Chapter 14: Our New Home, Baby

The next day was Sunday.

Shen Linglan still got up early, took her ID and bank card and went to the community she had liked yesterday.

She arrived on time, but she didn't expect that the agent and the landlord were already waiting for her.

The owner of the house was a man wearing a sports suit, a mask and a hat. He was a head taller than the agent, and his eagle eyes were squinting at Shen Linglan.

But the magical thing was that Shen Linglan didn't feel like she was being stared at. His gaze seemed only to confirm her existence, without any hint of a male gaze.

"I'm sorry I'm late."

Shen Linglan nodded to them and greeted them.

"No, no, we came too early." The agent gave a simple smile.

The owner of the house also took off his mask. Shen Linglan looked over and found that he was actually a very young boy, who seemed to be only twenty-five or twenty-six years old. His facial features were very distinct and his looks were delicate.

He also nodded at Shen Linglan without saying anything.

When the three were about to go upstairs, they suddenly heard the sound of high heels stepping on the floor in the distance.

The footsteps were hurried, and seemed to be coming towards them.

The three of them stopped walking at the same time and looked at the man.

The visitor was a lady dressed elegantly and wearing sunglasses. From her attire, one could tell she was here to look for the owner of the house.

"Youyou, mom decorated this house so beautifully for you, are you really going to sell it? Where will mom live if you sell the house?"

This attracted the attention of the agent and Shen Linglan. The owner took off his hat and looked at the noble lady helplessly. "Mom, this house was given to me by my grandfather. You asked students to decorate it for graduation. No one has ever lived here."

The agent was relieved to hear this, and then the homeowner said, "You didn't give me a penny to prevent me from going abroad. I bought the house so I wouldn't starve to death abroad."

The noblewoman glanced at the owner of the house in a reproachful manner, then extended her hand to Shen Linglan with a smile, "Hello, you are the girl who is going to buy a house, right? I am Youyou's mother, my name is Ye Chuhua, and Youyou's full name is Liang Youjun."

"Hello."

Shen Linglansi was not at all shy and reached out her hand to the noblewoman Ye Chuhua. The two shook hands and Shen Linglan smiled at her. This noblewoman looked very amiable and even smiled more often than the owner of the house.

The four of them went upstairs together. Ye Chuhua was very enthusiastic and kept asking about Shen Linglan's situation.

"Oh, I like you so much when I see you, Lanlan, can I call you Lanlan?"

"Sure." Shen Linglan had no objection. Ye Chuhua was her elder, so she said he could call her whatever he wanted.

Ye Chuhua then took Shen Linglan's hand and said that Shen Linglan was as kind as the daughter she never had. She even wanted to add Shen Linglan on WeChat, but was stopped by Liang Youjun.

"Mom, you should stop now."

After Shen Linglan signed the contract, she readily transferred the money to Liang Youjun.

The agent who got the contract had a huge smile on his face. This order would earn him a considerable commission.

Shen Linglan returned to the rental house and saw the landlord wandering at the door with two people. He looked anxious and was mumbling something.

Seeing Shen Linglan, the landlord's expression eased a little, but the hostility on his face became even stronger.

"Did you change the locks!?"

Shen Linglan nodded and walked around them, but was grabbed by the landlord, "Did you change the locks with my consent?"

"If I hadn't changed the lock, you would have opened the door and walked in, right?"

The landlord was still saying that he had the right to come in at any time. Shen Linglan did not argue with the landlord, but turned to the couple who came to see the house and said, "With this landlord, do you still dare to rent a house?"

The young couple who were watching the show just came to their senses after hearing this. They shook their heads and said to the landlord, "Sorry, we don't want to watch it anymore."

After saying that, he ran downstairs.

This made the landlord very angry, and he pointed at Shen Linglan and said, "I am the landlord. I have the right to let you move in, and I also have the right to ask you to get out! Get out now, and I will return your deposit and this month's rent to you!"

Is there such a good thing?

Shen Linglan agreed immediately.

The landlord sneered, "What I'm saying is that you must get out before tonight!"

Shen Linglan nodded and immediately contacted a Japanese moving company. They would be responsible for sorting, moving and storage, a one-stop move. Shen Linglan only needed to pay and didn't have to do anything herself.

The landlord watched coldly. He didn't expect Shen Linglan to really move out as she said.

