Chapter 54

Since you're not willing to take more, you should at least take these three hundred yuan. If you really can't find a suitable place within a week, you can temporarily stay with my older sister for a few days." Lin Yumei, seeing that Xia Yunjie was truly unwilling to take more money, couldn't help but feel even more favorably towards him. In this day and age, people are all focused on money, hoping to empty everyone's pockets and fill their own. Young men like Xia Yunjie, who push money away, are very rare.

Hearing Lin Yumei say this, Xia Yunjie couldn't refuse anymore. He took the three hundred yuan and smiled at Lin Yumei, saying, "Alright, thank you, landlord."

"It's me who should thank you. Well, I won't disturb you anymore. My phone number is on the rental contract. If you need anything, just call me." Lin Yumei waved to Xia Yunjie and then turned to go downstairs.

After Lin Yumei left, Xia Yunjie held the three hundred yuan in his hand and began to worry.

With the development of urbanization and the increasing number of migrant workers flooding into cities, the rent in Jiangzhou City has been rising. Lin Yumei's house was relatively cheap, only nine hundred yuan per month. For a house in this area, when Xia Yunjie briefly scanned the online listings for shared rentals earlier, the rent had already risen to twelve hundred yuan.

The high rent wasn't the biggest problem. Xia Yunjie's monthly income was about two thousand yuan. As a single man, his expenses were not large. Even with a higher rent, he could still save some money after covering his food and drink. The biggest problem was that he had just bought a Lenovo laptop. To buy this laptop, he not only sold his gold necklace but also added two hundred yuan. Now, with the three hundred yuan in his hand, his total savings were only nineteen hundred yuan. Rent is usually paid quarterly. Even if he found a suitable shared rental, after paying the rent, he would have very little money left in his pocket. He would have to be very frugal, not just with other expenses but even with food and drink.

It seemed that he would have to tighten his belt for the next month. Xia Yunjie worried for a while, then shook his head and went out.

It was already late, and if he didn't leave soon, he would be late for work. As for the housing issue, he would have to think about it after work.

At the bar, he was greeted by the热情似火的乌雨琪、刘珂、徐佳三位酒吧女郎. As for the other bar girls, after their initial curiosity, their attitude towards him returned to indifference. In their eyes, Zhang Xiaojun was still the "rich and handsome" man of the bar, while Xia Yunjie was just an ordinary worker. After a month of getting to know each other, they had become more familiar, but that was all. The attitude of the other bar girls finally gave Zhang Xiaojun, the "rich and handsome" man, a bit of psychological balance. Otherwise, if he were completely overshadowed by Xia Yunjie, he would probably be depressed to death. However, even so, seeing the three beauties, Wu Yuxi, Liu Ke, and Xu Jia, openly circling around Xia Yunjie and occasionally touching him in an intimate manner, still made him jealous. In just a month, he had developed a few pimples on his face.

"Brother Jie, will you go swimming at Yintan Beach with us tomorrow?" In a dimly lit corner, Wu Yuxi, wearing a mini skirt, swayed her sexy waist and walked up to Xia Yunjie. She naturally and affectionately wrapped her arm around his, and said in a sweet voice.

Over the past month, although he had gradually gotten used to the intimate contact from Wu Yuxi and the others, every time his arm touched or was pressed against her elastic breasts, Xia Yunjie couldn't help but feel a thrill and his heart would race.

"Tomorrow?" Xia Yunjie suppressed his desire, furrowing his brow slightly as he remembered that he needed to find a place to live soon.

"Yes, Brother Jie, do you have something important to do tomorrow? If not, will you go with us?" Seeing Xia Yunjie frown, Wu Yuxi immediately shook his arm and pleaded in a sweet voice.

Her ample breasts, moving with her body, mercilessly pressed against Xia Yunjie's arm, and also pressed against the heart of this young man who had just left campus, making him hastily agree, "Alright, then!"

"Great, Brother Jie! You don't know how long we've wanted to go swimming at Yintan Beach. But we could never find the right time. Tomorrow, all three of us can go!" Wu Yuxi, seeing Xia Yunjie agree, said excitedly.

"What's so hard to find the right time? You don't have anything to do during the day." Xia Yunjie, hearing this, was puzzled.

"Brother Jie, you're so bad!" Wu Yuxi pinched Xia Yunjie and rolled her eyes.

Xia Yunjie, feeling wronged, thought, "Did I say something wrong?"

"Our menstrual cycles just happen to be consecutive, silly brother!" Just as Xia Yunjie was feeling wronged, a warm breath blew into his ear. It was Wu Yuxi, whispering to him, then giving him a dirty look and turning to serve the guests.

