Chapter 57: The Real Landlord
After work, I didn't have to go to the bar anymore, so I got home early on my motorcycle.
These days, due to the Jiangnan Jinchun project, I have been overloaded with work every day for half a month, and I have to take care of the affairs of the bar, which really makes me feel a little tired.
Although quitting my job at the bar was not what I wanted, it was still a bit of a burden, and it was a fact that there was no point in thinking about it. So I went home and took a cold shower, wanting to take the opportunity to rest and rest.
After taking a shower, I just sat on the sofa and was about to watch TV for a while, but I didn't expect the doorbell to ring suddenly. I opened the door and saw two men, one with a stack of papers.
"Hello, we are the investigators of the property company, and we are here to do a questionnaire survey with the owner. Are you the owner? A man said.
"Oh no, I rented this house."
"Do you know the owner of this house?" The man asked again.
"This is the company renting it for me, so I don't know it." I answered truthfully.
"Well, sir, do you think there is anything lacking in our property service?"
"No, it's good." I answered truthfully, this is the best neighborhood I have lived in so far, how can I have any opinion.
"Do you have any comments or suggestions for our work?" The man continued to ask, taking notes earnestly.
"No, you're doing a good job."
"Okay, thank you sir for affirming our work, we won't bother you."
I smiled and nodded.
The man was just about to leave after speaking, and my eyes inadvertently swept to the stack of materials in his hand, and the owner column in the lower right corner of the top of the stack of materials was written with the word Mu Xichun.
I quickly stopped the two people who were just about to leave, and took the materials in his hand and read them carefully.
This is a property contract signed by the property company and the owner, which is nothing special, what I don't understand is that the party B of this contract, that is, the owner is Mu Xichun.
I asked the two men suspiciously: "Are you sure that this person named Mu Xichun is the owner?" ”
"Of course, because this contract is only qualified to be signed by the legal owner of the house, I can tell you for sure that the owner of this house is called Mu Xichun."
I was a little stunned, I didn't expect Mu Xichun to lie to me when she said that this was the house she rented for me, but in fact this was her own house.
"Sir, may I ask if there is anything else?" The two men asked when they saw that I was a little stunned.
"Oh, no!" The two men were just about to leave, and suddenly another question came to mind. "Eh, wait, when was this contract signed?" I want to know when Mu Xichun bought this house.
The man looked at the contract and said, "On the twentieth of last month." ”
"Okay thank you, goodbye!"
The two men left, but I was still stunned, and I carefully recalled that the twentieth of last month was a few days before I moved in.
What puzzles me is that Mu Xichun obviously has a luxury villa in the Cuiweiju villa community, why did he buy another house here?
And she rented out the new house she had just bought to me so cheaply, and lied to me that she rented it.
It's no wonder I thought it was a little strange when I moved in, everything in the house was brand new, even the bonsai on the balcony looked like it was when I first bought it from the store.
What puzzles me is what Mu Xichun did all this for, if it is just for me to live better, I don't have to buy a house, you must know that this is the most expensive house in the city.
And she really has no reason to do it, not to mention that we have always been on the same page, even if we are good friends. It seems like this is another unsolved mystery, but this time I decided that I had to figure it out.
I came to her office early the next morning.
"Mr. Mu, do you remember what you said last time you asked me to move?"
Mu Xichun obviously didn't know what I was going to say, and looked at me with some doubts.
"You say either I'm moving or I'm quitting my bar job. Now that I've quit my job at the bar, can I decide for myself where I want to stay? ”
"What's the matter, it's uncomfortable?" Mu Xichun frowned.
"It's not that it's uncomfortable, it's so comfortable, I'm afraid that I'll forget my identity after staying for a long time."
"What do you mean?"
"It's not interesting, such a luxurious house can be lived in by people like me! I'm afraid I can't afford to get dirty! I said sarcastically.
"Didn't I say it, you only need to pay two thousand five a month, and the rest is the company's welfare."
"The benefits of the company? So why don't other people have this benefit? I don't think it's the company's welfare, but your Mr. Mu's personal welfare! "I'm finally not going around the bush and getting to the point.
Mu Xichun was obviously stunned for a moment.
"What do you mean?"
"Don't pretend, I know everything, you bought that house at all, why lie to me that it was rented?"
"So what, is there a problem with me buying more money to buy a house as an investment?" She finally admitted.
"I can't care about how much money you have, so why do you want to rent it to me so cheaply, what kind of heart do you have?"
Mu Xichun was stunned for a moment, probably amused by my behavior of getting cheap and selling well, smiled and said: "What, I can't call the shots of my house, what's wrong with me being willing to rent it cheaply, I'm idle anyway!" Why aren't you happy anymore? ”
Indeed, from an outsider's point of view, my behavior is really unreasonable. But I don't think she's really going to let me take advantage of that big for no other purpose.
Besides, I haven't signed a rental contract with her at all, so it's hard to guarantee that she won't use this matter to find a reason to trick me at that time. It's not that I'm going to be a gentleman with the heart of a villain, judging from her current behavior, it's entirely possible.
