Chapter 9: The Profiteers

I looked around, this is the exit of Jiaohua Town, the rotten van just crashed into a boulder, and the weeds were overgrown next to it, I think the brakes failed, and it hit it.

Later, I waited until dawn and stopped a car going to the provincial capital. The people in the car were looking at me strangely, because I was now dirty and my hair was messy......

This is the first time I have been to a provincial capital, and it is the first time I have gone far away alone. Since I still have some time to go away from school, I plan to find a place to live first.

I flipped through my phone randomly, why is it so expensive. I fumbled into my shriveled pocket, and there was only a little change left.

A message suddenly popped up on the "Ding Dong" screen: Huiyuan Hotel for rent, three bedrooms and one living room 255.

It's so cheap, it can't be an advertisement. I clicked in and took a look, this Huiyuan Hotel is near the station, and there are indeed houses for rent.

It's not too far away, so I'm going to take a look.

The owner, a middle-aged fat woman, knew that I was going to rent a house, and took me to see the house with a large set of keys.

The room is on the third floor and there is no elevator. The environmental conditions are ok, but the price is a little scary.

The fat woman obviously doesn't usually exercise much, and she was out of breath after only a few stairs climbed. When I got to the third floor, she led me to the innermost room, opened the door, and a strong musty smell hit my nose.

How long has it been since this room has been occupied, I can't help but cover my nose.

"Look at it, it's already a good deal. Pay it today if you can, and I don't want you to pay a deposit," the fat woman said.

I looked down at the room, it was spacious, with a living room, a kitchenette, and a bedroom. It is indeed very cost-effective to rent such a house in the provincial capital for more than 200 people, and many of other people's single rooms are more than this price.

I nodded slightly, "Yes"

"Okay, then I'll tell you a few things. After twelve o'clock in the evening, no matter what you hear, don't pay attention to it, and you won't be responsible for what happens. If you don't want to rent in the middle, you can leave at any time, but I won't refund your rent. If you think you can, you can move in after paying for it."

In other words, I moved in, and no matter what happened to me, it had nothing to do with her. The price of this room is so low, there must be a problem with thinking of it with my toes, but now for me, money is worth more than life, no matter what, I gritted my teeth and said, "No problem!" ”

"Okay, I live on the first floor, you can come to me if you have anything, this is the room key, you take it, I'll help you check in."

After saying that, the fat woman left in a hurry, as if staying here for a while would make her lose something.

The first thing I did when I cleaned up my room was to take a hot shower. It's been too busy for the past two days, and now I can finally take a breather.

Just as I greedily enjoyed the comfort and warmth of the shower, there was a rustling sound in the living room.

At first, I thought it was the wind blowing and didn't care, but then the sound didn't go away, but got louder and louder.

"Who, who!" I asked. No one responded to me.

I turned off the sprinklers and got dressed. With a broom in hand, I tiptoed to the living room and looked around, but there was no one.

To be on the safe side, I went to both the kitchen and the bedroom again and found nothing.

I threw away the broom in my hand and sighed, it seemed that I was hallucinating. I'm going to go to bed early tonight.

Later, I went out to buy something, and when I came back, a dog suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and it pounced on me like crazy, barking at me.

Thankfully, his master appeared in time to hold it, and I didn't suffer.

The dog owner said that their dog has always been very well-behaved, and today I don't know what's wrong, it scared me, and I'm really embarrassed.

On the surface, I said that I was fine, and I looked very calm, but in fact, my legs were scared and weak, and I was really frightened for the past few days.

He asked me where I lived, and I said Huiyuan Hotel, and he talked eloquently, saying that he also lived there. Asked if I was new to moving here, he hadn't seen me before.

I said I just moved here today, and he smiled and said that he could come and play with him when he had time in the future, and he lived on the fifth floor.

I politely agreed, but when I mentioned that I lived in 314, he suddenly became scared.

I wanted to ask something, and he said he was going back. Before leaving, he gave me a heavy look, then shook his head, the corners of his mouth squirmed a few times, but he didn't know what to say.

What a strange man.

I passed by the front desk on my way back and wanted to ask the fat woman about my room. But before I could speak, she spoke first: "Regret? You can leave if you want now, but I won't refund the rent."

I was speechless for a moment. Or is it really a profiteer. I haven't stayed for a day.

"No, I feel that the room is very good, I just wanted to ask you, is water and electricity included in the rent, I just forgot to ask" I asked deliberately pretending to be very relaxed.

"Included in it," the fat woman looked up at me with a very strange look. It's like watching a monster.

"Oh, it's trouble" looked at the fat woman's appearance, if there was really something in this house, presumably she wouldn't say it, and it wouldn't be good if she asked me to move out directly, I really don't have money now.

Before leaving, the fat woman emphasized to me again, no matter what sound you hear, don't care. If you don't want to stay, you can go at any time.

I kept saying yes. But I thought to myself that if I didn't leave, this month's rent would not be paid in vain.