Chapter 8 Renting a House

"Screw your mother!" Chen Zihao scrambled up from the ground, gave the cheering crowd a furious glare, and then, with a ferocious look on his face, charged towards Ge Dongxu, who was already walking away with his back to him, carrying a bag, and kicked out at him again.

"Watch out!" Many people shouted.

But while their voices were still echoing in the air, Ge Dongxu had reacted as if he had eyes in the back of his head, delivering a backward kick. Chen Zihao fell to the ground once again with a "thump" and took another face-first tumble. This time it was worse than before; he even chipped half of his front tooth, and blood was streaming from his lips.

"Nice!" This time the crowd burst into applause.

Chen Zihao got up from the ground, and this time seemed to realize that the young man from the countryside was not to be trifled with and might have some skills. He dared not charge forward again. Moreover, having thoroughly embarrassed himself that day, he finally climbed onto his motorbike.

He revved the engine and sped towards Ge Dongxu.

"Watch the motorbike! Chen Zihao, have you lost your mind?"

"Ah! Be careful!"

Seeing the motorbike charging at Ge Dongxu, many people turned pale and shouted out. Some women even covered their eyes, not daring to watch. But Ge Dongxu seemed completely unaware and continued to walk unhurriedly with his bag. However, if someone had been able to observe him closely at that time, they would have noticed his gaze was particularly cold.

"Screech!" In the end, Chen Zihao didn't dare to crash the motorbike into Ge Dongxu. He swerved and brushed past him, then executed a sharp turn and stopped several meters away from Ge Dongxu, glaring at him fiercely and said, "Kid, you better watch out! You better hope I don't see you in town again, or it'll be really bad for you!"

After finishing his threat, Chen Zihao rode off on his motorbike.

Ge Dongxu watched Chen Zihao's retreating figure and shook his head with a bitter smile. His parents didn't want him to cause trouble in the county town, but he had managed to find trouble as soon as he got off the bus.

Of course, if the same thing happened again, he wouldn't hesitate to intervene.

"Thank you so much for just now!" Just as Ge Dongxu was shaking his head with a bitter smile, a pleasant fragrance suddenly wafted over from behind, followed by a ponytailed girl in denim shorts, showing off her long white legs.

"It was nothing, just lending a hand," Ge Dongxu replied with a hint of shyness on his face in front of the innocent yet subtly charming young girl.

"My name is Dong Xinyu. What's yours?" Dong Xinyu said, extending her delicate hand towards Ge Dongxu.

"Ge Dongxu, 'Dongxu' as in the rising sun in the east." Ge Dongxu gently grasped the delicate hand reaching out to him, his face flushing even more with shyness.

"The guy just now was called Chen Zihao. He went to the same high school as me but was one year above. Relying on his family's wealth and power, he always harassed the pretty girls at school," Dong Xinyu's pretty face blushed slightly as she said this, realizing that her words might sound like she was boasting about herself. Fortunately, Ge Dongxu didn't seem to notice, and only then did she secretly breathe a sigh of relief and continued, "Luckily he graduated this year and will probably go to college in a few days, otherwise it would have been really troublesome. However, if you're going to stay in Songyang for these few days, it's better to avoid him. In the end, it's all because of me that you got involved."

"How could this be your fault? If anyone is to blame, it's that guy's parents for not educating him properly!" Ge Dongxu said.

"How old are you to talk like an old soul?" Dong Xinyu couldn't help but roll her eyes at Ge Dongxu who, despite looking to be just fifteen or sixteen years old, spoke as if he were as old as her parents.

"Really?" Ge Dongxu smiled awkwardly. Having trained with Ren Yao since he was young and spending a lot of time with the elderly, he naturally developed more of an adult way of thinking, although his nature was still that of a young person.

"Of course. Also, the way you taught Chen Zihao a lesson was so calm and cool, not like a youngster at all. Oh, you must have practiced martial arts, right?" Dong Xinyu said, her beautiful eyes filled with curiosity as she looked at Ge Dongxu.

"I've practiced some, and a few average men shouldn't be able to get close to me," Ge Dongxu admitted. After all, he was still a naïve youth who came from a mountain village, and being praised by a beautiful girl to his face made him blush, touching his nose sheepishly and modestly.

"A few average men can't get close to you?" Dong Xinyu's beautiful eyes glanced at Ge Dongxu's body which, due to being in the developing stage, appeared rather tall and lean, and suddenly she pursed her lips and chuckled, giving him a sidelong glance as she said teasingly, "Hehe, I've discovered that not only are you mature for your age, but you also like to boast! Hehe, just kidding with you. Anyway, I really should thank you today. I'm meeting with a friend and gotta go. Bye!"

After saying this, Dong Xinyu waved at Ge Dongxu, swayed her slim waist, and walked away with her long, white legs, exuding youthful energy.

"He thinks I'm boasting?" Watching Dong Xinyu's retreating figure, Ge Dongxu shook his head with a smile. He had been modest in his statement; in reality, with his current Combat Power, even a dozen men couldn't get close to him.

Of course, Ge Dongxu didn't feel the need to catch up with Dong Xinyu to explain. After shaking his head with a smile, he continued to carry his suitcase and walked eastward.

In the 1990s in Huaxia Country, even big cities didn't have many proper real estate agencies, let alone small places like Changxi County. Typically, landlords would simply write 'for rent' or hang a rental sign outside their own homes.

At that time, the Changxi County town had very few apartment-style commercial buildings; it mostly consisted of four- or five-story buildings built along streets or small alleys. Houses were connected to each other, with each family occupying a building from the ground floor to the top. Each floor was about forty or fifty square meters, with internal stairs winding from the ground floor to the top.

The first floor was often used as a storefront facing the street, the second floor as a living room and kitchen, and from the third floor up were the residential rooms. Since a building typically had four or five floors or sometimes even six or seven, it was common for one or two floors to be vacant. Some households would rent out one or two floors rather than leave them empty.

As he walked, Ge Dongxu saw some rental properties, but none that he liked, and the ones he did like were not for rent. It was only when he was about to reach the lush little hill he had seen from far away at the bus station that Ge Dongxu finally found a rental place he liked.

The rental property was a five-story building along the street with a sign-making shop on the ground floor, filled with various types of signage.

The shop was tended by a slightly overweight middle-aged man who, seeing Ge Dongxu standing at the door looking at the rental advertisement hung outside, got up and walked to the front, asking with a smile, "Young man, are you looking to rent a place?"

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