My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 556 - 0556: Renting Together!

Chapter 556: Chapter 0556: Renting Together!

"Tang Ming, what are your plans from here on out?"

After some pleasantries, Xia Wei’er suddenly broke the silence with a question.

"What plans can there be? Big Brother Tang Ming, of course, has to come back and live with us. When Uncle Liu returns, our villa can be lively again."

Li Xiaoli exclaimed full of anticipation.

Liu Mengting was also smiling, eagerly hoping to return to how things used to be.

"I’m afraid that won’t be possible," Tang Ming shook his head and said apologetically:

"My cultivation hasn’t recovered, and since I’ve already terminated the bodyguard agreement with the Liu Family, it’s not convenient for me to continue living here."

Upon hearing this, Liu Mengting’s face stiffened, and she remembered that Tang Ming was now a free man, probably not likely to stay on.

"What does that matter? You can just sign another contract with Meng Meng, can’t you?"

Li Xiaoli said nonchalantly.

"Me? A washed-up man, acting as a bodyguard? No way, I’m not interested,"

he immediately shook his head, joking. After finally regaining his freedom, escaping the pit dug by Liu Gaoze, he surely wasn’t going to jump back in.

Besides, what if the third party to the betrothal agreement was found soon, and he was tied down by another contract? Then how could he possibly get out of that marriage?

"Haha, he is now the true owner of Tangming Group. His daily income is several billion. Naturally, he won’t stay and work as my bodyguard,"

Liu Mengting’s demeanor cooled down after seeing Tang Ming’s attitude.

While this topic was being discussed, Xia Wei’er sat quietly on the sofa, looking undisturbed, because she didn’t really want Tang Ming to continue staying by Liu Mengting’s side.

"Miss, don’t be so sarcastic," Tang Ming rolled his eyes and asserted seriously:

"I became your bodyguard because Uncle Liu tricked me into it; otherwise, I would never have acted as your bodyguard. Who do you think I, Tang Ming, am?"

"I don’t fancy that either,"

Liu Mengting snorted coldly. After the initial joy of their reunion, she began to feel irked by Tang Ming again.

"You don’t have to be a bodyguard to live here!" Li Xiaoli’s eyes twinkled as she said cheerfully:

"Big Brother Tang Ming, you probably don’t have your own house right now. We could live together. Instead of Meng Ting paying you a monthly salary, you could pay her monthly rent."

"Joking. Am I someone who can’t afford a house?"

Tang Ming straightened his collar, confidently adding, "Believe it or not, I could buy a villa in a matter of minutes, without needing to share rent with anyone!"

"It’s more fun when we all live together!" Li Xiaoli gave Tang Ming a dismissive glance and stated decisively:

"That settles it then. From today onwards, Big Brother Tang Ming is a new tenant of this villa, no longer a bodyguard."

"Hey, hey, I haven’t agreed yet. Don’t make decisions for me."

Tang Ming protested dissatisfied.

"Hee hee, does the word of Big Brother Tang Ming carry weight or not?" Li Xiaoli giggled mischievously.

"No good!" Seeing Li Xiaoli’s grin, Xia Wei’er and Liu Mengting suddenly felt alarmed. Li Xiaoli had that same expression when she had tricked Yao Buji before. Could it be that Tang Ming was about to be duped?

"Words from me, Tang Ming, are as good as a nail on the wall, of course they count."

Tang Ming responded without hesitation.

"That’s great. You once promised each of us a favor, and my request is for you to continue living here, co-renting with us. Your two bodyguards can keep protecting our safety. It doesn’t matter that you have no cultivation!"

Li Xiaoli shouted with a triumphant look on her face.

"Damn it!"

When Tang Ming heard this, he was baffled once again. Li Xiaoli had been setting a trap from the very beginning. The girl must have guessed that he wanted to strike out on his own, so she had intentionally coerced him into making that promise earlier.

Liu Mengting and Xia Wei’er suddenly realized what was going on. They had been wondering why Li Xiaoli insisted that the three of them dress up and then asked Tang Ming that weird question. It turned out she had been planning to trap someone all along.

Xia Wei’er felt extremely regretful. If she had known it would turn out like this, she wouldn’t have gone along with the nonsense. Now, Tang Ming had lost his chance at freedom, which was truly a pity.

"Xiaoli, you should not carry the surname Li." Tang Ming glared at Li Xiaoli and said through gritted teeth,

"Your surname should be ’Trap.’ You’re even more of a trickster than Uncle Liu!"

"Of course, didn’t you know Yao Buji almost died because of the trap I set for him?" Li Xiaoli held her head high, proudly recounting how she had outwitted Yao Buji.

Hearing this, Tang Ming couldn’t help but burst into laughter. He hadn’t expected that the Three-star Martial Master, Shi Tou, and the Four-star Martial Master Yao Buji could be utterly defeated by Li Xiaoli. As for Yao Buji, he got it even worse, losing both his money and his dignity. It was a complete disaster.

The atmosphere that followed was very harmonious. Tang Ming and the three women shared their experiences from the past days, all laughing heartily at the stories of what had happened to them.

As night fell, Liu Mengting instructed Uncle Quan to prepare a sumptuous dinner to welcome Tang Ming back and cleanse him from the dust of travel. The three women also took to the kitchen to help out. However, apart from Xia Wei’er, who was a decent kitchen hand, Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli were purely there to make a mess.

During the meal, Li Xiaoli enthusiastically helped Tang Ming with his food.

"Brother Tang Ming, you’ve been suffering outside these past days. You need to eat more."

"Yeah, we haven’t enjoyed a single meal in peace these days. Now that you’re back, the dining table can finally be lively again," Liu Mengting said with a smile while gracefully eating.

"Then I won’t be polite."

Swallowing his saliva, Tang Ming looked at all the delicious food, his appetite soaring.

"Don’t make it hard for him." Just when Tang Ming was about to start eating, Xia Wei’er said with sympathy,

"His cultivation is gone now, and he doesn’t have the same appetite as before. If he eats all this food, he will surely be overstuffed."

"Ah!"

Tang Ming was taken aback, suddenly remembering that his appetite was indeed a major flaw. He quickly laughed and said,

"I can still eat a little of everything without getting too full."

"Oh my, I forgot that Brother Tang Ming is no longer the big eater he used to be."

Li Xiaoli smacked her head suddenly, snatched Tang Ming’s plate filled with food, and dumped it into the trash can.

"Don’t throw it away!"

Tang Ming shouted, his face full of distress.

"Don’t worry, now that you cannot eat as much as before, the remaining food should be enough for you," Li Xiaoli said with a smile as she handed back the plate to Tang Ming. "We won’t help you with your food anymore. Just pick whatever you like to eat."

"Right, it’s evening now, you should eat less, otherwise it won’t digest well. From now on, you can follow me and Xiaoli’s lead and eat nutritional meals instead," Liu Mengting nodded and considered Tang Ming’s health issue.

"Nutritional meals?"

Tang Ming’s mouth twitched as he glanced at the few leaves of vegetable and fruit on Liu Mengting’s plate, thinking this was a surefire way to starve him to death.