He is Too Stingy, This Sand Sculpture Cannon Fodder

Shu You ran to open the door like a gust of wind, holding a broom upside down in her hand.

The delivery guy at the door was momentarily stunned, “Hello, may I ask if you’re Mr. Shu You?”

“It’s me, it’s me,” Shu You replied.

Looking behind him, Shu You was both surprised and delighted, “You guys delivered it so fast?”

“We are a same-city express delivery service, and we must deliver on the same day,” said the delivery guy, proudly puffing his chest out. “We are Northwest Wind Express Delivery, and we always accomplish our mission!”

Upon hearing this, Shu You was overjoyed. “Leave me your phone number. Next time I sell second-hand items, I’ll look for you guys.”

The two scanned each other’s codes, and Shu You signed her name on the delivery note, struggling to push the large box inside.

The huge package sat in the living room, making its presence felt.

Ling Mingxu couldn’t help but look over and furrow his brows, “What is this?”

“Ahem.”

Shu You proudly puffed out his chest and shook his messy hair, “This is the Simmons double bed mattress that I won on today’s program!”

He emphasized, “It’s the genuine product.”

The original price was 37,980 yuan, but the manufacturer sponsored the show, and it’s said to be very comfortable to sleep on.

However, Ling Mingxu frowned.

His thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell ringing, and they dissipated into thin air.

“You…” Ling Mingxu was about to speak, but Shu You happily opened the outer packaging, revealing a white mattress inside. He touched it with both hands and said while drooling, “I have to pay more than 7,000 yuan for personal income tax. I don’t have that much money…”

7,000 yuan.

Ling Mingxu’s body stiffened, and he asked in a deep voice, “Did you borrow money from me just for this?”

“Yeah.” Shu You was almost sticking to the mattress. “The tax on the prize is calculated at 20%. Wu Youzhe…oh, my agent helped me with the formalities, and I didn’t expect it to be so much.”

After all, he had average luck before and had never won a prize before, at most a bottle.

Ling Mingxu: “…”

He held back some words, and the words sank into his heart and stirred up some ripples before slowly dissipating.

Ling Mingxu tapped on his phone a few times, and then Shu You received a notification that someone had transferred money to him.

Shu You checked it and found that Ling Mingxu had given him 10,000 yuan!

10,000 yuan!

Shu You became excited in an instant. “Lin Mingxu, you gave me too much!”

Lin Mingxu gave him a deep look. “You can keep the extra.”

“That won’t do!”

Shu You said seriously, “I need to calculate the interest. If I borrow an extra three thousand yuan, won’t I have to pay you more?”

He quickly transferred the three thousand yuan back.

“No need for interest,” Lin Mingxu said calmly, holding onto his phone tightly. “I have something to do, you should go to sleep first.”

With that, he took his laptop and went into the guest room.

His back seemed to be fleeing.

Shu You was stunned.

He couldn’t figure out what was wrong with Lin Mingxu. But now that he had the money, Shu You quickly transferred seven thousand yuan to Wu Youzhe. He also put the mattress on the master bed and tried lying down. Then he remembered something and found paper and pen to write an IOU.

This was the first IOU that Shu You had ever written in his life.

He had to look up how to write it.

“I, Shu You… Ah, this mattress is really worth tens of thousands, so comfortable… I’m borrowing ten thousand yuan from Lin Mingxu… Hmm, it’s really comfortable lying down, so soft… Ah…”

He fell asleep.

He slept until the next day. When Shu You woke up naturally with a yawn, Lin Mingxu had already left.

He lay in bed and stretched, feeling something uncomfortable underneath him. He reached into the covers and pulled out a bunch of crumpled papers.

Still uncomfortable.

He pulled out a pen.

Still a little uncomfortable.

Then he found his own phone.

Shu You: “…No wonder I dreamt that I was riding the wind and breaking the waves, it was especially dizzying.”

He also stacked the old blankets on the bottom and put the new mattress on top, layer by layer, making the bed even higher than before, like a princess and the pea.

But speaking of which, he spread the bedding on the master bedroom and left an empty bed in the guest room. How did Lin Mingxu sleep last night?

With this question in mind, Shu You searched the small room thoroughly but didn’t find any signs of Lin Mingxu’s sleep.

The laptop was missing from the guest room, probably taken by Lin Mingxu when he went out. The kitchen was empty, nothing had been touched, and nothing was missing.

Shu You boldly came to a conclusion: Lin Mingxu was fasting.

He was about to become immortal!

For the time being, Shu You didn’t bother him, went to the bathroom to wash up, and came out with wet hair when his phone rang. It was Wu Youzhe calling him.

“Shu You? When are you free? Let’s go out for a meal and talk about your future development.”

This was indeed an important matter.

Ever since Shu You came through, his little savings had disappeared, and they would probably end up going to his parents. Seeing that there was little chance of going back, he had to plan for his future.

Leaving aside his lack of money, he was anxious about Lin Mingxu- oh, right, he still hadn’t finished writing the IOU!

While looking for paper and pen again, Shu You replied to Wu Youzhe.

“Going out to eat is too expensive, and I’m tight on cash right now… How about this? You buy the ingredients, and I’ll cook at home?”

Wu Youzhe: …I haven’t heard of someone buying groceries and going to someone’s home to cook.

