Free Web NovelChapter 2171: Chapter 2172: The Original Spouse Who Leaves with Nothing 91
Zhang Yu looked at Liao Kai, who had appeared across from her house, then turned to look at Lin Zixuan. The latter also looked pretty clueless.
A few days ago he had tagged along to Harbor City, gone with Lin Zixuan to check out the school he was attending, then wandered around Harbor City for a bit, and after that just waved his hand and left.
Zhang Yu and the others thought he’d gone back to get ready for school, but they never expected him to actually transfer here, and even have his place already picked out.
"You bought the place?" Zhang Yu really didn’t remember any news about a unit on this floor being sold.
"A couple of days ago I came over to Auntie’s place as a guest. On my way out, I heard the previous owner saying they were going to sell, so I asked around a bit. It was right across the hall. I went online, checked the floor plan, and then I bought it." The way Liao Kai said it was so casual it felt like he was just talking about picking up a head of cabbage at the supermarket.
Buying a place without even checking out the layout in person, just looking at the floor plan online and deciding to buy? Zhang Yu knew this guy had money, but the way he did things was seriously on another level. "You didn’t even go look at it and you bought it?"
"It’s fine, I’m gonna gut-renovate it anyway. No matter how good it is now it’s useless. I’m going to redo it so it suits me." Liao Kai said carelessly.
So powerful. A real big shot. Looking at this clearly only-teenage Liao Kai, Zhang Yu had just one thought in her heart: a big shot really is a big shot.
"So where are you living now?" Lin Zixuan wanted to know where he was staying.
"I’m at the hotel across the street. I rented a room by the quarter first." Liao Kai said it like it was nothing.
The hotel across the street—its name wasn’t exactly famous, but the rates weren’t cheap either, especially a suite rented for three months straight; that price was definitely not low.
"Couldn’t you rent an apartment with that kind of money?" Lin Zixuan didn’t get why Liao Kai wouldn’t just rent a place.
"If I rent an apartment, I’d have to bring my nanny over. I’d need at least a four-bedroom, and a year’s rent would be at least twenty thousand. Then add utilities and internet and stuff, it wouldn’t be cheap either."
"If I book a room long-term, I can negotiate the price, and the view’s good."
"The temperature’s constant, and as for breakfast, I can just eat at the hotel. It’s included in the room fee."
"And I don’t need to bring the nanny over."
Listening to Liao Kai’s breakdown, Zhang Yu felt like that actually wasn’t expensive. "Yeah, that makes sense."
She’d been dumb about it—don’t be fooled by how young this big shot was; he’d seen a lot since he was little and knew all the tricks inside and out.
"Lin Zixuan, we’re gonna be classmates again." This time, Liao Kai had also come over specifically to visit Lin Zixuan.
"Oh, oh, oh," Lin Zixuan replied, only then belatedly realizing he’d forgotten to ask which class he was in.
"Same class as you," said Liao Kai, watching Lin Zixuan’s silly expression. He really found it entertaining and couldn’t help laughing.
Same class? Lin Zixuan’s eyes lit up on the spot, and his mood instantly brightened a lot. "Seriously? We can still be classmates? That’s really great."
He’d been in Harbor City for over half a year now and had gotten to know quite a few classmates. On normal days he’d review with them too. To others he probably looked like he was doing pretty well, and none of the bad things he’d worried about had happened.
But he knew in his heart that some things were still different. Now that he had a classmate from the Mainland joining him, and with the days they’d spent skiing together, their bond had grown even deeper.
Anyway, Lin Zixuan was genuinely looking forward to continuing as classmates with Liao Kai. "Oh right, what are you doing for dinner?"
"There’s so much good food around." Liao Kai was amused. In Harbor City, did he really need to worry about having nowhere to eat?
This guy really wasn’t worried that once this door was opened, he’d be eating here all the time. Looking at the smile on Lin Zixuan’s face, he honestly wanted to say, how does this kid manage to look so much like a silly boy?
