Chapter 67

"Is there something wrong?" Xia Yunjie asked dejectedly. He just couldn't understand why, as women, Shen Liti and Du Haiqiong could be so different, to the point where he couldn't even take a peaceful shower.

"Hey, what are you doing in there?" Shen Liti asked instead of answering.

"Obviously, I'm taking a shower," Xia Yunjie replied with a roll of his eyes. He had seen stupid women before, but never one this stupid!

"Does it take that long to take a shower?" Shen Liti questioned.

"That's my business!" Xia Yunjie rolled his eyes again, then turned off the faucet, grabbed a towel to dry his hair, and wrapped himself in it.

"Don't you dare touch me, I..."

"Touch you what?" The door suddenly opened, and Xia Yunjie, wrapped in a towel, stared at Shen Liti.

"You scared me to death! Can't you say something before opening the door?" Shen Liti, startled by the sudden appearance of the towel-clad man, took several steps back and then patted her heaving chest, annoyed.

"Ha, when I was in the shower, did you knock before pushing the door open?" Xia Yunjie countered rudely. He now understood that he shouldn't be polite with this woman; it was impossible.

"That, that was an accident! No, why didn't you lock the door when you were showering?" Shen Liti stammered, her face turning red, then suddenly realized that Xia Yunjie hadn't locked the door when he was showering.

"Please, I told you I was going to shower, and you had already locked the door when you came in. How was I supposed to know you were going to use the bathroom? Even if you needed to use it, didn't you see the light was on and the door was closed?"

"Still, not locking the door when you shower is your fault! From now on, you must lock the door when you shower!" Shen Liti argued.

"OK, OK, I'll remember to lock the door in the future. But this way, at least we're even, and no one owes anyone anything." Xia Yunjie, seeing Shen Liti's unreasonable argument, finally lost his patience, said a few words, and then turned to enter his room, slamming the door shut.

"Even? No one owes anyone? You damn charlatan, just wait, this isn't over!" Shen Liti stared at the closed door for a while, then suddenly realized what Xia Yunjie meant by "even" and "no one owes anyone," and in a fit of anger, she grabbed a cushion from the sofa and threw it at Xia Yunjie's bedroom door.

Is it the same for a woman's body to be seen as it is for a man's?

Unfortunately, Xia Yunjie's bedroom door was solid and didn't budge.

After venting her anger, Shen Liti, out of options, walked into the bathroom and began washing her underwear in the middle of the night. There was no choice; with a man in the house, she couldn't just throw these things around.

After washing and hanging them up, Shen Liti, exhausted, lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.

Under normal circumstances, in such a tired state, Shen Liti would fall asleep as soon as she closed her eyes. But today, as soon as she closed her eyes, a picture of a handsome man emerging from the shower popped into her mind.

That unexpected, statue-like, perfectly sculpted body, and the prominent bulge between his legs, like a ghost under a spell, kept appearing before her eyes, no matter how hard she tried not to think about it.

"Ah, I'm going crazy! I'm going crazy!" Shen Liti grabbed a pillow and pressed it over her head, feeling like she was about to go mad.

While Shen Liti was tossing and turning, suffering, Xia Yunjie was also wide awake, staring at the ceiling.

In the darkness, two women's bodies seemed to alternate in front of his eyes, one pale and plump, mature like a peach, the other tall and sexy, radiating youthful vitality.

For Xia Yunjie and Shen Liti, this night was both long and short. It felt like they had endured a century before falling asleep, yet it seemed like they had just closed their eyes when the sky began to brighten.

The next day, after finishing his morning practice, Xia Yunjie opened his bedroom door and was surprised to find a "Co-tenancy Agreement" stuck on it. Shen Liti was already gone, clearly having gone to work at the airport.

Looking at the empty house, Xia Yunjie couldn't help but think of what Du Haiqiong had once said, suddenly feeling that no profession was easy.

With this thought, Xia Yunjie casually peeled off the "Co-tenancy Agreement" from the door.

The content of the "Agreement" was simple, and the requirements were not unreasonable. It mainly stated that no one could bring strangers home to stay overnight, no one could enter another person's room without permission, and one must remember to knock and lock the door when using the bathroom. At the bottom were the signatories.

