Courtyard House: Why is my time-travel experience so shabby?

It’s three o’clock in the morning, when the night is at its darkest.

St. Georgetown, 69th District.

"what?"

When Du Weiguo returned to the rented apartment, he raised his eyebrows in surprise, with a hint of amusement on his face.

The floor lamp in the living room was still on, emitting an orange light.

Under the warm and ambiguous glow, Guan Qiuyue folded her arms around herself and curled up on the sofa like a kitten. She fell asleep and seemed to be having a bad dream with her brows tightly furrowed.

This scene is very much like an insecure wife waiting for her husband who does not return home late at night.

Du Weiguo felt it was a bit absurd and at the same time a little surprised. He thought that this woman had taken the opportunity to run away long ago.

After all, her previous act of stealing chips from the casino had been exposed, and she even reported the specific amount herself.

Du Weiguo also made it very clear that he would never help her take the blame.

Under such circumstances, running away quickly and away from the city of Saint George was her best and only choice.

Otherwise, Kunpeng Casino is not a pushover. Once they receive the news, they will never let her go. She will almost certainly die.

Yesterday morning, when Du Weiguo ordered her to go out and buy meat buns, this woman had already planned to run away.

Of course, this was also tacitly approved by Du Weiguo. At that time, under his "watch", Guan Qiuyue ran out of the street corner and got into a taxi.

But later, she came back in disgrace, the specific reason is unknown.

It could be because time was too tight and we were not prepared enough, or it could be because it was broad daylight and there were too many people around to get out.

But last night, before Du Weiguo left, he deliberately left a few Franklins, as a payment for his service, and also as his sponsorship of Guan Qiuyue's boat ticket.

To his surprise, the woman didn't run away.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Guan Qiuyue woke up suddenly, and like a frightened bird, she turned over and sat up.

She held a small knife in her hand, which was shining with cold light. When she saw that the person coming was Du Weiguo, she breathed a sigh of relief.

He quickly put down the knife, tidied up his messy hair, and said in a soft voice:

"That Shanhe~uh~Zhao, Brother Zhao, you're back."

Du Weiguo didn't say anything, but sat down on a chair beside the dining table, slowly lit a cigarette, and then looked at her with a smile.

Guan Qiuyue stood up somewhat awkwardly, and asked cautiously and tentatively:

"You've been busy all night. Are you hungry? How about I cook you a bowl of noodles?"

"Haha~" Du Weiguo laughed and asked curiously: "I thought you were a smart person, why don't you leave?"

"Let's go?" Guan Qiuyue instinctively pretended to be dumb. "Where to?"

"Where else can I go? I can just run away."

It was late at night, and Du Weiguo felt a little tired. He was too lazy to continue acting with her, so he directly brought up the topic:

"You stole thousands of chips from the casino. Even if they didn't do anything dirty, according to the laws here, you'll probably die in the kiln. What are you waiting for if you don't run away?"

Guan Qiuyue immediately put on her innocent attitude, tears welled up in her eyes, and she begged with tearful eyes:

"Brother Zhao, I know you are a very capable person. Even Master Liu is polite to you, but you can't~~"

As she spoke, she bent her knees and pretended to kneel down.

"Stop it, don't try that on me!" Du Weiguo's low shout instantly froze her movements.

"I used to live in a compound with three widows. I was tired of seeing all these lousy scenes, one crying, two making a scene, and three hanging themselves."

Du Weiguo was not talking nonsense. Guan Qiuyue's familiar little combo once again brought back his long-forgotten memories.

At that time, when they first arrived at the courtyard, the two sisters of the Qin family, together with Jia Zhang, made three widows in one family, and every day was like a big drama, with chaos and confusion.

Guan Qiuyue stood up slowly, lowered her head, twisted the hem of her skirt vigorously, and said hesitantly:

"Brother Zhao, I, I'm not acting, I really have nowhere else to go. If you don't help me, I'll be dead."

"Oh, why should I pull you?" Du Weiguo sneered:

"Guan Qiuyue, you've slept for a while, don't tell me, you want me to take the blame for you? What are you thinking? I'm not that arrogant."

Guan Qiuyue was a good chatterbox. She ignored Du Weiguo's clear refusal, changed the subject, and sobbed to defend herself:

“In my hometown, I lived in a cowshed for five months and almost couldn’t make it several times.

