Liu Yan nodded obediently.
The two of them walked and chatted.
"By the way, are you planning to live here permanently?" Lu Yuan asked casually.
Actually, he had his own thoughts. After all, as a researcher from Yanjing, he couldn't stay here forever. Lu Yuan wanted to know how Liu Yan left. Did she take a private plane or use some other means of transportation?
Liu Yan hadn't expected Lu Yuan's words to have such a deeper meaning, and casually said, "I can't leave here for the time being. It just so happens that my superiors informed me that I need to stay here to assist the research institute in handing over its work. At least I've made a trip. I'll be staying here for the next while, and I'll leave when I have the opportunity later."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan felt a pang of sadness. He had wanted to hitch a ride with them to leave, but it seemed the other person had a mission to complete and wouldn't be able to leave anytime soon, which left Lu Yuan feeling quite disappointed.
The two walked around for a while longer and looked at several houses. They felt that the environment here was much better than that of the outer city. Liu Yan didn't have many requirements for the environment here. She nodded repeatedly after looking at several houses, which made the landlord want to take the keys and the contract to sign immediately. However, Liu Yan did not agree, which made the other party quite embarrassed.
After visiting several houses, Lu Yuan's phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the two remaining phone numbers and saw that it was Hei Zi calling.
"Lu Yuan, have you arrived yet?"
"We're here! I've been waiting for you for ages. I'm with Liu Yan right now, looking at houses in Future City on Fifth Avenue!"
"Good grief, you're so unscrupulous! I was the one who liked this girl first, how come she's with you!"
Lu Yuan quickly covered the microphone, glanced at Liu Yan beside him, and realized that she didn't seem to notice his voice on the phone. So he muttered under his breath, "Stop talking nonsense and come over here right now. Where is the house you found for me?"
After saying that, he hung up the phone. A short while later, Hei Zi rode over from a distance on an electric scooter.
Seeing Hei Zi approach, Lu Yuan quickly waved to him. At that moment, Liu Yan was negotiating the price with a landlord next to her. Seeing that he couldn't leave, Lu Yuan could only apologize and quickly go to greet Hei Zi.
As they approached, Hei Zi got off his electric scooter, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and chuckled, "You're really dishonest, aren't you? The girl I had my eye on first just left with you!"
Lu Yuan snapped out of his daze, glanced at Liu Yan who was still arguing with the landlord in the distance, and said to Hei Zi, "Don't talk nonsense, it was just a chance encounter!"
"By the way, what's she doing here? Is she renting a place too?"
Lu Yuan nodded: "Yes, she'll be staying here for a while, so she's planning to rent a place here. By the way, why are you asking this?"
"Where did she rent? She's not really planning to rent in this neighborhood, is she?"
Lu Yuan looked back at Liu Yan in the distance, who seemed to have already picked up a pen and signed a rental contract with a landlord.
"It looks like it's been rented!"
After a moment of silence, Kuroko suddenly spoke up: "By the way, do you need a roommate? I'm the best at cleaning!"
Lu Yuan was speechless: "Could you be any more flamboyant?!"
A greedy glint flashed in Hei Zi's eyes as he looked at Liu Yan's retreating figure in the distance: "Bro, I'm in love! Seriously, I fell for this girl at first sight. You can't take her from me!"
Upon hearing his words, Lu Yuan immediately rolled his eyes: "You're just lusting after her body, aren't you? What love at first sight? I think you're just lusting after her!"
Hei Zi coughed twice, then casually waved his hand: "Forget about love at first sight or lust at first sight, I'm just interested in this girl. So what? Let's go see where she lives!"
So the two walked towards Liu Yan. When Liu Yan saw Hei Zi and Lu Yuan coming into the shop, she showed a hint of apology on her face.
"I'm so sorry, I've already rented an apartment. It's on the second floor of Unit 2, Building 6! Here's my phone number. I'll come find you for dinner sometime. I have some things to do today, so I'm really sorry, I probably can't have dinner with you!"
Seeing the hint of apology in Liu Yan's eyes, Lu Yuan smiled slightly and said, "It's alright, you go ahead with your work, we can get together another time!"
After speaking, Liu Yan nodded slightly to Lu Yuan, then looked at Hei Zi next to Lu Yuan, smiled politely, and turned to leave.
After seeing Liu Yan's back, Hei Zi suddenly felt a surge of emotion: "Damn it, it's the feeling of being smitten!"
Lu Yuan rolled his eyes: "Are you attracted to someone or something else? Why are your hands so restless? What are you putting in your crotch?!"
"That's not important. What's important is whether I still have a chance!"
After joking around for a while, Hei Zi led Lu Yuan and the other two towards Building 9, which was located not far from Building 6, about two or three hundred meters away.
Once inside Building 9, Hei Zi made a phone call to the owner, and then the two went upstairs to the third floor.
After a few gentle knocks on the door, it opened quickly, and a middle-aged man came out.
The other party was clearly the owner of the house. Upon seeing Hei Zi and Lu Yuan enter, they immediately asked, "Was it you who made the call just now?"
Hei Zi quickly nodded: "That's right, my brother is looking to rent a place, so let's take a look!"
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