Ah Weng quickly interjected, "Of course it's me! I'm your cousin."
After saying that, she stared at Li Ling, rubbing her little tiger teeth, and raised her pink fist to threaten, "Isn't that right, little cousin!"
Li Ling took two steps back and surrendered: "Yes, cousin."
Old Man lowered his fist and said happily, "That's right. Cousin should help her cousin solve his problems. Don't worry, I'll make sure Uncle Tian takes good care of you tomorrow."
After Ah Weng left, Li Ling and Liang Chaowei had some free time. Li Ling didn't have anything to say, and Liang Chaowei was a quiet person. The two looked at each other a few times, not knowing what to say.
"Wai-jai! I'm home! We have guests!"
Just as Li Ling and the other person were feeling the awkward atmosphere, the other occupant of the house returned.
Liang Chaowei hurriedly stood up and introduced, "Ah Xing, you're back. This is your new roommate, Li Ling. Don't worry, he was introduced by Ah Weng."
The young man reached out to Li Ling and smiled, "Hello, my name is Zhou Xingchi, and I work on the TV program '430 Space Shuttle'."
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Author's Note on the Launch of Chapter 86!
More than forty days after its release, the book is finally ready to go on sale. Thank you to all my readers for your support, and thank you for every vote and donation. Without your support, this book would not have come this far.
Thank you to the editor for the support, and thank you for recommending this humble writer several times.
This is the author's first book. Perhaps it's because I didn't write it well, or perhaps it's because the chosen genre is too niche. The book didn't do very well from the beginning. It was only after the editor recommended it several times that the book's collection increased significantly. Although it only has a little over three thousand collections now, sigh!
However, I'm having a lot of fun writing it. I still have a lot of drafts saved up, and there are many more stories I want to write later, so this book will continue to be written, at least to a million words! I hope everyone will continue to support me.
A new book is like a newly planted sapling, needing water to grow. And that's all in the hands of the readers. A recommendation vote, a collection, a reward—that's all it takes for this sapling to grow strong!
I also very much hope that one day I can rise to prominence and let us witness glory through this book, but this cannot be accomplished by the author alone, and everyone's support is needed!
Once it's released, there will definitely be extra chapters. I'll update ten chapters first, and then see how it performs.
I currently have over 3,000 favorites. Let's do this: subscriptions will be based on a 10:1 ratio, starting with 300 (although I feel it's a bit risky). I'll add one chapter for every 100 more subscriptions, one chapter for every 10,000 donations, and one chapter for every 100 monthly tickets.
I hope everyone will subscribe. Thank you so much!
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Chapter 87: Sing-jai is unwilling to accept it, Tony moves house (First update)
Stephen Chow, Master Xing!
Li Ling was pleasantly surprised to finally meet Stephen Chow in real life. He was so young! She had never seen Stephen Chow once when she was working as a stunt double in Hengdian.
Of course, the young Stephen Chow should now be called 'Sing Jai'.
"Hello, my name is Li Ling, you can just call me A-Ling!" After shaking hands with Stephen Chow, Li Ling didn't say where he came from.
Stephen Chow laughed and said, "We're all on the same side, so I won't take advantage of you on the rent. We'll split it in half. The rent is 600 a month, so we'll each take 300. How about that? That's how Tony and I split it."
Li Ling took out the 500 yuan bill given to him by Weng Meiling, hesitated for a moment, and said to Zhou Xingchi, "Of course, but as you know, I just arrived in Hong Kong Island. Could I pay the rent in a few days?"
Stephen Chow looked embarrassed and smiled at Tony Leung, as if to say: What kind of tenant did you introduce? He's clearly rich, but he's unwilling to pay rent. He wants to eat and stay for free!
Leung Chiu-wai looked embarrassed and secretly complained that Ong Mei-ling was unreliable.
"Hey!" Li Ling reluctantly took out a large bill and said to Zhou Xingchi, "This is five hundred yuan. I'll leave it here as collateral, but you can't spend it. This bill is very important to me, and I want to keep it as a souvenir."
Stephen Chow immediately took the banknotes, took out two hundred-dollar bills from his pocket, and laughed, "Don't worry, Ah Ling, I thought you were a miser. Don't worry, I will definitely keep these five hundred dollars for you. But you should come and redeem them quickly, after all, I am not rich either, my monthly salary is only 1,500 Hong Kong dollars."
Liang Chaowei interrupted, "1500? With the extra work, the salary is almost 3000. You're still complaining about being poor. You're shameless."
Knowing he was in the wrong, Zhou Xingchi quickly changed the subject, saying to Li Ling, "Ling, are you an overseas Chinese? How did you end up like this, living with people like us?"
Li Ling pondered for a moment, then said, half-jokingly, "Well, it's a long story. To be honest, I didn't come to Hong Kong Island. I was just passing through Hong Kong Island by boat... The boat encountered a huge storm and capsized, so I swam to Hong Kong Island."
Swimming all the way to Hong Kong Island? Stephen Chow didn't believe it. Pointing at Li Ling's clothes, he said jokingly, "A shipwrecked at sea, and you still managed to swim to Hong Kong Island? Do you think you're a shark? Besides, your fancy clothes don't look like you swam here at all. By the way, do you have an ID card or passport?"
"ID card? Passport? They've all sunk to the bottom of the sea." Li Ling shrugged.
Liang Chaowei and Zhou Xingchi exchanged glances, then said to Li Ling in unison, "Ling, you're in trouble!"
Li Ling knew that not having an identity was troublesome, so she pressed for an answer: "What's wrong?"
Stephen Chow pulled out his new ID card and explained, "Last month, the Hong Kong Island Home Affairs Department just issued a new generation of ID cards, which also have anti-counterfeiting features."
If you don't have a passport, you'll be treated as an illegal immigrant, and at the very least, you'll be deported. Since you can speak Mandarin, they might even send you back to mainland China.
Seeing that Li Ling looked unwell, Leung Chiu-wai quickly comforted her, "Ah Ling, don't worry. There are at least 200,000 people without ID cards in Hong Kong Island. One more or one less won't make a difference. But you'd better not go out on the street to avoid being questioned by the police."
After saying that, Leung Chiu-wai yawned, patted his bottom and got up, saying to the two of them, "It's getting late, I'm going to sleep. I have a schedule tomorrow."
Stephen Chow waved his hand at Tony Leung and said with a straight face, "I know, you busy man, you haven't had a moment's rest since you became the lead actor."
Liang Chaowei smiled at Li Ling, opened the door on the right, and disappeared inside with a 'bang'.
Stephen Chow pulled Li Ling downstairs to the food stall across the street.
Upon seeing Stephen Chow, the restaurant owner chuckled and said, "Sing-jai, don't get drunk today!"
Stephen Chow smiled at the boss, then called the waiters and said to Li Ling, "Ling, this is your first time in Hong Kong. I, Stephen, will give you a welcome dinner."
At first, the two could clink glasses a few times, but later Stephen Chow seemed to be sulking and kept chugging down beer.
Seeing that he seemed to be there to drown his sorrows, Li Ling quickly stopped him, saying, "Ah Xing, that's not how you drink. Put your glass down!"
Stephen Chow downed his beer in one gulp, slammed the glass down, and complained to Li Ling, "Why? Why? Tell me why?"