The urban village is in another district, quite far from Ningchu's home.
However, from Ningchu's home community, it only takes a 200-meter walk to take the subway directly to the urban village, which takes more than 40 minutes.
Grandpa has three small buildings in the village, divided into small single rooms. The rent for a single room is between 1,200 and 1,800 yuan. When he heard that Ningchu's classmates wanted to rent a room, Grandpa waved his hand on the phone and generously said it was free.
“I've given you a discount, it's only 500 yuan a month.“
My mother pushed open the door to the room at the end of the narrow corridor. Inside was a small room of about 20 square meters, with one room, one bathroom, a bed, a desk and an air conditioner.
”Isn't it a bit too cheap?“
”Single rooms are not expensive in the first place, and they are small. I've given you a discount because it's Ningchu...“
”Mom, the room is a bit too small! You can't even walk around! The windows are backlit, so the sun doesn't even shine in.”
Her words were suddenly interrupted by her own daughter, her face darkened, and she turned her head to look at Ning Chu, who was turning her back on her family. “Great, you're complaining?”
“No, it's good to have a place to live.” Ning Chu immediately encouraged, “Wen Yang, it's pretty good, isn't it?”
“Well, it's pretty good.”
Wen Yang hurriedly agreed, but deep down, he still felt that something was not quite right.
Was the discount a bit too big?
This is the provincial capital, and even an urban village shouldn't charge just 500 yuan for rent. You have to know that a single room in the suburbs near the school costs 500 yuan.
“For such a small place, 500 yuan is a loss,”
Ning Chu muttered, lowered her head, and transferred 500 yuan to her mother's WeChat account.
Her mother's face really turned even blacker.
So it was her daughter who paid? This money is going from one hand to the other, and Wen Yang doesn't have to pay a penny?
“I'm the one who keeps Wen Yang's money!“ Ning Chu straightened her back proudly, ‘Mom, does Uncle Wen Yang give you all his money?’
”Huh~“
Her mother gave her a disdainful look, ‘How can a man do without money?’
”I'll go back and cook first,” she glanced at the time and complained, ”Ning Xin will be getting out of school soon, so ask your brother to pick her up... You should go home early too, the soundproofing in this rental apartment isn't very good.”
“...
“After seeing her mother leave, and even close the door behind her, Ning Chu sat down on the bed, continuing to pick apart the small studio with disgust.
Wen Yang, on the other hand, was a little flattered: ‘Isn't it too cheap? Only 500? What discount did they give me?’
”A house this run-down is only worth 500? Look at this wall, it's peeling.”
Ning Chu stretched, leaned back on the bed, and muttered, “The bed is also hard, and I'm blood-deficient.”
Wen Yang shook his head and smiled wryly. He was not stupid, and he could see that the room was probably heavily discounted for him. Ning Chu's complaints were probably just to make him feel more at ease about living there.
“My mom said that if you're free later, you can come to my house for dinner and I won't charge you for dinner.”
“Really?” His eyes lit up.
"Yes~”
The 500 yuan he just gave her was equivalent to the food expenses Wen Yang would have to pay his mother, and it also made his pride feel better, so that he wouldn't know that this rental house didn't charge him anything at all.
“Auntie doesn't seem to dislike me so much, does she?”
Wen Yang speculated that no matter how busy he was in the future, he would have to go for a meal at least every day, and show his face more in front of his future mother-in-law.
"My mother is actually a very nice person~”
Ning Chu sat up again and helped pack Wen Yang's luggage and set up Wen Yang's room for the next month.
She brought a set of bedding and sheets from home, and a brand new set of toothpaste, toothbrush and towels, so Wen Yang didn't need to buy any of those things again.
Wen Yang had only brought a few sets of clothes, and after a little busyness for ten minutes, the cramped rented room was already clean and tidy.
Ning Chu sat at the desk, one foot on the wooden chair, hugging her calf as she looked at Wen Yang: “Wen Yang.”
“Huh?”
She paused, her bright eyes full of curiosity: “I've always kept an eye on you, not letting you date or contact girls. Don't you ever get annoyed?”
Wen Yang was taken aback. He shoved the empty suitcase under the bed before answering: “You're my girlfriend, it's only normal that you don't want me to contact girls, right?”
“No, I mean before, back in September when we first met, I tried to stop you from going out on dates with your girlfriend.“
”Before...“ He was in a daze for a longer period of time. He sat up on the bed and looked at Ning Chu's petite figure curled up in a chair. His eyes became softer, ‘Maybe no one has ever cared about me like that before? I'm quite happy about it.’
”...
“I also know that those were my flings, but it was my first time in a big city, and I was a bit intimidated...to be honest, sometimes I was quite tempted. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even dare to think about what I would be like now."
You would probably be partying every night, and experiencing a different girl every night.
However, you are still a virgin, an experienced virgin...
Ning Chu didn't know what to say for a moment. At that time, she just wanted to prevent Wen Yang from triggering the plot, and thus prevent her from influencing the male protagonist's plot...but she didn't expect that this somewhat pathological restraint, when looked back on now, had instead made Wen Yang feel a level of care and concern that she had never felt before.
“It's you, why do you keep staring at me?” Wen Yang was also quite curious. “You used to be a guy, so you couldn't have liked me from the start, could you? You're just jealous and don't want me to date, right?”
"Er...why don't you go find a job first?”
Ning Chu was most afraid of these unexplainable questions. She got up in a panic and said, “I should go back too. My mom's little boyfriend is coming over today, and I need to keep an eye on him.”
“Okay.”
Seeing that Wen Yang wasn't insisting on an answer, she let out a sigh of relief. “I'll transfer you 50 yuan for dinner. It's not convenient today, so remember to come to my house for dinner tomorrow.”
“You're just going without answering my questions?” Wen Yang playfully stopped her at the door.
The old introverted and honest person has gradually disappeared~ I like bullying people more and more!
“Then...” Ning Chu had a touch of shyness between her brows. After hesitating for a moment, she looked up at the tall figure in front of her, stood on her tiptoes, put her arms around Wen Yang's neck, and said, “Kiss~”
Her lips lightly touched for a moment, and she already blushed and took a step back.
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"Still so shy, in bed you...”
“I'll have my brother beat you up if you don't believe me!“
Ning Chu clenched her fists in embarrassment, and Wen Yang immediately changed the subject: ‘Let's go downstairs and see if there are any winter jobs nearby, and buy a broom while we're at it.’
”Try to find a daytime job as soon as possible, so that we can still hang out together at night.“
”Mmm."
Wen Yang tried hard to resist his curiosity. The question just now was left unanswered, and Ning Chu's perfunctory, attempt to change the subject was too clumsy.
He felt more and more that Ning Chuna's ongoing novel, which seemed nonsensical, was not just a novel.