Later, after finally getting on board, I fell ill again. Since I had no money or medicine, I had no choice but to endure it. By the time I reached St. George's, I was on my last breath.

Du Weiguo did not interrupt her, but smoked and listened quietly to her chattering about her story.

At this moment, Guan Qiuyue seemed to be lost in some memories, with a clear look of nostalgia on her face:

"I was lucky and finally survived. Later, I was lucky enough to work as a waiter in a casino. I had enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear every day.

The work was also glamorous and beautiful. That period was the most fulfilling and happiest time in my life. Every day felt like I was living in a dream.”

His expression changed, and the topic changed:

"I was afraid of poverty before, and I had never seen so much money before, so I was immediately bewitched. By the time I realized it, the big mistake had already been made, and it was too late to do anything."

At this point, she wiped her tears and quickly glanced at Du Weiguo's face before continuing to cry:

"Brother Zhao, please help me. Just give me a way out and help me get through this. I will work like a slave and serve you wholeheartedly in the future."

"That being said, the story is okay. It has a background, an appeal, a transformation of the mind, and the logic is self-consistent."

Du Weiguo commented teasingly, and then changed the subject:

"However, Guan Qiuyue, if I want to settle the matter behind your back, it will cost at least $30,000, and that's not even a favor.

Do you know what this number means? Even if I don’t eat or drink, I can still earn two years’ worth of money. I can marry ten of the most beautiful young girls on the street.”

Now, the average monthly income per capita in St. George's is about 200 yuan, which is equivalent to 50 US dollars or 400 Hong Kong dollars, which has surpassed Hong Kong Island.

In St. Georgetown, the price of a two-bedroom apartment within 1.2 square meters in an ordinary area is about $3000, or $.

What does it mean? A young person, regardless of gender, can buy a home of their own after working for 6 to 7 years as long as they work a little harder.

The housing prices in St. George's are calculated by the Statistics Bureau and the Housing Bureau based on per capita income. Any capital speculation is prohibited.

This is a red line. Anyone crossing it will die. It was set by Du Weiguo himself.

There is a large influx of immigrants almost every day in St. George's, most of whom are single men and women. As long as they have a house and a job, they can easily get married.

So, Du Weiguo was not talking nonsense. With 3 US dollars, he could buy ten houses, which was enough for him to marry ten new wives.

Guan Qiuyue still didn't give up: "Yes, but~"

"But what?"

Du Weiguo curled his lips in disdain, directly cutting off all her fantasies. "You don't think that sleeping with me twice will make me take the blame for you? Are you inlaid with gold and silver? Or do you think I'm a big fool?

Stop dreaming! We are all just playing around. If I don’t sell you to the casino, I’ll be considered as being decent. "

Upon hearing this, Guan Qiuyue felt as if something was drained out of her body, and she became visibly weak.

"Hu~" She let out a long breath, then wiped her eyes and sat down softly on the sofa again.

Seeing her like this, Du Weiguo raised his eyebrows:

"Now that we've come to this, why don't you leave? Maybe someone from the casino will show up at dawn."

"Come if you want." Guan Qiuyue's voice was faint and seemed a little hollow.

"Are you throwing away the broken jar?"

"Hehe~ Without money, you can't leave even if you want to." Guan Qiuyue replied with a bitter smile.

"No money? I gave you more than a thousand dollars, isn't that enough for you to run away?"

Du Weiguo frowned with some disgust. Sure enough, all green tea watches have a common attribute: greed.

"Hehehe~" Guan Qiuyue smiled with an ambiguous meaning.

She took out a cigarette lighter from the edge of her stockings under her skirt, pulled out a cigarette, lit it, then tilted her head back and exhaled the smoke toward the ceiling.

“This money is barely enough for me to leave St. Georgetown, but I can’t go too far. I can only wander around America.

But then what? I went to a completely unfamiliar place, with no money, an illegal immigrant, and no ability to speak the language. "

At this point, she suddenly raised her head, stared at Du Weiguo, called him by his name, and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Zhao Shanhe, do you know what my final outcome will be?"

Without waiting for Du Weiguo to say anything, she asked herself:

"I will definitely get a dirty disease and then die in some dark brothel in a remote corner. Instead of that, I might as well stay here. At least I can die cleanly and rest in peace."

"Yeah, that makes sense." After extinguishing his cigarette, Du Weiguo nodded, indicating that he agreed with her.

"Okay, I respect your choice. Now I'm going to catch up on my sleep. You go back and wait to die."

