Rebirth: I Want to Collect Rent

Meng Wendi hung up the phone. Hao Liang put the phone aside, got up from the bed, and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face.

Before Hao Liang had washed his face, there was a knock on the door. Hao Liang opened the door with a towel, and Huang Shanshan walked in with toiletries and said.

"I'm going to be late for school. Someone is occupying the bathroom outside. Please give me yours."

After saying that, Huang Shanshan ignored Hao Liang, ran into the bathroom, put down the toiletries, and said to Hao Liang, "Don't come in, I'm going to the bathroom. You stay in the room for a while."

"I've washed my face, please let me hang the towel on my hand first. You can put it on later." Hao Liang looked at the towel in his hand and said.

"I can't help it anymore. You can hang it up later. By the way, don't forget to buy me flowers. You will give me flowers at the New Year's Day party in the afternoon. Don't forget."

Huang Shanshan didn't say anything, but Hao Liang had really forgotten the last time Huang Shanshan asked Hao Liang to watch her perform and asked Hao Liang to give her flowers after her performance.

But Hao Liang would not admit that he had forgotten something, and quickly said, "How could I forget? I will come to your school after lunch in the afternoon."

After Hao Liang heard the sound of flushing water, Huang Shanshan said, "Well, it's good that you haven't forgotten. Remember to dress handsomely."

After Huang Shanshan washed up and went back with her toiletries, Hao Liang also put the towel back in the bathroom.

Then we walked down together with Huang Shanshan. Huang Shanshan went to school, Haokan went to the foundry, took the car and went to buy the school where the foundry was opened.

After having lunch at noon, Hao Liang went to a flower shop in the city to buy flowers. Originally, Hao Liang wanted to buy them at a flower shop near the entrance of the hospital.

But when he asked about the price, he found that a bouquet cost more than 200 yuan. It was much more expensive than the flower shops in the city. Hao Liang immediately went to the flower shop in the city.

After spending more than 100 yuan to buy a bouquet of roses, Hao Liang saw a gold shop in the city. Hao Liang spent another 800 yuan to buy a necklace for Huang Shanshan. Even if Huang Shanshan bought herself clothes as a gift in return.

As for why he bought roses, it was because roses were cheap now and other flowers were expensive. Hao Liang didn't think much about it. He just put the flowers on display and couldn't eat them. It wasn't cost-effective to buy expensive ones. So he bought roses.

According to Hao Liang's understanding, it is better to buy a bouquet of fake flowers and spend more time displaying them. The flowers are really useless.

Hao Liang returned to the foundry in the urban village. After parking his car, he went to the university opposite and made a phone call to Huang Shanshan and asked her to pick him up.

Huang Shanshan looked at Hao Liang holding the roses, smiled, and said to Hao Liang, "Remember later, when my performance is almost over, you can wait under the stage. When I stand up and bow, you can take the flowers."

Come up here and don’t forget.”

"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely finish this beautifully for you. Take this, I bought it specially for you." Hao Liang said and took out the box containing the necklace.

"This is a necklace. You bought it especially for me." Huang Shanshan asked after taking the box without opening it.

"Yeah, when I went shopping for flowers, I bought one for you as a gift when I saw it. You bought me so many clothes, and I didn't know what to give you. Don't mind it. Even though it's not hanging around your neck.

If it goes well, it’s my whole heart.”

"Then when you go on stage to present me flowers, put it on for me. I'll go inside first." After Huang Shanshan returned the necklace to Hao Liang, she trotted backstage with a smile.

At one o'clock, no leader came up to talk nonsense, and the New Year's Day party began.

It can only be said that the parties held by college students are much richer than those held by high schools and junior high schools. The parties Hao Liang participated in from elementary school to vocational high school were either singing or chorus, and nothing else.

But college performances are different. Although there is singing, at least the people play and sing by themselves with guitars. There are also dances and martial arts, which are just like the parties on TV.

As the show progresses, almost any girl who performs on stage will receive a bouquet of flowers and leave the stage amidst a burst of thanks.

Boys don't have this kind of treatment. After the performance, they bow and walk away amidst applause. Don't think about flowers. But occasionally, there are taller and handsome boys who will still receive a bouquet of flowers from girls.

