Chapter 38
They arrived in this world late at night. Except for the dim street lights outside the villa, the entire villa complex was quiet.
No matter how many maneuvers there are, we have to hold back and wait until daybreak so that someone can go out and investigate.
Rong Zhou looked at the villa in front of him in the dimensional space. It must have been uninhabited for a long time.
"You guys go find the anchor target first." Because Rong Zhou couldn't leave his home space, he ordered the housekeeper and two apprentices to look for it.
The anchor point was nearby and was not difficult to find. Soon, Liu Ze found a child in the weeds behind the villa.
The little boy's body was covered with bruises, looking even more miserable than when he met Liu Ze in the other world. Liu Ze had grabbed the back of his neck and dragged the child in.
Rong Zhou stood in the dusty villa and watched the child being carried in front of him.
There was a frightening whimpering sound coming from its mouth, like a wounded little animal, not daring to make too much noise but wanting to scare away the enemy.
The child is so skinny and small, he looks like he is only four or five years old. This seems to be a modern and civilized place. How can such a young child be outside in the middle of the night without an adult to look for him?
After all, he is a father, and when he saw this child, many bad guesses flashed through his mind.
"Master, this child is sleeping in the weeds in the backyard." The young man Liu Ze didn't know how to control his strength when he grabbed the child's collar. The child must be very uncomfortable.
"This child is not the anchor point." Rong Zhou did not feel any strong willpower from the child, so he was sure that the anchor point they located from the dimensional space was not the child: "Loosen his collar first, the child is injured, be gentle." After all, Rong Zhou is a father, and when he sees a child, he will bring his own child into the picture.
"Oh." Liu Ze quickly let go, and the child threw himself forward before he could hold his struggling body together.
Rong Zhou looked at the child's body, which was covered with blue and purple scars, both old and new. It was obvious that the child had experienced something bad. He was about to use his energy to heal the child's injuries when the child quickly crawled past him using all four limbs and ran towards the open back door, disappearing at a rapid speed.
"Should I go after him?"
Rong Zhou shook his head: "Forget it, let him go, the kid must be scared to death."
After a while, the housekeeper and Yan Shiliu also came back. They didn't find any obvious targets nearby.
This was strange. Rong Zhou was certain that the child just now was not the anchor point, so why couldn't he find the anchor point this time? They would only appear near the anchor point.
"It doesn't matter if we can't find it." Rong Zhou stopped dwelling on it and began to give instructions for tomorrow's tasks: "Tomorrow morning, Butler Wen, go and inquire about this villa. If possible, buy it and resolve our status in this world."
"As for you, my disciple, take Sixteen with you to the library to check the history of this world and our current location. I hope it is Earth." Rong Zhou sincerely hoped that this was Earth, so that there would only be distance between him and his wife, and no dimension separating them.
Everything is not ready yet, so the villa can only be left like this for now. They returned to their dimensional home and waited for dawn. They had waited for such a long time in the dimension, but this moment was just a blink of an eye.
After everyone left the villa, it returned to its original silence. The curtains in the dusty hall with no windows opened moved without wind, as if being pulled by an invisible hand.
In the deserted villa, there was a faint sound of someone going up the stairs, and a creaking sound. A door on the second floor was opened. In a house that has been vacant for many years, the doors and windows are not lubricated enough, and there is a creaking sound of metal friction when it is opened.
Rong Zhou heard it, but just glanced at it and ignored it, concentrating on reading the traditional Chinese medicine book in his hand.
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Guifa City is a second-tier city surrounded by the sea on three sides and land on one side. It is next to the commercial capital, so it can benefit from it being so close. It was prosperous for a while with the economic development in the first 20 years, but later on, its geographical location was too far away, and its economy could not keep up with the big city, so all the buildings are a bit old.
Liu Hai is a broker, or intermediary, who makes a living in this second-tier city. He opened his own agency and does a little bit of everything, such as buying and selling houses, used cars, and finding jobs. After all, he has been in this business for a long time, and he has developed a lot of connections and relationships.
Today is a good day. A rich weirdo came to his office. He was wearing slightly ancient clothes and spoke with an accent from somewhere, but he was definitely not a local.
He was gentle and had a slightly strong aura, unlike any other local people. He took out a 100-gram gold bar and asked about the Jinshuize villa area in the south city.
Liu Hai's eyes turned, and he roughly guessed the identity of the visitor. Decades ago, during the war, some people fled from China to foreign countries. They were all wealthy and well-known people. After the war ended, and over the years, China has been developing better and better. Many of those who left at that time now say, "fallen leaves return to their roots," and have used various methods to return from foreign countries.
