Chapter 63: I've Been Stuck There for Over a Year!

He wrote his phone number on a piece of paper and placed it behind the windshield; there was nothing else he could do for now.

Precisely because he knew how infuriating it was not to be able to contact a car owner, he absolutely could not do that himself.

After looking carefully all around to ensure he wouldn't obstruct passing vehicles or pedestrians, Zhou Yi nodded in satisfaction and walked toward the Property Management Office.

Only upon reaching the front did he realize there weren't actually that many people here; it was just so chaotic that it looked as if they were about to surround the entire Property Management Office.

He stepped forward, grabbed a man, and asked, "Hey, brother, what's going on? Why is everyone coming to Property Management?"

The man looked Zhou Yi up and down, then immediately said, "Are you an owner in this Small Residential District? Property Management sent a notice in the owners' group saying they're starting to register for Elevator Cards today."

Ah, Zhou Yi suddenly realized; so that was it. He had heard that auntie mention it when he moved in a few days ago, but he hadn't expected Property Management to start registration so soon.

"But there shouldn't be any rush to register, right? Logically speaking, they have to process it whenever you go to Property Management, so why is everyone crowding here?"

The man said helplessly, "Sigh, it's because Property Management said the centralized registration period is only three days. If you register within three days, the Elevator Card is free."

"Before they started issuing them, there was news that the fee for these Elevator Cards would be expensive. Now that everyone hears it's free, they're definitely all rushing to get one."

So that was it. Zhou Yi looked at the Property Management Office ahead with some suspicion. Could Property Management really be that generous?

During the time he had lived here, he had chatted quite a bit with Liu Nainai and the others about Property Management. The Property Management here was notorious for ignoring everything while charging fees for everything.

They were actually going to issue Elevator Cards for free now?

He remembered that they had charged him twenty yuan for that Access Card before...

Forget it, he wouldn't worry about that for now. He was here to talk to Property Management about the parking space issue. Seeing that he couldn't seem to squeeze in, he thought for a moment, took out his phone, and started making a call.

"Hello, if you want to register for an Elevator Card, please come to the Property Management Office..."

The person finished the sentence and was about to hang up, so Zhou Yi hurriedly said, "Wait, don't yet. I'm not here to register for an Elevator Card. I want to ask you, my parking space has been occupied, what should I do?"

The person on the other end finally didn't hang up, and asked with some confusion, "Your parking space is occupied? Where is it? Did you rent the parking space or buy it?"

"It's at parking space number 032 in Zone B on the first basement level. I bought it, and now it's occupied by a car."

The Property Management staff member on the other end of the line said directly, "Then you can contact the car owner and ask them to move the car, can't you?"

"I contacted them, but the car owner said it was their parking space, so that's why I'm asking you to look into the situation," Zhou Yi said again.

"This is a dispute between you two; our Property Management can't handle it. You should..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yi remained calm on the surface and said, "Let's get this straight first. You're saying Property Management can't handle it, right? Did I buy my parking space from your Property Management, and do I have to pay a parking management fee every year?"

"Now that my parking space is occupied, you're saying you can't handle it? What, you don't mention 'can't handle it' when you're collecting fees, right? Then why are you collecting this money?"

Last time, when Xu Yufeng was disturbing the peace, you said you couldn't handle it and suggested taking legal action.

It was one thing that you were double-standard about everything afterward, and he, Zhou Yi, wouldn't go looking for trouble for no reason, but now you're still saying you can't handle it? This is infuriating!

If you can't handle it, then don't collect the fees, right?

The Property Management staff member on the other end was already losing patience.

"I said I can't handle it, so I can't handle it. What's the matter with you? Why are you being so unreasonable? You..."

Unfortunately, the Property Management staff member's next sentence was choked right back into their throat.

Because the person on the other end said, "Oh, right, I forgot to mention, my name is Zhou Yi, I live at Building 2, Unit 1, 1602. Whatever you want to say, say it quickly; I'm in a hurry!"

He really was in a hurry, because that spot just now wasn't a parking space. Although it wasn't in the way, given his personality, Zhou Yi didn't want to keep parking there.

