Chapter 16 - Landlord and TenantSu Jingrou"s house was bought after she graduated and fought for five or six years in Tianhai City. A two-bedroom house that was a hundred square meters, and it did not look big, but in Tianhai City, a place where every inch of land was worth millions of gold. Many people, after struggling for their entire lives, could not even afford such a house.
The decorations of the house couldn"t be considered high-end, but it was the type of house that belonged to someone. It looked very warm and comfortable, no matter how one looked at it or lived in it.
Xiang Yang sat on the sofa holding a cup of hot water that Su Jingrou had poured for him. While touching his lips and feeling the fragrance that lingered around his lips, it made him extremely intoxicated.
At this moment, Su Jingrou"s face was flushed red, she was holding a mop in her hands, bent down to clean up the bloodstains on the ground. If one were to pay close attention, they would notice that she was boiling hot all over, her heartbeat has quickened, "I actually, couldn"t resist kissing him."
Just a moment ago, when Zheng Jian limped away, Su Jingrou was so excited that she accidentally gave Xiang Yang a peck on his lips. Although she was the one who took the initiative, she was still in a surging mood and could not stop.
Xiang Yang saw that Su Jingrou was busy cleaning but he himself was only sitting there and felt very bad. He hurriedly got up and walked over, "Let me clean."
"How can I do that? How can I let you do this kind of thing? It"s fine, take a rest first. I"ll clean this area out for a bit." When Su Jingrou heard Xiang Yang"s voice, she was shocked, and immediately lowered her head, not daring to look at Xiang Yang.
Her face was still flushed red, she did not dare to raise her head and look straight at Xiang Yang.
"But, as a man, I can"t possibly let a weak girl like you mop the floor here while I sit here and rest. Come, come, let me do it. You go rest."
Seeing that the blood on the ground was from him beating Zheng Jian, Xiang Yang felt more and more embarra.s.sed, and without saying a word, he s.n.a.t.c.hed the mop away from Su Jingrou"s hands.
"Aiya, you …"
Su Jingrou was helpless, she could only sit down on the sofa, at this time, her expression became tranquil, quietly watching Xiang Yang mop the floor, millions of thoughts running through her mind.
In just a short hour, too many things had happened. From the issuance of the rent advertis.e.m.e.nt to Xiang Yang"s appearance, Zheng Jian"s shameless actions during this period almost made Su Jingrou lose hope in this world while Xiang Yang"s appearance on the scene also let her know that there were still good people in this world.
"He looks really good."
Su Jingrou couldn"t help but laugh when she saw Xiang Yang"s bent over and dragging the ground. Maybe having a roommate like this was a good choice.
She had always been a woman with her own will. Since young, many things that could be accomplished by herself, had always been accomplished by herself, and she never thought that she would need the support of a man. But this time, Xiang Yang"s appearance actually caused some changes in her unwavering heart and made her feel a sense of security from Xiang Yang"s body.
"Alright."
Not long later, Xiang Yang returned the mop back to its place and sat on the sofa opposite Su Jingrou. He said while grinning: "About this … Look, the work is done. Shouldn"t we come over to discuss the matter of renting the house? "
"Ah …"
Su Jingrou came back to reality and immediately replied: "Logically speaking, you just saved me, I should have immediately agreed to it. However, I still want to know about your situation. You can also get to know me, and then we can talk about renting a house. "
"Yes, yes."
Xiang Yang was not angry at all but instead started to introduce himself, "My name is Xiang Yang, twenty-six years old, unmarried, and I just returned from abroad. Today, I have just become the cla.s.s teacher and physical education teacher for Tianhai First High School"s Cla.s.s 32, and because I have just returned from abroad and my family is not in the Tianhai, I anxiously look for a place to stay."
Of course, he was too embarra.s.sed to tell the landlord that he had been put in small shoes because he had offended the managing director on his first day at work. As a result, he had no dormitory to live in and could only look for a room to stay in.
