Chapter 481: 503 Beach, Villa, Hot Spring, Beauty!!

503 Beach, Villa, Hot Spring, Beauty!!! (Seeking subscriptions and monthly votes)

In Nihon, if one wants to find a property that satisfies both "hot spring" and "ocean view" conditions, it is not to say they don't exist at all, but they are indeed few.

As a country with very rich hot spring resources, one can find several famous hot spring towns in basically every place and every prefecture.

As for ocean views, it goes without saying; as a country surrounded by the sea on all sides, the coastline is astonishingly long, and houses where one can see the sea are everywhere.

But the problem lies in when these two conditions are superimposed.

To have both a natural hot spring and be able to see the sea while sitting at home, that is not something that can be satisfied just by finding any random place.

Because the formation of hot springs requires specific geological conditions, usually concentrated in inland mountainous areas around volcanic belts or coastal zones with frequent geothermal activity.

And there are not many places that can truly bring a hot spring eye and an ocean view together on the same plot of land.

Counting on one's fingers, there are only a few.

They are roughly concentrated in the coastal zones on the periphery of the Tokyo circle, such as Atami, Hakone, the Izu Peninsula, and Shimoda.

These places share a common characteristic: they are all situated within the influence range of the Fuji volcanic belt, with rich geothermal resources, while also being adjacent to the coastline of the Pacific Ocean or Sagami Bay.

Therefore, in certain specific locations, one can indeed realize the life experience that sounds quite luxurious: "soaking in a hot spring while looking at the sea."

Among them, the scope of Atami is the widest, real estate development is the most mature, the number of available properties is the largest, and it is also the backyard for Tokyo residents to vacation on weekends.

Both the Shinkansen and the Tokaido Main Line can reach it directly; the transportation is so convenient that it doesn't seem like a seaside hot spring town.

The hillsides are densely covered with all kinds of hot spring inns and vacation apartments.

Looking down from a high vantage point, the buildings of the entire city are layered along the mountain terrain, spreading all the way to the harbor by the sea; it is especially beautiful when the lights are on at night.

The Izu Peninsula and Shimoda, because they are located further south along the Pacific coast, have more varied coastline forms, with cliffs, reefs, and white sand beaches; the quality of the ocean view is much higher than that of Atami.

The situation in Hakone is different; it is mainly dominated by mountain scenery, with the most famous being the reflections of Lake Ashi and Mount Fuji, though there are also some areas where one can see the sea surface of Sagami Bay.

It is just that these places belong to the niche of the niche, housing sources are very scarce, and the conditions are not as good as the places mentioned above at all.

As for the remaining famous hot spring resorts in Nihon, such as Kusatsu, Beppu, Arima, and the like, they are basically dominated by inland mountainous areas.

The water quality of the hot springs in those places is, of course, impeccable, but wanting to soak in a hot spring while looking at the sea there is a completely unrealistic matter.

The surroundings are all mountains; let alone the sea, one might not even be able to see a larger river.

Setting aside the inland places, the few places just mentioned are not far from the Tokyo Metropolitan area.

In Lin Xiuyuan's view, this is very convenient, and it is also one of the conditions he explicitly listed when making requests to the agent.

He does not want to have to struggle for half a day every time just to stay in a hot spring ocean-view house; even if he can open the Anywhere Door, he still has to put on a show when coming and going.

If one really goes to live in some remote place, the journey alone can consume all of one's vacation mood.

Life being inconvenient is one thing, but the most important thing is the safety issue.

In case there is some sudden situation, then it would not be romantic at all.

Therefore, the first destination for Lin Xiuyuan to look at houses today is Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, about an hour's drive, neither long nor short.

As the car slowly came to a steady stop on the side of the road in a quiet residential area, Lin Xiuyuan pushed open the car door and stepped down.

Standing by the car, he first stretched his slightly stiff waist and neck, and then looked up to examine the detached house before him.

The exterior looks like a very typical Atami Japanese-style residence.

A two-story structure, the light gray exterior wall paint still looks very new, paired with deep brown raw wood-textured eaves and door frames; a small entrance light hangs under the eaves, and the design follows that very minimalist and clean modern Japanese style.

The courtyard is covered with a layer of light-colored gravel, and the exterior of the entire house looks low-key and comfortable, blending in with the other detached houses of the same style in the surroundings, not appearing abrupt at all.

