Just as Chen Lu was curiously looking around, he suddenly heard a commotion—
"Don't you have a daughter? Call her back and have her pack her things. Once she's done, you all need to leave!"
"Ma'am, the lease still has more than half a year left, right? As you can see, my legs are really weak, it's really hard for me to move... Could you please be lenient with me..."
"I've been more than lenient! I'll refund the rest of the money in full, and I'll give you a few days to move out. Are you still not satisfied? This is my house! I tell you to get out, so you have to get out!"
A middle-aged woman wearing sunglasses, with curly hair and an overweight figure, was yelling at the woman sitting in a wheelchair.
In contrast to her prosperous appearance, the woman in the wheelchair looked rather old, with a haggard face and a helpless expression.
She couldn't even stand up and argue back.
Liang Zhirou was taken aback, then quickly ran over, and Chen Lu followed without saying a word to the woman in the wheelchair.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Liang Zhirou held her mother Xiao Xunfang's hand, her voice trembling slightly.
Xiao Xunfang felt the familiar touch and came to her senses. Only then did she realize that her daughter was standing next to her. She was stunned for a moment when she saw the strange boy standing next to her.
However, she still answered, "The landlord wants us to move out immediately..."
The middle-aged woman, seeing the two young people, remained undeterred, saying, "Why are you making yourself sound so pitiful? This is my house! What? You think you can just live here for a while and then claim it as yours?"
“But the lease isn’t up yet… We weren’t prepared, and we didn’t look for a place in advance…” Xiao Xunfang said helplessly.
Chen Lu listened to them silently for a few moments, then frowned and asked, "Is there a contract?"
The landlord was taken aback when he heard this.
Xiao Xunfang and Liang Zhirou were taken aback. Clearly, they had spent a long time in the mountain village and had little experience with this kind of thing.
I wasn't even sure about the legal effect of this; I just signed my name instinctively.
In Xiao Xunfang's eyes, signing this document was just like signing her husband's critical illness notice—a mere formality...
"Contract?" Liang Zhirou suddenly remembered something.
"Did you sign a contract when you rented the house?" Chen Lu asked, silently pushing his wheelchair to the shade next to him.
"some."
Chen Lu nodded. "Bring it here."
"Who are you? What business is it of yours?!" The middle-aged woman's tone was very aggressive; she was certain she had never seen anyone named Chen Lu before.
"This is my mother-in-law! What business is it of mine?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged woman didn't know what to say for a moment. Seeing that Chen Lu was carrying a bag of fish, she believed him even more.
Liang Zhirou quickly ran out of the house, and Chen Lu took the contract and carefully examined it.
The lease still has more than half a year left.
Judging from this contract template... it was definitely handled through an intermediary.
There's no sign of the real estate agent yet. I guess this person met someone in a hurry to rent a place who offered a higher price, and thought the mother and daughter were easy to bully, so they caused this mess.
Picking on the weak and squeezing them is disgusting.
Chen Lu dared not imagine what would happen if the simple-minded Liang Zhirou didn't recognize him and this situation arose.
"Moving out is fine," he said expressionlessly, looking at the contract.
These words shocked both Liang Zhirou and Xiao Xunfang.
Then he slowly spoke again: "Pay the penalty for breach of contract. It's written here that it's thirty percent of the contract price."
The middle-aged woman's face contorted even more menacingly, "What do you know, you little kid!"
Chen Lu wasn't intimidated at all, and smiled calmly, "Auntie, that's what I studied..."
"You can take advantage of their ignorance, but that won't work in front of me."
As Chen Lu spoke, he handed the contract to Liang Zhirou beside him, saying, "The fact that you could pull off something like this shows that you don't understand anything either. Or, you just think they're easy to bully."
"I still suggest you think it over carefully, if you really want to make things that ugly..."
We'll play along.
But I really don't recommend you do that. My professor is very famous in the Chinese legal community, and the lawyer you hire might very well be my senior from the same department.
Seeing the other person standing there in a daze, Chen Lu changed his sharp tone again and became much gentler.
“We understand that you need money and want to rent to someone who offers more. But we have our own difficulties. Everyone has their struggles, so wouldn't it be better to be understanding of each other?”
If you end up in court, you'll have spent a lot of money, and you might not even be in the right. Why bother?
"You'd better move out when the lease expires! I won't let you live here no matter who I rent to!"
The woman left behind one last harsh remark and then quickly turned and left, completely losing her previous momentum.
She had only come to drive them away because she was certain that Xiao Xunfang and her daughter didn't understand this, never expecting to encounter someone even more knowledgeable than herself.
He's someone's son-in-law?!
The noise stopped abruptly, and silence returned, broken only by the occasional chirping of birds.
Liang Zhirou recalled Chen Lu's words and felt they sounded vaguely familiar...
That night, when Chen Lu helped him out of a predicament, it seemed that he used both soft and hard tactics.
Wow, that's impressive... No wonder I always fall for his tricks, even getting fooled into wearing those kinds of clothes...
Wait...did he just call his mother-in-law?
The girl's face turned bright red, down to the roots of her ears, like a cherry tomato. She lowered her head, too embarrassed to speak.
But I still managed to squeeze out a thank you.
"Is Auntie alright? We must never give in to people like her again." Chen Lu said to Xiao Xunfang with a smile.
"It's nothing, thank you so much." Xiao Xunfang looked at the boy in front of her, feeling very grateful.
It's impossible for a middle-aged woman who can't even stand up to be helpless when she encounters this situation in a strange big city with her daughter.
"Of course, Liang Zhirou has always helped me a lot."
"Are you called Chen Lu?" Xiao Xunfang asked tentatively.
Chen Lu was somewhat surprised, "Auntie, you know me?"
Xiao Xunfang smiled, her eyes full of wrinkles, "I often hear my daughter mention you, you really are a good kid."
"What's so great about it? My mom wants to kick me out of the house every day."
Chen Lu handed the shopping bag in his hand to the girl next to him and said seriously, "Let's go. If anything happens, call me and I'll come right away."
Liang Zhirou looked up at him, but the words of pleas for him to stay caught in her throat. She could only watch his back and anxiously reach out a hand.
"Stay for a meal," Xiao Xunfang said. "Try my Zhirou's cooking."
Chen Lu turned his head and saw Liang Zhirou's outstretched hand. He was a little surprised at first, then smiled slightly and said, "Okay."
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