"h.e.l.lo, Xiang Yang. I never thought that you would already be returning from overseas at such a young age. Furthermore, you"re a teacher at Tianhai First High School.
I am Su Jingrou, and currently, I am working at home. I am two years older than you, and also unmarried, so I really have to thank you for what happened just now. If it wasn"t for you, even if I were to die, no one would even know. "
"I will call you Sister Rou." Xiang Yang immediately held onto Su Jingrou"s tender and white hands and released them after a while. His face had an embarra.s.sed look, "Sister Rou, do you think we can settle the matter of renting a house now?"
"You already called me Sister Rou, how could I possibly have a reason to not take you as a tenant?" Su Jingrou"s face revealed a bright smile.
"Ha, thank you Sister Rou, you are so kind." Xiang Yang was extremely pleased. As expected, this is the first thing no matter what; the most precious thing he did was to be more diligent when meeting her. He had just helped to clean the floor, and the housing issue was solved in an instant.
"The rent is two thousand a month, three months" rent at once, and the water and electricity bills are also calculated …"
Xiang Yang still remembered it clearly. However, when he reached into the small bag on his body to take out the money, he was immediately stunned, "c.r.a.p, today, when I went out to play with Sun Qingya, I accidentally used up all the tens of thousands of yuan on me. Now that I only have a few hundred yuan left, how can I pay the rent?"
Xiang Yang once again took his hand out from his backpack, and said to Su Jingrou with an embarra.s.sed smile: "This, Sister Rou, can I discuss a matter with you?
"Tell me what it is." Su Jingrou looked at the man in front of him curiously.
"Rent Cough cough … Can you wait for my salary to be paid?" Xiang Yang carefully looked at Su Jingrou, afraid that she would not agree, and immediately continued: "Don"t worry, I will immediately pay the rent next month, and there will be no errors. I can help you do housework, and I can also look after the house, and I can do all sorts of things."
Su Jingrou didn"t know whether to laugh or cry as she looked at the man in front of him. With this point, even if this man wanted to exempt himself from the rent, she wouldn"t be able to say no.
"This... Sister Rou, how about I write a promissory note?" Xiang Yang thought that Su Jingrou wasn"t going to agree, so he quickly patted his chest and promised.
Su Jingrou endured laughing and did not speak. She continued to look at Xiang Yang, wanting to see what this interesting fellow would say next.
"Is this not enough?" "Ai, how about …"
"Goo …"
Xiang Yang had not even finished speaking when a strange voice came out from her stomach. Su Jingrou"s face instantly flushed red from embarra.s.sment, and with a roll of his eyeb.a.l.l.s, he hurriedly said. "I"ll go cook for Sister Rou."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for Su Jingrou to speak, he rushed into the kitchen and opened the fridge only to find noodles, tomatoes, and eggs. Other than that, the fridge was empty, with nothing else to cook.
"Give me a bowl of tomato and egg noodles."
Xiang Yang began to busy himself as she stared at the figure that was busy in the kitchen with an expression of disbelief, "Does he really know how to cook?"
Her parents were both teachers and she was the only daughter of the family. Her parents doted on her so much that, at the age of twenty-eight, she didn"t even know how to cook, and when she lived alone, she only knew how to cook the simplest of tomato and egg noodles. In her opinion, cooking was the most difficult thing in the world, but this tenant she just met, a grown man, actually knew how to cook.
"Come, come, come. Let"s try out the tomato and egg noodles. Because there aren"t enough ingredients, we can only casually cook a bowl of noodles." After a while, Xiang Yang walked out with two big bowls of tomato and egg noodles.
"It smells so good."
Su Jingrou took a deep breath and immediately felt that this bowl of tomato and egg noodles was much more fragrant than the one she cooked.
"Eat while it"s hot."
Xiang Yang laughed complacently. As the saying goes, to capture a woman"s heart, one must first grasp the stomach of the other party. He did not wish for this bowl of tomato and egg noodles to capture the heart of the beautiful and mature landlord, but to be able to get the other party to agree to delay his payment of the rent was enough.
