Nuke Miko: Chronicles of America
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Then he slammed the door and ran up the stairs.
After a while, Megumi Akiyama, who was sitting in the living room playing with her mobile phone, was stunned to see that Valentina ran down from the roof of the building wet again, and shouted to her out of breath: "... God! Huihui, come and help me, the landlord was struck by lightning on the roof!"
Akiyama Hui (slightly guilty): "... Huh?"
PS: Someone posted a video to complain today, saying that they took a cat home for the Spring Festival and gained three kilograms in five days.
But the cat itself is only eight kilograms!Can you gain so much weight in five days?
Is the orange cat really gaining weight so fast when cooking like crazy?
Chapter 16, Miss Landlady's Disaster Day
Wednesday, March 3, Southern District, Los Angeles, California, USA
Miss Dolores Fox, 26 years old, from Louisiana, has dark red messy hair like a chicken coop, and wears a half-worn T-shirt that is one size too big. On the old sofa on the balcony on the third floor, overlooking the apartment that I took over on New Year's Day this year.
——Well, an old red-brick apartment building that has been repaired for several years because even the elevator failed.
This is the only asset that the country girl Dolores relies on for a living in Los Angeles, but it is also the source of her troubles of late.
As we all know, country children often dislike the depression and desertedness of their hometown, and yearn for the splendor, excitement and prosperity of big cities.
So, under the influence of her mother who was a soap opera actress, Dolores grew up drinking kale juice and dreaming of becoming a big star.After his father killed himself due to an overdose, Dolores finally let herself go and came to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of Hollywood.
However, it is not easy to become a star.
Since the birth of the film industry, Los Angeles has been the gathering place of beautiful men and women all over the United States and even the world.
Every year, countless teenagers and girls come to Los Angeles to pursue their dreams. While working to make a living, they look for opportunities to audition, dreaming of becoming famous overnight.
But every year, countless men and women lose their lives and walk away with their tails between their legs, with nothing but a broken heart.
Although as a country girl determined to enter Hollywood and set foot on the road to stardom, Dolores still has a certain amount of capital.
At least her body shape is definitely a perfect figure that conforms to the mainstream aesthetics. Her legs are long, her waist is slender, her facial features are regular, and she looks like a Victoria's Secret model from a distance.
But as long as you zoom in a little closer, you will find Dolores' fatal flaw-the freckles on her face are too many and too obvious.
For comparison, Miss Dolores Fox's face is even more freckled and darker than that of Gwyneth Paltrow, who played Pepper Pepper in "Iron Man". No matter how much you paint on it, you can't hide it...
There is no way, red-haired people are generally prone to freckles by nature, this is an imprint deep in the genes, and no one can change it.
In addition, Dolores is a self-taught debut, not an actor with a professional background, and her acting skills are really not very good.
After several years of tossing, except for a few extra performers with meager income, Dolores has not been able to grab any decent roles.
It's useless even if she's willing to sleep over the entire crew, because there are plenty of beautiful young actresses in Hollywood who are prettier and bolder than her.
And the life of working as a part-time worker in a big city to make ends meet is really difficult, not to mention having to be cheeky to ask the family for living allowances from time to time.
If there is no dream to support it, it is really difficult to persevere until the end.
——Los Angeles is indeed wonderful, but this wonderfulness does not belong to poor foreigners.
Originally, Dolores was disheartened, and she was going back to her hometown in the countryside to farm the land with her mother and stepfather on an electric three-jumper.
But at this time, a sudden windfall made Dolores stay in Los Angeles.
——Last fall, an aunt of Dolores suffered from vaping pneumonia in a nursing home, and unfortunately died of ineffective rescue.
This aunt had no children, and her husband died early, so she donated all her considerable inheritance to her brothers and sisters.
As a result, Dolores' mother, Emma, was allocated a small rental apartment in Los Angeles, but she was too busy to manage the house halfway across the United States, and she was reluctant to sell it.She thought to herself that her daughter happened to be dawdling in Los Angeles, so she asked Dolores to act as an agent landlord.
Well, the rent received by the small apartment belongs to Dolores, but her mother, Emma, no longer pays her living expenses.
In this way, Dolores, whose star dream was shattered, accidentally realized the freedom of wealth without working.
So, she happily quit her part-time job at the cheese workshop (cake shop) and moved into this apartment, hoping to enjoy the happy life of a charter wife.
But soon, Dolores found that even if she became a charterer, she still couldn't make ends meet except for a more spacious living.
