Chapter 5: The Ashamed Lin Xueqi

  As soon as she saw Zhao Yang's appearance, Aunt Li immediately understood what was going on.

  "Hurry up and explain: 'Xiao Yang, this matter is like this. After you got into trouble not long ago, your grandfather was also diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer and hospitalized. Later, before your grandfather passed away, he entrusted me to take care of this house, saying that if it's suitable, rent it out and use the rent as your treatment fees.'"

  "Wait until you wake up and deal with this house yourself. Also, the rent for more than a year has been directly paid by Xiaolin into a bank card that your grandfather told me about. Your grandfather also instructed that the bank card should be in the hands of Dr. Liang who is treating you..."

  After hearing Li Auntie's explanation, Zhao Yang already understood the whole story. He took out the card that Liang Jing gave him from his pocket and asked: "Li Auntie, is this the card?"

  Auntie Li looked at the card number above and nodded: "It's this one. Dr. Liang should know that a small amount of money is remitted to this card every month, which is the rent for Xiaolin's house."

  "Hmm." Zhao Yang nodded.

  Lin Xueqi was furious with Zhao Yang on the other side, but after hearing the conversation between Li Ayi and Zhao Yang, it was an accident, his grandfather died, and what woke up, which made her curious.

  But for now, I still have to solve the problem of renting a house first.

  Although that despicable guy is indeed the master of this house, wanting me to move out? No way! Hmph!

  To be honest, Lin Xueqi has lived here for over a year and is quite satisfied with everything. Although the house is a bit old, it's spacious, well-lit, and the surrounding environment is very quiet.

  It's not easy to find another house that makes her so satisfied. Moreover, thinking of that despicable guy, Lin Xueqi hated him so much that she couldn't just "slip away" like this!

  "Aunt Li and that other person, now that everything has been clarified, there shouldn't be any more questions about my renting a house, right?"

  Zhao Yang glanced at Lin Xueqi and said, "Although Auntie Li's rental house was approved by Grandfather. However, now that I'm back, I think it's better for you to rent a place elsewhere, Miss Lin. As for the deposit and penalty for breaching the contract, I will refund them to you in full."

  "No way!"

  Lin Xueqi glared, saying: "Since we've already signed a four-year rental agreement, I won't owe you a single penny of rent that's due, but before the agreement expires, I absolutely will not move out!"

  After finishing speaking, Lin Xueqi turned her gaze towards Li Ayi again, "Li Ayi, what did we agree on at first?"

  Mrs. Li next door watched this scene and was immediately at a loss for what to do.

  "Kobayashi, don't rush, we can discuss a proper solution for this matter..."

  Auntie Li hurriedly comforted her.

  Then he looked at Zhao Yang and said, "Xiao Yang, don't you think we should discuss this matter further?"

  Zhao Yang slightly furrowed his brow, saying that although this house was a bit old, it held special feelings for him. This was the place where he had lived with his grandfather for over ten years, and it was the only place in the world where he felt a sense of belonging, feeling like it was his 'home'.

  In the 'local immortal land', Zhao Yang had long been accustomed to a solitary cultivation life of over 500 years, so he cherished this rare warmth and also felt it was particularly precious.

  Now that he's back, it's natural that he wouldn't go rent a place outside to live.

  It's just that when Auntie Li first rented out this house, it was also because of Grandpa's entrustment, after all, it was to raise some treatment fees for herself. If she were to drive the tenants away now, it would seem somewhat unreasonable.

  Seeing Zhao Yang hesitating, Auntie Li beside him hesitated for a moment before speaking up: "Xiao Yang, and Xiao Lin, I think it's better this way. This house is spacious enough with three bedrooms and two living rooms. You can live in one room yourself, and the remaining two empty rooms can be rented out to Xiao Lin. That way, you won't have to find another place to move to... As for the rent, we can also lower it a bit..."

  Lin Xueqi immediately spoke out in opposition: "I disagree!"

  She was not used to living with others, let alone a man, especially this shameless and despicable man.

  Who knows if he has any bad habits, such as voyeurism, fetishism or something like that? If we live under the same roof, it would be very inconvenient, very unsafe and very disgusting.

  Absolutely not!

  Zhao Yang saw that he hadn't even expressed his opinion, but the woman was already impatiently opposed to it. He raised an eyebrow and spoke directly: "Well, I don't want anyone else disturbing me here either. So, please move out of here. If you're willing, I can even refund all the rent for the past year or so. Let's just consider that you've been living here for free for over a year."

  "What? Who do you think I am? You think I'd be tempted by that little money of yours?" Lin Xueqi said indignantly.

  "I don't care if you're greedy or not, in short, I'm the owner of this house and I have the right to terminate the rental agreement between you and Aunt Li." Zhao Yang's face remained calm, still with an unruffled expression.

  How hateful! This bastard just wants to drive me away. No way, I won't leave with my tail between my legs like that, or else it's equivalent to admitting defeat.

  "Hmph, no matter what, I'll get the upper hand back first. What's so great about living under the same roof? Are you thinking that this young lady is still afraid of a despicable, third-rate, disgusting 'uncle' who likes to pretend to be mature?"

  Lin Xueqi gritted her teeth.

  "Alright! As Auntie Li said earlier. The room I'm living in now belongs to me, and without my permission, you're not allowed to get within three meters of my door. And..."

  "In the living room, it's not allowed to wear overly revealing clothes. Hmm, especially can't be topless or only wearing underwear and walking around in the hall. The bathing supplies in the bathroom also can't be randomly moved around, this point is especially important. Also, the place for drying clothes must be separated by something, your things absolutely cannot hang over to my side..."

  As Lin Xueqi finished speaking, Zhao Yang said lightly: "In principle, I agree with what you've said. Especially about not wearing overly revealing clothes, such as semi-transparent nightgowns without anything underneath... that kind of situation absolutely cannot happen..."

  As he spoke, Zhao Yang's gaze involuntarily swept over Lin Xueqi's chest, obviously intentionally teasing her.

  Feeling Zhao Yang's gaze, Lin Xueqi's face suddenly flushed bright red, as if the clothes on her body had been seen through, and she was exposed naked in front of him.

  Despicable, shameless, vile, lewd, sordid...

  Lin Xueqi silently cursed Zhao Yang severely in her heart.

  Thinking of myself just wearing that pitiful transparent nightgown, without even a bra inside, being seen by this lecherous guy, and now being exposed in front of him, I suddenly feel like I have no face to show, and I'd rather dig a hole in the ground to crawl into...

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