Under the guidance of the agent, Lin Xiuyuan and Quan Baolan followed his footsteps through the courtyard and arrived next to a water pipe connection on the side of the exterior wall.

Then they watched the agent half-squat down, stretch out a finger to point at the silver metal pipe extending from the ground, and gesture along the direction of the pipe.

"Mr. Lin, Ms. Quan, this water pipe is the lead pipe for the external natural hot spring. The pipe is led directly from the nearby hot spring source, and insulation and filtration treatments have been done in the middle to ensure that the temperature and water quality of the hot spring water are exactly the same as the source when it reaches your home."

"And look at this valve, right here; whenever you need to soak, you can just turn the valve to introduce the hot spring water directly, which is very convenient."

While speaking, he used his hand to pretend to turn the valve, performing a demonstration, with a smile always hanging on his face.

After finishing, he stood up again, led the two people around the side wall of the house, and arrived at the backyard.

Pointing at the sea surface outside the courtyard that was shimmering with sparkling waves under the sunlight, "And over there in the small courtyard, you see, it faces the Pacific Ocean. When our designer was planning this house, they specifically adjusted the angle of the courtyard and the living room to the best viewing orientation, which can completely realize the experience of soaking in the hot spring indoors while looking at the sea outdoors."

However, after Lin Xiuyuan walked around the outside of the house, he asked a question, "I would like to ask, is the hot spring water led by this pipe drawn directly from the natural underground water channel, or is it a pool opening connected to a boiler, heated and then circulated for use?"

Quan Baolan was standing to the side, and when she heard Lin Xiuyuan ask this sentence, she turned her head to look at him with some surprise.

However, her reaction was quick; after being surprised for a moment, she very sensibly turned her gaze toward the agent immediately, waiting for the other party's answer together with Lin Xiuyuan.

The moment that middle-aged man heard this question from Lin Xiuyuan, the professional smile on his face almost did not show any flaws.

Without hesitation and with absolute certainty, he patted his chest, indicating that what is brought in is absolutely a natural hot spring, it is the original soup transported through pipes directly from the spring source, and it is absolutely impossible to be the kind of artificial hot spring that is circulated and heated.

He even added a few more professional terms regarding the spring source water quality test report and mineral content, attempting to make his statement sound even more unassailable.

However, as Lin Xiuyuan's next sentence was spoken unhurriedly, he fell silent directly.

"Then can this statement of yours be written into the contract together, and then compensate ten times for any fakes?"

The agent opened his mouth and then closed it.

The mouth that was just enthusiastic and eloquent was, at this moment, as if stuck by something, unable to spit out a single word.

His gaze drifted back and forth quickly between Lin Xiuyuan and Quan Baolan, his hands rubbed twice on the seams of his suit trousers, not knowing how to respond to this sentence.

Seeing the other party's appearance, Lin Xiuyuan sneered.

He did not say anything more, nor did he dwell on this point to question the other party on the spot, but simply withdrew his gaze from that lead pipe and clapped the bit of dust off his hands.

Then he said in a flat tone, "Forget it, this house is not very suitable, let's change to the next one. Or, pass on all those that need lead pipes, and go directly to look at those with their own spring eyes on the hillside; I remember in the documents you sent over, there were a few like that, right."

Having said that, he led Quan Baolan toward the car.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Lin, please this way, let's get in the car and go." The agent hurriedly trotted to catch up, opened the back seat door before Lin Xiuyuan and Quan Baolan got in, and even blocked the upper edge of the car door with his hand.

When he spoke, his waist was bent even lower, his voice was also more cautious than before, and his attitude was so submissive that he was almost kneeling on the ground calling them grandfather.

However, Lin Xiuyuan, after getting in the car this time, did not chat with him like he did on the way to Atami.

He very directly pressed the button on the car door armrest, slowly raised the partition board between the front and rear rows, and turned the rear cabin of the car into a completely private space.

As the partition fully rose, completely separating them from the front row, Quan Baolan, who had been sitting quietly to the side, finally spoke.

"Lin Xiuyuan, I remember from our chat earlier that you were clear about this matter. Most of the so-called hot spring supply pipes on the market are recirculating heaters; why did you say that just now?"

"To give him a nudge." Lin Xiuyuan leaned back comfortably into the airline seat, rested his head on the soft headrest, and stretched.

