Just as Jiang Cheng was in a daze, the saleswoman slowly walked to his side, her eyes filled with anticipation, and asked, "Mr. Jiang, do you think... are you satisfied with this house? If it's suitable, we'll go back to the sales office to pay the deposit?"
Jiang Cheng snapped back to reality, smiled somewhat embarrassedly at the woman, and waved his phone to explain, "I'm sorry, I still need to discuss this with my wife. I've already sent her the photos and everything, but she hasn't replied yet."
To avoid being bothered by the saleswoman any longer, Jiang Cheng quickly said, "Oh, how about this? I won't take up any more of your time. I'll leave you my phone number, and my wife and I will let you know as soon as we've discussed it, okay?"
Although she was extremely unwilling, Jiang Cheng had already put it this way, so the saleswoman could only nod helplessly in agreement: "Alright then, Mr. Jiang, these houses are really in high demand. You absolutely can't hesitate any longer, otherwise you won't even be able to buy one of these villas. The worst ones left won't even get any sun during the day! Just imagine how stifling that life would be!"
Jiang Cheng knew that these were just some tactics to stimulate consumption, so he didn't take the saleswoman's words to heart and forced a smile: "Okay, that's all for today. I'll contact you when I've thought it over."
Seeing that there was no room for further effort today, the saleswoman simply got into the car and went back to the sales office without even asking Jiang Cheng to come with her, leaving him alone at the entrance of the residential complex.
"There aren't any cars here..."
Jiang Cheng looked around and realized that he had been abandoned in the middle of nowhere by a saleswoman who treated people differently based on their status. He gave a bitter smile with a sense of helplessness.
Indeed, in this world, money is king.
A person like him will naturally be looked down upon by all sorts of people.
But he couldn't say anything, nor did he have any room to complain. He could only search for the route home on the map and then turn and walk towards the empty road.
After all, this is still a construction site, so whenever the wind blows, large swaths of yellow sand carrying dust come in, making it almost impossible for Jiangcheng to open his eyes.
He lifted his collar, barely covering his mouth and nose, and squinted as he walked forward step by step.
Just like his messed-up dream world life, there was no direction to struggle with, but he still had to grit his teeth and keep going.
At the same time, the phone rang abruptly once again.
"Ring ring—"
Jiang Cheng happened to walk to a bus stop that was open to traffic, so he stopped and answered the phone while waiting for the bus.
Since I'm too tired to walk any further, I'll just wait here for the bus and figure things out once we get into the city.
"Hey, honey."
On the other end of the phone, Zhao Xuerou's voice was incredibly sweet and gentle, like a dandelion in spring, softly brushing against Jiang Cheng's heart: "Have you finished looking at the house? I just had a meeting, and the manager praised me for doing a good job yesterday! I might get an extra two hundred yuan in project bonus at the end of the month!"
Hearing Zhao Xuerou's delighted voice over a mere two hundred yuan, Jiang Cheng felt a pang of sadness.
He didn't want to tell Zhao Xuerou everything he was going through, otherwise she would probably worry for a long time, so he just said calmly and frankly, "That's good. I just finished looking at the house and I'm going home now."
Upon hearing that Jiang Cheng had already viewed the house, Zhao Xuerou became even happier, her voice rising sharply at the end: "Ah, you've viewed the house! What do you think, honey? Isn't it just like our dream home? Doesn't it look like a beautiful fountain and lush greenery as soon as you open the balcony door?"
Jiang Cheng was silent for a moment, but finally smiled and said, "Well, it's alright. I think this house is okay. Although the location is a little bad, everything will be convenient once the subway opens, or when we buy a car."
Even though Zhao Xuerou knew that buying a car was practically impossible for them given their current financial situation, she didn't want to spoil Jiang Cheng's good mood. She happily replied, "Yes! That's great! Since my husband likes it, this will be our future little home! That's wonderful!"
After a slight pause, Zhao Xuerou seemed to be quietly flipping through her work schedule.
After a while, she said even more happily, "Honey! It seems I don't have to work overtime tonight! Then I'll buy more of your favorite dishes and cook you a big meal to reward you for your hard work today!"
Her tone was filled with happiness: "I know that the new housing development has very poor traffic. You must have had a hard day traveling around."
"……good."
Jiang Cheng was afraid that his refusal would be seen as inexplicable concern, so he reluctantly agreed to everything Zhao Xuerou proposed.
This is all fake.
It's all fake...
He kept reminding himself to suppress the heavy guilt in his heart.
Gu Qingwan seemed to sense that something was wrong with Jiang Cheng.
So the moment the call ended, her voice appeared in Jiang Cheng's mind: "Boss, you can't get carried away with all of this. You have to remember that these emotions are not real, and even everything you see is fake, just a scene in your dream."
"Okay, I understand."
Jiang Cheng took a deep breath and expelled all the stale air from his lungs.
It seemed that only in this way could he stabilize his state.
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