The neighborhood where Lin Baici lives is over forty years old. The soundproofing is really poor; even the noise of children running around can be unbearably loud, let alone playing loud music. In the middle of the night, it’s so noisy that people downstairs can’t sleep.
Lin Baici turned on the light, got out of bed, and went to find his mom!
"Mom, what’s going on upstairs?"
Lin Baici rembered that it was an elderly couple living upstairs.
"Old Zhou died of illness last winter. His wife lives alone, and it’s inconvenient without anyone to take care of her. So her eldest son took her away, but the house couldn’t be sold, so it’s rented out for now!"
The old and small community, without a school district advantage, not only is no one buying, but even the rent can’t go up.
"Is it always this noisy?"
Lin Baici pointed upstairs.
"It’s been like this for about two months now. It usually stops around two or three in the morning!"
Soone living above is a night owl.
"You didn’t go up to check?"
"I went up twice, but it didn’t help!"
Li Guiru had gone up to speak before, but it didn’t work, so she stopped trying and decided to endure it herself.
Lin Baici got dressed.
This community doesn’t even have a property managent office, so when sothing like this happens, you can only handle it yourself.
Li Guiru saw her son heading upstairs and quickly got dressed too.
"Mom, don’t worry about it, just go back to sleep!"
Lin Baici headed out, closed the door, and stepped onto the stairs to the 5th floor.
Knock knock!
Knock knock!
Lin Baici knocked on the security door.
It was unclear whether the music inside was too loud for them to hear or if they were ignoring him, but no one ca out.
Lin Baici stood there for five minutes, his patience wearing thin.
I’m dealing with you as a regular person, but if you keep ignoring , are you forcing to use taboo things?
Bang!
Lin Baici applied more force with his hand.
The door vibrated heavily.
Click, click!
The sound of the lock cylinder moving, the door opened to reveal a lively young man with a cigarette in his mouth, hair dyed red, wearing sunglasses late at night, obviously to show off.
Xu Jian initially looked casual, but seeing that it wasn’t the gentle aunt from before and instead a tall and imposing young man, he frowned slightly, showing so wariness.
After all, Lin Baici’s build really was intimidating.
"What’s the matter?"
Xu Jian sniffed.
"What do you think is the matter?"
The door opened, loud music blasting: "Late at night, playing your music so loudly, how can anyone rest?"
Xu Jian lifted his right foot and scratched his toes: "It’s not that loud, is it?"
"Not loud?"
Lin Baici held back his temper: "Can’t you wear headphones?"
"I’m a Microphone Controller, do you understand? How can I live stream with headphones?"
Xu Jian was a streaming host specializing in shouting into a microphone, that’s his niche.
"Can’t you stream during the day?"
"Who listens to this during the day?"
The two had yet to finish negotiating when a female voice ca from inside the house.
"Xu Jian, where did you go? Co back, a big spender gave donations, hurry and play the ga!"
Upon hearing the word donation, Xu Jian slamd the door shut and quickly ran inside.
Xu Jian not only shouted into the microphone but also prepared a wheel of fortune, with various penalties written on it. Whenever soone gave donations, he would spin the wheel, and whichever penalty the pointer landed on, he would have to carry it out.
He couldn’t keep the big spender waiting.
Lin Baici took a deep breath, held back his urge to explode, and continued to knock on the door.
Knock knock! Knock knock!
"Knocking, knocking, who the hell are you knocking for?"
Soone inside cursed, then the door opened again, revealing a young woman with heavy eye makeup and lipstick, sporting a head of curly hair, loosely wearing a pair of slippers, hot pants, and a small camisole.
Seeing Lin Baici, the woman went straight to swearing: "Knocking at our door so late at night, you believe I won’t call the police and say you’re harassing us?"
"I live downstairs, your noise is too loud, it affects our rest!"
Lin Baici frowned.
The woman’s breath slled heavily of cigarettes and alcohol.
"Wear earplugs or move away!"
Kong i was more direct than her boyfriend, not even bothering with pleasantries, firing back directly.
There was absolutely no intention for harmonious coexistence.
"How can I sleep with earplugs?"
Lin Baici sneered: "Move away? Will you pay for it?"
Lin Baici certainly had money, but their attitude really pissed him off.
"How you sleep isn’t my concern! Pay? I don’t even know who to ask money from!"
Kong i stared at Lin Baici, puffing her chest: "Get lost quickly, or else I’ll call the cops and say you’re harassing!"
She worked as a karaoke hostess, bold and sassy, what kind of n hadn’t she seen?
She had a knack for dealing with good boys like Lin Baici, and usually, a scare would make them behave. Besides, even if it didn’t work, Kong i was well-connected, knowing all sorts of people, so she wasn’t afraid of causing a scene.
[A chicken whose body has long been ssed up, even free, wouldn’t sleep with her.]
Eater God comnted.
[A microphone guy with utterly no artistic value in his compositions, relying solely on roaring and rebellious lyrics to catch eyes!]
"No room for negotiation?"
Lin Baici kept calm, this was his final gesture of kindness.
Kong i looked him up and down, her eyes rolling, and then she smiled: "Got a thousand yuan?"
"I do!"
"How about I show you sothing good, kiddo?"
Kong i had been in this business for many years, and while not old and faded, she couldn’t cut it in the high-end scene anymore. Seeing an inexperienced young guy like Lin Baici, she planned to rip him off.
"Your boyfriend’s still in the room!"
Lin Baici’s expression turned colder.
"Oh? You actually got my point?"
Kong i was surprised, then flirted with him: "How’s that? Wanna give it a try?"
"My boyfriend?"
"You don’t need to worry!"
"If you’re willing to spend an extra five hundred yuan, you can do it right in front of him!"
Kong i hooked her finger around the camisole’s strap, slowly pulling it down, seducing Lin Baici.
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