Essence The Story of the Cockroach and the Handsome Guy

1\ The little cockroach was lying on the bowl cabinet, stealing food.\ The handsome guy hummed a little tune while washing the dishes, hm hm, clang clang.\ Are the dishes really so pleasant when the handsome guy washes them? The little cockroach loved everything about him; whatever he did looked good.\ The little cockroach's small, dark face turned red.\ 2\ The little cockroach was just over one year old and had moved to this household three months ago.\ There was no choice; the poison at the previous house was too strong, and it killed its sister instantly.\ The little cockroach was very sad, watching its sister wrapped in a tissue and thrown into the trash can.\ The little cockroach never dared to steal food at that house again. Hungry, it escaped and came to the handsome guy's home.\ The handsome guy was easygoing and too lazy to buy cockroach poison. The handsome guy's mom once came to help sprinkle poison, not knowing it was all expired.\ The handsome guy wasn't afraid of cockroaches at all. So the little cockroach stayed.\ 3\ The little cockroach sneaked to the trash under the sink to eat some expired bread.\ The bread the handsome guy bought was egg and milk flavored, which the little cockroach really liked—sweet and delicious.\ There was no cockroach poison in the handsome guy's kitchen.\ The little cockroach felt very happy.\ But the handsome guy took out the trash very often; if it didn't eat fast, the food would disappear quickly.\ The handsome guy really did care about cleanliness.\ The little cockroach felt sad, thinking that the clean-loving handsome guy wouldn't like a dirty little cockroach.\ 4\ The handsome guy turned on the TV and watched a program, watching intently with drool splashing.\ Do all handsome guys watch soccer like this? thought the little cockroach silently, and it climbed behind the TV stand to continue watching him secretly.\ It was already dark outside, and the handsome guy was staying up late again.\ Don't catch a cold, handsome guy lacking sleep. The little cockroach worriedly twitched its antennae.\ 5\ The handsome guy got up during the break in the match to go to the bathroom.\ The little cockroach followed, peeking through the door crack, blushing and running away.\ So big >o\ The handsome guy washed his hands, put a bag in the microwave, and soon took out popcorn from it.\ Again, egg and milk flavored—he really loved egg and milk.\ 6\ The little cockroach was mesmerized watching the handsome guy shouting loudly and accidentally revealed a pair of tiny antennae beside the TV stand.\ Just at that moment, the handsome guy happened to notice them.\ The little cockroach was so scared it turned and ran towards the kitchen.The handsome guy was startled, grabbed a slipper, and threw it, hitting the little cockroach and breaking three of its legs.
The little cockroach used its remaining little legs to cover its eyes and curled up into a ball.
It hurt so much.

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With nothing pressing down on its legs, the little cockroach peeked out from between its legs.
The handsome guy was holding up the slipper, aiming at the little cockroach, hesitating whether to strike.
The little cockroach struggled to get up, dragging its broken legs and scampering away.
The handsome guy behind didn't chase it.

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The little cockroach hid in the cupboard, too scared to go out.
Its stomach growled, but the handsome guy was still outside watching a game, and the trash can was empty, so there was no way to sneak food.
Although the little cockroach was used to going hungry, an empty stomach was still very uncomfortable, bringing back memories of fearful days at its previous home.
Since coming to the handsome guy's house, it had never gone hungry.
The little cockroach touched its flattened little belly and looked at its broken leg.
Its nose tingled with sadness.

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The little cockroach heard the handsome guy turn off the TV, getting ready for bed.
After the lights went out, the little cockroach quietly crawled out of the cupboard, limping into the living room.
There, it found a few pieces of popcorn on the floor, all smelling like egg and milk.
Also with the scent of the handsome guy's fingers.
The little cockroach happily climbed onto the popcorn—it was what the handsome guy had dropped.

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The handsome guy went in and out of the kitchen many times every day, cooking, washing dishes, and getting snacks.
The food he made smelled really good. The little cockroach loved sneaking bites of the leftovers.
But unfortunately, the leftover food was all cold.
The little cockroach longed to sit at the table and eat the hot dishes the handsome guy served, just like the girls who often came over.

