Girls Should Eat More Vegetables and Less Meat

Mo Yi: "..."

With that tone of yours, you were clearly the one blocking my doorstep, yet you still had the nerve to ask what I was doing?

Having lived through two lifetimes and spent time out in society, Mo Yi did not retort with something like, "What if I'm looking at you?" Instead, he calmly sat down beside her as if nothing had happened.

Kiana shot Mo Yi a sidelong glance but showed no other reaction. It was unclear whether she did not care or simply was not in the mood to deal with him.

"Why are you sitting at my doorstep instead of leaving?"

As he sat down, Mo Yi suddenly realized that it had been a long time since he had last sat on the stone steps outside his home. The last time seemed to have been when his parents were still alive. Back then, he would sit on those steps, staring into the distance in a daze and pondering how he ought to live after being reborn. Should he become a great writer, or a business tycoon?

More than ten seconds later, Mo Yi finally spoke.

"Even if you can't rent a place here, Changkong City is huge. There should be somewhere suitable, right? Are you having some kind of trouble? I can barely count as a helpful citizen. I might not be able to offer any practical help, but I can at least listen and let you vent."

"Don't worry, I'm tight-lipped. Besides, we don't know each other, so you don't have to worry about me spilling your secrets."

That's right, girl, hurry up and tell me what's troubling you. Then your big brother here can analyze it for you, give you some inspirational advice, and pump you full of motivational nonsense. I guarantee you'll be full of energy again, ready to face the difficult life ahead.

More importantly, if you kept sitting at my doorstep instead of leaving, I'd feel guilty, as though I were the culprit who had turned you into a loser.

Kiana glanced at Mo Yi and snorted.

"Hmph, you promise-breaking jerk. Who wants to talk to you?"

How had I broken a promise? The house is mine. I wanted to rent it out a few days ago, but now I don't. How does that make me a promise-breaker?

Anyway, I'd already done my best. If the girl refused to accept my goodwill, then I'd go back to taking care of my own business.

However, before Mo Yi could say, "I was meddling. I'll be on my way," Kiana, who had just said she did not want to talk to him, continued, "I've already moved out of my old room. Where am I supposed to go? I don't even know where I'll be staying tonight."

Mo Yi: "..."

Now Mo Yi did not even know how to criticize her. Wanting to move somewhere else was perfectly normal, but she should have found a new place before giving up her old one!

Girl, where did you get the confidence that you would definitely find somewhere new to live today?

But when he thought of Kiana's nickname, the Thoughtless Tuna, her bizarre train of thought was not entirely impossible to understand.

"Ah..."

After letting out a sigh, Mo Yi stood up.

"Hey—"

Seeing Mo Yi get up as though he were about to leave, Kiana hurriedly grabbed the corner of his clothes. "You're seriously too heartless!"

"According to my plan, there shouldn't have been any problem—"

Mo Yi gave Kiana, who claimed not to want his help yet immediately grabbed him when he tried to leave, a speechless look. "I'm going to the supermarket to buy ingredients. You can either stay here and wait for me to come back, or come with me and familiarize yourself with the area."

"Huh?"

Kiana did not understand Mo Yi at first. "What do you mean?"

"Forget it, stay right there—"

Mo Yi opened the door, carried Kiana's suitcase—which ordinary boys could not even lift—into the house, then shut the door. "Let's go buy some ingredients together. We'll make lunch while we're at it, as a celebration for you renting a room here."

"But let's be clear first. I'm not made of money. If you want to eat with me in the future, you'll have to contribute to the food expenses."

"You mean you'll rent it to me?!"

The moment Kiana heard that, the aggrieved expression on her face vanished. Mo Yi could not help suspecting that she had deliberately blocked his doorway and acted pitiful to win his sympathy.

"Hehehe, Mr. Landlord is unexpectedly a good person."

I knew it. No one can resist Miss Kiana's pitiful-act strategy!

"I'm no good person. Being a good person costs too much these days."

Mo Yi simply started walking without caring whether Kiana could keep up. "Don't fall behind."

"Don't walk so fast—"

Kiana hurried after him.

Mo Yi's home was not particularly close to the supermarket. It would take an ordinary person around ten minutes to walk there. With so much time, Mo Yi naturally took the opportunity to learn more about Kiana's situation.

"Kiana—"

After thinking it over, Mo Yi decided to call her by name directly and asked,

"There are plenty of places to rent in Changkong City. Why didn't you try somewhere else? And my place is, well, kind of remote. It's not very convenient to get to the city center or anywhere like that."

"I wanted to live somewhere else too, but rent elsewhere is not only expensive, they also demand half a year's rent as a deposit upfront. Only your place, Mo Yi, has cheap rent and only requires three months' rent as a deposit."

Kiana bluntly stated the reason, then added with a complaint,

"At my previous place, that landlord was always looking at me weirdly. Today, he even dared to get handsy, so I beat him up and ran out. I didn't want to stay there anymore anyway."

"The environment was awful, and the rent was expensive too. I earned my money through missions with great difficulty, you know."

"..."

After listening to Kiana's long stream of complaints, Mo Yi had no idea how to respond. You told your new landlord that you beat up your old landlord—is that really okay?

And should I raise the rent a little?

When he had set the rent before, he had just gone by his own assumptions. It seemed he had underestimated housing prices in Changkong City.

Girls Should Eat More Vegetables and Less Meat

As Kiana's endless chatter continued ringing in his ears, Mo Yi could not help considering one question: Was it still too late to change his mind?

Of course, it was only a thought.

While halfheartedly responding to Kiana, Mo Yi kept trying to think of the benefits of letting Kiana rent a room in his old family home.

For example, money was a good thing. The house was so large, and he could not use all of it himself. Renting part of it out would bring in extra income. Besides, houses deteriorated faster when no one lived in them.

As the older generation put it, a house without human presence would be occupied by snakes, insects, rats, and certain strange things, causing it to fall apart faster.

Besides, regardless of whether Honkai would truly occur in Changkong City in the future, and regardless of whether most people would die because of it, that would not change just because he knew Kiana.