173: Upstairs Neighbor

Ye Su didn't quite understand the pain of a working professional being forced to move, but seeing Chen Xinyi sighing with emotion, he spoke up to comfort her:

"Don't worry. The next time you move, it will be into a house you bought yourself."

"Although housing prices are falling now, I still wouldn't dare to dream of a house in Yangcheng. I just hope Young Master Ye works a bit harder, so that after you buy a house, you can take in this working woman."

"Fine, when that time comes, I'll cut your rent in half and cover all your utilities."

"You heartless jerk!" Chen Xinyi grabbed a slipper and smacked it against Ye Su's lower leg: "You're actually planning on charging me rent!"

"I don't have to charge you rent, but you can pay with your body instead."

"Uh..." Chen Xinyi compromised instantly: "I think I'd rather pay rent."

Ye Su acted like a con artist, coaxing a naive girl: "It's fine, I can accept payment in kind. When you're out living on your own, it's good to save where you can."

Chen Xinyi was unmoved: "It's fine, you don't need to be so considerate. I can still afford to pay rent."

After some daily bickering, Chen Xinyi finally remembered the important matter:

"Right, we need to find someone to sublet the old place as soon as possible, or else we'll have to pay the landlord another month's rent next month."

"I already took care of that for you."

Ye Su unlocked his phone, searched for the user with housing needs based on the hint from the [hidden easter egg] early this morning, and then handed the phone to Chen Xinyi.

After reading the other party's housing requirements, Chen Xinyi's face lit up with joy.

This was practically a tenant tailor-made for that apartment!

"You really are something, being able to find a user like this." After Chen Xinyi returned the phone to Ye Su, she gave him a thumbs up: "I give you a like."

"Is that it?" Ye Su expressed that he was very unsatisfied: "You should at least give me a kiss, right?"

Chen Xinyi didn't act coy; she stood on her tiptoes and planted a deep kiss, then quickly retreated with agile reflexes just as Ye Su was about to make a further move.

Giving Ye Su a triumphant look, Chen Xinyi contacted the tenant, and after some discussion, confirmed that they would come to see the apartment tonight.

"Everything is finally resolved. Let's go buy groceries."

Although Ye Su had said in the morning that he would be responsible for making dinner tonight, since this was the first meal after moving in, and considering Ye Su had moved everything by himself in the afternoon, Chen Xinyi, who was already well-rested, ultimately decided to go out with Ye Su to buy groceries and then prepare dinner together after they returned.

Not long after they finished eating, the tenant called.

With nothing better to do, and worried about Chen Xinyi taking someone to see the place alone in case any unnecessary trouble arose, Ye Su went along with her.

The people coming to see the apartment were two girls looking to rent together. They had already looked at several apartments this week but hadn't been able to find a suitable one.

Now that they saw the apartment Chen Xinyi was subletting, it met their requirements in every aspect, so they immediately decided to rent it.

The contract was signed for rent to be paid on the 5th, and with half a month of the rental period remaining, Chen Xinyi just gave it to them for free to compensate for the utilities for that half-month.

It was only about a hundred or so yuan for utilities, and in exchange for half a month's rent, the two of them naturally had no objections.

After setting a time for the landlord to come over to sign the new contract and confirming that the two-month deposit could be retrieved, the last thing troubling Chen Xinyi was finally resolved.

If it weren't for the fact that there were quite a few people out for an evening walk in the residential complex, Chen Xinyi would have skipped and hopped all the way back.

After returning home, Chen Xinyi began preparing herself mentally for having to go to work again tomorrow, while Ye Su started helping himself select the configuration for his computer build.

Building a PC isn't actually difficult; you just need to understand your performance needs, then according to your budget, try your best to select top-tier brands for each component.

The only things to watch out for are the power supply—try to reserve thirty to forty percent more than the peak power consumption—and for the liquid cooler, make sure to buy a big brand that offers a full system warranty to avoid the machine blowing up later.

Ye Su wasn't short on money for the build, so naturally, he didn't set a budget. He went all out, getting a 5080 and a 14th Gen i9 CPU.

As it turned out, after all that shopping, he realized that including the monitor, standing desk, mouse, keyboard, and other peripherals, the twenty thousand yuan in dongdong e-card he kept yesterday was far from enough.

In the end, Ye Su shelled out another ten thousand yuan of his own to successfully clear out his shopping cart.

"It's a good thing I sold the dongdong e-card at a five percent discount yesterday; losing five hundred on ten thousand isn't too bad."

Bang, bang, bang—

"It's this late and they're still making so much noise. What on earth are they doing upstairs!"

Ye Su had just finished ordering the components when, accompanied by the noisy commotion upstairs, Chen Xinyi complained once again:

"Earlier was one thing, but what time is it now? They're still making noise; are they going to let anyone sleep or not!"

Ye Su had naturally already heard the constant racket upstairs. He checked the time; it was nearing eleven o'clock.

Earlier was one thing; everyone makes a bit of noise at home sometimes.

But now it was almost eleven, time for bed, and they were still making noise nonstop; that was just unjustifiable.

"Did you mention it in the homeowners' group chat?"

"I @-ed the people upstairs in the group ten minutes ago, but it had zero effect. They're still making noise."

"Let the property management handle it. They collect several hundred yuan in management fees every month; they can't just do absolutely nothing."

Ye Su sent a message to property management, demanding they come up and stop the noise disturbance from upstairs.

The property management didn't just take the money and do nothing; they replied to Ye Su with [Received, handling it immediately]. Ten minutes later, the noise upstairs actually stopped.

"The property management for this complex is actually quite responsible; they know how to resolve issues when they arise."

Seeing that things had finally quieted down upstairs, Chen Xinyi praised the property management and then prepared to go to bed.

Thump, thump, thump—

But just as Chen Xinyi came out of the bathroom, various noisy sounds started up upstairs again, with the commotion even louder than before the property management had come over.

"What kind of people are these? They have absolutely no manners!"

"I'll go up and check it out."

Barring any surprises, the two of them would be living here until they bought a house, and Ye Su didn't want to endure noise attacks from upstairs every day.

Judging by how the people upstairs continued to do as they pleased even after being complained about in the group chat and having property management come over to negotiate, it was clear that this family absolutely lacked upbringing.

Ye Su wasn't going to hold out hope that by backing down tonight, they would turn over a new leaf and stop disturbing the peace tomorrow.

"I'll go up with you."

Chen Xinyi was worried that something might happen if Ye Su went up alone, so she immediately prepared to change out of her pajamas and go out with him.

In case a conflict broke out, even if she couldn't help much, she could at least threaten to call the police.

"No need, I'll go up by myself." Ye Su stopped Chen Xinyi: "We live in a society ruled by law, and I'm not going up there to get into a fight. It'll be fine if I go alone."

"But!"

"Alright, don't worry. If anything actually happens, I'll just shout from the stairwell, and you'll be able to hear me from here, right?"

"Alright then..."

Watching Ye Su leave, Chen Xinyi didn't close the door, terrified that if something really happened, she wouldn't be able to hear Ye Su calling for help.