Chapter 176 Narrowly Missing Out on One Hundred Million
Jiang Jianni couldn't help but ask, "Are you very familiar with him?"
Yang Anni was taken aback: "We're not that close, are we? We just greet each other when we meet. I've never even asked him which building, unit, or apartment number he lives in."
Then she got even angrier: "Just because we're not close doesn't mean you can spread rumors about me."
"What do you mean by assuming my parents, siblings, and other relatives are all dead just because I'm often alone?"
"Can't I just come out to work by myself?"
She knows other people in the neighborhood, so why don't they think of her that way?
Don't they realize she's only eighteen?
Although it wasn't explicitly stated that the house was owned, even if it was rented, the fact that the person dressed well, looked presentable, and ate and drank well every day suggests that their family was financially well-off.
This is good. Is it possible for an eighteen-year-old girl to earn this on her own?
Is this person's brain filled with shit, which is why they can't think at all?
Jiang Jianni: "..."
People probably overthink things, that's why they think that way.
After all, Yang Anni doesn't really have any relatives here besides her friends.
It's not like 20 or 30 years from now; there are more and more young women living alone.
Nowadays, most unmarried and single young people, regardless of gender, live with their parents.
Whether someone lives alone or lives alone in a large house, it's generally assumed that if something happens in the family, only one person will be left.
Besides, the housing prices here aren't expensive. Yang Anni has been in the capital for a year and can already speak a fairly good Beijing accent, so she can easily pass for a local.
After all, the smaller the houses in the old city, the more expensive they are; anyone in the capital knows this.
It's normal for young people to sell their houses in the old city and buy bigger houses in the suburbs.
There are quite a few people who do this, either because they are all alone or because they have many children and nowhere else to live, so they have no choice but to do this.
Moreover, single young people who own property and have money, especially women, are indeed more likely to attract attention.
Seeing Yang Anni's indignant expression, Jiang Jianni decided to turn back and remind Yang Anni to pay more attention to safety.
While we were eating, the people at the next table were talking about a murder case that had happened recently.
A woman died naked in a public toilet in the dead of winter. Her body had been submerged in the latrine for who knows how many days before it finally surfaced. She was swollen like a water tank, her face completely unrecognizable, and maggots were crawling all over her.
Someone discovered it when they went to empty the chamber pot in the morning.
The police have not yet determined the woman's real identity or name, let alone the identity of the murderer.
Yang Anni does appear later in the novel, meaning she can enjoy her glory for several more years.
But now this vicious, true heiress villain has already given birth to twins. According to the timeline, Fang Shuying, who should be getting married by now, is probably still somewhere out there. The plot has fallen apart to the point that even the author probably doesn't recognize her anymore. Who knows if Yang Anni still has the villain's halo?
So being careful won't hurt.
Jiang Jianni initially thought Yang Anni's house purchase was a good one, located a little outside the Third Ring Road, with the future price expected to rise to tens of millions. However, after the murder case, she suddenly felt that she should have bought a house in the city center instead.
Putting everything else aside, urban areas are at least much safer than suburbs.
Yang Anni had to film the next day, so she introduced the surrounding environment to them and went to work on her own, leaving them to fend for themselves. She even left her bicycle with them.
After all, the capital is so big. Although there are buses, they are not as convenient as bicycles, which allow you to go wherever you want.
The couple rode their bicycles through the streets and alleys of the capital, spending five days inquiring about the school.
Fortunately, their efforts paid off, and the couple finally chose a suitable area.
Jiang Jianni was exhausted and her back ached: "Why did we go through all that trouble? We might as well have just bought a house right next door."
The neighborhood they ultimately chose was just across the street from Yang Anni's.
Although they are just across the street, they belong to different areas, and their children attend different schools.
Moreover, just because of this street, Yang Anni's home is outside the Third Ring Road, while Jiang Jiani's chosen community is inside the Third Ring Road, resulting in a price difference of more than 200 yuan between the two.
When Yang Anni bought her house, it cost 1,200 yuan per square meter. She spent 70,000 yuan in one go, which almost broke her heart.
But in just one year, the price of houses in that neighborhood has increased to 1,300 yuan per square meter. In fact, because the area is relatively remote, the price increase is quite slow.
The neighborhood that Jiang Jiani and her friends chose now has a population of over 1,500.
Jiang Jiani could hardly believe her ears when she heard the price.
In 1992, housing prices in the capital city reached a staggering 1,500 yuan per square meter.
The house she bought in her previous life only cost 7,000 per square meter, and that was after 30 times the inflation rate twenty years later.
After doing this calculation, I always feel that the house I bought back then was ridiculously cheap.
But even if it's expensive, I still have to buy it.
Especially since they can bring their household registration.
Houses in remote areas are not easy to sell, but the sales staff are very enthusiastic. Even if they want to buy a house with a loan, they can still get the paperwork done quickly because they have proof of employment from their employer.
Considering they have two children and that relatives and friends will definitely come to visit in the future, the couple simply bought the largest three-bedroom house.
It's about the same size as a house in Pingyang City, but the total price is 130,000 yuan.
Jiang Jianni's heart was pounding as she paid the money—they had spent 50,000 yuan in one go, almost emptying their savings.
After completing the formalities and taking the contract out, Jiang Jianni said to Lu Xiangyang, "I used to think that our family wasn't particularly wealthy, but at least we were comfortably well-off, much better off than many people."
"But when I came to the capital to buy a house, I realized that we were not even considered well-off. We were poor at all."
"If we were truly at a comfortable middle-class level, we wouldn't buy a small 90-square-meter apartment; we'd just spend a million to buy a villa."
Yes, that's right, the sales staff even specifically promoted villas to them.
A large villa located within the Third Ring Road, with a land area of 300 square meters, a building area of 700 square meters, European style, and a front and back garden of 500 square meters each!
A large artificial lake was also dug inside the residential area!
Only one million!
Jiang Jiani thought it was too expensive to buy an apartment for 130,000 yuan.
Jiang Jianni thought it was damn cheap to buy a detached villa within the Third Ring Road for one million.
She even went to see the villa with the salesperson.
A magnificent villa with three and a half floors, a basement, and a double-height living room, for only one million!
Jiang Jianni was so heartbroken she could hardly breathe!
What was lost was not just a villa.
That's a loss of 100 million!
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