i was my mistake

Well, I thought a mental hospital was just that big of a place, and now I know—the whole world is a mental hospital.

Then my eyes just went black, and when I woke up, I was in a strange city street, and everyone looked so normal.

——Now I suspect that I, too, have a mental illness.

……

19. Shower together

"It's nine o'clock in two or ten minutes, it's too late, let's wash together!" Wan Qing looked up at the clock hanging in the living room, and dragged Ye Chen into the bathroom without any explanation.

Unlike the first time she came in with Yi, this time she didn't seem to be so resistant.

Although I was still a little embarrassed, it was obviously much calmer.

"Cough...do you really want...to wash together?"

"Yeah, that's right, by the way, put some water in the bathtub, and you can take a bath after washing. This bathtub has not been used for a long time." Wan Qing stood by the window by the bathtub and looked down. Dust inside.

Except for a few times when I first moved in because it was fresh, I never used it again.

It is like being abandoned, silently covered with dust.

But it has always been here and never left.

Of course, it's just a bathtub after all!

"Clatter——" Wan Qing pulled up the shower head and rinsed the bathtub with icy cold water. The dust mixed with the clean water turned into a black turbid stream, and the bathtub gradually returned to its original cleanliness. of white.

The bathtub is really not big. After sitting in it, you have to hug your knees to keep your whole body submerged in it. It is not so much a bathtub as it is an oval tub.

Different from the common European-style bathtub, judging by Wan Qing's experience of watching many Japanese dramas, this should be a typical Japanese-style bathtub.

——Perhaps this apartment was also built in cooperation with a Japanese company.

Just as there was a period of love with the Soviet Union or the United States, there was also a period with Japan.

Many cultures, many technologies, and many products have poured into China since the establishment of diplomatic relations, and reached their peak in the 90s.

In the perception of many people in this era, Japanese products are far better than German or American products. Not only are they durable, but the subsequent maintenance costs are also much lower.

Motorcycles should be from Suzuki or Honda, cars should be from Toyota or Nissan, the best tape players should be from Sony, the most fun game consoles should be from Nintendo, TVs should be from Sharp, refrigerators and other large appliances should be from Panasonic Or Mitsubishi, even the toilets of rich people have to buy Japanese ones specially.

Not only that, in this era, many well-known cartoons come from Japan, and many popular singers also come from Japan.

Many young people born after [-] may find it hard to imagine that in the age so close to the War of Resistance, in the age when many old people who suffered from the war are still alive, the relationship between China and Japan can be so close degree.

Love and hate are intertwined, making people's feelings towards Japan always complicated.

After rinsing the bathtub, Wan Qing plugged the stopper, then turned on the faucet in the bathtub, letting hot water pour into it by itself.

On a cold winter day, being able to take a bath like this is a kind of blissful enjoyment.

She even couldn't wait: "Why are you standing there stupidly? Hurry up, take a shower."

"Cough..." Ye Chen glanced at himself in the mirror, and turned his back a little embarrassedly, "You, you take it off first..."

"Tsk, dawdling, don't look for me when the hot water runs out." Wan Qing squinted at her, and took off her coat sharply—after a week, the school uniform and trousers should almost be washed up.

"Wait a minute, can I still take a bath when I'm on my period..."

"...Hmm—" Wan Qing fell into silence, "Shouldn't it be possible?"

"..."

"Ah, it's rare to want to try it, women are so troublesome." Wan Qing turned off the tap with a regretful face, and even the movement of undressing became weak.

On the contrary, Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief: "Cough, next time, anyway, there is plenty of time."

"Then let's talk about it next week. Can you hurry up and get out of this damn bleeding period?"

She turned her back to Wan Qing, slowly took off her clothes, and coughed lightly in embarrassment: "If only it was so obedient..."

Bleeding during menstruation is actually not constant.

After the initial stage, the bleeding becomes intermittent. Sometimes it may be clean and refreshing for an hour or two after the sanitary napkin is put in, and then suddenly it seems to turn on the faucet in a certain minute. The same flow out a little.

So even during menstruation, you can take a shower.

Of course, people can't control it from bleeding in the shower, so even if it does, there's nothing you can do about it, just let it wash away with the water...

Wan Qing had already taken off her clothes and walked into the shower room barefoot. Ye Chen was still shy. She took off the cotton sweater, revealing her white and slender back. When she unbuttoned the back button , involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief, as if breaking free from some shackles.

"call……"

"Hurry up."

"Here, come, uh... Where did you throw the sanitary napkin?"

"Trash can."

"oh oh……"

"Could it be that you still want to throw it in the toilet? You have to stop it." Wan Qing curled her lips, stood under the shower nozzle and raised her face, "Huha... so warm..."

Ye Chen's stature is considered short among boys, but among girls, he is somewhat tall.

