"Mr. Li?"
"He's the one who brought you here—a rather fine young man." At the mention of "Mr. Li," the elderly landlady's expression showed a few traces of satisfaction. "An international student from China. He really is a good boy."
"...Huh?"
Jiu Ming cast a sidelong glance at the black-haired young man beside him, who wore a reserved smile. "So he's a fellow countryman."
"Hm?" The elderly landlady set her broom aside, folded her arms, and stared at Jiu Ming for a while. "Fellow countryman? Though I've heard that over there, anything with four legs except tables and benches gets eaten. And people with long hair only existed in those old dynasties, right? Shouldn't you braid it?"
"Well, I've been meaning to cut it short, but after putting it off for so long, I forgot."
"Honestly, you should cut it. It looks so neither fish nor fowl like this." The elderly landlady spoke with great seriousness. "Where's your luggage?"
"I don't like bringing that sort of thing when I go out. If I need anything, I can just buy it once I get there."
"Ho ho ho, what an unceremonious young man." The elderly landlady laughed twice. "You can pay the rent at the end of the month. Oh, right, what did you come here for?"
Jiu Ming's answer was a very simple word that made his meaning perfectly clear... Play!
Looking at the house before him, although everything inside had been moved out, traces remained of someone having lived there not long ago. As for the young man the elderly landlady called Little Li, his full name was Li Shunsheng... He claimed to be an international student from China. Normally, he took on odd jobs to subsidize his living expenses, and there was nothing else to him. He sounded