Chapter 3: In Less Than Two Hours, a Millionaire!

“Ah?” Xia Huajiao was instantly stunned. Such an unremarkable rental apartment had quietly changed owners without a word?

Aunt Chu continued speaking on the phone: “Xia, I sold the place along with the lease contract. If you want to keep renting, just pay the rent to the new owner. If not, you can ask him for your deposit back. I’ll send you his number now. That’s all!”

After the dial tone beeped on the other end, within seconds Xia Huajiao received a phone number from Aunt Chu.

The new owner’s surname was Gu, a gentleman.

Xia Huajiao was momentarily lost in thought, then bit her lip nervously and quickly contacted her roommate Qin Lijuan, a nurse working the night shift at the hospital: “Lijuan, do you know the landlord sold the apartment...?”

Not long after, she ended the call with some anxiety and dialed Mr. Gu.

When the call connected, a deep, magnetic, and pleasant male voice sounded from the phone: “Hello?”

Xia Huajiao’s nervousness and slight dissatisfaction immediately eased at the rich timbre of his voice, a refreshing coolness running down her spine.

With such a good voice, he must be handsome too, right?

She hoped he was easy to talk to.

Thinking this, she politely said, “Are you Mr. Gu? I’m Xia, a tenant at Building 12, Unit 1, Apartment 402 in Lishui Complex...”

After hearing her out, Mr. Gu responded calmly and reasonably: “Here’s what we’ll do. If you’re home tomorrow night, I’ll come take a look at the apartment. As long as the furniture isn’t visibly damaged, just pay me next month’s rent. In a month, I’ll refund your three-month deposit.”

His words were well-structured and fair.

Relieved, Xia Huajiao happily agreed. After getting Mr. Gu’s permission, they exchanged WeChat contacts, and she informed Qin Lijuan.

Then, Xia Huajiao logged into a streaming app and started watching a free movie.

Two minutes passed, and the barrage bonuses had barely increased by over 300 yuan.

Too slow!

She exited that show and searched for the members-only drama “Wolf Warriors of China.”

It showed over 227,000 barrage comments.

Without hesitation, she purchased the annual membership for 198 yuan and began watching.

As the opening credits ended, the first wave of barrage comments appeared on her phone screen.

“Awesome!”

“Classic scene!”

“Leng Feng is seriously cool!”

The number of words and the amount of money from the comments on the holographic panel rapidly climbed like a rolling wheel. Within seconds, the barrage bonuses surged past 1,000 yuan.

Xia Huajiao couldn’t help but smile broadly with delight.

If she finished watching this, the barrage bonuses might skyrocket!

Moreover, during the night battle against the wolves by the special forces, the barrage comments suddenly increased.

“Ah, that wolf’s special skill is impressive!”

“Love that strike from Leng Feng!”

“The wolf king getting slashed—so cool!”

When the special forces tangled with foreign mercenaries, the barrage comments also grew.

“Wipe out these foreign dogs!”

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