A life of success begins with being a landlord.

I was completely baffled: "What did I do? Sister Li, let go!"

"The mule, keeping its head down, secretly eats bran!"

Sister Li let go of my hand, then pinched my nose again: "I knew it the way Chunyan walks; you two have already slept together, haven't you!"

Holy crap, Sister Li is that amazing? She could even tell that?

"Sister Li, don't talk nonsense and ruin other people's reputations."

I vehemently denied it, rolling my eyes and saying, "My relationship with Chunyan is as clean as a blank sheet of paper; at most, we hold hands..."

"Stop talking nonsense, reputation?"

Sister Li glared at me sideways: "Here, the least valuable things are pretty women and a woman's reputation. You've left your hometown, what reputation do you have left? If you run around naked in the street, nobody back home will know."

I pointed at Sister Li's short skirt: "Sister Li, why don't you try not wearing pants?"

"I wasn't wearing pants to begin with; this is a skirt."

Sister Li smiled smugly and sat down on the sofa: "Alright, I don't care about your mess with Chunyan anymore. Let's talk about Daozixiong."

I nodded, listening attentively.

"Dao Zixiong told me that he wants to take care of you and entrust the management of Sanlichuan to you."

Sister Li sighed, seemingly conflicted: "This job is indeed very lucrative, definitely worth twenty or thirty thousand a month. But I can't make up my mind, you decide for yourself."

"Twenty or thirty thousand a month, what kind of business can make so much money?" I was intrigued.

Not making money when you can is the mark of a fool!

With 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month, plus the dividends Ding Zhili gives me, wow, I'll be a millionaire in just two or three years!

"Brother, you've been around Sanlichuan for so long, and you still don't know what kind of business Daozai Xiong runs?"

Sister Li glanced at me sideways: "That bastard Dao Zixiong, all brawn and no brains, what else can he do besides crooked ways?"

I chuckled: "Protection money?"

"Not entirely." Sister Li shook her head.

"Dao Zixiong's income in Sanlichuan mainly comes from two game arcades, two dance halls, and a street full of small coin-operated arcade machines. All in all, it adds up to at least two or three hundred thousand a month. If you were in management, the profits would be even greater."

It really is a crooked and evil way!

I thought about it for a moment, then shook my head and refused: "Sister Li, I won't do this."

"You're not doing it?" Sister Li asked, somewhat surprised. "Why? Are you afraid I'll be unhappy?"

"My second uncle warned me not to go into the underworld or casinos."

I shrugged: "If I helped Dao Zixiong manage Sanlichuan, I'd be dragged into it by him."

Actually, my second uncle also warned me one thing—don't get entangled with women!

However, I have already broken that rule.

There seem to be too many women around me these days, it's a bit chaotic. Sigh!

"Brother, you really are my brother! We're on the same page now!" Sister Li stood up and patted my shoulder.

"I feel the same way; we must keep our distance from Knife Tsai-hung. If we want to make money, we'll find opportunities to do legitimate business. We won't interfere in Knife Tsai-hung's business!"

"Sister Li, great minds think alike." I chuckled. "Let's just make a little money and live a peaceful life."

"You little rascal, do you want to live with me?" Sister Li raised an eyebrow and beckoned with her finger.

I shuddered: "Sister Li, don't do that, it's scary!"

"Pfft... You bastard, am I that ugly? Would living with you scare you away?"

Sister Li's little fists were hitting me randomly.

"No, Sister Li, that's not what I meant."

I quickly begged for forgiveness: "You're Xiaogang's sister, so you're my sister too. If I were to live with you, wouldn't that be unkind, unfair, shameless, and worse than an animal?"

"You're so quick-witted! I'll let you off this time. Go play with Chunyan, I'm going to take a bath and go to bed."

Sister Li finally let me go.

I breathed a sigh of relief, took a shower, and went to collect the utility and rent fees with my account book.

After going around and collecting utility and rent payments from three different places, I inexplicably ended up going to room 508.

Sister Li must have drugged me, otherwise why would I have come to 508 again?

Chunyan, Liu Haomei, and Sister Ling are playing cards.

I naturally joined the fray and became one of them.

We played until midnight before finally taking a break.

Sister Ling stayed in the small room, and Liu Haomei stayed in the large room.

I had nowhere to sleep, so I had to make do and squeeze in with Chunyan.

Chunyan had just finished her period and was now carefree, acting quite wildly. She kept arguing with me until after 1 a.m. before finally falling asleep.

The next day.

When I opened my eyes and woke up, I saw Chunyan sitting on the edge of the bed, with her back to me.

"Wife, when did you get up?" I asked sleepily, instinctively reaching out to hug Chunyan from behind, and then taking advantage of the situation...

"Brother Wang, your wife has gone to work."

The person by the bed chuckled and turned around; it was Liu Haomei!

"Holy crap, it's you!"

I was startled and quickly pulled my hand away, sitting up while clutching the blanket...

What the hell is this girl doing sitting on the edge of the bed?

You've put me in a position of being unrighteous and immoral!

"What's wrong, Brother Wang? Am I ugly? Did I scare you?" Liu Haomei looked at me, her eyes blinking.

"It's not that it's ugly, it's just that I didn't expect it..."

I wiped the sweat from my brow: "Chunyan went to work, why didn't you go?"

"I'm off today."

Liu Haomei stood up and said with a smile, "Chunyan told me to take good care of you today, to cook for you, and to do your laundry. I must make sure you are well-fed and not go hungry."

Feed me? I'm not a baby who needs to be fed. What do I need to be fed?

Just as I was about to ask Liu Haomei to leave, the phone rang again.

It was He Tiantian calling.

"Mr. Wang Yaozu, hello." He Tiantian spoke politely, but with a foreign accent: "Thank you for standing up for justice and protecting the migrant worker Xue Meiying..."

"Tian Tian, ​​just spit it out, stop with the flowery language," I said irritably.

"Rude, you stinky man!" He Tiantian was clearly angry.

"Xue Meiying is having surgery today, an amputation, cutting off another section of those three fingers. You're her great benefactor, shouldn't you come to the hospital to see her?"

"Tian Tian, ​​what kind of twisted logic is that?" I was both amused and exasperated.

"I'm her great benefactor, so I'm obligated to take full responsibility for her, right? After the surgery, am I supposed to take care of her personally, change her diapers, feed her rice and porridge, and lull her to sleep?"

"I felt sorry for those sisters; they had no relatives or friends and lived in constant fear."

"Alright, Tiantian, take good care of the Xue sisters. I'm really busy. I'll visit them again when I have time."

I quickly hung up the phone.

If we keep talking, I'll have to take responsibility for Xue Meiying's lifelong happiness and ensure she has many children and grandchildren for generations to come!

Liu Haomei smiled gently: "Get up and wash up quickly, I'll make you noodles, shredded pork noodles, I guarantee they'll be delicious."

"No, no, no, that's not necessary."

I waved my hand and declined, saying, "I'm busy. I'll just grab something to eat downstairs."

Liu Haomei's eyelids drooped, as if she was about to cry: "Brother Wang, do you hate me, or are you afraid I'll poison you?"

"Good sister..."

My heart softened, and I said with a wry smile, "Let's go downstairs, I'll eat."