Chapter 10: On the Other Side of the Door… Is the Enemy!
Being forced out of my own place by a rat… as a human, I’ve really failed.
Mu Yi tightened her grip on the broom. She leaned against the bathroom door, ears alert, brows furrowed, holding her breath as she tried to figure out what was happening on the other side.
Even though she couldn’t hear any sound at all, her fear kept growing.
Who knows if the rat was also staying still somewhere, staring at her boldly, just waiting for her to open the door so it could give her a huge scare?
Even knowing that, Mu Yi gritted her teeth and held the broom tightly.
Damn it.
Today, she absolutely could not back down. This was a matter of principle!
She took a deep breath, stepped back half a step, gathered her courage, and suddenly opened the bathroom door, rushing out in one go.
But there was no rat outside.
She was just about to relax when.
Thump!
Another sound came from the bedroom.
“Eek!”
Seeing the rat jumping on the bed, Mu Yi leaned back, her mouth twitching.
You little…
Without thinking, she raised the broom and rushed forward.
After chasing the rat around for more than twenty minutes, she finally drove it out of the house.
The room was quiet again, but her mind took a long time to calm down.
If there’s one, there could be two… if there are two, there could be three. Could there be more hiding somewhere?
Mu Yi looked around carefully.
After a while, she thought about it and just sat down on the sofa.
She gave up again.
She would deal with it when she saw it. Thinking too much now wouldn’t help.
“Only 2 a.m.?”
She picked up her phone and checked the time.
Logically, since she couldn’t sleep anyway, she should clean the bed sheets and blankets now and throw them into the washing machine.
But she didn’t want to move at all.
She felt really upset. What kind of bad luck had she been having lately?
Feeling down, she opened QQ without thinking, wanting to vent a little.
There were quite a few group chats, but she didn’t have a reader group.
She had heard that some authors created group chats, only to be constantly pushed by readers to update, teased by readers, confessed to by readers, and even tracked down by readers who found their address.
Then people would send threats or even try to block them in real life!
Because of that, Mu Yi never made a reader group.
Pouting slightly, she thought carefully, then opened Little Chubby’s chat.
“Huh?”
Seeing that Little Chubby was still online on the computer, Mu Yi blinked in surprise.
At his age, he should be in university, right? It’s already this late, what is he still busy with? Studying? Even in university, the pressure must still be high.
After hesitating for a moment, she still sent him a message, just a simple one.
“You’re not asleep yet?”
He didn’t reply immediately. The chat didn’t show “typing,” so he was probably busy with something else and hadn’t noticed her message yet.
Mu Yi quickly left the chat.
Part of her didn’t want to disturb him, but more than that, she wanted to find another place to let out her feelings.
However, just as she exited, Little Chubby replied.
Surprised, Mu Yi quickly opened the chat again. She curled her legs up, resting her chin lightly on her knees.
Little Chubby: “What’s wrong? Why are you still awake too?”
Seeing this, her eyes trembled slightly.
Why did she suddenly feel a bit complicated inside?
She hadn’t even said anything yet, but it felt like he was already worried about her.
Even though her original plan was to use him as someone to vent to…
If he cared about her, then he would probably be willing to listen.
Mu Yi straightened her posture a little. She first sent a sighing emoji.
After typing for a while, she told Little Chubby about the rat.
She didn’t mention the dinner or the dream, but she greatly exaggerated the rat situation, using it as an indirect way to complain about Gu Zhiren, who seemed to be disturbing her life.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to talk badly about someone behind their back, she was just thinking for herself.
Those things would only bring her trouble if she said them.
Little Chubby: “As long as you’re not hurt, that’s good. Try to keep your home clean. Don’t let trash pile up. But since there are already rats, it’s better to get someone to deal with it.”
“Hehe…”
Mu Yi smiled awkwardly.
That really hit the point. But where would she get the money to hire someone? She’d better deal with it herself.
Little Chubby: “By the way, Mu Yi, have you gone back to Ruolan Town?”
“…”
Mu Yi hadn’t gone back.
After her parents divorced, her father stayed in the town, while she left with her mother.
After leaving her mother later, she only contacted her father once, last October. He told her that Ruolan Town had been developed into a tourist village.
Then Little Chubby also brought up the tourist village.
It was almost the one-year anniversary recently, and there would be a celebration event. He asked if she wanted to go back.
He didn’t say it directly, but it was obvious he wanted to meet again.
Mu Yi understood, but she politely refused.
She had turned into a girl now, what else could she do but refuse?
They chatted until around 3:30 a.m. Little Chubby suddenly had something to do and went offline. Mu Yi stretched lazily, and her eyes accidentally glanced at the business card on the desk.
“Hmm…”
She glanced at the computer in sleep mode, her eyes turning slightly. Then she smiled mischievously and suddenly stood up on the sofa, one hand on her waist and the other raised in a fist.
“Taking a day off today, no writing!”
She was going to make her readers blame that annoying rat.
Night passed, and morning came.
On the first-floor corridor of Gu Group, Gu Zhiren, wearing a black coat and sunglasses, walked quickly toward the elevator, followed by his assistant Xiao Xi.
“Xiao Xi, the person in charge of William Hotel will arrive soon. Since they have shown interest in working with us, we should show our greatest sincerity.”
“Tell the PR department to prepare for their arrival.”
Even so, the two sides had always been rivals. Last year, Gu Zhiren almost caused them to go bankrupt, and they had to struggle hard to recover.
Now they suddenly gave up competition and wanted cooperation.
Was it fake peace with hidden plans, or real cooperation?
Gu Zhiren believed it was the former.
You can’t catch a tiger without entering its den. But if you enter, you must be ready to be eaten.
“Yes, General Manager.”
After replying, Xiao Xi suddenly received a call. After listening for a moment, he nodded and turned to Gu Zhiren.
“General Manager, the place in Coral Residential Area has been arranged for you. You can move in anytime. The landlord will send someone to meet you as requested.”
Hearing this, Gu Zhiren immediately turned his head.
“Tell the landlord I’ll go there this afternoon.”
At the same time, in the same simple rented apartment, the white-haired girl was curled up on the sofa, wearing an eye mask and covered with a thin blanket, sleeping deeply.
Not long after, a loud phone ringtone rang.
She frowned in annoyance, but still sat up sleepily, groped for her phone, and answered without thinking.
A familiar sharp female voice came from the other side.
“Mu Yi, a gentleman is moving into the room next to yours. I’m busy right now, help me receive him and show him around. If you do it, I’ll give you 200 yuan for your trouble.”