The voice of a middle-aged woman pierced Lai Jiayi's ear.
The girl immediately turned around to see a fat, short woman wearing a long one-piece dress was standing there looking at her with a sharp glare.
The flowery pattern on her one-piece sparkled and gradually changed color. It's a futuristic pattern.
The fat woman put her hands on her waist, acting all haughty.
"You're not welcomed here!"
Lai Jiayi was baffled by the woman's appearance.
'This middle-aged aunty...is the landlord!'
"Ma'am, what did you say?" Lai Jiayi suppressed the urge to strangle the landlord for what she said before. "This house isn't mine anymore?" she asked.
'What the hell? The house has always been mine even though I only rent it.'
"I decided not to rent it to you anymore, so what?" The landlord lady harrumphed with a face saying, 'what can you do if I don't want to rent the house.'
Her face honestly looked like a pig boasting her power.
Lai Jiayi took a deep breath to stay calm, facing this unreasonable woman. The girl deepened her smile.
"But ma'am, we have paid the rent every month, " the girl spoke in a soft and sweet voice. No one would see how angry she actually was.
When the woman saw the pretty lady didn't crack her sweet smile, the fat woman's face turned ugly. She felt even more irked.
With a hoarse yet high-pitched tone, the woman answered, "I saw two robust men come to your house this afternoon. I don't know what problem you have, but– "
The woman in a bun glanced sideways before resuming her speech, "Sooner or later, my place won't be safe anymore!"
Her meaning was clear. Since Lai Jiayi had a dangerous man coming to her house, it threatened the safety of other tenants as well. Or so it seemed.
How could someone as smart as Lai Jiayi didn't see the actual meaning behind what the landlord lady said?
'She just uses this excuse to kick me out!'
At the same time, the yellow thing was slightly confused.
'Eh, did some people come here? ...ah, I turned off my system, so I don't know.'
The yellow thing mulled over it.
'Good thing I hide somewhere inconspicuous.'
He then looked at Lai Jiayi, who was glaring at the landlord.
'Why?? What fault did I do to deserve this? Sure, I haven't paid off this month's rent, but!'
Feeling injustice, Lai Jiayi pursed her lips tight and said,
"Those men won't come anymore. They won't bother anyone." The girl used a firm tone, trying to reassure the landlord lady.
'Unbelievable! How come such an unreasonable woman exists in this world?'
'Surely another debt collector might come to my house when I go to the hospital, but...is this a reason to kick me out??'
Hearing the girl's answer, the fat woman's face turned dark.
"I'm the owner here. I don't want to rent the house for you anymore. What can you do?" The fat woman laughed wickedly, showing her real intention.
"Now, go! Take these boxes with you! Don't think I'll pity you." The woman kicked the boxes making the box tower fall right in front of Lai Jiayi's feet.
The scene of her things sprawling out of the box stabbed her heart.
She knew that the landlord lady didn't like her somehow but to think she would hit her while she's down…
Lai Jiayi had the urge to cry but crying now meant she's losing. The girl only clenched her teeth tight and shut her mouth before bending to pick up her stuff on the dirty floor.
'Oh, no...that girl is homeless now?'
The small thing watching the scene could only sigh but secretly felt lucky.
'The more problems she has, the higher the chance she will accept the invitation!'
The tiny being silently whistled while the landlord lady gloated over Lai Jiayi's misfortune. She said with a joyful tone in her voice, "Pick them up and leave now! Hurry!"
She even went as far as kicking the stuff on the floor and sometimes 'accidentally' stepped on Lai Jiayi's hand.
The fat woman smiled, excited. The day she could bully a pretty girl finally comes.
Her husband eloped with a pretty woman leaving her alone to tend her only daughter. Since then, pretty women had been her target of hatred.
The landlord lady's words stung Lai Jiayi's ear. With a trembling hand stinging from pain, the girl finished picking up all her stuff and put it inside the two boxes.
Her eyes felt hot, and tears began to accumulate at the edge of her eyes, but the girl didn't shed even a drop of tears.
'Sure enough, money is everything. Money is power.'
She couldn't do anything, not even helping her one and only family.
'Without money, everything is meaningless. What can this pretty face do? It only incited trouble and hatred.'
Lai Jiayi didn't speak at all and only raised the two boxes. The girl looked strong enough to carry the boxes that exceed her head now.
Without saying anything, she threw the house key she was holding to the floor and left the landlord dumbfounded.
The landlord lady was so surprised when she saw Lai Jiayi went away just like that.
"Oy, b*tch!!" she shouted and saw the girl put the boxed on her bike very calmly. Lai Jiayi even found a rope to secure her stuff.
'What is this...that girl doesn't beg to stay?'
Seeing Lai Jiayi casually left her house with her bike, all the joy the woman felt before disappeared. But then she snorted.
'It will be raining soon, so where will such a weak, fragile girl take shelter? She will come back sooner or later, right?'
The woman smirked while crossing her arms in front of her chest.
'Let's see what this girl will do once she's drenched in heavy rain and, without a home on top of that!'
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