell phone."

I was a little surprised: "You don't want to sign a contract?"

"Don't bother, we are old acquaintances."

Elodie yawned and said, "Five hundred yuan a month. You can give it to Xiaomo or give it to me."

"OK then."

Thinking that there was really no need to sign a contract in this situation, I nodded and took out my phone: "Where is the nearest mobile phone store here?"

"Cellphone store?"

Elodie was stunned for a moment: "What phone?"

I gestured to the new phone in my hand: "This is the brand."

"This is the sign... Turn right when you leave the community, and it's next to the second intersection, about 800 meters away, or you can check the map on your phone."

Elodie stretched out her hands and gestured: "It's pretty close."

"Ah... I'll go check it out later, thank you."

"It's okay, remember to update the novel tonight."

"Woo..."

"..."

I watched Elodie leave and went up to the second floor along the small staircase next to me. When I came out of the room, I looked at the room in front of me with a small sign that said "Knock before entering" and a picture of a cute rabbit. I reached out my hand and tried to pull the door handle down.

"Kacha."

The door in front of me opened.

isn't it? !

I knocked on the door a few times and carefully poked my head into the small room.

no one.

"..."

Of course, according to Elodie, the current "Miss Death" Yin Xiamo is working outside and will not be back until at least eight o'clock.

"Since you didn't lock the door, I will..."

I hesitated at the door for a long time, but finally the devil in my heart defeated the little angel, and curiosity forced me to walk into the room of this "Girl of Death".