Chapter 747: The Idea of Buying a House

Suddenly remembering something: "Comrade Xiao Liu, let me ask you something."

Liu Chuxue looked at her: "Sister Hong, what is it?"

Sister Hong cleared her throat lightly: "The bicycle ticket the factory rewarded you with before — I don't know if you still have it, or if you've used it?"

Hearing it was about this, Liu Chuxue said: "Do you need that ticket?"

Sister Hong looked a little embarrassed: "It's my youngest brother. His wedding date was coming up, but his wife's family suddenly changed their minds and insisted on a bicycle, saying if he couldn't get one, the wedding would be postponed. I had no choice either — the moment I saw you, I thought of the ticket in your hand."

She really had no choice either. At noon she'd been called back to her parents' home, only to learn her little brother's wedding had run into trouble.

Honestly, it was really infuriating, but the wedding date was already set, relatives and friends had all been notified — to talk about postponing now, how could that work?

Before Liu Chuxue could answer, Sister Hong quickly explained: "Don't misunderstand, I'm not asking for it free.

What I mean is, if you're not using it for now, let me use it first. I can pay you, or if I find a ticket, I'll return the ticket to you — either way works."

Seeing Sister Hong was truly anxious, Liu Chuxue said: "I was originally thinking of buying one for my dad. If you're in a hurry, Sister Hong, you go first. If you're in a rush, I'll head back to the dormitory right now to fetch it."

Actually the ticket was in her space; such a precious thing, she couldn't possibly carry it on her.

Hearing Liu Chuxue say this, Sister Hong was overjoyed: "Thank you so much. The main thing is the wedding is in just one week — I was really afraid I couldn't find one in such a short time."

Liu Chuxue naturally understood her feelings: "I understand. Then I'll head back to the dormitory now, and you can just take it with you right after work."

By then the others had also arrived at the office one after another.

Sister Hong's face was all smiles: "Then I won't stand on ceremony with you."

In no time, Liu Chuxue returned to the office and handed the ticket over directly: "Sister Hong, keep it safe."

Sister Hong was about to thank her again when Liu Chuxue quickly stopped her: "We've been master and apprentice — let's stop with all this thanking back and forth. As your apprentice, can't I show a little filial respect to my master?"

Hearing her say this, Sister Hong burst out laughing: "Oh you. But let's be clear — whether it's returning the ticket or converting it to cash, you can't refuse."

After getting along for so long, Liu Chuxue also understood Sister Hong's character, so she nodded: "Alright, then we'll do it your way."

This time Sister Hong smiled even more happily.

Once busy, time flew by.

The moment the end-of-work bell rang, Sister Hong said goodbye to everyone and left the office.

Zheng Jiangtao, who sat at the desk across from her, joked: "What's gotten into Sister Hong? This is the first time she's been in such a rush to leave work."

Wan Xiaohui had just finished tidying up: "It really is."

After saying that she looked at the others, wanting to know the answer too — but they were all shaking their heads.

As for Liu Chuxue, the only one who knew the truth, she pretended she hadn't heard.

After all, that was Sister Hong's private business; she had no desire to bring it out to entertain others.

Thinking that now only she remained in the dormitory, her heart was both glad and worried.

Glad she could have a private space for now; worried that the dormitory couldn't remain unassigned forever — what if someone came whose values followed their looks, someone she couldn't get along with? That would be trouble.

Suddenly the idea of buying a house arose.

Although private transactions weren't allowed now, it wasn't completely without options — after all, when there's a policy up top, there's a countermeasure down below.

But in this day and age, a good property was something you could only hope to stumble upon, not seek out.

Although the Fu family home had room to live in, each son only had one room. More people meant more trouble — she feared complications most of all.

It seemed she'd really need to have Fu Yan Cheng inquire carefully when she got back.