"Incorrect password!"

"???"

Gong Meiping stared at the "incorrect password" prompt, completely bewildered. She thought she must have entered it wrong.

She slowly and carefully entered it one more time, but the result was...

"Incorrect password!"

"..." Gong Meiping was speechless.

Seeing this, Li Yonghua said, "Mom, what are you doing? Let me."

But a voice prompt quickly announced, "Three incorrect password attempts. The lock is now engaged. Please try again in three minutes."

The three of them were speechless.

’Is it broken?’

’We’ve only used it once!’

’What a piece of junk!’

Just as they were about to call the locksmith and chew him out, their neighbor’s door opened.

He asked, "Is the door not opening again?"

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"After you guys left this afternoon, that group of people came back," the neighbor said. "This time, they replaced your door and lock completely."

The three of them were speechless.

"Not only that, but they also threw all your things out into the complex downstairs. They even said they’ve already rented this apartment."

The neighbor asked suspiciously, "Is there some kind of dispute over your apartment? Otherwise, I can’t imagine they’d dare to do something like this."

The three of them were stunned.

So that pile of things downstairs was actually their own belongings!

"This is outrageous!" Gong Meiping was so furious she nearly fainted.

Li Huaiming quickly held her steady.

Li Yonghua roared, "Call the police! We have to call the police!"

...

Meanwhile, after Li Jinshu finished her business in the afternoon, she and Yu Xuan returned to the hotel.

After the hotel staff helped them open the door, they found Xu Yun sleeping soundly. Not wanting to disturb him, they each took a sofa and started to catch up on sleep themselves.

Neither of them had slept at all the previous night.

In the evening, Xu Yun woke up first. He came out of the bedroom and saw Li Jinshu asleep on the living room sofa.

Xu Yun watched her for a moment. Just as he was about to go over and cover her with a piece of clothing, Yu Xuan, who was on the other sofa, woke up.

She looked at Xu Yun and was about to call out "Boss" when he made a "shushing" gesture.

Yu Xuan immediately shut her mouth.

She watched as Xu Yun thoughtfully placed the clothing over the other woman, then pointed to the balcony outside the window, motioning, ’Let’s talk out there so we don’t disturb her.’

Yu Xuan nodded, got up quietly, and followed Xu Yun out onto the balcony.

This was the only room in the entire hotel that had an open-air balcony, albeit not a very large one. None of the other rooms did.

"When did you two get here?"

"Around three or four this afternoon."

Yu Xuan said a bit awkwardly, "We saw you were sleeping, so we didn’t want to disturb you. We just planned to rest and take a quick nap, but we didn’t expect to sleep for three hours."

"That’s normal. You both pulled an all-nighter last night."

Xu Yun smiled. "Is everything taken care of?"

"All taken care of."

Yu Xuan replied, "We got the new property deed, and we also went to a real estate agency to list the apartment."

"Good. You’ve worked hard these past two days."

Xu Yun said, "Later, when Jinshu wakes up, I’ll take you both out for some good food."

"In that case, I want to eat crayfish."

It was the first time Yu Xuan had proactively made a request. "I heard there’s a place around here with really good crayfish."

"No problem."

Xu Yun smiled. "You lead the way then. It’s on me, and you can eat as much as you want!"

"Thanks, Boss."

Yu Xuan asked, "When are we heading back?"

"Tomorrow."

Xu Yun replied, "The office renovations are finished. Su Mu picked an auspicious day, and the grand opening is tomorrow, so we have to go back."

"In that case, I’ll book my ticket in advance. I’ll just take the high-speed train back by myself."

She knew that since Xu Yun had driven his Continental GT here, the car could only seat two people.

Obviously, she’d have to give up the passenger seat to Li Jinshu.

That’s why she had to take the train back.

"Okay. Thanks for your hard work."

Xu Yun wasn’t just paying lip service; he transferred fifty thousand yuan to her via WeChat.

"Thanks, Boss." Yu Xuan happily accepted the money without any prim pretense of refusal.

She was with Xu Yun to make money, after all.

Their relationship had been clearly defined from the first time she chose to sleep with Xu Yun for money.

So, in front of Xu Yun, she didn’t need to hide her intentions.

A short while later, Li Jinshu woke up, her eyes still hazy with sleep. She saw a piece of clothing draped over her and Xu Yun sitting not far away.

"You’re finally awake?"

Xu Yun smiled. "You were out for five hours!"

"Ah, how did I sleep for so long?"

Li Jinshu sat up and asked, "Don’t tell me you both waited for me and haven’t eaten yet?"

"We haven’t. We were waiting for you."

Xu Yun said, "Let’s go. It’s probably too late for dinner now, so we’ll have to get a late-night snack."

"You should have woken me up."

"The boss said you’ve been tired these past couple of days, so he wanted to let you sleep a little longer."

Yu Xuan smiled. "The boss also said he’s taking us out for all-you-can-eat crayfish."

"There’s a place here that has really good crayfish, and it’s cheap, too."

Li Jinshu said, "Come on, I’ll take you there. My treat."

And so the trio, one man and two women, left the hotel.

The county town was small enough to have only one commercial center, but the place Li Jinshu brought them to was tucked away in a small alley.

The place wasn’t large, but it had plenty of customers.

Li Jinshu explained, "This is an old shop. Their crayfish is delicious, especially the garlic crayfish."

"Yu Xuan, you should eat your fill then."

Xu Yun said, "You don’t get opportunities like this often."

"I will. I won’t be polite about it."

Soon, a five-jin plate of garlic crayfish and a five-jin plate of spicy mala crayfish were prepared and brought to their table.

It smelled absolutely incredible.

Li Jinshu said, "Don’t be shy. Dig in. If it’s not enough, we can just order more."

Xu Yun wasn’t very good at eating crayfish; he was clumsy at peeling the shells.

And yet, his bowl had the most peeled crayfish in it.

Why?

Because for every one crayfish Li Jinshu and Yu Xuan ate themselves, they would peel two for Xu Yun and place them in his bowl.