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Little Six, who had just doubled Xu Yao’s pension, chimed in weakly: [Not strange at all…]
Little Six really wanted to beg Xu Yao to stop managing those tenants, otherwise, it would end up triggering the bug for doubling her pension every month. Little Six secretly glanced at next month’s payment. If it triggered again, it would have to give Xu Yao forty million in retirement funds…
The benefits from the quick transmigration bureau would eventually be cleaned out by Xu Yao.
Xu Yao also didn’t think it was strange at all. After all, it was quite normal for a little rich woman to enjoy looking at a few handsome little puppy types.
It wasn’t until the next day, close to noon, when Xu Yao was still snuggled in bed and reluctant to get up. She suddenly heard the WeChat notification sound from her phone on the bedside table. Yawning, she stretched out her fair arm to grab the phone, the screen’s glare making her squint her eyes.
A tenant had sent her a rather ambiguous photo via WeChat. In the picture, a handsome yet somewhat baby-faced boy in a white shirt lazily leaned his tall figure against a bean bag chair, the slightly lifted hem of his shirt revealing firm abs, with a few droplets of water trickling down them.
The instantly woken up Xu Yao who no longer felt sleepy: “??”
F*ck, sending her something this stimulating so early in the morning?
[Golden Age Court 02-15 Tenant: Ah, sorry, Sister Landlady, I sent it by mistake. I actually wanted to ask about the rent.]
This tenant was also feeling anxious inside. He had seen online that Xu Yao seemed to like little puppy types and couldn’t help but “slip” and send her a photo.
He heard that Xu Yao only got up around noon, so he timed it perfectly to send it at exactly twelve o’clock.
These were the first batch of tenants. Xu Yao had wanted to experience the joy of a landlady waking up every day to collect money, so they all had Xu Yao’s WeChat.
But being a landlady was unexpectedly hard work. Just clicking the [accept payment] button on WeChat transfers everyday made her fingers ache, so Xu Yao had handed this tiring task over to her employees.
Xu Yao looked at the photo and immediately caught on to the R-rated implication from the younger tenant.
This isn’t too appropriate, right? After all, she’s very professional.
[Xu Yao: If you sent it by mistake, why not unsend it?]
[Golden Age Court 02-15 Tenant: …]
The tenant waited for half a minute before hesitantly sending a voice message, saying that the message couldn’t be unsent after two minutes had already passed.
Xu Yao clicked her tongue with no intention of continuing the conversation with this tenant. She was a professional landlady, and the only relationship between them should be one of a landlady and her tenant.
A tenant with poor moral character would greatly affect the standard rental relationship between them. It seemed like a tenant with good character is truly hard to come by.
Xu Yao sent a message to He Fan, saying that the rental contract for this Golden Age Court tenant shouldn’t be renewed after it expired. She didn’t want to wake up one day and find that she had received explicit photos on her phone.
Xu Yao also went to look for Ji Zhengqing.
[AAAA Professional Rental Little Xu: Do you work out?]
The other side didn’t reply to her question but instead asked Xu Yao a question in return.
[Ji Zhengqing: You you like little puppy types? Why not little wolf types?]
[AAAA Professional Rental Little Xu: As a rich woman, can’t I like a person? Must I only like dogs?!]
Xu Yao seemed very angry and threw several reaction stickers over.
[Ji Zhengqing: …I do work out.]
Xu Yao had never expected that despite Ji Zhengqing being a busy CEO, he would still find the time to pay attention to online gossip and actually knew that netizens were teasing her about her love for little puppy types!
Xu Yao suddenly felt a sense of guilt, as if her fiancé had seen through her.
[Ji Zhengqing: I will arrange for a fashion designer to come over in the next few days to take your measurements for your engagement dress. Do you have time?]
Although the engagement could be kept low-key, what others had, Xu Yao should also have. The designer Ji Zhengqing booked was a designer who was renowned both domestically and internationally, and had originally only served foreign royal families.
