Chapter 47 When I say help, do you want me to pay you?
Sasa actually didn't want to talk too much to him, just treating it as a conversation to entertain herself while waiting for the bus, so when the bus arrived, Sasa got in and left without saying goodbye, leaving the enthusiastic little model to watch the exhaust. She didn't look back, but still looked up in the rearview mirror to see the boy getting smaller and smaller, and finally turning into a black bean.
After she could no longer see the little bean, she closed her eyes and began to rest.
She originally wanted to go home, but her cell phone suddenly rang. After opening it, it was a message from the agent saying that a new house had recently been listed, which completely met Sasa's requirements - less than 80 square meters, good lighting, and no more than 20 years old. He also sent a link to the new house and a voice message. After transcribed into text, the content was: The landlord is a young man who is now in a hurry to sell the house and needs money to turn around, but a loan is available.
Seeing the word "young people" made Sasa think of clicking in. All the houses she had looked at recently were terrible, and she didn't even want to look at them. But after clicking in, she found that it was decorated in Japanese style. Although the house was small, it didn't feel crowded. Instead, it was very light and comfortable. It looked like you could move in right away.
After thinking about it, Sasa changed the destination to the address sent by the agent.
Foreign companies pay the highest provident fund. Last year, she had five years of social security. She calculated that if she bought a house, the mortgage repayment would be a little higher than it is now. She really needs a place to stay.
On the way to the "light" house, Sasa called her mother specifically. When she was in college, her mother bought a house in full and put it in her name. If she really decided to buy a house in Beijing, it would be considered as a second house, and she had to get rid of the previous house as soon as possible. When she called, her mother was playing mahjong again, and told Sasa in a serious tone that she should find an agent to help with the process and pay some service fee.
These are my mother's exact words without changing a word.
Sasa said, Mom, transferring the house ownership is not that difficult. We can save the service fee by just doing a little homework.
My mother exclaimed, "Why? It's important to assign specific tasks to specific people so there won't be any mistakes."
Sasa thought about it and decided to keep her mouth shut. After hanging up the phone, she started searching for how to transfer the ownership of the house. When the family's difficulties were exposed to her, she became more and more silent in front of her parents, and also became more and more "stingy". The bad debt that she had not recovered became a threshold that she could not cross in her heart. It was not just a simple matter of being cheated, but also a sign that her parents were getting old, and she would have to help make many decisions for them in the future.
Of course, her mother had already crossed this threshold, because during the Chinese New Year, in order to reassure her sick mother, she gave them another sum of money, saying that it was to recover the account.
She hadn't told the other two girls about this, because she felt they wouldn't understand. Although everyone talks about independence and self-reliance these days, stories of "instant execution" and "cutting the Gordian knot" are rare in real life. Few people can truly leave their parents alone, at least not at this stage. Sasa couldn't bear to see her parents suffer, thinking of her own pampered childhood. Every good meal she had with her colleagues in Beijing would become cruel in her heart, reminding her of her parents' cold leftovers from Chinese New Year.
She thought that life has two sides, A and B. The A side lives in the circle of friends, and the B side lives in one's own heart. She was even more convinced that her B side was not the only one that was not so open. There must be people who were worse off than herself. She comforted herself in such a "harsh" way.
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When the navigation system indicated 500 meters to the destination, it began reminding passengers to walk. They seemed to be halfway down Shifoying Road. Sasa, dazed, got off the bus and noticed a small artificial river. She had only seen the nearby buildings from a distance before, never having imagined there were roads in Beijing that couldn't be reached by car. She continued with the navigation, following the river. After about fifteen minutes, the agent finally waved to her.
Sasa was already exhausted. The other party quickly handed her a bottle of mineral water and began to explain the situation, telling Sasa that there was no one in the house she wanted to see.
Sasa just nodded without saying anything and didn't take the water. It was a bit hot in Beijing in April. She just wanted to get into the corridor quickly to avoid being sunburned, so she walked forward in her high heels.
