A life of success begins with being a landlord.

"Chunyan, I just bought your father two hundred yuan worth of cigarettes and alcohol, and he accepted them."

I paused for a moment, preparing to tell the truth: "But your father also said..."

Knock knock knock!

A knock on the door interrupted me.

I got up to open the door, and couldn't help but frown: "What, it's you again?"

Outside the door were Huang Mao from room 505, Lao San, and that short, stocky guy named Tiger.

The three guys were carrying a case of wine and two bags of fruit, and they were all smiles as they looked at me.

The blond-haired guy spoke up: "Big brother, we brothers have come to see you and apologize. What happened last time was our fault. From now on, you're our boss..."

I held the door shut, preventing them from coming in, and gave them a cold shoulder: "I'm not capable enough to be your boss, nor do I want to be. You can go back now, just pay your rent on time from now on."

Offering unsolicited favors is either a sign of malice or theft.

So polite, you just want my cartilage powder, don't you?

The guy called Tiger, relying on his strong physique, tried to force his way in, laughing and saying, "We're all brothers, can't you at least let us come in and sit for a while?"

"Don't move! Don't push me too far!"

I shouted loudly.

The tiger was taken aback and stood there.

I temporarily subdued the tiger, then took two steps back, rubbed my palms together, and raised my hand.

Let's bluff and scare them a little.

Sure enough, Huang Mao thought I was going to use the muscle relaxant again, and his face turned pale with fright. He and Chang Mao Lao San each grabbed one of the tigers and pulled them back.

The tiger probably didn't believe in my abilities; it retreated while cursing.

"Bro, don't push your luck! I rent this place, I pay you rent, I don't owe you anything! What did you mean by breaking into our house and scaring my girlfriend last time?"

"Keep cursing if you dare, just wait!"

I turned around and rushed into the kitchen, grabbing a cleaver.

They've come knocking on my door; I can't be a coward.

"Old Wang, stop fighting!" Chunyan rushed over, hugged my waist tightly, and pushed me backward.

"Chunyan, get away! Holding me like that, are you trying to kill me?"

I roared.

There are three men in front of me, and you're holding me, trying to make me die faster?

"Brother, don't be impulsive, let's go, let's go!"

Yellow Hair and Long Hair, the third brother, pushed Tiger away, cursing as they ran: "Get out of here! Do you want to die? That kid's got tricks up his sleeve, he's tough to deal with!"

Chunyan also turned around and blocked the door, looking at me pitifully, not letting me go out.

"It's alright, Chunyan. I was just scaring them."

I put down the cleaver, shook my head, and said, "It's alright, let's go out for dinner."

As they were talking, footsteps sounded upstairs, and Huang Aijun came down with seven or eight young men.

I frowned as I looked at them, wondering why they had come.

"Landlord, I heard a lot of shouting, what's going on?"

Huang Aijun was quite concerned about me: "Is someone causing trouble? There are many of us up here. Just shout if you need anything, and we'll come down immediately."

So loyal?

I was surprised, and shook my head with a smile, saying, "It's alright, thank you."

Huang Aijun nodded and led his men back.

Chunyan asked me, "Old Wang, were all those people your friends?"

"They're all new tenants upstairs, not friends." I shook my head.

"What do they do?" Chunyan asked again.

"They said they ran a company, but Sister Li said they were involved in pyramid schemes."

"What is pyramid selling?" Chunyan continued to ask.

"I don't know either. Sister Li said she'll tell me when she gets back."

I washed my face and changed into a t-shirt: "Let's go, Chunyan, let's go downstairs for dinner."

Chunyan hesitated, "I'm afraid you'll run into those three people again and get into another fight..."

"Nonsense, do you think I'll never leave the house my whole life?"

I laughed: "Even if a fight breaks out, I'm not afraid of them. I went into their house alone the day before yesterday, and nothing happened."

Chunyan was relieved and came downstairs with me to eat.

It was 8 p.m., and there weren't many customers at Fatty's fried rice noodle shop.

Unexpectedly, Kuai Dafa was sitting in the innermost corner, drinking beer and eating fried noodles.

Chunyan and I both looked disgusted.

"Landlord, I was just looking for you!"

When Kuai Dafa saw me, he stormed over and banged on my table.

"The security door to our building is broken. Why don't you fix it? Without a security door, any cat or dog can come in. We're very unsafe!"

I rolled my eyes: "You're standing here perfectly fine, how come you're not safe?"

The unit security doors are indeed broken; all four of them are broken.

Sister Li said that it's not that she doesn't want to fix it, but that she can't fix it.

The tenants here are a mixed bag, with a high turnover rate, and they never take care of the public facilities.

If the unit door is repaired and a key is made, many tenants will leave without their keys and have to borrow them from the landlord when they return, which is very annoying.

So I simply don't bother repairing it; if it's broken, it's broken.

Tenants are solely responsible for their own personal safety and property security.

Kuai Dafa slammed his fist on the table: "Someone just kicked down my door, like they were burglarizing my home, you know that?"

"Just speak, don't bang on the table."

I stood up, glaring at Kuai Dafa: "It was me who kicked your door just now, twice!"

It turns out that Kuai Dafa was in the room just now; I thought he wasn't there.

"Is it you?"

Kuai Dafa's face flushed red: "What right do you have to kick down my door? I don't owe you any rent! You damaged my security door, you have to pay for it!"

I grabbed Kuai Dafa by the neck: "I love kicking your door because of all the nonsense you spouted at noon. I'm warning you, if you dare to mess with Chunyan again, I'll kill you!"

"You little brat, you're really playing this game, aren't you? You're really playing this game, aren't you!" Kuai Dafu was furious.

"I'm serious."

I pushed Kuai Dafa away and pointed at Chunyan: "Chunyan is my girlfriend. If you dare to go to 604 and talk nonsense again, I'll break your legs."

Chunyan stood beside me, holding my arm, and glared at me, saying, "You fatso, don't come to my house again. I have a boyfriend, Wang Yaozu."

The fat woman watched us coldly as she stir-fried the noodles, without trying to stop the fight.

"Wang Yaozu, is it? You just wait."

Kuai Dafa stopped eating his noodles, turned to leave, and then turned back to hurl a threat: "Don't think you can bully me just because you're Little Fox's brother. Little Fox is nothing! I'll get Gold Tooth to deal with you!"

The portly woman spoke up, grabbing Kuai Dafu's arm: "Boss Kuai, you're so old, why are you arguing with a young person?"

"Who's old? Your whole family is old. You old hag!"

Kuai Dafa broke free from his fat sister-in-law and stormed off in a huff.

The fat woman was also furious. She swung her rice spoon and gestured at the fat man's back to vent her anger.

Chunyan was a little scared and asked me in a low voice, "Who is Gold Tooth? Is he very fierce?"

"I don't know either, I've never heard Sister Li mention it."

I shook my head and comforted Chunyan, "It's alright, what kind of people could that fatso possibly call?"

The plump woman walked over and waved her hand, saying:

"Xiao Wang, don't waste your breath on this fatso anymore. He's inhuman, a beast just because he has a little money. You guys should leave now, or he might actually call Gold Tooth."

I asked, "Sister-in-law Fatty, who is Gold Tooth?"