ed her already, it was bad enough, but wanting her dead after that made her even more determined. Since she would die anyway, might as well end it quickly and then see if these scoundrels have the gut...Chapter 1005 Renting an Apartment Requires Physical Stamina (Text Version)

"Yes, yes, I understand. I'll leave right away and won't appear before you again!" Iron Cane Seven hurriedly said.

Ning Jie snorted coldly and then came to Xia Tian's side, linking her arm with his. "Husband, let's go for a walk."

Xia Tian followed Ning Jie out the door quickly; he was eager to deal with Song Xiong now. As for this dead cripple Iron Cane Seven, Xia Tian wasn't in the mood to bother with him at the moment. If this dead cripple dared cause trouble again next time, Xia Tian would just kill him.

Seeing Ning Jie and Xia Tian leave the room, Iron Cane Seven was incredibly frustrated; today he had been extremely unlucky, not only being beaten up twice by the same person but also getting robbed twice. Why did he have to be so careless as to offend such powerful people Should he even seek vengeance on these guys

"Let's avoid them for now and take our revenge when we get a chance," Iron Cane Seven was still in shock from Ning Jie’s actions earlier, completely lacking the courage to retaliate.

Ning Jie brought Xia Tian to another room on the same third floor. She had already been in possession of the keycard for this room and used it to unlock the door, pulling Xia Tian inside before closing the door behind them. Xia Tian immediately noticed a person lying on the floor of the room—it was Song Xiong, who once served as Ning Jie's bodyguard.

Xia Tian had previously undergone two successful hypnosis sessions with silver needles, and despite his current limitations in power usage, the actual process of using silver needles for hypnosis has nothing to do with ice or fire spiritual energy. As a result, he was still able to easily hypnotize Song Xiong, who would answer any question Xia Tian posed.

Xia Tian quickly realized that his assumption had been correct—Song Yumei only sent Song Xiong here to keep an eye on him. This wasn't unusual; given Song Xiong's abilities, there were few people in Wangan City who could pose a threat to him. Song Yumei believed Xia Tian was powerless and Ning Jie unconscious, so sending someone as capable as Song Xiong to watch over Xia Tian actually indicated her concern for him. Otherwise, she would have simply assigned any random person with the task.

Unfortunately, Song Yumei didn't know that although Xia Tian's power was limited, he wasn't as weak as she imagined. She had no idea that Xia Tian managed to revive Ning Jie and used her body’s yin fire to break the restraints in his own body placed by herself. Consequently, within a short period of time, Xia Tian significantly improved his passive situation, and now Song Xiong was under his control, relaying fabricated tales of Xia Tian's miserable life to Song Yumei according to Xia Tian's wishes.

The only thing that slightly depressed Xia Tian was how poor Song Xiong's storytelling abilities were; he didn't know how to fabricate a story. Thankfully, Ning Jie volunteered to write the stories and simply have Song Xiong recite them. From then on, Ning Jie took up a side job—writing novels.

Ning Jie had already outlined the basic plot of her novel: an impoverished young man arrives in Wangan City with nothing but dreams, forced to start as a beggar and suffer countless indignities. Along the way, he meets a kind-hearted girl whom he falls in love with, only for the girl to ultimately become another wealthy man's second wife...

"Husband, I've decided to publish this novel in the future. The title could be 'Wong Kong Tonight Please Forget Me' or 'Love Wounds Flow Back Like the Tide,' whichever you prefer." Ning Jie felt quite good at that moment because she knew that she and Xia Tian were temporarily safe.

"No problem, after I deal with that dead woman Song Yumei, I'll help publish your novel," Xia Tian readily agreed.

"Husband, I think we can't leave this place for now. Why don't we rent a house instead" Ning Jie suggested once again at this point. She didn’t know how long they would stay here, but she felt that it wouldn’t be just a few days; perhaps months or even longer. Now they needed to start planning their future life.

The reason for proposing renting a place was because Ning Jie knew they currently had nearly 5000 yuan. Although the rent in Wong Kong City might not be cheap, with this amount of money, finding a house shouldn’t pose too big an issue. Besides, Ning Jie didn't like staying at hotels much; she felt that renting a place would make them feel more settled.

Xia Tian also thought it was fine to rent a place. He wasn’t very fond of the hotel either. They quickly reached an agreement and decided to go find a rental right away. If they could move in tonight, even better.