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The handsome guy picked up a piece of egg and milk cake and said, “Ah—open wide~”
The girl opened her mouth, and the handsome guy fed her the cake. She smiled happily.
The little cockroach hid in the corner, watching with envy.
It also wanted the handsome guy to feed it cake.
However, although the handsome guy didn't feed it cake, he did hit it with a slipper.
The handsome guy never hit the girls with a slipper.
The little cockroach felt proud of itself, thinking that whatever the handsome guy didn't do to the girls, he did to it.

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After finishing his meal, the handsome guy picked at his teeth with a toothpick and tossed the toothpick into a bowl.The handsome guy carried the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen, and the little cockroach slipped behind the pipes, hiding there to watch the handsome guy.\ The handsome guy didn't wash the dishes immediately; he took a drink from the fridge and went to accompany the beautiful woman.\ The little cockroach thought, probably the handsome guy and the beautiful woman kissed.\ The little cockroach climbed onto the cutting board and stood next to the bowls and chopsticks the handsome guy had just brought back.\13\ The little cockroach climbed into the bowl and pulled out the toothpick the handsome guy had used.\ The little cockroach, heave-ho heave-ho, held up the toothpick and stabbed it into a piece of cake crumb.\ The little cockroach turned the toothpick towards its little mouth and fed the cake crumb into its mouth.\ The little cockroach closed its eyes thinking, this feels like the handsome guy is feeding it cake.\ The little cockroach smiled happily.\14\ The little cockroach was eating deliciously, not expecting that the handsome guy and the beautiful woman would suddenly come into the kitchen.\ The beautiful woman, holding an empty drink bottle, saw the little cockroach and let out a loud scream.\ The little cockroach got so scared that it dropped the toothpick and fled desperately, while the handsome guy swung a slipper behind it to drive it away.\ Can't go back into the cupboard, or it will be trapped in there and killed.\ The little cockroach, in a frantic panic, climbed onto the kitchen window and escaped through the open window gap.\15\ The handsome guy looked at the window and said, scared you, it's that cockroach again.\ The beautiful woman said, hurry and wash the dishes, it's attracting bugs.\ The handsome guy looked at the window and said, I remember this cockroach, I caught it in the living room before.\ The beautiful woman said, impossible, all bugs look the same.\ The handsome guy looked at the window and said, do you think it will fall? Do you think it will die from the fall?\ The beautiful woman said, why do you keep talking about that bug?\16\ The little cockroach lay outside the window, its tiny legs gripping the building's walls.\ The little cockroach felt something wet spinning in its eyes.\ It had been driven out of the house and now had no home.\ The little cockroach really liked this home, and the carefree handsome guy inside it.\ The little cockroach cried sadly.\17\ Night fell, and winter nights were very cold.\ The little cockroach shivered outside the window, but couldn't bear to leave the house it was used to living in.\ The little cockroach clung to the window, peeking inside, and warm creamy yellow lights lit up the room.\ The little cockroach looked on enviously as the beautiful woman ate the dinner the handsome guy had made with his own hands.The little cockroach stared blankly at the handsome guy and beautiful girl kissing, while the cold wind blew fiercely behind it.
So cold, it's freezing.
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The little cockroach pressed against the window glass, still not wanting to crawl away.
The window glass was completely transparent, and the handsome guy's figure was very clear.
The little cockroach watched and watched, as if it had already passed through the glass and was sitting next to the handsome guy.
The little cockroach smiled foolishly.
A layer of mist gradually covered the glass, obscuring the handsome guy in the fog.
So the little cockroach could no longer see the handsome guy, only a vague human figure floating in the hazy view.
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After a long time, the handsome guy saw the beautiful girl out the door, watching her walk away.
He closed the door and walked to the window, seeing the beautiful girl follow the little path downstairs on her way home.
The living room window, the bedroom window, the kitchen window—the beautiful girl passed by each one.
The handsome guy opened the kitchen window, stuck his head out, and shouted, Be careful on the dark road.
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The little cockroach was dizzy from the cold, and it heard the handsome guy's voice.
As the handsome guy was about to close the window, he looked down and saw the nearly frozen little cockroach.
He stared at it blankly, then hesitated for a moment, and opened the window wider.
The little cockroach opened its eyes in delight, feeling the warmth coming through the window.
The little cockroach wobbled and crawled into the room through the open window gap.
Looking at the kitchen light, the little cockroach thought happily, I'm home.
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The handsome guy closed the window properly and walked out of the kitchen.
The little cockroach lay weakly on the windowsill, wishing the handsome guy would stay with it.
But it had no strength to get up, so it just sprawled there.
After a while, the handsome guy came back and pushed a piece of custard cookie in front of the little cockroach.
The little cockroach looked at the cookie, then looked at the handsome guy, and was stunned.
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The handsome guy said, You might as well stay, poor thing, but no crawling all over the place.
He said, I'll share a bit of my food with you, but don't bring any friends.
He said, I really can't do anything about you, no matter how I try to chase you away.
He said, You clingy little bug, do you understand?
He said, Eat the cookie… are you smirking? How can a cockroach smirk.
He said, Hey, little fool, you laughed through your tears.23
The handsome guy's home was still clean and tidy, with no trash and no cockroach poison.
Every morning before going to work, the handsome guy would leave a piece of egg custard cookie on the kitchen cutting board.
Every night when he came home from work, the egg custard cookie would be gone.
The handsome guy would look at the crumbs on the cutting board, then look up at the pair of small antennae that had just withdrawn into the cabinet gaps.
The handsome guy chuckled, a very handsome laugh.

