Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 467: See the truth in 2 hours (Leisure new book content)
Certainly! Here's the translated text:
"Mr. Li, this neighborhood was built in 2003, with mature amenities, convenient shopping and groceries nearby, and it's also in a school district. Most importantly, it's only a ten-minute walk to the subway. Plus, this is a top-floor unit, so you get a loft with the same area for free, and from the loft you can access a small terrace. Such a layout for less than 600,000 is simply a big deal!"
Next to him, a freshly graduated female college student looked quite green. She wore professional attire and light makeup, striving to appear mature, which made Li Qing rather nostalgic.
He remembered he once went through this himself.
Li Qing looked around without saying anything. He had already viewed more than a dozen second-hand houses, but only this one had a good location, was reasonably priced, and 90 square meters, quite spacious.
But Li Qing always believed that there's no such thing as a free lunch, and behind everything seemingly good lurked extremely cruel realities.
Everything he encountered was like that, just like two years ago, a cute girl proactively approached him, only to ultimately use him as a cash machine.
Very poignant inside, it's a long story, just very hard. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
In short, when you give your all to someone, yet they devalue everything just to extract cash, it just feels damned awful.
Next to him, Zhang Li, the real estate agent, smiled and said, "Mr. Li, how do you feel? The best thing is, it's nicely decorated with solid wood floors, you could basically move in straight away!"
Li Qing said somewhat helplessly, "Tell me, why is it this cheap? I think a layout like this should be at least 1.5 million, right."
Seeing Zhang Li speak effortlessly, "It's a foreclosure sale, which you understand."
Li Qing snorted lightly, "Don't give me that nonsense. I'm aware of Shu Capital's housing prices, even a second-hand house starts at ten thousand. That's for bad locations; if you don't tell the truth, I'll just leave!"
Zhang Li's face fell, full of helplessness as she muttered, "It's all my colleagues' fault, whenever it's time to view this house, they pushed it onto me."
"Once you get past this stage, it'll be fine. Freshly graduated rookies can't compare to seasoned veterans. That's how it is, they take all the good work, dirty and tiring tasks are left to you. If you don't want to quit, you just have to undergo this." After comforting her a bit, Li Qing sternly asked, "What's wrong with this house, selling it so cheaply?"
Zhang Li looked around, her face tense, quietly saying, "I've heard… this house is haunted!"
"Haunted?!"
Li Qing chuckled, scanning the sun-filled living room, somewhat surprised, "You're telling me this house is haunted?"
Zhang Li nodded repeatedly, a bit nervous, eyes darting everywhere, afraid someone would jump out from nowhere.
"I heard from my colleagues, the previous owner of this house was a girl. They say she was emotionally manipulated by a jerk, and because of strict family upbringing, the jerk wanted to have relations with her but was rejected, claiming it could only happen on the wedding night. Upon hearing this, the jerk dumped her, and she hanged herself in the loft. Then weird things in this house started happening frequently."
Li Qing found it somewhat amusing.
"This plot sounds terribly melodramatic."
"Indeed, nowadays who hasn't dealt with a jerk or two?"
Then Zhang Li realized her blunder, apologizing aloud, hands clasped together, bowing everywhere.
Turning to Li Qing, somewhat embarrassed, she said, "Actually, many house viewers, seeing the low price, would take a look at this house, but not many like a house where someone's died. And… this room is indeed a bit strange! Why don't we look elsewhere? Although the prices aren't as low, there are plenty of good houses for people's needs."
Seeing Zhang Li speak with apparent earnestness, Li Qing fell into contemplation. If he hadn't encountered magic and started learning, he would steer clear of such houses, as many things are just unclear.
The key issue is when even the estate agent doesn't recommend it, and you go headstrong, you end up suffering, the low price raises many questions.
After pondering for a while, Li Qing said, "Why not go up to the loft and have a look?"
"Up to the loft??!!"
With a solemn expression, Zhang Li said, "Mr. Li, I think we better not take unnecessary risks!"
Li Qing said curiously, "Hey, aren't you ladies usually curious about many new things? Why do you appear unwilling to even touch this?"
Zhang Li corrected him, "Mr. Li, you have a bias against women, okay? I admit there are many idiotic women, but men aren't lacking either, and I am a normal woman!"
"Alright, alright."
Li Qing made placating gestures, "Then let's just go up to the loft and have a look."
Seeing Zhang Li hesitate, hesitant, Li Qing waved at her, "Alright, stay here. I'll go up and check."
Seeing Li Qing appear dead set on risking it, Zhang Li swallowed, looking like someone resigned to fate.
"Then Mr. Li, I'll wait for you downstairs."
"Your words sound creepy."
Casually replying, Li Qing walked to the side of the entrance, opened the ladder to the loft, and climbed up.
The loft wasn't as dark as Li Qing imagined; on the contrary, because of four light-transmitting slanted windows above, it was brilliantly illuminated.
Nothing obstructed his view, high in the middle, lower on the sides, a typical loft layout.
Thanks to being tidied up, the warm floor looked quite comfortable. Walking all the way to the end, opening the loft door, a terrace of roughly twenty square meters appeared before him.
From this terrace, one could take in the whole cityscape below, a very open terrain, at least tall buildings were far away.
Man, Li Qing liked it more the more he looked, if not for the haunted rumors and someone dying, 2 million wouldn't be too much.
A mere 600,000 buys it…
It really is cheap, many people would buy it on a whim if it weren't that someone had recently died.
After wandering around and confirming no issues, Li Qing was about to go downstairs when he suddenly felt a slight chill on his back, a piercing coldness suddenly rising from his tailbone.
He paused his movements, suddenly turning his head to look at the loft.
All was clear, no abnormalities, the loft door and windows were closed tight,
So where did that chill come from?
Is there really?
Li Qing's eye twitched slightly, forcing his expression to remain calm, confirming nothing was unusual before going down the loft, sending the ladder back up, and closing the panel.
Suddenly, a pair of pale feet appeared at the edge of the closed panel, motionless, as if standing there a long time.
"I've decided to buy it." Li Qing clapped his hands and said.
Zhang Li was a bit surprised, "Mr. Li, have you thought it through? Really buying?"
