Chapter 264 Landlord Brother~Let Me Go Tonight
When Ying Chanxi heard Yan Zhusheng say "I want to move in", he instantly turned his head and looked at Li Luo with narrowed eyes.

"Ahem... I was just about to tell you about this." Li Luo coughed, walked to the door, opened it, and waved to Yan Zhusheng, "Come in."

Helping Yan Zhusheng drag the suitcase to the small bedroom next to the kitchen, opposite the study, Li Luo couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming?"

Yan Zhusheng blinked: "I forgot."

Ying Chanxi, who was standing by, watched Yan Zhusheng's two suitcases being put into the small bedroom, and took a deep breath: "Is Zhusheng planning to live here in the new semester instead of in the school?"

"No." Yan Zhusheng shook his head and explained, "I'm still living on campus this semester, but I'll stay here on weekends."

After hearing what Yan Zhusheng said, Ying Chanxi felt a little relieved.

People are like this. If you directly tell them you want to open a window, they may not agree. But when others think you are going to break down the door, if you say you just want to open a window, they will be more likely to accept it.

After putting the suitcase away, Yan Zhusheng took out an envelope from his schoolbag and handed it to Li Luo: "Rent."

Li Luo didn't bother to be polite with her and reached out to take the envelope.

At this time, Xu Youyu, who was sitting on the sofa, also jumped up, ran back to the bedroom, took out an envelope, and handed it to Li Luo with a smile: "I almost forgot, this quarter's rent is for you, landlord~"

Hearing Xu Youyu calling him landlord, Li Luo subconsciously took a half step back. He always felt that several indescribable novel contents flashed through this guy's mind in an instant, and he wanted to put them into action on him.

After seeing the rent paid by the two of them with his own eyes, Ying Chanxi's eyes moved slightly and he pursed his lips.

"Anyway, this is the situation." Li Luo pointed to the small bedroom behind him, then pointed to Yan Zhusheng, "Everyone is familiar with each other. We just happened to have an extra bedroom here, so we rented it to Yan Zhusheng."

"After all, this place is only intended to be rented to students, but students usually only come out to view the house during the summer vacation."

"I originally thought I would have to wait until this summer to rent it out, but now is the perfect time."

In fact, after the royalties from his novels successfully exceeded 10,000 yuan, Li Luo no longer had the idea of ​​renting out his bedroom, and he never took the initiative to contact any rental agencies or anything else.

There was no rental advertisement at all.

That's just what I say now.

After all, if Li Luo really wants to rent out this bedroom, he will definitely only rent it to people he knows.

For example, Yan Zhusheng, or friends like Zhao Rongjun.

After saying that, Li Luo took the envelope back to the bedroom, thinking of finding a place to put it first.

Yan Zhusheng walked into his small bedroom and prepared to pack his luggage and wardrobe.

Xu Youyu went back to his room to type.

Only Ying Chanxi was standing in the corridor, pursing his lips for several minutes before he walked into the bedroom in slippers and then came to Li Luo's bedroom.

"What's wrong?" Li Luo also turned on his computer and prepared to type for a while. After all, he had a review meeting in the evening, so he took the opportunity to write more.

After Ying Chanxi walked into the room, he came in front of Li Luo, bit his lips shyly, and finally took out a stack of banknotes from behind.

"Well... I see Zhu Sheng and Senior have already paid their rent, so why don't I do the same as them and pay it as well? Otherwise, it still won't feel good."

Seeing Ying Chanxi's embarrassed look, Li Luo immediately laughed and shook his head: "What are you doing? Aren't you afraid that I'll be beaten by my mom when I get home?"

"but……"

"Why not?" Li Luo stuffed the money back into her pocket and said, "What's my relationship with them? What's our relationship? You should figure it out yourself. How could I possibly charge you rent?"

"If you really feel bad about it, then that's your own problem. You treat our family as outsiders, right?"

"My mother would be heartbroken if she knew."

