Chapter 63: Renting
Liu Chen said goodbye to the spring rain and drove to Jiangxia Middle School, where Li Rongfei was waiting for him at the school gate, shrinking and looking left and right.
"Get in the car!" Liu Chen drifted and put the car in front of Li Rongfei.
Li Rongfei got into the car, Liu Chen turned on the air conditioner for her, and asked, "Where do you want to eat?"
"Whatever, I'll go somewhere after dinner. Li Rongfei rummaged through something in her bag.
"Where are you going?" asked Liu Chen as he started the car.
Li Rongfei took out a note from her bag, with the address and contact information written on it, "I found a house for your father, in the Penghu Bay community, let's go and see it after dinner." ”
"Penghu Bay Community?" Liu Chen frowned, isn't this the community where Zeng Ahu lives?
"What's wrong? You know?"
"I've heard that it's on Zhongxing Street, and I will pass by every day when I commute to work, which is pretty good, and it's convenient to take care of it in the future, and the environment is also very good, suitable for the elderly to live. Liu Chen is quite satisfied with the Penghu Bay community.
"Well, I also fancy the convenient transportation and elegant environment here, and we will take a look at it later, and we will settle it if you think it is appropriate. ”
Although Li Rongfei said casually, Liu Chen still carefully chose a Chinese restaurant for lunch.
There were not too many guests at noon, so the two chose a quiet corner to sit down.
Li Rongfei's dishes, she ate relatively light during the special period, Liu Chen usually has a relatively heavy taste, but when he and Li Rongfei were together, they completely followed her taste, and this time Liu Chen also specially ordered a plate of yam pork rib soup.
Halfway through, Li Rongfei went to the bathroom, Liu Chen leaned on the chair and popped out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, suddenly saw the sign on the wall prohibiting smoking, stuffed the lighter back into his pocket, and gently knocked on the table with the cigarette, looking out the window while waiting for Li Rongfei.
Chunyu called again, saying that a press conference would be held in Roman in three days, and as the new boss, he must be on time. Liu Chen nodded in agreement, and he suddenly felt that Chunyu was like his secretary, hehe.
Li Rongfei walked out of the bathroom quickly, her face was not very good, and a middle-aged thin man who seemed to be a little drunk followed out, looking straight at Li Rongfei with her eyes, and then walked into a box next to her.
"What's wrong?" Liu Chen asked strangely.
Li Rongfei wiped the corners of her eyes after sitting down, and smiled reluctantly: "It's okay, let's continue eating." ”
Liu Chen understood from her expression, and stood up from the chair with a swish, his fists clenched, and his green muscles burst out, this appearance was terrifyingly cold!
He was about to walk towards the box where the man was just now, when Li Rongfei grabbed him, "Liu Chen, don't make trouble, we will have something to do later." ”
Liu Chen stood there, looking down at the kind-hearted Li Rongfei for a long time before he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. He returned to his seat, sometimes looking out the window, sometimes looking at Li Rongfei in front of him, he kept shifting his gaze, trying to restrain his emotions, and when he felt that it was almost there, he reluctantly squeezed out a smile: "Okay, let's eat." ”
Li Rongfei took a few mouthfuls of rice into her mouth, stopped and put a piece of pork ribs into Liu Chen's bowl, and said softly: "I'm for your good, I don't want to ......"
"I understand, I know, let's not talk about it, let's eat well. Liu Chen also sandwiched a piece of meat to Li Rongfei, pursed his lips and said with a smile.
The two chatted and ate, Li Rongfei also contacted the landlord, and met about an hour later, and Liu Chen ordered another plate of fruit platter.
Just as the two were eating fruit, the door in the box suddenly opened, and three middle-aged men came out one after another, and there were voices of men and women coaxing in the box, and it seemed that there were a lot of people inside.
I didn't notice it at first, these people walked into the bathroom, and when they came out, they walked towards Liu Chen, and one of the thin men was the one who had just followed Li Rongfei.
"Beauty, go on a date with your boyfriend, come, go in and have a drink with us, ah, haha. He was the first to speak, and his mouth was full of wine, mixed with the fishy smell of seafood.
"What are you doing!" Li Rongfei covered her nose in disgust and leaned back.
Liu Chen's face was already ugly, but he still didn't move, he didn't speak, his eyes stared straight at the three men in front of him.