He explained with a smile, "That guy knew full well that my requirement was an independent spring source, yet he still pushed these houses on you. The environment looks quite nice, but if it's not suitable, it's not suitable; pushing it anyway is his problem."

After saying this, Lin Xiuyuan lay back in the seat and continued.

In fact, over the past few days, he had specifically asked someone to help him check the real situation of hot spring properties in Nihon, only to discover that properties with truly independent spring sources are basically impossible to circulate on the market under Nihon's current laws and geological limitations.

Because Nihon's Hot Spring Law has very strict regulations on the extraction and use of hot spring resources, the vast majority of hot springs are public resources, managed and allocated uniformly by local hot spring associations or administrative agencies.

Independent spring sources that can be privately owned are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Even if they exist, they are mostly long-established inns passed down for several generations, or family properties that are not for sale.

"Then why did you still look, knowing that?" After hearing his words, Quan Baolan couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

When she said this, there was a smile on the corners of her mouth; the disdain and amusement in her tone were mixed together, sounding instead like a sense of intimate casualness.

"No choice, I have to pick the best of the bunch."

Lin Xiuyuan laughed after being rolled her eyes at, using a common saying to summarize his strategy.

He then adjusted the seat back to a more upright position, turned to face Quan Baolan, and gestured with his hands to explain, "Since I can't find an independent spring source, I'll just find one with good scenery, where the spring water isn't too dirty, the water quality is passable, and the overall conditions are relatively good."

The meaning in his words was very clear.

Since a perfect option does not exist, then among all the imperfect options, pick the one with the fewest flaws and the most prominent advantages.

Regarding this statement from Lin Xiuyuan, Quan Baolan became a bit curious, "Lin Xiuyuan, you said you aren't stationed here, and you aren't investing, so what exactly are you buying it for? Is it really just for the occasional vacation?"

"That's enough." Lin Xiuyuan nodded; this reason in itself was sufficient.

"Then if I have time, can I come over to enjoy it too?" Quan Baolan looked at him and asked again, her large eyes looking at Lin Xiuyuan very earnestly, waiting for his answer.

To this, Lin Xiuyuan used a gesture that was almost like opening his arms in welcome to express his enthusiastic attitude, "Yes, of course I welcome you; I warmly welcome you."

His tone was sincere and direct, without the slightest bit of hesitation or perfunctoriness.

As soon as his voice fell, he heard a laugh from Quan Baolan's side, "Then besides me, are you planning to bring other girls over to have fun, like Zhiyan or YoonA and the others?"

Lin Xiuyuan opened his mouth; in that instant, he was very honestly stumped.

Then, what rang out in the car cabin was Quan Baolan's even louder laughter.

Amidst the two people's chatting and laughter, the car, under the guidance of the agent, soon arrived at another destination.

This time, the car did not stop in the downtown area of Atami, but instead took several turns along the mountain road and drove to the vicinity of a hot spring street near the hillside of Atami.

As a result, this time Lin Xiuyuan only got out of the car to look around, his gaze quickly sweeping over the surrounding environment.

The street itself was not chaotic, and the buildings on both sides of the road were all tidy little Japanese-style houses.

But the problem was that the foot traffic on the street was not small.

One could see many tourists wearing yukatas and wooden clogs walking slowly along the street, holding hot spring buns or matcha ice cream, chatting and laughing along the way.

This situation made Lin Xiuyuan frown, and then he said calmly to the agent waiting for feedback in front, "Let's try another place."

He sat back into the car.

After hearing this, the agent was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly nodded and said okay, okay, not daring to ask more, and quickly returned to the car to have the driver drive again.

After getting back in the car, Lin Xiuyuan looked at Quan Baolan, who hadn't had a chance to get out and stretch her legs since getting in, and smiled with some apology.

"If I had known it would be like this, I feel like it would have been better to just spend the day shopping with you in Tokyo today, so as not to waste your day off."

"Don't say that, I didn't know the properties provided by this agent were like this either; I'm actually the one feeling a bit embarrassed." Hearing Lin Xiuyuan apologize to her in turn, Quan Baolan hurriedly shook her head.

She truly felt a bit flushed.

Because the agent was someone she had recommended to Lin Xiuyuan after screening them online, and she had gone through the property information herself and thought it was okay before forwarding it to Lin Xiuyuan.