"I, I... How could that be!" Ying Chanxi's face flushed with anxiety, and she quickly denied it, "I don't treat you as outsiders... It's just..."

"Okay, okay, I know you didn't." Li Luo was amused when he saw how anxious she was. He stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek, then said, "Anyway, don't say such things in the future."

"Oh... I see." Ying Chanxi lowered his head, like a child who had made a mistake, but he felt a little happy in his heart. Suddenly he realized one thing: in Li Luo's heart, he was indeed different from others.

"Oh, right." Li Luo suddenly thought of something, took out the envelope he had just put in the drawer, put all the money inside into the same envelope and stuffed it into Ying Chanxi's pocket, "Here."

"...Huh?" Ying Chanxi was stunned for a moment. After taking the envelope, he looked at Li Luo in surprise, a little unresponsive, "Why are you giving this to me?"

"I am the one who pays the family mortgage now, so I am responsible for the rent. My parents don't ask me for it anymore." Li Luo said, "I will give the rent to you when I collect it. I will trouble you to pay the water and electricity bills and buy groceries."

Ying Chanxi subconsciously wanted to refuse, feeling that it was not nice to take Li Luo's money in this way.

But when she heard that she was asked to pay the water and electricity bills, buy groceries and so on... Ying Chanxi pursed her lips and nodded to accept the task.

"But we can't spend all this money, right?" Ying Chanxi said, "Three months of water and electricity bills aren't much. Normally, we just buy groceries for meals on weekends, so we don't spend that much."

"If there's more money, we can use it to top up our meal card, or we can find a restaurant to have a big meal at the weekend." Li Luo said with a smile, "There are always more ways to spend money than to make money. This will be our activity fund from now on."

"Okay then." Ying Chanxi accepted the money reluctantly, "I'll help you manage it. If you have no money on your meal card, just tell me and I'll top it up for you."

"Okay." Li Luo nodded, then looked at the time, "It will be three o'clock soon, you guys go buy some food, I'll start writing first."

"Well, then I won't disturb you." Ying Chanxi nodded obediently and left Li Luo's bedroom with a happy step.

……

After dinner, Li Luo took out a piece of paper and pasted it on the glass of the kitchen sliding door. He said to the three girls, "I made a table. Take a look at it."

"From now on, we will have clear rules on washing dishes, doing laundry, cleaning, and other matters at home."

"For example, today, it was Yan Zhusheng who came to wash the dishes."

"Next time it will be Ying Chanxi's turn, and the next time it will be Senior Sister, and so on."

Yan Zhusheng came closer to take a closer look, then asked in confusion: "Why aren't you there to clean?"

"I'm the landlord." Li Luo said as a matter of course, "How can I ask the landlord to clean the house?"

"You're just lazy." Ying Chanxi rolled his eyes at him.

"Actually, it's not that dirty." Li Luo said shamelessly.

"I have a suggestion." Yan Zhusheng raised his hand and said.

"Student Yan, you say."

"My family used to have a cook," Yan Zhusheng said, "but since I moved in, she had to find someone else to sign new business with, so I thought..."

“But isn’t she the cook?”

"The cooking auntie can also clean the house." Yan Zhusheng said, "I can pay her to come and clean the house once a week."

"That's not impossible." Li Luo nodded, and then waved his hand and said, "But you don't have to pay for it, Xixi, the money for the cleaning lady can be deducted from the activity fund."

"Okay, I understand." Ying Chanxi nodded, looked at Yan Zhusheng and said, "Then Zhusheng, please find time to contact Auntie, and I will pay when the time comes."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded, "Okay."

"Then what do you write below?" Xu Youyu narrowed his eyes, leaned in and took a closer look, then pointed to a note below and asked, "What does it mean that you are not allowed to enter other people's bedrooms on school days?"

"That's exactly what it means." Li Luo said seriously, "Otherwise, what if you all keep coming to me to watch movies in the middle of the night and it affects my studies?"

