Chapter 21
The knock on the door echoed in the dark corridor for a long time, but no one answered.
After a while, a young girl wearing a hollow leather jacket, thick-soled high heels, and a nose ring looked over from the corridor and said in a gruff voice, "Everyone has moved out, what are you knocking on?"
Jiang Zhendong was stunned, and asked unwillingly: "Then do you know where she moved to?"
The girl said disdainfully: "Your boyfriend doesn't even know, and you're asking me?"
Then she looked Jiang Zhendong up and down with a mocking look: "Oh, you got dumped? You deserve it. I can tell from the first glance that you are not worthy of that sister."
Then he went upstairs leisurely.
Jiang Zhendong was already very angry because he couldn't find the person. Now he was ridiculed in person by a non-mainstream girl. He had no place to vent his anger.
After being beaten black and blue by Wang Lu at the sales office, he stayed at home for several days before the bruises on his face finally subsided. However, the bloody hole on his arm was not so easy to heal and it still hurts a little.
It was not until this time that Jiang Zhendong discovered that Xue Mi had not only blocked him on WeChat, but also on her mobile phone. It was basically impossible to contact her through all modern communication methods.
He never expected that Xue Mi could be so cruel!
And there was Wang Lu. They had been dating for half a year. He had given her all kinds of gifts and had been patient and affectionate with her for so long. He didn't expect this crazy woman to turn against him and almost beat him into the hospital.
If it weren't for the fact that her family was powerful, Jiang Zhendong would definitely report her to the police station and make her spend a few days in the detention center to vent his anger.
But he didn't expect that although Jiang Zhendong was so magnanimous, she didn't care about the old friendship at all. He didn't know what rumors her family had spread in his company. Jiang Zhendong clearly felt that the way his leaders and colleagues looked at him were not right recently. They no longer took him to those dinners and drinking parties they used to have.
But Jiang Zhendong didn't care.
What's the big deal? As long as he becomes successful in the future, these snobs will definitely regret treating him like this today.
But the problem is, where did Xue Mi, who he thought could be coaxed into coming back, go?
By the way, what Jiang Zhendong was most curious about was where did Xue Mi get the money to buy such a big villa?
He later secretly asked his friends and found out that Xue Mi really bought the villa, and paid for it in one lump sum without even taking out a loan!
After confirming the news, the regret in his heart became even deeper.
Jiang Zhendong had wanted to ask Xue Mi’s best friend Zhang Xuan what was going on, but unfortunately, she probably also heard the news and blocked him as well.
I couldn't find anyone from Xue Mi's previous company either, as he said he had resigned half a month ago.
However, I heard from people in Xue Mi's previous company that Xue Mi is actually a rich second-generation and she resigned to go back and inherit the family business.
Jiang Zhendong:……? ? ?
How come he had never heard of this?
In fact, he only knew that Xue Mi was from S City, her parents had divorced a long time ago, and they didn't care much about her.
Other than that, almost nothing is known.
After thinking about it this way, he seemed to finally figure it out: without watching those previous TV dramas about wealthy families, with all the melodrama, it didn't seem contradictory that a neglected daughter of an ex-wife and she inherited a large inheritance.
It has to be said that although Jiang Zhendong's guesses were messy, he still managed to get the correct answer.
But after realizing this possibility, he regretted it even more.
What a mountain of gold he missed by accident!
Jiang Zhendong beat his chest and stamped his feet, then he ran around like a headless fly. In the end, he could only wait at the door of Xue Mi's house, but still no one showed up.
How could this woman be so cruel!
Oh, and there is a villa!
Even if she doesn't rent the house or go to work, she can't just ignore the big villa she just bought, right?
Jiang Zhendong vowed to catch the person this time, no matter if he reflected with tears or admitted his mistake with chest beating and stamping his feet, in short, he must make Xue Mi change her mind and forgive his small mistake.
As a man, it’s no big deal to make small mistakes occasionally. After all, you have been together for so many years, what misunderstandings can’t be resolved?
He rushed over with full confidence, but unexpectedly, he couldn't even enter the villa area and was stopped outside by security guards.
Not to mention blocking people, if he stayed any longer, the security guards would call the police and take this sneaky-looking guy away.
After all, this is a high-end villa area, and the various decoration building materials that have just arrived are also very expensive. Who knows if this guy who is peeking around is a thief who is preparing to scout the area!
Jiang Zhendong was driven away in disgrace, not knowing that even if he sneaked in, he still wouldn't be able to find the person he was looking for.
At this time, Xue Mi had just called her decoration supervisor and entrusted the decoration project to him.
