CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 39: COME TO COLLECT THE RENT? (1)_1

For several days in a row, Han Jingnian began to come home to stay, as if he was a changed man.

He didn’t talk much, and Xia Wan’an didn’t dare to speak to him casually. Hence, even when they met, there was little conversation.

He had social engagements every day and didn’t return home early. However, as if he had timed it, he always managed to get home before she was about to shower and sleep. He would then silently apply medication for her and either go to the study room to work or, as he did on the first day, take a shower and go to sleep.

As Xia Wan’an guessed, Han Jingnian was really just coming home to stay.

One Friday morning, Han Jingnian had an early meeting. When he was leaving, Xia Wan’an was still sleeping soundly in her dreams.

As he took the elevator to the underground parking lot, someone else entered the elevator.

It was a middle-aged woman, accompanied by a boy in a middle school uniform.

She must have been taking her child to school...

Han Jingnian didn’t pay much attention. However, the middle-aged woman stared at him for a while, and suddenly asked, "Sir, you live on the 27th floor, right?"

Han Jingnian was surprised how she knew which floor he lived on, but being his typical reserved self, he didn’t pick up on the woman’s conversation.

The woman wasn’t awkward by his coldness and quickly resumed, "Yes, yes, yes... I remember correctly. It’s been two years since I saw you, but you’re too striking... I have quite an impression..."

After a pause, the middle-aged woman spoke again: "Sir, you’re so early... here to collect the rent?"

Collect rent?

Han Jingnian furrowed his brows.

"Oh, I see... You’re busy with work and only have time to come and collect the rent this early, right? But isn’t the rent usually directly transferred nowadays? Or does the girl who lives on the 27th floor only pay in cash?"

The girl on the 27th floor pays cash? Was she talking about his lawful wife?

Han Jingnian’s frown deepened.

"But all that is not important now, I have something more important... Sir, last time I met the girl who rents your place in the elevator. We had a chat, and I thought she was your wife or girlfriend, but later found out she was just your tenant. I think she’s a nice girl and her work isn’t bad. I thought to introduce her to a boyfriend. She didn’t refuse. Now, I have found several great young men for her. Some have studied abroad, some are professors, and some are big bosses..."

Upon hearing this, Han Jingnian finally understood the situation.

The person this lady was talking about really was his lawful wife... And his lawful wife had told others that she was his tenant, and had even accepted offers from people to set her up on blind dates...

Unaware of Han Jingnian’s changing expression, the middle-aged woman kept yammering: "But it’s embarrassing now... I left in a rush that day, and forgot to get her contact information. Now I can’t contact her. It’s good I bumped into you today... It must be fate. Sir, she rents your place, so certainly you have her contact information. Could you give me her phone number..."

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