The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard
Chapter 313

Chapter 313: 313

Ye Tian knew that Beiping had a large population, with an even larger influx of newcomers. Relatively speaking, renting out houses could bring in a decent income. However, there were disparities, as the cheapest options were dirty and chaotic courtyards like this one, lacking in water and even internet access. The residents here were among the lowest social strata, so the rent collected was very low; making a living from this was tough.

"Just endure it."

After saying this, he took a few steps around the room. Ye Tian knew he was checking out the belongings he had brought, probably finding them too shabby with just a backpack, which flickered a trace of disappointment in his eyes before he turned and left.

After finishing his cigarette, Ye Tian began to clean up the house, but it was really beyond help. There wasn’t even any bedding; just a layer of mats on the clay bed and two rat holes on the wall, which was quite lively. It was hard to imagine how people here managed to live. Flipping through his bamboo hat, only sixty yuan was left, hardly enough to buy anything significant. Just as Ye Tian was worrying, someone walked in with a quilt and a large bag; they were here to deliver things to him.

"Mo Yan sent you."

"Yes."

"Just put them here. Thanks on my behalf."

The man left without a word. Seeing his energy, he was likely one of the local bodyguards. When he placed the items, Ye Tian noticed calluses thick on the back of his left hand; those were from firing guns, and he was left-handed at that.

Sorting through the delivered items, there were quilts and a pillow. Then looking in the bag, a small rice cooker, packaged oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and an electric heater. The girl had thought of everything. The walls were covered in bulging mushrooms. Touch a bit, and white lime fell off, a sign of excessive moisture in the house. Ye Tian turned on the blow dryer, hoping to dry out the room a bit; but this action brought trouble.

"Son of a bitch, who cut off my electricity, do you know how much this deal was worth!"

"Who! Come out!"

A man and a woman’s cursing echoed from the courtyard, loud as barking wild dogs in the night. Ye Tian frowned and looked out the window; it was those two scamming thugs.

Old Man Liu gasped at this scene and hid under his quilt, unwilling to come out.

These two, one with white curly hair sporting glasses, was nicknamed White Hair Girl, a famous madwoman. She would bite anyone, spoke filthy language, and caused troubles everywhere by deliberately colliding into others, never stopping until getting compensated. Last time, she rammed into an out-of-town truck, met a tough guy, couldn’t scam anything, and ended up lying under the truck’s tire. In the cold winter, she stubbornly lay there for a day, drinking hot water when thirsty and eating pancakes when hungry, ultimately extorting one thousand yuan before leaving; the other, wearing a gold chain, was called Zhou Aiguo, known as Mr. Cut. A genuine Beijing man, known for his authentic Beijing-style cursing and real chopping actions with a cleaver, a character who had been in jail twice. As they say, birds of a feather flock together; this couple, unstoppable together, dared anyone to cross them.

Old Man Liu, although the landlord, didn’t dare mess with these two, as Zhou Aiguo truly dared to chop people. Provoking him meant almost settling his own fate.

After constant cursing, probably tired, they contentedly went back to their room. The couple lived in the east room which was cold in winter, but their room was converted from a kitchen and had a stove, not only usable for cooking but also could be sealed to warm up the room.

"Uncle Liu, why is there a power outage? I was just cooking for the child."

He Biandan walked into Old Man Liu’s room with a frying spatula, the door was open, allowing free entry.

"It’s you, Biandan. What’s up?" Old Man Liu, pretending to be clueless, rubbed his eyes. He didn’t get up, still lying in his quilt as he was still wearing his clothes, not wanting to be seen.

"The courtyard’s power is out, can you check it? The child is waiting to eat before going to school."

"Oh, okay, maybe the fuse burned out. I’ll check."

"Alright, I’ll go wake up the child then."

He Biandan left, and Old Man Liu got up, went to the hall to check; the electricity meter and fuse box were installed there. After checking, everything was fine there. That meant the problem was with the new guy, Ye Tian.

The courtyard’s residents were all from the lowest social ranks, calculating every penny, scarcely more generous than the tip of a needle. The arrangement of the electricity meter was also tricky. Initially, the electric bills were calculated per head, fair in principle. But when White Hair Girl argued that paying the same, regardless of actual usage, was unfair, Old Man Liu agreed. Long-term, it would create chaos; imagine one household using a hundred units and another just one, yet paying the same. So individual meters were installed to monitor each household’s consumption. Old Man Liu installed a splitter meter in Ye Tian’s room specifically to manage the electricity usage of the other three rooms, seeing no issue with his own fuse, pinpointed the issue in Ye Tian’s setup.

"Brother, can I come in?"

Here we go. Ye Tian, worried about finding the fuse, opened the door to let Old Man Liu in. Not like he needed to; the door only had a chained lock that could be easily yanked off.

Inside, Old Man Liu saw Ye Tian holding copper wire, glanced at the desk’s electric heater, and figured it out. He put a roll of fuse wire on the table and patted Ye Tian’s shoulder, "Be careful, the wiring is quite outdated here, easily could cause a fire. Everyone in the street knows each other, and a real fire would be bad news." After speaking, he left.

Ye Tian shook his head, it seemed the rice cooker Mo Yan sent couldn’t be used after all.

After fixing the fuse and closing the circuit breaker, the power came back.

Ye Tian chuckled bitterly, after all the trouble, back to square one, nothing had changed. He had originally planned to use double fuses to prevent them from burning out easily, but hearing Old Man Liu’s words about potential fires due to old wiring, revised his plan,Better not to risk it. Fire safety was basic here, any real fire would definitely be fatal. He thought for a moment, then decided to let it be, planning to sell these appliances later and replace them with lower wattage devices. But his stomach growled, he needed to eat something.

Digging through the bag on the floor, indeed, Mo Yan also tucked in several instant noodle packets, biscuits, and even potato chips. The girl looked capable, yet turned quite girly here.

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