"Menstrual cycles? Consecutive?" Watching Wu Yuxi's sexy butt, wrapped in a mini skirt, sway away, Xia Yunjie suddenly understood why they could never find the right time, and his face turned red.

I really am a silly brother!

As night fell over Jiangzhou, the number of guests in the bar gradually increased. The noisy bar was filled with the smell of cigarettes, perfume, and alcohol. Whenever the music played, the lights dimmed, and men and women with ambiguous relationships would dance in the dance floor. The DJ, through the microphone, used various seductive words to stir up people's most primitive desires.

Although Xia Yunjie still didn't like it, he had gradually gotten used to it.

He still rode home at two or three in the morning. On the way, Wu Yuxi and the others chattered non-stop, as usual. Talking about the trip to Yintan Beach the next day, they were all excited, but their excitement couldn't hide a hint of fatigue.

Seeing the excitement and the hidden fatigue on their youthful and beautiful faces, Xia Yunjie suddenly felt a pang of sympathy. At the age of twenty-something, many girls like them were still in college, but they had already entered society early, working until the early hours of the morning. Even their occasional relaxation and play required sacrificing their rest time. Despite this, they were still very excited.

This is the life of a worker, and he had now become one of them.

Back home, he quickly took a shower. Xia Yunjie opened the Lenovo laptop he had bought with most of his savings, first deleting the information he had posted online in the afternoon to find a roommate, then began searching for rental information online.

After searching for a while, he couldn't find a suitable place. Either the price was too high, or the location was not good. He finally found one or two places with good location and price, but they required a female roommate!

It seemed he would have to go to a real estate agency another day. Seeing that he hadn't found anything suitable after searching for a while and that it was already very late, Xia Yunjie felt discouraged and was about to shut down and rest.

However, just as Xia Yunjie was about to close the internet, a message seeking a roommate caught his eye.

Deya Community, two-bedroom, one-living room, one-kitchen, one-bathroom. Seeking a male roommate. Monthly rent: 550 yuan. Internet, water, electricity, and gas fees are additional. Interested parties, please add QQ 7823456 for a video chat.

Although the monthly rent was 100 yuan more than what Xia Yunjie was currently paying, and the video requirement was a bit strange, Xia Yunjie still logged into QQ and searched for the number, filling in the request to add as a friend with "interested in renting."

On the other end of the internet, in Deya Community Building 5, Room 502, the short-haired beauty Du Haiqiong was yawning and rubbing her sleepy eyes in front of the computer screen.

Since posting the information on the 19th floor last night, there had been many interested parties. However, once they saw the real person in the video, they were either as perverted as the two men in the opposite room or made her feel disgusted. Often, as soon as the video connected, she would immediately kick them out of her friend list. Occasionally, there were one or two who looked decent, but as soon as Du Haiqiong hinted at her identity as a flight attendant, the men in the video would light up with excitement, eagerly urging her to also go on video or meet to discuss the rental.

Just a moment ago, Du Haiqiong had eliminated another pervert. This made her start to doubt whether her idea of finding a man who could help protect her friend Shen Liti from perverts and who had no ulterior motives towards her was just a fantasy.

"Whatever, time to sleep!" Du Haiqiong, unable to resist the drowsiness, stretched and prepared to log off.

Just then, the QQ message notification sounded. Du Haiqiong yawned, thinking about ignoring it, but ultimately clicked it open.

The message was a friend request from someone named "Unbullied Worker." Seeing this nickname, Du Haiqiong couldn't help but laugh. In this day and age, workers are the ones who are exploited and bullied. An "unbullied worker" could only be found in fairy tales.

"Go on video!" Although she found the nickname amusing, Du Haiqiong didn't have high hopes for this "Unbullied Worker," so she didn't bother to greet him and directly typed three words.

On the other end of the internet, Xia Yunjie was surprised that the other party was still online and even more surprised that they didn't even say hello before demanding a video chat.

Xia Yunjie was confident in his appearance and charm. Since the other party was so straightforward, he didn't want to be pretentious and opened the video chat without hesitation.

Of course, since the other party had the property and the upper hand, the video chat started one-sided, with Du Haiqiong able to see Xia Yunjie, but not the other way around.

"Brother Shaman!" Du Haiqiong, who was about to fall asleep and was planning to take a quick look at this "Unbullied Worker" before turning off the computer, suddenly saw the profile on the screen and her eyes lit up, exclaiming.

After exclaiming, she still couldn't believe it and rubbed her eyes, then stared intently at Xia Yunjie in the video.

Yes, it was that very arrogant, completely unmoved by beauty and money, Brother Shaman!

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