As a landlady, Xu Yao had nothing else to do all day aside from collecting rent and arranging rentals. If it weren’t for her current popularity, she would really want to experience the feeling of driving her luxury car out to deliver takeout.
When Xu Yao replied that she had time, Ji Zhengqing immediately arranged for the designer to fly directly to Haicheng.
The housekeeper downstairs notified her that lunch was ready, so Xu Yao went to freshen up first. When she picked up her phone again, she found another tenant had sent her a message.
[Haicheng Bay No. 1 02-11 Ming Chan: Sister Landlady, I’m planning to move to Jing City for my career development, so I won’t be renting after the contract expires next month. So about the security deposit…]
Xu Yao felt very sad, as it wasn’t easy to find a tenant with good character these days. Many people were filtered out during the rental exam, and yet the one she was about to lose now was actually a wealthy tenant from Haicheng Bay No. 1!
Xu Yao had seen the name Ming Chan in the original novel. Without mentioning anything else, her character was definitely beyond reproach.
[AAAA Professional Rental Little Xu: There’s no need for a refund on the security deposit, I have a place in Jing City as well, so you can stay there. The place is in Nine Chapters Northern Garden and the rent will the same as the one you’re renting now.]
[Haicheng Bay No. 1 02-11 Ming Chan: …]
Nine Chapters Northern Garden in Jing City is definitely a luxury residence that isn’t at all inferior to Haicheng Bay No. 1, with the rent being even more expensive than Haicheng Bay No. 1. If it had been anyone else, they would have agreed immediately.
[Haicheng Bay No. 1 02-11 Ming Chan: Um, Landlady, I often go on business trips abroad and I’ll be working abroad after moving.]
[AAAA Professional Rental Little Xu: Oh? I also have properties abroad. Which country in Europe? Or America?]
[Haicheng Bay No. 1 02-11 Ming Chan: South Africa.]
Xu Yao suddenly felt a pang of heartache. After all, her properties hadn’t spread all over the globe and gone truly international yet, but it didn’t matter.
[AAAA Professional Rental Little Xu: I truly don’t have any in South Africa, but I can buy a few so it’ll be more convenient to watch the World Cup in the future. Why don’t you wait for me to buy them first before moving?]
Xu Yao sighed inwardly, marveling at how much effort she put into retaining her tenants.
She was a landlady who worked hard for her tenants.
Ming Chan almost couldn’t hold back her emotions upon seeing this. Just how wealthy was Xu Yao? She actually owned a top-tier luxury apartment like Nine Chapters Northern Garden in Jing City and didn’t hesitate to rent it out, now even able to casually buy properties all over the world just for tenant retention.
In this day and age, when a person’s net worth is over a hundred million, it usually includes real estate, company stocks, and so on, with very few actually being able to produce over a hundred million in liquid assets.
One must understand that a single luxury apartment is often valued in the hundreds of millions, and Xu Yao had actually bought all her properties outright. Ming Chan couldn’t even dare to imagine the wealth of this Landlady Xu.
After a long while, Ming Chan had no choice but to call Xu Yao, feeling utterly helpless as she said, “I’m sorry, Miss Landlord. Actually, I’m not moving out of town for career development. I’m actually going bankrupt and can’t afford to rent your apartment in Haicheng Bay No. 1 anymore.”
What she had just said earlier was merely an excuse for her to save face, but alas, she still had to face reality—
She was on the brink of bankruptcy.
Haicheng Bay No. 1 was the most expensive luxury community in Haicheng, and the rent for the apartment she lived in was four hundred thousand yuan a month, which she could now no longer afford to pay.
Ming Chan had been married to Mu Xiyuan, the son of the Runda’s CEO, for three years before getting divorced. During their marriage, she filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband for transferring their marital assets, and in the end, they had to divide the marital property.
Ming Chan still remembered the text her ex-husband sent her a few days ago: [What’s the use of suing me to get them to split my assets? Aren’t you still going to be bankrupt anyway? With that money, you might as well be like that useless landlady Xu Yao and buy a few apartments just to sit back and wait to collect rent.]
