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Chapter 269 Miss Ning

What is Gao Haoran doing right now? After lunch, he slipped out while Ting Nan was taking a nap. Now that he's in the city where she is, his heart is restless, like a cat scratching at him. He doesn't know why, but he keeps thinking about seeing her.

Gao Haoran first went to the hotel where she worked to check on her; she had already finished get off work and gone home.

As he approached her house, he saw several women peeking around at the gate. Gao Haoran quickened his pace and walked over. "Excuse me, what's going on in here?"

"That woman who lives here, her two sisters-in-law are here again, probably to fight over the house again." The woman answered casually, then turned around, "My goodness, who are you?"

Gao Haoran answered very naturally, "Oh, he's the landlord of this house."

The women looked him up and down, muttering, "This house doesn't belong to that woman, so what are they fighting over?" They left without questioning anything.

Many people from the countryside are now working in the city, which has led to an increase in the buying, selling, and renting of houses. In addition, people in the city are less friendly and each mind their own business, so they don't know each other well. Gao Haoran is not afraid of being exposed.

Hearing the arguing in the courtyard, he straightened his collar and walked in. Before he arrived, his voice preceded him: "Miss Ning, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"

After a moment of silence, Ning Xueyan and two other women came out, one fat and one thin. The fat woman asked, "Big sister, who is this?"

Before Ning Xueyan could answer, the thin woman with a fake smile chimed in, "Sister, could this be our new brother-in-law? Not bad, sister, you've found love again, and you're quite robust!" She even started commenting.

Ning Xueyan blushed with embarrassment. She vaguely guessed that Gao Haoran might have some feelings for her, but she felt utterly ashamed to be teased by her sister-in-law like this.

Gao Haoran ignored the two ugly women with crooked mouths and faces, and said directly to Ning Xueyan: "Miss Ning, I shouldn't have come to your door today because it's a holiday, but it's rare to run into you, so I can only ask you today if you're still going to rent this house. If you're not going to rent it, you should at least pay the rent for the first two months. If you want to continue renting, you'll have to prepay half a year's rent."

Ning Xueyan wasn't stupid; she was just a little soft-hearted. She immediately said, "Mr. Gao, I'm so sorry! I... I'm a bit short on cash lately... Could you please..."

"Don't you have a job? I made sure I knew exactly where I was before renting the house to you. What? Are you trying to renege on your promise?" Gao Haoran said coldly, his expression still a bit intimidating.

“Um… Mr. Gao, please wait a moment!” Ning Xueyan turned to her two younger siblings for help: “Lanlan, Guoguo, could you please let me use the money I gave to Mom and Dad for the holiday to pay my rent first? Otherwise, I will have nowhere to stay and will have to squeeze back into my parents’ house.”

"No way, sis, a divorced woman like you shouldn't come into the house. I'm leaving now." The skinny woman said, going back into the house to pick up her bag and leaving.

Seeing this, the fat man said, "Sister, there's no room at home. I haven't been back to my parents' house for the holiday yet, so I'll be going now." He also stuffed the two apples on the table into his bag.

Watching her two younger siblings walk away in the blink of an eye, Ning Xueyan's eyes reddened. The people who had just made all sorts of promises changed their attitudes the moment they heard the house was rented! She had encountered such a despicable situation.

"Are you alright?" Gao Haoran asked Ning Xueyan with concern.

“I’m used to it. When I need money or something good, they flock to me like leeches smelling blood; but the moment something happens to me, they all disappear.” Ning Xueyan invited Gao Haoran into the house to sit down.

Gao Haoran already knew some of Ning Xueyan's situation from Song Yanchu and "Xiao Gao", and felt very sympathetic towards her.

The first time I met her, she was being blocked by a drunkard; the second time was when I was eating at that hotel, and I saw her being harassed by a customer; the third time I saw her squatting alone by the roadside crying, it turned out that her mother was sick and her sister-in-law refused to pay for her medical expenses.

Later on, they were able to chat for a while, and Gao Haoran even got to eat the buns she made.

Ning Xueyan naturally didn't know that Gao Haoran was 'Xiao Gao's' master, and thought it was just a coincidence that they shared the same surname.