Hao Liang was watching enthusiastically when the announcer finally announced Huang Shanshan's name, and a piano was also carried up by a group of boys.

After Huang Shanshan bowed slightly, she sat in front of the piano and started playing.

Hao Liang didn't understand the music played by Huang Shanshan, and he didn't know when the performance would end.

After Huang Shanshan played for a short while, he walked to the stage stairs with flowers in his hands. As soon as she stood up, Hao Liang decided to rush up with the flowers and present them to Huang Shanshan.

As Huang Shanshan struck the last note, Huang Shanshan looked at the audience, stood up slowly, and gave another slight salute.

Hao Liang also trotted up when Huang Shanshan got up, but someone was faster than Hao Liang. From the other side of the stage, several boys came up, each holding a bouquet of flowers in their hands.

After Huang Shanshan took the flowers, she said thank you to them and looked around. She was also afraid that Hao Liang was thin-skinned and did not dare to come up in front of so many people.

After looking around, Huang Shanshan saw Hao Liang holding flowers and being blocked outside, seemingly waiting for the other boys to go away. Huang Shanshan couldn't help but give Hao Liang a white look.

After the other boys left, Hao Liang handed the flowers over and said, "You played really well, although I can't understand what you were playing."

Huang Shanshan put all the other flowers on the ground, then took the flowers from Hao Liang, hugged Hao Liang, and said in Hao Liang's ear, "Where's the necklace? Put it on for me."

Such an intimate gesture by Huang Shanshan was immediately greeted with a burst of cheers, which woke Hao Liang out of his daze.

After waking up, Hao Liang quickly took out the necklace and put it on Huang Shanshan's neck. The audience suddenly burst into cheers. Hao Liang suddenly realized that he had done something stupid.

Isn't this rose and necklace a standard match for a boyfriend? Hao Liang looked at Huang Shanshan with some worry, but Huang Shanshan walked away holding the flowers in one hand and holding Hao Liang in the other.

As soon as Hao Liang and Huang Shanshan left, the boys who had just laid flowers took back the bouquet that Huang Shanshan had placed on the ground and handed the bouquet to other students.

Hao Liang also understood that the flowers were arranged by the school and were just for show. They were not given by the boys themselves at all.

After Huang Shanshan's performance ended, Hao Liang watched the performance for a while and felt that his task was completed, so he sent a message to Huang Shanshan who was backstage, saying that he was leaving first.

The main reason is that Hao Liang feels uncomfortable being looked at by the boys around him, and he is afraid that after the show is over, he will be beaten up by the boys from Huang Shanshan's school.

As soon as Hao Liang walked outside the venue, Huang Shanshan called and said, "Hao Liang, wait for me outside. I'm coming out too."

Hao Liang waited for a while and saw Huang Shanshan changed her clothes and came over holding the bouquet of roses. Hao Liang waited for Huang Shanshan to come to her side and said.

"Shanshan, didn't your school arrange to send flowers? Why do you need me to come and send them?"

"I'm not happy about it. Let's go, I want to go home."

"As long as you are happy, by the way, Shanshan, I just gave you the necklace to express my gratitude. There is no other meaning." Hao Liang explained.

"I know, don't be misunderstood by the booing just now. Let's go."

After smelling the roses, Huang Shanshan smiled and walked away without waiting for Hao Liang.

Hao Liang looked at Huang Shanshan who was walking in front and quickly followed him. The two of them chatted and arrived at the foundry.

Huang Shanshan carefully placed the roses sent by Hao Liang on the passenger seat and said to Hao Liang, "I'm leaving."

"Well, please pay attention to safety on your way back. Don't drive too fast." Hao Liang warned.

"You are caring about me. Got it, I will drive slower. Goodbye."

Before Hao Liang could answer, Huang Shanshan got into the driver's seat, started the car and drove away.

Hao Liang spent a while in the foundry. Now his cousin is basically buying a junior high school. Caijuan helps to look after it during the day. Hao Liang said something to Caijuan and went back to the room.

Hao Liang walked downstairs to the Internet cafe and saw Meng Mengdi walking towards him with a duffel bag in her hand and a schoolbag on her back.