When Ye Zhi said, "I want to come see you even more," my heart couldn't help but tremble again. It meant that she cared about me, and I was naturally happy, but so what?

Just like this rainy weather, once the rainy season is over in Dali, it's hard to see rainy days anymore. On the one hand, we hope it can stay longer to nourish everything; but Dali, soaked by rain, is like moldy, damp everywhere, which makes it hard to love.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Ye Zhi didn't say much either. Just like last time, she tidied up the clutter on my bedside table. She didn't do much, but it was exactly what I needed, because I only hated having a lot of clutter on my bedside table. I really didn't care whether the floor was clean or not.

While we were packing up, Ye Zhi said to me again, "There's one more thing I need to tell you... We won't be working with you on the next round of food delivery ads."

She's always so efficient, so when she talks to you about something, she doesn't even use words like "maybe," she just rejects you outright. But I had my doubts, because our advertising wasn't doing badly. I asked her, "Why did you suddenly stop running our food delivery ads?"

"Not only your ads, but the spending on other ads will also be halved..."

After a brief pause, Ye Zhi continued, "The market for resort properties in Dali is unexpectedly good... We originally thought that a selling price of 20,000 yuan would be the highest point in the past two years, but unexpectedly, in the past month, the resale price of second-hand villas in established resort areas, led by Shanshuijian, has already exceeded 25,000 yuan; it is expected to reach 30,000 yuan before the end of the year... Currently, there is a price inversion between new and second-hand homes, which is not in the interests of our group; at present, we do not have much financial pressure and are not in a hurry to recover funds, so we will suspend the supply of new properties to the market and revise our pricing strategy."

"What is this? Are they hoarding properties to drive up prices?"

"You could say that... We're in business, and with no land left to develop in the Haixi region, hoarding properties and selling them off is in our best interest right now... I hope you can understand."

Ye Zhi really didn't hide anything from me, because the term "hoarding and withholding sales" is something that buyers hate the most. If it were to be exposed as inside information, it would have a huge negative impact on one's image. The fact that Ye Zhi could tell me so honestly proves that she has no suspicion of me and trusts me a lot.

But this is really not good news for me... I lost a major client; and in this market situation, other properties may also be hoarding units and reluctant to sell, so my advertisements may not sell as well.

Feeling frustrated, I subconsciously lit a cigarette. After smoking almost half of it, I smiled and said, "The whole market is so hot, yet you've stopped most of your advertising. In a buyer's market, there will definitely be a lot of speculation. Although it can't confirm that you're hoarding properties, this speculation will actually stimulate their buying. This marketing tactic is quite clever, and you can then logically raise prices to sell the houses later."

"As one of the first customers to buy a house, you are also a beneficiary... Although we can no longer cooperate on advertising, your house has appreciated a lot in value. This is what they call gains and losses."

“This house has nothing to do with me anymore; it’s now under Lu Jia’s name.”

"Aren't you planning to take it back?"

"If I could get it back so easily... she wouldn't have been so eager for me to transfer the house to her name in the first place... I don't know why, but in all choices involving human nature, I'm always the one who suffers..."

"You don't really want to give this house to her, do you?"

I looked up at Ye Zhi and after a long while replied, "There is no longer a contractual relationship between us. There is no reason to give her this house in Dali... but if we really can't get it back, this is the only way."

"You should know that anything that relies on human 'humanity' is unreliable... That's why we need laws."

“I understand the logic, but what’s done is done… What I need to consider now is not arguing with Lu Jia over every little thing… What I’ve lost, I should earn back double. I think that’s the normal logic a man should have.”

I said that, but I was really distressed inside... If my food delivery ads lose these big real estate clients, I will lose an important source of income. With no savings left, it will be difficult for me to invest in the business I want to pursue.

Perhaps sensing my feelings, Ye Zhi said to me apologetically, "I don't know if stopping the advertising cooperation will have a big impact on you... Personally, I really want to help you, but from the perspective of the group, everyone who has a stake in the matter will not agree with me doing this... Although this matter is very... I have no choice but to do this... because this is the predicament I cannot escape."

"Business is business... I didn't say you did anything wrong."

"I'm glad you understand."

"But you have to give me some compensation... I want to go for a walk by Erhai Lake... There's a wheelchair there, can you take me there?"

Ye Zhi glanced out the window at the rain... but my gaze remained fixed on the wheelchair Yang Sisi had bought for me... Some things, some people, should eventually come to a conclusion after going through a lot.

...

The Erhai Lake was a bit gloomy with rain falling. I was sitting in my wheelchair with an umbrella, while Ye Zhi was not. Although the rain was not heavy, she would get wet after a while... But she didn't care. In order to make it easier to push me around, she walked along the lakeside road of "Majiuyi" in the rain.

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