pjbooks Chapter 181 Don't go stay there
Chapter 181 Don't go stay there
Ma Junjie was taken aback.
He stared at Fat Tiger and questioned him.
"Fat Tiger, you can eat anything, but you can't say anything!"
"What...what makes you think it's a haunted house?"
Fat Tiger looked embarrassed and had a long face.
It's probably not a good idea to continue talking about that somewhat disgusting thing.
At this moment, the proprietress, Li Yuanyuan, came over with the dishes.
Fat Tiger looked up and seemed to have found a savior.
He quickly pointed at Li Yuanyuan and said,
"Brother Jie, you...you'd better ask her."
"I...I heard it from her too."
Ma Junjie was startled and quickly turned his head. Just then, Li Yuanyuan walked over.
Li Yuanyuan, still confused, asked with a grin,
"Hey, what are you guys talking about?"
Looking at their expressions again, he instantly realized something was wrong.
Ma Junjie looked at Li Yuanyuan and said seriously.
"Sister Yuan, Fat Tiger said the house I rented is a haunted house. He said you know about it. Can you explain this to me?"
Li Yuanyuan was taken aback, probably not expecting that Pang Hu would turn around and tell Ma Junjie the news so soon.
She placed the plate on the table.
He wiped his hands with a towel, pulled out a stool, and sat down.
"Ah Jie, now that you already know, I won't hide it from you anymore."
Upon hearing this, Ma Junjie sensed that something was amiss.
He said with a serious expression,
"Sister Yuan, just tell me what's going on."
Li Yuanyuan looked straight ahead, then towards the door.
Then he turned his head and stared at Ma Junjie.
She slowly told him about the girl who had hanged herself in that house.
Upon hearing this, Ma Junjie felt completely numb.
He stared in disbelief, his eyes wide, his ears ringing.
The scene of renting the house back then is vaguely appearing in my mind.
The landlord was very easygoing.
The price is also significantly lower than elsewhere.
At the time, Ma Junjie thought he had met a good person.
Or perhaps you were just lucky and stumbled upon a bargain.
Little did they know,
There are no leaks in the world that happen for no reason; they are all carefully designed traps!
"Brother Jie, Brother Jie?" Ma Junjie faintly heard someone calling him.
Ma Junjie snapped out of his daze and realized that it was Pang Hu staring at him nervously.
Ma Junjie responded.
"Gian, I'm fine."
Fat Tiger offered a dejected consolation.
"Brother Jie, just consider it a loss and a lesson learned. Don't stay there anymore."
Ma Junjie bit his cheek and said,
"I...I really can't swallow this."
"That old man is so mean! Someone died in his house, and he didn't even tell me!"
Li Yuanyuan shook her head after hearing this and said...
"Ah Jie, you'll just have to suffer in silence about this."
"That old man is very wicked. Everyone around here knows that. He's rented it to more than just you. He's rented it to you several times before."
"If you don't know, you won't feel uncomfortable; if you do know, you'll move out the same day."
"By the way, Ah Jie, how much money did you pay that old man?"
Ma Junjie sighed, a pang of pain in his heart, and said...
"I paid for three months, 260 per month, for a total of 780. In the end, the old man even gave me a 30 discount, and I was so grateful to him at the time."
"Sigh!" Li Yuanyuan shook her head upon hearing this.
"Ah Jie, forget it, forget it!"
"Just consider this money as money to buy medicine for that old man."
"A place like that is definitely not safe to live in."
Ma Junjie hesitated for a moment, then asked...
"Sister Yuan, do you...do you know that girl? How did she die?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yuanyuan's body suddenly trembled a few times.
Her gaze deepened, and she began to ponder.
After a while, he slowly spoke.
"Ah Jie, if that girl just died a natural death, it's nothing. Everyone loses someone sometimes."
"The key point is that we heard that the girl was likely killed by her husband, who then faked her suicide by hanging."
"You don't know, we all saw that girl when she was alive. She was fair-skinned and gentle. Her husband was covered in tattoos and indulged in all sorts of vices, including drinking, gambling, and whoring. He would come home and beat her after drinking."
"Countless times, I've heard the girl's screams from here..."
"Alas, she's a pitiful person too!"
As Ma Junjie listened, he inexplicably felt pity for the woman he didn't know.
Fat Tiger was afraid that Ma Junjie would have to go back to live there.
