"Sun Xingyan, I didn't realize you were so good at taking care of your wife."
Ma Zhaoshi exhaled a puff of smoke, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and stomped it out.
"Of course, my goal is to be a good husband to my wife, and no one can compare to me in that regard." Sun Xingyan pulled up his collar to block the sudden gust of cold wind.
"No wonder Sun Xingyan remained chaste even when a beautiful woman threw herself at him; he's deeply in love." Du Guofeng patted Sun Xingyan on the shoulder.
"Not bad, I like men like you, you've got guts!" Du Guofeng said, seeing that he couldn't persuade Sun Xingyan to get into the car, only to be blown away by the cold wind.
"Alright, it's too cold. I'll stop here. I have things to do tomorrow. I'll have Zhaoshi accompany you to look at houses. He has a car too. We'll meet tonight."
"Go back and cuddle with your wife to sleep. It's definitely not as comfortable as staying in bed in this weather." Chen Lu sneezed loudly, muttering under his breath.
"Damn it, I'm going to run ten kilometers tomorrow. Staying back here for too long will ruin my health."
Sun Xingyan listened to Chen Lu's words and a look of longing appeared on his face. He also wanted to sleep in the same bed, but unfortunately he was not married yet and dared not.
The next morning, Ma Zhaoshi and Chen Lu arrived together; he drove a black imported minivan.
"Brother Sun, get in the car." Chen Lu opened the car window and called out to Sun Xingyan, who was looking for the car.
Through the car window, you could see a pretty girl sitting next to him; this was Chen Lu's girlfriend.
Chen Lu and his girlfriend sat in the last row, leaving the middle seats for Sun Xingyan and Xia Baozhu.
"Brother Ma, Xiao Chen, this is my girlfriend, Xia Baozhu." Sun Xingyan introduced Xia Baozhu as he closed the car door and asked her to get in first.
"Hello." Xia Baozhu pulled down her scarf and greeted everyone with a smile. Sun Xingyan had told her about the people in advance.
"Xingyan, this must be your sister-in-law. Let's eat..." Ma Zhaoshi turned around, and the moment he saw Xia Baozhu, his mouth opened so wide it could fit a duck egg.
"This, this, this is my sister-in-law?" Ma Zhaoshi stammered, suspecting that Sun Xingyan had hired an actress to save face.
"Hello, sister-in-law." Chen Lu, who was in a daze, was pinched hard on the back of his hand by his girlfriend Lu Qianqian, making him wince in pain. "This is my girlfriend Lu Qianqian."
After exchanging greetings, Ma Zhaoshi led them to a nearby breakfast shop.
After getting out of the car, Ma Zhaoshi punched Sun Xingyan hard and whispered, "You're fucking amazing, I'm impressed. Does your sister-in-law have any sisters or cousins? Introduce me to them."
"Yes, but she's married." After saying this, Sun Xingyan smiled broadly and led Xia Baozhu into the store.
"Look at him, and then look at yourself!" Lu Qianqian said to Chen Lu, who got out of the car faster than a rabbit. "You didn't even wait for me, you didn't even hold my hand."
Chen Lu scratched his head, not understanding why his girlfriend was angry: "Isn't this always the case? What's wrong with you today?"
"Hmph, it's nothing, let's go eat!" Lu Qianqian was taken aback, stomped her foot, and went into the store first.
During breakfast, Sun Xingyan told these Beijing natives the approximate address of the house he wanted to buy.
"Buying so many?" Chen Lu asked in surprise.
"Is it a lot? Pork prices are high again this year. Although workers' wages are also rising, housing prices in Haicheng have suddenly jumped to 6,000 yuan per square meter, doubling in value, and they will continue to rise. The same goes for Beijing. If you have money but don't know what to do with it, you might as well buy a few more houses."
Sun Xingyan put down his chopsticks and wiped his hands. "I think building houses now is a good idea. Do you want to do it?"
"No, one of my uncles is in the construction business. He has a lot of work to do and has to run around to make connections. It's easier to do trade. Besides, we're doing quite well now, so there's no need to go to such lengths."
As Ma Zhaoshi spoke, he habitually picked up a cigarette and handed the pack to Sun Xingyan and Chen Lu.
Sun Xingyan didn't smoke it, but put it aside. "Alright, I was just saying. Let's go look at the house first."
Lu Qianqian was initially somewhat repulsed by the beautiful Xia Baozhu, but during the meal, the more she looked at Xia Baozhu, the more familiar she seemed.
She looked at Xia Baozhu again and again, and asked in confusion, "Sister Xia, haven't I seen you somewhere before? Have you been to the capital before?"
"Yes, now that you mention it, I also feel like your sister-in-law looks familiar." Chen Lu slapped his thigh excitedly and said, "I've definitely seen her somewhere before!"
Seeing his expression, Lu Qianqian felt jealous and pinched Chen Lu under the table again.
“Then you should have seen it in ‘Popular Fashion’ magazine,” Sun Xingyan replied on Xia Baozhu’s behalf.
"I remember now! Yes! It's 'Popular Fashion' magazine! No wonder it looked familiar!" Lu Qianqian said happily.
"We all said Xia Jie's cover photo was the best, but we didn't expect her to be even more beautiful in person. Is Xia Jie a professional model?"
"No, I'm doing this part-time." Xia Baozhu was pleased to hear someone genuinely praising her, and her tone became more friendly.
Ma Zhaoshi regretted not bringing a girl with him today. Everyone else had a partner, while he was all alone, looking pitiful.
What's even more infuriating is that his friends' partners are all incredibly beautiful, especially Sun Xingyan's partner, who is so beautiful that she makes his heart flutter.
However, he still understood the principle of not coveting a friend's wife.
One can only marvel at how lucky Sun Xingyan is; he's been away for so long, and yet such a beautiful woman hasn't been stolen away by anyone else.
After chatting for a while, the awkward atmosphere gradually disappeared, and the group of five became lively.
“Let’s go to Narcissus Alley first. I’ve inquired and found that there’s a courtyard house for sale there. The property rights are clear and there’s a land certificate, but it’s a bit expensive. The owner wants 450,000 yuan.”
Ma Zhaoshi had done his homework before coming. Although he seemed unreliable, he always took his friends' requests to heart.
"Wow, that's expensive! A courtyard house near my house was just sold a few days ago for 150,000, which I thought was quite high. Why is this one so expensive?"
Lu Qianqian said in surprise, she thought 150,000 would be more, she didn't expect there to be more expensive, the housing prices in Beijing have risen too fast.
“The house is big, over 300 square meters, so it’s normal for it to be expensive. Just getting the land certificate for that house would cost seventy or eighty thousand yuan,” Ma Zhaoshi explained. “If it weren’t for going abroad, he wouldn’t have sold it.”
Xia Baozhu glanced at Sun Xingyan, surprised that his guess was quite accurate.
Sun Xingyan raised an eyebrow at her triumphantly, a silly grin spreading across his face.
With the help of the local Beijing residents, buying a house became much easier, as long as you had enough money.
Most people struggle with raising funds when buying a house, but Sun Xingyan, who suddenly became rich, doesn't have this problem at all.
His only worry was that Xia Baozhu refused to write her name on the paper.
"If you pay for the house, of course it should only be registered in your name."
In Xia Baozhu's view, regardless of whether they were married or not, the house that Sun Xingyan bought with his own money could only belong to him.
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