If the new car got scratched by a passing vehicle, it would be heartbreaking...

Zhou Yi? The staff member felt that the name sounded strangely familiar. Suddenly, it clicked—damn it, Zhou Yi!

Isn't this the guy who fought with Xu Yufeng in every way possible and even forced Xu Yufeng to apologize?

How could it be him...

The staff member's tone changed immediately, and they said, "So it's Mr. Zhou. Right, you said your parking space was occupied, right? Where are you now? I'll have a security guard go over and take a look."

I'm right outside the Property Management Office, the entrance is blocked and I can't get in. Just have someone come directly to the basement to find me.

After Zhou Yi told the other party the basement number again, he drove directly down to the basement.

Meanwhile, in the Property Management Office, the young person who had just taken the call hung up and hurriedly shouted, "Sister Ma, Sister Ma, that Zhou Yi called and said his parking space is occupied, asking us to go take a look."

Not far away, Ma Lili turned her head. She had originally wanted to say that we can't handle parking space disputes, but as soon as she heard that name, she didn't dare to.

"Fine, tell Old Xie to go take a look. If the car can be moved, just have them move it."

Zhou Yi waited for about ten minutes or so before a security guard, who looked to be in his fifties, walked over.

Old Xie, whose full name was Xie Jun, had worked odd jobs everywhere when he was young, and now that he was old, he could only work as a security guard here.

"Are you Zhou Yi? You said your parking space was occupied?" Old Xie walked over and looked at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi nodded and pointed to the driveway ahead: "Look, it's right here. I bought this parking space, but now it's occupied by this person. I called them, and they even said it was their parking space."

"They said it's theirs, and you say it's yours?" Old Xie was a bit confused.

Zhou Yi took out the parking space purchase contract he had prepared long ago and said, "Look, it's right here. I bought this parking space from Property Management before, and I pay the parking management fee every year."

"Look at this number, this is mine. Oh, and the one next to it is mine too!"

It turned out that Zhou Yi hadn't looked carefully before. Now that he took out the contract and paperwork, he discovered that it seemed the system had given him two parking spaces this time, though he didn't know why the reward had only mentioned one...

Old Xie took the contract and started looking at it carefully. After a long while, he said, "It seems to be yours. You only have one car, why do you have two parking spaces?"

"I wanted to buy two parking spaces. I can't park in just one, is that okay?" Zhou Yi said.

"Yes, yes. Then why did they say this was their parking space?"

Zhou Yi spread his hands: "That's why I called you here..."

"You park your car here first; they're both your spaces anyway. I'll have a colleague check their car. Every owner in the Small Residential District has a phone number on file."

"No need, no need. I have their phone number right here. I'll just call this one directly. I was blocked by them."

Old Xie nodded, looked at the phone number, and then started dialing.

"Hello, hello, I'm from our Small Residential District Property Management. An owner reported to us that your car is occupying their parking space. We called you, but you said it was your parking space, so we want to ask about the situation!"

A voice came from the phone.

"Property Management? Asking about the situation? What do you mean my car is occupying someone else's parking space? That parking space is mine!"

Lao Xie asked in confusion upon hearing this, "But the owner has produced a parking space sales contract, and that contract can prove the parking space is his. What do you have to say to that?"

"What do you mean what do I have to say? It's been over a year, I've been parking there every single day, how could it suddenly be someone else's? Besides, if it were his, why didn't he say so earlier? I have things to do right now."

The call ended, and Lao Xie was stunned; Zhou Yi was even more dumbfounded, as Lao Xie had just had the speakerphone on.

So... the other party has been parking there for over a year?

The second update is here. Thanks to the brothers Shu Du 1, Li Ming Qian De Bai Tong, Wo Shi Kan Shu De Xiaoxiao Zhu, Xie En Chou, Hei Xin Da Hua Juan, and Yin Feng Mei Ying for their tips.

It will be officially released next Tuesday at noon. I guarantee everyone will be satisfied, and the pace will take off once it's released.

(End of this chapter)