The next morning, Zhang Yu took a different route, after all, running into her boss while jogging was really awkward.
Fortunately, she didn’t encounter her boss along the way, which made her breathe a sigh of relief. She bought breakfast and then went ho.
After moving, she had decided she must get a decent microwave, so she could just heat up breakfast every day.
She needed to decorate properly. While eating breakfast, Zhang Yu walked towards ho.
Ye Zhuo was driving to work, and while waiting at a red light, he saw Zhang Yu having breakfast. Her clothes suggested she had finished working out and then bought breakfast.
On the road, she ran into the landlady and casually ntioned her desire to live on the top floor.
The landlady was surprised, "Little Yu, you’re planning to live on the top floor? The rent there is 3000."
She knew Zhang Yu worked in investnt banking. People say those who work in banks earn a lot, but the old lady never thought Zhang Yu’s inco was high.
Judging by her eating, dressing, and spending habits, she was truly thrifty; if her inco was well-off, which young girl would be so frugal?
Nowadays, young girls outside all like to dress up.
When the landlady heard that Zhang Yu wanted to move, although she wanted to rent the place to her, she worried about the young girl’s financial burden.
"I know. I’ve recently had a job adjustnt. After completing the work, I’ll receive a bonus." Zhang Yu directly said she was about to get a bonus.
Hearing Zhang Yu say this made the landlord lady happy for her, "It’s good you’ll get a bonus. Work hard."
The landlady knew Zhang Yu’s boyfriend cheated on her, "n can betray you, but work will not."
It wouldn’t be surprising to hear such words from soone like Ye Zhuo, but for an elderly landlady to say them was indeed unusual.
"Back when I got married, my husband also had soone outside. I divorced him, taking the children." This wasn’t sothing she couldn’t talk about; the old neighbors knew about it. It was just Zhang Yu and the surrounding neighbors never interacted.
Even the landlady was betrayed by a scumbag and then filed for divorce. At her age, getting divorced back then wouldn’t have been easy.
"Back then, so advised not to divorce the children’s father for the sake of the kids, but I divorced for their sake."
"Once you move on from so things, looking back, you realize it’s fortunate you left. Otherwise, staying would only bring suffering to yourself."
Zhang Yu kept nodding, "Yeah, after I found out about him having soone outside, I also ca to terms with it. It’s better to find out now than after marriage and kids later."
After chatting with the landlady for a bit, Zhang Yu prepared to go up and take a shower; she still had to go on duty.
The landlady rembered sothing important, "Little Yu, are you sure you want the attic?"
Zhang Yu gave a nod, "Yes, I want to live in the attic."
"You can move after Spring Festival." Since the young girl said rent wasn’t a problem, renting it out is renting it out to anyone.
Even though the young girl had just been here for a few months, she was really nice, so renting her the attic gave peace of mind.
And she guessed it right, "Great, thank you."
"You’ll need to pay a deposit, right?" Zhang Yu thought about a plan of depositing one month’s rent and paying three upfront; obviously, the deposit would increase.
"No rush, wait until they move out." The landlady gestured not to rush, "It’s not that I’m not renting it to you, it’s just that they said before they weren’t renting either. I had found new renters, but then they said they weren’t moving."
If it weren’t for that couple paying rent on ti and being clean, she really wouldn’t want to rent to them.
Huh? Zhang Yu didn’t expect that couple to be such a hassle.
All she could do was helplessly hope they were genuine this ti.
When Zhang Yu arrived at work, she thought she was early, but was half-scared to death by the crowd downstairs.
There were quite a few people in the lobby. Zhang Yu thought about it and decided not to wait; she directly climbed upstairs.
By the ti she reached her post, she was already panting heavily.
Zhao Kang happened to be eating breakfast and, hearing Zhang Yu’s panting, "You ca up the stairs?"
Zhang Yu gave a nod, "It was crowded, I thought it was just the tenth floor."
"It may look like ten floors, but climbing up is tiring." Zhao Kang noticed Zhang Yu didn’t bring breakfast, "Did you already eat?"
Zhang Yu gave a nod, "I went out to work out and then bought breakfast."
"You have good stamina." Zhao Kang also wanted to work out in the morning, but really didn’t have enough ti.
"By the way, does your place reside near the company?" You know, the rent around the company is excessively high.
They make decent money, but how many would willingly pay seven or eight thousand in rent each month? High inco doesn’t an wasteful spending.
"Yeah." Zhang Yu pointed to the low house amidst the tall buildings, "I live over there."
Zhao Kang looked at the low house, "A shikun house?"
"Nope, it should be considered a modern lilong." Zhang Yu nodded slightly, "I initially thought it was a shikun house too, but the landlord said it’s a modern lilong. I really don’t know how to differentiate."
Zhao Kang went to college and grad school here, but he also couldn’t distinguish between them, "Is it comfortable to live there?"
Zhao Kang knew about the old houses in that area; he had thought about them before, "I know the houses there are close to the company; I’ve checked there."
"Without a private kitchen, that’s fine, since I wouldn’t use it, but no private bathroom." Zhao Kang currently rents a place half an hour by tro; while it doesn’t sound distant, the tro during rush hour is incredibly crowded.
"I’m currently living in a small room with a shared kitchen, priced at 1300, with a private bathroom, roughly over ten square ters."
"That tiny?" Zhao Kang was a bit intrigued when he heard the 1300 price, with a private bathroom, but hearing it was only about ten square ters, he imdiately lost interest.
If he lived alone, he might have considered it, especially since it was a ten-minute walk to work, but he currently had a girlfriend.
"Are there bigger places?" Zhao Kang asked.
"Yes, ones around twenty square ters, priced over three thousand. For details, you’d have to check it out."
"So landlords and tenants share a bathroom, while others have separate ones."
Zhang Yu finding such a good place to rent was truly her good luck.
"I’ll have to check then." Zhao Kang thought about it and decided against it, "I currently rent a two-bedroom apartnt at 4000, and I find it decent."
In this age, that rent price is sowhat on the higher side. Zhang Yu guessed Zhao Kang’s rented place probably had a good environnt, with fine furnishings and appliances.
"That’s great." If Zhang Yu needed to choose, she’d prefer her current place. While the price isn’t exactly cheap, the benefit is its proximity to work, with nearby markets, hospitals, supermarkets, and shops. Several tro lines are available, so it’s really convenient.
More importantly, transportation costs in City S aren’t cheap. Walking to and from work every day not only saves gym expenses but also transit costs, saving at least 1500.
"eting ti." Mike ca out, his voice loud as ever.
Everyone knew today was to check on progress, so they took their laptops to the eting.
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