My days as a landlord in Gotham

(one)

Although Li Lei stated that he was forced to bind to this "Dimensional Homestay System"

and become a landlord, but why are you so excited about your first tenant at this moment?

Just when Li Lei was about to ask Ted for some information, Ted was motionless at this moment, just like a teddy bear doll bought by ordinary boys.

Li Lei hastily called out the system. Fortunately, the system did not disappear because of Ted's departure. Otherwise, Li Lei would have to worry about whether he would be wiped out.

Just when Li Lei was puzzled by Ted's departure, there was a knock on the door on the second floor.

Since the first floor of Li Lei's apartment is an office, Li Lei's second floor has a separate staircase connected to the underground garage. At the same time, Li Lei's office on the first floor also has a secret door connected to this passage.

Because of the security situation in Gotham City, the original Li Lei naturally reinforced these doors and installed many legal or illegal security measures.

But now was not the time for Li Lei to be dazed. When there was a second knock on the door, Li Lei opened the door.

Standing outside the door was an Asian woman in a red high-slit dress; neat short hair with parted bangs covering one eye.

Although Asian girls do not have an advantage in height and three-dimensional facial features, it is clear that this girl is not.

She not only has the body and facial features of a Westerner, but also has the silky skin and ageless appearance of an Asian.

It can be said that she is simply the darling kissed by God, and the only unexpected thing is that she actually stepped on a pair of military knee-high boots.

The girl seemed to be used to being looked at by others, so she was not surprised by Li Lei's surprise, she smiled and said, "You are Mr. Landlord, right?

It's hard for me to have a week's vacation. Isn't the landlord inviting me in now? "

"what?

Excuse me, please come in! "

Li Lei quickly let the girl into the room.

At this time, on the system interface in front of Li Lei, [Tenant Information]

The button had become active, so Li Lei clicked the button.

But on the new interface, except for the name of the tenant, all other information is blocked.

But just this name alone has already scared Li Lei into a cold sweat, because this girl in red is Ada Wang, the character in "Resident Evil" who is actually more popular than the original heroine.

Anyone who has played the "Resident Evil" series of games will be impressed by the Chinese-American character Ada Wang. She has explosive combat power and often saves players from fire and water at critical moments; at the same time, she is very mysterious, both good and evil, It seems that he knows a lot of background information but keeps silent.

Li Lei never expected that the first tenant in his homestay would be this God of Killing who was killing all directions in the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​corpses.

"Landlord, don't you have anything to eat?

I have been hungry for a long time. "

At this moment, Ada Wang didn't have the slightest sense of being the big boss of the game. She was lazily lying on the sofa in Li Lei's living room, her boots had been thrown aside, and a pair of jade feet were resting on the sofa.

Fortunately, Li Lei bought a lot of ingredients when he was doing the third stage of the novice task. Although Costco only had ingredients for Western food, Li Lei, who has been single for many years, still watched Gordon Ramsay's teaching The video learned some simple western food.

Although not as good as a chef, it is not bad for the average person.

Li Lei remembered that he bought a lot of beef. After all, the price of beef here in the United States is relatively affordable, so he planned to fry a steak, then serve it with a Caesar salad, and the final main meal was toasted bread with butter.

After conceiving the menu, Li Lei got busy in the open kitchen.

While waiting for the pot to heat up, he opened his mouth and asked, "Actually, you can call me Li Lei, or 'Leo'."——Would you like something to drink?

coffee?

Or tea? "

"I think it's better to have a glass of wine."

Ada replied, "Li Lei?

It turns out that the landlord is also of Chinese descent now? "

"Yeah, so this is called fate."

Li Lei opened the wine cabinet, found a bottle of aperitif, and poured Ada a glass.

After Ada took the glass, she drank it down in one gulp, "Huh, it's been a long time since I drank so happily."

Ada handed the empty wine glass to Li Lei, and Li Lei had to pour another glass.

"Mr. Li seems to know something about me?

I haven't been asked my name yet. "

"It's not surprising."

Li Lei shrugged and said, "I knew your name was Ada Wang when you made an appointment at my hotel.

Not only that, I also know that you are from Raccoon City, and you have a lot of grievances and entanglements with Umbrella Corporation. "

"Well, it seems that Mr. Li really understands me."

Ada Wang's eyes narrowed.

Immediately, Li Lei felt a murderous aura enveloped him, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

At this moment, Li Lei felt that he was cheap, so why would he flirt with Ada Wang?

Ada Wang is the God of Killing in "Resident Evil", but which character can survive in the "Resident Evil" series without blood on his hands?

However, Ada's killing intent was also fleeting. Li Lei guessed that the system warned her. After all, the system's first landlord privilege is "landlords and tenants cannot harm each other."

It's just that Li Lei didn't delve into it, and continued to cook calmly.

Li Lei quickly brought out a fairly sumptuous meal, and then poured Ada a glass of white wine to accompany the meal.

And Ada didn't care about Li Lei's affairs anymore, but sat down and quickly eliminated these delicacies.

"Mr. Li, don't you plan to eat some?