These people have some characteristics. Whether they are rich or well-known, they uphold traditions more firmly than the rest of the people in the country.
The person in front of me is probably the descendant of those people who came back to China to develop. His vision is really peculiar. The Jinshuize Villa District in Nancheng District is a community that has been developed for a long time. It was also very popular at that time. Rich people in the city could not be called rich if they did not have a house there.
"Sir, I won't lie to you as an agent. There are some problems with the area you inquired about. I assume you have also visited the houses there. More than half of them are empty. Those who want to live there don't have the money to buy, and those who have the money to buy a house would live there anywhere." It cannot be said that Liu Hai has a noble professional sentiment. The main problem is that the villa area in Jinshuize has some serious problems. You can find out the problems by just asking around.
If he sold the item by fooling around, the reputation he had built up over the past decade would be ruined. Why not explain it clearly? Firstly, it would improve his reputation and show how honest he is as an agent. Secondly, if the person still wants to buy the item, he would not be held responsible for anything that happens.
Wen Ciqiu sat opposite the agent, looked at the tea the agent poured over, and waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary: "Oh, tell me in detail."
Liu Hai had plenty of time, with a major client in hand, so he pushed all the other work onto his subordinates. Seeing the customers not drinking, he knew they were dissatisfied with his tea. He knew these people had seen more than a small businessman like him could offer, so he didn't care. He took a sip of his tea.
"This happened almost 10 years ago. It was in the Jinshuize residential complex, a gathering place for the wealthy. Those who lived there were all very wealthy. Back then, the poor were truly poor, and the rich were also truly rich. If the poor wanted to get rich, they would do anything except take the right path. They kidnapped children from wealthy families. The kidnappers were desperate. On the first day, they took a finger, on the second day, a palm, and on the third day, an eye. I heard that wealthy families have a lot of money and have a lot of illegitimate children, so they don't pay much attention to their children."
"Finally, we called the police, and they caught the child. The body was left to cool for a few days. If it were just this one incident, it wouldn't be a big deal. The problem is that within two years, another child kidnapping occurred."
"The wealthy man who was kidnapped this time really valued the child. He raised money and called the police, and was very busy. But he didn't receive any ransom calls, and the child disappeared. After these two incidents, Jin Shuize's business was completely ruined. The wealthy people moved away one after another, and the houses in the community couldn't be sold. Now the only ones who haven't moved are the elderly men and women who have not done well in recent years and whose businesses have not been doing well."
"Those aren't big problems. The big problem is that there's been rumors of ghosts there since then. There are always those young people who take the risk and go in in the middle of the night. They don't kill anyone, but they get tormented. When they come out, they say it's haunted, and then the house becomes even harder to sell."
"Very good, you know a lot." Wen Ci Qiu was quite satisfied with this long-established agency. He had only gotten a rough idea from the elderly man and woman doing morning exercises outside, but only here did he hear the details: "I want the villa numbered 8168 at the very back of the complex. Go and look for it. You'll definitely pay the agency fee, and this gold bar will serve as a deposit."
Hearing this, Liu Hai chuckled. This business was delivered to his door. This person must have plenty of money. It was a big deal. "Leave it to me. Don't worry. I will definitely complete it beautifully for you without you having to worry about it."
When Liu Hai received the job, he was a little anxious to go out. Once this job was completed, he wouldn't have to worry about the next six months. But the man in front of him had no plans to leave, so he must serve God first: "Sir, is there anything else you need?"
"Can you handle the identity and household registration?"
"Huh?" Liu Hai was stunned by the question, but then he quickly figured it out. Those returning from abroad didn't have ID cards, so going through household registration procedures for buying a house was quite a hassle. "As long as you have a passport and buy a house locally, there's a long-term residence policy. You just need to go to the government for review every few years and you're good to go."
“No passport.”
"Well."
"We need six domestic household registrations, four adults and two children."
"Well."
"You will definitely benefit from it."
"Leave it to me, I will definitely get it done for you." People die for money and birds die for food. He really has some connections in this regard.
Wen Ci Qiu took out another gold bar from his arms and put it on the table: "I hope you won't make it public and get it done as soon as possible." He took his hand away, and two fingerprints were deeply imprinted on the gold bar.
"Yes, yes, it will definitely not delay your business." With this, Liu Hai completely overturned the identity he had previously arranged for others.
This may be an ancient martial arts family hiding in the mountains and forests who came out to do business during the war.
Although he didn't know what these people were doing now, they were definitely not meant to be provoked by ordinary people like him. If he did his best to get things done, he would definitely get some benefits. These ancient martial arts families that had been passed down from generation to generation were all richer than the other.
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