As a result, seeing it on-site and finding it so different from the online expectations, she actually felt quite bad about it in her heart.

"It's fine, just treat it as going out for a drive." Lin Xiuyuan's tone was very relaxed, brushing off that bit of annoyance and apology just now.

He then pointed his finger at the bright blue sea outside the window and said with a smile, "Besides, the scenery here is indeed quite good; it wasn't a wasted trip."

Afterwards, the agent, who had been quietly rebuked by Lin Xiuyuan twice, finally completely put away those opportunistic little thoughts from before.

He dared not use those subpar properties to fool this young client again.

He hurriedly had the driver steer the car and drive south along the national highway on the east coast of the Izu Peninsula.

Compared to Atami, which they saw earlier, the development positioning of the Izu Peninsula leans toward high-end vacations, and many villas are designed with independent open-air hot spring pools.

The hot spring pools here do not need to draw water from unified pipes like in Atami, but are built directly in one's own courtyard or on an observation deck, with the edge of the pool facing the Pacific Ocean directly, the view so open that it makes one's breathing feel a bit smoother.

And the one he brought Lin Xiuyuan to see was a vacation Villa standing on a small highland above the coastline.

The exterior of the Villa is very recognizable, with the main body being simple white walls, paired with several exterior walls decorated with brick-red tiles, appearing exceptionally striking yet not at all glaring against the backdrop of the blue sky and clear sea.

The building is a two-story wooden structure with a tiled roof; the footprint is not particularly large, but the layout is very reasonable, a standard 3LDK configuration.

That is, three bedrooms, one Living Room, one dining room, and one Kitchen, plus two bathrooms and one independent hot spring bathroom.

Although a bit small, for someone like Lin Xiuyuan who comes over for vacations occasionally, it is actually just right.

The agent led the two of them in from the entrance and toured it room by room.

Finally, he led the two of them up to the second floor, pushed open the glass door at the end of the corridor, and arrived at the observation deck extending outward on the balcony.

Looking out from this angle, one could see the entire surface of Sagami Bay spreading out under the afternoon sun, the colors of the seawater layered and distinct under the sunlight.

The sea breeze blew from directly in front, carrying the slight saltiness of the seawater and the freshness of the mountain vegetation, feeling neither cold nor hot on the face—just right.

In short, this house was quite good.

Although there is no beach, the higher terrain allows for a view that sees further than those houses built on the beach, with the entire sea surface in full view, unobstructed by any buildings or terrain in front.

Moreover, the back of the house is close to the mountain ridge, and the terrain on the left and right sides has been treated with natural undulations, allowing this Villa to maintain a very generous distance from its neighbors on the left and right, achieving the best privacy.

Standing on this observation deck, apart from the sea breeze, sunlight, and the calls of seabirds in the distance, there were no disturbances at all.

Quan Baolan walked out from the Living Room behind, stood beside Lin Xiuyuan, leaned her body slightly forward, and gazed at the boundless sea level in the distance, her eyes passing over the treetops and reefs beneath her feet.

Suddenly feeling a bit sentimental, "This place is nice. Just looking at this scenery, I want to retire and quit working. Living here every day, waking up to see it, looking at it before bed—I could just spend my old age here."

"If someone else said that, I would just ignore them, but if it's you, Baolan, saying this, it's actually quite convincing."

Hearing Quan Baolan's sentimental words in his ear, Lin Xiuyuan turned his head, shifting his gaze from the distant seascape to the small face right in front of him, "Then how about I let you have this property?"

"No, I don't have that much cash on hand right now, it's a bit expensive."

Having just heard the price quoted by the agent downstairs, Quan Baolan shook her head without even thinking.

Nearly one hundred million yen, which is about one billion won—this figure is really not cheap.

It's true she has a small nest egg, but there is no way she would dump her entire net worth into buying a vacation Villa that she couldn't even stay in a few times a year.

This kind of thing is too irrational and doesn't fit her usual frugal financial management style.

The male agent stood properly behind the two, keeping a distance of about three or four steps—neither too far nor too close—just enough to hear their conversation without appearing to be prying into their privacy.

He held the stack of unread property listings in his hand, quietly waiting for Lin Xiuyuan to make a decision.

The Hot Spring in this house was still supplied by an external pipe, a point he had already very honestly made clear to Lin Xiuyuan before parking.

