A life of success begins with being a landlord.

It suddenly dawned on me: "The tailbone?"

"Pretty much, ouch..."

Chunyan turned slightly to the side, reached behind her to touch her back, and cried out in pain again.

"I injured my coccyx, it hurts a lot."

I hesitated for a moment, then said, "Here's some safflower oil. I'll give it to you, and you can rub it on yourself, okay?"

There's a difference between men and women, and Chunyan is injured there; it's really not appropriate for me to interfere.

Chunyan nodded.

I found some safflower oil and helped Chunyan to my small room: "Let's apply the medicine in my room. The safflower oil smells strong and will make the sofa dirty. Sister Li will scold me."

"Brother Wang, will you apply the medicine for me?" Chunyan asked me.

"Me? I'm afraid... afraid it will be inconvenient for you." I stammered.

How am I supposed to wipe it for you in that spot?

"I'll do it myself then, just give me the medicine..."

Chunyan smiled and lay down on the bed.

I left the medicine with Chunyan and then left, closing the door behind me.

After a while, Chunyan's voice came: "Alright, Brother Wang, you can come in now."

I pushed open the door and looked inside. Chunyan was still lying on the bed, and the room was filled with the smell of safflower oil.

"Chunyan, you can rest here for a while. Sister Li has gone to play mahjong and won't be back until nine o'clock tonight, it's alright."

I thought for a moment: "I won't work this afternoon, we'll talk about it tomorrow. I'll buy you fried noodles tonight..."

Chunyan turned to look at me and laughed, "But lying like this... it's so boring! Brother Wang, do you have any books? Can you give me one to read?"

"Oh, by the way, there's a TV, do you want to watch it?"

I suddenly remembered: "I'll help you lie down on the sofa, and I'll put on a DVD for you. You can sing if you like; there's a karaoke machine here."

There's a big TV, DVD player, amplifier, and lots of discs.

The complete set of equipment is just as good as Lao Zhou's so-called karaoke bar.

"There are discs? Great!"

Chunyan was very excited and twisted her waist to get up, but this aggravated the pain in the hook. She cried out in pain and sweat appeared on her forehead.

"Brother Wang, I can't move, what should I do?" Chunyan looked at me pitifully.

"Then... I'll carry you over."

I'm going all in.

I've already carried Chunyan twice, what's wrong with carrying her one more time?

Chunyan nodded, her face blushing.

I gently lowered Chunyan's legs and let her lie on the edge of the bed.

Then I squatted down, supporting her knees with one hand and placing the other under her armpit, and lifted her up tightly: "Is this okay? Does it hurt?"

"Okay, it doesn't hurt."

Chunyan hooked her arm around my neck and suddenly kissed me on the cheek.

"Chunyan, you..."

I felt as if I had been struck by an electric current, and I almost dropped Chunyan to the ground.

Chunyan closed her eyes, her face flushed: "I'm sorry... I bumped into it by accident."

Was it an accidental encounter?

A slight ripple stirred within me. I carried Chunyan to the living room and placed her on the sofa.

"Chunyan, these are all discs, please choose one."

I took a stack of discs from the drawer and handed them to Chunyan.

Chunyan carefully flipped through the pages: "This one will do, it's a zombie movie."

Holy crap, this little girl likes zombie movies?

I didn't care, so I put the disc into the DVD player and started playing it.

Knock knock knock!

A knock came at the door.

"Is it the landlady back?"

Chunyan blushed: "If she sees me here, she'll start spreading rumors that we're dating..."

"No, Sister Li went to play mahjong and won't be back for a while."

I opened the door.

Sure enough, it wasn't Sister Li outside, but two men in suits.

"Hello, do you have any rooms for rent here?"

These two people must have come here after seeing the "For Rent" sign in front of Fatty Sister's Fried Noodles Shop.

Because of the high turnover of tenants, Sister Li has been looking for tenants for almost a long time, and the GG sign is placed at Fat Sister's Fried Noodles Shop.

I nodded: "Yes, do you need a suite or a single room?"

Do you have any nicely decorated, furnished suites?

"have."

I pointed to the ceiling: "Upstairs, 402 and 403 are both fully furnished apartments. 402 has two rooms, and 403 has three rooms."

