C8 Something Important

"It's my fault, Miss Landlord, I've been so busy these days that I forgot to pay the rent. Please make an exception, and I'll go back and give it to you." Qiao Lin knew that it was difficult to find another house now. If he could increase the rent appropriately, it would be much easier to keep the house than to find another one.

"It's not a question of money. I've rented the house and I've signed the contract with the new tenant. It's written in the contract we signed that if you want to renew the lease, please contact me a month before it expires. I've given you a lot of leeway."

Before the landlord could finish speaking, the phone hung up. Qiao Lin took the phone from his ear and saw that it was out of battery.

Putting aside the difficulty of finding a new place to stay, there were still some things in the house that were very important to him that he could not lose.

He looked at Yu, who was still eating noodles across from him. Going back to his residence and going to the police station were roughly in the same direction, but the police station was much further away.

"Yu, why don't you go somewhere with uncle after dinner?" Qiao Lin decided to bring Yu back to his residence to get his things before sending him to the police station.

Yu nodded obediently and continued to eat his noodles.

In fact, this child was quite sensible. He just didn't know why he followed him around. Just now, he called him father.

It had been almost ten minutes since Yu had finished his noodles. Qiao Lin paid for his meal and rushed to the residence with the child. By the time he arrived, it was already eight-thirty.

The four-story old building was so decrepit that from the ground floor you could see the laundry sheets hanging out of the windows of every house, and the clothesline was stretched everywhere like a spider's web.

At first, he could still see a little light from the window when he was standing downstairs, but after entering the stairs, it was so dark that he could not even see his own fingers in front of him. The light inside the stairs had never been good in Qiao Lin's memory. He was used to it, but Yu held his hand and kept pulling him back.

"Yes," said the child timidly, as if she were about to cry.

It was understandable that the child was afraid of the dark. Qiao Lin bent down and picked Yu up, "Don't be afraid, I'm here. Just a few more steps up the stairs and you'll be fine."

Qiao Lin carried the child and quickly went upstairs. Fortunately, he used to live on the second floor, so they soon arrived.

Seeing the light again, Yu felt much more at ease and struggled to jump off Qiao Lin's body.

The corridor, which was not very spacious to begin with, was filled with all kinds of junk. It was messy and messy. This should be Yu's first time coming to such a place. Filled with curiosity like an explorer, he actually held Qiao Lin's hand and walked forward.

As he walked, he asked, "Dad, what are you doing here?"

The soft voice made people's hearts itch, but he had already corrected it several times. Why did this brat still call him dad?

Qiao Lin had also given up on the treatment.

"Uncle used to live here, so I came back to get some things." After a few steps, they reached the end of the corridor and arrived at the room that Qiao Lin used to live in.

As expected, his two luggage bags were placed outside the door. The landlady did not throw them out for him but at least packed them up.