As soon as Aunt Zhou finished speaking, Xia Zhiyu blushed and quickly denied it: "No, Aunt Zhou, he...he is not my boyfriend, he is my boss..."
Aunt Zhou raised her head and looked at Su Yang again: "Your boss? This guy is quite handsome, but how can he be your boss when he is so young?"
"Oh, Aunt Zhou, he is really my boss, I don't want to trouble him." Xia Zhiyu glanced at Su Yang awkwardly.
At this time, Aunt Zhou rolled her eyes and continued, "Okay, let's get back to business. If you want to continue living here, it's not impossible, but..."
"But what?"
"You used to pay rent to me quarterly. If you still want to stay here, you have to change it to annual payments. The monthly rent will increase from 500 to 800. I'm not raising it arbitrarily. The houses in this community are priced this way now. If you agree, let's sign the contract now~"
Aunt Zhou finished speaking in one breath, then she took out a ladies' cigarette, lit it and waited for Xia Zhiyu's reply.
Su Yang listened to the conversation between the two silently and thought to himself: "You are just trying to raise the rent. Why are you talking so much?"
However, after hearing what Aunt Zhou said, Xia Zhiyu became a little hesitant. She was already short of money recently, and now the rent was going to increase and become an annual payment.
800 a month is 9,600 a year, and she simply cannot afford to pay so much money at once.
"How about it? If you agree, we can sign the contract right away, but I have to tell you in advance that after signing the contract, you have to pay me one year's rent now. After that, you can live however you want for the next year, and I won't bother you~"
Aunt Zhou exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at Xia Zhiyu with a smile.
Just as Xia Zhiyu hesitated, Su Yang finally spoke.
"Xiao Yu, there's no need to rent. This place is remote and the environment is poor. Four or five hundred yuan a month is acceptable, but you can't find a one-bedroom apartment anywhere for eight hundred yuan."
"But...Brother Su Yang, if I don't rent, I can move out today. It will take me a few days to find a new house. During these few days..."
Su Yang waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry about this. With me here, how can you have no place to live?"
"this..."
Hearing their conversation, Aunt Zhou laughed disdainfully and said, "Oh, young man, you're quite arrogant. What do you mean by this place is remote and the environment is poor? Fine, if you don't like it, then move out immediately and save me the trouble."
Su Yang looked at Aunt Zhou with a smile. He was too lazy to talk to her. Anyway, he was planning to help Xia Zhiyu find a house in the city, and now was the perfect time.
Xia Zhiyu bit her lip and looked at Su Yang who was leaning against the window. Suddenly, she felt a sense of security in her heart.
Although Su Yang only said this to her verbally, she didn't know why she believed Su Yang very much.
[Ding, Xia Zhiyu's favorability towards the host has increased to 60, reward: 2 million]
Hearing the system prompt sound, Su Yang smiled silently without any expression.
After a few seconds of silence, Xia Zhiyu finally finished her thoughts. She took a deep breath, looked up at Aunt Zhou, and said, "Well... okay, I'll pack my things now."
"Hmph, then hurry up and move out today!"
After Aunt Zhou finished speaking, she secretly glared at Su Yang, then she picked up the small bag beside her and stood up to leave.
After everyone left, Xia Zhiyu sighed helplessly.
Su Yang walked over to her and sat down and said, "It's okay, Xiaoyu. I will help you find a way to deal with the house. Just put your mind at ease. Go pack your things first."
"Okay, then Brother Su Yang, I'll pour you a glass of water. Please sit for a while. I'll put it away quickly."
"I'm not going to drink anymore. Go collect your things."
"Okay then~"
Xia Zhiyu agreed and turned to go into the small room next door.
Su Yang sat on the wooden sofa and looked up at the living room. He thought: "This house should be less than 40 square meters, but it looks quite similar to the place I rented before."
"Oh, by the way, isn't Xiaoyu a native of Haicheng? Then why is she renting a house?"
Su Yang thought about it and stood up, walked to the door of the room, glanced at Xia Zhiyu who was bending over to pack her clothes, and asked, "Xiaoyu, I remember you told me last night that you were from Haicheng, right?"
"Yes, Brother Su Yang? What's wrong?"
"Where did you and your grandmother live before?"
Hearing this, Xia Zhiyu paused for a second while packing her clothes, then she whispered, "Live at my uncle's house."
"Your uncle's house?"
"Yeah, we lived with my uncle for a few years, but he sold the house after my grandma passed away."
"What?" Su Yang was stunned and raised his voice slightly, frowning and asking, "He sold the house? Isn't he your uncle? Doesn't that mean he doesn't care about your life or death?"
Xia Zhiyu sighed in frustration. She said flatly, "My parents don't care about me, so why should my uncle care about me? He only let me live with him because of my grandma... If it weren't for my grandma, I would have been homeless long ago."
"Anyway, grandma is the only one who loves me in this world. If she's gone, I'll have no relatives..."
"call."
After Xia Zhiyu finished speaking, Su Yang turned his head and took a deep breath, thinking: "This Xiaoyu is too miserable! Apart from her grandmother, these so-called relatives are really not human beings!"
"Why are all her relatives so cruel to her? But she didn't mention it. I'll ask her when I have the chance."
Just as she was thinking about it, Xia Zhiyu continued, "My grandmother passed away during my senior year of high school, but I was still studying at the time. Our school was a boarding school, so after my uncle sold the house, I still had a place to live in the school."
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