She is about to leave for City S, and will have to travel to five or six other places. She will not be back to City A for at least half a year, so she definitely has no time to take care of the decoration. She can only find a relatively satisfactory decoration company and a supervisor to help her keep an eye on the site.
I hope that when I come back in half a year, I can see the beautiful big house of my dreams.
Seeing Xue Mi hang up the phone, Lawyer Feng beside her smiled and said, "There is also a villa left by Ms. Mi in S City. We can just hand it over together this time."
The male assistant next to him had stars in his eyes: "I heard that this villa is the last work of the famous designer Mr. Burke, and it has won many awards."
The female assistant also retrieved the information related to the villa from the tablet and showed it to Xue Mi.
It was a three-story villa with minimalist style, clean lines and bold use of large glass facades, which contrasted beautifully with the azure blue swimming pool in front of the villa. It looked like a crystal palace of the future.
The valuation does match the look.
Of course, there are various taxes and notarization fees to be paid. As the legal heir, Xue Mi is exempt from personal income tax. However, if she wants to sell the house, she will have to pay an additional 20% personal income tax.
As a person who has never inherited a house before and is illiterate about the law, Xue Mi was shocked by this provision: "Do all inherited properties need to pay this fee when they are sold?"
"That's not the case," the female assistant explained. "If you've bought the house for five years and it's the only house your family uses, you don't have to pay."
Xue Mi's situation obviously does not apply to this rule.
Real estate inheritance is much more troublesome than the previous property inheritance. Just looking at the numerous contract stamp duties, deed taxes, and various exemption conditions and other rules and regulations, Xue Mi felt a headache.
Of course, compared with the issues involved in equity, this is nothing.
As expected, a team of lawyers is a standard feature of wealthy people. Otherwise, she felt that she would live 20 years less just to figure out these terms.
"I'll have to trouble you again with these procedures." Xue Mi rubbed his forehead and decided to just be a salted fish and wait for death.
In order to cope with the upcoming huge workload, Lawyer Feng took two assistants directly to City S, where there is a branch of the law firm, and they can also collaborate to handle various procedures and contracts.
According to Lawyer Feng, there is an accounting firm in S City that can provide Xue Mi with more professional related services. The other party is also an old team that has cooperated with Ms. Mi for many years.
Realizing that there was a large team of workers behind her, Xue Mi calmed down a little and was able to appreciate the details in the picture carefully.
As she was looking at it, she suddenly asked Lawyer Feng out of curiosity: "Has the house been rented out? Or can I just live there?"
Lawyer Feng smiled softly and said, "This is the villa your mother used for vacation during her lifetime. Naturally, it will not be rented out."
For a mansion like this, any small decoration may cost tens or even hundreds of millions. If it is accidentally damaged, the rent cannot be compensated.
For the truly wealthy, it is normal to purchase vacation villas all over the world, and even to have professional maintenance teams specifically for these villas that they don’t know when they will be used.
Knowing that the new little master would be arriving soon, the housekeeper had been cleaning the house with his team for nearly half a month, trying to make Xue Mi feel as comfortable as possible at home.
Otherwise, it would be unjustifiable to spend millions of dollars on maintenance and labor costs each year.
Xue Mi was also shocked: "Butler? I still have a butler?! How much salary do I have to pay him every year?"
After all, she hadn't completely changed her identity yet, so the first thing Xue Mi was concerned about was the housekeeper's salary.
She heard that the housekeeper received an annual salary of over a million yuan plus various benefits and dividends. When she thought about her previous monthly salary of 4,000 yuan, she could not help but shed tears of envy.
"Butler Song is an old man who has followed Ms. Mi for many years. He is mainly responsible for managing the many villas and manors purchased by Ms. Mi around the world. He is very capable." Lawyer Feng said a good word for his colleague.
To be honest, although he is called a butler, the actual workload that Butler Song has to do is similar to that of a manager of a medium-sized multinational company, or even a little busier.
After listening to Lawyer Feng's detailed account of the chores that Butler Song had to take care of, Xue Mi felt that the salary she paid out was not so painful.
But then, she couldn't help but get nervous because of the villa's annual maintenance costs of two to three million.
House prices have dropped a lot recently. Two to three million yuan can buy a nice three-bedroom apartment in many small and medium-sized cities.
As a result, for a luxury villa, it is just the annual electricity and water bills plus property management fees?
Although she has become a rich man now, Xue Mi still feels a pain in her heart.
She has three villas like this in the country!
"The other two sets will cost so much money every year?" Xue Mi asked quickly.
Lawyer Feng shook his head.
