"First, we'll take these floor tiles and roof tiles, along with the materials from that bamboo stick, to a professional appraisal agency. If they really are sothing valuable, we won't hesitate to compensate imdiately."
Here, the little girl changed her tone, "But if the appraisal shows you're trying to scam us, we can sue you for extortion."
"Young lady, shouldn't we be reasonable?" The landlord said confidently, "Even if the appraisal shows these things are worthless, I still spent a lot of money buying them."
Lu Yao interjected, "How much you spent has nothing to do with us. We'll just buy materials with the sa patterns and have workers restore them to their original state."
"Aren't you the unreasonable ones?" the landlord angrily asked.
The little girl couldn't hold back her temper any longer, and retorted, "How is that unreasonable? It's like if I broke your phone, I would buy you an identical one. Wouldn't that be reasonable?"
"I entrusted you with my house, and now it's in this state. Is fixing it the end of it?" The landlord complained, "Have you considered how much inco I'll lose during the repairs?
I'm telling you, one shouldn't be too selfish!"
"If you're going to say that, the most we can do is compensate you for the rental inco lost during the repairs." The little girl said irritably.
The landlord still wasn't satisfied and said, "What about my emotional damage? Do you know, when I first walked in, I almost had a heart attack."
"You talk so much about being reasonable, but I think you're the one being unreasonable." Lu Yao said coldly, "We have a bottom line for compromise, and you'd better not push it."
"Ha!" The landlord laughed out loud, "Haven't I been lenient enough? If we were to go by the rental contract and sue, you'd have to compensate ten tis the damage. Calculating at original price is already being generous."
Lu Yao was about to say sothing, but the little girl stopped her, "Lu Yao, don't argue with him. If he wants to go to court, let him take us to court. Let's just wait for the summons."
"Alright then." Lu Yao nodded, took a deep breath, and said to the landlord, "If the court rules that we owe you more than three hundred thousand, we'll pay you without hesitation."
The landlord's face darkened. He knew the court would never uphold a tenfold penalty written in a contract, and his threat to sue was just for intimidation.
Surprisingly, the two seemingly frail young girls had stronger personalities than expected, quickly steering the conversation into a dead end.
Especially considering that suing them would involve complicated procedures, not to ntion he'd have to pay in advance to repair the courtyard, which would be a losing proposition.
Thinking this, the landlord softened his tone and said, "After all, we've known each other for a while. Out of all the potential tenants, you ended up with , which must be fate. I think there's no need to make things too tense."
"You need to understand, we've always been reasonable with you, but you insisted on unreasonable demands. Even if things get tense, it's because you forced it." The little girl said angrily.
"Yes, yes, yes." The landlord nodded repeatedly, then said, "Since you don't agree with my compensation plan, what do you propose, and how much?"
Lu Yao expressionlessly said, "We will bear the costs for the materials and the labor to repair the house, along with the inco lost during the repair period.
Additionally, we won't ask for our deposit back, as compensation for your emotional distress. Shouldn't that be fair and reasonable?"
The landlord hesitated for a long ti, gritting his teeth and pretending to be magnanimous, he said, "Alright! Considering you are both young, I agree with your plan.
I have good connections at the building materials market and with construction crews. Let handle finding people for this, it'll definitely be cheaper than if you hire them yourselves."
"Ha ha, it's probably more expensive, right?" The little girl's face showed disbelief.
Lu Yao directly stated, "We don't mind paying a little more, as long as it gives us peace of mind."
"Are you both thinking I'm easy to talk to?" The landlord's face turned dark, "As the saying goes, 'A strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake.' You two are outsiders, and just girls, aren't you afraid sothing might happen?"
"Is that a threat?" The little girl shrugged indifferently, "What's a coincidence, I'm least afraid of accidents, and who knows who will be more surprised in the end."
"Alright, alright, just you wait!"
The landlord pulled out his phone and began contacting people, "Hey, Brother Wang, it's Old Wu. Yes, yes, soone is causing trouble here, please send over a few guys to resolve it, I'll be waiting at the alley's entrance. Okay, okay."
After hanging up, the landlord pointed fiercely at Lu Yao and the little girl, "Just you wait, I will make you pay !"
With that, he stord out the door.
Lu Yao and the little girl exchanged smiles, showing no signs of nervousness.
About ten minutes later, the landlord was eagerly waiting at the alley's entrance and finally saw the person he referred to as "Brother Wang."
If Xiao Feng were present, he would surely recognize Wang Dadan, the sa person who begged for forgiveness a few days ago.
At this mont, Wang Dadan walked with an arrogant stride, commanding the landlord, "Who is causing trouble?"
"It's two girls, one about twenty years old, the other probably still a minor." The landlord nodded and bowed while offering cigarettes to Wang Dadan and his n.
Upon hearing this, Wang Dadan looked disdainful, "You can't even handle two little girls. What can you do?"
"It's mainly because they're girls. I can't exactly get rough with them." The landlord said, embarrassed.
At this ti, one of Wang Dadan's underlings stepped forward and ordered the landlord, "Alright, where are the troublemakers? Lead us there. Our Brother Wang is very busy and doesn't have ti to waste here."
"Okay, okay, they're not far inside." The landlord hurried to lead the way.
Not long after, as they got closer, one of the underlings whispered to Wang Dadan, "Boss, doesn't this place look familiar?"
Wang Dadan smacked the underling on the back of his head and said irritably, "Of course, it looks familiar. We've been here twice already."
"Oh right, a few days ago, Mr. Bi's manager, Lu, gave us money..."
Before the sentence was finished, Wang Dadan interrupted angrily, "Shut up! If you don't speak, no one will mistake you for a mute."
No one likes having their past mistakes brought up, especially soone like Wang Dadan, who values his reputation above all else.
But the closer he got to that courtyard, the more uncertain he felt, as he couldn't help but worry, could it really be this coincidental?
Yet, the thing you fear most often cos true.
Soon, the landlord stopped in front of that familiar courtyard gate and pointed at the door, "This is it."
"..." Wang Dadan.
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