chapter 24

Su Ran had tried to remove the paint on the door in the morning, but she hadn’t succeeded and could only leave it like this.

Who knows, maybe those people would come again before she repaid the loan and paint on her door again. So, it would be a waste of effort to clean it up until she paid back the debt.

“Oh,” Su Han quietly said. A flash of disgust appeared in his eyes when he looked at the doorway. At the same time, there was also a trace of disappointment.

This woman had always been like this.

For the very first time, Su Han couldn’t resist asking, “How much money do you owe?”

“Er, not much.” A couple tens of thousand-ish.

“I’ll return that money soon. You’re just a kid. You don’t have to worry about so much,” Su Ran said. She took a key out of her bag and unlocked the door. “Come on, let’s go in.”

Before leaving home, Su Han had lived in this narrow and dark apartment for a long time. There had been heaps of shoes, clothes, and makeup everywhere. The apartment was a terrible mess. And so, he didn’t have good expectations when returning home.

If his brain hadn’t short-circuited earlier, Su Han wouldn’t have thought coming back here would be any better than living on the streets.

However, when Su Ran opened the door, Su Han didn’t see the messy apartment in his memories.

The apartment layout was still familiar, but the appearance was completely different.

In the past, the apartment was cluttered with Su Ran’s numerous belongings. But now, he couldn’t see any of her stuff laying around, which revealed the full view of the few furniture in the living room.

Had their home been robbed? This was Su Han’s first response.

However, the large piles of takeout boxes, used tissues, and remains of makeup were also gone.

The newspapers that had been taped to the windows to block the light had been ripped off, which allowed the sunlight to enter the apartment. The windows had been wiped, and the floor had been swept. The table was spotlessly clean.

And so, Su Han’s second response was that this home had become clean.

It wasn’t just clean. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say it felt spacious.

In the past, there weren’t even many daily necessities in the apartment other than the clothing and makeup. After Su Ran had tossed away those items without a second thought, this place didn’t even look occupied.

And yet, this barren room that was empty of personal effects gave Su Han a feeling of warmth that he had never felt before.

“Where’s your stuff?”

“Threw them away.”

“…” Why was she even more wasteful than before? Su Han furrowed his brow.

Not noticing the cold shoulder from Su Han, Su Ran walked into the kitchen and asked, “You probably didn’t eat anything in the police station this afternoon, right? What do you want to eat? Noodles or rice?”

“Rice,” Su Han instinctively replied.

“Let’s eat noodles instead.”

“Then why did you ask me?” Su Han was a bit angry. He hadn’t even wanted to eat her food.

“Just used to making conversation, so I asked. But, there’s no rice.” Besides, she didn’t even know how to cook rice.

“Whatever.”

A while later, Su Ran came out of the kitchen. “Doesn’t look like there’s noodles either.”

She was used to her assistants stocking her kitchen for her. For a moment, she had forgotten that the original owner hadn’t used the kitchen in several years.

“…”

“You should order delivery.” He could make do with eating her leftovers. That’s how it had been in the past.

“Let’s go out to eat a big meal.”

“Do you have money?”

He wouldn’t forget that at the police station this afternoon, after they had come to an agreement of $200 in compensation, this woman still haggled for a long time until she got it lowered to $167.50.

“Let’s get delivery then.” The original owner only had $900 left in her wallet. There really wasn’t much left after she paid the credit card bill, the rent, and the utilities.

“Never mind, let’s go order something. I’ll treat you.” Su Han stood up and glanced at Su Ran scornfully.”

He still had $120 left from working at the hot pot restaurant. He would just treat it as paying her back part of the $167.50.