Xue Mi just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard him say, "Butler Song knows the details of this matter, but as far as I know, the maintenance cost of a villa is generally positively correlated with the value of the property, and your villa in City S should be the cheapest one among them."
Xue Mi suddenly felt a little breathless.
"What about abroad? Don't I have several properties and manors abroad?" Xue Mi asked again.
Lawyer Feng smiled politely. "You can ask Butler Song about the specific expenses. But as far as I know, although the policies of each country are different, generally speaking, the expenses and taxes required abroad are higher, at least 2 to 3 times that of domestic ones, or even more."
Xue Mi no longer wanted to talk.
I used to be so complacent that I thought I had endless money to spend, but now big projects that require money are here.
Or she might as well just sell them all. She is alone anyway and she won't be able to live in all the houses no matter how many.
Lawyer Feng nodded: "If you have this idea, you can try to spread the word, but these houses were carefully built by Ms. Mi. Are you sure... you want to sell them all?"
Xue Mi: ...
She frowned and held out her hand to Lawyer Feng: "Let me take a look at those documents again."
Otherwise, if you don’t work hard to make money, you really won’t be able to afford even a house.
Lawyer Feng couldn't help laughing: "I'll tell you slowly in the car, otherwise we'll be late."
From City A to City S, it is only a few hundred kilometers away, and taking the high-speed rail is obviously much more convenient than taking a plane.
Xue Mi naturally bought a business class ticket this time.
She had been traveling back and forth between the two cities for many years and had never bought such an expensive ticket. At this time, everything seemed new to her.
Xue Mi originally thought that the business class seats were at most a little more spacious and could be laid flat, but she didn't expect that the feeling would be completely different once she entered the VIP waiting room.
Business class passengers can enjoy an independent lounge, which is not crowded and very quiet. Unlike an ordinary waiting hall with only a few rows of seats, this place is more like a cafe, with more private booths, massage chairs, computer desks, and reclining chairs that look very comfortable. There is even a large bookshelf on the side, which is filled with books.
On the small bar against the wall, in addition to the common hot and cold water dispensers, there are also coffee and beverage machines, a small refrigerator, and a shelf of snacks, all of which can be used for free.
As soon as she entered the waiting room, a young lady in uniform with a friendly smile handed her a mobile phone.
Xue Mi was stunned. Business class tickets are indeed much more expensive, but it’s not so expensive that they would give away a mobile phone, right?
It turned out that she was ignorant. This phone was not given to her, but was used to check the waiting information. She was even thoughtful enough to set an alarm to remind her to board the bus when the time came.
Lawyer Feng is quite disapproving of this service, saying that in the past, the VIP lounge at the airport had real people to remind people, but since the full electronicization, everyone has become lazy and saved a lot of trouble.
Xue Mi: I’m sorry, I’m just an ordinary person with no vision. She feels that this is an exaggeration!
Since you’ve already paid for the tickets, you definitely can’t miss out on the free snacks.
There was a kind of puffed food of an unknown brand. It had a crispy texture and a strong buttery aroma, which was especially to Xue Mi's taste. She couldn't help it and ate several packets in a row. When she was about to get on the bus, she hurriedly poured the last packet into her mouth and savored it for a long time.
The pretty sister in uniform couldn't help but smile when she saw Xue Mi's expression. She stuffed a few more packs of the same snacks into her hand and comforted the little girl who seemed to have never been far away: "It's okay. If you like this, just take more."
Xue Mi couldn't help but blush and kept saying thank you embarrassedly.
She is definitely the most shameful billionaire, no doubt about it!
There is a special boarding gate for business class passengers. Passengers do not need to queue up for ticket checking like other passengers. Instead, they will be led directly to the business class carriage at the front of the train by a special person.
The width of the car body is obviously no different from that of the other cars, but as soon as you get in, you feel it is different.
The semi-enclosed seat comes with a small door. If you don’t want to be disturbed, you can just close the door and you will automatically have a very quiet independent space.
There is a small table next to the chair, on which are placed free drinking water, a pack of biscuits, a few disposable wet wipes, and a business class service menu next to it.
There is a footrest opposite the seat, which contains a canvas travel bag containing disposable slippers, a small blanket, a new pair of headphones, eye masks and earplugs, and a small square scarf with patterns of famous attractions in S City.
Lay the seat flat and put your feet in, then you can lie down comfortably and watch the flat-screen TV embedded in the partition: it has a built-in audio and video system and stores a lot of classic movies.
By this time, Xue Mi had completely forgotten her embarrassing behavior and started exploring again.
