Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl-Chapter 768 - 767: Ask If You Don’t Understand

After taking two subway rides and transferring to a bus, it took two hours for the four of them to finally disembark from public transport.

It’s quite a distance! Saying that it’s a journey over hills and rivers wouldn’t be an exaggeration—it would be no less than walking from the west to the east of the Capital!

But it turns out they still haven’t arrived, as the real estate agent said they needed to walk another two kilometers!

Then, he led Zhen Yu and the others straight past the villa community next to the bridge and walked inside! Following the road where few cars drove and people were scarce, they eventually reached the road between two villa communities, and then headed straight to the south gate of the second community.

And then... he was stopped by someone.

"Excuse me, do you live here?" Clearly recognizing that Zhen Yu and the others were strangers, the security guard still asked!

Zhen Yu and her party didn’t respond, but the real estate agent, who had dealt with the security of this community twice before, smiled and simply said, "One moment, please!"

Then he reached into his shoulder bag and pulled out an ID and a bunch of keys!

"I brought someone to see the semi-detached house in Zone D last time, don’t you remember? The owner is currently abroad, so they left the keys with our company! I’m bringing people to see the house again!"

"Oh... Please wait a moment, I’ll register you!"

"Sure! Go ahead!" The real estate agent appeared very calm, clearly used to this sort of situation, and responded with ease!

So, Zhen Yu and the other two could only patiently stand behind him and wait.

It was only after he had completely filled in the information that the security guard, with a wave of his hand, finally allowed everyone to enter the community in single file...

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It has to be said that the villa area’s environment is truly serene! The green coverage is also extremely high!

Walking through it, one can’t help but feel a sense of tranquility...

At this moment, the real estate agent who was leading the way in front, began to explain to Zhen Yu: "The owner of this villa no longer lives here! From what I heard, it seems they are in the process of immigrating! Reportedly, the owner has several properties in Beijing, and it might be that this villa is of higher value, so they want to sell it. Whether it’s to cash out or for some other purpose, that’s something we don’t know!"

"Oh, I see!" Zhen Yu nodded in response.

Then she suddenly remembered the question she had wanted to ask earlier and quickly asked, "Right! The villa you’re taking us to see, how many floors does it have?"

"Two floors! Two above ground, with a basement!" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"Oh..." Zhen Yu suddenly felt as though she had begun to understand.

"Then the previous owner, when they said they bought a three-story townhouse in Purple Jade Villa, were they referring to the type you’re taking me to see?"

"Not exactly!" The agent chuckled a little and explained the issue with the floors. "If they said it’s three floors, that means strictly three floors above ground! Whether there’s a basement or not wasn’t mentioned, so we don’t know!"

After this explanation, Zhen Yu suddenly felt like she understood nothing at all!

Therefore, following the principle of ’ask if you don’t understand,’ Zhen Yu directly voiced her doubts.

"I’m a bit curious, how many floors can a villa have anyway? Because from what I see on TV, they all seem to be two-story buildings!"

"Well... I don’t know much about that either! But for sure, two-story villas are more common! Today we also heard there are three-story ones! As for four-story or even taller villas, haha, that, I’m not too clear on either!"

The real estate agent was refreshingly honest, not pretending to know what he didn’t, and sharing what he knew directly.

This added a layer of likeability to Zhen Yu’s impression of him and she let out a light chuckle, saying, "Haha... if you don’t know, then never mind! I was just asking casually!"

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After a little while, they arrived near the villa they were going to look at! The real estate agent continued to lavishly describe the various benefits of living in a large villa, while also specifically pointing to the two-story building not far away.

"Look, that’s it! Once we go in, you can see for yourselves whether it’s as good as I said..."

Because there was still some distance from the ornate iron gate, Zhen Yu took a moment to observe the overall exterior of this structure.

The first impression was its symmetry! Its four sections were two by two symmetrical!

And then there’s the fact that both of the middle adjacent windows featured pointed roofs, while the windows on the sides next to the large iron gates had flat roofs. The pointed roof sections were covered with flesh-pink exterior wall tiles, while the flat roof sections were simply painted with pale yellow coating.

Having just observed these details, Zhen Yu followed behind the real estate agent to the iron gate. Naturally, he took out the keys to unlock the gate and led everyone inside.

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But as soon as they entered the courtyard, Zhen Yan suddenly asked in surprise, "Hey? Isn’t this supposed to be a villa? Why is there a wall in the middle of the yard?"

The agent quickly replied, "It is a villa! But what we’re seeing now is a semi-detached villa, not a stand-alone one!"

"What does semi-detached villa mean?! I don’t understand this! Could you explain?" How could it not be? When it comes to seeking knowledge, Zhen Yan also displayed the ’ask if you don’t understand’ approach, just like his sibling!

Zhen Yu was about to answer for the agent, but he was quicker than her! He immediately explained: "A stand-alone means a private entrance and yard, with the entire villa belonging to one owner! A semi-detached villa isn’t necessarily the same. Usually, a semi-detached villa is one whole villa split in two like this, then sold separately to two owners! There is also a special case where one owner buys both halves of the semi-detached villa. Then they can remove the wall in the middle and connect the whole villa. In that case, it really wouldn’t be any different from owning a stand-alone villa."

"Oh! After all that! The villa you are showing us will have to be shared with another family! Isn’t that just the same as, like, two families living in one unit within a building—two families per one stairway!" Zhen Yan, who is still just a boy from the northeast countryside who has always lived in a militarized school, was simply ignorant and pure, causing Zhen Yu to want to laugh sincerely in 2001 when online information was not that widespread.

Then she really laughed.

"Hehe... Brother! You’ve got it wrong! According to your logic, this semi-detached villa would actually be like a building with only two units, where each of the two families takes an entrance for themselves! This should be considered one family per stairway!"

Real estate agent: "..."

He could no longer look at the word ’villa’ straight!

At this moment, his head was filled with ’two families per stairway’ and ’one family per stairway’...