Tenant's Secret Love

Chapter 42: Go ahead and call the police if you dare!

Renee in the room did not respond to me. She might really have been angered by my words and actions just now. I knocked on the door again and said, "If I don't go into your room, I'll just throw the exterminated cockroaches in there for you to examine, to prove that I have indeed done something for you and have never treated you half-heartedly."

Renee said to me nervously, "No need to test it, just take it away."

"Oh," I said, and threw the cigarette butt wrapped in toilet paper and a half-dead cockroach out of the window.

I then said to Renee, "The bathroom is now ready for use, I guarantee there are no cockroaches."

"Oh, then you should go back and rest,"

"It's hard to get a taxi this late."

Renee finally came out of the room again, her long, slightly curly hair tied up, and wearing a thicker tweed duffle coat. Holding the car keys in her hand, she said to me, "Then I'll take you back."

I stood still, of course, because I had already promised Lily that I wouldn't go back to Robben's place tonight.

Renee, who had already walked to the door, turned back and asked, 'Why aren't you leaving?"

I sighed and said helplessly, 'I can't go to my friend's place tonight."

"What happened?"

"Well...he took a woman back to his place for the night." I lowered my voice, my tone full of the sadness of having nowhere to go.

"It's been a week already, haven't you found a place to live yet?"

"I've been busy this whole time, I've been to Hengdian twice, where would I find the time to look for a place to live? Besides, it's not easy to find a place that makes you feel comfortable!" I said, looking around the room again, full of nostalgia.

"Then just go and stay in a hotel."

"No, hotels are expensive! I need to save up to pay you back," I said, sitting on the sofa and then lying down again, making it clear to Renee with my actions that I would be staying here tonight.

Renee walked back to me, frowned and asked, 'What do you mean?"

"It means I'm staying here tonight,' I said, responding with a smile.

After a while, Renee said to me with patience, "Don't make me feel like you're a scoundrel, okay?"

"I'm already a scoundrel. Besides, I spent more than 20 yuan on a taxi just to come here and help you today. I didn't even mention the money to you, so what's wrong with letting me stay here for the night."

"I'll pay for your taxi fare, and I'll book a hotel room for you. Is that okay?"

I turned over and stood up from the sofa again, almost face-to-face with Renee, and angrily said, "You know, I just can't stand the way you act like you can solve everything with money. Do you think I'm someone who lacks money? I'm telling you, I'm not leaving here tonight. If you've got the guts, you can call the police and say I'm trespassing... You're a tenant, and you're actually calling the police to say that your landlord is trespassing? Of course you're embarrassed, because you're the one who used your two stinking dollars to forcibly occupy the house I've lived in for more than two years. You're the one who's in the wrong..."

I rambled on, but I shut Renee up completely. She just glared at me, and I lay down on the sofa, making it clear that I wasn't going anywhere.

Renee was at her wit's end with me. She, who was usually so calm, stamped her foot in anger and then grabbed her handbag and walked towards the door.