Chapter 12 Collecting Rent Part 2 (1/2)
He rang the doorbell a couple of times. The person that answered the door was Guo Yan, who was wearing a blue top and denim shorts. She was about 5'6'' tall with a nice figure. Not a goddess but definitely good looking. A solid 7. Having her apron on and a spatula in her hand, Chen Jin knew she was making lunch.
Seeing Chen Jin at the door, she gave him a big smile. ”Big Brother Chen! You're here!” Guo Yan was also 24, but she was two months younger than he was, so she called him Big Brother.
Chen Jin nodded. ”May I come in?” he asked, as he looked at the sparkly clean tiled floor in the apartment.
”Yes, come on in, Big Brother Chen.” Guo Yan smiled sweetly as she took out a pair of pink, bunny-eared slippers from the shoe cabinet, and put them on the rug next to him.
Chen Jin didn't wear them. Instead, he took his shoes off and entered the room with just his socks on.
”Come on, wear the slippers. It's ok!” Guo Yan said.
He wagged his finger and asked, ”Is Song Xuejia home today? I need to speak to her.”
This surprised Guo Yan. ”Yes, she is putting on her face mask in her room.” She was confused. Why is he asking for her?
”That's good.” Chen Jin nodded, and immediately went straight to her room on the west side of the apartment.
The door was open.
On the sling rattan chair by the bedroom window, lay an attractive, busty girl in her green tulle skirt whose arms were white and slender; her legs well-proportioned with perfect, jade-like skin. The white belt on her waist made her waist look even smaller. Her stomach was amazingly flat without any muffin top. What a stunningly beautiful body.
”Mmm Hmmm~” She had her headphones on, humming the music she was listening to. Her voice was like that of an angel's. As for her face, Chen Jin had seen it before; it was a white, innocent looking doll-face. It was one of those rarely seen, gorgeous faces. She was at least an 8 or 9 out of 10.
But it was also this girl that owed him three month's rent, which was $900. He must collect the rent today.
Knock knock!
Knocking on the door several times, Chen Jin stood at the door with his arms crossed and said, ”Song Xuejia, you owe me three month's rent, don't you think it's about time you paid up?” His voice was loud enough for the other girls in the shared house to hear. Clearly.
Guo Yan, who was preparing lunch in the kitchen, was in shock as she knew Song Xuejia made more than 1,000 dollars every month working as a salesperson for cosmetics. And she's not paying her rent?
”Hold on, I need 5 more minutes with this seaweed face mask.” Song Xuejia was enormously embarrassed. She had a big ego. Now that everyone in the house knew what was going on, how was she going to face them? Big deal. It's just rent. Why did he have to say it out loud?
Five minutes later, having washed off the face mask, she put on a cute, smiley face and tried to get Chen Jin to enter her bedroom. ”Come chat in my room, Big Brother Landlord,” she said in her coquettish voice.
”No, no. Let's stay out here.” Chen Jin wagged his finger, turning down her passionate invite to her room.
”Big Brother Landlord, it's too crowded out here. There's no privacy,” she said, as she held his arm and took him to her room. Once they got in, she quickly locked the door.
Out of curiosity, her roommates Liu Xiaoxia, Xu Jiaojiao, and Zhao Yajing listened closely through the door.
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In the bedroom, with his hands behind his back, Chen Jin put on a serious face and said, ”Alright, Song Xuejia, are you going to pay your rent or not?”
”Come on, don't be so harsh on me~” She winked at him, pouting. ”Money has been tight lately. Can you give me a few more days?” she said in a cheekily sad manner.
”That is what you told me two months ago, and I agreed. But not this time. No more grace period for you,” Chen Jin said. She gave him no choice.
”My father has been ill. My mother needs a lot of money to cover his medical expenses. I've been sending her my money; that's why it's been tight for me these days,” she told him, with tears in her eyes.