One is the big boss of the company, and the other is just a small employee, their status in the company is worlds apart, but now at home, their roles are completely reversed.
Shen Yi, the big boss, is in a long dress, her fingers interlocked in front of her, standing nervously to the side, while the small employee, Su Qing, sits calmly on the sofa, sipping a cold cola.
In the bathroom not far away, Wen Nanqing, as the landlady, is scrubbing clothes while eavesdropping on the movements outside.
Especially when she heard the last sentence, she couldn't help but shiver, then quickly scrubbed the clothes harder, splashing water to make a noise, wanting to tell the people outside, I'm busy working, don't mind me.
"It's... it's not like that, when you originally rented that apartment, Sister Qing had already planned to sell it, I just helped her a tiny bit in advance," Shen Yi lifted her right hand, pinching her thumb and index finger together, indicating that she just went with the flow and wasn't too deliberate.
After spending some time together, she had pretty much figured out Su Qing's personality; he doesn't like to bother others nor does he like to be bothered by others.
He associates with people not based on gains or losses, but on whether their personalities match; such a person is not suited for business but is an excellent choice as a friend.
Furthermore, after he saved her from a car accident, she had tried several times to offer him some benefits, but he refused them all, even bringing him into the company took a lot of effort.
It's the same with this apartment; in this area, such a duplex for two thousand a month, no one would believe it, but asking him to spend a lot renting a good place, Su Qing definitely wouldn't do it, after all, although he earned some money at the time, he was just starting out, there's no way he would spend that kind of money.
So Shen Yi had plans, one was to let him live in a better place, and the second was to pave the way for herself to become his neighbor in the future.
But no matter how much she explained, to Su Qing, these were all disguised benefits, especially since the benefits came from her, it wasn't great for their relationship, so she kept it hidden, not expecting today's revelation.
"A tiny bit?" Su Qing asked Shen Yi.
Aunt Shen nodded repeatedly.
Then Su Qing looked towards the bathroom: "Auntie, just toss the clothes into the washing machine, no need to hand wash, come on out!"
"No worries, hand washing is cleaner!" came the voice of Wen Nanqing from the bathroom.
How could she come out now, not seeing the dignified big boss being extra careful with a smile on her face? She didn't think she could escape unscathed.
There's a great sense of safety in this small bathroom, she had no intention of going out.
Upon hearing this, Su Qing glanced at Shen Yi, who took the hint and hurried into the bathroom, pulling the landlady out.
If I'm not having a good time, neither should you, at worst, we'll go down together!
The brought-out Wen Nanqing was visibly flustered, her hands still wet, and her gaze held a bit of guilt as she looked at him.
"Um, Little Shen, maybe I should stand too!" the landlady carefully said, brushing her wet hair back with her hand.
Such a gentle, water-like temperament, graceful and elegant woman, speaking to him like this, would diminish his anger by thirty percent.
After all, he knew, the culprit should be this Aunt Shen, the landlady at most was an accomplice.
He had rented the place for almost a year, and after going to work, he had learned that Shen Yi came to Jiang City to start a branch after the New Year, making it clear who the mastermind was.
So he didn't think much about the landlady.
"Just sit, and explain what's going on," Su Qing's tone was no longer as sharp as before, making the two women breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing really, just..." Shen Yi pushed the landlady between the two of them, sitting down close to explain, but before she could finish, Su Qing interrupted:
"Don't speak, Wen Jie, you tell me."
Compared to Shen Yi, the seasoned professional, he trusted his landlady a bit more.
"Huh? Me?"
"What should I say? I don't know anything, it's all Little Yi's idea, nothing to do with me, I just offered an apartment, no, two apartments."
As the little princess of her family, who never lacked for anything, she couldn't lie, especially not to someone's face, and as soon as she was asked, she panicked and confessed everything she had done.
Just offered two apartments, that's all.
Hearing this, Su Qing looked at Shen Yi: "So, you living next to me was premeditated?"
As he spoke, he mused inwardly, could the hero-saving-beauty tactic be so effective, to make such a rich and beautiful woman fall for him?
If she had no feelings for him, why go through such lengths to get close, isn't this behavior beyond normal friendship?
"We're all friends, plus, I just moved to Jiang City six months ago, and Sister Qing happened to have a vacant apartment, it's more lively living together!" Shen Yi waved her hand and laughed, inwardly sighing, realizing her final step of the plan couldn't be executed.
The final step was to have Wen Nanqing sell Su Qing's current apartment or trick him into thinking it was sold, so she could take the opportunity to make Su Qing move in and share with her.
Her apartment isn't a one-bedroom, there are four rooms, with Su Qing moving in, they'd be roommates, but all of this is over now.
Upon hearing this, Su Qing once again looked at the landlady, feeling that Shen Yi's words were unreliable.
"I know about this, Xiao Yi is just trying to recharge, she has a peculiar... mmph mmph!" In an attempt to distance herself from the situation, Wen Nanqing couldn't care less, figuring that Shen Yi's admiration for Xiao Su's beauty... no, her admiration for his voice wasn't new. It was time for everyone to lay their cards on the table.
But before she could finish, Shen Yi, standing behind her, quickly covered her mouth.
"Recharge?" Su Qing squinted his eyes. It wasn't the first time he heard this term; Deng Jie had mentioned it, even Shen Yi herself had said it, but he never knew what it meant.
After all, when they used to talk about recharging, it just meant having him come over for some dinner, chatting a bit, doing some companion tasks—what did that have to do with recharging?
"There's no such thing as recharging, don't listen to Wen's nonsense," Shen Yi explained, simultaneously using her arms and legs to pin the landlady down on the couch.
Soon, the two women were tussling together, and at that moment, he finally understood what a whirlwind confrontation was—it truly was a brawl.
Both women wore long dresses. Though they were dresses, nothing was revealing, but if they started fighting, there was no way to hide that.
Their four legs, white as pythons, waved around, causing his vision to blur. Even the occasional exposure of their fronts was enough to scare him into quickly turning his head; he still knew what was okay to look at.
"Cough, cough, mind your image, there's a man here. Want to go to my bedroom for a fight before coming out?"
Upon hearing his voice, the two women suddenly realized the indecency of their positions.