10 minutes later, Su Jingrou and Xiang Yang finished eating the noodles at the same time. Su Jingrou rubbed her stomach that was a little swollen, with a satisfied expression on her face, "It"s really too delicious, I finally understand the difference between cooking and not cooking. The same tomato and egg noodles, the same ingredients, the taste is completely different."
"Ha, you just have to master the heat." Seeing that his bowl of tomato and egg noodles had worked, Xiang Yang was elated. He decided to be diligent again and stood up to put away the bowls of the two people and walked into the kitchen.
"I"ll wash the dishes." Su Jingrou immediately said.
"It"s nothing, it"s just two bowls. I"ll be fine." With an honest smile on his face, Xiang Yang started to wash the dishes.
"How can you be like this? I"ll be embarra.s.sed. You"re already busy cooking noodles, and now you still have to wash the dishes. Isn"t this a bit too tiring?" Su Jingrou"s face revealed an embarra.s.sed look.
"Sister Rou, you rest for a while. I"ll be done soon." As Xiang Yang said this, he started to busy himself in the kitchen. He thought complacently in his heart, with this, he should be able to delay the payment of the rent for a month now. Tsk tsk, I"m really too smart.
Just as Xiang Yang thought, Su Jingrou was moved by Xiang Yang. After resting for a while, she entered her room and wrote out a rental contract and used a ready-made printer to print it out.
When Xiang Yang walked out of the kitchen after finishing his work, she held onto the two contracts that she had just printed out and handed them over to Xiang Yang, "Look at the contracts, if there are no problems, then sign them."
Xiang Yang skimmed through ten lines of the contract and immediately revealed a happy expression. Other than the necessary clauses on the contract, the thing that made him the happiest was the words written on the contract. If there were financial difficulties, he could pay the rent half a year later.
Xiang Yang was afraid that Su Jingrou would go back on her words; hence he hurriedly signed his name on the letter.
"Alright, from now on, we will officially start living together." Xiang Yang had a brilliant smile on his face.
"Who"s living with you?" Su Jingrou"s face immediately flushed red. "Living together", why did that word make her heart race?
"Hehe, it"s the relationship between landlord and tenant." Xiang Yang snickered.
Su Jingrou rolled her eyes at him, "Come, let me bring you to your room."
Su Jingrou brought Xiang Yang to his room. The room was not big, it was only a dozen or so meters in size, but there were a bed, table, wardrobe, etc.
"I just cleaned the room today, so there"s no need to tidy it up. I have a new set of quilts that can be used by you." As Su Jingrou said that, he pointed to the top layer of the wardrobe, "Go and get it yourself."
"Great."
Xiang Yang felt that the effect of his bowl of tomato and egg noodles was extremely good. Not only did he avoid the water and electricity charges, but he could also pay the rent slowly. However, when he proudly took down the full set of quilts, his face immediately turned bitter. This set of quilts was made in pink, no matter how you looked at it, it was for the exclusive use of girls. A man like him to use pink bedclothes, this … It seems a little … Not so good.
"What? Are you looking down on my blanket?" Su Jingrou held back her laughter and purposely revealed a look of dissatisfaction.
"No, no, I was just moved. Thank you, Sister Rou."
There was no other way, people under the same roof had no choice but to lower their heads to the owner, furthermore, the money in his pocket was not enough to buy a complete set of bedding, Xiang Yang could only use this set of blankets.
"Alright, it"s getting late. Let"s rest. Good night." Su Jingrou helped Xiang Yang make the bed before leaving.
"What a considerate landlord."
At night, Xiang Yang lay on his bed and thought back to what happened in Su Jingrou"s house. He felt a little pleased and looked forward to it a little because, with such a beautiful and mature landlord, his future life would be much better. Tsk tsk, the legendary life of living together had started just like this, it came so suddenly, and yet it made people so excited.
At the same time, in the room next to Xiang Yang, Su Jingrou"s mood was the same, as images of Xiang Yang constantly surfaced in her mind. She was actually looking forward to meeting him again on the second day.