Return to Singapore 1995

As he spoke, Atan came back with his head drooped and his eyes drowsy. He was holding a small bag of iced coffee left in his hand. After entering the door, he collapsed on the sofa. He looked tired and had two black blisters hanging on his face. With the circles under my eyes, I guess I must have not slept well in the brothel in Geylang last night.

At that time, street coffee and other beverages in Singapore and Malaysia were packaged very uniquely. They were put in a heat-resistant edible plastic bag, and a tube was inserted into it. It felt very refreshing to drink while walking. After drinking, just throw it into the trash cans that can be seen everywhere on the roadside. It feels quite environmentally friendly.

Everyone joked: "Atan, are you wilting?"

"Don't disturb me, let me have a good sleep!"

"Brother Atan, how many shots did you make last night?"

"Guess?" When talking about this topic, TAN became excited again.

"Six guns? Six or six dashes?"

"Oh, old man, think of me as a machine gun!"

"The five cannons?"

"Hey, don't mention it, brother! It's not as good as before..."

"Damn, how old are you? You're pretending to be old in front of me!" Zhou Haitao laughed.

"Hey, boss, how are you? Did you enjoy last night? The one I booked last night was your girl No. 9, the new Thai girl!"

"Oh, come on, be gentle. Walls have ears! Brothers, it's better for us to know what happened last night. Don't just go out and brag about it. It won't have a good impact!"

"Oh, boss, it's normal for men to go to Geylang to have fun, okay?"

"Damn, you can only do this kind of thing but not talk about it. If you talk about it, you will get a bad reputation!"

Zhou Haitao is very taboo. Recently, he is planning to pursue several girls assigned to their QA department.

While he was talking, beep, beep, beep, the dormitory phone suddenly rang.

"Afan, there is a beautiful woman looking for you!" Zhou Haitao said after picking up the phone.

Looking for me? It's strange, usually few people would look for me, and she's still a girl.

Li Xiaofan picked up the phone and asked: "Hello, who is this?"

"Are you Li Xiaofan who called just now and wanted to rent a house?"

Oh, it turns out to be the girl who placed the rental advertisement in the newspaper just now.

"Well, I am!"

"In this case, we sisters have discussed it and want to ask you for an interview, and then we can consider whether to rent it to you, okay?"

"Yes, of course!"

"Is it convenient for you to come over to our townhouse now?"

"Of course it's convenient!"

"Okay, I'll tell you the address. Our terrace house is at No. 47-5 Changi Esplanade. How long does it take for you to arrive?"

"Soon, I'll be here at Orchid Flower Village HDB. I can be there in ten minutes!"

"Okay, then we'll wait for you!"

"Okay, see you in ten minutes!"

After Li Xiaofan hung up the phone, Atan, who had been sleeping on the sofa, got up and said, "Brother Fan, do you have a girlfriend?"

"No, they are just ordinary friends..." Li Xiaofan didn't want to explain too much for the time being.

"Oh, I'm in a hurry to see you again in ten minutes. We're just friends! No wonder you didn't go to Geylang with us last night. It turns out you have a friend!"

"Yeah, Affan, she's awesome! When did you pick up this girl? How many of you should I introduce to my brothers?" A few roommates nearby also joked.

"Haha, you all think too much. I'll tell you what happened later. I'm leaving first, 88"

"Oh shit, Afan, that's not fun!"

Atan called from behind: "Brother Fan, do you want condoms? Brother, I have several boxes of the thinnest Okamoto condoms on earth!"

"Haha, keep it for yourself!"

"Brother, take it easy, don't get too excited and cause trouble!"

…

It's very close from Li Xiaofan's dormitory in Orchid Flower Village to the Changi Esplanade terrace house.

Li Xiaofan walked slowly along Changi Beach and arrived at the terraced house at 47-5 Changi Marina Avenue in seven or eight minutes.

Although the townhouse looks a bit old, probably built in the 1950s or 1960s, it has a two-and-a-half-storey layout, but it faces Changi Beach and is hidden among a forest of Indian rosewood and ashwood trees. Quiet, fresh air, elegant environment, very suitable for living.

The fragrant gray lily tree, also known as gray lily, blooms twice a year. The flowers are milky white and gradually turn yellow as the tree grows older. Its fragrance is particularly strong at night. Its fruit matures into small red berries, which are commonly eaten by birds and fruit bats. The Singaporean ash tree is also printed on the $5 banknote.

Now the milky white flowers of these ashwood trees are in full bloom, fragrant. There is also an exquisite small garden on the first floor of the townhouse, where various flowers and plants such as Lagerstroemia indica, orchid, and campanula are in full bloom. The birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. It is so beautiful.

Seeing this small garden, Li Xiaofan felt that he already fell in love with this house.

"Ding dong" Li Xiaofan pressed the doorbell.

"Coming!"

Following a crisp female voice, a girl wearing a white T-shirt, denim shorts and flip-flops came out of the townhouse.

Listening to the voice, Li Xiaofan felt that it was the girl on the phone just now.

The girl's skin is very white and smooth, she is about 1.68 meters tall, has a tall figure, and has black hair. From her dress, temperament and skin, she looks like a girl from mainland China.

"Are you Li Xiaofan?" the girl asked, looking at Li Xiaofan outside in the yard.

"Yeah! Yes."

…

"Come on, come in!"

The girl looked at Li Xiaofan from head to toe for a few seconds, then opened the iron gate outside.

It seemed that she had passed the first interview.

Li Xiaofan felt that if his appearance was too bad, he might not even be able to enter this iron gate.

After the girl welcomed Li Xiaofan into the living room on the first floor, she introduced herself:

"Come, sit down, let me meet you, my name is Guo Hanyue!"

After the girl named Guo Hanyue invited him to sit in the living room, she took out a bottle of iced mineral water from the refrigerator and handed it to Li Xiaofan.

"Thank you!"

"Mengchen, that Li Xiaofan is here!"

"Oh, here he comes!"

After Guo Hanyue shouted, another girl named Liu Mengchen came down from upstairs.

Liu Mengchen was a little shorter than Guo Hanyue, and her skin was a little darker than Guo Hanyue. She looked like she had just taken a shower, her hair was still wet, and she still smelled a little bit of shower gel and shampoo.

Liu Mengchen's skin is a bit like the locals, wheat-colored and very slim, while Guo Hanyue has a plump figure and white skin.

Li Xiaofan felt that the two of them were like two black and white roses, and suddenly thought of a recently popular movie by Eileen Chang, "Red Rose and White Rose".

Then the two black and white roses sat opposite Li Xiaofan and began to examine him.

This situation felt a bit like two examiners interviewing rookies.

After Li Xiaofan carefully looked at the two girls in front of him, he discovered a secret. Both girls had big bags under their eyes, sleepy eyes, and looked a little weak. And judging from the interview time he had arranged, if he guessed correctly, they probably worked late at night and had not yet adjusted to the time difference, just like himself when he first arrived in Singapore.