Speaking of this, Ying Chanxi and the other two all felt a little guilty subconsciously and they didn't dare to look at each other.

But Yan Zhusheng still asked: "So weekends are okay?"

"Look at the next note." Li Luo pointed downwards.

"Everyone must go back to their own room to sleep at night. You are not allowed to stay in other people's bedrooms." Xu Youyu read it out word by word, and then looked speechless, "Why do you feel like you're being taken advantage of?"

"I just want to ensure everyone's healthy lifestyle, so please make sure to follow the instructions." Li Luo said seriously.

The three girls nodded on the surface, reluctantly agreeing.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Qiao Xinyan arrived here.

Because school starts tomorrow, she made an appointment with Ying Chanxi and simply brought the luggage she was going to take to school in advance.

Stay at Yingchanxi tonight and move directly to the school dormitory tomorrow. After a while, Zhao Rongjun also arrived.

Six people sat in a circle around the desk in the living room.

Li Luo sat in the middle of the north side, with Yan Zhusheng on his left, Ying Chanxi on his right, and Xu Youyu opposite him.

In the front left is Zhao Rongjun, and in the front right is Qiao Xinyan.

Ying Chanxi went to the kitchen to wash some fruits and put them on the desk. Then the six of them started reviewing, but the atmosphere was more relaxed.

"Have you finished your homework?" Li Luo glanced at Zhao Rongjun and asked casually.

"It's done."

“When was it finished?”

"It was done before I went back to the country."

"Oh~ I see, this is the gap between you and the other top students." Li Luo shook his finger and pointed at Qiao Xinyan who was concentrating on writing the test paper. "Look at Xinyan."

“Even though I have the ability to finish my winter vacation homework ahead of time, I still make daily plans based on the subjects and number of exams.”

"Make sure you have exams to do every day and keep up your test-taking skills. This is the only way to get into the top 40 in your grade every time."

"Zhao Rongjun, Zhao Rongjun, you still have a lot to learn."

Ying Chanxi on the side glanced at him and immediately rolled his eyes in amusement.

Zhao Rongjun was also speechless: "You finished it before the holiday, right? How dare you criticize me?"

"I'm ranked 17th in the whole school, how about you?" Li Luo chuckled proudly.

Among the six people present, apart from Yan Zhusheng, who he could suppress, the rest was only Zhao Rongjun.

Let’s not mention Xu Youyu and Ying Chanxi.

Qiao Xinyan is also a master in the class, and she has won and lost against him.

In the midterm exam last semester, Li Luo surpassed her, and in the subsequent monthly exam, he ranked 15th in the school, also surpassing Qiao Xinyan.

But in the final exam, although Li Luo also ranked 17th in the school, Qiao Xinyan performed exceptionally well and ranked 14th in the school, which made her a little better than him.

As for Zhao Rongjun, his grades had always been around the 60s or 70s in the school, but now he can't compare to Li Luo, the cheater.

Zhao Rongjun looked at Li Luo speechlessly. He was too lazy to argue with him and continued to review seriously.

At this moment, Li Luo's breathing suddenly stagnated. He subconsciously looked down and saw a foot wrapped in a white sock rubbing against his thigh.

The next second, Li Luo suddenly raised his head and looked at Xu Youyu opposite him.

But at this moment, Xu Youyu was flipping through the textbooks and class notes in his hands with a serious look on his face, occasionally picking up a grape and putting it into his mouth.

Just at a certain moment, Xu Youyu raised his eyes and glanced at Li Luo, and their eyes met in mid-air. Then he blinked at him slightly with a slightly charming look, and then continued to review as if nothing had happened.

It was as if the rebellious foot under the table was not actually part of her body.

"What's wrong with you?" Ying Chanxi looked at Li Luo in confusion and noticed that something was wrong with him.

"Nothing." Li Luo shook his head and silently restrained his expression. He had to endure the malicious teasing from the senior student and pretended to be reviewing seriously.