In the eyes of wealthy second-generation heirs who were career driven like Mu Xiyuan, Xu Yao, who was just a rent-collecting landlady, was the most unambitious person to them.
Clearly sitting on hundreds of millions in assets, yet she only knew how to collect a bit of rent each month to get by, completely lacking any business acumen at all.
Recently, despite Xu Yao frequently trending online, people like them regarded her as a joke, sitting on a pile of gold mountains yet clueless in how to make the money work for her instead—truly laughable.
In reality, Ming Chan hadn’t received much alimony. Even that unknown mobile game had been a gift given out of pity from her father-in-law, who had felt sorry for her.
Unfortunately, she had now lost even a place to stay because of that game.
Ming Chan smiled bitterly. Starting a business wasn’t something anyone could do. Being a landlady was clearly much more stable.
Xu Yao knew of Ming Chan. In the original novel, she had been a game developer on the verge of bankruptcy, an orphan who had been admitted to a 985 university in Haicheng despite being from a small rural village. Many had envied her for marrying Mu Xiyuan, the son of the Runda’s CEO, but now, there were just as many who were secretly mocking her for getting divorced and facing bankruptcy.
Fortunately, after gritting her teeth and struggling to develop this game for three to four years, Ming Chan finally successfully attracted investment and created the game that became a hit at the time. The game had been so successful that she even had the original female lead, Liu Yingxia, endorse it, making it a hot topic for a while. Just as Ming Chan was about to succeed, her apartment suddenly caught fire, and she was burned to death inside. When firefighters found her, her body had already been charred black and showed no signs of life.
Xu Yao felt a pang of regret and sighed before asking Ming Chan about the name of her game.
Ming Chan was taken aback. She hadn’t expected Xu Yao to know she was a game developer, but considering Xu Yao’s involvement in creating a rental exam, it seemed reasonable.
The name of her little game was “Shining Star.” Xu Yao glanced at it on the app store and saw that it only had about a hundred downloads, with fewer than ten reviews, which were all negative.
Xu Yao clicked to download it and took her phone downstairs to eat.
The game file wasn’t very large, so it downloaded in just a few seconds. Xu Yao enjoyed her exquisite lunch while tapping on the screen.
Upon seeing that it was a dress-up game, Xu Yao immediately felt a wave of nostalgia for early internet gaming culture, reminiscent of her childhood days on 43991.
A 2D model clad only in underwear stood in the center of the screen, with various clothes, skirts, shorts, and short sleeves on the right. Xu Yao swiped her finger to scroll through her wardrobe options, her delicate brows furrowing tighter, unable to suppress the urge to shout in her heart—
Why are there so many ugly clothes? They’re so ugly, really so ugly.
“Miss Yao Yao, the latest batch of rentals has already rented out 102 apartments,” Lu Ye reported from the side.
Xu Yao was still frowning, selecting a few clothes that she thought were somewhat acceptable, occasionally responding with a few absentminded hums of acknowledgement.
She dressed her character in a crisp set of shorts and a short-sleeved shirt, pairing it with flip-flops. What a pity, too bad the flip-flops were only plastic, it wasn’t even studded with diamonds!
Can this game even make any money? No wonder Ming Chan was going bankrupt.
“Miss Yao Yao, recently several tenants have had consultations with us about legal issues they’re facing. We’ve already responded to them, but this matter still needs to be brought to your attention.”
Pan Xianmin spoke up, catching a glimpse of Xu Yao playing the game. Despite seemingly not enjoying competitive games, Pan Xianmin and the others thought Xu Yao would at least play casual games like Happy Elimination2 or Fight the Landlord3, yet here she was playing a dress-up game!
He Fan was even considering the afternoon’s schedule. Perhaps Xu Yao could go shopping at the mall? She must have become obsessed with this kind of dress-up game since she hasn’t been able to buy many clothes recently!
Xu Yao continued to frown while playing, all the while not forgetting to respond to Pan Xianmin, “Mmhm, go ahead and tell me what the matter is.”
