Assistant Architect Chapter 110

Assistant Architect by Xi He Qing Ling

Chapter 110: Townhouse

At work onThursday, Zhang Siyi shook out his cramped arm then continued to collectbackground information on the X-City hotel project in Yunnan province. Its justtwo more days left until he moves!

In the evening,Zhang Siyi and Gu Yu went out to dinner together. After thinking about hisliving situation, he wanted to discuss it with Gu Yu: "Boss, I've thought aboutit. I'm going to move in with you but I still have to pay you rent."

Even beforeZhang Siyi realized the truth about who Gu Yu liked, he thought about payingrent. Due to the emotional rollercoaster he experienced from the last few days events,his mind was mush. When Gu Yu asked him to live together, he felt so happy thathe forgot all else, including asking him about rent.

Knowingthat Gu Yu liked him, Zhang Siyi didn't want to take advantage of his feelingsto deliberately ignore paying rent. In some ways, after studying in the UK formany years, Zhang Siyi adopted some westernized concepts. In particular, thesentiment is true towards the importance of the mutual economic independence ofa couple.

Although GuYu lived in a friend's house without the need to pay rent in exchange forarchitectural favors, the two decided to live together and thus, they shouldbear the expenses together.

Zhang Siyicouldn't think of anything else to offer other than paying rent. He scratchedhis head in embarrassment: “I don't have much money now so I can only affordthe same as I've been paying. Four-thousand a month. What do you think?"

Now thatZhang Siyi has been looking at housing options for the last two weeks, he iswell versed in the various areas of the city and its current prices. Inferringthe rent of Yuanshan Garden from experience, he can guess that the villa is atleast twenty-thousand a month. What’s more, the significance of Zhang Siyi's improvedquality of life is greater than the value of the house itself. For thesereasons, Zhang Siyi is embarrassed to mention “4,000 bucks."

Gu Yulistened to Zhang Siyi’s words and carefully examined his expression. KnowingZhang Siyi's personality and upbringing, he didn't want to dismiss Zhang Siyi'sthoughtful proposal.

“Alright,but I didn’t intend to collect your money. Since this is what you insist on, Iwill accept it.” In order for them to live fortably together, Gu Yurespected Zhang Siyi’s wishes. Gu Yu continued: "However, neither will I takethis money for myself, nor will my friend who provides this house agree to it."After a moment of deliberation, Gu Yu looked up and said: "How about we use themoney towards our mon expenses and if there isn't enough, I will pay for theremainder and if you do other chores to improve our living arrangements, I canaward you a bonus based on my own judgment."

Zhang Siyi:“……”

Zhang Siyiunderstood the first part, but the second part sounded strange. That is to say,when they buy food or go out to eat or watch a movie, Gu Yu does not need topay. As a result, it is more like Zhang Siyi is "supporting" Gu Yu. Not only doesGu Yu's proposal take care of Zhang Siyi’s self-respect, but it also gives himthe chance to feel like he is contributing!

Zhang Siyinodded enthusiastically and felt it was very reasonable than asked: "What arethe other things I can do to improve the quality of living together?"

“Forexample, if you took the initiative to do various chores, or something likebuying fresh flowers to decorate…” Gu Yu lifted his eyebrows and paused.Than continued: “Well, if it is something that makes me feel happy, I feelits only appropriate to return the rest of the money to you."

Is theresuch a good thing as earning money back through housework? "All right!" ZhangSiyi said full of gratitude and joy. After the consensus, Zhang Siyi couldfinally look forward to living together without any burden.

That night,the pair moved more of luggage over to Gu Yu's house. The only stuff left inthe apartment, was Zhang Siyi bedding, his violin and the dog.

Gu Yulooked at the bare apartment and the restless Golden Retriever. He asked: “Whatis the dog's name?”

Zhang Siyi:“Cheer-Up"

Gu Yu:“Cheer-Up? Why does he have an odd name? Is there any specialmeaning?”

Zhang Siyieye's twitched and with some resentment explained the origin on the dog's name thenplained: "This is the dog of doom. Nothing but bad things have happenedsince getting this dog. First, Fu Xinhui'sfamily was attacked by the mob, then his sister was imprisoned for a few weeksand then his family went bankrupt. Since the dog was entrusted to me, I lost5000 on the sale of used speakers, my project fell through, and I couldn't findan apartment even though I looked for a month. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn'thave a place to live!"

Gu Yu:“……”

There wereother instances of bad luck like his fight with Gu Yu, but Zhang Siyi didn'twant to plain about his list grievances anymore. Now, Zhang Siyi is a littlefearful of the dog: "I usually call him Stupid-Dog. There is no way I amcalling the dog Cheer-Up. He's just going to bring us bad luck."

HearingZhang Siyi talk about "us