Chapter 7: Chapter 7: He Is My Man Chapter 7: Chapter 7: He Is My Man After the train arrived at the station, Chen Cheng and Xiao ier got off together.
Xiao ier hurried on, Chen Cheng quickly caught up, explaining, “Sister ier, about that…”
“Hey!
How should I even start to explain this!” He hastily pulled out his car keys from his pocket, “It was all a misunderstanding caused by this darn thing!!”
A faint blush still lingered on Xiao ier’s face, seeing Chen Cheng so determined to clarify made her already flushed cheeks turn even redder.
Her plump legs seed even more unwilling to stop, moving steadily forward.
“Sister ier!” Chen Cheng stood still, calling out loudly.
Xiao ier abruptly turned back, her chest rising and falling rapidly, “What now?!”
“This way…” Chen Cheng pointed in a direction.
“Ah.” Xiao ier murmured softly.
The two headed towards Chen Cheng’s rental apartnt, the atmosphere still tension-filled as they entered the elevator.
Chen Cheng stole a glance at Xiao ier, “Sister ier, back on the train…”
Xiao ier shot Chen Cheng a sharp glance, but her eyes were like peach blossoms, showing no sign of anger.
“Beep—” Chen Cheng voluntarily shut his mouth.
Ding.
The elevator doors opened, and Chen Cheng led Xiao ier forward, “Here we are.”
However, standing in front of the familiar door, the scene before him made him freeze.
His belongings had already been thrown out of the room, clothes, books, and miscellaneous items scattered all over the floor, as if they had been through a catastrophe.
And he knew that these items had not yet been cleared away by the property managent since yesterday, it was intentionally left by Zhang Qianqian for him to see.
Xiao ier was also taken aback by the situation in front of her.
But she quickly cald down, squatted without saying a word, and started picking things up for him.
At that mont, sarcastic voices of Wang Qingxiu and her daughter echoed from inside the door.
Zhang Qianqian sneered mockingly, “Mom, look how clean our ho is now after we tidied up!”
Chen Cheng did not respond, knowing that the mother-daughter duo was watching him through the peephole.
“Exactly!
I was wondering why the house felt so cramped!
Turns out it was because there was an extra person!” Wang Qingxiu sneered sarcastically.
A surge of anger rose from the bottom of Chen Cheng’s heart, and he said to the closed door:
“Zhang Qianqian, you’ve slept with for three years, this last day’s rent can be considered your trouble fee.”
Bang!
The door opened just as Chen Cheng finished speaking.
Zhang Qianqian took notice of Xiao ier still gathering things, her gaze then fell on Chen Cheng, “The last day?
What do you an?
Didn’t you pay a year’s rent?”
Chen Cheng sneered, “Correct, I paid for a year, but that was last year’s business.”
“This year I’ve been busy paying off my grandfather’s debts, do you think I have the money to pay year after year?” he continued.
“You…!”
Chen Cheng’s gaze had never been so resolute, “I’ve decided not to live here anymore, would I still pay the rent?
Consider this last day as your breakup fee, after all, these years, you haven’t been calling my na for nothing.”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qianqian was instantly furious.
She thought she could use this opportunity to humiliate Chen Cheng, but instead, he turned the tables on her.
“Chen Cheng, you’re nothing but a complete thug!”
Zhang Qianqian’s angry cursing echoed in the corridor, her makeup distorting slightly from rage.
However, Chen Cheng remained undeterred.
“After nearly thirty years of playing Mr.
Nice Guy, I’ve just learned that being a scoundrel is damn satisfying!”
“Oh right, almost forgot to tell you.” Chen Cheng continued coldly: “This apartnt costs 4,500 a month, you better start making money quick, otherwise you and your mom will end up sleeping in a bridge hole!”
Xiao ier, holding her neatly arranged belongings, said to Chen Cheng: “Xiao Cheng, all packed up.”
“Okay, Sister ier.”
Zhang Qianqian pointed at them and said: “Oh, look at you two!