Another slightly taller man stepped forward, squinted his eyes and said to Liu Chen, "Brother, is this your object, or is it your friend? If you don't mind, go in and have a drink together?"
At this time, the first thin man who stepped forward was about to force Li Rongfei to pull, and Liu Chen finally broke out!
Liu Chen picked up the plate of leftover pork rib soup on the table, and smashed the whole plate towards the thin man's head, and with a "bang", the thin man's head immediately bloomed, and the greasy soup was dripped.
He covered his head, and when he saw that his hands were stained with his own blood, he suddenly fell to the ground and wailed, and at this time, the tall man who had just spoken to Liu Chen saw the situation, and a fist the size of a sandbag hit Liu Chen's face.
Liu Chen didn't dodge, but directly raised his fist and smashed it towards his fist, the two fists collided hard and made a gurgling sound, only to hear a scream from the tall man, the whole hand was deformed, covering his right hand in pain, Liu Chen did not withdraw his hand, and continued to step forward to punch him in the face, the tall man's face was also distorted instantly, and blood continued to ooze out from his nose and mouth, flowing wantonly on this distorted face.
After solving the two, the other short man who had not spoken until now was already trembling with fear, his eyes were full of fear, and he was stunned and motionless.
Liu Chen walked up to him, and his cold eyes almost made him collapse. Suddenly, he seemed to realize something, and turned around to run towards the box, Liu Chen kicked him hard in the back, and the short man flew out a few meters away, directly slamming into the door of the box.
The men and women in the box who were about to go out to see what was going on were screaming in fright when the short man flew in.
Liu Chen glanced at Li Rongfei, she was not afraid, nor did she stop it, she just sat in her seat and waited for Liu Chen quietly, which was regarded as acquiescing to Liu Chen's behavior.
At this time, the staff of the store came to inspect the situation, and when they saw that there was a brawl, they immediately stepped forward to dissuade them, but Liu Chen did not mean to stop, and the restaurant staff did not dare to pull the fight, so they had no choice but to call the police.
Liu Chen saw the sign at the front desk that was temporarily closed, so he picked up the sign and hung it on the doorknob, then closed the door, picked up the thin man and the tall man lying on the ground left and right, and dragged them into the box.
At this time, there was no more talk in the box before, pushing cups and changing lamps, only silent fear.
Liu Chen glanced at the people in the box, and said coldly: "Look after these three people, don't let me see them again!" After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the box, leaving everyone with amazed eyes.
Liu Chen came to the staff member who had just persuaded him, took out ten hundred-yuan bills from his wallet and handed them over, "I'm sorry, it's affecting your business." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, it doesn't matter. The staff took the money and bowed in thanks.
Liu Chen stretched out his hand to pull Li Rongfei, who had been waiting for a long time: "Let's go." ”
Li Rongfei glanced at the direction of the box, hesitated, and followed Liu Chen out of the restaurant.
When it was time to make an appointment with the landlord, the two came to the Penghu Bay Community, and Li Rongfei took Liu Chen to the bottom of Building 23. Liu Chen always felt that this building was very familiar, and remembered it, isn't this the building where Zeng Ahu lives, this is really a coincidence.
"I've been here before. Liu Chen squatted down under a tree and took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.
"You've been here?"
"Well, I came to find a friend not long ago, and I live in this building, on the fifth floor. Liu Chen pointed in the direction of the fifth floor.
Li Rongfei screamed: "No, the landlord I contacted lives on the fifth floor, it won't be so coincidental......"
Just as the two were surprised, a young woman wearing heavy makeup walked out of the building.
"Are you Miss Li looking for a house?" the girl asked Li Rongfei.
Li Rongfei turned around and hurriedly agreed: "I am, you are the landlord, right, hello, hello!"
The girl was about to step forward to talk to Li Rongfei, when she saw Liu Chen smoking under the tree, she immediately stopped, her eyes revealed panic and fear, paused for a while, turned around and walked back into the building.
"Hey, landlord, what's wrong?" Li Rongfei asked when she saw this.
At this time, Liu Chen also recognized this girl, who was Zeng Ahu's little lover, and she was present when Liu Chen taught Zeng Ahu a lesson last time.
Liu Chen stood up and shouted at the girl, "Stop!"
