"What would you like to eat, sister-in-law? I'll have the kitchen prepare it right away."
"No trouble at all. I have an appointment to go out to dinner with your brother later. Actually, there's something I'm not quite sure about, and since I'm nearby, I thought I'd come and ask."
"Ask me anything, sister-in-law."
"Here's the thing, I checked my account a couple of days ago and found that three months' rent hasn't arrived. Your brother didn't explain it to me clearly. I don't know if you told him or if the money was transferred to another account?"
Sun Tianming was taken aback. In fact, he had never paid the rent on time. At first, he would pay a week or two late, but when he found that Ren Jin had not contacted him, he kept delaying. So when he saw Gu Yueji, he did not expect that she had come to collect the rent.
"Oh dear, look at my memory. My wife has always been the one sending money to my brother. She went back to her parents' house for the past two months, and I completely forgot. I'll call her right now and have her send the money." As he spoke, he took out his phone to make a call. Gu Yueji smiled and didn't say anything, and she couldn't hear what was being said on the other end of the line. She only saw Sun Tianming complain a couple of times, telling his wife to send the money quickly, before hanging up.
"Sister-in-law, you flatter me. There's nothing I can do; my wife controls the finances in our family."
Gu Yueji chimed in, "Only a capable man would hand over his money to his wife to manage."
"Yes, yes, look how well my brother married such a wonderful wife, she takes care of everything for him."
"No, I don't know either, that's why I thought I'd come and ask, so as not to cause any misunderstanding between you and your brother."
"No, that's not true. Sister-in-law, when are you and my brother going to have dinner? I've never invited you and my brother to dinner before."
"Your brother told me before that your family's food is really delicious, so we'll come another day. I'll be leaving now."
"Okay, sister-in-law, take care."
Gu Yueji turned to leave when an auntie pushed the door open and came in.
Upon seeing Aunt Gu Yueji, he immediately struck up a friendly conversation, "Young lady, you look like someone of high status. Are you the owner here?"
"Auntie, you've got the wrong person. I'm the landlord here, and this is the owner."
Sun Tianming immediately came over to greet her, "Auntie, would you like to eat? Please come in and have a seat."
The aunt pulled Gu Yueji aside, saying, "I'm not here to eat. My son wants to open a shop around here, so I thought I'd come and ask around. Girl, you're the landlord, that's perfect. I wanted to ask you how much the rent is for this shop per month?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Tianming was about to send them away when Gu Yueji answered first, "5,000 yuan a month."
The auntie's eyes widened immediately, and she gestured with five fingers, "Only 5,000? How can it be so cheap? I just asked around, and they were all over 20,000!"
The aunt's exaggerated expression made Gu Yueji want to laugh, but she could only hold back and play along, "20,000 a month?"
“Yes, 20,000 is the lowest price. Your shop has a good location and a large area, how come it's only 5,000?” As she spoke, she pulled Gu Yueji and said, “Why don’t you rent it to me? I’ll give you 20,000.”
Gu Yueji pretended to be taken aback again, "That won't do, the owner of this shop is my husband's friend."
The aunt glanced at Sun Tianming and said, "I think even if you treat him as a friend, they might not treat you as one."
Sun Tianming got impatient. "What are you talking about! If you're not here to eat, then get out of here. What are you doing asking all this questions?"
The aunt raised her voice even louder, "Am I not telling the truth? You're obviously taking advantage of me. Girl, rent it to me, and I'll give you 22,000 yuan."
“Mr. Sun is my husband’s friend. My husband hasn’t asked about the rent for this shop, but he said that Mr. Sun is an honest man and he won’t let him suffer a loss,” Gu Yueji turned to look at Sun Tianming, “Mr. Sun, don’t you think so?”
Sun Tianming smiled awkwardly, "Yes, we can't let my brother and sister-in-law suffer a loss."
The aunt looked around the shop and said, "How can this not be a loss? The shop is so big, I don't think it's enough to cover the loan payments. How about you rent it to me for 22,000 yuan, and I'll give you a year's rent in advance? You'll earn more than 10,000 yuan more a month than you are now."
"This..." Gu Yueji pretended to be in a dilemma.
Seeing that Gu Yueji hesitated, Sun Tianming quickly said, "Sister-in-law, it's like this. I've been renting this place from you for a while now, and I didn't know the rent had gone up so much. How about this, starting next month I'll give you 20,000 yuan in rent, and I'll have my wife transfer the money to you on time every month."
"If your brother finds out, he'll scold me."
"No, no, I should thank you and my brother for helping me so much and renting it to me at such a low price."
"Then I'll go back and discuss it with your brother first."
"No need to discuss it anymore, it's settled then. I'll transfer six months' rent to your account today."
Gu Yueji went along with it, saying, "Since Mr. Sun insists so much, I'll go back and draft a new rental contract. That way, it'll be better for both of us to have it in writing."
Sun Tianming forced a smile, knowing in his heart that he would not only be unable to take advantage of Ren Jin in the future, but would also have to pay rent on time. But all he could say was, "Okay, sister-in-law, no problem."
After returning home, Gu Yueji told Ren Jin the whole story. Ren Jin praised his wife for being capable and said that she had actually found actors to cooperate with her performance without inviting him to watch, which was a pity given the performance fee. This made Gu Yueji laugh uncontrollably.
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