His parents had gotten divorced last year, and it had been a pretty big mess. The fallout was still lingering, and people would occasionally bring it up and talk about it.
If they hadn’t run into Lin Zixuan during that ski trip, he really wouldn’t have believed that the laughing, bright-smiling boy was still the same person.
After spending more time with him, you’d understand why he was like this: it was because of his family, because he had parents who were so tolerant of him.
Yeah, if he didn’t have such good parents, he wouldn’t have this kind of temperament. It really made people envy him.
When his parents asked why he suddenly wanted to come to Harbor City to study—even though he’d already planned to go abroad directly for university, and his family had always assumed he’d stay in City S for high school—who could have guessed that halfway through high school he’d suddenly decide to move to Harbor City? freēwēbnovel.com
Honestly, his decision had been really impulsive, but he didn’t regret it. If nothing unexpected happened, this would probably be one of the few willful things he’d ever do in his life.
Seeing the enthusiastic Lin Zixuan and his elders, Liao Kai knew he hadn’t made the wrong choice. He was sure he’d have the happiest high school years of his life here.
Han Yu knew that Liao Kai had come alone to Harbor City to study, bringing just one bodyguard, and it made the old lady’s heart ache. "Living in a hotel is one thing, but eating all three meals outside every day, how can that be?"
"The food might taste good, but it’s not the taste of home." Han Yu told Liao Kai not to stand on ceremony and to just come over to their place for meals.
Zhang Qiang was chiming in from the side non-stop as well. After who knew how many rounds of back-and-forth, Liao Kai finally relented.
"Thank you, Grandpa Zhang, Grandma Han. I’ll take you up on that then."
Watching how he coaxed the two elders at home into pure happiness, Zhang Yu kept feeling like this kid was really a little old fox. At such a young age, this level of calculation—tut tut tut.
Liao Kai probably also sensed that Zhang Yu was staring at him. He lifted his head and looked at her with a squinty-eyed smile.
Fine. Zhang Yu classified that smile as a young guy’s friendly greeting. What could she do? Four people in the house and three were inviting him over to eat; even if she opposed it, it’d be useless.
And so, every day, Liao Kai would go to school together with Lin Zixuan, come back after school to eat dinner together, then do homework together, and around nine-something he’d head back to the hotel across the street to sleep.
Zhang Yu always felt like she’d forgotten something, but no matter how she tried, she just couldn’t remember what it was—until the day she saw the bodyguard who’d come to pick him up. Then she finally realized what she’d forgotten.
"What does your bodyguard eat?" Right—Liao Kai was eating here, but what was the bodyguard doing about his three meals a day?
"I don’t really know either." Liao Kai honestly had no idea. "Either he eats at the hotel, or he just grabs whatever he wants nearby. Anyway, his meal allowance is, like, fifteen hundred a day for two meals?"
As for that figure, even Liao Kai himself wasn’t too sure. "My dad settles that with him."
That high a meal allowance per day... Zhang Yu did some quick math in her head. If he happened to be a bit more frugal, wouldn’t he be able to save at least ten thousand a month?
"Big spender, huh." Zhang Yu gave Liao Kai a thumbs-up. "But once your place is renovated, is your nanny coming over?"
If the nanny came, wouldn’t that mean the other guy wouldn’t be getting his meal allowance anymore?
"Nah, the nanny auntie has something going on at home. Her daughter-in-law’s pregnant. She has to wait until the baby’s born before she can come over." Liao Kai explained.
Ah. Oh. The nanny’s daughter-in-law was pregnant so she couldn’t come—but couldn’t they just hire another nanny?
But then again, rich people always had their quirks and their considerations. Zhang Yu didn’t say anything more. After all, ever since this guy came to Harbor City, it was obvious to the naked eye that Lin Zixuan’s mood had gotten a lot better.