——The old red brick apartment building inherited by Dolores seems to be converted from a family house. It has three floors, the first floor is a shop, and the second and third floors each have four sets of two bedrooms and one living room After deducting one apartment that the administrator lives in, there are still seven apartments available for rent.
The roof is a terrace of more than 80 square meters and a small attic used as a utility room.
If all the apartments and shops can be rented out, it will indeed allow the landlord to live a very nourishing life.
But the problem is that not only the shops on the first floor are in a state of dilapidation, but there are only two apartments rented out upstairs, and there are only three female tenants...
——This amount of rent is not even enough to pay utility bills, property fees, and property taxes! ! !
But it is not so easy to recruit high-quality tenants—in fact, Dolores once recruited two fellow black girls from Louisiana to live in this apartment, but the other party reneged on their bills as soon as they moved in, and delayed paying the rent. He also held rave parties in the house, played rock and roll disco, and made a lot of noise.
Not only did Dolores not collect a dollar of rent from them, but she called the police before evicting them earlier this month.
To make matters worse, before the two sloppy black girls were evicted, the tenants of the other two apartments couldn't stand their noise and chose to withdraw the lease.
——California law stipulates that the tenant needs to default on the rent for two consecutive months before the landlord can apply to the court to evict him.
As a result, apartment occupancy rates were cut in half again.
Dolores had to be cautious about this after experiencing the last renting encounter where stealing chickens was nothing.
——When you encounter a female tenant who reneges on debts, you only lose money; if you change to a male tenant, maybe all the women in this house will be played!
Then came the city closure due to the epidemic this month, and the tenants of the shops on the ground floor also quit their leases and ran away, and depending on the situation, it was impossible to find new tenants for a while.
People in the apartment upstairs did come to ask, but they were all men with goofy eyes and mean faces, and they had tattoos all over their arms.
Hey, why are there no elegant female white-collar workers and rich female students who are willing to rent this small apartment of mine?
Isn't the elevator broken and too lazy to fix it? Speaking of which, there are only three floors in total and an elevator needs to be installed. Isn't it superfluous?
Do you want to lower the price again?I'm really not reconciled!
Dolores thought so, and at the same time pouted without public morals, and spit out the chewing gum in her mouth out of the balcony with a "poof".
At the same time, on the dilapidated single sofa, he lazily changed to a more comfortable position, and his whole body was stumbling around.
If this is not a sofa but a bed, she might be able to lie down directly.
No wonder.
She hadn't gone out to play for several days, and she was so bored that she fell asleep.
As an American girl with a lively nature, Dolores can't be like the few foreign girls who live in this apartment today. She is alone in the room from morning till night, entertaining herself with the computer and mobile phone. , use social software to brag about the mountains with others, and you can have a good time.
She prefers to swim at the beach, get drunk at bars, and watch stars sing and dance at music festivals.
But unfortunately, due to the current situation of the lockdown in Los Angeles, the closure of various entertainment venues and a dry wallet, she can't go anywhere now.
Forget it, let's sleep in the sun!
Dolores yawned and fell asleep with drooping eyelids.
After an unknown amount of time, she was awakened by a thunderclap.
—Boom!
Dolores opened her eyes blankly, and suddenly felt a few cool raindrops hit her face with the wind.
This is... rain?There was thunder?
Looking up, I saw a black cloud in the sky, and the torrential rain was pouring down.
She blinked her eyes, and suddenly jumped up with a jolt.
"...Not good! The clothes I just washed this morning are still hanging on the roof!"
Just like that, Miss Dolores rushed up to the roof in three steps at a time. Just as she raised the clothes fork, trying to save her clothes, she suddenly saw a terrifying light cut through the sky and came towards her!In the dark sky, leave a frightening trace of light!
The next moment, accompanied by crackling electric sparks, Dolores' hair exploded, and she fell convulsively on the roof.
After some time, a panicked voice mixed with Spanish suddenly sounded, which brought the landlady back to her senses.
"...God! Miss Landlady! Are you okay? Wake up! Wake up!"
"...I...I'm fine, please don't call an ambulance...I don't have medical insurance..."
After a moment of trance, Dolores said subconsciously, and then closed her eyes again.
Chapter 17: Simple Folklore in Los Santos
Thunderstorms in the seaside area come and go as soon as they are said, and stop as soon as they are said.
A moment ago, there was heavy rain, howling wind, lightning and thunder, making the sky above Los Angeles seem to be staged a battle of gods.
But at the next moment, the heavy rain that was outside the weather forecast quickly dissipated and the sky became clear again.
After a while, the honey-colored orange sunset slanted on the earth, and the whole city looked as clean as if it had been washed by water.
