Jia Simiao doubted whether he had misheard. This is my own house, where I live, and yet I have to pay rent? What kind of logic is this?

Shen Junao said: "I know you may feel unfair. But we rented the Jia family's old mansion and signed a lease agreement. We never thought about renting it out again, let alone to a man. It's because you are the owner of this house that we made an exception for you. Now that we've laid out our conditions, it's up to you whether or not to accept them. You can choose not to rent it, which would be better so as not to make things awkward between us."

Are beautiful women scary? Yes.

Are intelligent women scary? Yes.

Then what about women who are both beautiful and intelligent? They're more than just scary.

Look at her; she didn't even refuse but directly gave him conditions. Jia Simiao wanted to accept but the problem was he had no money! He couldn't just hand over a few coins from his pocket in exchange for rent. Seeing Jia Simiao hesitate, Shen Junao said calmly: "If you can't pay the rent then there's nothing we can do about it. Please find another place or contact Xiao Ya for mediation."

Why bother staying here if there's somewhere else available?

Jia Simiao smiled bitterly: "To be honest with you all, I really don't have any money left now; otherwise I wouldn't beg like this just so I could stay here with you guys."

He suggested: "How about this - since I'm the owner of the Jia family property, I'll take some porcelain pieces and sell them off as collateral for my rent?"

Zhang Xixi immediately refused: "No way! We promised Sister Xiao Ya that none of the items in this house will be missing or damaged. Otherwise, we'll have to pay for it."

Jia Simiao said: "You don't need to compensate me; I can give you a written agreement."

Shen Junao said calmly: "This is not about money or no money. We cannot break our promise to others."

Zhang Xixi quickly added: "Yes, yes! We are all honest people... oh, women of integrity. How could we do something that would betray someone's trust?"

Jia Simiao looked at Tang Ziyu for help but she shrugged her shoulders and was also helpless.

Shen Junao said: "Jia Simiao, since you don't have the money to pay rent, we do have another compromise solution. Would you be willing?

As long as you're not selling yourself, anything is fine," Jia Simiao nodded repeatedly.

Shen Junao said, "Actually, it's not as serious as you think. The three of us are busy with work during the day and sometimes have to go out on patrol at night. Ziyu has to go to school and Xixi buys goods during the day and practices her stall at night. Since you are so familiar with the Jia family, it would be suitable for you to do odd jobs here in exchange for your rent money. Sewing, washing dishes, cooking meals, trimming flowers and plants, cleaning up garbage etc., we can leave these things to you. If you think it's okay then stay here; if not then we really have no other choice."

It was awkward that they had three mistresses living in their own home while also having to serve them as a servant themselves. However after thinking about it again there wasn't much difference since they had a washing machine for laundry and cleaning up garbage was just like tidying up their own home.

Jia Simiao gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Okay I agree."

Shen Junao laughed: "Don't agree too quickly though because being a man living with three girls is inconvenient so let's make some rules."

Zhang Xixi and Tang Ziyu became excited when hearing this so they brought paper and pen over while Shen Junao continued speaking: "You cannot enter our rooms without permission or knocking first."

"I understand that basic courtesy," Jia Simiao replied.

Tang Ziyu added: "The bathroom outside is shared by everyone but if someone is inside please knock before entering; also remember to lock the door from inside."

"In the room smoking is prohibited especially wearing revealing clothing," Shen Junao stated.

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Jia Simiao nodded saying: "I know smoking harms health but what counts as revealing clothing? It's so hot outside, is wearing shorts okay?"

Zhang Xixi shouted: "Of course not! Going shirtless or anything like that is not allowed. Also, you cannot bring girls back here and definitely no overnight stays."

"Don't worry about that. I only know one person named Xiao Ya who even went to America; I don't have any other friends," Jia Simiao replied.

"Oh right, Jia Simiao, there's something else we need to tell you. The demolition office will come soon to demolish your rental house for the construction of a new building. You can see that your rental house is located on the side of Yanjiang Road in the city center surrounded by buildings except yours which looks out of place among them all. That's why Xiao Ya went to America too," Shen Junao said.

Jia Simiao laughed and asked eagerly: "Have they contacted you yet? How much money did they offer?"

Zhang Xixi rolled her eyes and snorted: "Three million yuan! Not bad huh?

Shen Junao and Tang Ziyu were also worried. Despite being tenants, they would have no say if Jia Simiao insisted on selling the house. After all, this was a government action, and as small citizens, they couldn't do much to stop it. The real "arm" belonged to Jia Simiao.

It was impossible to rent such a comfortable and quiet house with fresh air and convenient transportation in the bustling city center. Shen Junao, Tang Ziyu, and Zhang Xixi loved this house too much. If they had to move out, they would definitely be unwilling.

Jia Simiao muttered: "With these three million yuan, I can rent any kind of house I want without having to wash clothes or cook for others."

Tang Ziyu became anxious: "Hey! That's your ancestral home; how can you just sell it like that?"

"I don't want to sell it either," he said while emptying his pockets of coins onto the ground. He sighed: "If I don't sell it off now, not only will renting a place be difficult but even eating will become an issue."

Shen Junao suggested that since Jia Simiao was lucky enough to have them as good landlords who could help him out financially by paying for food expenses while he helped them with household chores instead of paying rent.

However,Jia Simiao felt uncomfortable about becoming dependent on them so he asked if they could lend him some money so that he could start his own business instead of relying on their generosity indefinitely.Zhang Xixi offered him work at her stall during the day which paid 20 yuan per day plus helping her buy goods from suppliers which she hoped would give him more independence than simply borrowing money from them again

Twenty yuan?"

"Do you want to do it?"

"Okay, grasshoppers are also meat. I'll do it."

Zhang Xixi was happy and found a laborer for twenty yuan so she wouldn't have to carry the goods back and forth every day. With this man by her side, she could even work as a bodyguard part-time, which was cost-effective. Shen Junao and Tang Ziyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now that Jia Simiao was here, they could stay here too with someone who could cook, clean up and help out.

Zhang Xixi asked: "Jia Simiao, how good are your cooking skills?"

Jia Simiao's mood is calm now and he smiled lightly: "It's okay anyway since the medicine doesn't reach people."

Zhang Xixi raised her hand loudly: "We have new members in our Jia family mansion today. I think we should treat Jia Simiao well and give him a welcome feast. Does anyone object?"

Tang Ziyu laughed: "I don't object."

Being handsome has its drawbacks; even Jia Simiao felt embarrassed now and said with a smile: "Actually, you don’t need to be so polite..."

Zhang Xixi said: “Who’s being polite? We mean it sincerely! Jiasimiao，there are ingredients in the kitchen already，you hurry up to make some dishes.”

"What? You're asking me to cook just because you want to welcome me?"

"You’re hired as an all-around worker brother! If not you then who else can do it? Hurry up.