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The little cockroach dragged a napkin, huffing and puffing, helping the handsome guy sweep the cutting board.
The handsome guy walked into the kitchen and tapped the little cockroach's head with his pinky.
The handsome guy said, are you doing housework?
The handsome guy pointed under the cabinet, saying, look, you didn't clean up the cookie crumbs you left yesterday.
The little cockroach blushed, hugged the handsome guy's pinky, rubbed against it, and ran off dragging the napkin.
The handsome guy said, what a strange little bug.

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Spring had arrived, and the little cockroach watched the peach blossoms bloom through the window.
The handsome guy took an egg custard cookie from the food cabinet, dressed in a sharp suit.
He announced, I got a promotion, have two pieces of egg custard cookie.
The little cockroach lay on the cookie, looking up at the handsome guy, wagging its tiny antennae and blinking its shiny black eyes.
The handsome guy said, are you acting cute?

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The handsome guy invited a beautiful woman to celebrate his promotion.
The little cockroach hid under the table, eating the egg custard cookie he gave it.
The beautiful woman's high heels sparkled. The little cockroach really wanted to sit with the handsome guy like her.
The little cockroach heard squeaky sounds and suddenly felt very wronged.
The little cockroach also wanted a kiss from the handsome guy.

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The handsome guy's mother came to help clean the house, so the handsome guy had to retreat to the study with the little cockroach.
His mother asked, Son, are there usually cockroaches at home?
The handsome guy broke the egg custard cookie into small pieces while saying, no.
His mother asked, Son, do you sprinkle cockroach poison in the kitchen?
The handsome guy handed the small pieces of cookie to the little cockroach and said, yes.
His mother asked, Son, why are there cookie crumbs all around the cabinet?
The handsome guy tapped the little cockroach's head and quietly scolded it: you little rascal, eating and not cleaning up.28 The house was too hot in summer. The little cockroach was held by the handsome guy by its tiny antennae and brought into the bedroom. The handsome guy spread a tissue on the bedside table. The handsome guy said, 'Sleep here tonight, it's cool here with the air conditioner.' The handsome guy said, 'But you are not allowed to climb onto the bed.' The little cockroach stood on the floor, drooping its little head in disappointment, looking at the handsome guy's toes. The little cockroach thought, the handsome guy still dislikes the dirty little cockroach. 29 The little cockroach climbed to the sink and jumped in. The handsome guy noticed and took the little cockroach out. He said angrily, 'You could drown.' The little cockroach hesitated, using its little paws to touch some water spilled on the edge of the sink, and wiped its little body. The handsome guy said in surprise, 'So you wanted to take a bath.' The little cockroach looked up at the handsome guy while wiping, widening its little shiny black eyes. The little cockroach really wanted to tell the handsome guy, 'I'm not dirty. I want to sleep together with you.' 30 On the day of the beginning of autumn, the handsome guy and the beautiful girl broke up. The handsome guy is a very nice handsome guy, the beautiful girl is a very nice beautiful girl; when they were dating...