"If you have any ideas, you can bring them up with me in person. The price we offer will definitely satisfy you."
For the last two customers, Chen Meilan didn't hesitate to give them extra money.
But the other party was adamant: "We won't move! We've gotten used to living here!"
“These are all low-rise buildings, which are not convenient for living. The demolition compensation we give you is enough for you to buy a very spacious and comfortable apartment, and the community environment will be much better than here.”
"No need! I'll say it again, we're used to living here! There's nowhere better than here!"
"I really don't understand, what's so good about this place? Everyone else complains about how inconvenient it is to live here, and they can't wait to move away, so why do you insist on staying here?"
"Ah ba ah ba, ah ah ah—"
“No, little mute, we can’t leave here. The apartment building isn’t suitable for us. We can’t farm in the yard. There are too many people there, and we’ll be laughed at.”
"Ah-ba, ah-ba—"
"Don't be naive. Can you find a quieter place like here? Here, each house is private, and nobody bothers anyone else. If we lived in an apartment building, we wouldn't be able to keep it a secret..."
Chen Meilan understood the key point and pressed for an answer: "What are you trying to hide? Tell me, and maybe I can help you."
"You can help me? Hehehe—"
"Who do you think you are, a savior?"
"Since you're so eager to see our secrets, then we'll show them to you, but don't be scared and cry."
The door opened.
The sight before her startled Chen Meilan, and she covered her mouth to barely suppress a scream.
Zhang Jianguo stood protectively in front of his wife, his face grave.
The man with his hand outstretched had extremely severe burns on his face, making his face look terrifying.
Another person, no, there should be two people!
It is conjoined twins.
Two heads, two bodies, two arms, two legs.
"Hehe, scared, huh?" one of the leaders said.
The other head sneered: "Now you know why we don't dare to go out and see people during the day, right?"
Chen Meilan lowered her hand from her mouth and sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry, I lost my composure. I wasn't scared."
"Saying one thing and meaning another."
"Women are really good at lying."
"Ah-ba ah-ba!" The mute man nodded vigorously, indicating his agreement with what the two heads said.
"Dumb man, close the door."
"Ah!"
The door slammed shut.
Chen Meilan and Zhang Jianguo knocked on the door, and someone next door shouted, "What are you knocking on the door for in the middle of the night!"
Chen Meilan and Zhang Jianguo returned home disappointed.
"Honey, this matter is probably quite tricky."
"Yes, actually, besides this one, the other one also has a very tricky problem."
"Only two left?"
"Yeah, it's too difficult."
"What's the situation with the other one?"
When Chen Meilan mentioned another family's child who had gone missing abroad, Zhang Jianguo angrily said, "How could such a big child just lose contact with someone like that? It must be the school's fault. If they took the child out, they should bring them back!"
“I think so too, but nobody cares about this. The school is shirking responsibility, and many departments are shirking responsibility. They keep passing the buck, and in the end, there is no accurate information. The couple has turned gray from worry. They are only in their early forties, but they look like they are in their sixties or seventies.”
"Honey, how about we go somewhere else?"
"That won't do. The boss wants a place near the villa. How can we change the location?"
“I actually understand people who are mute or conjoined twins. Their appearance is indeed only suitable for living in low-rise houses where few people go. As long as they don’t go out and their neighbors don’t bother them, they can basically live a life of isolation and peace and quiet. If they move to an apartment or a densely populated community, it will be very troublesome. With more people and more gossip, they definitely won’t be able to live a peaceful life.”
Chen Meilan pondered for a moment and said, "Besides the low bungalows, the villas are also detached houses. There are few people in the community, and most villa owners don't like to visit each other, so it's quite quiet. Maybe... I can arrange a place for them that meets their requirements, or even quieter than the place they are in now, and they might agree."
Chen Meilan immediately decided to act on her idea and prepared to contact the villa real estate agent.
Zhang Jianguo quickly grabbed her: "Wife, don't you know what time it is? The real estate agents are probably all asleep. You can contact them again tomorrow."
When Chen Meilan checked the time, it was already 2 a.m.
"Honey, you need to go to sleep. You're a boss now, you can't be late!"
...
The next day, Chen Meilan first contacted the real estate agent and asked them to look for quiet villas far from the city center, preferably in a corner of the villa area, where the neighbors were the kind of people who bought the property and were waiting for it to appreciate in value but didn't actually live there.
After contacting the intermediary, Chen Meilan met with Han Fei to report on the progress of the acquisition.
“I own villas. I bought ten in a villa area. Seven are for my children, one for each of them in the future. The other three are for investment purposes, and we won’t be living in them for now. I’m giving one of them to them, which is right in the middle of the other two investment properties, so no one will bother them.”
"Okay, I'll go talk to them now. I'm sure they'll agree."
"etc."
"Boss, is there anything else you need?"
“They’re used to living there, and since they’re a special group, they’re very wary and might not trust you. So, you can tell them that I can help them contact hospitals abroad and have doctors who are highly specialized in separating conjoined twins perform the surgery.”
"Boss, their situation is that they share an arm and a leg. If they are not separated, it does not affect their lives. But once they are separated, they will each lose an arm and a leg, and become disabled, which will have a great impact on their lives."
"Technology is very advanced now. If one arm is missing, we can install an iron arm; if one leg is missing, we can install a mechanical leg. When they are separated, they can be dressed in clothes and pants and look just like normal people."
"Okay, I will definitely pass on the message to them. I believe they will be very much looking forward to becoming normal people."
"Is the mute man's burn condition very serious?" Han Fei asked.
"Yes, I suspect his throat injury was also caused by burns."
"Let's take him to a reputable hospital together then. Maybe he can be cured. Talk to him and if he cooperates, at least the skin on his face can be replaced, making him less scary. As for the other family, send me the name and address of that school, and I'll have someone investigate."
“The boss has sent someone to handle it, and I think they will definitely get news of their son soon.”
Han Fei sighed: "Sometimes, no news is better than bad news."
"But endless waiting only causes anxiety and unease. It's better to let them know the truth, even if it's the worst."
"Perhaps you are right."
"Boss, that child... could it really be the worst-case scenario?"
"I don't know, I hope not."
After Chen Meilan left, Han Fei instructed Butler Li to send someone to investigate. Special departments are sometimes faster than the police when they are mobilized.
In less than two hours, we received confirmation.
The child...has amnesia?
He is currently being adopted by a foreign couple and has become a high-achieving student at Harvard.
“Sir, this happened five years ago.”
Han Fei took another document and learned that five years ago, the school did not organize an exchange program for students studying abroad, but rather a secret surgery to take the children who were matched with the donor abroad.
The couple's son accidentally learned the truth and tried to escape, but was chased by people sent by the school. He eventually fell into the sea and, possibly due to prolonged suffocation or severe head trauma before falling into the water, suffered amnesia.
Han Fei closed the document. "Fortunately, it's not the worst outcome. It's always better to be alive than dead."
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