Chapter 127: The Landlord of the Love Apartment (Please Subscribe, Please Vote)

Xiao Xie did not go up to compete; those in the arena now were merely second-tier students from the Inner Court. The top-ranking students were absent, so even if Xiao Xie took the stage, he would not earn many admiration points. He decided to wait for the official Inner Court competition, when the top contenders would gather, making the challenge far more satisfying and allowing him to earn admiration points more easily.

The three spent the day wandering the Inner Court and returned to their residence in high spirits that evening. Once in his room, Xiao Xie focused his mind and entered the Worship Space, retrieving a travel ticket to the world of "Love Apartment." He tore the ticket in half; it transformed into a ball of white light, enveloped him, and carried him away.

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“So this is my identity?” Xiao Xie closed his eyes and sensed it, understanding his new role. He had to admit, a travel ticket was superior to a challenge card. This time, his identity was the landlord of Love Apartment, with over a hundred million in savings.

“Arno, hack into this world’s network for me. I need to know its situation.” Xiao Xie summoned Arno. This time, he could stay in Love Apartment for a year, giving him ample time to earn admiration points.

“Yes!” Arno connected wirelessly to the world’s network. Ten minutes later, he reported, “Master, data storage complete. Artificial intelligence detected. Fifteen unidentified signal sources found!”

“What do you mean? How could this world have artificial intelligence? Confirm their identities,” Xiao Xie exclaimed, startled.

“Artificial intelligence, identity confirmation in progress... Identification complete. Skynet! Unidentified signal sources, confirming... Confirmation failed! Retrying... Confirmation failed! Being counter-hacked, danger, danger... Disconnecting from the network!” Arno was forced to withdraw.

“How is this possible? Isn’t this Love Apartment’s world? How could Skynet appear? And with Arno’s current level, he should surpass Earth technology by centuries. Who could possibly counter-hack Arno and force him to disconnect?” Xiao Xie’s expression turned grim; this was far beyond his expectations.

“Xiao Xiao, what’s going on?” He summoned Xiao Xiao, for when things went beyond his anticipation, he could only rely on her.

“What’s wrong?” Xiao Xiao floated out, stopping before him.

Xiao Xie explained everything. After listening, Xiao Xiao laughed, “Master, did you really think this world was just an ordinary urban one?”

“Isn’t it? Love Apartment should be similar to Earth, just a contemporary city!” Xiao Xie replied, puzzled. Love Apartment was a situational comedy; supernatural forces shouldn’t exist.

Xiao Xiao wagged her finger, saying, “Master, you’re too naive. Do you remember in one episode, Lü Zi Qiao took Guan Gu and You You to a club called Two-Thirty; Lü Zi Qiao never managed to enter, and he met aliens there. In another episode, Hu Yi Fei fought a robot called T-600 to raise money for a student’s surgery—and won! That robot was made by Skynet.”

“But...” Xiao Xie’s face changed. He had indeed overlooked this; in the show, these plotlines were merely for laughs, but in the world of Love Apartment, the stories behind them were anything but simple.

“This makes things interesting.” Xiao Xie chuckled lightly. At first, he’d suspected there was an error with the travel ticket. If that were true, it would be a serious problem. Now he realized it was his own oversight, which made matters much easier.

“Arno, hack into the bank and discreetly siphon off more funds.” Xiao Xie ordered; in an urban world, money was indispensable.

“Understood, Master.” Arno needed only ten minutes to add fifty billion US dollars to Xiao Xie’s overseas account. Despite the presence of aliens in this world, as long as Arno didn’t provoke them, they would not notice him.

“Arno, upload videos of the horse dance, ghost step, Little Apple, and King Summons Me To Patrol to the internet. Also, using my name, publish ten bestsellers this world hasn’t seen—like ‘Celestial’, ‘Battle Through the Heavens’, ‘Covering the Sky’, and ‘Coiling Dragon’—on the biggest literary website, Starting Point,” Xiao Xie commanded.

In the world of “Love O2O,” Xiao Xie hadn’t released such works; one month wasn’t enough time to earn many admiration points. But in Love Apartment, with a whole year, these bestsellers would surely help him earn plenty.

“Yes!” Arno completed these tasks in a minute. With his experience in Love O2O’s world, Arno now operated with ease.

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In the blink of an eye, a month had passed since Xiao Xie arrived in Love Apartment’s world. After a month of fermentation, he had already earned the title “Xiao God” online. All his dance and video uploads were free, since making money didn’t matter to him—collecting admiration points was the goal.

His harvest was impressive; in just one month, his admiration points had increased by more than five hundred thousand. Compared to the seventy thousand he earned in a year in “Swordsman,” this was almost effortless.

“So this is Love Apartment!” Xiao Xie said, smiling as he drove his Bumblebee sports car and gazed at the building before him. He had spent the past month busy earning admiration points, living in a villa far from Love Apartment, and hadn’t visited yet.

Each time the rent was due, the tenants collectively transferred it to his bank card, so he hadn’t met the main characters. Now that he was in this world, it would be a waste not to meet Hu Yi Fei and the others.

“Knock, knock, knock...”

With a creak, the door opened, and a sweet, lovely woman appeared before Xiao Xie. Her smile revealed dimples, and her large eyes made her even more adorable.

“Who are you looking for?” Chen Meijia asked sweetly, eyeing the handsome stranger in sunglasses at her door and thinking, “He’s so handsome!”

“May I come in and sit?” Xiao Xie smiled.

“Of course, please come in!” As soon as Chen Meijia saw his smile, her mind went blank, and she foolishly let the stranger inside.

Entering the room, Xiao Xie saw two men sitting on the sofa. Though it was their first meeting, he immediately recognized them: the playboy Lü Zi Qiao and the Japanese manga artist Guan Gu Shen Qi.

“Who are you?” Lü Zi Qiao stared at Xiao Xie, dressed in white casual clothes and sunglasses, and asked, a little stunned. He sensed something unusual in Xiao Xie’s aura.

“You have a vacant room here, right? I’ll be living here,” Xiao Xie said, unapologetically sitting down on the sofa.

“So you’re renting?” Lü Zi Qiao replied, somewhat displeased. He had been intimidated by Xiao Xie’s aura, but now felt tricked.

“No,” Xiao Xie shook his hand, “My name is Xiao Xie. I’m the landlord of Love Apartment. Living alone in a villa of over a thousand square meters is too boring, so I’ve come to experience cohabitation.”

“...” Lü Zi Qiao was speechless; he thought this guy bragged even better than himself.

“So you’re the landlord! I’m Guan Gu Shen Qi. Please take care of me in the future!” Guan Gu Shen Qi bowed politely, not doubting Xiao Xie’s words at all.

“Hello,” Xiao Xie replied. He wasn’t surprised by Guan Gu Shen Qi’s behavior—his personality was trusting, or he wouldn’t have been persuaded by Lü Zi Qiao to move into Love Apartment.