Chapter 150 Calculating a Way Out
Sun Guozhu is indeed going to sell the house. After selling the house, he will go abroad and completely get rid of Shen Jiao to start a new life.
His father had repeatedly warned him not to sell the house, but he simply couldn't bear it anymore. When asked why he insisted on keeping it, his father said he just liked it. Sun Guozhu was speechless. How old was he, still so willful? Didn't he know how difficult life was for him and his mother?
After his father went to jail, he was also dismissed from his job, and the family's situation plummeted; they had lost all their savings. He and his mother were struggling, and with the family in trouble again, all they wanted was a peaceful, low-key life. But Shen Jiao was constantly making a scene and causing trouble. The more he tried to let it go, the more Shen Jiao acted up. It was already embarrassing enough to be a laughingstock, but Shen Jiao, shameless and still causing a ruckus, made him a laughingstock to everyone around him. They would bring up the past from time to time, laughing at Shen Jiao for being a shameless slut and at him for being a coward, saying he was useless and that his wife was seeking pleasure outside the marriage.
Shen Jiao's fuss was simply about wanting money and a house. How could Sun Guozhu possibly give her any? Even if he had extra money, let alone the little he had left—his and his mother's lifeline—he wouldn't give Shen Jiao a single penny. As for the house they were currently living in, that was even less likely. Sun Guozhu was speechless at Shen Jiao's shamelessness. After doing such a thing, instead of getting out of there, she had the nerve to stay and demand his money and house. She was incredibly brazen.
Fortunately, he recently learned about a way to go abroad. They said that as long as the money was right, they could send him abroad under the guise of visiting relatives. Sun Guozhu saw hope; this was a way out, his way out. Going abroad would not only free him from Shen Jiao, but also allow him to start anew in a new environment. He made up his mind. He couldn't listen to his father anymore; he wanted to take control of his own life. He would sell the house hidden in the alley and use the money to go abroad. What did it matter if he liked it or not? His father was in jail; even if he liked it, he couldn't move in.
Back then, Shen Gongming was accused of embezzlement, bribery, and abuse of power. The accusations even brought up old cases from the Cultural Revolution, such as embezzlement, framing, and accumulating wealth. After investigation, all of these were related to his father, so his father naturally denied them.
Several groups of people came to the house one after another, but fortunately they didn't find any large amount of valuables. At most, it was a small amount of embezzlement, and the sentence would be at most a few years. The whole family breathed a sigh of relief.
It's just that Sun Baoshan didn't involve his son in the things he did, otherwise Sun Guozhu would have suspected where all the money his father amassed had gone.
They were supposed to be sentenced, but then some random person appeared out of nowhere and claimed, with seemingly solid evidence, that his father and Shen Gongming had conspired to commit murder. Later, Shen Dongchuan came forward and provided concrete evidence against his father. As a result, his father was sentenced to life imprisonment. Just thinking about those days feels like living in darkness.
They had just caught their breath when Shen Jiao, that troublemaker, was released. Thinking about all these years they'd lived was truly tragic.
Once he completes his departure formalities, he will transfer the ownership of the house he is currently living in directly to his sister. After he leaves, his sister's family will move in and take care of their elderly mother.
After he goes abroad, let's see how Shen Jiao can still pester him. The house already belongs to his sister; once he leaves, it'll be her house. His sister and mother won't need to intervene; his brother-in-law can kick Shen Jiao out. His sister and mother won't need to worry about him either; they can just keep bringing up the past to embarrass Shen Jiao.
Sun Guozhu remained silent, mentally calculating the situation again and again, even simulating the scenario of secretly running away after getting the money.
He went out every day, visiting various real estate agencies to inquire about information. He also went to crowded places to find out who was interested in buying a house.
He didn't tell his mother about selling the house and going abroad; he was waiting to explain after the matter was settled. Anyway, when his mother asked him why he was never home, he just said he wasn't doing anything, just avoiding the plague in his house.
Shen Jiao stares at him with a sinister look every day; what else could she be but a plague god?
Sun Guozhu is never home, but Shen Jiao doesn't care. All she wants now is a house and money. She's not going to move out anyway. She's a woman with a bad reputation and a prison record, what does she care about saving face? All she wants now is something to keep her from starving and some money! Ideally, she'd make Sun Guozhu so disgusted that he'd leave with nothing but his mother.
Sun Guozhu naturally wouldn't let her have her way, and he was determined to outwit Shen Jiao.
The next day, Chen Zhong waited anxiously, and finally, around noon, Sun Guozhu arrived.
"You only arrived half an hour late today. I thought you had something to do and weren't coming. I was so worried. Come on, let's talk as we walk."
Sun Guozhu's heart skipped a beat. He quickly got on his bike and caught up. "Brother Chen, is someone going to buy a house?"
"Yes! I have an appointment to talk this afternoon. If we head over now, it'll be just about right."
Sun Guozhu was overjoyed. "It still has to be Brother Chen. In this business in Beijing, it has to be Brother Chen. You can't count on anyone else."
Chen Zhong was also somewhat proud; in this line of work, he really did close more deals and earn more money. He was bold, meticulous, and had a sharp eye, which he was very proud of.
The two rode their bikes side by side. Chen Zhong glanced at Sun Guozhu and said, "Tell me the truth, the property rights are clear, right? There won't be any unpleasant disputes, will there?" He didn't want the property to be confiscated the moment it was sold; he'd feel bad for the buyer. He was mainly worried about the buyer blocking his door and ruining his business; how could he continue operating in this industry after that?
"Don't worry, Brother Chen, that house was left to me by my maternal grandmother. You know my family's situation; if anything had happened, it would have been confiscated back then. This house is perfectly clean; we wouldn't have sold it if we weren't starving." His maternal grandmother died early, and his maternal grandfather even earlier. His maternal grandmother's ancestral home was in Beijing, but she probably never knew she owned such a house until her death. In any case, thanks to his father's maternal grandfather's maternal grandmother ...
Chen Zhongyi thought it made sense. "Give me a hint about the bottom price so I can help you negotiate with the buyer."
"That's still the core area. It can't be less than twenty, right?"
Chen Zhong hissed, "Your place isn't big enough, it's just a single courtyard. I'm afraid you won't be able to sell it for that price."
"Brother Chen, if the house sells for 200,000, I'll give you 2,500 as a bonus. If it sells for even more, I'll give you an extra 500 for every 10,000 that goes up!"
Chen Zhong's heart pounded. Every extra ten thousand meant five hundred more. If he could sell it for tens of thousands more, that would be enough to keep him happy for a while. He saw that the couple seemed genuinely interested, so raising the price wasn't out of the question.
"What if they deny it to the death?" Although they were sincere in their intention to buy, the couple didn't seem like they were being taken advantage of.
"I won't sell it for less than eighteen. If it sells for less than twenty, the service fee will only be the originally agreed two thousand." Sun Guozhu's absolute bottom line was actually fifteen, but it hadn't reached that point yet, so he naturally had to hold out a bit. His expenses for going abroad, including his living expenses after going abroad, all depended on this money, and he also needed to leave some money for his mother to rely on.
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