"Fuck you!"

Guan Qiuyue's expression froze in an instant, and she cursed in her heart. The atmosphere that she had created with great difficulty was instantly broken.

"I have chips worth $5470. Can I give them to you for $4000?"

Seeing that Du Weiguo was unmoved, Guan Qiuyue simply stopped pretending and sat up straight. Her depressed expression disappeared and she put on a shrewd and capable look, ready for a deal negotiation.

"Ha~"

Du Weiguo smiled but said nothing.

He lit another cigarette and watched Guan Qiuyue's performance with great interest. It must be said that this woman's face was quite changeable, at least it was fresh enough.

She looked directly into Du Weiguo's eyes and said in a deep and seductive voice:

"These chips are worth at least $6500 if you take them to the black market. You can make $2500 by reselling them. I know you're not short of money, but you won't be dissatisfied with the amount of money, right?"

Exhaling the smoke, Du Weiguo smacked his lips and said jokingly, "Since it's so profitable, why don't you go and change it yourself?"

Guan Qiuyue said helplessly:

"I don't have any connections, and I don't dare go to the black market. Even if I find a way, I don't think I can get away alive with the money with my small body."

"Is Tian Baohua not okay too?"

"Hey~" she sneered:

"Tian Baohua? That old bastard is not a good person. He specializes in robbing other thieves. If I dare to take out my chips, I guess he will turn against me and kill me on the spot."

Du Weiguo was really a little surprised: "My goodness, is he so fierce? I didn't see it at all?"

Guan Qiuyue suddenly rolled her eyes at him resentfully and said unhappily:

"You were so fierce, like an animal. You drank a few bottles of corn wine with additives, but nothing happened. Later, they found out that you were a second-class bodyguard. Of course, that old bastard didn't dare to show his teeth to you."

Upon hearing this, Du Weiguo instantly understood.

The corn wine that I drank in the private restaurant not only contained aphrodisiac ingredients, but also had a hypnotic effect.

Tian Baohua's shop was a genuine black shop. Not only did it do the business of honey traps, it also occasionally played the role of Sun Erniang and brutally killed people and robbed them.

It's just that his physique was too strong, which scared Tian Baohua. He was afraid to take action and even introduced him to Liu Ye to curry favor with him.

"So that's what happened? I was wondering why I was so confused after drinking just a few pounds of alcohol?"

Du Weiguo's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he asked sternly:

"So, you wanted to kill me when we first met. You are so vicious!"

Guan Qiuyue was startled instantly. She felt a fatal threat, and her hair stood on end. She waved her hands hurriedly and explained:

"No, no, absolutely not. I swear to God, I took you to Tian Baohua just to test your background."

Afraid that Du Weiguo would not believe her, she continued to confess:

"I'm telling the truth. This is our first meeting and we don't even know each other. How dare I harm you? I just want to find a long-term meal ticket, or a way to exchange for bargaining chips."

"Okay, get out of here. Don't let me see you again!" Du Weiguo waved his hands impatiently.

Guan Qiuyue fell to her knees with a thud, no longer having the calm composure she had during the negotiations, like a scoundrel with a broken spine.

"3000! All the chips are for you, Brother Shanhe, Brother Zhao, please, save me!"

Guan Qiuyue fell to her knees with a thud, no longer having the calm composure she had during the negotiations, like a scoundrel with a broken spine.

The reason why she is so humble is that she doesn't have much time left.

It is very likely that people from the casino will come to her door tomorrow. Then before dawn, it will be her last time to save herself, and Du Weiguo in front of her is her only life-saving straw.

"If you don't have money, get out of here right now." Du Weiguo stood up and coldly ordered him to leave. His patience was almost exhausted.

"No, don't chase me away, please!" Guan Qiuyue was completely panicked and hugged Du Weiguo's thighs.

"How about this, you accompany me to the black market, and we'll split the money we get in half. No, I only want 3000, and the rest will be yours!"

"not interested."

Du Weiguo shook his legs in disgust, but he didn't expect Guan Qiuyue to hold him tightly, moving up and down with his thighs, and he couldn't get rid of him.

"Damn it, did I ever give you face?" Du Weiguo was a little angry and was about to exert force.

Guan Qiuyue's eyes were red at this time, and she screamed desperately:

"2000! I only want 2000, no, 1500 will do. I'll pay you 5000 dollars for one night!" (End of this chapter)