She signed a rental contract and paid the rent in cash for half a year.

The employee wrote her a receipt and gave her the apartment key. "If you have any problems, call me first. You can also call me if you need to repair the house. Don't look for a maintenance worker outside. Those people always make a mess of everything."

Hayley nodded.

Rui Fan ran back and forth a few times to bring the suitcases up.

Then he helped her make the bed.

After making the bed, Hayley suddenly said in annoyance, "I forgot to bring a pillow!"

Juven was stunned, then he laughed and hugged her to the bed.

She didn't have to worry about pillows and bed sheets when she stayed in the hotel. She couldn't take the bed sheets and pillows with her when she moved out of Isaac's house. When she was packing, she remembered that she didn't have any bed sheets. She went to buy two new bed sheets, but she forgot to buy a pillow.

In the end, she was used to being taken care of, so she didn't think too much.

"I'll take you to buy a new pillow later." Juven said with a smile, "See what else you haven't bought. You have to get used to making a shopping list."

Hayley sighed. "Mom also said that I have to get used to taking care of myself and planning my living expenses.

I've never planned anything for money. "

"How much money do you have?"

"I don't know. I have to see." She turned over and got out of bed. She took out a few checks from her bag.

"Give me a piece of paper, a pen, or a notebook."

She took the notebook and pen and put the checks on the bed sheet. "This is the money my mom gave me."

"20,000, 30,000, 15,000.

This is 65,000.

How much is the tuition? "

"First, deposit 30,000 yuan into the school's student account. Tuition fees, accommodation fees, meals, registration fees, course selection fees, textbook fees, and medical insurance fees will all be deducted from the personal account."

"Then I'll deduct this 30,000 check first.

Now you have 35,000. You'll be in school for nine months a year, so you can live on 4,000 yuan a month. "Juven exclaimed." It's much more than my living expenses! "

Speaking of this, Hayley also felt a little strange. "Honey, I didn't ask about your income. You have to bear the living expenses of the whole family. Isn't your salary enough?"

Juven felt a little uncomfortable. "Do you know how much I get paid for a movie?"

"One million?

Do you have any? "

He smiled. "Sometimes, but most of the time, a few hundred thousand is a lot.

The agent takes a 10% commission, plus taxes and other expenses. I get half, sometimes not even half.

However, it was still alright. No matter what, his income was still higher than his parents'.

You don't have to worry about my finances. Look at you, you're starting to worry about me when I exaggerate a little. "

Ruffling her hair, he said, "Baby, live your own life. Don't worry about me.

I'm a man. "

"Huh?

Are you a man?

I thought you were still a boy. "

"What did you say?

Don't you know whether I'm a man or not? "He put his hand under her collar.

She twisted and turned. "Go away!

We still have to go to the supermarket to buy some things.

Ahhh! "

The notepad and pen were all thrown under the bed, and the check was also thrown on the floor.

They rolled around on the bed.

Then, the trousers, the skirt, and the T-shirt were all thrown on the floor one by one.

They didn't go down to eat until almost eight o 'clock, so they didn't go to the supermarket.

"I'll go buy pillows early tomorrow morning." After eating, they came out and bought two ice cream cones from a roadside dessert shop, one for each of them.

Hayley smiled and nodded.

"Let me try your vanilla one." Juven grabbed her hand and licked the ice cream cone in her hand.

Then, he passed his ice cream cone to her. "You should try mine too."

Still smiling, she stuck out her pink tongue and licked it.

"Now, let me taste yours."

He muttered in a low voice, hugged her waist with his other hand, and kissed her gently, tasting her small, soft petal-like lips.

*

When they returned to the apartment, a young man came out of the apartment opposite.

When he looked up and saw the two of them, he seemed a little surprised and quickly walked over. "Are you the new neighbor?

I'm Derek Bernheim, a fourth-year student in the sociology department.

And you? "He shook hands with Hayley first, then with Juven.

"How do you know it's me and not him?" Hayley was curious.

Derek smiled and said curtly, "He's not.

Where are you from? "

"Los Angeles.

Hayley Antrick, physics department. "

"Juven Phoenix, Hayley's boyfriend."

Hayley didn't think much of it, but Derek laughed inwardly. What a territorial boy.

"Go buy a new lock and install it. Also, if anyone invites you to any sorority freshman party or stupid pajama party, don't go." Derek waved goodbye to them and walked to the elevator.