But in a small apartment in South Los Angeles, there is an ominous haze at the moment...
The second floor of the apartment was once rented by Ma Tong, and now Megumi Akiyama and Valentina share a small suite. Megumi Akiyama, wearing a priestess costume, looked at the apartment landlord lying on the hospital bed, with disheveled red hair, Dolores Fox, half-awake and half-asleep, could not help feeling a little guilty.
——After all, this unlucky red-haired and freckled landlady mistakenly hit her own tribulation thunder because of the semi-finished Tiandao, which is now recovering aura in North America, and is still running with a bug. Seeing this miserable state.
What makes Akiyama even more embarrassing is that when he and Valentina worked together to lift the muddy Dolores off the roof and moved into the house to wash and change clothes, the landlady was still muttering Don't call an ambulance, don't call an ambulance and so on.
——Although the horror of ambulance bills in American hospitals is indeed world-famous, you don’t have to be afraid of it, right?
Then, if you don't call an ambulance, you have to make an appointment in advance if you want to send the landlady to the hospital for treatment in the United States.
With the current situation of Los Angeles being locked down at home, ambulances rushing around, and the ICU is bursting, it is estimated that it will be the year of the monkey by the time you line up.
Fortunately, although Dolores was struck with an afro head by lightning, the complexion on her face was okay, but she was a little weak and drowsy.
It seems that she can get over it after a while of rest... As compensation and apology, let her make up a pot of chicken soup!
Just as Megumi Akiyama was thinking this way, Valentina, who was wearing a T-shirt and beach pants, ran over from outside in a hurry.
That unkempt appearance made Akiyama Hui's eyelids twitch: Miss, you are too sloppy, right?
As a girl from Mexico, Valentina Lopez's skin is not very fair, but a slightly darker wheat color.
A pair of big eyes, long eyelashes, thick and slender eyebrows, shaped like willow leaves.The straight nose is slightly hooked at the tip of the nose, but because it is relatively full, it does not have the unique meanness of the hooked nose.The mouth is of moderate size, with full and red lips.
In general, Valentina can look pretty if she is well groomed, with nice clothes and good makeup.
But the problem is, since Los Angeles was closed due to the epidemic, and since USC switched to online classes, probably because it was impossible to go out for people to see, Valentina has been cutting corners more and more in dressing. Already slovenly, running around in half-worn T-shirts.
Especially today, Valentina is actually wearing such a dirty old T-shirt to go out, her hair has not been washed for a long time, and it is greasy...
Well, this seems to be the daily life of modern women.
Before he crossed over, he also saw some gorgeous and western-looking female white-collar workers who were lying in a pile of garbage after returning to the house.
Shaking his head, throwing out the messy memories from his mind, Akiyama Hui tried to squeeze out a smile, and greeted his co-living roommate:
"...Valentina, good news, the landlady looks much better, but she is a little weak, and she will be fine after a night of sleep."
"...Hey! The landlady is probably fine, Huihui, but we are all going to be busy tonight!"
Valentina, on the other hand, had an exaggerated expression on her face, gesticulating and yelling, "...you know what? Huihui, the lightning just now probably broke the transformer! The whole street here has lost power. ! And we have neither emergency lights nor candles in this house!"
"...So?" Akiyama Megumi was a little confused.
"...So we will be very dangerous tonight! In this city, any apartment without lights will attract thieves at night!"
Seeing that Megumi Akiyama still looked ignorant, Valentina reminded her bitterly.
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There's a running joke that the United States of America has a sweet air of luxury, but you'd better put on your body armor before you breathe it in.
how to say?This statement has both its exaggeration and its truth, depending on which corner of the United States you stay in.
At least in Los Angeles, this is absolutely true.
As the City of Angels on the West Coast and the Los Santos prototype of "Grand Theft Auto", Los Angeles has never been known for its good law and order.
Specifically, in the high-rise central business district, the law and order during the day is not bad, but after the white-collar workers and tourists leave at night, the police seem to be off duty, and then many strange guys will appear ——So, it’s best not to go downtown at night.
Downtown Los Angeles during the day and Downtown Los Angeles at night are completely different.
Then, in the circle around the central business district, there are many high-end apartments and luxury hotels, and the law and order are naturally worthy of the land price.
Further outside is Little Tokyo, where Japanese people live together. There are many delicious restaurants and the security is good, but the scope of Little Tokyo is really small. If you accidentally walk out, you will immediately enter the crime-prone neighborhood. In any situation, you can only admit that you are unlucky.
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