Originally, he was thinking that while Xu Youyu wasn't paying attention, he would secretly reach his hand under the table, grab her feet, and punish her severely.

Unfortunately, Xu Youyu was very sharp-eyed. When he saw him making this move, his nimble feet immediately retracted.

He waited until he was off guard before reaching out again and continuing.

This made him feel stuck in a dilemma. He could only take deep breaths and adjust his emotions to avoid revealing any flaws.

After reviewing until almost nine o'clock in the evening, Zhao Rongjun was ready to say goodbye and go home.

Li Luo walked him out of the gate and was about to close the door after saying hello.

But Zhao Rongjun suddenly turned around, came up to Li Luo, and asked in a low voice: "I forgot to ask you before, there is something I wanted to ask you during the Chinese New Year."

"What's the matter?" Li Luo looked puzzled. Seeing his curious look, he couldn't help but said, "Why don't you ask? Why are you so mysterious?"

"That's it..." Zhao Rongjun asked curiously, "Everyone in the village is saying that you wrote a novel and won an award, but I haven't heard of it before. What kind of novel did you write?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Luo was stunned for a moment, and then his breathing stagnated: "You, you...where did you hear that?"

"My mother told me." Zhao Rongjun scratched his head. "She mentioned it to your aunt when she was dancing in the village square."

Li Luo: “…”

Damn...women are such big mouths!

Why is there so much talk when dancing?

Li Luo was furious, but when he thought that he was his elder, he couldn't say much.

Seeing that Zhao Rongjun was very interested, he gritted his teeth and after hesitating for a while, he finally chose the latter between killing and deceiving people.

"It's just something I wrote casually. It's just a fake award. The elders like to exaggerate the facts. In fact, it's not that great." Li Luo said, "You should go back early and don't think about it anymore."

"Oh." Seeing that he didn't want to reveal it, Zhao Rongjun didn't ask any more questions.

But after leaving, I couldn't help but mutter to myself.

What kind of fake award can give a prize of 50,000 yuan?
Unfortunately, his mother was so busy praising him that she didn't even ask what kind of novel he wrote.

Otherwise, Zhao Rongjun would really be curious about what Li Luo wrote.

After all, Li Luo got full marks in the Chinese composition in the senior high school entrance examination, and his composition scores in normal Chinese exams were also pretty good.

Then the novel that is written must be pretty good, right?

Li Luo didn't know what Zhao Rongjun was thinking, but he let out a sigh of relief after seeing him off.

But the next second, he was hugged from behind.

"Junior~" Xu Youyu blew a breath gently into his ear, "Was it stimulating just now?"

"Wait……"

"Don't get excited." Xu Youyu whispered, "Zhu Sheng went to the bathroom, Xixi and Xinyan are in the bedroom."

"Then you can't..."

"You haven't answered me yet." Xu Youyu interrupted, "What were you thinking just now? Give me some material."

"I just want to grab your feet, push you onto the sofa, and spank you hard." Li Luo said expressionlessly.

"Oh, so you like this tune."

"You deserve a beating so badly, aren't you afraid of being discovered by them?"

"Landlord brother, don't be so mean~" Xu Youyu pleaded softly in his ear, "I will definitely be able to pay the rent next month, can you please give me another month? Just let me go tonight."

Li Luo's ears were tickled by her blowing and his heart skipped a beat. Feeling the pressure on his back and the delicate voice in his ears, his whole body suddenly stiffened.

"…What weird things do you usually watch?"

"Now that you've said that, it looks like you've seen it a lot." Xu Youyu said with a smile, "You're so cute when you understand it so quickly."

At this time, Li Luo wanted to say something.

The sound of flushing could be heard from the bathroom.

Xu Youyu let go of him at the right time, chuckled like a silver bell, turned around and slipped back to her own bedroom: "I won't tease you anymore, I'm going to write some words."

Li Luo looked at Xu Youyu's slim back and rubbed his head in distress. It was really a headache.

(End of this chapter)