Chapter 111 We Want to Buy That Building
The venue was more lively than expected. Most of the people sitting there were middle-aged people carrying folders, with a few young faces occasionally, their fingers tapping quickly on the calculators on their mobile phones.
The projection screen on the wall plays photos of the properties to be photographed in a loop - faded corridors, cracked glass windows, and old clothes drying on the balcony, all clearly captured by the high-definition camera.
"The next one is on the third floor of an old apartment building in Chengnan District, 65 square meters, with a starting price of 420,000 yuan."
The auctioneer in a gray suit knocked on the edge of the table, his voice a little muffled through the microphone.
Someone in the front row immediately raised a sign: "430,000."
"440,000." A man wearing glasses at the back pushed up his glasses, his hand holding the sign steady.
The bidding sounds rose and fell like the tide.
Chi Lin sat next to Ruan Xingyue and found that she was not interested in the houses in front of her and kept looking down at her phone.
When I turned around, I saw my son next to me was also playing with his mobile phone.
The two people were sending messages on their phones across from her.
Chi Lin coughed and said, "Xingyue, there's nothing you're interested in?"
Xingyue didn't even raise her head: "Well, it's not here yet."
Chi Lin hesitated several times, wanting to talk to Ruan Xingyue and get some useful information.
Suddenly, a holographic projection of the beige building of the Children's Palace hung in the air, the mottled stained glass on the wall was processed into a soft light effect, and the red number of the starting price "200 million" jumped glaringly in the corner of the screen.
The host praised it highly, saying that the auction of this building would be the highlight of the day.
Chi Lin looked at Ruan Xingyue closely and found that she still didn't look up from her phone.
Is the phone really that fun? Is she really just here to play around?
The host's voice rang out: "200 million for the first time!"
Ruan Xingyue finally looked up, and just when Chi Lin thought she was going to bid, she just put down her phone and rubbed her neck.
It was inconvenient for her to rub it herself while wearing a suit, so she hooked her finger at the bodyguard next to her.
The bodyguard was stunned for a long time, and wiped his palms wet and dry before putting his hands on the back of Ruan Xingyue's neck and massaging her neck.
Vixen!
Chi Lin cursed in her heart, but smiled: "Xingyue, you and your godmother are not interested in this building? The location is good, the property rights are clear, and it will be worth at least this amount after renovation."
She made the number eight gesture.
Ruan Xingyue sighed uncomfortably and looked up at her bodyguard: "You haven't eaten enough, and you only have this much energy?"
The bodyguard lowered his head and increased his strength a little, but upon closer inspection, it didn't seem to be much more.
Chi Lindi didn't know how many times he had been ignored by this yellow-haired girl, and he cursed Ruan Xingyue eight hundred times in his heart.
She said to herself with a smug look on her face: "Your godmother wouldn't look down on this little piece of land, but you should be interested in it."
She used the Lu family's money to buy it in her own name as a dowry. The dead girl is more calculating than her.
Liang Chi suddenly spoke, his tone filled with resentment: "Mom, don't ask anymore. Xingyue won't like this building."
Chi Lin was puzzled and began to get angry with her son.
He hasn't even brought her home yet, but she's already turned her elbow to Ruan Xingyue.
"300 million for the first time—"
"300 million for the second time—"
Someone in the back row couldn't help but hold up a sign: "320 million!"
The price increase snowballed and instantly reached 380 million.
Ruan Xingyue stared at Zhou Mingcheng, a big boss in the investment industry sitting in front of her. He was dressed modestly and only brought one assistant with him.
The other party slowly raised a sign: "400 million."
Chi Lin had already recognized Zhou Mingcheng's voice and couldn't wait to socialize: "Mr. Zhou!"
Zhou Mingcheng turned around and his eyes fell on Ruan Xingyue. "Xingyue, Professor Lu asked me for a ticket. I thought he would go there in person, but it turns out you came on his behalf."
Zhou Mingcheng is friends with the owner of the auction house.
He raised his eyebrows and smiled: "The Lu family is not interested in this building? This building is a piece of fat meat."
If it weren't for this building, I wouldn't even bother with anything else.
"As long as Uncle Zhou likes it." Ruan Xingyue paused, her voice not loud but clearly heard by the surroundings, "But I don't like it. It's unlucky."
She raised her hand to stop the bodyguard from rubbing her neck.
"Bad luck?" Zhou Mingcheng couldn't help but laugh. "Xingyue is so young, and she believes in these things?"
As soon as the words fell, the holographic projection hanging in the air suddenly made a crackling sound, and the picture cut to a dazzling white.
Immediately afterwards, a line of black words appeared - [In July 2000, the body of a female teacher was found floating in the attic of the Children's Palace. The police determined that the death was an accidental drowning].
Comes with a newspaper cover from that year.
The photos are uncensored, in black and white, and very scary.
The discussions in the hall stopped abruptly.
Before the host could react, text cascaded down the screen, accompanied by a voice announcement as clear and articulate as the Xinwen Lianbo broadcast: [In March 2004, a maintenance worker fell to his death; his family was awarded 780,000 yuan in compensation and settled privately.]
In November 2010, an unidentified male body was found in an underground warehouse. His identity remains unknown.
