145: Did we run into each other? - 1 (Bonus Chapter)

Building No. 7 was very close to Building No. 2. Jiang Ye and Su Ning walked ahead, while Lin Wanxing followed a few steps behind. Before long, the three of them arrived at Unit 1601 in Building No. 2.

Opening the door with the fingerprint lock, Jiang Ye stepped aside to let the two Girls enter first.

The layout of the apartment was similar to when they had come to view it last time—a spacious and bright luxury flat—only now it had a bit more of a lived-in feel.

A thin blanket was draped over the armrest of the sofa, a water glass and a box of tissues sat on the coffee table, and several vibrant green ivy plants had been added to the corners.

“Slippers are in the shoe cabinet by the door. They're new, help yourselves.” Jiang Ye pointed to the cabinet in the entryway.

Su Ning gave an “Oh,” changed her shoes, and immediately jogged toward the three empty secondary bedrooms, muttering, “Picking a room, picking a room! Sister Wanxing, come quickly!”

Lin Wanxing, on the other hand, appeared much more reserved.

She changed her slippers but didn't rush to pick a room. Instead, she unconsciously began inspecting the common areas: the living room, kitchen, public bathroom, and dining room.

There wasn't much clutter in the living room; there were no dirty clothes or smelly socks tossed about, nor were there any takeout boxes left uncleaned for days.

The kitchen counters were clean without any greasy feeling, and the sink area in the public bathroom was very tidy, with towels hung up neatly.

Hmm... the drying rack was empty, with no suspicious or hidden female underwear in sight.

Within her line of sight, she didn't see any strange cups or, even worse, silicone busts or full-body mannequins.

Overall, while it wasn't quite as immaculate as the home she shared with Su Ning, it was already quite impressive for a man living alone.

Lin Wanxing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She might not have experienced it firsthand, but she had certainly heard the stories.

Back in university, she had heard plenty of descriptions from roommates about the “spectacular” scenes in male dorms. Two of her roommates who got married last year would often complain in their group chat about their sloppy husbands turning the house into a battlefield.

If she had walked in and seen something that challenged her visual and psychological endurance, she would never have moved in, no matter how cheap the rent or high the security.

Looking at it now, this guy's living habits were decent—much better than expected.

“Coach Lin, aren't you going to pick a room?” Jiang Ye took two bottles of water out of the fridge and handed one to her.

Lin Wanxing took the water and thanked him. “They should all be the same, right? I remember from the last time we looked that this unit has three south-facing rooms and one north-facing one. Little Su and I can just stay in those two south-facing secondary bedrooms.”

As she spoke, she also walked toward the secondary bedrooms. “Mr. Jiang, I’ll go see what needs to be added to the room and make a note of it.”

Jiang Ye watched as the two of them each entered a south-facing bedroom, a smug grin forming in his mind.

Well, the preliminary goal for this stage has been achieved!

The next stage is to make these three Girls around him completely “useless”!

Ye Cheng has already been successfully won over. As for these other two... hehe, there's plenty of time ahead.

He was happily planning his future “blissful life” when the doorbell suddenly rang with a “ding-dong, ding-dong.”

Jiang Ye was startled. He walked to the door and glanced at the intercom... Ye Cheng's exquisite face was displayed prominently on the screen.

Holy crap! What is she doing here?!

Didn't they agree she'd be at school dealing with finals? Why didn't she say a word before coming over!

Jiang Ye instinctively felt a pang of anxiety, like the guilt of being “caught in the act,” but he immediately snapped out of it—

Wait, that's not right!

I'm running a legitimate harem! It's all out in the open! What am I panicking for!

He rolled his eyes, opened the door casually, and grinned.

“Yo, Student Xiao Ye. Is the final exam review getting to you, so you came to me for some stress relief?”

Ye Cheng was wearing a long white down jacket today, and her face was a bit red from the cold.

She wrinkled her nose at Jiang Ye in annoyance, then bent down to pick up a large box with a cool logo from beside her feet and shoved it into his arms.

“Here, for you! Happy New Year!”

Jiang Ye looked down at the logo on the box, and his eyes instantly lit up. “Whoa! Eye of the Spendthrift?”

Almost simultaneously, a new system notification popped up in his mind:

[Received a gift from Ye Cheng: One ROG Flow X laptop. System appraised value: 18,999 Yuan. Triggered 1000% cashback, received 189,990 Yuan!]

Jiang Ye was overjoyed, and his gaze toward Ye Cheng softened considerably.

As expected of my first wife! She's so sensible! She really makes things easy!

This New Year's gift was exactly what he wanted!

Holding the laptop, he saw that Ye Cheng was still standing at the door with no intention of coming in, so he stepped aside to make room.

“What are you standing there for? Come in! This is your first time at the house, right? Might as well take a tour.”

Ye Cheng's eyes instinctively glanced inside the door before she quickly looked away and let out a light cough.

“Um... I won't go in. As long as the gift is delivered, it's fine. I have to get back to school; I have classes early tomorrow morning.”

No way! She absolutely couldn't go in!

A man and a woman alone together, and on New Year's Eve too. The two of them had just gone through a “battle of the century” a few days ago. Anyone could guess what would happen once she stepped through that door!

If things went south, he might even bring up her previous “average” evaluation! No! She couldn't let him have his way! She had to maintain her self-control!

Jiang Ye found her wary look a bit amusing and continued to tease her.

“It's New Year's Eve. No matter how much of a hurry you're in, you have to take a return gift before you leave! I've been specially saving it up for you for days—several hundred million of them! You have to eat and drink your fill today, and then take some with you at the end.”

Upon hearing these suggestive words, Ye Cheng's face instantly turned red. She glared at him with both shame and annoyance.

“Keep that ‘gift’ of yours for yourself! You can just flush it down the toilet later! Alright, alright, I'm really leaving. The dorm manager is about to do a room check!”

She was just about to turn and slip away when a clear female voice suddenly came from inside the room: “Big brother? Who is it? Has the takeout arrived?”

Ye Cheng's footsteps came to an abrupt halt, and she whipped her head around to look.

Jiang Ye scratched his head, and just as he was about to explain, his two new roommates had already walked out upon hearing the sound.

Three women, six eyes, meeting in the air at the doorway of Unit 1601.