The Eternal Club 5: Fellow Tenant
Lu Li applied an 8 times multiplier to one hour and slept for this one hour.
So even though only one hour had passed in the outside world, Lu Li had gotten a full eight hours of sleep.
The morning sun after a night of rain shone through the window and onto his bed, making him open his eyes.
He had never felt better before in his life. The exhaustion that came with insufficient sleep from staying up all night everyday was now, nowhere to be found.
Others often grumbled about how they never had enough time to do the things they wanted, but for Lu Li, that wasn’t going to be a problem for him anymore.
Immediately after he got changed, he heard some noise coming from outside his room.
He opened his door and walked out.
The first person he saw was his fellow tenant, Yang Zhen’er. She was 28 years old, a year older than himself, and worked as a property agent.
She was putting her shoes on at the door when Lu Li emerged from his room. As she bent over slightly while wearing her formal jacket and skirt, her tight pencil skirt displayed her curves beautifully.
Her legs were long and slim, and were covered by her thin black stockings. The one foot she had raised was so small and delicate, that he felt as though it could fit in his palm.
This was a woman who was ripe for the picking.
Just one glance at her made Lu Li’s throat feel parched as he felt a fire burn within his heart and an arousal in his pants.
Before today, Lu Li would never have allowed his thoughts to run wild because he knew that pretty women were a rarity that ordinary people like him could never have.
But now…
The desire and ambition buried deep within Lu Li were released!
“Lu Li, you’re up! Oh, was I too noisy that I woke you up?” said Yang Zhen’er with a sweet smile as she looked up at Lu Li.
Lu Li’s heart skipped a beat, then started pounding wildly.
Her long and silky black hair cascaded past her shoulders, and her eyes seemed to speak volumes. Her small oval face was covered with a thin layer of makeup, just the right amount of eyeshadow and her luscious red lips were slightly parted.
“N-no, you didn’t,” Lu Li quickly responded.
“Oh, that’s good to hear! Oh no! I’m running late! Lu Li, I’m off, see you later!”
She glanced at her watch before hurriedly putting her other high heel shoe on, and ran out of the door while bidding Lu Li goodbye.
Lu Li looked at the shut front door for a while and licked his lips. He looked like he was ready to swallow her whole.
Both of them had rented this place together ever since they had started working.
He knew what sort of person Yang Zhen’er was, very well.
Yang Zhen’er was a woman who loved money. Her ultimate goal was to marry into a wealthy family. Her future husband had to have a house within the city center, a car and at least $10 million in the bank.
But at the same time, she was someone who had boundaries. Or rather, she was an intelligent woman.
She knew very well that her looks, and her body were her greatest assets.
That was why she kept herself pure, even though she had to sell properties to make a living, even though many had offered her to be a friend with benefits and even though she had a long line of suitors hoping to woo her.
Lu Li’s expression slowly calmed back down again, but his lips curled into a faint smile.
He pulled his phone out and sat down on the couch in the living room.
The first thing he did was to give his team leader in the office a call.
“Mr. Li, I’ve got some urgent matters to handle, so I need to take a few days off,” said Lu Li into the phone.
“Yeah, three days is enough!” said Lu Li with a smile after his team leader responded.
He was on very good terms with the team leader, and he wasn’t the type who took leave on a whim either, so his leave application was approved almost immediately.
One might wonder why he didn’t just quit his job.
Lu Li felt that there was no hurry to do so.
When he didn’t have a superpower, his mind was constantly filled with thoughts of leaving that horrible place, and yet he had no choice but to grit his teeth and hang in there.
But now that he had a superpower and had control over his own fate, he was no longer in a hurry to get out of his current situation. His attitude towards life had changed completely.
Lu Li propped his feet up on the coffee table and lay down on the couch, quietly enjoying this rare morning of idleness.
Before today, Lu Li would have dashed out of the house by this time, bought a hot bun from the shop just outside the apartment they were renting and would’ve chomped it down in three mouthfuls.
After that, he would start running so that he could reach the subway on time.
The morning peak hour traffic on the trains in Shanghai was a nightmare.
You had to be fast, accurate and vicious, otherwise you’d never get into the train you needed to get to work on time. And even if you did manage to squeeze yourself into the train, you would be squashed against the door and would be completely unable to move.
This was a scenario that workers with no assets to their name had to go through every single day. That was how Lu Li had lived ever since he started work.
“This feels great!”
After some time, Lu Li stretched lazily and exhaled deeply.
He stood up, returned to his room, then took a few copies of the Time Purchasing Contract and the Time Selling Contract out from his drawer and placed them into one file folder.
After that, he strolled out of the house leisurely with just this one folder in hand.
After leaving the house, Lu Li’s first stop was the nearest branch of the bank he had an account with.
The branch had just opened its doors for the day, so he didn’t need to spend too much time lining up.
“I would like to withdraw $300,000, please,” said Lu Li calmly as he sat down at the teller’s desk and handed his bank card to the assistant.
That was almost all of his savings over the past four years.
The assistant scanned his card and he entered his PIN.
A few minutes later, the assistant brought a large stack of bills to the counter, ran them through the counting machine twice, and then passed everything to Lu Li.
Lu Li put the money into a black bag and walked out of the bank.
His aim today was to purchase one year of someone else’s life.
After all, he couldn’t keep spending his own time, right?