A Rough Man and His Beautiful Wife - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Landlady, I Want to Rent a Room

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Du Xi didn’t stand on ceremony. He drank the soda that Jiang Ju handed him in one gulp. He then went to the bathroom to wash his face. After he wiped his sweat with a towel, he picked up his chopsticks to eat. He picked up the noodles with his chopsticks and sent them into his mouth. The large pot of noodles was finished by him in less than five minutes.

After eating, Du Xi didn’t rest. After installing the air conditioner, he left in a hurry, as if there was something urgent. He took the old air conditioner with him.

Jiang Ju stood at the door and watched as he strode away. After hesitating for a long time, she didn’t dare to ask him to leave the old air conditioner for her. Although the old air conditioner couldn’t be used anymore, it could still be sold for dozens of yuan. It was enough for her to buy food for two to three days.

With the new air conditioner, Jiang Ju finally didn’t have to endure the sweltering heat anymore. She felt very comfortable both physically and mentally. Even cleaning up the dirty floor was no longer that unbearable. There was barely any food left in the fridge. After the sun set, the temperature outside also dropped. She carried her canvas tote and left with a hundred yuan in her wallet.

She wanted to use this hundred yuan to buy a week’s worth of groceries. Although it was enough, she wouldn’t be able to eat anything good. She bought a few pounds of cheap vegetables and two pounds of eggs. When she paid the bill, she saw that the instant noodles on the shelf were at a discount. She silently placed a few bags in the shopping cart.

When she returned home, she saw a man standing in front of her house. She stopped in her tracks and felt a little nervous as she slowly walked over. There were a few luggage bags of different sizes beside Du Xi’s feet. When Du Xi heard Jiang Ju, he turned to look at her. “Landlady, I want to rent a room.”

Jiang Ju tightened her grip on the canvas bag and slowly walked over. Then, she opened the door and placed the things in her hand into the room before turning around to come out. “The rooms downstairs have all been rented out. There’s only one room left on the third floor. This room is slightly larger than the others and is slightly more expensive. It’s 800 yuan a month, and you have to pay two month’s worth of rent in deposit.”

That room was even larger than the one she lived in herself, and it had all the household appliances. Before summer, she even saved up money to install an air conditioner inside. Originally, she planned to rent it for a thousand yuan, but no one was willing to rent it even after a long time, so she could only lower the rent by two hundred yuan.

Du Xi nodded. The room on the third floor was more than twice the size of the rooms on the first and second floors and the rent wasn’t expensive. Seeing that he agreed, Jiang Ju found the key and opened the door to let him in to take a look. She cleaned the room every week, so there was no dust in the room at all, and the decoration was simple yet cozy.

“Pay the rent on the first of every month and pay for the water and electricity bill yourself,” Jiang Ju said in a soft voice. Du Xi turned to look at her and took out a cigarette from his pocket.

He was so tall that he had to lower his head to see her petite figure. When he saw her fair and flawless face, Du Xi felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart. He wanted to reach out and pinch her. He took out a pile of crumpled cash from his pocket and stuffed it into her arms. “Count this money and see how long I can rent for.” Jiang Ju was speechless when the large ball of crumpled money was stuffed into her arms. Then, Jiang Ju lowered her head and smoothed out the crumpled money one by one.

Her fair and slender fingers brushed across the dirty paper money. When Du Xi saw this, he felt even more tantalized. The little girl was wearing a grayish-white short-sleeved shirt and a pair of light blue tight jeans. They outlined her exquisite figure and her sexy waist, which aroused him.

The sweat on his body fell to the ground like broken beads due to his titillated sensation. He picked up a towel beside him and wiped it on his body.

“There’s a total of 2,200 yuan here. Coupled with the money you spent to buy the new air conditioner, it’s enough for five months of rent and a month of deposit.” Du Xi replied calmly, “The air conditioner is compensation for you. It’s not included in here.” After he put on his clothes, he looked over. The young lady’s face was slightly flushed, and her eyes were wandering. She didn’t dare to look at him at all. He looked down at his well-developed abs and thin waist with a smile. The young lady was so bashful.

“No need. The new air conditioner is very expensive. Let’s do five months. How about… I don’t rent it to you?” Jiang Ju pretended to be calm as she said. Then, she raised her head and looked at Du Xi cautiously, since she was afraid that he would lose his temper.

“That’s fine too. The air conditioner is 1,200 yuan, so I’ll rent for a quarter first. The 200 yuan will be the utility fee. I’ll pay you more if it’s not enough.”

As Jiang Ju held the money in her hand, she hesitated for a moment. In the end, she took out two red banknotes and handed them to Du Xi. “The new tenant will be exempted from the utility bill for a month.” Du Xi said, “Then use it for next month. Just accept it. Won’t you lose money if you rent the place out like this?” Du Xi frowned at her. He really didn’t know how she became a landlady with her meek personality. Wouldn’t she be taken advantage of by other tenants?