Chapter 277: Wenzhou House Speculators

Driving along various road sections, the car did not encounter any obstacles.

This time period belongs to a vacuum zone; students have long since gone home for the holidays, and office workers are still being ruthlessly exploited by capital, so there are not many vehicles on the streets, and the same is true on the expressway.

The beautiful and dynamic vehicle sped along the expressway, like a meteor streaking across the night sky, sweeping past mountains, fields, and rivers...

After a night of nourishment, Wu Yue'er sat in the passenger seat, glowing with radiance, browsing her social media updates; her classmates had all arrived home safely and were posting updates asking to meet up.

Everyone was busy with gatherings of friends.

Only she was still outside, like duckweed without roots.

Fortunately, she had Shen Yan by her side.

Only now did she discover the comment Shen Yan had posted yesterday, and she said with high spirits, "Hubby, you're planning to travel to Yunnan? When are you going? Take me with you."

Shen Yan replied, "I was just saying that off the cuff; we'll see when I have time."

"Then what is there to do in Wencheng?"

Shen Yan said that what is more famous in Wencheng are Baizhangji, Yandang Mountain, and the beaches, and that she could search for them online; Wu Yue'er immediately opened her browser and was instantly obsessed with the scenery of Baizhangji, where a hundred-meter-high waterfall poured down.

It perfectly interpreted that line of ancient poetry.

"It flies down three thousand feet, as if the Milky Way is falling from the ninth heaven."

Standing in front of the waterfall, wearing ancient costume and holding a sword, the martial arts feeling is instantly maxed out.

Wu Yue'er acted spoiled and cute, begging Shen Yan to take her to play, and Shen Yan readily agreed; he had never actually been to Baizhangji, and with nothing to do, touring the mountains and waters to relax his mood was also excellent.

"Hubby, you're so good!"

If Shen Yan weren't driving, Wu Yue'er would have loved to send a sweet kiss right away.

It wasn't that she was so happy to be able to go out and play, but rather that she enjoyed this feeling of being pampered by someone.

Then, Wu Yue'er asked again, "Hubby, how do you plan to arrange for me during this winter break? How about you just take me home with you? That would be the easiest way."

Even though she knew there was little hope, Wu Yue'er still looked at Shen Yan expectantly.

Shen Yan pursed his lips and said in a gentle tone, "I also want to take you home, but you know the situation... Once we get back to Cangnan, I'll buy a house for you to live in, and I'll come over to keep you company when I have time."

"Oh!" Wu Yue'er's expression dimmed, but then she immediately became radiant again: "Then does this count as 'hiding a beauty in a golden house'? So that house is my home, then?"

Shen Yan nodded slightly and said in a firm tone, "That place is your home, a warm little nest that can shelter you from the wind and rain."

This sentence was like a heart-stirring melody, striking straight at Wu Yue'er's heart; so... aside from that bone-chilling, heart-freezing residence in Shenyang, she was finally going to have a home of her own.

There would be no Chen Shanni there, no Hao Anqi, and certainly no other miscellaneous people.

A warm little nest that truly belonged only to her and Shen Yan.

Thinking of this, Wu Yue'er couldn't suppress a happy laugh; the sound was as crisp and pleasant as a silver bell, as if the whole world were infected by her joy.

At this very moment, the sunlight happened to shine through the car window onto her face, adding a faint golden glow to her already beautiful features; Wu Yue'er squinted slightly, feeling the warmth brought by the sunlight, her heart filled with beautiful longing for the future.

Perhaps that would be their future bridal chamber.

She asked Shen Yan what kind of house he wanted to buy, and Shen Yan replied, "Just an ordinary apartment in a residential complex, for us to stay in occasionally when we come back."

It wasn't that Shen Yan couldn't bear to spend the money to buy that kind of luxury mansion or villa, but the situation in Wencheng was a bit different from other cities.

There are three great lies in the 21st century, and one of them is that housing prices will fall; as everyone knows, in the past ten years, housing prices have been rising, which can be called the "Golden Decade of Real Estate."

And the place with the largest increase in housing prices was none other than Wencheng; despite being a second-tier city, housing prices were at the top of the national list, reaching as high as 25,000 per square meter, with individual areas even reaching as high as 80,000.

Even the most prosperous first-tier cities like Shanghai and Beijing were far behind.

The greatest contributors to this were the "Wenzhou House Speculators," who bought houses by the unit; the more extravagant ones would buy an entire building at once, as simply as buying groceries.

So much so that housing prices in Wencheng remained high and were very inflated, and these speculators didn't just speculate on local houses; other cities were not spared either, though it wasn't quite as exaggerated.

Many people even took out bank loans to speculate on houses, playing a game of heart-stopping risk.

These speculators had no intention of holding them long-term, generally selling them off at a high price after holding them for two or three months, turning the housing market into a stock market.

Nowadays, there is a saying circulating among the people: "Buying a house in the east or west is not as good as buying a house in Wencheng; investing left or right is not as good as investing in Wencheng."

The degree of madness can be seen from this.

Shen Yan clearly remembered that next year, Wencheng would see the outbreak of the famous "private financial lending crisis." Under this crisis, housing prices in Wencheng would begin to plummet; it was normal for new commercial housing to fall by 30%-40%, and some developments would be cut in half, not warming up again until 2016.

Buying a house right now was not a wise choice.

Upon learning that the housing prices in a small county like Cangnan were actually on par with Hangzhou, Wu Yue'er couldn't help but habitually stick out her tongue and advised, "Then let's not buy a house here; the cost-performance ratio is too low."

Shen Yan's tone was gentle: "Given your situation, you'll probably be running back and forth here during winter and summer breaks; you can't keep renting or staying in hotels, so we still need to buy a house."

Wu Yue'er, however, had a different view: "It's not worth it to buy here. With that money, it would be better to buy in Shanghai or Hangzhou. Besides, I won't be staying here for long, and I'd have to get furniture and appliances; it's too much trouble. Let's just rent one for now."

"But I see that you really want a home." Shen Yan looked at Wu Yue'er in surprise.

He wasn't short of that bit of money; buying a house was no issue at all.

Wu Yue'er smiled sweetly and said a very heartwarming line: "Wherever you are, that is my home."

Shen Yan was deeply moved in body and soul; he grabbed her soft, jade-like hand and kissed it, saying firmly, "Development here is indeed a bit backward. In the future, I will buy a big villa in Hangzhou or Shanghai for you to live in."

"Then I'll be waiting for that." Wu Yue'er laughed very happily.