The faint voice kept echoing in the empty room...

Even if Zhuo Jiu didn't get up, he could feel that she was still sitting there quietly, talking about everything without emotion, as if she had fallen into an extremely long dream.

"How big Star City is. Gradually, even I began to feel unsure whether I would ever meet you again. Perhaps, this is just a stop in your life. You will just stop for a while and then leave."

"Who would have thought that just when I thought everything had returned to calm, you appeared again."

Then, she burst out laughing, "Don't tell me whether you believe it or not, even I find it a bit incredible!"

Zhuo Jiu clenched his fists fiercely.

Indeed, if Ai Tianya hadn't mentioned it, even he wouldn't have been able to believe that the person he blackmailed was actually the landlady...

What was even more difficult for him to talk about was the truth of that incident.

Because even he was forced to get involved in that sudden storm, and Ai Tianya obviously misunderstood again...

At this moment, he really wanted to get up and explain immediately.

However, thinking of his current situation, he could only resist his impulse and continue to lie on the table and pretend to be dead.

"You also know that the only thing I have to do every month is to collect rent everywhere. The workload is actually not very big, and now technology is becoming more and more developed. Most of the time, I just use WeChat regularly.

Just give it a try and it’ll basically be fine.”

"In the alley where you live now, there are some old neighbors who need me to come and collect them personally."

"But the old man, you know, is stubborn."

"The main reason is that I don't have much money, so I was thinking about whether I could give it to them for free, but they refused and insisted on giving it, so I had no choice but to come to collect it once a month."

Zhuo Jiu was a little stunned.

He finally understood why most of the people he met in the alleys were lonely old people, and from what he had seen, they were generally very stubborn, unwilling to listen to persuasion, and difficult to communicate with.

To sum up, he refuses to accept his old age, cares about everything, spends every penny, and especially loves to be serious.

Of course, after living here for so long, I have never seen any children come to visit them...it turns out that they are also tenants like me.

Moreover, he is a very proud tenant with a strong bottom line. Like him, he is running around for life all day long.

"There happened to be something delayed that day, so when I came, it was already dark."

"I originally thought that I would forget it and come back another day, but after thinking about it for so many years, those old people would basically wait for me to come to my door on this day. After thinking about it, I didn't choose to leave."

"By the time the collection was completed, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening..."

"But... I was unlucky that day. It was a rare occasion when I came out and met someone who was blocking the way."

"Are you going to be so bloody!"

Zhuo Jiu couldn't help but wailed in his heart. What the landlady said seemed to be slightly different from what he saw at the time.

In other words...she misunderstood again.

"Those three people were obviously very drunk, and they left me hanging in the corner."

"While saying rude words, one of them directly grabbed the bag in my hand... Then my subconscious reaction must have been to fight with them."

After saying this, she breathed heavily again, as if she was still a little scared.

After a long pause, she continued: "It's really a subconscious move. After all, this little money means nothing to me."

"How can I, a weak woman, be a match for these three grown men?"

She paused, took another deep breath, and then her voice suddenly became more passionate, "At that moment, you appeared!"

Zhuo Jiu subconsciously showed a wry smile. Yes, at that time, he "happened" to appear again.

The problem is, he really doesn't want to show up.

He has always been a very timid person, and his first subconscious reaction when encountering trouble is usually to escape.

He hates trouble and is afraid of getting into trouble, especially things that may endanger his life, so he stays away...

Along with Ai Tianya's misty voice, his thoughts couldn't help but start to drift away, returning to the time when he first arrived in Star City...

Everything in Star City was very good, but the only thing he had misjudged was the possibility of his own survival in this city... As a Moonlight Clan, he actually didn't have much savings, and he only made up his mind to come to Star City temporarily.

On a whim.

Therefore, it wasn't until he arrived at Star City South Station and took stock that he realized that he didn't have much money left with him.

What should we do? People still have to survive after all...

Therefore, how to survive in Star City became an issue that Zhuo Jiu urgently needed to consider at that time.

And at this moment, he met Ai Tianya.

Of course, he didn't keep her in mind at that time. He only knew that the person in front of him was a beautiful woman, and she seemed to be a little confused.

——Perfectly fits his definition of fat sheep.

What happened next, as Ai Tianya said before, was just a deviation in the two people's subjective understanding of one thing: from Zhuo Jiu's perspective, he just helped her find the bracelet that was broken in two.

He also used 502 glue to help her with the so-called repairs, and then successfully extorted 50 yuan from her, who had no master,... oh no, reward.

——A sum of money that was enough for him to stay in a small hotel next to the train station for four days.

