Free Web NovelChapter 181: Chapter 141: A World Where Only Bi Xiaoyun’s Family Is Hurt (Part 2)
Li Zhiyi glanced at the time. It was almost four in the afternoon, no longer a good time to go out.
"Zhiyi, are you still sharing an apartment with roommates?" Bi Xiaoyun asked.
"Mhm."
"I seem to recall that place is pretty out of the way. Hasn’t Xiaojiang bought a house? You two aren’t living together?" Bi Xiaoyun asked deliberately.
"He bought a house, but it wouldn’t be right for us to live together yet," Li Zhiyi said, making an excuse.
"Where did he buy it? How much per square meter?" Bi Xiaoyun said.
"Houses in Zhonghai can’t be as expensive as in Beijing, right?"
Bi Xiaoyun was showing off her sense of superiority again—a classic case of someone who never learns their lesson.
"The house I live in with your brother-in-law is all the way out by the Fourth Ring Road, and it was still over eighty thousand per square meter."
"As for his house, I’m not really sure about the price per square meter."
"To be honest, I don’t know the price per square meter either. The properties are sold as a whole unit," Lin Jiang said.
"So, how big is the place you bought? If it’s too small, it won’t be enough space. You need at least 100-plus square meters," Bi Xiaoyun said.
"Even our house is over 130 square meters."
"It’s 681 square meters. That should be big enough."
"Hm? 680 per square meter?" Bi Xiaoyun burst out laughing.
"Brother-in-law, you really know how to joke. Where could you possibly find a house for 680 a square meter nowadays? Unless you’re in the countryside."
"It’s 681 square meters, not 680 yuan per square meter," Lin Jiang said.
"What?!"
Bi Xiaoyun gasped, her expression freezing on her face.
"681 square meters?! How huge is that? Wouldn’t you get lost just walking around inside?"
"It’s alright. There is a lot of empty space, though. We’re not even sure what to do with it all."
"Well..."
Zhang Zhengyang, who had been quiet for a while, finally spoke up, wanting to defend his wife.
"A house of over 600 square meters, whether in Zhonghai or Beijing, is extremely rare. As far as I know, in all of Zhonghai, there are only a few luxury properties with that kind of square footage."
"It’s at Century Triumph. I suppose that barely counts as a luxury property."
"What?! You bought a place at Century Triumph? The properties there sell for astronomical prices!"
"It was 165 million when I bought it. I heard it’s a few million cheaper now, so it’s a good time to buy low. Why don’t you two buy one too, and we can be neighbors? I even know people in property management; I can get your property fees waived."
Zhang Zhengyang: ...
’As if a discount of a few million is my problem!’
The successive critical hits were becoming too much for Zhang Zhengyang to bear.
He could only take a tactical sip of water to hide his embarrassment.
"Well, we’re about done eating. Why don’t we call it a day?" Li Jianshu stepped in to smooth things over, not wanting the atmosphere to get too awkward.
’But he was so happy inside!’
’A house that big? You could probably play table tennis in there!’
"Alright, I’ll go pay the bill."
Lin Jiang got up to settle the check, while Li Zhiyi and the others walked out first.
With Lin Jiang gone, Bi Xiaoyun couldn’t be bothered to pretend anymore.
"Zhiyi, he really doesn’t take you seriously. He lives in such a nice house himself but lets you live in a rental, and one you share with others. Does he even care about you at all?"
"I kind of suspect he’s bluffing. He’s only in his twenties, how could he possibly afford such an expensive house?" Zhang Zhengyang said.
"Zhiyi, you’ve got to be smart about this. Don’t just believe everything he says. There are plenty of scammers out there these days."
"I’ve been to that house, how could it be fake?" Li Zhiyi said.
"It’s just that I don’t really want to live together before marriage, so I haven’t moved in. If you don’t believe me, I can take you to see it."
"Well..."
Zhang Zhengyang was unsure now. If it was real, wouldn’t that just be a slap in his own face?
"What’s everyone talking about?" Lin Jiang asked with a smile as he walked out.
"They’re discussing your house. They’re afraid you’re lying to me."
"Zhiyi, don’t talk nonsense. We didn’t mean that. We’ve just never seen such a nice house, so we don’t know what it’s like," Bi Xiaoyun said.
"Isn’t that simple? We can just go over and see it."
Huang Chunli sidled up to Li Jianshu and Huang Chunying.
"Let’s go have a look. We can also vet him for Zhiyi. What if he’s just renting the place and trying to trick her? By the time she finds out, it’ll be too late for tears."
Just then, Bi Xiaoyun and Zhang Zhengyang also came over.
"Aunt, Uncle, I also think we should go see it. Nowadays, so many people rent a mansion or borrow one from someone, claim it’s theirs, and then go around tricking pretty young girls," Bi Xiaoyun said.
"Zhiyi is so naive. If she meets someone like that, she could easily be deceived. Honey, what do you think?"
"That’s certainly a possibility," Zhang Zhengyang said.
"Zhiyi is very competitive. She’s been working so hard in Zhonghai all these years just to prove she’s doing better than me, her older cousin. That’s why we can’t just trust what we see on the surface. We have to go see it for ourselves."
Huang Chunying was somewhat swayed by her words.
Regardless, this concerned her daughter’s future. It was only reasonable to go and have a look.
"Old Li, what do you think?"
"It’s his house. It would be too rude for us to just go over uninvited. We shouldn’t get so involved."
Li Jianshu wanted to go too, but he didn’t want to cause trouble for Lin Jiang.
"They’re almost family. What’s so rude about it?" Bi Xiaoyun said.
"You should ask them what they think. I’m fine either way."
After the group finished their hushed discussion, Bi Xiaoyun looked at Lin Jiang and said:
"Brother-in-law, none of us have ever seen what a 681-square-meter mansion looks like. Could you take us for a look?"
"Sure, let’s go."
The group got in their cars and headed for Century Triumph.
Lin Jiang didn’t use the underground garage. He had a word with the security guard, who then let Zhang Zhengyang’s car through the gate.
Sitting in the car and seeing the guard outside saluting, Bi Xiaoyun felt a bad premonition.
"Honey, why did the security guard salute him? He couldn’t actually be an owner here, could he?"
"Security at a luxury complex is different from a regular residential building. The service is much better than you’d imagine. That’s nothing," Zhang Zhengyang said as he drove.
"Anyway, I find it hard to believe someone so young could afford such an expensive place."
"I don’t really believe it either. Maybe he just borrowed it."
Soon, the car pulled up to the entrance of Building C.
Lin Jiang led the group and used facial recognition to get into the elevator.
The moment they reached the 24th floor and he opened the door, a chorus of gasps filled the air.
"This is just too big... and too luxurious."
Bi Xiaoyun felt like she couldn’t take it all in. "A house this big... the renovations must have cost a fortune, right?"
"The property came fully furnished, but the later renovations cost around 20 million," Lin Jiang said nonchalantly.
Bi Xiaoyun’s head was buzzing.
’Just the renovations cost over 20 million... I didn’t even spend that much on my entire house!’
’Is this how the rich live?’
At that moment, Lin Jiang gave Li Zhiyi a look and whispered a few words in her ear.
Li Zhiyi quietly went to the TV cabinet and took out the property deed.
"Mom, Dad, take a look. This is the house Lin Jiang bought."
Seeing the deed, Bi Xiaoyun’s last bit of hope was extinguished. She bit the bullet and said:
"It’s truly incredible that brother-in-law could afford such an expensive house at his age."
The property deed served as the final verdict.
Li Jianshu and Huang Chunli were delighted. The only ones left hurting were Bi Xiaoyun and her family.
