Su Li wasn’t the least bit worried that Cong Shan would starve or thirst in the hospital.
Indeed, most of the pressure from the previous life had been borne by the original owner, who suffered for it and benefitted others.
Now, with hunger unassuaged, where could Cong Shan bother with such empty sentints?
The money that had always remained untouched in the account was now finally being used.
Once it started, that money... would certainly not remain.
Su Li hadn’t imdiately proposed breaking up with Cong Shan, simply wanting to see his misfortune.
No need for elaborate sches, just by ignoring him, he could tornt him sufficiently.
Seeing his current plight now, it wasn’t hard to foresee the worrying situation of this great kind person in the future.
Since that was the case, continuing to entangle with him would be pointless.
Su Li felt he could swiftly back out now, before the other party gained that imnse Golden Finger, he no longer needed to appear.
Following the previous actions of this great kind person, he could elevate the difficulty of his own life by himself.
Speaking of which, Cong Shan’s words just now were truly spoken in anger. No one knew better than he did what his girlfriend had been like to him these past years.
Upon calming down, he also reflected on his recent behaviors, which admittedly hadn’t been very good.
Yet both were to bla, punishnt bestowed equally, let’s not delve into it further.
He took it for granted, that after the heat of anger, when he’d call Su Li again, it wouldn’t be the phone being off but...
He was blocked.
A wave of panic finally surged in Cong Shan’s heart. Su Li had never been this angry before.
After finishing his IV drip, with a heart full of unease, Cong Shan rushed back to his rented room.
As soon as he entered the shared room, a suffocating sll hit him.
The lights in each room were turned on, only their room remained deadly quiet.
The young man from the room on the left, notorious for picking his feet, had already poked his head out upon hearing noises.
He peeked behind Cong Shan and asked with a smile, "Where’s your girlfriend? Why didn’t she co back with you?"
Cong Shan had never seen this man care about his girlfriend before. Today’s enthusiasm seed oddly out of place.
Yet, Cong Shan had no energy to ponder these abnormal details; his entire focus clung to the young man’s few words.
Su Li hadn’t co back.
Now Cong Shan really panicked, for the first ti without his normally cheerful and kindly deanor.
His face turned grim, not bothering to greet the neighbor, he hurried to his room’s door with quick steps.
"Hey, what kind of person does that... what an attitude..."
The young man, not receiving any response from Cong Shan, complained loudly with dissatisfaction.
Being accustod to Cong Shan’s friendly deanor, the slightly colder attitude left the young man quite unsettled and uncomfortable.
This ti, Cong Shan ignored him, directly using his key to open the door.
As the door swung open, the room was pitch black and silent.
No familiar breathing sound, nor the figure he hoped to see greeted him.
Struggling to maintain a smile, Cong Shan called into the still air, "Xiao Li, stop joking around, why are all the lights off at ho..."
Only silence responded to him, as expected.
His fingers trembling, he switched on the light in the room.
The dim lightbulb lit up, revealing everything in the cramped room in one glance.
The sliver of faint hope in his heart shattered, and Cong Shan helplessly sank to the floor.
Su Li was really gone.
But seeing Su Li’s personal belongings left in the room slightly alleviated his despair.
He repeatedly reassured himself, Su Li’s things were still here.
The clothes in the wardrobe, the Dabao cream in the corner of the desk, and the worn leather shoes...
She must have had sothing important, so she was late returning ho.
Holding onto that hope, Cong Shan had waited from dusk until deep into the night.
He sat on the floor, maintaining the sa position from the beginning, motionless until the lights in the other rooms had all gone out.
Then he waited until the first light of dawn appeared.
All night long, he still hadn’t seen his girlfriend return.
Cong Shan clutched his phone, not knowing how many call logs he’d accumulated.
But not one call had gone through.
He suddenly realized that he had truly been abandoned.
This wasn’t a joke, nor was it a spur of the mont anger.
Such an accident ca just as he had hit the lowest point of his life, right on schedule.
With self-mockery, Cong Shan grimaced and imdiately felt resentnt toward Su Li.
They had clearly agreed...
But he also didn’t think about why.
There were many promises he had made to the original owner, but which had he truly kept?
A girl can join you in hardship, but that doesn’t an she deserves only a life of suffering.
Although Cong Shan was engulfed in negative emotions at the mont, life still had to go on.
Once he got over his low spirits, Cong Shan would realize that those bits of negative emotions don’t count for anything in the face of survival.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
The large front door of the group rental was vigorously knocked.
"Ti to pay for water and electricity..." a coarse duck-like voice loudly called out.
The landlord’s son, wearing big shorts and flip-flops, and holding a big bunch of keys, moved back and forth through the house in a splayed gait.
Hearing the noise, people from various rooms popped their heads out.
"Brother Zhi, why are we collecting for water and electricity again, it feels like it hasn’t been long since last ti."
"Brother Zhi, can we pay less this month? We’re a bit tight on money."
...
The landlord’s son, looking barely in his twenties and younger than everyone else there, was referred to as "brother."
Despite so flattering and others being enthusiastic, he remained unmoved.
With a toothpick in his mouth, he chewed it back and forth, his face maintaining a hard expression, he said ruthlessly, "Hurry it up, anyone who pays less or doesn’t pay will have their water and electricity cut off imdiately."
"You only pay such a little amount each month, yet you always whine and bargain... If you’re capable, then don’t live here."
This statent made everyone shrink back, and no one dared to speak again.
They truly had no ans; if not here, should they really go and live under a bridge or on the streets?
Brother Zhi, who had been nonchalantly surveying the rooms, just noticed the shrinking Cong Shan.
He abruptly turned his attention and sternly added a few words.
"That one, room 403, you better not delay this ti, you must pay up today."
"If you don’t have the money on you, hurry up and have your girlfriend bring it over."
"You can’t even pay this small water and electricity fee, soon it will be ti to pay the rent again, are you going to delay? If you keep this up, you both pack up and leave today."
"I...."
The pleading words in Cong Shan’s mouth just couldn’t co out.
He hadn’t realized that the young landlord usually had such a terrible attitude.
Because before, it had always been his girlfriend who dealt with this man.
Just as Su Li had predicted, once that money in Cong Shan’s account started being used, it would never stop.
Returning from the ATM, the balance in Cong Shan’s account had decreased a little more.
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