Gu Nan stared blankly at the bank notification on his phone.
Liu Ying gave him a push.
“What happened?”
Gu Nan let out a frustrated grunt.
“I’m afraid we won’t be able to withdraw the money.”
“Why?”
Gu Nan showed Liu Ying the message on his phone.
Liu Ying was stunned as well.
“Wait… your bank card is still with that housewife?”
Gu Nan nodded.
“Yes! I thought there was no money left in the account anyway, so we’d replace the card first and then withdraw the money. I never expected her to move so quickly.”
Liu Ying turned around angrily and walked away.
“Mr. Gu, are you treating me like an idiot? The bank card is still in that woman’s hands, yet you had your family transfer money into the account? I think you did it on purpose!”
Gu Nan hurried after her.
“Liu Ying, Liu Ying, wait! I genuinely love you. Don’t you know what’s in my heart? How could I deliberately give that money to that woman?”
Liu Ying continued walking without paying any attention to him.
Gu Nan forcibly grabbed her and stopped her.
“Don’t be angry yet. How about this?”
“Doesn’t your neighbor want to buy the house you’re living in now? Let’s sell it to him! Once we get the money and get through this crisis, I’ll take you to my family’s home.”
“After we deal with that woman, I’ll use the money to buy you a new place. What do you think?”
Liu Ying had been furious just moments ago, but her expression immediately softened at those words.
She stopped walking.
“Are you serious? If that’s the case, I want the new house to be in that newly built upscale residential community.”
Gu Nan gritted his teeth.
“Fine!”
Liu Ying had already visited that upscale development several times.
The prices were simply too high, so she had never been willing to buy a unit.
But in order to get back all the money Ye Xin had taken from him, Gu Nan had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree to her demand.
The residential community where Liu Ying currently lived was an old development, but the schools nearby were famous throughout the city.
Her neighbor’s child attended school in the area. For the sake of convenience, they had brought their parents over to live with them.
They had mentioned several times that they wanted to buy Liu Ying’s house.
So selling it now wouldn’t be difficult at all.
Ye Xin finished her hot pot meal, but Gu Nan still hadn’t called.
She narrowed her eyes.
That guy must be plotting something.
Just then, her phone rang.
It was Liu Ying.
“Tomorrow at three in the afternoon. Gu Nan’s company’s underground parking garage. Don’t be late.”
Ye Xin answered decisively.
“Okay!”
After returning to the hotel and coaxing her son to sleep, Ye Xin quietly slipped out.
She had taken 800,000 yuan from Gu Nan, yet Gu Nan hadn’t even called to confront her.
Instead, Liu Ying had agreed to her demand so readily.
If there wasn’t something suspicious going on, Ye Xin would never believe it.
Her mission that afternoon was to go to the underground parking garage ahead of time and find out exactly what they were planning.
She hid in the underground parking garage for about an hour.
She watched Gu Nan and Liu Ying arrive with several burly men.
The two of them then instructed the men on where and how to conceal themselves.
Ye Xin watched as they put their heads together and discussed their plan for a while before eventually leaving.
Ye Xin smiled.
She knew there was no way they would let her take that money so easily.
After they left, Ye Xin clapped her hands and walked out of the underground parking garage.
Heh. You dare try to ambush me? I’ll make sure you regret it!
As soon as she left the parking garage, she called the real estate agency.
She decided to look at the warehouse first.
The warehouse was located in the southern part of the city. It had originally been a building-materials factory, and there were still quite a few sheets of building materials piled outside.
Ye Xin walked around the warehouse once and nodded in satisfaction.
There was water, electricity, and internet access.
Although the location was somewhat remote, vehicles could enter and leave easily.
Even when she came here to receive deliveries, it would be difficult for anyone to notice what she was doing.
The agent told her that the landlord required one month’s rent as a deposit and one month’s rent in advance.
Ye Xin waved her hand.
“I only need to rent it for one month. Tell me the lowest monthly price. If it’s reasonable, we’ll sign the contract right now. If it’s too expensive, I won’t even bother looking at the house.”
