Yan Shuyu did not expect such a twist in the plot. She was the one who was going to move into the fancy apartment?
She must say, the bossâs suggestion was very tempting. This time, poverty did not limit Yan Shuyuâs imagination as she had just gotten a tour of Manager Yangâs place and knew how high-class and poise the layout was. Manager Yangâs place was very lively. He lived with his parents, his sister, and other elderlies. She heard that there were also nannies and maids, totalling over 10 people. But when they toured his place, Manager Yang even showed her his game room and home theater room. His niece, Tongtong, also had her own princess room and piano room. That ought to tell her how big the place was.
Never mind that Yan Shuyu had never seen such a luxurious house in her two lives combined, nobody had in the three generations above her. She couldnât help but fantasize how wonderful itâd be to wake up in the 660 square meter bed every day. She thought sheâd laugh in her dreams.
After her fantasy, she finally declined the bossâs offer. Her bottom line was clear and had never changed â she would do anything other than being the male leadâs stepmother.
Nevertheless, the bossâs intention was very suspicious. It made her wonder whether he wanted her and her instant son to move into his house first. Based on the theory that itâs easier to go from rags to riches rather than the other way round, once the two of them had gotten used to the corrupt lifestyle of the riches, heâd bring up marriage. By then sheâd have no choice but to accept her fate of becoming his sonâs stepmother.
That was a scary thought. For the sake of maintaining her bottom line and not to fall for the bossâs trap, she had no choice but to crush her dream of living in a fancy place.
That being said, Yan Shuyu thought about it some more and the bossâs reason that he had prepared a surprise for her was very loving. On the surface, it sounded like he had only arranged for it behind her back to save her the hassle. She has no proof of what she had speculated, so she didnât want to sound too ungrateful.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Based on the other possibility, Yan Shuyu tried to choose her words carefully when she nicely turned down his offer. âEm, I have already toured Manager Yangâs place. The place was very big and had a lot of rooms. It would be very wasteful for Yuanbao and I to live in a place that size. Besides, I canât afford the rent here eitherâ¦â
Perhaps her last line sounded too disgruntled, Boss Zhou glanced over and smiled at her. âYou know the rent here?â
âIâve checked them out this afternoon,â replied Yan Shuyu truthfully. âIn this same district, a 200 square meter, two-bedroom place costs 9,000 yuan. So a multi-level, single-family place will run around 30,000 â 50,000 a month?â
âA little on the low side, 80,000 yuan,â said Zhou Qinhe nonchalantly.
â80,000 yuan a month?!â Yan Shuyu struggled to sit up. She knew that houses like these could cost upward of tens of millions, but she hadnât expected their rent to be so ridiculous. Poverty had, after all, limited her imagination.
That being said, while she was shocked by the pricing, she noticed something else from the bossâs words and asked, âAre you renting this place?â
She had assumed that when the boss said âSecretary Lu helped me find this placeâ meant she helped him find the best one from his list of properties. After all, the boss was so busy all the time that he couldnât possibly keep track of all of his assets. But if that was the case, how would he know the rent for this place off the top of his head?
Sure enough, her speculation was correct and Zhou Qinhe confirmed her thought.
As much as she had guessed it, now she felt even more complicated. How did a domineering CEO stoop to the level of renting a place for his girlfriend?
âWhy did you rent the place already?â asked Yan Shuyu reflexively.