In contrast, Wan Qing looks more like that kind of cuteness who has not yet fully matured.

Of course, if the two of them open their mouths to talk, this feeling will become completely opposite again.

After getting wet, Wan Qing gave up the shower head to Ye Chen, pressed a handful of shower gel and rubbed it on her head until her head was full of bubbles.

The trouble with long hair is that it takes a long time to take a shower every time, and the drying is also very slow, so if you don’t want to wash your hair, you can cover it with a shower cap—this kind of reusable shower cap is Zhao Jinyu given.

Ye Chen moved over cautiously, turned the Miaoman's body with his back to her, and let the warm water pour on her body.

"Why, you're so shy after taking a shower."

"cough!"

"Turn around and wash."

"don't want……"

"I've shown it to you before, why are you so shy?"

"Anyway, it's about the same as you...no, nothing to see..."

"Good things should be shared together! Not enough loyalty!"

"That's not the case, okay..." Ye Chen felt a little helpless, "What, why... I haven't seen it myself..."

"Then why don't you watch it? Excuse me?"

"...I'm a boy." She muttered softly, as if she still had some stubbornness, "This, this... I always feel like I'm blaspheming others..."

"What, isn't that your own body, what's there to be embarrassed about?"

"Oh, you don't understand."

"Cut, I think you are hypocritical, come on, let me be healthy!" The more she refused to let me see, the more Wan Qing became more energetic. She put a lotus root arm on Ye Chen's shoulder, trying to push her turn around.

"No, no, no..."

"Then I'll show you mine too, you can look at whatever you want!" Wan Qing said, putting her forehead on it and pointing to her eyes, "Here, look, my pupils are actually lighter than yours." Much prettier, just wanted to see yours."

"Hey, what kind of weird hobby do you have..."

"Fat and water don't flow, don't outsiders understand?"

Ye Chen covered her eyes shyly, and slowly turned around, biting her lips lightly, her little face flushed.

"Let go of your hands."

"Mmm..." She blushed and let go of her hands as if resigned to her fate.

"Oh—a little older than me."

"Cough cough!! Speaking of which, I feel that the clothes are a bit small recently..."

"It means that the body is still growing, have the feet become bigger?"

"Maybe not."

"Oh~"

"You, what do you want to do?"

"Snapped!"

"babble--!!"

Just when Wan Qing finally stretched out her claws, the whole bathroom was suddenly plunged into darkness.

The two looked out of the window at the same time, and saw that the lights outside were all extinguished at once.

It didn't seem like the home was tripping, but the entire block was out.

After those colorful neon lights danced and flickered a few times, they also fell into darkness.

Looking from a distance, the lights of the whole city are rapidly going out, and soon, there are not many things that are still lit in sight.

The only light comes from the lights of various torches on the night market stalls.

There were exclamations from many people downstairs, as well as excited shouts from children.

"Has the perverted power already affected reality..." Ye Chen teased in a low voice.

"It's none of my business... However, it's normal to have power outages in summer, but it's rare to see power outages in so many places at once in winter."

"...So, can you let go of your hand?"

"Hey." Wan Qing's laughter was filled with the excitement of having succeeded and a little bit of guilt, "It feels really good..."

"You still use your strength! No, I want to touch it back!"

"Okay, touch it." Wan Qing opened her eyes wide and moved her face closer.

"..." Ye Chen felt that he lost interest immediately.

The main reason is that the way Wan Qing stood there was too calm.

It feels like you are standing next to the fish seller and watching him scrape off the scales of the fish with a blank expression. At that moment, you will not have any appetite for this fish at all.

The lights of the city were turned off, and the stars in the sky seemed a little brighter.

The bright moonlight shone into the bathroom, as gentle as water.

It blends with the little warm water in the bathtub and shakes gently.

The stars blinked and watched the world silently.

The foam clings to the other foams, making a slight 'puff' sound, and a little slips from the delicate skin to the ground.

The watery moonlight brought a bit of silence in the forest to this ordinary bathroom.

The foam shattered in the squeeze, and the gauze-like clouds also covered the moon, making the moonlight look hazy.

The switch of the shower head was knocked crooked suddenly, and scalding hot water poured down, causing the two of them to retreat to the two sides in a hurry.

"What are you doing..." The clear water drops fell from Ye Chen's body drop by drop, making her look like a lotus flower that just left the water.

"It's so dark in the room..."

"After all, there is a power outage."

"Tsk, there is no Yuba, it's a bit chilly..."

"It seems to be a bit cold-you didn't close the window!"

"I still want to open the window to let in some air. After all, it's not cold when the Yuba is turned on, but it's stuffy when the steam fills the air. Hiss—what a cold wind!"

"right……"

"It's so dark, you can't see anything, it's boring, take a shower and call it a day!"

……

20. Buy a bicycle

Those small shops that buy and sell seem to always be in hidden corners.