After being reprimanded twice, he now dared not play any tricks with such core information.

At this moment, the agent's expression suddenly became somewhat shocked.

Because he seemed to hear this Mr. Lin saying something to Ms. Quan about "giving this house to her."

His Korean level was actually quite average, so he didn't dare to be sure if he had misheard.

Although a dozen question marks were spinning in his head, he still tried his best to maintain the calm expression a professional agent should have, not daring to let his curiosity and surprise show too clearly.

However, while the agent didn't understand, Quan Baolan heard it clearly.

The expression on that small face, the moment she heard those words, changed instantly from the comfort and relaxation of gazing at the sea to shock.

Her head snapped around from the direction of the sea, staring at Lin Xiuyuan's face for a full two seconds, as if confirming whether this person was joking.

Then, in a tone that was both startled and incredulous, she almost shouted, "What? You dare to give it, but I don't dare to take it. Xiuyuan, stop joking with me."

"Seriously, Baolan, you can consider it."

Lin Xiuyuan was not affected by Quan Baolan's reaction at all; instead, he continued along her line of thought, "Look, this converts to a few million RMB, right? If I give it to you, and you get a hot head and offer yourself to me along with your entire net worth, then I'd be making a huge profit."

After hearing his follow-up sentence, the slight bewilderment and shock that had been startled out of Quan Baolan vanished in an instant.

She was speechless and gave Lin Xiuyuan a very forceful, annoyed look, "Xiuyuan, your methods for flirting are getting more and more practiced. Just how many girls have you hooked?"

Then, unable to hold it in anymore, she let out a long sigh, both angry and amused, and continued with a soul-searching question.

"It definitely isn't just Zhiyan, right? She's been reeled in by you like a sharp-jawed fish. If I didn't know you weren't that kind of bad person, and if I didn't know Zhiyan approached you on her own, I would really suspect you were one of those professional scammers who specialize in cheating women out of their money."

"I wish I were."

Facing this soul-searching question, Lin Xiuyuan neither defended himself nor denied it; he just gave a self-deprecating laugh.

Then he withdrew his gaze from Quan Baolan, turned around, and looked at the agent who was trying hard to shrink himself into an invisible person behind them, "Besides this, are there any other places like this?"

The middle-aged man was suddenly called upon; he quickly searched his property database in his mind and then respectfully replied, "There are two more places on the Izu Peninsula, though the locations are a bit different, the house types are about the same."

"What about other places?" Lin Xiuyuan asked again.

"There is one in Kanagawa, where you can look out at Mount Fuji and a bit of the sea." The agent hurriedly flipped through his stack of materials, pulled out a photo, and handed it to Lin Xiuyuan with both hands.

The photo showed a Villa built on a hillside; looking out from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Living Room, one could see the snow-capped peak of Mount Fuji looming at the edge of the horizon.

"Mount Fuji? Why would I want to look at that 'Nai-zi' mountain? Change to another one, do you have any more?" Lin Xiuyuan was completely unimpressed by the selling point of Mount Fuji.

What he wanted was the sea, the kind of sea where he could see the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean directly from his home, not a mountain drawn on a postcard.

Seeing Lin Xiuyuan show such disrespect for this number one sacred mountain of Nihon, the agent didn't dare say anything and could only carefully take back the photo of Mount Fuji and continue his introduction.

"Then there are only some plots left in the Shimoda area. The coastline there is winding, the privacy is high, and some residences are built on cliffs or right by the coast."

"This works. Let's go over there and take a look. Is it far?" Lin Xiuyuan finally heard an option that interested him.

The agent did a quick mental calculation of the distance and gave a relatively accurate number.

"About sixty kilometers, an hour's drive."

Hearing this number, Lin Xiuyuan looked down at the wristwatch on his wrist.

On the watch face, the hour and minute hands had reached a position close to one o'clock in the afternoon.

From this morning until now, although the group hadn't looked at too many houses.

Because the distance between each place was not short, lunch time had long since arrived without them realizing it.

So he lifted his gaze from the watch, turned to Quan Baolan beside him, and discussed, "Should we eat something first before looking?"

"I'm not hungry, let's just go directly. We can eat something casual over there after we finish looking."

Quan Baolan answered very crisply.