[In July 2017, a girl was raped and murdered on the rooftop, and disinfectant was used to clean the entire rooftop.]
…
What was finally frozen were a few blurry photos: a yellowed mortgage contract, the creditor's signature was the official seal of Chilu Company, and the mortgage date was three months earlier than the auction announcement.
"Fuck!" The boss in the flowered shirt stood up suddenly and slammed the folder in his hand onto the podium. "This is a fucking haunted house! You took a 50 million yuan deposit from me, and you put me in this kind of shitty building?"
That one sentence was like lighting a powder keg.
The man in the suit kicked over a chair and rushed forward, his tie askew around his neck: "Give me back! Now!"
Someone grabbed a mineral water bottle from the table and smashed it against the screen. "A haunted building, starting bid 200 million? Why don't you just go grab it!"
The host hid under the table, holding his head. The microphone rolled to the floor, and he cried out in a distorted voice: "It's not our fault! The property rights owner didn't say..."
Zhou Mingcheng was not angry. Instead, he looked at Ruan Xingyue with some appreciation.
Chi Lin stared at Ruan Xingyue with fear, her eyes full of crow's feet.
Ruan Xingyue turned around and smiled at her: "My godmother thought I was young and asked me to come here to see the world. Do you believe it, Mr. Chi?"
How could Chi Lin possibly believe it!
She couldn't believe such a coincidence!
These murders have clearly been settled.
The public had no memory of the time and place of the murder, and it wasn't even reported on the local news.
But today they are listed one by one and posted clearly on the big screen!
It must be Ruan Xingyue’s doing.
The venue was in chaos.
Ruan Xingyue stood up slowly and looked past Chi Lin at Liang Chi who was staring at her: "Brother, I'm in a bad mood today. I'll go back first. I'll have dinner with you another day."
Liang Chi stood up hurriedly: "Xingyue, I'll take you to the parking lot."
Chi Lin grabbed her son's hand, pushed him back to his seat, and lowered her voice: "Come with me to see your uncle later. Your father will probably be here too. Don't let him lose you, or we'll both get scolded!"
Ruan Xingyue deliberately walked around to the front row to say goodbye to Zhou Mingcheng.
Unexpectedly, the other party stood up and said, "Let's go together, Xingyue. This auction probably can't continue."
When they reached the parking lot, not many people were around, so Zhou Mingcheng asked, "Old Lu recently went to another city. Is there anything important?"
He and Lu Yibo have been friends for many years and he knows that he dotes on the girl like his own daughter. He goes straight to the point and says, "I heard through the grapevine that something happened to Fuchuan."
Ruan Xingyue sighed softly, "Grandpa won't let me talk about this."
She said half and kept the other half, but Zhou Mingcheng already knew the answer. A look of regret flashed across his face: "Such a good child, yet he made such a mistake."
Who wouldn’t say it’s a pity after hearing this?
Back then, the Lu family completely blocked the news, and he only got a general idea after drinking with Lu Yi Bo a few times. He couldn't explain what exactly happened.
Anyway, Lu Fuchuan was ruined.
The century-old Lu family was also destroyed.
Separated from Zhou Mingcheng in the parking lot.
Ruan Xingyue raised her hand to look at her watch. It was a little past four.
When Lu Fuchuan got in the car, he took off his mask and sunglasses first, which suffocated him.
Ruan Xingyue started the car and he stared at the palm of his hand.
He continued to stare as the car drove out of the exhibition hall parking lot.
"What do you think of Liang Chi?"
Lu Fuchuan stared at his palm with the same expression, "A rat in the gutter, a toad in the stinking ditch."
Ruan Xingyue smiled, agreeing, and then said seriously, "We have to buy this building."
Lu Fuchuan finally looked at her profile, with a hint of doting on his lips: "Well, I'll buy it for you."
Ruan Xingyue gripped the steering wheel, a hint of smile in her eyes, unlike the vague smile when she was smiling at Liang Chi.
"I'm sure you'll buy it. I have no money and no connections. If the auction fails this time, the bank will get the news and will probably cancel the mortgage and blacklist Chi Lu. Chi Lu will definitely resort to usury."
Lu Fuchuan understood, "My people will give him a chance to borrow money at high interest rates."
He leaned against the car window, supporting his face with one hand, smiling handsomely, and his voice unconsciously lowered: "Where are we going?"
Ruan Xingyue: "Let's go eat, and then I'll take you back to school."
Lu Fuchuan, who is still handsome but can’t smile, said: “I feel the wound is inflamed.”
Ruan Xingyue's eyes showed some tension: "Then shall we go to the hospital first?"
Lu Fuchuan didn't want to lie to her, and said helplessly: "I'm just looking for an excuse to take leave."
Tonight is Li Xue's evening study session.
Last Friday, she switched evening study sessions with her biology teacher, and Li Xue took his cell phone.
He had a hunch that he would be taken away again tonight.
"Why do you want to take a leave?"
Lu Fuchuan stared at her profile and asked, "Why do you ask me even though you already know the answer?"
"Can I take a leave?" he asked back.
Ruan Xingyue said without hesitation: "That's definitely not possible. A student's duty is to study hard..."
Exactly the same words as Li Xue.
Lu Fuchuan slumped his shoulders, and the air suddenly lost its fragrance.
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