Of course, before doing these embarrassing things, she did not forget to close the door of the cubicle first.
She changed into disposable slippers, swiped the tablet for a while, turned the small desk lamp on and off several times, and finally laid the seat flat, stretched her legs, and rolled comfortably left and right on the leather seat, and finally sighed with contentment.
This is the joy of lying flat on the high-speed rail!
The triple ticket price seems like a great value now, but if it was a few months ago, she would definitely not have been willing to spend it.
In fact, at that time she felt that second-class seats were quite expensive, and usually chose to take the cheaper hard seats on ordinary trains. Each time she had to travel on the road for more than ten hours, and her face became pale and her breath was weak.
It’s not like now, when I can easily upgrade the cabin of two assistants.
According to the rules of their law firm, only lawyers of Feng's level can be reimbursed for business class tickets, while others can only be reimbursed for second class tickets.
As a result, Xue Mi, who was not short of money, waved her hand and paid for all the train tickets.
After all, they are working for themselves and they don't need the money, so there is no need to split into two groups.
Besides, compared to Lawyer Feng who speaks in a serious manner, Xue Mi actually prefers chatting with the female assistant.
His voice was soft and gentle, and he was patient and steady. He was much more interesting than Lawyer Feng.
After hiding in the box for a while, when she opened the partition door again, Xue Mi turned back into the seemingly reserved rich woman.
Although my image has probably been ruined in front of this group of people, I still have to show my presence anyway.
But the next second, she remembered that free meals were available here!
I just wonder if the lunch boxes in the business class seats on high-speed trains will be particularly high-end?
Xue Mi immediately opened the service sheet and read it carefully with great anticipation.
It turns out that she was overthinking.
There are four sets of meals to choose from, all of which are braised style: braised pork, braised beef, braised fish fillets, and braised beef noodles.
Basically, it is a big reddish-brown piece of fish and meat, with a few slices of potatoes and carrots, green and red peppers, a few slices of green vegetables, and half a boiled egg. These are the most classic combinations on the train.
You can smell the scent just by looking at the pictures!
In the past, Xue Mi seldom bought boxed lunches on the train because they were too expensive. Most of the time, she would just carry a pack of instant noodles with her. Later, because she had more money from working, she bought boxed lunches twice out of curiosity. The result was... the taste was even worse than the instant noodles!
Xue Mi closed the service form uninterested, and chose the high-speed rail takeaway without hesitation.
The food delivery app we use here is specially provided for high-speed rail. There are not many choices and the prices are a little more expensive than usual. But no matter what, just looking at the pictures, it can beat those braised-style lunch boxes.
Xue Mi searched for a long time and finally chose a beef rice bowl, a grilled New Orleans chicken leg, and a portion of mixed vegetables.
The portion is a bit large and the price is not cheap, a total of 85, and we have to wait for the next stop to deliver it.
Xue Mi couldn't help but pinch her soft belly which was becoming increasingly rounder.
She had indeed been eating and drinking too much recently, and she didn't know how much fat she had gained - she was even a little afraid to step on the scale.
After hesitating for a while between satisfying her appetite and maintaining a healthy body, Xue Mi happily decided to add exercise and fitness to her schedule as soon as possible.
She would never go on a diet, and would rather sweat more than give up her biggest hobby - eating.
Since we are reluctant to significantly reduce our intake, we can only consume more.
I thought that after arriving in City S, I would immediately go to a gym and sweat profusely. I don’t know why, but I seem to be even hungrier.
Sitting in a comfortable business chair, with plump and tender beef slices, crispy skin and juicy chicken legs on the small table in front of her, and a whole plate of seasonal vegetables mixed with a little chili and soy sauce, Xue Mi's appetite was whetted and she easily swallowed all the delicious food.
Finally, she lay down on the chair, hugged her belly, and watched half of an old black-and-white movie. She didn't know when, but she fell asleep with her head tilted to one side.
These days are so comfortable!
It was completely different from the previous torment. Xue Mi even wished the travel time could be longer. Unfortunately, the distance between the two cities was limited. They only enjoyed three hours of happiness before arriving at their destination.
Xue Mi reluctantly left this cozy little world, and secretly decided that she must take a business class seat again next time, and definitely choose a long-distance flight!
Before getting off the car, Lawyer Feng received a call saying that the car to pick them up had arrived at the exit. He also asked Xue Mi whether she planned to go to the accounting firm first or go back to the villa to rest directly.
Xue Mi thought for a moment and said, "Since it is already habitable, let's go and take a look at the villa first. I am also curious about what a villa worth more than 100 million yuan looks like."
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