The moving company that Shen Jiazhou contacted was very fast. It only took an hour from when they entered the room to when all the packing was finished. An hour later, the room was restored to how it was before they moved in.
Shen Jiazhou said, "Call the landlord and have him come and take possession of the property."
Wen Shuqiao had already put on a long down jacket, wrapping herself up tightly. She nodded and said, "I've already contacted them, and they said they'll be here soon."
The moving company had already started moving things out, but before they were even halfway done, the landlord showed up.
He looked at the packed items with a strange expression. He went inside and immediately saw Shen Jiazhou holding Can Can.
The landlord said, "Oh, Shuqiao, is this your husband?"
Didn't we hear before that this person is a single mother? Who spread that rumor?
Wen Shuqiao stepped forward, not answering his question, but instead opening her QR code for receiving payments: "Penalty fee."
The landlord chuckled twice, and was about to say something when the people who had been moving returned. They all tacitly gathered around and surrounded the landlord.
Wen Shuqiao said coldly, "Didn't you say you were going to hire someone to help me move? Why don't you pay for tonight's moving expenses as well?"
The landlord said, "It's your own business if you move out, what does it have to do with me?"
However, seeing that they had gathered around even closer, he still didn't dare to say anything. He quickly took out his phone and scanned the three months' worth of breach of contract fees for Wen Shuqiao, saying, "Here you go, here you go."
He then muttered to himself, "You're really getting off easy. Only a kind-hearted landlord like me would give you three months' penalty for breach of contract."
Then he couldn't help but look at the man behind him who hadn't spoken, thinking to himself, "Wen Shuqiao's husband has quite a presence; even an elder like me doesn't dare to look him directly in the eye."
But none of that matters to him anymore; all he cares about is making a good profit tomorrow.
Shen Jiazhou held Can Can in one arm and pushed a large suitcase with the other: "Let's go."
Wen Shuqiao turned around and nodded slightly, reaching out to take the box from Shen Jiazhou's hand, but as he walked out, someone had already taken the box from him at the door.
Milk and cake lay quietly in their cages by the door, neither making a sound.
Wen Shuqiao walked out, raised her hand to adjust the soft scarf around Cancan's neck, and then looked up and said, "Let's go."
After they all left, the landlord took out his phone and made a call to the person he had just contacted.
It took a long time for the other end to answer. A woman answered, and she asked lazily, "What do you want?"
The landlord said, "Boss, I've already vacated the apartment for you. Are you free tomorrow? We can sign the contract right away!"
The woman paused for a moment: "Where are the people living inside?"
The landlord said, "I made her move out tonight and even paid her three months' worth of penalty money."
However, this boss was very generous, so his breach of contract penalty was nothing.
Unexpectedly, the woman on the other end of the phone angrily said, "What? She left with the child today? Didn't I tell her to move out within two days?"
She hadn't even had a chance to go and make amends!
The landlord said, "You need the house urgently, I'm just afraid of delaying your plans, you see..."
The other party hung up the phone immediately. The landlord was stunned for a moment, and when he dialed back, he found that he had been blocked.
*
Shen Jiazhou's apartment has two floors, but last time they came, they only saw the children's room on the first floor. It wasn't until today, after everything was tidied up, that Shen Jiazhou carefully introduced the house to them. Milk and Cake looked around curiously, inspecting their new home.
Shen Jiazhou said, "Originally, the bedrooms were all upstairs, but considering that Cancan is small, we converted the first floor into a children's room, and the other master bedroom is my room."
Wen Shuqiao nodded: "Okay."
Shen Jiazhou said, "There is a home theater, a gym, a study, and a master bedroom on the second floor. You can sleep upstairs."
Actually, the master bedroom upstairs was the room Shen Jiazhou had been living in since the beginning, but since the children's room was already decorated, he simply moved downstairs to sleep, so that if Can Can really came, he could know as soon as possible if there was any movement.
Wen Shuqiao said, "Cancan and I can sleep in the children's room. There's no need to prepare a separate room for me."
Shen Jiazhou said, "Since we've already moved, why not just let him sleep alone? He'll only become more clingy. Look at tonight, he cried before we even separated."
It's a bit better during the day; he and Gu Xingyuan can take him out to play by themselves.
He said, "He'll be going to kindergarten after the New Year, and we'll be separated for even longer. It's better to get him used to it sooner, like a temporary weaning."
Neither of them had experienced the withdrawal period of a child, but Shen Jiazhou had consulted Ning Fei's sister and brother-in-law, who said that it takes a long time to teach a child to wean.
They now live together and can keep an eye on each other.
After thinking it over, Wen Shuqiao realized that Shen Jiazhou was right. Besides, Can Can was getting older, and she needed to teach him things like the differences between boys and girls.
She nodded: "Whatever you say."
The two adults quickly settled the matter of Can Can sleeping alone, while the real protagonist of the conversation was still leading his two loyal followers around the room.
My uncle's house is so big, he can ride his bicycle around inside for ages!
Shen Jiazhou glanced at Cancan and said, "It's too late today. I'll have someone clean upstairs tomorrow before you go up."
Wen Shuqiao had no problem with it, and she nodded: "Thank you for your help."
“It’s no trouble at all,” Shen Jiazhou said softly. “I stayed at your house that day, and you didn’t seem to find it troublesome.”
Wen Shuqiao pursed her lips, and Shen Jiazhou looked at her: "Shuqiao, we don't need to be so polite between us. I'm happy to help you solve your troubles."
The two stared at each other, and Wen Shuqiao felt a little embarrassed by his gaze, but looking away seemed like an attempt to cover up her embarrassment.
The two of them stared at each other blankly until Can Can returned from her patrol of the territory, hands clasped behind her back, looking up at them.
Huh? Why can't he hear his aunt and uncle's voices again?
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