We just broke up yesterday and you’re already getting cozy with soone else, huh?”
Chen Cheng, without any hesitation, put his arm around Xiao ier’s shoulder, “Zhang Qianqian, let tell you, this isn’t called getting cozy!
It’s all above board!”
Xiao ier, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up, her voice gentle but carrying an undeniable firmness:
“Three years ago, right when you and Xiao Cheng got together, I saw all those little tricks of yours.
But Xiao Cheng was happy, so I didn’t say much.”
“Over the years, you took care of him, accompanied him as he grew, taught him responsibility, made him mature, turned him into soone who can take care of others, who has compassion.
I thank you for that.”
“Now, this last month’s rent can be considered your severance pay, I guess that’s fine, right?”
Zhang Qianqian’s face turned from green to white with rage because of Xiao ier’s words.
She thought she could use this opportunity to humiliate Chen Cheng and Xiao ier, but instead, she ended up being outwitted.
“You…
you two!” Zhang Qianqian, pointing at them, was too angry to speak.
Wang Qingxiu saw her daughter getting snubbed, but even more crucial was the rent.
But with just one look from Xiao ier, she backed down imdiately.
She knew that this seemingly gentle woman was not soone to be trifled with.
To single-handedly start a business in the chaotic Willow Tree Market and keep it stable for twelve years, one definitely needed so skills.
“Aiya, Xiao Cheng, we’re still family, can’t we talk this out nicely?” Wang Qingxiu said with a smile, “Qianqian is the flesh off my bones, I know her temperant.
Please, for the sake of your auntie, don’t stoop to her level.”
She then turned towards Xiao ier, “Xiao Er, I also understand your relationship with Xiao Cheng, good siblings, right!
A sister standing up for her brother, it’s only right.”
Xiao ier’s expression remained calm, with the gentlest voice, but her words were resolute:
“He’s my man!”
Chen Cheng felt a jolt in his heart.
Having said that, Xiao ier turned around, took Chen Cheng’s hand, and prepared to leave.
Seeing this, Zhang Qianqian quickly moved to block them, “You can’t leave!
We haven’t settled the matter with the apartnt yet!”
“Don’t you get the situation?
The lease expires tomorrow, the landlord will co to take over the apartnt, and the deposit will be returned to Xiao Cheng,” Xiao ier responded.
“No…
that can’t be!” Zhang Qianqian obviously wasn’t ready to accept this reality, “Chen Cheng, you still love , right?
We still had feelings before, didn’t we?
I’ll forget about the TV, can’t we start over?”
Xiao ier stopped in her tracks.
Chen Cheng turned around coldly, “The year Wu Xu is long gone, what are you still hollering about?”
“What…
what do you an?” Zhang Qianqian was puzzled.
Chen Cheng took a deep breath, “I love selling your mom’s twisted dough!”
The clumsy attempt at Sichuan dialect made Xiao ier burst out laughing.
Those footsteps, once halted, began to move again.
“Xiao Cheng, it’s ti to go,” she reminded him.
The two of them walked into the elevator, and as the doors closed, Wang Qingxiu genuinely panicked.
“Daughter, can you see if you can borrow so money from your girlfriends?
Or quickly find a job?”
Zhang Qianqian was even more frantic, “Mom, all these years I’ve been supported by Chen Cheng, which company would want !
And those girlfriends…
I just can’t lower my pride to ask them!”
The mother and daughter fell into silence, the atmosphere growing sowhat solemn.
Once downstairs, Chen Cheng let out a long sigh, feeling as if a heavy burden had been lifted, and his whole body felt light.
“Lend a hand, will you?” Xiao ier was holding a big pile of clothes, “You have just been praised for your attentiveness, and now you’ve forgotten as soon as we step out the door?”
Only then did Chen Cheng snap back to reality.
He took the clothes and smiled, asking: “Sister ier, was everything you said earlier true?”
Hearing this, Xiao ier made a scissor hand gesture, playful yet annoyed.
Seeing this, Chen Cheng mocked, “Beep—!”
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