At noon the next day, the high-speed train slowly entered Los Angeles Station, stopped, opened the doors, and passengers swarmed out of the train.
Lu Tian walked among the crowd, neither hurried nor slow, feeling refreshed. The business class seat was quite comfortable, allowing him to have a good sleep.
At the exit, Lu Tian took a few deep breaths of air.
Familiar smell, this is the smell of home!
Three years!
It’s been almost three years since I last smelled the air of my hometown.
Entering the end of the world, we are struggling for survival every moment and living a life on the edge of death.
After being rescued by his childhood friend Tieci at a risk of his life and then forced to leave Los Angeles, he never came back and still missed Los Angeles a lot.
"Master, go to Lujiaying."
He called a Didi Express, got in the car, and Lu Tian told the destination.
Lujiaying is located in the north of Luocheng, at the junction of the urban area and the suburbs. A year ago, the city government moved north, and the housing prices in Lujiaying have increased several times. Before the end of the world in his previous life, Lu Tian remembered that the housing prices in Lujiaying had risen to nearly 20,000.
His family's two-story house is a self-built house with an area of more than 800 square meters. Its current estimated market value is more than 15 million yuan.
Lu Tian planned to mortgage his house to the bank. With his advanced education, he could secure an 80% loan. Therefore, cashing out over 12 million yuan would be a breeze. With this money, he could stockpile supplies.
This is one of his ways to make money.
The express train crossed a cement road and stopped in front of a two-story building.
Things have changed and the people have changed. The small building has been uninhabited for a long time and has become somewhat dilapidated.
Lu Tian opened the door with both trepidation and familiarity.
The ground in the yard was covered with dust and fallen leaves, some of which were already rotten, and the air was filled with a pungent stench of decay.
At this moment, Lu Tian felt very close to her.
This is where he has lived for nearly thirty years.
This place gave him a wonderful childhood and recorded his happy times with his parents.
Walking through the courtyard and entering the small building, what comes into view is the dusty furniture, dilapidated walls, and tangled and broken spider webs.
In the upper left corner of his room, a section of a spider web that had been torn apart by the opening of the door was floating in the air, and a spider was crawling frantically, crawling into the darkness behind the door.
Lu Tian felt sour in his heart and had an inexplicable sadness.
Home is familiar yet strange, one of the ties in his heart, and it has haunted him many times in the last days.
But this time he couldn't afford to be sentimental anymore, as he wanted to use the loan from his old house to stockpile supplies.
Important documents are kept in the parents' bedroom.
He walked through the hall on the first floor and went up the stairs to his parents' bedroom on the second floor. He opened the bedside wardrobe and found a gray home smart safe under the wardrobe.
It seems that my memory is correct.
Lu Tian breathed a sigh of relief, then squatted down and pressed his fingers to open the safe, revealing the house title deed, real estate certificate and other valuable documents inside.
The payment documents are complete, it’s settled!
After putting the documents into the file bag, Lu Tian stood up and prepared to leave. There were still two hours before the bank closed, and he planned to complete the mortgage loan process before the bank closed.
Suddenly, he saw the photo album on the bedside table and picked it up with mixed feelings. It contained the happy times he had with his parents since he was a child. But now his parents were gone.
A son wants to support his parents but they are no longer there!
Lu Tian sighed and put the photo album and the file bag into the meteorite space.
Goodbye, my home!
Lu Tian walked out of the small building, took another look at the courtyard that was both familiar and unfamiliar, and gently locked the door.
"Xiaotian is back. How is your mother's illness?"
At this time, Old Zhao, who was about to visit a neighbor, happened to pass by and was very surprised to see Lu Tian.
"Uncle Zhao, my mother has passed away."
Lu Tian said sadly that although he often didn't come back, he was still familiar with the old people in the village. Old Zhao was his neighbor, an honest man.
"How can people just leave like that?"
Old Zhao looked dejected. At their age, they dreaded hearing about the death of an acquaintance. He walked back, feeling somewhat lost.
Lu Tian came to a nearby Agricultural Bank and handed over the documents required for the mortgage at the window. During the break, he looked around casually.
The hall was a bit deserted, with only three or four people handling business.
Maybe it’s time to get off work!
January 5, 2023, 4:25 PM.
A picture on the wall shows an electronic clock.
The end of the world is getting closer and closer. There are only 25 days left. At midnight on the 31st, the 2022AP7 asteroid will hit the earth. An unknown virus will sweep the world, and the earth will fall into darkness. A large number of humans will die, and organisms will mutate. The living environment will be extremely harsh.
Thinking of this, Lu Tian felt a sense of urgency again.
"All the paperwork is complete, no problem. According to the bank's valuation of the Lujiaying site, your house is worth 15.52 million yuan. At 80% of the total, you can get a loan of 12.416 million yuan. Do you agree?"
After reading the document, the staff member said competently.
"No problem, I need it as soon as possible!"
Lu Tian said, "It's about the amount he expected."
"Okay, the loan will be deposited into your card by tomorrow afternoon at the latest," said the middle-aged man.
After processing the loan, it was getting dark when Lu Tian went out. He planned to find a place to satisfy his hungry stomach.
"Ding-ling-ling!"
Human Resources Director, Li Ziwei!
You should fire yourself!
Lu Tian picked up the phone, saw the incoming call, thought about it, and answered the call.
"Lu Tian, I'm here to inform you that you've been fired from the company. Please complete the resignation procedures as soon as possible!"
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