Chapter 538: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 538: Could It Really Be a Feng Shui Problem?

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Hello, Manager Zou, good morning."

Wang Dashan called Manager Zou.

"Manager Wang, what's wrong?"

Manager Zou on the other end of the phone still maintained a very friendly tone.

"Manager Zou, didn't we agree to go look at the house this morning? Xiao Ming just called me, saying you have something come up on your end. May I ask bluntly, did we not do a good enough job? If so, you can just say it outright. Our Shanhai Real Estate has always adhered to the principle of sincere management and will definitely give customers the best service."

Wang Dashan communicated very sincerely.

Manager Zou laughed and said politely:

"Manager Wang, I really do have something come up temporarily. I'm really sorry, I have no choice."

Wang Dashan then asked:

"May I ask what matter it is?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Dashan regretted it.

Because he knew such a question was too impertinent.

What business others had was actually none of his concern to pry into.

After all, the other party was just an ordinary customer of his, and he should maintain a sense of boundaries.

Manager Zou didn't think anything of it and continued to maintain a polite smile:

"My wife suddenly went into labor, I have to go to the hospital to accompany her."

Hearing this, Wang Dashan was immediately stunned.

Actually, when he last met Manager Zou, Manager Zou's wife was also present. His wife was indeed pregnant, but only five or six months along. How could she possibly give birth at this time?

"Manager Zou, isn't your wife only five or six months pregnant? How could she give birth so quickly……"

Wang Dashan felt Manager Zou was making fun of him, so he asked this sentence in a very restrained tone.

Manager Zou was still laughing heartily and retorted:

"What? Manager Wang, your ancestral grave can suddenly be dug up by someone, but my wife can't suddenly go into labor?"

Hearing these words, Wang Dashan was speechless for a moment.

Only then did he realize that Manager Zou was simply giving him a taste of his own medicine.

At the same time, he also knew this deal was probably off.

However, he still patiently explained:

"Manager Zou, it seems you have some misunderstanding about me. My ancestral grave really was dug up. I really have to return to my hometown today. I'm currently on the road, stopped inside a service area to make this call to you. How about this: after I return to my hometown, I'll film a video of the grave relocation and send it to you via WeChat. We can make another appointment to view the property another day. What do you think? Our Shanhai Real Estate focuses on sincere management and won't play any tricks on you."

Wang Dashan was very sincere.

But his sincerity would no longer earn Manager Zou's trust.

"Alright, you don't need to say so much to me. My time is very precious. In sales, you should understand one principle: it's allowed for a customer to stand you up, but it's absolutely not allowed for you to stand up a customer. The customer is first, understand? I don't care if your ancestral grave was dug up or your parents died. Since we agreed on a time, you can't stand me up. Even if you stand me up, you should tell me several days in advance. You only told me about this yesterday afternoon. What kind of attitude is this? Do you take me for a fool? If you don't want to personally show me the property, just say so. Don't give me all kinds of excuses!"

Manager Zou didn't pretend anymore and laid his cards on the table.

He spoke these words bluntly and then hung up the phone.

Wang Dashan looked at the hung-up mobile phone, and a helpless wry smile appeared on his face.

He admitted he hadn't handled this matter well enough. He should have greeted Manager Zou several days in advance.

But the problem was, his parents only told him about the grave relocation at home yesterday!

Before yesterday, he had no idea at all that the grave relocation was today!

Well, such a big deal, the duck was about to reach his mouth, and just like that it flew away.

Most importantly, this deal fell through, and it was very likely to affect his reputation!

Wang Dashan was furious in his heart!

He couldn't help but blame his parents in his heart. Why didn't they tell him about this several days in advance?

Then he thought again that his parents were old and their thinking was dull. They basically had no business experience and didn't understand how to deal with people. They lived their whole lives in their own stubbornness and couldn't change. He could only understand them. Besides that, there was no other way.

