Chapter 22 first quarter

Yu Kailin turned on the computer and found that someone had replied to the information she posted on the Internet asking for a rented house, and left her contact information and address. Great.Not wanting to wait another minute, she immediately dialed the phone number. The landlord is a woman.Yu Kailin talked to her briefly, but the landlady didn't want to say more on the phone, saying that the specific situation could be discussed in detail after meeting.This is exactly what Yu Kailin hoped—she desperately wanted to see the house. After hanging up the phone, Yu Kailin wrote down the landlord's phone number and address on a slip of paper, then turned off the laptop and stuffed it into a suitcase full of clothes.

Before going out, Yu Kailin looked back at the single apartment that once brought her warmth, but now only left her heartbroken. Goodbye, Li Xin.You are gone. The taxi stopped on a less busy street in the city, Yu Kailin glanced at the address on the note, yes, it was here. She took the suitcase from the trunk of the taxi and put the wheels down.Drag it towards the alley written on the note. No. 11, Si Tiao Lane, a second unit, the second floor - Yu Kailin checked the address - she is now standing downstairs.Fortunately, most of the suitcases contained some clothes, which were not too heavy. She carried the suitcases upstairs with both hands.

Turning around the stairs and approaching the corridor on the second floor, Yu Kailin heard someone talking loudly in the corridor. She looked obliquely forward and saw a man and a woman standing at the door of a house in the corridor, talking with the woman in the house. What is the master arguing about. "How could it be so expensive?" the stylishly dressed young woman screamed, "We all know the market for renting a house now, even a house in the best part of the city center cannot be rented at this price!" An indifferent voice. "I decide how much I want to rent for my house. If you think it's too expensive, please go ahead." Yu Kailin couldn't see the woman who was talking, she was standing in the room.But Yu Kailin heard from the voice that this seemed to be the person she had talked to on the phone before.

Did someone make an appointment to see the house before me?Yu Kailin thought to herself—they think it is expensive, how much does it cost a month? The tall man standing at the door hesitated. "It's 500 yuan less, we can accept this price at most. 4000 yuan a month is too expensive!" what! 4000 yuan a month?A one bedroom studio!Yu Kailin was taken aback—is this landlord crazy?Where did she think it was - by the West Lake?Or an apartment with a sea view?Or she renovated the house into a presidential suite? "No bargaining." The cold voice said, "Why don't you go ask other rental houses." She seemed to want to close the door.

"Let's go." The young woman felt that there was no need to talk further. There are no houses around here, and the houses are all rented out—Yu Kailin learned about it online—and at this moment, the man seems to be thinking the same question.He stood in the doorway thinking, then gritted his teeth. "Okay, let's rent for a month first!" The landlady didn't speak for several seconds, as if she didn't expect the man to agree.After a while, she said, "Okay, let's pay half a year's rent in advance." "What, half a year?" The tall man yelled in surprise, "Such a high rent...you want us to pay you 24,000 yuan in one lump sum?"

"That's it." "When I called you yesterday, you said that the rent is paid quarterly!" The young woman scolded angrily, "How can you keep your word?" There was a moment of silence.Yu Kailin heard the landlady say: "Okay, I don't want to talk anymore, I won't rent this house anymore." "I can see it too, you don't want to rent it to us at all." The young woman said bitterly, "You just wait for some fool to rent your crappy house!" As she spoke, she took her boyfriend's hand and angrily walked towards the stairs.When they passed by Yu Kailin, they exchanged glances with her.

Yu Kailin looked at the distraught pair of men and women, and said in her heart - there is no need to run into a wall, let's go as soon as possible. She was about to turn around and go downstairs with her suitcase, when the landlady came out of the room, saw Yu Kailin, and asked, "Are you here to rent a house?" Yu Kailin turned her head and saw the landlady whom she had only heard just now—about forty years old, with small eyes, a flat nose, freckles on her cheeks, and an old-fashioned hairstyle like a character in an old movie from the 1980s.At this moment, she was wearing a loose and bulky dark dress, with her face drooping, staring at herself with a scrutinizing gaze.

When Yu Kailin saw this landlady, she somewhat understood why the couple just had such an encounter—this kind of old-fashioned woman was the kind of person who was difficult to deal with. "Ah... I don't want to rent anymore." She replied. "You called me just now." The landlady recognized Yu Kailin's voice. "Well, yes..." Yu Kailin was a little embarrassed. "But I can't afford the rent. The landlady ignored what Yu Kailin said, she approached and stared at Yu Kailin. "You're not from here, are you?" Yu Kailin felt a little uncomfortable being watched by her. "yes."

"Do you have pets? The noisy ones." She clearly meant the dog, but didn't say it clearly. "No, I've never had any pets." I can hardly keep myself, she thought. "Do you like inviting people to parties?" "No, I'm a foreigner and I don't have many friends." "Do you have any special living habits?" Yu Kailin was taken aback. "what do you mean?" "For example, staying up late at night to surf the Internet, sleeping during the day and so on." Yu Kailin shook her head. "I am a typical office worker. The lifestyle you mentioned does not belong to me."

The landlady nodded slightly, as if she was satisfied with Yu Kailin's answer.Finally asked: "Do you have a boyfriend?" Yu Kailin opened her mouth and smiled softly in disbelief: "I'm sorry, does this have anything to do with you? Or, does this have anything to do with my renting a house?" She wanted to say this just now.She was just renting a room, and she didn't want to be interrogated like a police investigation. "It doesn't matter," said the landlady. "I just think that a beauty like you must have suitors around - just ask." Yu Kailin found that she was still staring at herself, apparently not giving up on the answer to this question. "I don't have a boyfriend," she replies, a little bitterly—in fact, I just broke up with a boyfriend—without saying it.

Hearing this answer, the landlady smiled for some unknown reason. "Okay, I rented the house to you." "Thank you very much, but, as I said just now, I can't afford such an expensive rent..." "1500 yuan a month, what do you think?" "What?" Yu Kailin doubted her ears. "How much?" "I said, 1,500 yuan a month, I will rent the house to you." The landlady slowed down and said it again. Yu Kailin opened her mouth wide in surprise. "But, those two people just now... You didn't even rent them 4,000 yuan a month..." The landlady waved her hands: "Don't mention those two people. To be honest, I don't like them, so I deliberately raised the price to make things difficult for them." She paused. "I think that things like renting a house should be done according to fate. If you rent it to someone who does not speculate, it will definitely be unpleasant to get along with in the future. It is better not to rent it." "Get along?" Yu Kailin didn't understand. "Will we live together?" The landlady pointed to the two houses behind her. "The two sets of studios on this floor are mine. I live in the one on the left, and rent out the one on the right. So, after the house is rented out, we become neighbors, and the time to meet and contact will be different. A lot of." "That's right." Yu Kailin nodded to express her understanding. "So, do you want to rent it?" "Of course. But... I can't pay half a year's rent at once." "It doesn't matter. It's fine on a quarterly basis, plus a security deposit of 1,000 yuan, how about it." Yu Kailin quickly calculated in her heart - 5,500 yuan.Now I only have a total of more than 6,000 yuan.However, there are more than half a month until the salary is paid... "Okay, I'll rent it," she said. The landlady showed a kind smile, and she was completely different from when she first treated the couple. "Don't you even look at the house?" Only then did Yu Kailin think of the most important thing, she was only concerned about the rent just now. "Oh yeah, I forgot even that," she laughed. "Come on, I don't think you will be disappointed." The landlady smiled and helped her lift the suitcase.