"Yixia, what a coincidence?" Lu Fan said, feigning surprise.

But in Jiang Yixia’s eyes, his acting was just terrible!

She just asked again, her voice cold, "How exactly did you find out where I live?"

"Your place? You live on this floor too?" Lu Fan feigned shock.

Seeing he wasn’t going to tell the truth, Jiang Yixia couldn’t be bothered with him and turned to open her door.

Just then, Lu Fan deliberately said to Jiali, "Jiali, you open the door too. I want to see my new place."

As soon as he said that, Jiang Yixia whipped her head around to look.

She immediately tried to stop him. "What are you doing? Someone lives in that apartment."

"I know," Lu Fan explained. "I’m the one who lives there."

"What do you mean, you live there?" Jiang Yixia retorted. "A family of three lives in this apartment. Stop trying to fool me and get lost."

Lu Fan just smiled and signaled for Jiali to open the door.

Jiali then took out a key and opened the door.

Seeing this, Jiang Yixia was dumbfounded.

She frowned and asked, "You rented this place?"

"I didn’t rent it. I bought it from the family who lived here," Lu Fan replied.

Jiang Yixia was even more shocked. "You... you’re saying you bought this apartment?"

"That’s right. This way, we can be neighbors." Lu Fan still wore that same smug grin.

Jiang Yixia retorted, "This is an old residential complex. It has no investment value. Why on earth would you buy an apartment here?"

"Didn’t I just say?" Lu Fan explained. "I bought it just to be your neighbor."

Jiang Yixia reined in her temper and looked at Jiali. "How much did your boss pay for this apartment?"

"To answer your question, Boss Lady, the total was 1.8 million," Jiali said respectfully.

Jiang Yixia was stunned, but not because Jiali had called her "Boss Lady."

It was because Lu Fan had actually spent 1.8 million on an apartment in this complex!

She looked at Lu Fan, speechless. "If you have so much money you don’t know what to do with it, you should sponsor some children in need. The apartments here aren’t worth anywhere near that much, and you even paid a premium for it. I really don’t know what goes through your head."

"If buying this apartment means we become neighbors, and if one day you don’t hate me as much, then I’d say it was worth every penny," Lu Fan replied.

Jiang Yixia said coldly, "Then you’re guaranteed to lose money on this place!"

With that, she went inside her apartment.

Lu Fan hurried forward. "Hey... Yixia, how about you invite me in for a little while..."

Before he could finish, Jiang Yixia shut the door.

The door was slammed in Lu Fan’s face.

Standing behind him, Chen He couldn’t help but chuckle at his boss’s awkward predicament.

Lu Fan turned back to Jiali. "Well, let’s go see my new home then."

"Yes, Boss."

Jiali opened the door for Lu Fan.

It was, after all, an old residential complex, but with the power of money, the apartment’s layout had been nicely done.

While the floor tiles and walls couldn’t be changed due to the time crunch, Jiali had thankfully put a lot of effort into the soft furnishings.

Jiali pulled out a tablet and said to Lu Fan, "Boss, because we were short on time, all the furnishings are from major brands the company has worked with before. It cost 200,000, bringing the total expense for this apartment to 2 million."

"No problem." Lu Fan glanced around before asking, "By the way, how many square meters is Yixia’s apartment?"

"It’s 85 square meters. Three bedrooms, one living room, and one bathroom," Jiali explained.

Lu Fan was a little surprised. "The apartment is that small?"

"Yes, and the rent for that unit is around 1,600 a month."

"Wait a minute," Lu Fan asked. "Are you saying the apartment Yixia is living in now is rented, not one she bought?"

Jiali nodded. "Yes, Boss. We investigated beforehand. The Boss Lady, the Young Master, and the Young Miss have lived here for seven years. They’ve always rented and never owned a home."

Hearing his assistant’s words, Lu Fan felt a pang of guilt.

All these years, he’d been living the high life.

Meanwhile, his white moonlight and their two children were squeezed into a rented apartment that was less than a hundred square meters.

"Chen He."

"What’s your order, Boss?"

"Do you think I’m a scumbag?"

"Uh..." Chen He scratched his head, asking awkwardly, "Boss, do you want me to be honest?"

"Yeah."

"A scumbag. Sometimes, you’re such a scumbag I want to punch you myself."

After hearing this, Lu Fan walked over, clapped him on the shoulder, and said with an approving nod, "For that, you’re not allowed to eat dinner tonight."

"Huh? Boss, I was wrong!"

"Oh? What were you wrong about?"

"I shouldn’t have told the truth."

"For that, you’re not allowed to eat breakfast tomorrow either."

And just like that, after teasing Chen He for a bit, Lu Fan left in a much better mood.

Before leaving, he glanced at Jiang Yixia’s front door and then said to Jiali, "Pull some strings and have the title of this apartment transferred to Yixia."

"Understood, Boss."

In reality, Lu Fan owned numerous villas and estates in the country. If Jiang Yixia were willing, he would let her take her pick of any of them.

But Lu Fan knew Jiang Yixia’s personality.

’She would definitely refuse.’

’In that case, I’ll just have to start with this one apartment.’

’Once our relationship warms up in the future, I’ll hand her the deed.’

’I’ll take that opportunity to show her my sincerity.’

Of course, that was all for a later date.

「On the way back to Jinling」 Chen He updated him on what Jiang Sifan and Jiang Silu had been up to that day.

"You’re saying Sifan went to a skyscraper and entered a place called Zhuoyue Limited Company?" Lu Fan asked, curious.

Chen He nodded. "Lao Jiu and his men aren’t employees there, after all. They could only watch from the elevator bank for a moment. If they went inside, they might have been spotted and aroused suspicion. But they confirmed that the Young Master did go into Zhuoyue Limited Company."

"He’s already tutoring. Does he need to find another part-time job?" Lu Fan mused for a moment, then said to Jiali, "Jiali, could you do me a favor and investigate this Zhuoyue Limited Company?"

"Of course, no problem."

Lu Fan leaned back in his chair and remarked with a sigh, ’My son is quite ambitious. He’s determined to help his mother lighten her burden. Perhaps my companies will have a successor after all.’

In truth, he wasn’t worried about whether Jiang Sifan could manage the companies. After all, the management at headquarters were practically all system-rewarded tools.

They had only one core principle: absolute loyalty to Lu Fan and his family.

Even after Lu Fan retired, they would remain loyal to the next generation.

Just like Robert, the butler from Transformers, who served for generations.

"By the way, we also found out that the Young Master is dating someone," Chen He added.

Hearing this, Lu Fan’s interest was piqued. "Oh? If you get a chance, snap a picture of her with Sifan. I want to see what this girl looks like, and if she’s as beautiful as Yixia."

"Understood, Boss," Chen He nodded.

"That kid, dating someone as a freshman. Looks like he gets his charm from his old man," Lu Fan joked with a laugh.

He suddenly thought of something and asked Chen He nervously, "What about Silu? Is Silu dating anyone?"

"The Young Miss isn’t dating anyone. That boy we saw at the restaurant is likely a suitor, but he hasn’t made any obvious moves yet," Chen He replied.

Only then did Lu Fan let out a sigh of relief.

"A girl just starting her freshman year shouldn’t be dating so soon. We need to observe him carefully, to make sure she doesn’t end up with a scumbag," Lu Fan cautioned.

Seeing Lu Fan’s clear double standard when it came to Sifan and Silu dating, Chen He once again stifled a laugh.

"Chen He."

"Yes, Boss."

"For that, you’re not allowed to eat lunch tomorrow either."

"What?!"