WEIRD

When Jiang Yue returned home with a bag of fresh vegetables, as she climbed up the stairs to her floor, she heard the quarrels from House No. 203.

They quarrelled once a week on average.

Usually on Mondays.

While today was Friday.

She turned around and walked downstairs, planning to wait a while before going back up, but unexpectedly, she heard her name amidst the quarrel.

“Wei Jiyuan, are you fucking shameless?! Ah!? I ask you, are you shameless!? Jiang Yue went to jail before! She can’t even find a proper job! What do you like about her?! Are you planning to be with her?! Ah?! I’m asking you! Would you like me to make room for you!?”

“Stop yelling. She’ll be back soon…” It was Wei Jiyuan’s voice.

“Fine! She’ll be back just in time! I’ll move out to make room for you! Wei Jiyuan, just you wait!”

The door opened, and as He Yingtong rushed out with tears streaming down her cheeks, she saw Jiang Yue standing in the corridor.

Without saying anything, she ran down the stairs.

Jiang Yue chased after her with the plastic bag in her hand.

He Yingtong hadn’t run far. She stopped beside the garden just outside their apartment.

She took out a cigarette from her pocket and lit it, calming herself down while smoking.

After a while, she said to Jiang Yue, “Please move out.”

“Mhm.” Jiang Yue nodded.

He Yingtong glanced at her and asked, “What are you thinking about?”

“Thinking of a place to live.” Jiang Yue answered honestly.

He Yingtong turned around and looked Jiang Yue in the eyes as she asked, “You don’t like Wei Jiyuan?”

Jiang Yue shook her head.

He Yingtong didn’t know whether to cry or laugh. “Do you know? You only have to go up and tell Wei Jiyuan that you like him too, and I’ll be the one who gets kicked out of the house.”

Without any expression on her face, Jiang Yue simply patted He Yingtong’s shoulder to comfort her. “I don’t like him. Don’t worry, I’ll move out later.”

“Where are you moving to?” He Yingtong put out the cigarette.

Jiang Yue was He Yingtong’s housemate who had moved in half a year ago. Because Jiang Yue had never had a stable job and loved cleaning, doing the laundry, and cooking, plus He Yingtong saw how frugal she had lived, He Jingtong had waived her rent and only asked her to do some housework in exchange.

However, when she got up this morning, she caught Wei Jiyuan secretly sniffing Jiang Yue’s underwear in the bathroom.

The two of them got into a fight.

He Yingtong felt as if her world had come crashing down on her. At that moment, she hated Jiang Yue and hated herself even more.

She shouldn’t have rented out the second bedroom to save on rent, otherwise she would never have met Jiang Yue.

“I’ll search online,” Jiang Yue said quietly.

He Yingtong exhaled. “I know a place. It’s a friend of my client who is recruiting for a housekeeper, but I’ve heard that he’s a little weird.”

“Is accommodation provided?” Jiang Yue was more concerned about this.

He Yingtong: “……”

“You’re weird, too.” She reached for her phone and dialled the number. “I’ll ask if accommodation is provided.”

“Okay,” Jiang Yue said sincerely to He Yingtong, “thank you.”

“Don’t thank me.” He Yingtong rubbed her reddened eyes. “I don’t want to see you. That’s the truth.”

“I know.” Jiang Yue continued to smile.

He Yingtong took another glance at her.

When Jiang Yue first moved in, she had really short hair, only one or two centimeters longer than a buzz cut. She had worn a mask, and she appeared very haggard with her sallow skin.

At first, she disliked Jiang Yue for being too ugly and didn’t want her to move in. But when she saw how fast and hard working Jiang Yue was, she put up with it in the end.

But in the span of six months, Jiang Yue’s hair had grown long, and her skin had lightened. When the mask was removed, her face was cute and delicate. She wasn’t a stunning beauty, but her face was quite attractive.

He Yingtong was still happy for Jiang Yue at first, complimenting her for becoming beautiful. Until today, after witnessing the nasty thing her boyfriend had done, she realized how ridiculously wrong she had been.

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Jiang Yue went to the address given by He Yingtong.

The phone call didn’t go through.

No one answered the door.

She squatted at the door and waited for an hour until the door was opened, and a tall man stood inside.

He was dressed in a white T-shirt and a pair of khaki-coloured cropped trousers, revealing his sturdy and hairy calves.

His skin was fair, his eyebrows arched, and his pupils were dark, but there was no expression on his face. His love bands were prominent, making his eyes appear particularly charming.

“Housekeeping Aunty?” He sized her up, his voice didn’t quite match his appearance.

It was one of those deep bass voices.

His voice was low and slightly hoarse.

His voice…was really nice.

“Yes, He Yingtong introduced me here,” Jiang Yue replied. “Hello, nice to meet you. My name is-”

“There’s a room inside,” The man interrupted her. “Clean it up by yourself. You can stay in that room if you want, or you can find a place to live on your own. The contract is on the table. You can sign it if there’s no issue and send me a message if you have any questions. My phone number is on the table.”

“…Okay.” Jiang Yue smiled.

The man had already turned around and returned to his room.

Jiang Yue followed him into the house, carefully closing the door and changing into house slippers.

The living room and rooms were not too messy, only that there was quite a large area of sticky juice stains on the floor.

She went to read the contract first. After confirming that she had objections, she took the pen on the side, signed the contract, and placed it on the coffee table. She then put on gloves and a hat before she began cleaning.

She was very efficient at her job. After spending two hours cleaning the house, she even took a bunch of keys hanging on the head of a deer in the entryway and went downstairs to buy groceries and kept them in the refrigerator.

After a short break, she started cooking lunch.

It was half past one, and the man still hadn’t come out of his room.

Jiang Yue did not disturb him. After she finished cooking lunch, she ate some by herself, and then went to tidy up the room she was going to stay in tonight.

The room, which was slightly smaller than the master bedroom, had quite a gender neutral design and was most likely used as a guest room. Since the room had been unoccupied for a long time, it was very dusty.

Jiang Yue opened the window to ventilate the room and bought a few pots of spider plants to place in her room.

After she finished tidying up, she went to wrap up her cleaning work. She tied up all the garbage, placed them at the door, and meticulously cleaned the floor.

When she was done, she saved the man’s number on her phone and sent him a message:

【I’m going back to get my luggage. Lunch is on the table. 】

She didn’t have a lot of luggage, but she had a computer and a set of recording equipment, which were rather expensive. Worried that her equipment might be damaged by the crowd on the bus, she took a taxi for the first time in a while.

When she returned, the food on the table had been eaten. She could tell that he was a picky eater because he only ate meat and not vegetables.

Jiang Yue took note of the few dishes that he ate, then cleaned up the dining table and kept her luggage in her room.

Her new room was slightly larger than the one she had previously stayed in.

After placing the computer and recording equipment on the table, she changed her bedsheets before going to the bathroom to take a shower.

She had sweated a lot today.

After shower, she went back to her room to put her toothbrush in the bathroom, but when she opened the bathroom door, she saw the man standing in front of the toilet peeing.

Jiang Yue was about to close the door and pretend that she hadn’t seen anything when she saw the man pull up his pants and walk towards her with an expressionless face.

His eyebrows were furrowed, and his bass voice was very sexy.

“To avoid feeling awkward when we see each other in the future, now, it’s your turn to pee.”

Jiang Yue: “…”

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