Chapter 314. Reason
The village in the city is located in another district, quite far from Ning Chu’s home.
However, leaving Ning Chu’s community only requires a walk of a little over two hundred meters before taking the subway that directly reaches the village, taking more than forty minutes.
Grandpa has three small buildings in the village, divided into small single rooms, with rental prices ranging from one thousand two to one thousand eight. I heard that Ning Chu’s classmate wanted to rent one, and Grandpa simply waved his hand over the phone and generously said it would be free.
“I’m giving you a discount; you just need to pay five hundred a month.”
Mom pushed open the door at the end of the narrow hallway, revealing a small room of about twenty square meters, a one-bedroom one-bath with a bed, table, and air conditioning.
“Isn’t that a bit too cheap?”
“The single room isn’t expensive anyway, and it’s small. Plus, I gave you a discount because of Ning Chu…”
“Mom~ isn’t this room too small? There’s barely enough space to walk! The window even faces the backlight, the sun doesn’t shine in at all.”
Her words were suddenly interrupted by her own daughter, her face darkening as she turned to Ning Chu, who had her elbow sticking out: “Oh, you~ you’re complaining now?”
“I didn’t~ It’s good to have a place to live,” Ning Chu immediately backed down, “Wen Yang, it’s nice, right?”
“Yeah, it’s quite nice,” Wen Yang quickly agreed, but deep down, he still felt something wasn’t quite right.
Isn’t this discount a bit too steep?
This is the provincial capital, and even if it’s a village in the city, it shouldn’t only cost five hundred yuan for rent. The single rooms in the suburbs near the school cost at least five hundred.
“This tiny room, five hundred is a loss for them.”
Ning Chu mumbled as she lowered her head and transferred five hundred yuan to her mother via WeChat.
Mom’s expression turned even darker.
So it’s her daughter paying? Left hand passing to the right, and Wen Yang doesn’t need to pay a dime?
“Wen Yang’s money is all managed by me!” Ning Chu straightened her back proudly, “Mom, will you take his money too?”
“Ha~”
Mom shot her a disdainful glance: “How can a man not have money in his hands?”
“I’ll go back to cook,” she glanced at the time and complained, “Ning Xin is about to finish school. Let your brother pick her up… You’d better come back early, the sound insulation in this rental is not good.”
“……”
After seeing Mom leave and conveniently close the door, Ning Chu finally plopped onto the bed, continuing to pick apart the small single room with a face full of disdain.
Meanwhile, Wen Yang was a bit flabbergasted: “Isn’t this too cheap? Just five hundred? What kind of discount is this?”
“This shabby house is only worth five hundred, okay? Look at the walls; they’re peeling.”
Ning Chu stretched lazily and lay back on the bed, muttering: “The bed is too hard, total loss.”
Wen Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly. He wasn’t stupid; he could tell the discount on this room was probably significant. Ning Chu’s complaints were probably just to make his stay feel more justified.
“My mom said if you have time later, you can come to my house for a meal, no charge.”
“Really?” His eyes lit up.
“Yeah~”
That five hundred yuan basically just served as Wen Yang’s meal fee to her mom, and it helped soothe his pride, avoiding the fact that the rental didn’t charge him at all.
“Aunt seems to be less bothered by me now?”
Wen Yang thought that regardless of how busy he gets in the future, he’d have to go to snag a meal every day and show his face in front of his future mother-in-law.
“My mom is pretty nice~”
Ning Chu sat up again, helping sort out Wen Yang’s luggage and setting up his small room for the next month.
She took a set of bedding from home, and also grabbed a brand new set of toothpaste, toothbrush, and towel—all without him needing to buy them anew.
Wen Yang had brought only a few sets of clothes, and after about ten minutes of busyness, the cramped rental was clean and tidy.
Ning Chu sat at the desk, one foot on the wooden chair, hugging her knees and looking at Wen Yang: “Wen Yang.”
“Uh-huh?”
She paused, her bright eyes showed a hint of curiosity: “I’ve been keeping an eye on you, not letting you date or interact with girls; you never felt annoyed, did you?”
Wen Yang froze as he stuffed the empty suitcase under the bed, then replied: “You’re my girlfriend; it makes sense that you don’t want me to interact with girls, right?”
“No, I mean before. When we first met in September, I went out of my way to stop you from going out with your girlfriend.”
“Before…” He took a bit longer to think, sitting on the bed and looking at the petite figure of Ning Chu curled up in the chair; his gaze softened further, “Maybe it’s because no one cared about me like that before? I was quite happy.”
“……”
“I know those were my flings, but it was my first time in a big city; I was a bit timid… honestly, sometimes I was quite tempted. If it weren’t for you, I can’t even picture what I’d be like now.”
You’d probably be out partying every night, swapping girls like changing clothes.
Yet here you are, still a virgin, an experienced virgin…
Ning Chu didn’t know how to respond for a moment; back then, she just wanted to stop Wen Yang from triggering the plot, thus preventing the drama of having too many boys around her… Yet now reflecting on it, it seems a bit pathological, the restrictions only made Wen Yang feel an attention and care he never had.
“But what about you? Why have you been focusing on me?” Wen Yang was also quite curious, “You were a guy before; you couldn’t have liked me from the start. Was it jealousy that made you stop me from dating?”
“Uh… why don’t you go find a job first?”
Ning Chu dreaded such unexplainable questions, standing up anxiously: “I should head back too; my mom’s little boyfriend is coming over today, I need to supervise.”
“Okay.”
Seeing that Wen Yang didn’t insist on getting an answer, she finally breathed a sigh of relief: “I’ll transfer you fifty yuan for food. It’s not convenient today; remember to come to my house for food tomorrow.”
“You’re dodging all my questions and just leaving?” Wen Yang teased, blocking the doorway.
The old shy honest guy is gradually disappearing~ getting more into bullying people!
“Then…” a hint of shyness appeared between Ning Chu’s brows. After hesitating for a moment, she looked up at Wen Yang’s tall figure, stood on her tiptoes, and wrapped her arms around his neck, “A kiss~”
Their lips touched lightly for a moment, and she stepped back, blushing.
“Still so shy, but in bed you…”
“Believe it or not, I’ll get my brother to beat you up!”
Ning Chu angrily clenched her little fists, and Wen Yang immediately changed his sentence: “Let’s go; I’ll head downstairs to see what part-time jobs are nearby and buy a broom.”
“Try to get a daytime job so we can go out together at night.”
“Okay.”
Wen Yang worked hard to suppress his curiosity; that previous question remained unanswered, and Ning Chu’s evasive avoidance was too clumsy.
He increasingly felt that Ning Chu’s ongoing story seemed to be more than just fiction.
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