But Shu You was his only hope now. After thinking about it, Wu Youzhe nodded. However, he suddenly thought of something and blurted out, “Is your partner at home?”

“He’s at home.”

Shu You replied matter-of-factly, “Where else can he go?”

Even if he didn’t eat or sleep, Lin Mingxu had to come back home at night-there was nowhere else for him to go.

Shu You was quite confident and said, “I am his harbor of love. Where can his little boat go if it doesn’t return to the harbor every day?”

Wu Youzhe thought a little more.

His tone was complicated as he said, “Then I’ll come over tonight.”

He happened to go and see who Shu You’s partner was. If it didn’t work out… he had to plan ahead, or figure out a way, and not let Shu You stay in the fire pit.

The two agreed on a time, and Shu You sent his address to Wu Youzhe. He remembered something and asked his own broker, “Can you write an IOU?”

Wu Youzhe:???

He was taken aback and asked, “Who do you owe money to?”

“My partner.”

Shu You said frankly, “I borrowed seven thousand yuan from him to pay the tax for the mattress and I want to write an IOU.”

Wu Youzhe felt the weight on his shoulders increase. He was surprised and asked, “You lend him money and still need a written IOU? He also slept on your mattress, didn’t he?”

“That’s different,” said Shu You seriously. “This way, the ownership of the mattress is clear, and it belongs entirely to me.”

Wu Youzhe didn’t understand, but he was greatly impressed.

… Maybe this is how young people date nowadays.

Shu You hung up the phone and messaged Lin Mingxu.

“Are you there, old man? I have my agent over at my place. Do you mind?”

Lin Mingxu replied at six o’clock.

“…”

Shu You figured out the hidden meaning behind those six dots, and thought that Lin Mingxu didn’t mind.

While waiting for the two of them to arrive, Shu You cleaned the entire two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment. After finishing, he went downstairs to throw away the trash and suddenly noticed a banner hanging across the street advertising a furniture store having a big sale.

There was a beautiful desk displayed at the front, with a classical design, the type that belongs in a study, and it was made of pure solid wood.

The furniture store had closed down and was now selling everything at a discounted price. However, this particular desk was a sample, and despite its original price of 8999 yuan, it was still being sold for 3000 yuan.

Shu You had an idea and quickly went in to ask the boss, “What’s the lowest price for the desk at the entrance?”

“Three thousand at the lowest.”

The boss’s eyes flashed with shrewdness as he looked him up and down. “Young man, this is good wood that can last a lifetime. It’s already at the lowest price, and I won’t even be able to recoup my costs if I go any lower.”

Shu You decisively made an offer, “One thousand five hundred, and I’ll take it now.”

The boss was stunned for a moment. “Two thousand nine, and I’ll deliver it to your doorstep.”

“One thousand five hundred!”

“Two thousand eight!”

“One thousand five hundred!”

“Two thousand seven!”

“One thousand five hundred!”

“Two thousand six!”

Shu You thought for a moment and said, “Alright, two thousand six it is.”

The boss struggled stubbornly, “I’ll give you home delivery if you give me another hundred.”

Shu You hesitated for a second, “Do you see that community across the street? If you help me take it into the elevator, I’ll give you ten more.”

The boss sighed, “You win.”

The two of them huffed and puffed as they carried the desk into the elevator, and Shu You used all his strength to push it into the apartment. Once inside, he considered carefully and placed the desk in the guest bedroom, pushing the bed into the corner.

This way, the guest bedroom became a study.

It was about time. The doorbell rang, and Shu You opened the door to find Wu Youzhe there.

The agent held a few dishes in his hand, and Shu You quickly took them, politely saying, “Since you’re here, why not bring more?”

Wu Youzhe: “…”

Shu You asked him to sit anywhere in the room, but Wu Youzhe wasn’t in the mood to sit down. He used the excuse of going to the bathroom and quickly took a look around the two-bedroom apartment.

…The house wasn’t very big.

It was only sixty or seventy square meters, smaller than the servant’s quarters where Aunt Lin used to live, and relatively ordinary for an average family. Wu Youzhe had a rough idea in his mind, and took advantage of the fact that Lin Mingxu hadn’t come back yet to probe, “Shu You, how do you think about your future development?”

“I don’t have any ideas.”

Shu You was straightforward, “I just want to earn more money.” He wanted to get his small treasure trove back as soon as possible.

Wu Youzhe thought that it was good to want to earn money. It would be strange not to want to earn money. Looking at Shu You’s current living conditions, the next thing to consider was what his boyfriend thought.

No matter what he did, Wu Youzhe had seen many cases where family members dragged down others.

Wu Youzhe sat on the sofa and looked down, seeing the IOU that Shu You had written on the coffee table. He couldn’t help but look at it more carefully.

The more he looked, the more serious his expression became, and he was worried about how to persuade Shu You. At this moment, the sound of a key turning in the door sounded, and Lin Mingxu came back.

As soon as he entered, he met Wu Youzhe.

Wu Youzhe: “…Oh! Who is this? Why does he look like my boss’s boss?”

Wait, this is Shu You’s boyfriend?

Shu You heard the commotion and stuck his head out of the kitchen, his mouth twitching as he blurted out, “Old man, you’re back?”

Wu Youzhe: ??? Wait, what did he just hear?