So I need some advice on this - I have been in HK for roughly 2 months for work and have been staying in an extended-stay hotel that charges on a month-by-month basis. I had originally planned on staying for a full third month and told my landlord this, but my plans changed so that I am only staying for two weeks (not a full month), so I updated my landlord accordingly before my second month lapsed (i.e., I told my landlord well in advance of my departure date). I simply pay by the month, so it's not as if I signed anything agreeing to stay for a full third month, but now my landlord is insisting that I pay for a full month instead of for two weeks, saying that he'll refund me if he happens to find another tenant. I should add that my security deposit fully covers the time that I'll be staying.
The thing is, I think my landlord has no intention of informing me if he finds another tenant - he wants me to pay for a full month and then get another tenant to move in as soon as I move out, so he makes double. There was a British girl who came to view the room to potentially move in soon after I am set to leave, and she sounded very eager to take the room when she viewed it. When I emailed the landlord about her, he "forwarded" a very fake sounding email with spotty English. I strongly doubt the British girl wrote it. Should I just not pay the final month's rent since I'll be staying just 2 weeks? Again, I signed NOTHING saying I would stay a full month, so it is just my landlord's insistence.