Hearing that, Lan Yu showed little expression. "You're blaming me for nothing. She may be my classmate, but Sister Yu Mian will always come first in my heart."
"Oh~~" Ding Yumian drew out the sound. "So you really were thinking of building yourself a harem. I never knew you had such an ambitious goal."
With that, Ding Yumian stopped paying Lan Yu any mind and turned to walk along the park path.
Lan Yu hurried after her, trying to sweet-talk her. Ding Yumian held Momo in one arm and stroked its fur with the other, looking less than pleased.
As soon as the semester ended, Lan Yu went looking for a new place to live.
Luckily, he brought out the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and, with his silver tongue, said all sorts of nice things. Only then did Ding Yumian finally relent.
Lan Yu considered himself no saint. He was just foul-mouthed, greedy, and a tiny bit lustful.
At that moment, he seemed to see that scene of vibrant life and all things racing to flourish right before his eyes.
He still had many highly effective immortal herbs and medicinal plants on hand, including the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma.
Once the cooldown period was over, Lan Yu planned to return to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and refine the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
The former could greatly enhance his spiritual power when used. The latter, when eaten, could channel vitality through his limbs and blood through all eight extraordinary meridians, and even forge an Indestructible Vajra Body.
Perhaps it could even improve his Light Element magic's defensive power.
When he reached the twelfth floor of Jinyuan Apartment, Lan Yu knocked on the door of the place he wanted to rent.
"You're the young man who called just now, right?" the landlady asked warmly, her face bright with a genial smile.
"That's me. I saw online that this place was for rent, so I came to have a look," Lan Yu said.
The landlady looked him up and down. "All right, come on in first."
Lan Yu nodded and was just about to enter when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw two women step out by the elevator.
One was tall and wore a snow-white dress embroidered with a landscape across the chest. She looked like a white cloud.
The other was petite, about the same height as Ding Yumian, but more generously built. At least she wouldn't go hungry.
The two came over. Besides the landlady, they also spotted an old classmate.
"Lan Yu?! What are you doing here?"
"Miss Ai, could you not be so loud and excitable?" Lan Yu rolled his eyes.
Mu Nujiao couldn't help looking surprised. She hadn't expected to run into a high school classmate here.
"Are you here to rent a place too?" Ai Tutu asked.
"Do you think I'm here to eat?"
They went in together with the landlady. The apartment had a duplex layout. The first-floor hall was carpeted, and the entrance led straight to a large open-air balcony with a parasol, lounge chairs, and a small pool.
The hall was fully furnished too, with a big sofa, an open Western-style kitchen, a little bar, and so on.
"The bedrooms are all upstairs. Do you want to take a look?" the landlady asked.
"This place will do. I can sign the contract right away." Lan Yu couldn't be bothered to look around.
The landlady beamed and turned to Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu. "What do you two think, ladies?"
"I really like it. Sister Mu, let's take this one." Ai Tutu couldn't be bothered to run around anymore either.
They had already looked at plenty of apartments, but none had really fit their requirements.
The main thing was that they both came from wealthy families. All those supposedly luxurious, finely renovated apartments looked just so-so to them.
But Jinyuan Apartment was clearly renovated at great expense. It was a duplex, too, and suited their tastes.
"Since you're both happy with it, why not share the rent?" the landlady suggested. "This apartment really is expensive. I put a lot of work into the renovations, and the rent is tens of thousands a month. I'm not joking."
"You're all mages, I assume. Magic is an expensive profession, so every bit you can save helps..."
Mu Nujiao's delicate brows furrowed. Honestly, she really didn't want to share a place, especially with a man.
"Sure! I've never shared a place before. Lots of people in college do it, and it sounds like fun." Ai Tutu agreed happily, like a little worm.
Lan Yu glanced at her. Considering the original story from his previous life, the fanfiction, and their relationship as classmates in this life, he concluded that Ai Tutu could sit at the same table as Tang Yue.
The landlady laughed when she heard that. "There are four bedrooms here, two on the south side and two on the north. They're all separated, too. Since you know each other, sharing should work out perfectly."
"Little Rabbit..."
"Come on, Sister Mu, it's fine! We've known Lan Yu for ages. Don't you know what he's like?" Ai Tutu said.
"Except for the first floor, all the rooms upstairs are private. My grandpa's so mean. Ever since I enrolled, he's cut my allowance from eighty thousand to fifty thousand. It'd be nice to have someone else share the expenses."
"But..." Mu Nujiao still seemed hesitant.
If she hadn't known Lan Yu, Mu Nujiao might well have turned and left. Jinyuan Apartment was so big; they didn't have to rent this particular place.
Mu Nujiao sighed. Honestly, she didn't even know what to say to Ai Tutu.
Seeing that they seemed to have reached an agreement, the landlady smiled and went to prepare the contracts.
She had other young people coming to rent places today, too. Her time was precious.
"Lan Yu, when my spare boyfriends come to move my luggage later, give me a hand," Ai Tutu said, ordering him around without the slightest hesitation.
Lan Yu rolled his eyes at her. "Get lost. I haven't even moved my own stuff over yet, and you want me to help you? Dream on. Want me to ask the Calamity King to punch you?"
"What Calamity King? You're spouting incomprehensible nonsense again." Ai Tutu pulled a face at him. "Bleh! Fine, don't help. I don't need your help anyway, miss."
"Pears are the best."
Lan Yu turned and went back to school to move his luggage.
He had a lot to do today. Not only did he have to move his own things, he also had to move Ding Yumian's.
Luckily, he'd told Dean Xiao first. Otherwise, if he took such a big "Psychic Calamity Victim" away from the academy, a certain Dean Fu would come after him with a knife.
Dragging two twenty-six-inch suitcases, one black and one pink, Lan Yu finally made it to Jinyuan Apartment.
Fortunately, he didn't have too much stuff. Otherwise, two suitcases wouldn't have been enough.
Ding Yumian still had Momo (the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger) in her arms, with a women's shoulder bag slung across her body.
"Meow!"
"Sister Yu Mian, Momo's protesting. Could you stop sucking on it like some pervert?" Lan Yu couldn't help saying.
"No. I think Momo likes me this way. Momo, don't you agree?"
As she spoke, Ding Yumian couldn't resist burying her face in its silky fur again.
"Meow—"
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