The agency had never encountered such a straightforward client before.
They immediately called the landlord and negotiated the price.
The final agreement was 1,000 yuan for one month, with no deposit required.
After successfully signing the contract, Ye Xin followed the agent to a residential community.
“Splendid Garden?”
Ye Xin froze for several seconds when she saw the name of the community.
This was the exact residential complex where her best friend, Su Jing, lived.
Could it be that the apartment the agency had found for her was the one directly across from Su Jing’s?
The farther Ye Xin followed the agent, the heavier her heart became.
Sure enough!
It was the exact same apartment she had lived in during her previous life!
And it was directly across from Su Jing’s home!
In her previous life, she hadn’t used a real estate agency. Su Jing and her husband had helped her arrange the rental.
This time, she had deliberately gone through an agency to avoid Su Jing’s boyfriend.
Yet somehow, she had still ended up here!
The handsome young agent noticed her hesitation and quickly explained,
“Sis, there are only two places that currently meet all your requirements. This one is the best.”
“The landlord bought a new house and moved away, so this place has been vacant ever since. There’s a young married couple living across the hall, and they’re usually pretty quiet.”
“There’s another place in the neighboring residential complex, but an elderly woman is already living there. She wants to find someone to share the rent and keep her company.”
“Sis, take a look at this place first. If you don’t like it, I’ll take you to see the other one.”
Ye Xin thought for a moment.
“Are there really no other suitable places?”
The young agent shook his head.
“Top floor, and it has to have solar panels for power generation. At the moment, there are only these two.”
“Sis, the property management here is pretty good. Go upstairs and have a look first.”
Just as he finished speaking, Su Jing stepped out of the elevator.
She froze for a second when she saw Ye Xin.
“Ye Xin? What are you doing here?”
Then she noticed the real estate agent and immediately understood.
“The agency found this place for you? Hahaha…”
“Come on, I’ll go take a look with you. Wouldn’t it be great if we became neighbors?”
Ye Xin: “…”
She still hadn’t managed to escape the strange cycle of her previous life!
Compared with sharing a rental with a stranger, Ye Xin clearly preferred this place. At least there wouldn’t be complicated housemates to deal with. She just needed to be more careful around Su Jing’s boyfriend in the future.
She wondered whether Su Jing had actually broken up with him.
Su Jing happily watched Ye Xin pay the rent and finalize the rental agreement.
She excitedly hooked her arm around Ye Xin’s.
“We’re neighbors now! If you need anything, just call me. I’ll come over whenever you need me.”
“Oh, right! When are you moving? Do you need help?”
Ye Xin told her that she didn’t have many belongings and could handle the move herself, successfully sending Su Jing away.
After returning to the hotel and picking up her son, the two of them passed by a wholesale market for daily necessities.
Ye Xin immediately went inside and began another round of shopping.
Two tons of toilet paper.
For sanitary pads, she bought 100 boxes of every size—enough to last her all the way until menopause!
She also bought 10,000 disposable food containers.
In the future, she couldn’t even afford to let the smell of cooking drift outside.
She needed to prepare a huge amount of cooked food before the apocalypse arrived, pack everything into disposable containers, and store them in her spatial storage.
That way, whenever she needed food, she could simply take it out.
It would be extremely convenient.
Towels, bath towels, toothpaste, toothbrushes, facial cleanser, bar soap, laundry soap, laundry detergent—she bought them all by the carton.
She also bought quilts, silk comforters, and down comforters.
She didn’t dare buy too many of those, worried that she might run out of money!
After paying the deposit, Ye Xin simply gave the warehouse address to the shop owner and asked him to have everything delivered there.
Oh, right!
She also needed security cameras.
One set had to be installed outside the rental apartment, and another set inside the warehouse.
For safety reasons, she would install them herself.
She absolutely wouldn’t let strangers handle them.
Ye Xin stayed busy until it was completely dark before finally returning.
Su Jing poked her head out of her doorway.
“Your son is at my place. Come over and eat with us! I’ve already finished cooking.”