As an idol, skipping a meal or two was daily life for her, and it even helped control her figure.

And so, the three of them got back into that black commercial vehicle.

The car started up again, driving south along the winding coastal road of the Izu Peninsula, heading straight for Shimoda at the southernmost tip of the Izu Peninsula.

As the southernmost part of the Izu Peninsula, many people call Shimoda the "Cape Embraced by the Pacific."

This name wasn't made up by a travel brochure; it really made sense.

Because Shimoda is surrounded by the sea on three sides, the entire city unfolds along the curved coastline, and no matter where you go, you can feel the presence of the Pacific Ocean.

Moreover, there are no crowds of tourists here; it's not like Atami, where the streets are full of tour groups holding little flags, nor is it like Hakone, where there are queues for photo ops at every internet-famous spot.

Most of those who come to Shimoda for vacation are middle-aged or elderly people, driving their own small cars slowly from Tokyo or Nagoya.

Then they stay for a few days, soak in the Hot Spring, take a walk along the beach, sit in a seaside cafe for the afternoon, and enjoy that slow-paced life as if they have been forgotten by time and the whole world.

This atmosphere is a completely different world from the bustling and noisy Hot Spring street of Atami.

Along the way, Lin Xiuyuan sat by the window, watching the scenery on both sides of the road alternate between the forests and coastlines of the Izu Peninsula, slowly turning into the more pristine, pastoral seascape of Shimoda.

In the end, the car did not stop at any bustling street or lively commercial area, but drove along a road that became narrower and quieter until it reached the end.

The end of the road was the surface of the Pacific Ocean, and the blue sea suddenly filled the entire field of vision of the front windshield.

Walking down from the end of the road, there is a very beautiful white sandy beach.

The beach is not very large, but the quality of the sand is excellent, fine and white.

And the house they are here to see this time is located not far from the corner at the end of this road.

Starting from when the agent got out of the car to lead the way, the three of them walked along the road toward the corner for less than a hundred meters, then turned into a small alley that could only accommodate one car.

Walking inside for about the distance of two houses, they then saw a wooden house quietly standing on the side of the alley.

This is a house that does not look particularly stunning at first glance.

The house is of wooden structure, with the exterior walls using reddish-brown wooden planks of varying shades, which, after special weathering treatment, present a texture that looks as if it has been polished by both sea breezes and time.

A few climbing plants of an unknown variety have crawled onto the wooden walls.

The main entrance is not large; it is a wooden sliding door with glass grids, and the doorway is paved with a few irregularly shaped bluestone slabs, with clumps of short wild grass growing in the gaps between the slabs.

The agent introduced from the side that this seemingly small cottage actually has a lot to offer on the inside.

It is an 8SLDK Villa, with eight bedrooms.

This scale is not at all inferior to the 3LDK vacation Villa on the Izu Peninsula from earlier, and in terms of the number of rooms and overall area, it is even quite a bit larger.

It is just that because the exterior design of this house follows a low-key and rustic Japanese pastoral style, and does not use white exterior walls and brick-red decorations to emphasize its presence like the one on the Izu Peninsula, it actually looks smaller from the outside.

As for the location of the Hot Spring, the designer placed it inside a semi-open viewing platform on the second floor.

Lin Xiuyuan and Quan Baolan followed the agent up to the second floor and pushed open the wooden sliding door leading to the viewing platform; the scene that appeared before them made both of them go quiet at the same time.

The area of the viewing platform is about the size of ten or so tatami mats, the floor is covered with dark anti-corrosion wooden flooring, and a whole row of floor-to-ceiling glass windows has been made on the side facing the sea.

Through that unobstructed floor-to-ceiling window, one can directly see the vast Pacific Ocean surface sparkling under the afternoon sun outside.

The hot spring pool is embedded on the inner side of the viewing platform, paved with dark blue tiles in the same color scheme as the sea.

The size is enough for three or four people to soak in it at the same time.

In winter, when the floor-to-ceiling windows are fully opened, letting the sea breeze with its slightly salty scent blow in, one soaks in the steaming Hot Spring water, with the unobstructed sea and sky as one before their eyes.

Just imagining that scene is enough to make one's heart flutter.

And the most important point is the geographical location of this house, which happens to be wedged into a natural corner of this coastline.