And as we all know, my key is always in her hands, and if I don't pay off the debt I owe her, I don't have the right to negotiate terms with her. So I think it's very necessary to get out of her control now in order to prevent her from having the opportunity to harm me in the future.
"Where do I live is my freedom, I'll move out soon? You might as well leave this benefit to others! I said in a decisive tone.
"Are you still moving to the warehouse?" Mu Xichun smiled contemptuously.
"It's my freedom to sleep in a warehouse or on the street, I don't have to worry about you!" The way she looked made me a little angry, and she said with a hint of provocation in her tone.
"Since you are inseparable from one freedom, then whatever you want, I hope you will not be defeated by your so-called freedom. Remember to return the keys to me when you move out. ”
"Don't worry, it won't be long!"
"That's the best!"
After this conversation, I undoubtedly put myself in a desperate situation again, and now I have no money to rent a house again.
It is definitely impossible to live in the warehouse anymore, not to mention the higher and higher temperatures, if I live in the warehouse again, wouldn't it be in the arms of Mu Xichun to make her laugh.
I can't help but regret that I shouldn't have given all the 50,000 yuan to Mu Xichun, but it's too late to regret it at this moment.
Thinking about it, I couldn't help but sigh, I really don't know how long I can endure this kind of life.
On the way home after work, I couldn't help but feel a little awkward when I thought that I lived in Mu Xichun's house. Then I thought of the last time I invited Anne to dinner, and I wanted to have time to see Anne, but who knew that this delay was more than half a month.
Thinking of this, I simply turned the head of the motorcycle and drove towards Anne's house, presumably at this time Anne should be at home, so I didn't call her.
I went to Anne's house and rang the doorbell, and a moment later the door opened.
What I didn't expect was that the door was opened by a middle-aged man, who was dressed in formal clothes, his hair was meticulously combed, and there was an invisible sense of oppression between his eyebrows.
The moment I saw this man, I had already vaguely guessed his identity in my heart.
"Hello! Who are you looking for? The man asked me politely.
"Hello, I'm a friend of Anne, I, I'm just here to see her!"
The man smiled and said, "Please come in, I'm Anne's father!" ”
Sure enough, he didn't guess wrong, his invisibly exuded powerful aura is a unique temperament that only people who have been immersed in officialdom all year round can have.
"Hello uncle! I...... Isn't it the right time? Or I'll come back to see her another day! ”
I deliberately made a slight surprise and tested to see if he welcomed me, for I knew that Anne and his father were not on good terms, and that I would inevitably be caught between them and their daughter and make the atmosphere awkward.
"No, no! Since it's Anne's friend, it's not an outsider, Anne is cooking, let's have some dinner later! Anne's dad smiled and let me in.
By this time Anne had probably heard our conversation and came out of the kitchen with an apron tied around her waist. Seeing that it was me with a hint of joy on my face, I said, "Brother, you are here, you haven't eaten!" The meal will be ready immediately, you can sit down for a while. ”
I was about to say that I was done, but before I could say anything, Anne went back to the kitchen, probably with food boiling in the pot.
It was just me and Anne's dad in the living room.
"Uncle, sit down!" To make the atmosphere a little more harmonious, I said to him, who was still standing, and picked up the thermos and added some tea to his cup. He politely thanked me.
"Uncle, I heard from Anne that you have been very busy with work, why did you have time to see Anne this time?" I don't have anything to say.
"Alas! Yes, I'm busy every day, and I can't help myself in the public gate. How can I have time to come to see my daughter, this time I am also here on business, by the way, to see Anne! It's been a long time since I've seen her! He said with some emotion, with a hint of helplessness and guilt between his words.
"Whatever uncle said, didn't they all say that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility, uncle, are you also for the broad masses of the people, I think Anne will understand!" I really don't know what to say, only to say something flattering.
Father Anne didn't speak, just smiled and shook his head, seemingly disapproving. The atmosphere was a little cold again, and just as I was racking my brains to create the next topic, Anne's father opened his mouth first.
"I heard Anne call you brother? Aren't you friends? He asked me.
I was amnesty: "Oh, I actually met Anne in college, and because I was two years older than her, she kept calling me brother!" Although we are friends, she is more like my sister. ”
"Oh, that's right!" Anne's father nodded.
"Is your name Wei ......?" he asked again.
"Wei Jinsheng!"
"Oh, yes, yes, Wei Jinsheng. When Anne was in college, I heard that she had a very good friend named Wei Jinsheng, but I can't remember it clearly after a long time, I'm sorry! ”
"It's okay, uncle. At that time, we didn't know each other at all, and it was normal that we couldn't remember clearly. "I didn't expect him to know about me when we were in college.
But considering how much Anne took care of me mentally and in life during college, especially after my mother's death, it is not surprising that as a father knows who his daughter is helping me.
I can't help but feel a little apprehensive when I think of this, because since he knows about my existence, maybe he knows something about me.
Will he feel that his daughter has given so much help to me as a person, and has any bad opinion of me.