The two men nodded: "Take us upstairs to have a look."

I took the tenants to see the house, and let Chunyan watch DVDs at home.

The two tenants were quite generous; after a quick look, they booked apartments 402 and 403 in one go, paying three months' rent in advance and a one-month deposit.

The apartments are fully furnished and renovated, and the rent is relatively high. Apartment 402 is 650 yuan per month, and apartment 403 is 500 yuan per month.

I received a huge sum of over four thousand yuan, including the deposit and rent, and I felt like I had become a nouveau riche!

But at that time, I didn't know that renting the upstairs apartment to those two bastards would be the beginning of my nightmare.

When Sister Li received my call reporting the news, she was quite happy and laughed, "Well done, little brother. I'll give you a reward when I get back tonight."

"Thank you, Sister Li."

I was in a great mood and returned to 302.

Zombie movies were still playing inside, but the curtains were drawn tightly shut.

Moreover, Chunyan got up from the sofa and was hopping around in the living room.

The light from the television screen shone on her face, creating dappled and shifting patterns, making her look like a little ghost.

I found it a bit strange: "Chunyan, what's wrong with you...? Did you get infected by the zombies on TV?"

"Yes, I'm infected by a zombie and I want to bite you."

Chunyan turned around, arms outstretched, and hopped over, baring her teeth and yelling, "Awoo—!"

"Stop fooling around, Chunyan, is the hook ready?" I took Chunyan's hand, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"Much better, safflower oil is working."

Chunyan lowered her arm and pulled me, saying, "Come and watch the DVD, Uncle Ying is coming out soon, this part is hilarious."

I sat with Chunyan on the sofa watching a DVD: "Why are the curtains drawn?"

"It's clearer and more immersive when the curtains are drawn."

"That's true. Video arcades are all dark rooms."

I nodded.

As we were talking, an uncut scene suddenly appeared on the TV: a beautiful little ghost girl was having an affair with Uncle Ying's apprentice.

Unfortunately, this shot is quite long.

My face burned, and I couldn't bear to look anymore.

"Brother Wang, have you ever had a boyfriend?"

Suddenly, Chunyan leaned close to my ear and whispered a question.

"I...no." I was actually a little flustered in front of Chunyan.

"I didn't either..."

Chunyan looked at me, smiled with her lips pursed, and two dimples appeared on her cheeks again.

"Chunyan, I..."

Overwhelmed with emotion, I embraced Chunyan.

The next moment, Chunyan's warm lips were already pressed against mine.

With a soft snap, the television also lost power.

"Why is there a power outage?" I was a little surprised.

"Silly girl, I turned off the TV..."

Chunyan hugged me and we fell onto the sofa.

It was dark and quiet, with only the increasingly rapid breathing of Chunyan and me.

This was the first time I'd ever been so intimate with a girl; I was flustered and clumsy.

The swallows are similar.

Knock knock knock!

Just as we were exploring each other, there was another knock on the door.

"Who is it? They're here!"

I hurriedly pushed Chunyan away, turned on the light, and checked my clothes.

Chunyan covered her mouth and laughed, her face full of shyness.

I waved my hand, walked over, and opened the door.

It was the same tenant as before, the guy in the suit and tie, named Huang Aijun.

Huang Aijun offered him a cigarette: "Landlord, I wanted to ask where there's a secondhand market around here. I'd like to buy some furniture..."

"I don't know, find out for yourself."

I was annoyed, but after thinking for a moment, I said, "Go ask the fat lady downstairs who runs the fried rice noodle shop, she should know."

"Thanks."

Huang Aijun smiled politely, turned around and left.

I turned around, and Chunyan had already drawn back the curtains.

My sweet dream has been interrupted, and it seems I can't continue it.

"Brother Wang."

Chunyan straightened her skirt, a half-smile playing on her lips. "It's getting dark soon, I need to...go home. My mom gets off work early tonight, she's celebrating my birthday."

"Is today your birthday?"

"Yes, didn't you see the date of birth I wrote down on your ID card?"

"I didn't see it, I didn't notice it."

I chuckled awkwardly, "It's your birthday, let me treat you to dinner, and then... to karaoke, don't you like singing?"