Pan Xianmin hesitated before saying, “Miss Yao Yao, some of your tenants who are recent university graduates have sought help from our law firm, saying… they used to rent from Runda Apartments but ended up with massive debts from loans.”
Although the news about the incidents of young people jumping from Runda Apartments had gone viral amongst netizens recently, the real cause still hadn’t been uncovered yet!
However, Xu Yao knew that Mu Xiyuan, who was the son of Runda’s CEO, had partnered with long-term rental apartments to launch rental loans in order to achieve an impressive 99% occupancy rate.
Most of those who needed to take out loans for renting were fresh graduates with little income. They were suddenly inexplicably burdened with loans just to rent an apartment, with some even finding themselves homeless and living on the streets despite having loans, which could also negatively affect their credit scores.
Nowadays, credit scores impacted every aspect of life, and with issues with one’s credit, even taking a high-speed train would be difficult.
Xu Yao’s hand paused slightly while playing the game. This matter had actually been mentioned in the original novel, but this matter wouldn’t fully be exposed for another couple of years. It would take more university graduates jumping off buildings before the issue became fully exposed to the light.
“This isn’t a trivial matter. Do you think we still need to provide legal assistance to the tenants?” Pan Xianmin asked hesitantly.
Runda rented the apartment to a long-term real estate agency, which then exploited naive young people who aren’t familiar with the deep waters of society with predatory rental loans. Whether it was suing Runda or that long-term real estate agency, getting involved in a lawsuit against large enterprises on behalf of unfamiliar tenants wasn’t cost-effective at all.
Although as lawyers, they naturally wanted to do something about it, right now, they were Xu Yao’s personal legal team, and every case they took on would depended on Xu Yao’s opinion.
Capitalists are all about self-preservation after all… but Pan Xianmin couldn’t help but feel a spark of hope when he thought of Xu Yao involvement in dealing with Zhengde Academy.
Xu Yao lowered her head and continued playing the game in her hands while saying casually, “Help my tenants sue them. Sue them all until they’re all packed up and sent to jail.”
Preventing a few more university graduates from jumping to their deaths was them doing a good deed. After all, whose life isn’t precious? Who doesn’t feel heartache for their parents?
After all, she’s a landlady who works for her tenants.
*
The tenant at Golden Age Court was asked to leave after the rental contract expired, and Xu Yao’s rental team soon refunded the four thousand yuan deposit to the young man.
This young puppy-like tenant moved out of Xu Yao’s rented house while crying and sobbing, to the point where the news was even reported online to netizens by some nosy gossip accounts.
[This brother is so miserable, having managed to rent one of Xu Yao’s properties really isn’t easy. I’m afraid he probably won’t be able to rent another in the future, right?]
[What on earth did he do to incur Xu Yao’s wrath and get refused renewal for his lease? I’m so damn curious. Although his face is blurred out, he must be very handsome.]
[Wasn’t someone spreading online a few days ago that Xu Yao likes young puppy types? And then today, she ended up kicking out the puppy tenant.]
[There are also unspoken rules in renting. My former roommate had to sleep with a man in his forties to save on rent… so disgusting. Xu Yao is doing a good deed, cleaning up the rental industry.]
Xu Yao’s actions were somewhat akin to killing a chicken to scare the monkeys4, with some good-looking young men immediately giving up on their ulterior motives upon seeing the news online out of fear.
Don’t miss the chance to cling onto a rich lady’s thick thighs only to end up not even being able to rent their apartment.
It was… just a bit of a pity… why would such a wealthy woman like Xu Yao want to keep herself so chaste?!
Inside Ji Corporation.
As soon as he saw the news reported online, Ji Zhengqing curled his lips, “Assistant Li, is she giving me an explanation?”
Assistant Li, who had privately consulted He Fan on the art of conversation, responded immediately, “That should be the case.”
Ji Zhengqing swiped away from the gossip account and twirled the black pen between his fingers.
