Chapter 10: Shenhao System in the City (10)

Consequently, while the resident group of Wanhua Residential Quarter was in a complete uproar, Xie Yang quickly and discreetly moved out of the quarter with Xie Shuling, settling into the lush, serene, and tranquil Chinese-style villa at Shengshi Taoyuan.

Taoyuan Property Management had received notification last night—the "King of Buildings," worth one billion, had been sold!

They had spent the entire night cleaning the villa from top to bottom, determined to ensure the owner was satisfied.

Early in the morning, they had hung up welcome banners and decorated the place with lanterns and streamers to greet the new owner.

"Welcome home, owner!"

"Please keep this full set of entrance keys safe. The initial access code is six 8s. Fingerprint, iris, and facial recognition have not yet been enabled; you may enable or change them at any time."

"If you need anything, please call! The Taoyuan butler is at your service 24 hours a day!"

Under the enthusiastic and polite reception of the property staff, the mother and daughter moved into their new home.

Fang Huai took his leave after seeing them home.

The property transfers for the remaining 480 apartments in Wanhua Residential Quarter needed to be handled by Jidi on their behalf, and as Xie Yang's chief real estate agent, he naturally had to oversee the matter entirely.

"Ms. Xie, I will return to the company to report back. If you need anything, please call my phone directly."

Xie Yang nodded: "Alright, thank you for your hard work today."

"It's no trouble at all, no trouble at all." Fang Huai was flattered.

He would be willing to endure this kind of "hard work" even if he were given a dozen more tasks!

……

In the hundred lifetimes before Xie Yang ascended, she had lived in almost every kind of house—

In times of hardship, she had lived in thatched huts, grass shacks, caves, and burrows;

In times of prosperity, she had lived in manors, castles, palaces, and multi-courtyard houses.

But this Chinese-style garden villa, built by the lake with babbling water and composed of several Small Courtyard Houses, was a first-time experience.

She found it quite novel, so she took Xie Shuling on a tour of the inside and outside.

Xie Shuling was still in a daze; she only knew that the man who had been a fellow victim back then, the man who had caused her to become pregnant out of wedlock, had died of a terminal illness many years ago, leaving behind a large inheritance designated for their daughter to inherit.

It all felt so unreal!

"Mom, there are many guest rooms. Once we adapt to life here, we will go and pick up Grandma and Grandpa."

Xie Yang knew what weighed on Ms. Xie's heart; her daughter came first, and her parents came second.

Moreover, those relatives of the Xie Family had indeed been very good to the mother and daughter. Although their own financial conditions were average, they had always done their best to help them, and Xie Yang did not mind giving them a hand.

The mother and daughter had not brought many things when they moved, so they finished tidying up in no time.

Just as Xie Yang was preparing to take Ms. Xie out shopping to fill up the empty wardrobes and vanity tables, Xie Shuling received a call from the manager of the Hot Pot restaurant.

"Xiao Xie, what is going on with you? It's this late and you still haven't come to work? Don't you know today is Sunday and how busy the shop is? Do you not intend to keep this job anymore?"

Only then did Xie Shuling remember that it was Sunday and she was supposed to work her part-time job at the Hot Pot restaurant!

"I'm sorry, Manager! I forgot!"

"Get to work immediately! Even if you don't intend to keep the job, you must wait until the shop finds someone else, otherwise don't even think about getting your salary for this month!"

"Alright, alright, I'm coming right now."

Xie Shuling hung up the phone, hurriedly grabbed her coat and bag, and prepared to rush to the Hot Pot restaurant.

But the residential quarter was too large; the residents here all drove in and out, and no one took the bus or subway. By the time she managed to get to the Hot Pot restaurant, it would probably be closed.

"Do you really have to go?" Xie Yang asked, "We aren't short on money now, Mom. You can do what you want to do."

"I'll finish working this month."

Xie Shuling thought that since she had already worked until the latter part of the month, if she didn't go now, it would be equivalent to automatically forfeiting this month's salary, which would be a huge loss!

Although her daughter had many houses, everything required money, and it wouldn't do to have no income.

But she wouldn't work the part-time job at the Hot Pot restaurant next month, and she also planned to resign from her other job; both workplaces were too far away, and it was indeed inconvenient to commute back and forth. Later, she would look around the villa area to find a suitable job.

Xie Yang respected her decision and called a car for her:

"Mom, go to work with peace of mind. I'll pick you up after you finish. Let's eat out today to celebrate the move, then go shopping at the mall to pick up some daily necessities and buy gifts for Grandma and Grandpa."

Xie Shuling had originally been feeling the pinch of the expensive taxi fare, but upon hearing her daughter's words, she couldn't bother with anything else and happily went to work.

After Xie Shuling left, Xie Yang wandered upstairs and downstairs. With nothing to do, she brewed a pot of tea for herself and sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window to admire the lake view outside the courtyard.

It was an artificial lake, but the water was clear, and the lawn by the shore was trimmed like a fluffy green blanket.

The lawn had a slight slope, so sitting inside the house, one could take in the entire view of the artificial lake.

She couldn't go to the Immortal World for the time being, but retiring here wasn't bad either.

Just as Xie Yang was comfortably enjoying her solitary time, the Shenhao System's milky voice sounded in her sea of consciousness:

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for completing the Side Quest of making 1,000 people lose face! You officially possess the property rights to the remaining 16 buildings in Wanhua Residential Quarter!】

She had completed the first Side Quest so quickly?

Xie Yang raised an eyebrow, then remembered that before moving, she had been pulled into the Wanhua Residential Quarter owner-tenant group by Fang Huai, so she picked up her phone and found the group.

As soon as she tapped in, she found her name and photo all over the screen—

【Are you guys mistaken? Is it really that girl from Building 6 who owed hundreds of thousands in online loans and almost got tricked into going to Myanmar and couldn't come back?】

【My god! Two days ago I was still using her as a negative example to educate my daughter, and in the blink of an eye, she bought the entire Wanhua Residential Quarter and moved her mother to a big villa in Shengshi Taoyuan. How am I supposed to educate my daughter now!】

【Last night I saw her holding a broom sweeping the hallway. At the time I thought she was stupid, but now that I think about it, was she sweeping the hallway? Damn, she was sweeping her own house! The clown was me all along!】

Xie Yang: "……"

Scanning through it at a glance, there wasn't a single comment that wasn't about her……

【Laughing to tears! My mom saw it too, and was guessing with other old men and women whether she was scouting the place under the guise of sweeping the floor……】

【I remember there was an anti-fraud flyer in the community not long ago, right? Are these two definitely the same person? Not just the same name?】

【Same name is possible, but how do you explain the same building, same unit, and same mother?】

【Oh my! Is this really not a movie set? Luckily it's Sunday today, otherwise I wouldn't have the heart to work. I've been scrolling through this group for over an hour.】

【Upstairs, I've been squatting in our group waiting for news for two hours already! (doge)】

【Where do you think her money came from? Even though our residential complex is a well-known low-price pocket in the main urban area, it's still 【price】 per square meter. Buying 510 apartments would cost nearly 【amount】? Could it be that she won the lottery?】

【The lottery prize pool hasn't had that much money in the last two years. I guess she's a pearl left outside by some great family who suddenly inherited a massive fortune. (doge)】

【Hahahaha! I'm forwarding this to my parents to ask them if our family is also secretly wealthy? (doge)】

【Hahahaha! +1】

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