The agent had to jog to keep up with her, and after a few steps he began to pant. "Ms. Chen, although this residential complex is a bit old, I think everything meets your requirements. The price is low, the renovations are nice, and it's perfect for a pre-marital asset. Furthermore, the location is definitely a great place to sell. It's a three-hour walk to Joy City, a fifteen-minute subway ride, and close to Wangjing and Guomao. You don't have to worry about it being difficult to sell when the time comes."
Sasa thought to herself, how bad is the environment when she’s already considering whether to sell it before even buying it.
Sasa said, "Let's see first," and continued walking forward until he was almost halfway to the river.
The agent suddenly called her and shouted, "Ms. Chen, please come over here."
Sasa turned her head and saw a gate that was not called a community gate... It looked like the gate of an old residential compound. She couldn't help but turn around and ask the agent, "Does this community have property management?"
The agent was happy and said, Ms. Chen, there is no community without property management in Beijing!
There was actually an old man sitting in the security booth.
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As soon as he entered the corridor, Sasa's heart sank. The corridor was dilapidated, and there were small advertisements posted everywhere, each one more "dirty" than the other. The voice-controlled lights were flashing, and it looked like a haunted house. Sasa turned around and asked, "Is this the only house we have today?"
The agent said cleverly, sister, although the environment of this community is poor, the interior decoration is really good. From your master bedroom, you can see the river outside. The peach blossoms that just fell on your shoulders look even more like a cluster of flowers from up there.
Sasa was waiting for the elevator with a somewhat gloomy face, but she couldn't help but look back at the unit door. She really wanted to slip away.
The agent stood in her sight, blocking her view of the unit door, and said, "Sis, since you're here! One elevator, two households!"
The elevator came, and while Sasa was still hesitating, the agent quickly held the elevator door and said, "Ms. Chen, if you are satisfied with this house, I will do my best to get you a discount!"
He stepped into the elevator swiftly and left a message saying, "Thank you for your help."
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The house is on the twelfth floor, on the left after getting out of the elevator. When the agent pushed open the door, Sasa was stunned. With the front door as the dividing line, the landlord decorated the house very... It doesn't belong to this community. It is decorated in Japanese style. It is minimalist, so it is spacious. The spaciousness makes it high-end. The high-end makes Sasa very fond of it... As soon as she entered the door, she couldn't help asking, is this really 80 square meters?
The agent said, "To be honest, it should actually be less..."
She put on shoe covers and walked in. The TV in the living room was a Samsung Picture View TV, and next to it was a BO speaker. The sofa was for three people, and there was another single sofa facing the door.
The agent behind her said, Sister, look, there is this.
Sasa turned around and found a huge dressing mirror in a small area at the entrance. In front of the mirror was a dressing table, which actually looked a bit like a table for trying on wedding dresses. There was also a small second bedroom next to it.
Sasa walked up to the platform, and the agent turned on the light beside her at the right time, so the light above her head suddenly lit up, a warm yellow color, and she instantly felt like "Buddha's light shines everywhere".
Sasa couldn't help but open her mouth and let out a cry of "wow".
The agent took the opportunity to say: To be honest, if I had money, I would have bought it myself and saved the agency fee. The original landlord really was a person who loved houses, and he revealed all kinds of details.
Sasa went to open the door to the second bedroom next to the mirror again. This time she was even more shocked. There was no bed, no cabinets, no furniture at all in the entire second bedroom. It was filled with clothes, piled up from the floor to the height of a person, with a small path in the middle. Sasa walked in and saw the colorful wall of clothes. When she looked at the "cross section" inside, it looked like the bed in the Princess and the Pea...
Sasa couldn't help but look at the agent waiting in the living room and asked, "Is the landlord a man or a woman?"
The agent said it was a man.
Sasa looked at the pink wall and thought that the landlord was really extravagant.