This marriage was arranged by Xu Yao’s grandfather on his deathbed. If things had gone according to Xu Jing’s original suggestion, the engagement could be quietly called off if both parties were disinterested after two years. But now, it seemed like the relationship was developing in a good direction, with Xu Yao even valuing this marriage more than he did.
Xu Yao’s special attention toward this matter made him feel a bit pleased, yet he was also inwardly fretting over whether his subtle responses were measuring up to her expectations.
“Have the arranged fashion designers arrived yet? Call over a few more,” Ji Zhengqing instructed his assistant, pressing his slender fingers on the shiny black pen.
Assistant Li replied, “…Understood, President Ji.”
No, just what was the boss imagining in his head again?
*
pls do not share this anywhere or u will always stub ur toe when u walk past a door frame !! this translation has been stolen from mioscorner.com, pls only read there i’m begging u :kneels:
Ming Chan was packing her items for the move. She planned to move her essentials into the game studio and could only comfort herself by brainwashing herself into thinking she could save on rent since she could work and rest there.
Ming Chan called for a moving company, and when she went downstairs to deliver her things, she saw a nanny van parked in front of the building of Haicheng Bay No. 1. It didn’t seem to be Xu Yao’s rental collection RV.
A few people got out of the car, and at a glance, they seemed to be full of artistic flair. Ming Chan didn’t have time to take a closer look before she saw them enter the elevator under the guidance of the property manager.
Ming Chan sighed, “Let’s pack up and move.”
Her disgusting ex-husband’s words had hit the nail on the head. Even if she asked the court for a split in assets, she would still be on the verge of bankruptcy either way.
The housekeeper at the door smiled and said, “Miss Xu Yao, the designers arranged by President Ji have arrived.”
Xu Yao was sitting cross-legged on the oversized sofa in the first floor’s lobby, with several plates of freshly washed and sliced fruits in front of her, along with plate of dainty snacks. Her mobile phone, which was running a game, was resting on her calf.
Several fashion designers proceeded to greet Xu Yao, who then curiously asked about their respective fields.
In order to bolster President Ji’s reputation in front of his fiancee, they had no choice but to directly state their titles and accolades.
A mixed-race man wearing a black top hat said in not-so-fluent Chinese, “Hello, Miss Yao Yao, I was born in Italy and specialize in incorporating contrasting elements into clothing. I have won seventeen major awards, both domestically and internationally.”
A girl with a princess cut hairstyle next to him said, “Hello, Miss Yao Yao, I am one of the former designers for Chanel and also the founder of the brand Zero. I also specialize in vibrant design styles. I have also received the highest honor in the fashion industry, the International Design Award Gold Prize.”
An elegant middle-aged woman in a qipao smiled and said, “Hello, Miss Yao Yao, I’m a bit different from them. I specialise in custom qipaos and incorporating the traditional elements of our country into my clothing. I also love niche designs and look forward to designing your engagement dress.”
“…”
There were many people gathered in rows, each with a title, all sounding extremely impressive.
At least judging from their dressing styles, it was clear that they were all truly trendsetters in the fashion industry and held formidable sway and reputation in the international fashion market.
One of them had even officially announced his retirement and was no longer making clothes.
Xu Yao was a bit surprised, “Didn’t Ji Zhengqing only arrange for three people to come? How come there are suddenly ten of them here?”
None of them were fakes as they were all big names in the fashion industry.
Xu Yao took out her phone to check and saw that Ji Zhengqing had sent her a WeChat message.
[Ji Zhengqing: Yao Yao, pick out your favorite styles from amongst them to make your engagement dress, or you can even keep them all.]
Xu Yao: Is that so?
Since her fiancé had already said so, then she wouldn’t be polite.
The designers spoke gently, even with a hint of flattery, asking, “Miss Yao Yao, do you have any favorite styles or types?”
Xu Yao had no particular thoughts about how she wanted her engagement dress to look like. After all, she had only been thinking about her inheritance at the beginning.
