The cold air and low pressure in the living room were still lingering, but thankfully, the two culprits seemed to have no intention of continuing their fight.
Kevin sighed as he picked up the teapot that had been frozen into a block of ice (and had also cracked). He then looked at the ruined coffee table and felt that life was mostly like this: ten out of ten times, things in life don't go as planned, and the remaining one or two times are even worse...
But anyway, Weilili and Lily seemed to have finally believed each other's stories. Okay, maybe not completely, but at least they agreed not to continue fighting for now. As long as the other didn't show their "true colors," they would temporarily consider each other neutral parties.
This was the result of an entire hour of persuasive talking, an hour of presenting facts and reasoning, and making a strong moral appeal. Kevin mustered up all the dignity he had as the landlord here (if any) and barely managed to get the two girls to patiently listen to each other's explanations and prove their words in their own way: Lily proved she hadn't coerced the landlord by summoning "Gun" to testify and showing Weilili her hands, indicating that there was no blood aura on them, so she hadn't cursed Kevin. Weilili, seeing Lily as somewhat dim-witted, decided to believe her. To prove she could resist the urge to suck blood, Weilili asked Kevin to rummage through the fridge and find a box of duck blood tofu...
To be honest, Kevin thought Weilili's proof was even less reliable than nothing, but amazingly, Lily actually believed her... Can you believe this dimwit actually believed her?
After everything had calmed down for the time being, Kevin had the chance to ask Weilili what she had come over for this morning. It was obvious that she had been surprised when she first saw him in the morning, so she didn't seem to be coming specifically to look for someone.
Weilili nodded and fished out a colorful piece of paper from a small bag she was carrying. "I came here based on this address. I'm looking for a place to stay."
Lily, who was bowing her head in repentance beside the broken coffee table, immediately switched to her werewolf form, and her pointed animal ears perked up: she had a strong feeling of foreboding!
Kevin was also taken aback. After taking the paper, he realized it had been cut out of a newspaper and was none other than his rental advertisement from a couple of days ago! How come he hadn't had any tenants for half a year, and now business was suddenly coming his way?
But why weren't the people coming to rent the house normal!
Er... the address is correct," Kevin said with a strange expression, wondering what had gone wrong with his life. He looked up and down at Weilili, "Are you here to rent a room?"
"Yeah," Weilili nodded vigorously.
Kevin asked bluntly, "Why here of all places...?"
What he meant was why such an unusual event would happen to him, but Weilili obviously misunderstood. The vampire girl blinked, "Because it's cheap here. I don't have any money, and after searching for a while, I can only afford to stay here. I really don't want to live in ruins or cemeteries in the wilderness like before."
Kevin's mouth was slightly agape and didn't close for a while. He was astonished by the vampire girl's frankness and lifestyle: wasn't it said that vampires were elegant nobles of the darkness? How did this one end up like this?
"It's indeed quite cheap here. If you don't mind the remoteness, you can stay here," Kevin nodded after a few seconds of stare blankly, a trace of helpless laughter crossing his lips. Anyway, with so many problems already, one more wouldn't make a difference. With a werewolf already here, his life would probably never be normal again in the foreseeable future. One more vampire wouldn't hurt; it could even add some color to his life. "But I have to say in advance, you can't cause any trouble... Of course, I won't tell anyone about you and Lily's business either. I'm afraid you'll kill me to silence me."
Saying "kill me to silence me," Kevin wasn't really worried: these two girls obviously weren't like the legends. Regardless of whether they were outliers in their respective clans, they seemed quite safe here.
However, just as Kevin and Weilili were almost done negotiating, Lily suddenly stood up and slammed her hand on the table, "Wait! This winged rat is also going to live here? Under the same roof with me?" Look at how oblivious she is.
With a crash, the coffee table, which had already been cracked, finally broke beyond repair.
"Do you think I want to live with a beast?!" Weilili was also furious, but she still remembered the truce agreement she had promised before and didn't release any cold air outside. "If I wasn't almost broke, who would come here?!"
Kevin suddenly felt that perhaps rejecting Weilili was the right thing to do: having a werewolf and a vampire living under the same roof was clearly asking for trouble! Their tempers didn't seem like they could really abide by the truce agreement! And he didn't really need the rent money...
But he had already nodded earlier, so it seemed inappropriate to suddenly change his mind at this point. So he could only try to appease Lily, who looked unhappy, "It's okay, I don't think Weilili is a bad person. I've already promised her... Let her stay here first... Wait, no! I'm the landlord here, this is my house! Why am I discussing this with you?!"
At the last moment, Kevin finally remembered: this was his own territory. When did these two non-human girls start acting like the homeowners?
He could only attribute it to the fact that the two powerful individuals had an incredibly strong presence. Moreover, after a series of chaotic events, his not-too-outstanding mind had become somewhat confused.
Lily also chuckled embarrassedly. This werewolf girl, who was nothing like the legends and was unusually easygoing, nodded with her head tucked down, "You make the decision, but I still don't like this winged one."
"That's more like it," Kevin nodded while crossing his arms, planning how to make these two seemingly abnormal new tenants get along in the future... Getting along peacefully was out of the question. The best he could do was try to prevent them from tearing the house apart. In fact, he was already的恐惧of this chaotic life. If he could, he really wanted to send the two deities in the room away right now. But there were two problems: Firstly, the two female superheroes were not easy to offend. Although they seemed easygoing, if he dared to kick them out without a convincing reason, it might cause problems. Kevin didn't dare to take that risk; Secondly, Kevin felt that he couldn't defeat either of the two female superheroes. In case his words failed at that time, he would be completely at a loss and find himself in a dilemma.
To sum up, the two reasons above could be summarized into one: Damn it, how could a human negotiate with two monster girls?
However, no matter how conflicted he was, he still wanted to do his best, using his meager strength, to slightly uphold his "normal" life that was about to come to an end. Just as he was lost in thought, a nearly earth-shattering scream suddenly came from beside him.
"Ah! My wallet!"
Weilili almost jumped up from the sofa. The vampire girl usually managed to maintain a hint of elegance, but now that elegance was gone: her wallet was missing.
It must have been last night... I was knocked unconscious by that jerk last night, and I don't know where my wallet ended up!" Weilili searched through her clothes and her small bag for a while before looking at Lily with despair and anger on her face, "You stupid dog! That was my last bit of living expenses! Pay me back!"
Lily's face showed a hint of embarrassment, but she turned away, "If you're incompetent, don't blame others. It's just as well you have no money to rent a room, then I don't have to look at your stupid face."
However, after a moment, she turned back, "Why don't you go check by the door and the nearby streets? Maybe you left it on the way."
It turned out that this dumb werewolf actually had an unexpectedly kind heart.
"I flew far away yesterday to find a bright moonlight place to restore my strength," Weilili said with a mournful face, "How was I supposed to know where I dropped it... Oh, my last living expenses, the living expenses I saved for so long... I've lost money four times this month, and this was the last bit!"
Kevin's eyebrows flickered: How did this vampire end up in such a miserable state?! Where are the noble creatures of the night they talked about?
But soon he realized another great thing: It seemed he didn't have to worry about facing a werewolf vs. vampire war in the future. Now he had a sufficient reason to let Weilili leave.
Keeping the peace is the way to go, damn it!