The master bedroom was Instagram-esque, with an American-style bed without a headboard or a mattress base. Next to the bed, there were a few books. She walked over and flipped through them, only to discover they were reading Mo Yan. A rather romantic landlord who even read Mo Yan.
She turned around again and found that there was another wall of clothes in the master bedroom, this time they were hung up, and there was a hanging iron next to it. Next to the hanging iron was another dressing mirror, which could just reflect the head of the bed. Sasa couldn't help but bend down and gesture. If she woke up, she would be able to see herself in the mirror.
Sasa thought, this is too abnormal, who wants to see their own sleeping face as soon as they wake up... Not only will their face be swollen, but there will also be eye boogers and greasy hair.
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She took a few photos, sat on the sofa and sent them to her other two sisters, saying, "Look at the house I saw today."
Shen Qingqing said, it’s really good. After you buy it, can I go to your house where it looks like a wedding dress table to take pictures and post them on Weibo?
Sun Ziyi said, I really like this Bo pancake, but I have never had the money to buy it.
Chen Qingqing tagged Sun Ziyi again and asked Xu Zecheng to buy it for her.
Sasa quickly called them back and said, "What do you think of this house? I'm a little confused."
At this time, the agent answered the phone on the sofa next to him and said loudly, "Do you want to see the house? Sure, I'm here now."
Sasa turned around like an underground spy who had heard some news and asked immediately, "Is there anyone else looking at the house?"
The agent said, "Of course, Ms. Chen, I haven't come across this kind of decoration very often."
Sasa moved closer to the agent and said, "You just said you would give me a discount downstairs."
The agent said of course.
Sasa thought for a while, and then said, "Then you go and ask for me. I really want to buy it. If the price is reasonable, I will order it!"
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Sasa walked along the river. Thinking of the beautiful houses she had just seen, the river seemed much more pleasing to the eye. She couldn't help but walk slowly. She took a photo under the peach tree and sent it to the group.
Sasa pressed the voice message and said happily, "I've already thought about how I'm going to eat brunch by the Peach Tree River every day after I move in."
As a result, when she was halfway through sending the voice message, her phone suddenly rang. She didn't finish the message. It was Lin Bozhou on the other end, asking her what she was doing and saying that he had come to Beijing.
Sasa said happily that she wanted to look at houses.
Lin Bozhou said I will drive to pick you up. Are you looking for a house near the China World Trade Center?
Sasa said she was in the east, and Lin Bozhou said, "Then you find a cafe to wait for me, I'll drive there in half an hour."
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As soon as Sasa got in the car, she couldn't help but show him the photos she had just taken.
Lin Baizhou turned his head and the first thing he saw was not the photo, but her beaming face. This was the first time he saw Sasa smile so happily.
Then he looked at the photo of the house and said, Do you like it?
Sasa said yes, I think the decoration is very nice.
Lin Baizhou took it, flipped it over, and said, "It's okay. Many B&Bs are decorated like this."
Sasa said, but the B&B doesn’t feel like home and the quality is very poor. Another thing is that it is the best I can choose within my ability.
Lin Baizhou returned the phone and asked why he suddenly wanted to buy a house.
Sasa said, "Well, what else can we do? Living in Beijing, we can't rent an apartment forever, right? We have to buy one sooner or later."
Lin Baizhou said, how many square meters?
Sasa said that the house title deed was over 80, but the actual value should be around 70.
Lin Baizhou said "oh".
Sasa has already started reading home notes on Xiaohongshu. Seeing her excited look, Lin Baizhou suddenly asked, "Do you need me to help you?"
Sasa said without even raising her head, "No need, the agent will help you with it."
Lin Baizhou suddenly reached out, touched her head over her midsection, and rubbed it a few times. Sasa froze, not even daring to look up. She thought, we are sex buddies, why are we so close except in bed? Then, she heard Lin Baizhou slowly say, "When I say effort, do you want me to pay for it? Improve your ability range and look at a few better ones?"
This time, Sasa had no idea how to raise her head.
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