Then he thought of Du Xiaojuan. He thought that if Du Xiaojuan agreed to help him show the property to Manager Zou, it definitely wouldn't have resulted in this. Du Xiaojuan had high emotional intelligence, strong ability, and a good image. Even if she didn't understand real estate market conditions, she could definitely make Manager Zou feel like he was basking in the spring breeze.

It was a pity that Du Xiaojuan was busy with her own work. She didn't give him this boyfriend any face at all. When he called her for help yesterday, she directly refused. Her words were very blunt and sharp, without a trace of tact.

Thinking of this, Wang Dashan couldn't help but feel depressed.

Was he still Du Xiaojuan's boyfriend after all?

Over such a small matter, she wasn't even willing to help a bit!

She couldn't deny that she was very busy near Double Eleven, but taking a few hours out to help him show the property wouldn't let Xiao Du Technology go bankrupt, would it?

Bottom line, it was still because she didn't want to help.

And the most fundamental truth behind not wanting to help was that she didn't love him enough.

Du Xiaojuan indeed didn't love him enough. In front of him, she was always very rational and very restrained, basically lacking the emotions a girl in love should have.

She didn't even act coquettishly much in front of Wang Dashan.

Their love seemed like a business partnership.

Emotional stability wasn't a bad thing.

But if it was too stable, there would be no passion, and it would make people feel strange.

Wang Dashan's mind was filled with many wild thoughts for a while.

In the end he could only say self-mockingly:

"Heh, I was the one who begged Du Xiaojuan to reconcile in the first place—who else can I blame?"

That old doubt once again rose in his heart:

Did he really love Du Xiaojuan enough?

He didn't seem so sure anymore.

Then he indulged in wild thoughts again: was it really the feng shui of the ancestral grave affecting him, given this recent string of bad luck?

Lately he always felt something was off, but didn't know where it was off.

After smoking a few cigarettes at the service area, Wang Dashan cast aside all those messy thoughts and finally continued driving back to his hometown, Shanggou Village.

When he returned to Shanggou Village, it was already past eleven at noon, nearing twelve.

The time given by the Geography Master was to set out at noon twelve.

Wang Dashan only got back home just before departure, and Wang Zhanggen was displeased; he pulled a long face and asked coldly:

"Why are you back so late?"

Wang Dashan could only smile bitterly and explain:

"There was a traffic jam on the road, I had no choice……"

Wang Zhanggen's face was full of displeasure:

"I told you long ago to have your second brother come back; he lives so close but won't come back, yet insists on you coming from so far away—I see it as him just not wanting to come back, not respecting his elders at all!"

Wang Dashan could only hurry to speak up for Wang Erhai:

"Dad, Second Brother really can't come back today; that banquet is very important to our company, isn't it enough that I'm back? Besides, I'm your eldest son, and according to funeral custom it should be me, the eldest son, who comes back."

But Wang Zhanggen said:

"Niu Chunsheng's celebration banquet—what does it have to do with your Wang Erhai? When I held a banquet back then, he didn't even come to attend; now Niu Chunsheng's banquet, why must he go? Am I really his father, or is Niu Chunsheng his father?"

Wang Zhanggen just loved to compare, and comparing made his mindset unbalanced, made him feel he'd lost face, so he wore a black face, was very displeased inside, and was full of pent-up gloom.

Seeing Wang Zhanggen's reaction, Wang Dashan didn't know what to say for a moment.

He was already in a bad mood because Manager Zou's deal had fallen through; where did he have the energy to comfort Wang Zhanggen's unreasonable emotions?

Instead, Li Xiulan hurried over and said to Wang Zhanggen:

"Can't you say two fewer sentences? As long as one of the three brothers comes back, that's fine; why do you care which one comes back? We're about to set out for the grave relocation—hurry up and get ready!"

Li Xiulan then turned and hurriedly urged Wang Dashan:

"Dashan, go change your clothes; don't get your suit dirty!"

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