Free Web NovelChapter 76: Chapter 76: Leaving
Fu Mingxue fibbed, "Eight thousand. I paid three thousand upfront, and I’ll pay the rest with my writing fees. It should be all paid off within a year."
Courtyard houses were cheap right now.
In a few years, they would be astronomically expensive.
’If I had the money, I’d buy a few more. In the future, these properties alone could make my net worth over a hundred million.’
When Mrs. Fu heard this, she almost fainted.
"How much did you say? Eight thousand? Oh my heavens, you, you—"
"Mom, don’t get worked up. A friend gave me a low price. It’s a courtyard house, a very nice one. Look, I’ll go get the deed for you."
Fu Mingxue quickly went back to her room and took the deed out from her space.
She subconsciously glanced at the light screen in her space and saw that the information about the courtyard house had been updated.
’It even filled in the details to match the story I made up?’
’Huh?’
’What in the world...?’
’If it had just updated the information for me earlier, I wouldn’t have had to make things up!’
"Mom, look at this."
With trembling hands, Mrs. Fu looked at it again and again.
’It’s real.’
’Good heavens.’
’Our family has our own house in Beijing City now?’
"Really eight thousand? This money—"
"Mom, I can earn it. It’s from the writing fees from the newspaper office. But, don’t go telling everyone about my writing."
Mrs. Fu was speechless.
She still found it hard to believe.
’Is money really this easy to make?’
But the deed in her hands forced her to believe it.
"Mom, don’t dwell on it. I didn’t steal anything or break any laws; this house was earned fair and square. What you should be worrying about now is all the stuff you have left. We need to get on the train soon."
’That’s true,’ Mrs. Fu thought.
’I’ll set the matter of the house aside for now. I’ll know for sure once I see it.’
Since Qin Wenhao was outside, he couldn’t hear their conversation clearly and didn’t know what they were talking about.
At seven o’clock, Qin Wenhao helped them carry their many things. "Let’s go!"
A car was waiting outside, driven by a friend from the police station.
Fu Mingxue was startled when she saw the driver. ’Isn’t that the police officer, Tang Qiang?’
’He was the one I reported the case to right after I was reborn.’
Mrs. Fu also saw Tang Qiang, and she too was stunned. "You, aren’t you from the Xicheng Police Station—"
"I’m Tang Qiang, Ma’am. I’m also a friend of Qin Wenhao’s."
Mrs. Fu was utterly shocked.
By then, Qin Wenhao had already loaded several bags into the car. He turned to Mrs. Fu and said, "Mom, let’s get in the car."
Mrs. Fu hurriedly agreed. "Oh, alright."
She climbed into the car.
’Good heavens, I’ve really made it. I’m actually riding in a car from the police station.’
’This was something I never even dared to dream of before.’
Fu Mingxue also quickly got in.
Quite a few of the neighbors had come to see them off.
"Mrs. Fu, you have to come back and visit when you have time!"
Looking out the window at her old neighbors, Mrs. Fu’s eyes grew red. "I will, I will."
After all, she had lived here for some twenty-odd years.
She really was reluctant to leave just like that.
By the time the Fu family arrived, all they saw was the car’s exhaust.
This infuriated them.
’That pair, Fu Mingxue and her mother, just up and left! They didn’t even come to the family home to say goodbye.’
’Especially that wretched girl, Fu Mingxue—we’re her grandparents, for heaven’s sake! And she didn’t even come to say goodbye.’
Two others were exceptionally jealous: Fu Mingya and Song Anxiao.
They could only hide in a corner, watching helplessly as Fu Mingxue drove away—
After Tang Qiang dropped the three of them off at the train station, he drove away. The car belonged to his unit, after all.
Half an hour later, the train pulled into the station. Mrs. Fu was a little nervous; this was her first time riding a train.
"Mingxue, you have to stick close. There are a lot of human traffickers on the train—"
Fu Mingxue was speechless.
