Hong Kong variety show: Beauty and Bones

Why do we have to be brother and sister?

Chen Luojun didn't want to...

He didn't know what he really thought of Yinyin, he only knew that he didn't want to be her brother.

Before Yinyin could continue to fool Chen Luojun, Li Chunmei came out.

"Okay, done!" Li Chunmei was carrying a small bag, her long hair was slightly curly, her facial features were bright, her figure was slim, her temperament was charming, and she was wearing a tight red dress, which made her look even more charming and beautiful. She was an absolute beauty.

"Come on, I'll take you back to where I live." Li Chunmei took the lead and walked in front to lead the way.

Yin Yin and Chen Luojun followed closely behind...

After passing two busy streets and turning into a quiet alley, we finally arrived in front of a residential building with dim street lights.

There is a row of tall buildings here, stacked layer upon layer, densely packed. In the darkness of the night, it looks particularly quiet and mysterious, as if hiding countless unknown stories. From a distance, this residential building looks like a sleeping giant, giving people a sense of oppression.

"It's so high!" Yin Yin couldn't help but exclaim.

The tall building made her feel small and vulnerable.

Li Chunmei was very proud. "Let me tell you, I live in a two-bedroom apartment of 60 square meters. The girl I live with just moved out to live with her boyfriend, so there's a room available. You can move in."

"Cousin, did you buy this house?" Yin Yin was curious.

"How can I afford it?" Li Chunmei shook her head. "You just arrived, you don't know how high the housing prices are in Hong Kong! Even if I don't eat or drink, it will take another ten years for me to save enough for the down payment on this house, and another twenty years to pay off the mortgage. Only then will the house belong to me."

Yinyin and Chen Luojun were stunned. Is it so exaggerated?

"The rent is three thousand a month!" Li Chunmei led the two to the first floor, nodded to the security guard at the door, walked through the lobby, and went to the elevator. "For an apartment with an elevator, this rent is really not expensive. The Ping An Building where I live is mostly occupied by tenants. There are very few real property owners living here."

"Why?" Yin Yin was curious. "Do they have other houses?"

"That's right!" Li Chunmei nodded. "You saw it too. There's only one security guard at the gate, an old man at that. If he encountered a thief, he couldn't even catch up!"

"There's another security guard during the day, a little younger, but in his fifties!"

"Besides the safety issue, there's also the fact that the people living here are a mixed bunch. You need to be more careful and don't believe everything they say!"

After getting out of the elevator and reaching the eighth floor, Li Chunmei took out her key and led the two of them to the door of Room 804. "We're here. This is my home."

When you open the door, what comes into view is a small living room.

"Come and sit down." Li Chunmei hung her bag on the coat rack and greeted Chen Luojun.

Clothes were scattered all over the sofa. Yinyin noticed a piece of underwear and quickly covered it with a shirt.

Brother Luo Jun gets shy very easily!

"It's a little messy. My working hours are reversed," Li Chunmei said, picking up the clothes nonchalantly. "Sometimes I go out shopping during the day and then come back to sleep, so I oversleep."

Then there is no time to pack up, I just have to change clothes and rush to work.

After saying that, Li Chunmei carried the clothes into her bedroom and threw them on the bed.

Yinyin and Chen Luojun sat on the sofa and looked around the small house.

There was a sofa, coffee table, TV, water dispenser, and everything else. There was an open door behind the dining table. Yinyin saw a pot inside and knew it was the kitchen.

The room next to the kitchen should be the toilet...

The two bedrooms are next to each other, on the other side of the sofa.

Li Chunmei came out of the bedroom, went to the water dispenser, poured two glasses of water and placed them in front of the two of them.

The glass was clean and clear. Yinyin had been thirsty for a long time, so she picked it up and took a sip.

When Chen Luojun saw her drink it, he picked it up and drank it too.

Li Chunmei sat down on a separate sofa and said to Yinyin, "My little cousin, I'm a straightforward person, so I'll just say it straight."

Yinyin nodded and put down the glass. "Cousin, you go."

"It's not easy to find a legitimate job in Hong Kong Island!"

Li Chunmei raised her hand to stop Yinyin from speaking and continued, "To work in Hong Kong Island, you need an ID card because the police check it from time to time."

“Anyone without an ID card will be taken to the police station!”

"If you want to walk down the street openly, you must have an ID card. Aside from Kowloon Walled City, no place on Hong Kong Island will take in people of unknown origin!"

"But, I advise you not to go to Kowloon Walled City. The people there are very fierce and xenophobic. It's very difficult to get along there!"

"So, cousin, how can I get an ID card?"

"For non-locals, if they want to get a Hong Kong ID card, they can only: one, be born on Hong Kong Island, or two, buy it..."

"Besides that, it's getting married!"

"Marry?" Yin Yin was puzzled. "Is it what I thought? Getting married?"

"Yes, a man can marry a woman from Hong Kong Island, and a girl can marry a man from Hong Kong Island. Then register your identity information with the person who owns the property in Hong Kong Island, and you can get an ID card." Li Chunmei explained in detail.

Yinyin didn't notice that when Chen Luojun heard Li Chunmei say "People born in Hong Kong Island can get an ID card", his eyes flickered.

"I don't want to get married!" Yinyin shook her head. She ran away from home because she didn't want to get married, and she didn't want to think about it at all for the time being.

"You think it's that easy?" Li Chunmei couldn't help rolling her eyes. "Those people in Hong Kong look down on us illegal immigrants from the mainland."

"If I want to buy an ID card, how much does it cost?"

"Mine was bought. I borrowed money from the boss at that time and it took me a whole year to pay it off." Li Chunmei sighed, tears welling up in her eyes as she spoke of it.

"It costs 20,000 yuan!"

Yinyin took a deep breath. This could buy four of her!

"So expensive?" Yin Yin was frustrated. When could she go out openly?

Do I have to be a mouse and hide here and there?

"I do!" Seeing that Yinyin had no intention of wanting her help, Li Chunmei felt satisfied that she was not a shameless ungrateful person.

Yin Yin was surprised. "Really, cousin, do you want to lend it to me?"

"Yeah," Li Chunmei said with a smile, "but, dear sister, let's be clear about the account. I lent you 20,000 yuan, and I want to get 25,000 yuan back!"

"Okay," Yinyin agreed after gritting her teeth. Only with an ID card could she find a job and earn money to support herself.

"Also, I bought my ID card ten years ago. It cost 20,000 yuan at that time. I don't know how much it has increased in price now!" Li Chunmei suddenly thought of this and couldn't help but feel annoyed.

"Well, cousin, please help me ask. I will buy it no matter how high the price is." Yinyin felt like her heart was bleeding when she said this.

You don't have a penny on you, yet you dare to owe tens of thousands of dollars in debt and cry like that!

"Okay!" Li Chunmei agreed. She had to buy it anyway, no matter how high the price was. Although she usually spent a lot of money, she had saved some money over the years.

It should be more than enough to help my little cousin buy an ID card, not to mention that my little cousin is willing to pay her back some extra money.

No loss, no loss!

Yinyin’s ID card problem is about to be solved, but Chen Luojun’s is not yet.

But asking my cousin to help with the process seemed a bit shameless.

Well, be thick-skinned then!

When Yinyin was about to ask her cousin how much savings she had and whether it was enough to buy two ID cards.

Chen Luojun held her back...