Quickly persuade him.
"Brother Jie, don't overthink it!"
"Paying money is averting disaster; paying money is averting disaster!"
"Even if you gave me a million dollars, I wouldn't live in a place like that. Brother Jie, you really need to think positively!"
Ma Junjie smiled faintly, looking at Pang Hu.
"Don't worry, Fat Tiger, I have my own plans."
Fat Tiger felt uneasy after hearing Ma Junjie's ambiguous words.
At this moment, someone in the kitchen started calling for Sister Yuan.
"Sister Yuan, you're almost here! We need help in the kitchen!"
Li Yuanyuan responded loudly, "Okay, coming right away!"
As she spoke, Li Yuanyuan stood up.
She was also worried that Ma Junjie might do something rash.
He patted him on the back and comforted him.
"Ah Jie, Fat Tiger is right, those houses are not safe to live in."
"It's lunchtime now and I'm a bit busy. You guys eat first, and I'll come back to find you later. I have something to tell you."
After saying that, Li Yuanyuan turned around and left.
Fat Tiger saw that Ma Junjie didn't speak and was still staring straight at him.
"Brother Jie, you..."
Ma Junjie suddenly smiled.
He picked up his chopsticks from the table and said,
"Alright, Fat Tiger, let's eat first, let's not talk about this anymore."
"Eat up, eat up!"
Fat Tiger was taken aback, but then he saw that Ma Junjie seemed completely unaffected.
Although he had no choice, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
After a while, the same waiter, Xiao Liu, brought over two more dishes.
Fat Tiger was indeed hungry, so he buried himself in his work, eating large mouthfuls of food continuously.
Ma Junjie is similar.
I didn't eat a single grain of rice last night or this morning, but now I'm eating like crazy.
After eating for about ten or twenty minutes, the two of them had almost finished eating.
Ma Junjie put down his chopsticks first.
Seeing that Gian hadn't finished eating,
He said it calmly.
"Gian, don't rush, eat slowly. After we finish, let's go back to the rented house as soon as possible!"
Upon hearing this, Fat Tiger abruptly raised his head, startled.
He stammered,
"Jay...Jay, what...what did you say?"
"Go...go to the rented apartment?"
Ma Junjie remained calm.
"Yeah, Gian, what's there to be afraid of in broad daylight?"
"I left a few clothes in the room, and oh right, a charger. Even if I'm not staying here anymore, I should still take my things with me."
Fat Tiger looked worried after hearing this.
"Brother Jie...are you...really still going?"
"I...I'm scared..."
Ma Junjie shook his head with a sigh.
"Alright, I won't make things difficult for you. If you're scared, then don't go. Just wait for me here."
With that, Ma Junjie stood up, preparing to go find Li Yuanyuan to settle the bill and say goodbye to her.
Li Yuanyuan was calculating the bill at the cashier when Ma Junjie walked over and called out.
"Sister Yuan, how much is it? I'll pay!"
Li Yuanyuan looked up at Ma Junjie and smiled.
"Ah Jie, that's three dishes, originally 49 yuan, but I'll give you a discount, rounding it up to 40 yuan!"
Ma Junjie didn't say anything, but took out some change from his pocket.
I counted them, put them on the cashier's counter, and turned to leave.
Li Yuanyuan picked up the money, counted it quickly, and immediately shouted,
"Ah Jie, don't go! I said I'd give you 40, why did you give me 50?!"
"Ah Jie, wait a minute..."
Ma Junjie walked straight out the door without looking back.
Li Yuanyuan sighed and froze on the spot.
Just then, Fat Tiger ran over while wiping his mouth.
He looked around and asked Li Yuanyuan,
"Sister Yuan, where's my brother Jie?"
Li Yuanyuan replied,
"Just went out!"
"Oh, by the way, Fat Tiger, where did your brother Jie go?"
Fat Tiger cried out "Ouch!" and replied with a distressed expression.
"Brother Jie... Brother Jie said he still needs to go to that rented apartment to get some things."
Li Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly patted Pang Hu.
"Fat Tiger, hurry up and catch up. You have more yang energy, go keep your brother Jie company."
Upon hearing this, Fat Tiger stomped his foot, and although somewhat reluctant, he still rushed out.
He kept shouting.
"Hey, Brother Jie, Brother Jie, wait for me..."