Chapter 062
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Chapter 062 Feel Free to Make Trouble
Su Rui was also very surprised. The two of them exchanged glances simultaneously. The owner was still in the room, yet someone was unlocking the door from outside. Could it be a thief trying to get in?
Su Rui made a hushing gesture to Xia Qing, then walked over quietly and gently patted her arm, indicating that she shouldn’t be afraid.
Xia Qing nodded obediently. Seeing Su Rui’s demeanor, her mind flashed back to that night when he carried her and jumped into the river, which immediately made her feel much more at ease.
Afterward, Su Rui tiptoed to position himself behind the door, ready to give whoever entered a shock.
Sure enough, the door opened, revealing a skinny man wearing a gold necklace and a tank top. This guy was as thin as a monkey, with hair reaching his shoulders. One look and you could tell he wasn’t someone with a respectable job.
Before Su Rui could act, he heard Xia Qing exclaim in surprise: “Landlord, it’s you?”
“Yes, I had nothing to do tonight, so I came to check how my apartment is doing, to see if anything has been messed up or damaged.” The skinny man said with a grin, his eyes roaming over Xia Qing’s body, occasionally flashing with admiring light.
Xia Qing frowned, saying with some displeasure: “Even if you want to inspect the apartment, you should notify me in advance. I live here alone, and if you just use your key to enter, doesn’t that compromise my safety?”
“Besides, once you’ve rented the place to me, you shouldn’t have a key anymore.” Xia Qing said unhappily: “You can’t even fulfill the most basic responsibilities of a landlord.”
Indeed, if this happened to any girl, they probably wouldn’t be happy about it.
The skinny landlord chuckled, saying smugly: “I can have as many keys as I want because this is my apartment. You’re just temporarily staying here, and you have no right to interfere with my actions.”
While saying this, the skinny man glanced at Xia Qing’s prominent chest, then swallowed, his lecherous gaze completely obvious.
At this moment, the skinny landlord still hadn’t noticed Su Rui standing behind the door!
“Can’t you respect other people’s privacy?” Xia Qing said angrily. Indeed, late at night with her being a girl alone at home, if the landlord arbitrarily opened the door and brought in several men, the consequences could be very dangerous.
Xia Qing had just told Su Rui that the residents in this community were of high quality and respected privacy, but unexpectedly, within an hour, her words were proven wrong. This was blatant irony!
The skinny landlord let out a cold laugh: “Xia Qing, you’d better watch your tone. Do you believe that I could make a dozen copies of this key and give one to every man I meet? Everyone could open this door!”
“You’re going too far!” Xia Qing said angrily: “This is completely unreasonable! If you continue like this, I’ll call the police!”
“Let’s talk this through, why call the police?” The skinny man looked at Xia Qing and chuckled. Although the police coming wouldn’t really affect him much—at most they’d mediate and that would be it—it would still ruin his plans, wouldn’t it?
“Actually, I came for something else.” The skinny landlord sat on the sofa, looked at the newly assembled workstation, then said with a smile: “Xia Qing, are you comfortable living here?”
Xia Qing coldly replied: “It’s fine, but if you continue like this, I’ll have to consider terminating the lease.”
“Terminate the lease? Why would you want to leave when you’re living so well? Don’t worry, I just came in to take a look, to see how you’re doing, and to inform you of something.”
“What is it?”
“Next month’s rent will increase by one thousand yuan.”
“Increase by one thousand yuan?” Xia Qing said with some surprise. This rate of increase was truly shocking!
“Why? I just signed a one-year contract last month, and you can’t raise the price within this year! If you don’t acknowledge this, I can take the contract terms to an arbitration agency to confirm!”
Xia Qing was really unhappy. This skinny landlord always liked to cause trouble for no reason and enjoyed making things difficult for others. He was really unlikable, and today, entering without permission had already crossed Xia Qing’s bottom line!
“Beautiful Xia, I’m the landlord. If I say the price goes up, it goes up. Look at the apartments around you—whose isn’t more expensive than yours? Don’t mention contracts and such to me. I can change my mind whenever I want. If you don’t want to rent this place, there are plenty of people who do!”
Xia Qing frowned, clearly smelling alcohol on the landlord.
“How can you be so unreasonable?”
Xia Qing actually quite liked this apartment. Having lived here for so long, she had developed some attachment to it. But this landlord was just too hateful, raising the price whenever he wanted. She had already tolerated the last price increase, but now he was pulling this stunt again after just a month. It was really too much!
The skinny landlord looked around, seeing that no one in the corridor was paying attention to them, so he closed the door and said with a chuckle: “Of course, beautiful Xia, if you agree to one condition of mine, I might not raise your rent.”
“What condition?” Xia Qing didn’t understand what the skinny man was up to.
Su Rui couldn’t stand it anymore. This skinny landlord was too despicable. According to Su Rui’s temperament, he would have already stepped out and beaten him to a pulp, but Xia Qing gave him a look, indicating that he shouldn’t rush out yet.
