護花近衛 - 第801章 暗惱的唐芷 - 翰墨軒

"The building you bought, Auntie Wang..." Lai the Fatso said to himself: that building was a new development — apart from the one unit sold to your family, nothing else has sold yet. Where would a leftover unit come from? But since Tang's mother had asked, he said, "I believe there is one. Shall we go have a look in a bit?"

"Then let's buy in that building, shall we? It's close to our place too, and Yun'er and Xiaofen get along so well — the two of them together would be able to see each other often!" said Tang's mother.

Lai the Fatso brought Xiaofen's mother, Wei Zhao and the others to the building Tang's mother had bought into earlier. The light was excellent front and back; it was one of the best buildings in the whole compound. How could any unit in it be in a bad spot?

But since Tang's mother had spoken, Lai the Fatso simply picked a somewhat smaller unit — a top-floor one — and led Xiaofen's mother and Wei Zhao up.

A small two-bedroom, one-living-room flat like this, though the living room was a little cramped — just over forty square meters in all — had a fine layout, felt cozy, and got good light. Xiaofen's mother fell in love with it at first sight and asked Lai the Fatso, "Mr. Lai, how much is this one?"

"Well... for this layout, the list price is three hundred and eighty thousand, but this one's on the top floor and it's a cold-wall unit, so the price comes down a bit. Right now it's just three hundred thousand," said Lai the Fatso.

"Ah! Only three hundred thousand?" Xiaofen's mother was stunned on the spot. Their old place had been a run-down thirty-square-meter flat, and they'd been compensated a hundred and eighty thousand for it. Now here was a new flat of over forty square meters, and it cost only three hundred thousand? Wasn't that just too cheap?

As for the top floor and the cold wall, those were no problem at all to Xiaofen's mother. Their old home had been a top-floor corner unit too, with poor heating, and they had lived in it all the same.

A building with central heating was bound to be far better than their old place, and from the look of it the quality was genuinely good. So Xiaofen's mother took an instant liking to this flat.

"That's right — only three hundred thousand." Lai the Fatso nodded. "Top-floor units like this are usually sold at a discount."

"Wonderful, then. We'll take this one." Xiaofen's mother nodded and made the call.

Xiaofen's mother now had six hundred and eighty thousand in hand. This flat cost only three hundred thousand, which would leave her three hundred and eighty thousand after the purchase — plenty to furnish it and buy appliances.

Lai the Fatso phoned the sales manager to come and sign the contract with Xiaofen's mother. The payment was made, and the flat was duly registered under Xiaofen's mother's name.

Xiaofen's mother had never expected buying a flat she liked to go so smoothly. She thanked Tang Zhi's mother and Wei Zhao profusely — without them, where would she have found someone to sell her such a fine flat at such a low price?

Tang Zhi knew very well that Lai the Fatso's willingness to sell Xiaofen's mother a flat so cheaply was entirely out of respect for Wei Zhao. This flat was no unsellable leftover at all — both its layout and its light were excellent. To buy it for only three hundred thousand was as cheap as cheap could be.

Xiaofen, too, cast Wei Zhao a grateful look. Her mother might not understand, but how could she not? Xiaofen knew all about how Lai the Fatso had begged Wei Zhao to treat his father. This was surely Lai the Fatso repaying Wei Zhao's kindness by selling her family a flat so cheaply.

"Boss, thank you!" Kang ** said quietly to Wei Zhao. "Today I really have saved face!"

"Ha..." Wei Zhao smiled faintly. "You and Lai the Fatso both call me boss, so the two of you ought to help each other out."