A life of success begins with being a landlord.

I looked at Huang Aijun with schadenfreude: "Look, that's what all the neighbors are saying, it's not just me talking about you guys."

Gao Jianfeng was unconvinced. He waved his hand and led several men out. They stood in front of the door with deadpan expressions, showing off their strength to me and a few neighbors.

Zhou Zhou upstairs was no pushover either. She stood high up, arms crossed, glaring at the grappling experts and the others with a look of disdain.

I was very annoyed with Gao Jianfeng and frowned, saying, "Master of grappling, go back inside. I'll have your General Manager Huang handle this."

Last night's two big bowls of fried noodles with beef, and today's food and drinks at Changhong Restaurant, were all fed to the dogs!

You dare bring people out here and challenge me!

But Gao Jianfeng was oblivious to my tact and reached out to pat me on the shoulder: "Hey fellow villager, take care of me. At worst, I'll treat you to fried noodles tomorrow."

Having learned my lesson from General Manager Wu of Sihai Printing Factory, I quickly dodged, glaring and shouting, "Don't touch me!"

Gao Jianfeng was taken aback, then frowned: "What's wrong, fellow villager? Why are you so fierce?"

I unbuttoned my shirt, revealing the bandage on my shoulder: "I was slashed the day before yesterday, and it's still not healed, so don't you dare lay a hand on me."

"Holy crap, got hacked to pieces?"

Gao Jianfeng was stunned for a moment, then grinned: "Who cut you? Do you want me to go and cut them back for you?"

"Are you sure you can do it? Have you learned how to disarm someone with your bare hands?"

I glared at Mr. Huang, annoyed, and said, "Mr. Huang, please end the meeting immediately. And please don't hold meetings indoors next time. Don't disturb the neighbors' rest. Thank you for your cooperation."

Mr. Huang then started to play dumb, sighing, "Brother, this is a house I rented. Whatever we do here is none of anyone else's business, right?"

I shook my head: "Isn't this nonsense? It's clearly stated in the contract that we cannot engage in illegal activities, nor can we disturb others..."

"We are legal; we have a business license."

"But you're disturbing the neighbors," I tried to reason with them.

Zhou Zhou, who was upstairs, got impatient and waved her hand at me, saying, "Landlord, don't worry about it. Go back, I'll handle it myself!"

After saying that, Zhou Zhou turned and left.

The next moment, a deafening sound came from Room 502: "My blood boils with passion, yet time leaves its scars. Looking back, dusk has fallen. Who cares about me? Tears of a hero!"

It's a really high-powered speaker, even more powerful than Sister Li's entire system.

My eardrums were ringing loudly.

The tenant in room 501 quickly covered his ears, retreated to his room, and closed the door.

Huang Aijun looked upstairs, opened his mouth, and sighed.

Gao Jianfeng, that hothead, rolled up his sleeves and was about to go upstairs, cursing, "Those sluts, I'm going to smash their stereos..."

"Stop!" I shouted.

Gao Jianfeng stopped and turned to look at me.

"You're fine when you bother others. But if someone bothers you, you're expected to smash their things." I lit a cigarette.

"Gao Jianfeng, you're supposed to be a soldier, what a high level of manners! Look at you all in suits and ties, can't you be a little more reasonable?"

The master of grappling finally stopped.

I sneered and shook my head. You even smashed their speakers. Can you afford to pay for them?

Just by looking at Zhou Zhou upstairs, you can tell she's no pushover, and she's not afraid of you either!

Who knows which big shot she's dating? One phone call from him could bring in a bunch of trolls and turn you into a horde of trolls!

Huang Aijun finally backed down and waved his hand to announce the end of the meeting.

The men and women in the room gradually left 402 and went downstairs.

"Mr. Huang, thank you for your cooperation."

I nodded and went upstairs to find Zhouzhou.

The door to 502 was open, and the stereo was still playing.

I walked into 502 and saw Zhouzhou sitting on the sofa, sulking.

Inside the room was another woman, wearing a tank top and shorts, exercising with dumbbells.

Upon seeing me, Zhou Zhou turned off the stereo, and the room instantly fell silent, as neatly as if cut with a knife.