Watching me eat like this makes me feel a little embarrassed. "

Li Lei looked at the turbulent cloud on the dining table, laughed a few times in his heart, but said calmly: "Miss Wang, don't you see what time it is?"

As he spoke, Li Lei pointed to the wall clock on the wall. It was already 2 o'clock in the middle of the night.

"I almost thought that I was still in Tokyo. It's been a long time since I can sleep like this."

Ada said lightly, "Can I take a hot bath?

By the way, do you have clothes suitable for me here?

I came in a hurry and didn't bring any luggage. "

"There is a washroom in your guest room, and there is a jacuzzi in the bathroom, and I have prepared essential oils and scented candles. I think you can take a good bath tonight and relax."

Li Lei inexplicably sympathized with this woman from the bottom of his heart.

For humans living in the zombie apocalypse, the biggest goal is to be able to see the sun of tomorrow alive. As for the warm daily life of ordinary people in the past, it is already a luxury.

"I have a bathrobe here, but I don't have your clothes.

If you don't mind, you can tell me your size.

When I go to work tomorrow morning, I'll order the nearby tailors to send you some suits that suit you. "

"Then trouble my dear landlady."

Ada Wang showed a rare girlish smile, then told Li Lei the size of her clothes, and then ran into her guest room barefoot.

"You don't need to wake me up tomorrow morning, I want to sleep well."

"no problem."

After watching Ada Wang close the door, Li Lei used his landlord privileges to tidy up the room.

Sure enough, it's better to have the landlord's privileges. When I was doing the novice task, doing hygiene made my back ache.

After packing up, Li Lei checked the doors and windows, and then adjusted the security equipment to "high alert".

Location.

After finishing all this, Li Lei returned to his room.

He took a quick shower, changed into his pajamas, and lay down on the bed.

At this time, Ted was still on his bed like an ordinary teddy bear, without the slight expression of a few hours ago.

Li Lei thought that this Ted would not be just an NPC responsible for guiding newbies, right?

Its mission is simply to do a good job of training newcomers and then retire before the first tenant arrives.

Li Lei was still quite melancholy at this moment, after all, this cheap teddy bear was his only friend in this dimension.

Maybe because too many things happened today, Li Lei fell into a deep sleep not long after lying on the bed.

By the time he was woken up by the electronic alarm clock next to the bed, it was already seven o'clock in the morning.

According to his body's habit and memory, Li Lei went to the bathroom, and then jogged on the treadmill in the bedroom.

While running, he turned on the TV, locked the channel on CNBC, and started to pay attention to the morning financial news programs in the United States.

After running for more than half an hour, Li Lei went into the bathroom again, took a shower, and then threw the changed pajamas and the dirty clothes that hadn't been washed yesterday into the washing machine.

Because he had to go to work today, Li Lei still matched himself with a formal suit based on his memory.

The three-piece dark suit represents one's professionalism and integrity; the red tie represents one's enthusiasm and a little unruly behavior.

When I changed my clothes and came to the downstairs office, I saw a Caucasian woman who was about 60 years old putting a cup of hot coffee and a sandwich on Li Lei's desk, and Li Lei's desk had already been placed Today's "New York Times", "Washington Post", "Los Angeles Times", "Wall Street Journal" and "Financial Times" from the UK Li Lei's memory tells himself that this old white woman is his secretary, Mrs. Landingham .

"Good morning!

Mrs. Landingham, thank you very much for my breakfast! "

Li Lei said hello as usual, then he suddenly thought of something, and added, "Mrs. Landingham, can you help me order another breakfast for Starbucks?

Slow-roasted ham, cheese, chabat and Americano are just fine, just ask them to deliver it before ten o'clock. "

"No problem, sir."

Mrs. Landingham replied, "I'll go out if there's nothing else to do."

Seeing Li Lei nodding his head, Mrs. Landingham left Li Lei's office and closed the door behind him.

Mrs. Landingham's desk is in front of Li Lei's office. After all, as Li Lei's secretary and assistant, she is relatively close to Li Lei.

Next to Mrs. Landingham's desk was another door, which opened into the staff area.

The tea room, changing room, toilet and a simple shower room are all here.

The other door in the staff area is the open office area of ​​two employees of Li Lei, a Zeno financial consulting company. They are an African-American girl Serena Robinson and a Hispanic middle-aged man Francisco Garcia. .

The reason why Li Lei hires employees with such a special background is that on the one hand, his financial consulting company is small in scale and serves a limited number of people, so people with education and ability are not favored; on the other hand, Li Lei is To avoid tax.

Yes, there are tax breaks under federal law for companies that hire older people and minorities.

As an accountant, Li Lei naturally wouldn't even avoid tax avoidance for his own company.

Robinson and Garcia primarily serve individual or family clients, while Li Lei primarily serves corporate clients.

Of course, Li Lei's corporate customers are basically inextricably linked with the gangsters.

It's not that Li Lei is willing to do this, it's just that this is the reality of Gotham City.

A sage who emerges from the mud and remains untainted cannot live here. Only with the light and the dust can he see the sun rise as usual every day.