“The condition is actually very simple. Tonight, you need to keep me company, chat with me about life, ideals, and such. We can talk all night. What do you think?”
“I don’t think so! You’re not welcome here, please leave!” Xia Qing clenched her fists, clearly on the verge of exploding.
The skinny landlord, reeking of alcohol, said blatantly: “Actually, this is good for both of us. I get company, and you save money and get some benefits, plus you won’t be lonely. Why not?”
Alcohol emboldens the timid—this saying is absolutely true.
In fact, this skinny landlord had coveted Xia Qing’s beauty for a long time, but he was usually too cowardly to make a move. Having just drunk some alcohol and seeing Xia Qing in her alluring home clothes, he suddenly couldn’t resist and his lustful thoughts surged.
“Please be respectful. I’m warning you, if you don’t leave, I’ll call the police.” Xia Qing took out her phone and said sternly.
But this skinny landlord didn’t care at all. He sat casually on Xia Qing’s sofa, crossed his legs, swinging his flip-flops, his eyes lecherously scanning Xia Qing’s body: “So beautiful, truly beautiful. If you keep me company tonight, I won’t raise your rent. If you accompany me for a week, I might even waive all your rent. How about that? Do you think it’s a good deal?”
The skinny man said proudly: “Waiving several thousand yuan of monthly rent just for sleeping with me—isn’t this business too good to pass up?”
As he said this, his mind was already picturing scenes of rolling in bed with Xia Qing, a scene that was truly blood-boiling.
“Would you be willing to sleep with a man if I paid you to do so?”
Su Rui couldn’t stand it anymore. His voice coldly rang out from behind the door.
The skinny landlord was startled. He hadn’t expected there to be someone else in the room, and a man at that!
Looking at Su Rui, the skinny landlord stood up and cursed: “Who the fuck are you? Ruining my plans late at night!”
“Who the fuck am I? I’m your grandfather!” Su Rui said, “You dare to speak disrespectfully to my girlfriend, I’ll fucking break your dog legs today!”
Whenever Su Rui was alone with a beautiful woman, he would always claim she was his girlfriend. Hearing Su Rui say this, Xia Qing’s face reddened a bit, but she didn’t mind because she knew he was standing up for her. And in front of this hateful skinny landlord, speaking like this was necessary to be more intimidating.
At this moment, Xia Qing suddenly felt afraid in retrospect. Fortunately, Su Rui was here tonight. Otherwise, if this landlord had made advances on her, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
Su Rui naturally thought of this too, which made his gaze toward the landlord even more fierce.
The landlord seemed completely oblivious to Su Rui’s fierce gaze. He turned to look at Xia Qing and said viciously: “I’ve always said that this apartment can only be rented to you alone. When did I allow you to bring other men back to stay!”
Xia Qing’s voice was serious, her expression even more so, as she said: “First, you never said the apartment could only be rented to me alone. Second, even if you had said that, bringing my friend over to sit for a while, not to stay, doesn’t violate your so-called rules. Your behavior tonight has seriously crossed the line. Please show some self-respect! Otherwise, I will call the police!”
This was the third time Xia Qing had mentioned “calling the police” tonight. Su Rui couldn’t help but feel speechless. What was wrong with this girl? It seemed women liked to keep this phrase on their lips, thinking it sounded intimidating, when in reality it had no threat at all.
“Call the police? Go ahead and call!” The skinny landlord laughed loudly upon hearing Xia Qing’s words, almost as if he found it hilarious. “Do you know that the police station chief here is my brother-in-law? I just took him to a foot massage parlor yesterday. If you call the police, do you think he’ll side with you or with me?”
Su Rui stood behind the skinny man and said coldly: “I’d really like to see who he sides with. Actually, for someone like you, there’s no need to call the police—it’s a waste of time. Let’s do this: I’ll give you one minute. If you don’t get out, I won’t be polite anymore.”
“Oh my, what are you being so arrogant about? Do you believe I can immediately call some brothers to break your legs? Then throw you off the building! Let me tell you, when I was young, I did this kind of thing all the time!” The skinny man slammed the sofa hard in anger.
Looking at this idiot, Su Rui felt a surge of murderous intent rising in his heart. He said to Xia Qing: “The scene might get a bit bloody in a moment. You should go to your room to avoid it.”
Xia Qing shook her head and said: “It’s fine.”
At this moment, she couldn’t help but recall that night on the bridge when Su Rui broke the scarface’s fingers one by one. At that time, Xia Qing wasn’t scared at all. If it had been in the past, she would have probably fainted from fear. That scene must have been bloodier than the current one.
Having experienced it once, naturally, she wasn’t afraid of the second or third time. Xia Qing knew Su Rui was about to beat someone up, and for some reason, she, who had always been law-abiding, actually felt this was the right thing to do. This skinny landlord should be taught a harsh lesson to vent their anger!
Moreover, Xia Qing added another very supportive statement: “Feel free to go all out. I’ll clean up here afterward.”