The two of them entered the apartment and put the food in the paper bag into the fridge.

Milk, bread, fruit, jam, chocolate sauce, peanut butter.

"I think you'll need to buy a lot of things." Juven looked at the fridge and then at the cupboard.

"You only need to buy a portion for two people."

"Do you know how to write a shopping list?"

Hayley shook her head.

"I'll teach you."

He took a notebook and wrote down the things to prepare in the kitchen. "Eat at the school cafeteria at noon and come back for dinner at night, or eat at school and then come back. That way, you don't have to wash the dishes.

I've checked. They don't have a dishwasher.

If you eat at home on weekends, you have to wash the dishes.

Have you washed dishes before? "

"It's not like I don't know anything."

Juven was skeptical. "You have to make sure you wash them clean."

"It shouldn't be too difficult."

"Also, prepare some food in the fridge. If you're hungry at night, you won't have to drink water." Soon, he filled up a piece of paper.

Hayley was surprised. "You need to buy so many things just for the kitchen!"

"Life is very trivial." This was also a new experience for him.

First

Being born meant responsibility in a family with many children. However, helping his parents with the housework was one thing, and now … it was another thing.

It actually felt a little strange. It was as if he was building his own small family.

This feeling … wasn't too bad. In fact, it actually made him feel a little excited and eager to give it a try.

Moreover, Hayley would think that he was very capable and knew everything!

There wasn't much to add to the bathroom. Hayley brought her usual toiletries, including towels of various sizes.

Then, she went back to the bedroom, opened her suitcase, and put some clothes in the drawer. She couldn't hang clothes in the closet for the time being, so she wrote down clothes hangers on the shopping list.

She counted the cash on her. She still had nearly 1,000 dollars, which should be enough for tomorrow's shopping.

After she was done, she went to take a shower.

Juven let Hayley go in first. After a while, he came in naked.

Hayley shouted, "Who let you in!" She patted him twice.

"You're taking too long!" He said with a serious face.

In the end, it turned out that if two people took a shower together, it would be slower.

*

The next morning, she woke up at 8 o 'clock and drove to the nearby supermarket to buy some things.

On the way back, she bought two pairs of down pillows from a specialty store.

Then, she went to the bank, opened an account, and deposited the check.

When she returned to the apartment, the first thing she did was to install a new lock.

After installing the lock, she told Hayley what to pay attention to when she lived alone. When she got home, she had to lock both doors and hang a chain.

Whoever wanted to come in had to show their ID first.

"I'm really worried about you living alone. You didn't tell me that you were going to live outside the school. Now that I think about it, you should live in the student apartment on campus. It's much safer that way." Juven sighed. "There are a lot of bad people out there!

You must protect yourself.

I came back from Venice to see you. "

Hayley nodded obediently.

"Look, you're so cute!

Yesterday, Derek clearly came over because he saw you. What did he mean by that?

Can't I be a new student? "She was very indignant and felt that she was being looked down upon.

"Baby, I know what he meant. Men like beautiful girls, without exception."

"Aren't you the same?"

"I'm different. You love me, and I love you.

You have to remember that you have me.

Don't give those guys a chance! "

"I won't.

You know that I like beautiful boys like you. There might not be a better looking boy in Berkeley. "

"Hmm?

Really?

Is it because of my face? "He lowered his head and kissed her.

"What's wrong with it?"

"It's pretty good.

I'm quite confident about my looks. "He kissed her again and again.

*

At noon, they had lunch outside and walked all the way back to the apartment.

"I have to go back in the afternoon. My flight is tomorrow."

Juven was very reluctant to leave. "When you were in Los Angeles, I thought that I would be able to see you in an hour's drive, so I wouldn't be too nervous. Now, you're just going to school in another city, and I feel … like I'm far away from you.

Baby, at that time … I didn't even ask you why you broke up with me.

I didn't make you angry, and I didn't quarrel with you. "

"I forgot." Hayley was also very puzzled. Why did she break up with him at that time?

It was probably a girl's little temper tantrum for no reason.

But she didn't have to tell him.

Fortunately, Juven didn't really want to know why.

"But this seems to be pretty good.

Now that I know that I really love you, and you love me, I'll be very happy.

What about you?

Do you feel happy too? "

"I'm very happy too." They stood by the car door and kissed for a long time.