The maximum amount of rent refundable together with the deposit is about fifteen thousand yuan. If she spends it all by staying in a hotel for more than ten days, she estimates that she will have to take time off to find an apartment, which will cost her several days' wages.

I didn't expect Shen Linglan would be willing to gamble on a momentary impulse and lose so much money and time. She is indeed too young.

The landlord felt somewhat proud of being able to cause trouble for the other party. He hummed a song and kept pointing and criticizing when the workers came to help Shen Linglan pack her things and move.

"Hey, be careful not to knock over my stairs. The maintenance cost will be tens of thousands! Even your employer can't afford it!"

"Be careful with that flower. Its leaves are very fragile."

"My door! You almost knocked the paint off it..."

After everything was moved out, Shen Linglan interrupted the landlord's chatter and held out her hand to him, "Here is the rental contract. Please return the deposit and monthly rent to me."

The commotion was quite loud, attracting the attention of some of the tenants living here. Several people living on the first floor opened their doors to watch the excitement, and people coming in and out were watching them from outside the crowd.

Seeing this, the landlord, who had originally wanted to deduct something from the money, stopped wasting time and quickly returned the fifteen hundred yuan to Shen Linglan in cash.

"Here you go! You're just a poor student. This fifteen hundred is enough for half a month's salary, right? You're like a money-guarding dog. Tsk."

The landlord gave the money, but he was somewhat unhappy. He said some sour words and glared at Shen Linglan.

An enthusiastic older sister came up to Shen Linglan and told her that rents were rising and it would be difficult to rent a house if she left this place, and she also told her not to be too impulsive.

Shen Linglan looked around and unexpectedly saw the infertile fat lady from upstairs behind the landlord.

Although she tried to kill her husband in another world, she never hurt Zhao Yunduo, so Shen Linglan never paid much attention to her. Now she looked at her with scrutiny and doubt. Shen Linglan thought for a moment, then suddenly turned to the elder sister who had just spoken to her and said, "The landlord suddenly wants to raise my rent by 30 yuan a month, but I refuse."

The sound was neither loud nor soft, and everyone present heard it.

Thirty bucks! ?

This caused the people present to look at each other and discuss in low voices.

Suddenly, the infertile lady stood up, pointed at the landlord and asked loudly: "Didn't you say that the rent would increase by 100 yuan?!"

"Yeah! And you said that we are an old customer, and the price has increased by 80! Why is she only 30? You are just trying to rip us off, right?"

“No, no…”

Everyone present had their rent increased to varying degrees, and they all gathered around the landlord to ask for an explanation.

The landlord's face, which had just been smug, froze and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He looked at Shen Linglan with hatred, but Shen Linglan smiled at him and shook the red banknotes in her hand, "Thank you, I'll leave first."

Shen Linglan considerately closed the security door of the apartment and put all the quarrels, curses, and accusations against the landlord behind her.

She turned around and used the fifteen hundred yuan to pay the movers.

The total cost was six thousand yuan, and the money returned by the landlord saved her fifteen hundred yuan.

The new house is completely move-in ready, and Shen Linglan even got rid of a lot of old and dilapidated things.

She replaced all the old bed sheets and other things, and threw away all the old clothes. She placed Zhao Yunduo's cloud-shaped urn in one of the rooms in the new house.

Shen Linglan touched the urn and said softly, "Welcome to our new home, Duobaoer, this is your room."

Zhao Yunduo, who was on the other end of the Bluetooth headset, also heard it.

She scolded Shen Linglan with a smile, still smacking the box of boneless chicken feet that Shen Linglan had just bought for her.

"Delicious, delicious, biajibiaji, are you saying that you are finally willing to throw away all your tattered clothes?"

In the past, the two of them often exchanged clothes. One time, Zhao Yunduo wore a T-shirt of Shen Linglan that had holes on its armpits. When she went to class, her classmates pointed at her and laughed at her for a long time. However, Zhao Yunduo did not take her anger out on Shen Linglan. She knew that Shen Linglan would not be willing to throw it away, so she helped her sew up the holes.

Last night, Shen Linglan anxiously asked Zhao Yunduo if she felt that she was too flamboyant, and also asked if Zhao Yunduo felt psychologically unbalanced.

Zhao Yunduo solemnly and seriously told Shen Linglan: "I will always be happy for your happiness and sad for your loss. Lan Baoer, you are the person I care about and trust the most in this world. But if you ask me if I will be jealous, I will tell you honestly, there will be a little! Only a little, but this will not affect my love for you at all."