But the premise is that he doesn't get angry and goes looking for those who have made mistakes to pass the lonely night.

For Zhuo Jiu, this was just an insignificant episode after he came to Star City: I provide you with services, and you pay me a corresponding reward, not to mention that the amount is not very high.

But after all, this is not a glorious thing.

Xu felt guilty, so after completing the "repair" of the bracelet, he left without looking back... It really meant that he wanted to escape after making a fortune.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at Ai Tianya, I had nothing to do. I brushed off my clothes and went away, hiding my merit and fame.

Of course, this is also the previous story.

But what happened next seemed even more bizarre to Zhuo Jiu.

It was not easy to find a job in Star City, so Zhuo Jiu quickly spent all his remaining savings... Of course, he was not so depressed that he slept on the street. The goddess of luck still seemed to favor him, allowing him to live in an unknown place in Star City.

I found a bungalow in a famous old alley.

- It's not locked and it doesn't appear to be inhabited.

For Zhuo Jiu, this is really a lucky thing.

Although he had never slept on the streets in the past... It's just that at this time, although autumn has not yet entered Star City, it was already a bit chilly after nightfall. Having a roof to keep out the wind and rain, for a homeless man

, is undoubtedly a gift from God!

Of course, he wasn't big enough to move into the room, he just slept in the hall... In this way, even if the owner of this house came back, he would have something to explain, no matter how pitiful he was.

And make a living.

Now that the housing problem has been solved, Zhuo Jiu made a desperate move and used an almost scrapped shuttle bus stored in the hall to transform it into a mobile food truck and sell tofu pudding.

With a "free" place to live, a seemingly fixed job, and even though he is a eunuch, he still gets some income from subscriptions occasionally... Zhuo Jiu can barely take root in this city.

And the alley he found was the one he lives in now... But what he didn't know was that the room he lived in "for free" was actually a property in Ai Tianya's name.

However, this matter was not very glamorous... So during that period, Zhuo Jiu could only go out early and come back late as much as possible to avoid the eyes of the neighbors... Setting up a stall in the alley did have this aspect.

Consider that, at least, the closer he is to where he lives, the more intuitively he can understand the movements of other residents in the alleys at the first time, which makes it easier for him to choose a suitable time to hide and go home.

——Of course, it is also based on making yourself appear as rationally as possible.

And that period was also a period when his savings expanded rapidly. Now that the housing problem has been solved, his only daily expenses are to eat the above, and save the rest as much as possible...

Zhuo Jiu vaguely remembered that it was one night, and he didn't know what kind of event was being held in Xingcheng. The business of the tofu noodle stall was surprisingly good. Looking at his wallet that was slowly filling up, he felt extremely excited.

He was busy until almost ten o'clock in the evening before he saw off the last wave of guests and pushed the cart to the temporary residence.

——This time is just right, most of the old people in the alleys have already fallen asleep, and there is no need to worry about anyone still wandering on the road at this time and discovering his problem.

In this way, he was humming a tune in a happy mood. It was not until he was approaching the door of his home that he noticed that there seemed to be some faint movement in front of him... It seemed like a quarrel or a scuffle, which made him hesitate a little.

He didn't know what happened ahead.

But everything he did was not very glamorous, so he was also worried that he would be discovered by others. Whether he was accused or exposed, the worst result would be that he would directly lose this rare residence.

He began to take the initiative to slow down his pace.

However, he still couldn't restrain his curiosity and carefully pushed the cart forward...

"At most, just treat it as passing by, right?"

When he got closer, he realized that there were three strong men in the distance, surrounding the corner, doing something unknown. It was just that the alley was dark, and for a while, he couldn't see clearly.

"The world is declining!"

Zhuo Jiu couldn't help but have a look of disdain on his face. Looking from his perspective, those grown men seemed to be doing something obscene. Although he had no prejudice against these weird orientations, it still made him feel uncomfortable.

He couldn't help but feel terrified.

Unfortunately, the place where they stopped happened to be his "temporary residence".

This made him even more hesitant... After such a period of time, he had already figured out the people living around him, and he was sure that these people did not live in this alley.

But the embarrassing thing is... they stopped him like this, which meant that he would not be able to go home smoothly.

At this moment, several inaudible female cries for help reached his ears. Zhuo Jiu frowned and unconsciously took a few cautious steps back...

At this time, he already knew that he had misunderstood.

He didn't want to get into trouble. What's more, even if he fell in love, he didn't think it would affect the outcome of the matter. With his small body, there was no way he could be a match for those three burly men...

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Zhuo Jiu muttered to himself, dragging the cart and slowly walking away, "When I'm far away, I will call the police for you as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!