[R18] These men are poisonous – “These Men Are Poisonous” Chapter 158 [English]

Chapter 158 A group of scheming boys

Although the three-year agreement was made by five men, it does not mean that the hostility between them will disappear.

Whether it was doing housework or other things, they were still secretly competing with each other, refusing to give in or admit defeat. Zuo Ning was stunned by the fighting posture.

But considering that they had an agreement before because of her disappearance, but in the end it developed into an open and covert fight with each having their own agenda, she felt that it was completely understandable.

Of course, in order to highlight the words “fair competition”, Zuo Ning locked the bedroom alone again that night, and did not give anyone a chance until the next day.

When Qiu Yibai and Gao Xia left for the airport, she kicked Yu Haonan, Wen Kai’an, and Fang Jinglun out of the apartment on the grounds of “fairness.”

She thought, except for Fang Jinglun, who lived next door to her and would come to her every day after get off work, the other people seemed to be quite busy, at least they wouldn’t bother her often.

“Hey, do you think our community has very good feng shui? Why do we keep hearing about people selling their houses at high prices recently?”

“It’s not that the feng shui of the community is good, it’s that the feng shui of our building is good. Aren’t all the sales coming from this building?”

“Yes, yes, I heard that all the houses on the 27th floor have been sold, and the prices are very high!”

“Then why no one comes to us to ask about the house? The feng shui of my house is better on the 28th floor!”

Listening to the discussions among the aunts in front of her, an idea suddenly popped into Zuo Ning’s mind. As soon as the elevator reached the twenty-seventh floor, she rushed down and followed the corridor to carefully check out the houses on the same floor as hers.

This building is designed with three staircases and eight households. The layout of the apartments is arranged in a butterfly shape. The two apartments in the south, next to the elevator, are occupied by Zuo Ning and Fang Jinglun, while there are three more rooms in the northeast and northwest.

When Zuo Ning walked to the door of the three suites on the west, he discovered that the residents inside had moved out at some point. The doors of the three suites were all open, and there were construction teams walking around inside with blueprints. It seemed that they were preparing to renovate.

When she walked around to the east, she also found two vacated houses. One of them had begun to remove the original walls, while the other house only had one person gesticulating and drawing pictures inside.

Could it be such a coincidence?

Zuo Ning was wondering whether he should go in and ask the construction team if they knew the owner’s contact information, when he saw someone opened the door of apartment 2701 at the back from the inside, and the person who came out was actually known to her.

Wen Kaian obviously didn’t expect that Zuo Ning was standing not far outside he’s door. The two looked at each other, and he couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment: “Why are you here?”

Zuo Ning tilted his head and looked at him calmly: “Shouldn’t I ask this question? You… bought this house?”

Looking down, Zuo Ning realized that he was actually wearing slippers: “You… Fang Jinglun hired people to spend twenty days to simply decorate it, and then he hurriedly moved in after ten days. You have already broken he’s record, right? Aren’t you afraid of absorbing formaldehyde?”

Wen Kaian lowered his head and smiled: “Would you like to visit?”

After following Wen Kai’an into the apartment, Zuo Ning immediately discovered that this was not a newly renovated house at all.

“I’m lucky. Someone bought this apartment last year. It was renovated half a year ago and I haven’t moved in yet. So I just added a set of furniture to save time.”

“You guys?” Zuo Ning subconsciously glanced in the direction of the next door, “Don’t tell me, you guys bought all the houses on this floor?”

Wen Kaian nodded: “Yes.”

“This building is so old, and the layout and lighting are not good. You guys are really…”

“But you are here.”

Listening to his magnetic voice and meeting his scorching gaze, Zuo Ning suddenly felt his heartbeat skip a beat. He immediately changed his gaze with a dry smile, pointed to the open study room beside him and said with a smile: “This is quite stylish!”

Catching the panic in her eyes at that moment, Wen Kai’an raised the corners of his lips unconsciously: “Well, the original owner does have extraordinary taste, that’s why he allowed me to move in so quickly and become your new neighbor.”

“Then who bought 2702 next door to you?”

“Gao Xia.”

“Where’s 2703? The one next to mine.”

“Yu Haonan.”

“The one Qiu Yibai bought is 2706 next door to Fang Jinglun, right?”

“Where are 2707 and 2708? I just saw them and are preparing to decorate them.”

“It seems that it was bought by an overseas Chinese who had just returned to China. I heard that the two houses were going to be connected, and the two houses were bought earlier than us.”

“You?” Zuo Ning looked at he jokingly, “Aren’t you enemies? Why do you think you are in a group with your tone? I thought you were all secretive when buying a house, for fear that other people would know.”

“It is true that we secretly asked someone to find an agent to inquire quietly, but… because we all wanted to buy the 2703 closest to you, the owner put us in the same group and asked us to bid, and then we were exposed.”

“Pfft!” Zuo Ning couldn’t help but laugh out loud. She thought about the scene of several people crashing in the group, and she suddenly felt that these men were actually quite funny.

Seeing her smiling so happily, the smile on Wen Kaian’s face became a little thicker.

“Then how come it was Yu Haonan who grabbed the house in the end? You are all so rich. If we really bid, the landlord will make a lot of money?”

“I drew lots. I thought he was lucky, but I didn’t expect that I got the decorated set. In fact, I was even more lucky.”

“I’m convinced. It’s good to have money. You can do whatever you want.” After looking around and seeing the drawings on Wen Kaian’s computer, Zuo Ning suddenly remembered something, “It’s a working day today. Why don’t you go to work?”

“The contracts I signed with several museums have expired, so I can take a break for the time being.”

“Temporarily? How long?”

“It doesn’t matter how long it takes, I can make my own decisions about my work.”

“Didn’t you say that day that you often travel on business?”

“According to my original work rhythm, it is true, but now, I want to spend more time with you.”

An ominous premonition suddenly arose in Zuo Ning’s heart: “Tell me honestly, except for you, are the others going to be very idle next time?”

Wen Kaian was not good at lying to begin with, and now he seemed not to be willing to hide it from her. He nodded and said, “It seems so.”

“Then it looks like you are all extremely busy that day?”

Zuo Ning finally knew what felt wrong that day. He was afraid that they had already planned to buy the apartment here and become her neighbors. The so-called “they are very busy at work and don’t have time to come to see her” were all lies.

What a bunch of scheming boys.