Xu Yao had no choice but to ask, “Are there any design drafts that I can browse?”
The designers had come prepared and immediately had their assistants bring out the design drafts that could be shown to outsiders, which was akin to a resume when applying for a job.
Ji Zhengqing really hadn’t treated her perfunctorily at all. All the designers he invited were indeed impressive. Every design sketch made Xu Yao feel a spark of inspiration.
Internationally renowned designers were truly a different breed. Even though they were just pieces of clothing, they managed to perfectly capture the viewer’s attention and perfectly showcased the female form.
The key was the variety of styles.
Xu Yao looked at the design sketches before her and then the clothes in her mobile game, which was simply unbearable to look at.
Xu Yao shared some of her ideas, and the group of designers began to help her take her measurements.
After all, President Ji had mentioned that as long as Miss Xu Yao liked it, she could keep everything. Even if she didn’t wear it for the engagement banquet, it could still stay in her closet.
After all, President Ji had spent a lot of money hiring them, so their service attitude was absolutely up to par.
So what if they were international renowned designers? Didn’t internationally renowned designers still have to make a living?
Xu Yao was curious, “How long does it usually take to get everything done?”
“If the handmade customisation goes smoothly, it might take just a little over a month,” a designer beside her smiled. “If we need to source the fabric from abroad, then it might take a bit longer.”
Their customer service was impeccable. After all, this was just for the custom engagement dress, whereas the main event would be the wedding dress.
Once the engagement dress was finalised, negotiating the design for the custom wedding dress would be much easier than before.
Xu Yao blinked, “No, I mean, how long does it take for you to draw those design drafts?”
“That depends on the designer’s inspiration. Sometimes inspiration strikes instantly and it can be done in one or two hours, while other times, it might take a month or even half a year before anything can be completed.”
That was quite frustrating.
Xu Yao allowed their assistant to take her measurements and casually handed her phone to them, “What do you think of these designs?”
The designers initially thought Xu Yao had pulled up some masterpiece of fashion and eagerly gathered around to take a look, only for a question mark to pop up collectively over their heads when they saw the phone screen!
“???”
What… is this?
It looked like a dress-up game?
The key was that it wasn’t even 3D.
It was really hard to imagine that Xu Yao, the young lady who was cherished above all else by President Ji, actually liked a game like this?
Looking at the collection of outdated and ugly clothes, as leaders in the fashion industry, these designers could have squashed dozens of flies with their frowns!
“Oh my god, what kind of ugly clothes are these? I bet this game has no players at all,” a designer with long hair criticized bluntly.
The Italian designer covered his head dramatically, looking pained as he said, “Who taught them to design clothes like this?”
“The clothing style looks like it’s from twenty years ago,” a middle-aged female designer added. “But is this outfit the one that Miss Yao Yao put together? It’s the most eye-catching among them all.”
Xu Yao: “…”
She really tried her best with this rental-collection look..
This game was just too terrible. It had a nonexistent plot and was just a simple outfit-matching game. However, one you finished matching outfits, that was it. Moreover, it had even lagged, with the screen crashing to black once while she was playing just now.
Boring, it was really super boring.
However, the fact that Ming Chan managed to attract her first investor and went viral online three years later surely had its reasons.
Did Ming Chan not know these clothes weren’t pretty? Of course she knew, but she didn’t have the money to continue making them! In this day and age, no matter how many ideas and excellent concepts you have, they’re all useless without money.
Xu Yao could also see the potential market this game had. Most girls are born naturally with a love for beauty, and it was perfectly normal for them to play around with outfits when bored.
When she had just become a landlady, hadn’t she also spent all day shopping at the mall?
As Xu Yao was thinking, the group of designers who had been critiquing the clothes handed the phone back to her, “Miss Yao Yao, someone is calling you.”
When Xu Yao saw that the caller was Ming Chan, she smiled slightly.
“Miss Landlady, I’m moving to the studio apartment today. Could I ask when you will refund my security deposit?” Ming Chan asked.