Looking to the right, there are cliffs and various strangely shaped black reefs scattered on the sea surface; this type of terrain means that no one will visit that side, and no one will pass by from that direction.

Looking to the left, there is a gently curving coastline, extending along the beach all the way to another headland in the distance.

Scattered sparsely along the beach are a few residential houses similar in style to this one, with no large commercial Jiudian, quiet as if they had been moved directly from some forgotten old time.

This type of terrain determines that the privacy of this house is sufficient.

To the right is the impassable cliff, to the left is the quiet neighborhood, in front is the open ocean, and behind is the peaceful small town.

According to the agent's supplementary explanation from the side, this house was only just renovated last year, and the previous owner put it on the market because of immigrating overseas, and the purpose of the renovation was for the sale.

All water and electricity pipes have been re-laid, the walls and floors are new, and the quality of the basic hard renovation is completely fine.

After touring the various rooms and public areas downstairs, Lin Xiuyuan looked at every corner that could be seen and roughly had a tally in his mind.

So he thought about finding Quan Baolan to chat and hear her thoughts on this house, but he couldn't find her after looking for a long time.

It wasn't until he walked back to the viewing platform on the second floor and looked downstairs through that floor-to-ceiling glass window.

That he discovered that the small figure had already walked down from the stairs on the second floor at some point, crossed the courtyard, and walked onto the white sandy beach in front.

That pleated skirt was blown gently by the sea breeze, revealing a pair of calves wearing silk stockings.

The small short boots on her feet left two strings of crooked footprints on the white sand, extending all the way from the back door of the courtyard to the position where she is standing now.

Standing there alone, with her hands behind her back, looking at a few clouds on the distant horizon dyed light orange by the sunset, she was quiet and still.

Seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan smiled and withdrew his gaze from her, turned and walked down the stairs, and walked to Quan Baolan's side unhurriedly.

Standing side by side with her on the beach, "What's wrong? After seeing this house, do you like it?"

"Hmm, this place is indeed better, but I feel the privacy isn't as good as the one halfway up the mountain behind."

Quan Baolan smiled and turned her head after hearing his voice.

Then she raised her hand, extended her index finger, and pointed toward the direction of the hillside behind him.

On the hillside, at the halfway point, one could faintly see a few white villas built among the woods.

Those villas have a higher vantage point and are more tightly surrounded by the woods, so they are indeed superior in terms of privacy.

Facing this statement from Quan Baolan, Lin Xiuyuan replied very calmly, "There are gains and losses; this is a law of nature."

Houses built halfway up the mountain do indeed have better privacy, but the view will also be partially blocked by the mountain itself and the trees.

And unlike this house by the beach, they cannot enjoy the ocean and the sand.

Conversely, it is the same; a house by the beach is closer to the sea, but the privacy will naturally be a bit worse than halfway up the mountain.

At the same time, Lin Xiuyuan recalled the scene when he, Dalongzai, and Lin Yun'er went to Europe in '25 to look at houses last year.

At that time, they looked at many houses, and what they wanted was a sea-view house with a private beach, where they could step on the sand and walk to the seaside every day when they pushed open the window.

The result was that after running around a whole circle, they found that houses meeting this condition were either ridiculously expensive, or the location was outrageously remote, or they lacked a sense of security.

In the end, there was no other way, so they could only settle for the next best thing among all the options and change to finding a decent Hot Spring residence.

As a result, he didn't expect that on this inconspicuous little headland in Nihon, the three things he once thought could never be possessed at the same time—Hot Spring, sea view, and beach—could actually be combined so perfectly in this same Villa.

The Hot Spring is on the viewing platform on the second floor, the ocean is directly in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the beach is just a few steps outside the backyard.

With these three conditions stacked together, it is simply packing up all the wishes everyone wanted to realize but couldn't, and delivering them to him in this little corner by the Pacific Ocean.

If such a house is not taken, it would simply be letting down everyone's expectations.

As for privacy...

The location of this house is already remote enough; if there are really occasional tourists walking on the beach, then just stay inside the house and don't go out.

Anyway, the viewing platform on the second floor is high up, and it is completely impossible to see inside from the outside.

When the tourists on the beach leave, and when the surroundings become completely quiet, then go out to step on the sand and kick the sea waves.

Thinking that in the future, he could enjoy the rare Hot Spring, the beach, and the beauty in this Villa...

He was truly a bit excited.