A life of success begins with being a landlord.

Chunyan's mother was delighted to hear this: "I know you are a capable person. I'll leave Chunyan's job to you."

"Of course, Auntie."

I felt a little shy, but also a little proud.

"My name is... Xuan Yuling. You can just call me Aunt Xuan from now on." Chunyan's mother smiled.

"Oh, Aunt Xuan, I understand."

I nodded and grinned foolishly.

Then, Chunyan's mother and I fell silent and just stood there.

You steal a glance at me, and I steal a glance at you.

I'm such a blockhead, I completely forgot to invite Chunyan's mother to sit down for a while and pour her a cup of tea.

"Well... I'm leaving."

Chunyan's mother smiled somewhat awkwardly: "You're injured, what would you like to eat? I'll make it for you. I'm off work today."

"No need, Auntie, I'll just eat whatever I need."

"Alright then."

Chunyan's mother turned and took her leave.

I saw her to the door and said, "Auntie, I won't see you out."

"No need to see me off." Chunyan's mother turned around and pointed to the dress she was wearing:

"This dress was given to Chunyan by the landlady. Chunyan is young, and it's not appropriate for her to wear it; the chest area is too exposed. So... I wore it. Please thank the landlady for me. This dress... must be very expensive. I saw on the tag that it's over 1,100 yuan."

It turns out that the dress was given to Chunyan by Sister Li the day before yesterday.

No wonder Chunyan's mother looks so stylish and sexy today.

Sister Li's eye for choosing clothes is definitely impeccable.

"It's alright, Auntie. I'll talk to Sister Li when she gets back."

I looked Chunyan's mother up and down again and sincerely praised her: "Auntie, you look so beautiful in this dress, it's like it was made for you."

"Really? I was afraid people would laugh at me..."

Chunyan's mother blushed and turned to flee.

I stood by the stairs watching her go, and I felt that Chunyan's mother was even more shy than the little girl at that moment.

Back inside, I looked at Chunyan.

The girl was sleeping soundly, with soft snoring.

I secretly kissed her and went back to the living room to watch DVDs.

Chunyan slept until after 5 p.m. before getting up and going to the bathroom to wash up.

"Chunyan, let's go downstairs for dinner."

I leaned against the bathroom door, admiring Chunyan's back view.

"Going downstairs again?"

Chunyan turned her head and said, "I'm scared, I don't dare to go out. How about we cook at home ourselves?"

"What's there to be afraid of? It's not like we're fighting every day."

I'm too lazy to cook at home, and then I have to wash the dishes and pots.

Anyway, meals at Fatty's place are on a pay-as-you-go basis, so it doesn't cost any money.

Chunyan finished washing up and came downstairs with me.

I took Chunyan's hand and said, "Chunyan, your mother came to see me just now and said a few words to me."

"What did my mom say?"

Chunyan stopped and looked up at me.

I glanced around and saw that the hallway was empty, then grinned mischievously and said, "Your mom said we should get married soon so she can have a big grandson by the end of the year."

"Bullshit, you're lying to me again."

Chunyan punched me, laughing and scolding, "Tell me the truth, what did my mom say?"

I held Chunyan in my arms and whispered in her ear, "Your mother said we can sleep together, as long as you don't get pregnant..."

"Get out, get out, get out..."

Chunyan blushed and pushed me away: "My mom would never say that, you're just making things up."

I got anxious: "I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, let's go ask your mom together."

That's what Chunyan's mother meant just now: you can have fun, but you can't get pregnant!

"Go downstairs for dinner. You're bullying people again. One of your hands has been chopped off, and you're still thinking about doing bad things."

Chunyan grabbed my hand and we hurried downstairs.

The plump woman was very hospitable and gave us an extra plate of stir-fried beef, saying it was good for replenishing blood.

Chunyan and I ate and chatted, and we were both very happy.

"Yaozu, Daozaixiong is here."

Chunyan suddenly nudged me.

I looked up and saw that Daozai Xiong had already entered the store, carrying a bag.

"Brother Dao!" I stood up.

"Uh... Brother Dao? You can call me Brother Dao if you want."

Dao Zai Xiong paused for a moment, then sat down with a smile: "Why are you eating here? Let me treat you to dinner at a fancy hotel, and your girlfriend can come too."

Chunyan blushed.

"Ma Zi" (马子) is, without any exaggeration, roughly equivalent to... something to have casual sex with.

But Chunyan dared not speak in front of Daozaixiong.

"Brother Xiong, I'm still taking medication and can't drink alcohol, so I'll just grab something to eat here." I declined Daozai Xiong's offer.

"Okay, we'll talk about it later."

Daozai Xiong pushed the cloth bag towards me: "You saved Awen and Amei this time, so I won't say thank you. But from now on, you're like a brother to me. This is for you, Xiong-ge!"

"Brother Xiong, this won't do."

I pushed the cloth bag back: "I can't take your things."

"Don't move!"

Xiong Ge pressed down on my hand: "If you don't want it, you're looking down on me. Fine, you don't want my things, but bring me the film and slash me twice, that'll be my way of repaying your favor."

"This..." I smiled wryly.

Am I crazy? Why would I stab you twice?

"Take it. There's some pocket money inside, and two brand-new pocket cell phones. One for you, and one for your girlfriend." Dao Zai Xiong pointed at Chun Yan.

"Two cell phones?"

I shook my head again: "Brother Xiong, this is too expensive, I can't accept it. Besides, I can't afford the phone bill."

To be honest, I really can't afford the phone bill.

Back then, phone bills, if used sparingly, could amount to one or two thousand yuan a month.

As for Chunyan, she couldn't afford a mobile phone at all.

"Brother, the phone bills for the cell phone that Xiong Ge gave you are sponsored by the bosses."

Dao Zai Xiong laughed: "Phone as hard as you want, even if the phone smokes, it's fine, someone will top up your phone credit."

"This..." I still hesitated.

"Forget about this and that, just take it. Tell your older sister, Hu Xiaoli, she won't scold you."

"Thank you, Xiong Ge."

I had no choice but to accept the cloth bag.

Dao Zixiong lit a cigarette and asked me, "Is there anything you can't handle here? You can tell me."

Just as I was about to decline, I suddenly saw the guy with the gold teeth walking out of building number 26 across the street, so I casually mentioned it:

"By the way, Xiong Ge. The guy with the gold teeth in Building 26 gave me trouble yesterday afternoon and told me to go back to the countryside and carry manure... Could you tell him that I'm just a worker and beg him to be lenient?"

"Gold Tooth? You want me to go back to shoveling manure?"

Dao Zixiong's fleshy face twitched, and he immediately took out his phone.

I looked across at the man with the gold teeth, who had just received a phone call. He looked around nervously before rushing over.

"Brother Xiong, you were looking for me?"

The man with the gold teeth grinned, bowing and smiling obsequiously.

Snapped!

Dao Zixiong slapped him across the face.

I saw two points of golden light fly out of the gold-toothed man's mouth.

"what……"

Gold Tooth covered his face, blood seeping from between his fingers, but dared not retaliate. He cried out in a mournful voice, "Brother Xiong, why... why did you hit me?"

I was also surprised. Dao Zai Xiong is really ruthless. He even beat up his own relatives?

Dao Zixiong pointed at me: "Wang Yaozu is my own brother. From now on, you better behave yourself and call me Brother Zu, or I'll throw nuts at you!"

I then stood up and pretended to be the good guy: "Brother Xiong, stop hitting him, you're relatives."