Chapter 67: Catching the Corrupt Official’s Steal (3)

Once, Cao Ma, who loved to show off, even brought the girl Jianmei to his home for a visit...

"Your house is so nice!" Jianmei walked into Cao Ma's house and was immediately stunned by the high-end furniture and exquisite decoration.

"It seems that this boy with an unattractive appearance really has some family background as he claims." Jianmei thought to herself.

The house wasn't very big, only about a hundred square meters. But all the furniture was luxurious. Jianmei thought of the one-bedroom apartment she and her parents used to share, and she felt tempted.

In the past, when discussing marriage, people mainly looked at the work and appearance of the guy;

When it comes to marriage now, Jianmei mainly considers whether the other party has a house...

A house in the heart of Huacheng costs at least 40,000 to 50,000 yuan per square meter, and at least 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. A house of around 100 square meters can't be bought without 4 or 5 million yuan.

This has left many recent college graduates, looking at the housing market with a sigh of relief, and they've lost hope in getting married and starting a family. Many handsome, academically stellar guys have bowed their heads in the face of a commercial apartment. As a result, most of them either postpone marriage, choose to remain single, or seek a woman from a well-off family...

Therefore, it is difficult for a girl like Jianmei who is neither tall nor short to find a boyfriend.

She has a low level of education, only a high school diploma.

Her family has a house, but it's very, very crowded. So, Jianmei's first condition for finding a boyfriend is to find a boy with a big house.

This condition seems to be quite harsh for Jianmei.

She is very beautiful:

On an oval face, there are a pair of conversational black eyes, which are smart and beautiful, watery and full of tenderness;

She is 1.63 meters tall, a little plump, and has a sexy figure that makes people unable to pull their eyes out...

Her soft, flowing long hair would always flutter in the wind when she walked forward, giving her a fairy-like air.

Since Jianmei was 15 years old, there have been many boys pursuing her.

Some people always follow her to and from school;

Some people keep coming to their store to buy things...

"Because of our beautiful daughter, our store sells things twice as fast as other stores!" Jianmei's father would often excitedly say to his wife while having dinner at home.

However, this beautiful girl's wish never came true because there were hardly any wealthy children in the environment where she grew up and where she went to school.

Most of the people who pursue her are boys from their neighborhood.

Their neighborhood was an old one, a simple dormitory built in the 1980s for factory workers. Therefore, the surrounding residents were all poor workers with similar living conditions to theirs.

Some of these workers lost their jobs due to factory closures caused by poor management, and had to do some business to support their families.

Some had their factories taken over by foreign-funded enterprises, and their seniority was bought out early, so they had to rest at home;

Some are still working, but their salary is not high, just enough for basic living...

Jianmei's middle school was a low-ranking one in the area, and its teaching quality was far inferior to those of three- and four-star schools. Therefore, most of the students there were unmotivated.

The parents of these children were originally from working-class backgrounds, with little education themselves and little expectations for their children's studies. Many of these children were just idling away in school, and at their age, premature love was rampant on campus...

Although Jianmei was very motivated in school and did well in her studies, the overall environment was not very good, which led to her poor academic performance and failure in the college entrance examination... In the end, she could only rely on the family store to make a living.

As a beautiful girl, she was unwilling to spend her whole life relying on this store. However, with her weak academic qualifications and limited knowledge, she could only accept her fate...

Finally, she thought of changing her future life through marriage.

It's ridiculous, she has been on many blind dates.

She posted her resume and photos on a dating website, and then proposed her conditions for finding a boyfriend:

We are looking for a promising young person of similar age, sincere, with a legitimate job, a house, and local household registration...

There are many young men of “similar age” online;

There are also many young men who are “genuine” online;

There are many young men with “legitimate jobs” online;

The "promising young people with local household registration" on the Internet also encountered some...

However, there are very few young men online who are of similar age, own a house, and have local household registration.

Jianmei discovered that all those who owned houses and had local household registration were either divorced men or single elderly men who had been widowed for a long time...

She had been tricked into meeting several people, but they turned out to be either middle-aged fat men with big bellies or old men with bald heads.

"In a place like Huacheng, young men who own houses have been snatched up long ago!" They said to Jianmei with a smile.

I have given up on online dating since then.

However, as he was getting older, Jianmei still felt a little panicked.

She began to realize that it was unlikely for a high school student like herself, without a proper job, to find a promising young man with both a proper job and a large house. So, she quietly lowered her standards.

Don’t be too particular about the other person’s work;

Don’t be too picky about the other person’s appearance;

The most important thing, which cannot be lowered in any way, is to have a house of your own, a house where you don’t live with your parents.

Now, standing in this big house and looking at the luxurious furniture in the house, Jianmei feels that this short man with an ugly appearance is not so ugly and not so short anymore!

In one sentence, Jianmei's heart was moved.

The way she looked at Cao Ma became less aggressive;

When she spoke to Cao Ma, her tone became soft and intimate...

"How is it? Is the house okay?" Cao Ma saw the change in Jianmei's expression. Being smart, he immediately understood what this beautiful girl was thinking.

If Jianmei is seriously looking for a boyfriend who owns a house and is willing to get married, then Cao Ma's intentions are much more despicable.

He said he wanted to find a wife, but in his heart, he just wanted to find a girlfriend with whom he could live long-term without getting married...

Find a clean, beautiful, youthful and energetic girl to fall in love with, kiss her, and even have physical contact with her... This is much safer and easier than finding a prostitute.

Apart from that, as for the matter of marriage, he must at least wait until he retires from the criminal business and stops doing it.

But he is still so young, how could he possibly retire?

However, these words cannot be told to Jianmei.

If I tell her, how can she be with him?

To Cao Malay, a house is just a bait, or a place for romance, not a place for marriage.

For him, "home" has been completely out of his reach since he was five years old!