Although the security deposit was originally her money, so there wasn’t any need for her to feel embarrassed, Ming Chan still felt a bit uncomfortable at the fact that she had fallen so low to the point of caring so deeply about this security deposit.
The four hundred thousand yuan security deposit would be more than enough to keep the studio running for a while.
She had grown up as an orphan in a small rural village, and when she was a child, she hadn’t been able to wear pretty clothes. All her clothes had been hand-me-downs that had been donated to her by kind-hearted people. Even back then, she had dreamed that when she grew up and had money, she would also be able to wear beautiful clothes like everyone else.
Later, she infused this idea into her game, where she still had many ideas for the game that remained unfulfilled. She had even arrogantly thought that if she had money, Shining Star would definitely be a big hit.
So, she had to get that deposit, and with a landlady like Xu Yao, she probably wouldn’t care about such a small amount of money.
On the other end, Xu Yao said, “How about we drop the idea of refunding the security deposit?”
Ming Chan’s eyes widened in disbelief: “What? No refund for the security deposit?”
Was Xu Yao really that short on money?
With her current popularity, as long as she mentioned advertising, there would definitely be a swarm of advertisers rushing to her to promote their products.
Ming Chan suddenly recalled Sheng Zhou, and assuming Xu Yao had concerns in this regard, she stammered, “Miss Landlady, please don’t do this. You can send someone to check the appliances in the property, I absolutely haven’t damaged anything, and…”
Xu Yao interrupted, “Finding a new tenant is too troublesome. I don’t want to go through the hassle or lose a tenant like you, so I’ll just give you one month’s rent.”
Ming Chan’s voice was cut off abruptly: “?”
What?
Just because she found it too troublesome to find a new tenant? Although it was true that renting out the property required her rental team to conduct various examinations and psychological inquiries… was she going to get a month’s rent, just because of this halfhearted reason??
Ming Chan suddenly remembered that Xu Yao had given two months worth of the urban village’s rent to Zuo Ning. Now Zuo Ning was thriving with his career on the right track, and she had heard that he was now preparing for his second project.
Her heart was moved.
Ming Chan was even more excited than she was on her wedding day, “Miss Xu Yao, may I ask how much the one month’s worth of rent is…?”
One month’s rent, could it be four hundred thousand yuan?
That definitely wouldn’t be enough.
Xu Yao thought for a moment, “They haven’t sorted it out yet, so I’m not sure yet.”
Ming Chan asked eagerly, “Can I come over right now to see you?”
Xu Yao agreed, and Ming Chan immediately instructed the moving company to temporarily halt their operation, sprinting towards the presidential complex of Haicheng Bay No. 1 with the speed of a hundred-meter sprinter. The property manager at the entrance received Xu Yao’s notification and personally escorted Ming Chan into the elevator.
Yes, that’s just how it was in wealthy communities. Even neighbors living in the same complex couldn’t just go to each other’s doorsteps casually.
“Miss Yao Yao, should we continue measuring your clothes or wait until you finish your business?” the fashion designers asked gently after overhearing their conversation.
Xu Yao waved her phone in the air and asked instead, “Do you all think the costume design for this game is terrible?”
A group of people nodded in unison. It was truly unbearable to look at. They couldn’t even bring themselves to say a white lie against their conscience.
Xu Yao smiled and said, “Well, since you’re all here already, don’t leave just yet. Why don’t you design the clothes for this game yourselves?”
Thanks to President Ji for sending over some talent to her √
He really is her great fiancé, hahaha.
JZQ is truly just XY’s tool fiance HAHAHAHAH
support mio on kofi! ◡̈
- “4399” refers to a hugely popular Chinese online flash game website from the 2000s–2010s, where kids played casual games (like dress-up, farming, or puzzle games) for free. ↩︎
- “Happy Elimination” (开心消消乐) is a match-3 style game on the App Store (similar to candy crush). The game’s objective is to match and eliminate game pieces. ↩︎
- Popular card game in china (doudizhu) ↩︎
- To make an example of someone ↩︎