I Was Being Too Shallow

As he read the message from Xiao Wen, Liu Qing's eyes widened.

This was a girl taking the initiative to offer to co-rent a house with a man, and furthermore, with a man who had just ended a relationship. He did not think the request was that simple.

He thought to himself, "Like Xiao He, she must have discovered something out-of-the-ordinary and wants to take advantage of my low market value at the moment.

In this way, when I become a rich second generation two months later, she would be able to reap the advantage and become a rich second generation's woman."

As he thought of this, he could not help but admire Xiao Wen's foresight. A voice sounded in his mind.

"This is a pro! Wow, a pro, an expert. She's too amazing!"

Xiao Wen was from the generation born in the 00s. She had only joined the company a few months ago.

She did not make it into university, so she came to Pengcheng alone to look for a job as soon as she graduated from high school. When she was about to use up all her money, she happened to find out about the Jiayi apartment complex and became a security guard here.

Although she had only been here for seven or eight months, she had already changed three boyfriends, and all these boyfriends were all from the property management company.

One of them was a security guard, and the other two were electricians from the engineering department. The men had even fought among themselves for her favor.

Everyone knew about it.

She was not really that pretty, but she had youth on her side. A girl in her late teens with a youthful face still full of collagen and a likable personality was naturally sought after.

Although everyone felt that she changed boyfriends too quickly, they found it hard to dislike this girl who always had a smile on her face.

They were all colleagues on the same team and were all in the same WeChat group. They also added each other on WeChat individually.

Liu Qing did not dislike this girl, but he had no intention of co-renting a house with her.

It would not have mattered if it was just a simple co-renting arrangement. Being able to save half the rent money would have been a win-win situation.

However, after what happened in that life, he had already seen through those women's tricks.

All that talk about co-renting is a lie and just an excuse.

Their goal was to get close to him and have him in their possession!

Today they were just co-renting. Tomorrow they would be co-sharing a bed.

Liu Qing could already anticipate the steps this girl would take to possess him.

First, they would just be housemates. One of them would take the bedroom, the other would take the living room.

Then, using the hot weather as an excuse and needing the air-conditioning, she would go into the bedroom to enjoy the cool air with him.

How boring would it be to just sit in an air-conditioned room?

How about we have some beer?

Then she would get him drunk and ravish him.

And then, she would turn him into her ATM slave.

It was terrifying to even think about it.

Having just escaped from a bad situation, why would Liu Qing fall into such a trap?

From now on, only I can spend the money that I earn. No woman can spend my money!

Therefore, he gave her a decisive reply.

"It's not convenient. I like to walk my bird at home. It's not appropriate for a girl like you to share a house with me."

Wen sent a surprised face emoji.

"Brother Liu, you have a pet bird?"

Xiao Wen followed that with a knocking on the head emoji. "You hooligan! You don't wear clothes at home?"

Liu Qing said, "It's my personal space and I like to feel relaxed."

In actual fact, he did not have such a fetish. He just wanted to reject the young girl's suggestion to co-rent the house.

Although Xiao Wen was open-minded in some aspects, she was still a girl. Given that the other party had said something like that, it would be embarrassing for her to say that she did not mind, right?

Although she truly did not mind.

This young girl actually did not have any planned intentions. She made the suggestion purely because the weather was too hot and she did not want to stay in the dormitory. She just wanted to stay in a house with air-conditioning.

Of course, if Liu Qing had other needs, she would go along with him.

As people like to say—fool around if you feel like it since there is nothing to lose, otherwise a few years later, you won't be able to do it even if you wanted to.

As long as it makes you happy, right?

The phrase "co-renting" is just for show. This job only pays three or four thousand dollars a month and the amount of money is not even enough for her. Where would she get the money to pay for rent and utilities?

She did not believe that Liu Qing would have the cheek to ask her to pay for the rent and utilities after the two of them slept together.

She just did not expect him to reject her offer.

The reason he gave was so bizarre that she did not know how to rebut it while still maintaining propriety.

She could only leave it at that.

It left some resentment in her heart. This annoying man actually refused to accept goods that were already delivered to his door and it was simply too infuriating!

After 5:30 p.m., when she went to the canteen for dinner, she saw Liu Qing in front of her and deliberately ran over to step on his foot before saying, "Sorry.". She then looked up at him provocatively.

The young girl was only 1.5 meters tall and petite in build. The two of them were so close to each other that she needed to raise her head to look Liu Qing in the eyes.

Liu Qing warned her, "Little sister, let me tell you that I'm very poor now. If you step on me again, I'll fall down to the ground immediately and won't get up without getting 20,000 dollars from you!"

Xiao Wen hissed at him. "Are you kidding me? If I have 20,000 dollars, would I still be working as a security guard here?"

Liu Qing rubbed his nose. "That makes sense. I was being too shallow."

He thought that there was no point in getting angry with a young girl so he turned around and went to get food. Then, he found a table and sat down.

Xiao Wen sat across from him after getting her food and gave him a gentle kick again. "Hey, how did you break up with your girlfriend?"

"She kept kicking me. I suspected that she had mental problems and had sadistic tendencies, so I suggested breaking up." Liu Qing made up a lie.

Xiao Wen was so annoyed by his comment that she kicked him again. "You're the one with mental problems! You're the sadist!"

Liu Qing knew that this young girl was unwilling to give up and still wanted to stay in his air-conditioned house.

If not for the fact that he would become a rich second generation in two months' time, he might have agreed.

After all, he had already rented the house, and the other half of the bed was still empty. What harm was there in letting someone stay there?

In the event that they felt lonely, they could comfort each other.

He just needed to take care of his wallet.

Although this young girl was not exactly beautiful, she was not ugly either and she was still so young. If she used the beautifying tool when taking a selfie, she definitely looked like a beauty.

There was nothing disadvantageous about cohabiting with a young girl like that.

However, when he thought about how he was going to become a rich second generation after two months and be able to elevate his social standing, he felt that he deserved better. There was no need to develop any relationship with this girl.

Otherwise, when the time came, he would not be able to get rid of her.

If he could only be a security guard for the rest of his life, there was no need for him to shake her off himself. The girl would take the initiative to dump him soon enough.

However, if he became a rich second generation, the girl would also want to seize this opportunity to elevate her social standing. She obviously would not give up such an opportunity and would definitely grab on to him.

If he wanted to shake her off, he would have to turn on her.

By then, it would be impossible to maintain a purely collegial relationship between them.

Liu Qing looked at the unhappy Xiao Wen and thought to himself.

"Little sister, I don't want to hurt our relationship, that's why I've put in so much effort! Why can't you appreciate it?"