CH 2.1

Li Wei was called Li Wei because he berated people without any reason.

(Note: 李怼怼=Li Wei. 怼怼=hate hate.)

Li Wei was a vampire who hated everyone in the world.

“Cough… cough…” 

When he saw Li Wei coming, the little wolf who was eating corn comfortably, choked on it. It probably went down the wrong way. Mermaid Meimei rushed into the fish pond. I continued to flip meat on the barbecue. Li Zhi was the most fearless one among us. She pulled up her sleeves, prepared to fight with her brother. But he beat her with the first sentence…

“Li Zhi, where is your rent?”

“…”

Li Zhi drew her sleeves down and in a meek voice said. 

“The school hasn’t sent me the salary yet…”

Li Zhi was a teacher at the Vampire School. Every day from 10:00 in morning to 4:00 in the afternoon, she worked as a civil servant in the non-human world. She did not make much money, living. She had to live in her brother’s broken house and pay rent to him.

She wished her brother would waive her debts. 

“Why are you standing brother?”

“Sit.” Li Zhi pulled him to a seat. He sat down.

Li Zhi’s sly look didn’t escape his eyes. He also found Yu Meimei struggling in the fishpond with fish in her hand above water to prevent it from getting wet. 

With a cold gaze behind the gold rim glasses, he said, “Yu Meimei, the fish meat will drop in the water. Don’t throw it, give it to me.”

Yu Meimei came out and sat up.

“The landlord. It’s all good. I was a little bit short of breath so… water…”

“Where’s your rent for this month?”

Yu Meimei had a bitter expression on her face.

“It’s winter. The water’s cold. The fishes in the river got smarter. They aren’t easy to lie to anymore. There aren’t many big ones. So, the business isn’t good…”

Meimei sold fish in the vegetable market. In fact, she used the power of the mermaids to swindle the fishes in the river. Picking a few big ones, and then bringing them to the market to sell. From a certain point of view, she was the “human trafficker” or the “cannibal” in the fish world.

I think she was a terrible mermaid, but according to her, she was very ethical. After all, she never sold small fishes. She didn’t have a net. So, she fished only to earn her daily expenses. Li Wei stared at the grilled fish bones in her hand.

“Are you qualified to eat fish?”

Yu Meimei lost her fish meat into the fish pond with only its bones held in hand.

“I only lick… bones…” She pointed her to the side. “The little wolf is also eating meat!”

Li Wei turned his head and stared at the little wolf. He was curled up in the corner, bullied by the corn. 

“You? Are you qualified to eat?”

The little wolf’s face changed, he sighed. His face was exposed as the hair was blown away from his face. He coughed and gagged trying to keep the spittle in his mouth. He swallowed the corn. 

“I was eating… I-I will go back to work right away!”

The little wolf owed Li Wei about half a year’s rent. He was an amateur composer and a professional drummer who couldn’t make money. Although usually, he seemed to be meek. Even in his wild form, he was a soft one. But when he hit the drums, he became a real werewolf. He formed a band. Now, he let the band sing his songs. He continued to write and submit manuscripts. 

Li Wei snorted. “No one can pay the rent on time.” 

His tone was as if he was talking to a group of penniless people. Then…

His gaze fell on me. “Su Xiaoxin. You owe three months. A total of four thousand five.”

In fact, in this eight-story building, my apartment was a one bedroom hall kitchen. The rent of the other rooms were one thousand. But because I live on the top floor and I have a ‘terrace garden’, Li Wei forced me to pay an extra 500 yuan. Yu Meimei’s fish pond often leaked into my living room. My neighbor Li Zhi on the same floor got a ‘family discount.’ He charged her a thousand rent.

I knew Li Wei was targeting me. Li Wei hated everyone, especially me, because he was such a stubborn and dominating man. However, I broke into their world. So, he had to accept this ordinary human being living in the legendary building. So what do I say to the three monsters and my friends who thought he likes me? I really don’t believe in that farce.

Even if Li Wei was targeting me, I still have to live here. Even if my current life became less and less normal, I still have to live here. Even if I sometimes got threats from non-human creatures, I still have to live here!

Not because I like it here. Not because I like these non-humans. But because they took me out of the dull, boring and unpredictable life. Most importantly, they give me stories to tell. They… Give me a manuscript. My pay! Money… Although it wasn’t loads of money, I am very fortunate to have a werewolf steal my ration so I could bump into the other side of the world.

“My manuscript fee is coming next week.” I replied indifferently to his attitude.

Li Wei, who couldn’t even bear people’s existence, what else can you expect from him? I also found out that for Li Wei, who couldn’t get used to everyone, you shouldn’t expect to win his favor by doing anything. The only thing you could do was to talk back to him.