"This area is called Minxing Village. A few years ago, many buildings were constructed here, which are collectively referred to as 'Minxing Paradise.' There are dozens of them, distinguished by the number of each building," Ning Jie softly explained the situation around them to Xia Tian after they left the hotel. While she was following him earlier, she casually inquired about this area's details, although it wasn't entirely clear yet, but she had a basic understanding now. "Most houses here were originally bought by residents of Minxing Village, some allocated to them, though very few still live here; most are rented out. Look at the rental advertisements everywhere."

Summer glanced around and said, "I think all these houses look similar!"

"Yeah, they do seem alike." Ning Jie nodded her head. "We need to buy a phone first and then call the landlords who posted ads."

Summer wasn't very knowledgeable about such matters, so she let Ning Jie handle everything. First, Ning Jie went to a mobile shop where she spent three hundred yuan on a knock-off phone and another one hundred yuan for a SIM card. Then, she started calling the landlords according to the ads while dragging Summer along.

Half an hour later, Summer realized that renting a house could be quite tiring as well. Although there were many houses in the area, most of them were already occupied by tenants. Thus, finding a place wasn't as easy as they had thought. Ning Jie had been searching and calling for such a long time now but still hadn’t found anything satisfactory. Of the numerous calls she made, most informed her that the apartments were already rented out. Only two houses were available, though. One was a two-bedroom apartment with a monthly rent of 2500 yuan plus one quarter's rent upfront and the other a one-bedroom apartment with a monthly rent of 2000 yuan but required a deposit equivalent to two months' worth of rent. Ning Jie did some quick calculations and found that she still didn’t have enough money, so they had no choice but to continue making calls.

"The rents here are really expensive; they seem even more costly than in the capital city." Ning Jie was somewhat depressed because she thought five thousand yuan would be sufficient to find a place to live in. However, it now seemed that her money wasn’t enough.

Ning Jie continued searching through the ads and made several more calls but still had no success. There was indeed one house that was cheaper with only 1500 yuan per month for rent and also a two-bedroom apartment, yet its landlord demanded payment of one year’s worth of rent upfront along with a deposit of 2000 yuan, totaling 20,000 yuan which almost made Ning Jie want to scream.

"Or should we stay at a hotel tonight and then rent an apartment after I earn some money tomorrow" Summer finally couldn't hold back and said.

"Husband, making money here isn't easy either," Ning Jie couldn't help but say softly.

"I think it's simple. At worst, I'll rob someone," Summer said in an indifferent tone.

"Robbing doesn't feel right though. The people before were provoking us first, so robbing them was justified. But if we go out to rob, I don’t think that’s appropriate," Ning Jie, despite her current abilities, still held on to certain principles and didn’t believe she should resort to robbery unless absolutely necessary. After a slight pause, she comforted Summer, "Don't worry, husband. We will definitely find an appropriate place to live in. Once we have the place, I’ll look for a job; it won’t be a problem to support us both."

Before Summer could respond, Ning Jie started dialing again because she had spotted another rental advertisement.

This time, after hanging up the phone, Ning Jie appeared particularly delighted: "Great news, husband! We finally found an appropriate place. It’s a one-bedroom apartment with appliances for only 1500 yuan per month. We need to pay one month in advance as deposit, so it's just 3000 yuan total. After paying the rent, we still have over 1000 yuan left; that will cover us for about a month. Let’s go now and check out the place!"

According to the address provided by the landlord, Ning Jie asked around and found the place. When she arrived outside this room, she started to realize why the house was so cheap. The building turned out to be on the ninth floor, and not only that, but there wasn’t even an elevator in the building! This made Ning Jie very confused; wasn't it stipulated that buildings over seven floors must have elevators How could this nine-story building lack one

The room number was also extremely unlucky, being 911. Thankfully, Ning Jie didn’t care about such things and simply needed a place to live with Xia Tian. She promptly pressed the doorbell.

The door quickly opened, and a man in his thirties appeared at the entrance. When he saw Ning Jie, he seemed surprised for a moment before hurriedly saying, "Looking to rent Come in!"

Ning Jie pulled Xia Tian inside and began looking around the room. Just then, however, that man closed the door behind them and locked it.

“What are you doing” Ning Jie immediately sensed something was off; landlords usually don’t lock the door while showing a place.

The man hadn't said anything yet when another bedroom door suddenly opened and two more men walked out. Both of these men were in their thirties as well.scooter I go to work on one. It's convenient, environmentally friendly, and there’s no traffic." Kong Ming refuted somewhat discontentedly then put her hand around Lan Ze's shoulder. "Lan Ze, am I rig...