When the girl heard Liu Chen's voice, she didn't dare to take another step forward, and stood there nervously turning her head.
"Why are you running?" Liu Chen walked up to the girl, crossed his hands on his chest, and looked at the girl with heavy makeup.
"You...... You're not here to trouble me, are you?" the girl snorted.
"Girl, you're thinking too much, it's her who is looking for you this time, not me, let's go, talk to her. ”
Only then did the girl relax and say to Li Rongfei, "You guys come upstairs with me." ”
Liu Chen and Li Rongfei followed the girl upstairs by elevator, and sure enough, it was the room where Liu Chen came last time, Zeng Ahu's home.
The girl took Li Rongfei to look at the entire layout of the house, the house type, the orientation, and some of its advantages, such as sunshine, good light, good scenery, convenient life, and a supermarket downstairs.
Li Rongfei was very satisfied with these advantages introduced by the girl, and asked Liu Chen's opinion, which was okay. Next, the price given by the girl is 3,000 a month, with a bet of one and three pays, and a quarter of a quarter.
Li Rongfei felt that the price was too high, and bargained with her: "Can it be cheaper, we can rent it for a long time." ”
The girl has been emphasizing how good this house is, how affordable the price is, and the price of other similar units here is almost 4,000.
Liu Chen couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Zeng Ahu is not at home today?"
The girl was stunned for a moment, and then replied honestly: "No, I went out early in the morning." ”
"Where to go?"
"I don't know, he didn't say. ”
Liu Chen patted the girl's shoulder: "Call Zeng Ahu." ”
The girl didn't dare to disobey, took out her mobile phone and dialed Zeng Ahu's phone, and Zeng Ahu's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hey, Xiaomei, what's wrong?"
It turned out that the girl's name was Xiaomei, and Xiaomei was about to answer, Liu Chen snatched the mobile phone and said to Zeng Ahu: "It's me, Liu Chen, I don't care where you are now, hurry up and limit you to return to your own home within half an hour." After saying that, he snapped and hung up the phone.
Seeing Xiaomei, who was nervous, Liu Chen suddenly laughed: "It's okay, you continue to talk." ”
In more than 20 minutes, Zeng Ahu drove here, and when he saw Liu Chen and the others, he hurriedly stepped forward and handed over a cigarette, and asked politely: "Brother, why are you here?"
Liu Chen asked Zeng Ahu to help light a cigarette, took a puff, and said: "I want to rent a house for our old man to live in, depending on your house environment here, it's okay, but your family said that they want a rent of 3,000 yuan, what do you think about this?"
Zeng Ahu understood, and hurriedly blamed Xiaomei: "You girl, do you know who he is, is it my friend, you are still shouting nonsense, what nonsense!" and turned to Liu Chen to apologize: "Brother, this girl is still young and not sensible, don't take it to heart, ah." ”
"No, no, no. Liu Chen glanced at Li Rongfei with a smile.
Zeng Ahu smoked a cigarette and thought for a while, and said: "Since the elder brother is for his parents, we should support this filial piety, otherwise, you can take the house to live in and don't charge money, just treat it as a little bit of my brother's heart, how about it?"
Li Rongfei was shocked, she could still rent it for free, this person was really generous.
She exchanged glances with Liu Chen, Liu Chen understood, and said with a smile: "Since it is renting, the rent still has to be paid, and the rules must not be broken, and I, Liu Chen, am not a greedy person, so let's do it, one thousand and five months, what do you think?"
"Oh, brother, you're so polite, since that's the case, I won't shirk anymore, so it's decided. ”
There was nothing else to think about, so they paid the deposit directly, signed the rental contract, and were ready to move in.
When it was over, Zeng Ahu wanted to invite Liu Chen and Li Rongfei to have dinner together, but Liu Chen refused, "I still have something to do tonight, next time." ”
"Okay, next time you and your brother and sister come together!" Zeng Ahu patted his chest boldly, and Xiaomei on the side also waved his hand.
In the car, Li Rongfei asked, "That person just now is the friend you said you came to last time?"
"Well, but they weren't friends at the time. ”
“?”
"There's an old saying that 'if you don't fight, you don't know each other,' you know?"
In Liu Chen's heart, although Zeng Ahu is lustful, he is also quite kind, and he is still quite down-to-earth, and there are still many places that can be used in the future, and it is not a bad thing to make more friends.