Chapter 29: Don't Say I Didn't Warn You!

Stuffing cotton balls into his ears to force himself to endure it for the night, Zhou Yi got up the next morning, tidied himself up a bit, ate something, and then immediately headed upstairs.

He felt he should communicate with the people upstairs; they were neighbors after all. Although in these old-fashioned apartment buildings, people didn't really talk about things like "a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor," communication was still necessary.

Perhaps this neighbor didn't even realize their own behavior had already affected others...

Thinking about these things, Zhou Yi arrived at the seventeenth floor, found the corresponding door, and immediately began to knock.

No response. No way, did they go out?

Looking at the time, it was only a little past eight; maybe they hadn't gotten up yet.

He knocked on the door a few more times, but there was still no movement. Now Zhou Yi was a bit at a loss as to what to do.

He had come specifically to communicate and solve the problem; if the other party wasn't there, he would have to come back later.

However, since he was already here, he might as well ask the neighbor next door. Zhou Yi thought for a moment, then stepped forward and knocked on the adjacent door.

This time he didn't have to wait long; someone opened the door quickly. Looking closely, it was an old lady with completely white hair.

"Young man, who... are you looking for?" The old lady opened the door, saw Zhou Yi, and asked with a hint of curiosity on her face.

Zhou Yi hurriedly replied, "Grandma, I'm looking for... this household, your neighbor. I have a small matter. May I ask if they have gone out?"

"Oh, they should be out at this time. Why, do you have business with their family?" the old lady asked.

"It is indeed a small matter... It's like this, I am the tenant downstairs. I just moved in the day before yesterday. This family is... is especially noisy every night. It just so happens they are right above my place, and the commotion is too loud. I don't sleep very well, so I wanted to have a word with them..." Zhou Yi said, weighing his words.

He didn't know what the relationship was between this old lady and the neighbor, so it wasn't easy to say too much.

However, the old lady smiled immediately upon hearing this: "I was just saying, there was all sorts of commotion downstairs yesterday; so it was you who moved in. Alright, young man, come in and sit for a while."

Since the old lady invited him, Zhou Yi naturally followed her in. It looked like this old lady might know a thing or two about the situation.

"It's just me and my old man at home. The old man went out to buy groceries. Make yourself at home," the old lady said, walking in front.

Once seated, the old lady busied herself pouring tea and washing fruit, which made Zhou Yi feel a bit restless.

He knew that these older generations were especially warm to their neighbors, just like his late grandfather, who was the same way.

From time to time, he would invite his neighbors over for a couple of drinks.

"Hey Grandma, don't bother, I just ate."

It took a lot of convincing to stop her; otherwise, the old lady would have grabbed a watermelon and started cutting it.

After waiting for the old lady to sit down and chat for a bit, Zhou Yi learned that her surname was Liu, she had been a teacher before, and had been living here ever since she retired.

She had only one son, whom she had sent abroad for studies with the greatest of efforts, only for him to stay there and never return, marrying and having children there.

Since the son had a good future, the parents could only offer their blessings. The son wanted to bring them over, but the old lady refused.

She felt that she had all her friends here. If she went abroad, she wouldn't know anyone, and she wouldn't understand what people were saying, so it was better to live here comfortably.

After chatting about some trivial things, Old Lady Liu finally said, "You bought that apartment, right? Actually, you really didn't make a good choice!"

"Ah? Grandma, what do you mean by that?"

The old lady shook her head and said, "Do you know why the previous owner of that apartment wanted to sell it?"

Zhou Yi laughed, "I don't know about that... Wait, do you mean it's because of this family?"

He heard something off in her tone, but he really didn't know about the house, because it was all arranged by the system.

"That's right, it's because of this family. You don't know, young man, this family is really something..."

The old lady recounted, and Zhou Yi listened very carefully. According to her, this family's surname was Xu. The couple was over fifty, and they were mainly looking after a grandson.

That grandson was at the age where even dogs would find him annoying; he was incredibly mischievous. Once night fell, he would go wild, running around and playing all sorts of games in the house, and from time to time, there would be all kinds of noises.

The previous tenant had suffered greatly from this, having sought out Property Management, the Community Office, and even called the police, but it was completely useless.

In the end, they had no other choice but to sell the apartment and move away.

Even Zhou Yi could hear the helplessness in that; or one could say, this was the fate of an Old Honest Man encountering someone who plays dirty.

You think you can reason with the other party, but they have no intention of reasoning with you at all.

When you have sought out everyone and are still helpless, the only paths left are to fight to the death or move away.

With a family to support, people don't go around fighting to the death these days, so they could only move away.

After learning all this, Zhou Yi could only shake his head. There really were all kinds of weirdos these days.

As for the other neighbors nearby, they were mostly elderly, so the impact wasn't too great.

And when people get old, the vast majority are unwilling to get into disputes with others.

"This family, they are just scoundrels, especially that woman. Let me tell you, young man, you must never provoke her; that woman is truly a vicious shrew!"

"So young man, you must not provoke them."

The old lady was advising him out of kindness, but Zhou Yi still shook his head and said, "Grandma, there's no other way. It's not that I want to provoke them, it's that they make it impossible for me to sleep."

"Don't you worry, I'll think of a way first."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries and politely declining Liu Nainai's offer to stay for a meal, Zhou Yi walked out and began to ponder what to do.

The system hadn't made a sound until now, as if it were truly dead.

Therefore, Zhou Yi decided to write a notice first to let this family know that someone had moved in downstairs, and that their behavior had already affected him.

He went downstairs, returned home, opened his computer, typed it out in a flurry, took it to a print shop outside to get it printed, and then posted it on the door upstairs.

These words sounded very polite, but summarized, they meant a few words: Don't say I didn't warn you!

After posting it, Zhou Yi went to attend to his own business.

And a short while later, the neighbor upstairs, Xu Yufeng, stepped out of the elevator.

Every morning after dancing in the square, she had to hurry back to prepare a meal. Her grandson was her heart and soul, and he must not go hungry.

However, when she walked to her front door, Xu Yufeng discovered that there was an extra piece of paper on the door today.

Curious, she leaned in to take a look and found it was a letter like a "notice," written by the new neighbor who had moved in downstairs, asking her family not to make so much noise at night.

Seeing this, Xu Yufeng was not pleased. Her precious grandson was at kindergarten during the day and she could only see him at night; what was wrong with him playing a little!

How did that affect you!

Xu Yufeng tore up that piece of paper directly and then went home to cook; it was just a child playing around, was it really necessary to make it so formal?

Sick!

This was what Xu Yufeng thought.

Time slowly slipped away in such circumstances, and Zhou Yi, who was at home thinking about filming the next video, never received any communication from the neighbor upstairs from start to finish.

However, he did not care; anyway, the notice had already been given, and all the content that needed to be filmed had been filmed; if the other party continued tonight, then he...

Zhou Yi's train of thought was interrupted before it could even turn around; it was only eight o'clock, and sounds were already coming from upstairs.

Moreover, tonight it was not the kind of sound similar to bouncing a ball, but the sound of glass marbles dropping onto the floor one after another and colliding...

This... this is intolerable!

Zhou Yi pushed the door open directly and was about to rush upstairs; today, even if the King of Heaven himself came, he could not stop him!

However, at this very moment, Zhou Yi discovered that the familiar three lines of text had appeared before him once again...

The first update today, I ask you all, who else is there! Is it early or not, I ask you all, is it early!

I reckon everyone hasn't gotten up yet, it's Saturday, and Jiu Jian got up at seven o'clock to type!

(End of this chapter)