"The meeting downstairs is over; everyone's left."

I smiled at Zhou Zhou: "Thank you for tonight too, Zhou Zhou."

Only magic can defeat magic. Without Zhou Zhou's intervention, Huang Aijun wouldn't have cooperated so well tonight.

Zhou Zhou laughed: "You call me Zhou Zhou? I'm older than you."

The woman exercising nearby gave me a mischievous grin: "Zhou Zhou doesn't like being called Zhou Zhou, you can call her Zhou Mama."

"Mother Zhou?"

I frowned. So young, and already a mother?

Judging from Zhou Zhou's appearance, she's about the same age as Sister Li!

"You really call me Mom?"

Zhou Zhou chuckled: "The little fox will scold me when she gets back, so you should just call me Sister Zhou Zhou."

The woman working out laughed wildly and gestured, "Mama Zhou, he calls you 'Mom,' and you don't even feed him a bite? Why are you keeping it in your bosom? Take it out now."

Damn, even crazier than Bobo!

I turned and left, saying, "It's nothing, you guys should go to sleep early. If you need anything, just let me know."

Behind them, Zhou Zhou was scolding the woman working out: "Little Fox's little brother, he's still a good kid. Ah Zhen, why are you flirting with him?"

"Are there any good men out there? Humph!" Ah Zhen snorted.

"At least he's still a good person now, he hasn't turned bad yet."

"Damn it, the other day he was painting the hallway, and you happened to be coming upstairs. He stared at your butt for ages..."

Then the sound of the door closing came, and no one could hear anything else.

I stopped, wanting to go back and confront Ah Zhen. When did I start staring at Zhou Zhou's butt for so long?

We put our hearts and souls into cleaning and improving the environment, and yet you still slander us.

There's no justice in this world!

Back in 302, Chunyan was taking a bath.

Liu Haomei opened the door and asked me softly, "Brother Wang, has everything been settled?"

"It should be alright now." I nodded.

Liu Haomei thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "Brother Wang, I'd better go sleep in 508 so I won't disturb you and Chunyan. Besides... I don't dare sleep in Sister Li's bed. If Sister Li finds out, you'll get scolded."

Women are so troublesome!

This won't work, that won't work. One minute it's like this, the next it's like that!

I was a little annoyed, so I waved my hand and said, "You and Chunyan should both sleep in 508. If you're together, you won't be afraid. Chunyan has a cell phone, so she can call me in the middle of the night if anything happens."

"Brother Wang, are you angry?" Liu Haomei's eyes reddened. "Then I'll stay and sleep on the sofa..."

"Whatever, whatever you like."

I walked to the bathroom door and knocked: "Chunyan, hurry up and wash, I want to take a shower and go to bed."

"Okay, okay, why the rush? Can't even wash a hook in peace..."

I shook my head, went into the small bedroom, turned on the fan, and lay down on the bed.

Sister Li's master bedroom has air conditioning, but mine doesn't; I only have a fan.

After a while, Chunyan walked in wearing a vest and shorts: "Why are you lying there like a corpse? Get up, I'll give you a bath and change your dressing."

A corpse? That's incredibly eloquent!

"No need, you guys go to sleep. I can take a shower and change my dressing myself."

I felt inexplicably irritated, so I sat up and waved my hand, saying, "Tomorrow you and Liu Haomei will both move to 508. I'll be better soon, so I don't need to be taken care of."

Chunyan was stunned for a moment, then asked timidly, "Old Wang, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm just tired and want to sleep."

I shook my head.

Actually, I don't know why, but suddenly I felt bad.

It might be because of Liu Haomei, who interfered and disrupted my time with Chunyan.

Without Liu Haomei, Chunyan and I could find something to do right now. But with Liu Haomei here, I can't do anything.

To put it bluntly, I wanted to do something shameless, but I couldn't, so I'm in a bad mood!

After analyzing myself to this point, I became even angrier.

Getting angry at yourself is so pathetic!

"Old Wang, are you angry with me?"

Chunyan squatted down in front of me, looked up at me, tears welling up in her eyes: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said you were lying dead... I'm used to saying that in my hometown, I'll be more careful in the future."

As she spoke, tears began to fall from the little girl's eyes.