Xia Yunjie glanced over it, saw nothing out of the ordinary, and signed his name with a pen, then posted it on the wall between the two bedrooms.

During the day, with nothing to do, Xia Yunjie went to the market and bought some vegetables and daily necessities like oil, salt, vinegar, and rice.

With his current financial situation, Xia Yunjie could only try to cook at home and avoid eating out. Fortunately, when he lived on the hill behind Xia Village with his master, Wu Ze, who was a man who loved to eat, Xia Yunjie, as his closed disciple, often cooked delicious meals for him. Over time, he developed a unique culinary skill. Cooking for himself wasn't a problem, but the only issue was that cooking for one person was a hassle. This was the main reason he usually ate out.

However, with the current economic situation, he had no choice but to cook for himself.

What Xia Yunjie didn't expect was that even though Du Haiqiong and Shen Liti were two girls living together, they also didn't cook at home. The kitchen was completely empty, with no oil, salt, vinegar, or rice, just a few packets of instant noodles.

Fortunately, Xia Yunjie had no intention of taking advantage of Shen Liti, so he went to buy the supplies himself.

He spent a hundred yuan on enough oil, salt, vinegar, and rice to last a month, and another twenty yuan on enough vegetables to last two days. His pockets were now empty.

However, cooking at home, though more troublesome, was much cheaper and more hygienic than eating out. This thought comforted Xia Yunjie, who was in a financial crisis.

After returning from the market, Xia Yunjie cleaned the kitchen thoroughly. Shen Liti and Du Haiqiong, being air stewardesses, were not particularly diligent, and the kitchen, which was rarely used, was not well-maintained. Xia Yunjie, who had a bit of a cleanliness obsession, had to clean it again.

Since he had cleaned the kitchen, and with nothing else to do, Xia Yunjie also cleaned the living room, bathroom, and his own room, meticulously cleaning every corner.

After all this busy work, reading, and playing on the computer, it was time to go to work.

Riding his "Forever" bicycle, Xia Yunjie leisurely cycled towards the entrance of the residential area. Before he reached the entrance, he saw a black convertible Porsche parked there, with a man wearing dark sunglasses and a neatly trimmed goatee sitting in the driver's seat, casually playing with a bouquet of bright red roses.

The man looked like a rich young man from a TV show or movie, waiting for a girl, as cool and suave as they come. Girls passing by on the road couldn't help but look at him with envy and admiration, wishing they were the one being waited for, while the men were envious and resentful.

Damn, so what if you have money! If I had money, I'd drive a Rolls-Royce to pick up girls!

Just as people were having various reactions, the man with the goatee, looking very cool, suddenly opened the car door, got out, and brought the roses to his nose, taking a casual sniff. Then, with what he thought was a charming and cool smile, he walked up to Shen Liti, who was getting out of the car, and said, "Liti, off work?"

"How did you know I live here?" Shen Liti's face turned cold instead of smiling.

"Anything I, Shen Ziliang, want to know in Jiangzhou, I can find out. But, Liti, I really like you. See, you said last time not to wait for you at the airport to avoid causing trouble for your colleagues. So, I changed to waiting here at the entrance. Here, how about we go to the Canglan Revolving Restaurant at Dongkai Grand Hotel tonight? I've already arranged the best table there."

"Sorry, I'm not interested," Shen Liti said coldly, trying to walk past Shen Ziliang with her suitcase.

"Liti, you can't be this unfriendly!" Shen Ziliang, seeing Shen Liti's rejection, flashed a look of anger in his eyes, then grabbed her arm.

"What are you doing?" Shen Liti's face changed when Shen Ziliang grabbed her arm.

"Nothing, just inviting you to dinner," Shen Ziliang said calmly, his charming smile gone, replaced by a domineering look.

He, Shen Ziliang, had never been rejected by a woman in Jiangzhou like this!

"Sir, could you please let go of my arm?" Just as Shen Ziliang was about to lose his patience and show his domineering side, a hand suddenly grabbed his arm from the side.