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Chapter 120 Dialogue
The first property the agency manager showed the two people was a duplex villa with five floors including the basement and four floors above ground, not counting the terrace, with a total usable area of ​​480 square meters.

The real estate agent led the two people to visit each room of the duplex villa and explained the general situation of the duplex villa.

Generally speaking, duplex villas are usually sold separately, with the upper and lower floors. This four-story duplex villa actually has two floors for residents, but the previous owner bought the entire villa and renovated it completely, making it a two-in-one single-family home. The first floor houses the living room, dining room, and study, the second and third floors are the second bedroom and dressing room, and the fourth floor is the master bedroom, dressing room, and study...

The entire house, excluding the basement, has six bedrooms, two living rooms, one kitchen, four bathrooms, a courtyard, a terrace, a basement and four parking spaces.

As soon as Li Xue entered the duplex villa, she was as excited as a deer rushing into spring. She jumped and ran around with Bai Chou, looking here and touching there, took a lot of photos, and said that this was exactly her dream house.

"Don't your relatives live in a big villa like this?"

"Yes, but it has nothing to do with me. Besides, I can't show too much excitement when I visit relatives, otherwise people will think I'm ignorant..."

Li Xue rambled on about her experience visiting a relative's house. She was amazed when she entered the courtyard, but she didn't dare ask her relatives to show her around. When she got home, she asked her father if they could move into a villa like that. Her father said, "Why would we? Isn't this house big enough for us?"

Bai Chou listened very carefully and became more and more aware of how much this girl liked him.

Li Xue may have a low EQ, but she's not a complete idiot. Just as she said, when she sees a large villa at her relatives' house, she suppresses her excitement and doesn't let her relatives and outsiders laugh at her family...

However, when looking at a house with Bai Chou, Li Xue was able to visit each room freely and express her opinions on each room and the decoration directly, telling what she liked and what she disliked.

This shows that in Li Xue's eyes, Bai Chou is much closer than those relatives. Although those relatives are related by blood, they are not very close to her and are outsiders.

Bai Chou is her boyfriend, and his wife. Yes, she is Bai Chou's wife.

Li Xue happily pulled Bai Chou around, while Bai Chou quietly accompanied Li Xue, listening to Li Xue's opinions and the agency manager's explanation, and observing the villa in his own way.

For example, lie down on the bed and measure the length and width of the bed.

Some houses that are renovated with the intention of being sold have very cunning designs, deliberately making the length and width of the bedroom bed smaller, giving people the false visual impression that the bedroom is very spacious...

After roughly an hour's visit, Bai Chou was generally satisfied with this two-in-one duplex villa and asked the agency manager about the price.

"Hello, Mr. Bai, the price of this two-in-one duplex villa is 1256 million. The owner can only sell it as a whole. Installment payments or loans are acceptable, but the down payment must be more than 50%..."

1256 million is lower than the listing price Bai Chou saw on the website. The listing price on the website is 1320 million, which is generally within Bai Chou's acceptable range.

He will receive more than 8 million on the 800th, and he still has more than left on hand. If he haggles over the price a little, he will be able to pay the full amount even if the loan cannot be approved.

Bai Chou didn't think there was anything wrong with the price. Li Xue, a Jinling native, was shocked after hearing the price and immediately complained, "Why is it so expensive? Are you asking for too much and want to rip us off?
The housing prices in Jiangning are only a little over 10,000, but if you calculate it, the housing prices are heading towards 30,000..."

The intermediary manager was sweating profusely in anxiety: "Ms. Li, the price of more than 10,000 yuan is for a high-rise residential building, which is a rough house. Duplex villas with low space utilization are inherently more expensive than high-rise buildings. Moreover, this two-in-one duplex villa is fully furnished with soft and hard materials.

After the owner bought the house, he spent millions just on renovations. The two of them only needed to do some simple cleaning and change some new bedding before they could move in.

Of course, there is definitely room for the price to continue to fall. I will help you contact the owner, tell him your general situation and ask for the new reserve price..."

The circulation rate of this kind of high-end residence has always been low. Li Xue's family is reluctant to exchange their tens of millions of assets for a large villa. Of course, this is also because Li Xue's family lives in Jianye District...

But it is obvious that it is more difficult to sell such high-end residences than high-rise buildings.

"What about the agency fee?"

"0.5% of the transaction price + a fixed amount of yuan. But you don't need to worry about this. The rules of our platform are that the agency fee is paid in full by the seller. Although the seller can take the price into account when calculating the price..."

"Then if I wait until the negotiations are almost done and contact the owner to remove the agent's fee and close the deal privately, wouldn't all your efforts be in vain?"

"Uh... situations like this do happen from time to time, and there's usually not much we can do about it. All we can do is serve both buyers and sellers more sincerely and conscientiously..."

"Just kidding, let's take a look at the next house." Bai Chou smiled.

"Okay, both of you, follow me this way..."

The second house is a single-family villa with three floors above ground and one floor underground, with 5 bedrooms, 2 living rooms, 1 kitchen and 3 bathrooms. It is adjacent to Fangshan and has a total usable area of ​​384 square meters. The decoration style is slightly different from the previous one but still in line with Bai Chou's aesthetic taste. The initial asking price is 1020 million.

Both the total price and unit price are slightly lower. Compared with the previous one, the biggest difference is that although this villa is fully furnished, it does not have various household appliances, so you will have to work hard for a while after buying it.

Bai Chou and Li Xue felt that this set was equally good, so they asked the agency manager to inquire about the prices of both sets. After working for a whole morning, the two drove back to the hotel.

On the way, Li Xue held up her phone and sent all the photos she had taken today to an account. She said to Bai Chou as if to take credit, "I have sent all the photos and general information about the two villas to my father.

My family is in the renovation business. Even though I don't know much, my dad knows a thing or two about these things. With his advice, at least you won't lose too much..."

As he was speaking, Li Xue's father asked Li Xue several questions. What's going on?
Li Xue turned on the voice chat and sent several voice messages to Li's father in a very coquettish tone, "Oh, Dad, I went out to look at houses with my friends today. He plans to buy a villa at the foot of Fangshan in Jiangning District. However, he is from another place and doesn't know much about the housing prices in Jinling, so I thought of asking you for advice."

"Is the friend you're talking about the idiot who drives a Lamborghini and puts his hand on your leg?" Li Xue sat in the passenger seat and played the voice message sent back by Li's father on the hands-free mode.

Bai Chou looked slightly embarrassed.

Soon, another voice message from Li's father came in. Older middle-aged people are always more accustomed to sending voice messages than typing.

"You definitely didn't stay at your classmate's house yesterday, right? Tell me the truth, did you go out and get a room with that idiot?

Judging from the lighting and the direction of the sun in the photos you sent me, you must have just finished looking at houses and were planning to go out for dinner together.

Is that guy right next to you? Let him answer the phone! "Fuck you.

Bai Chou felt that Li Xue's father was quite amazing. He was able to analyze what time the photo was taken just by looking at the lighting angle. The most important thing was that he had this kind of thinking, comparable to a detective.

Li Xue hadn't intended to hide the fact that she was in a relationship from her family, so since her father asked, she simply admitted it directly: "Oh, what an idiot, stop using bad words all the time, okay? He's my boyfriend!"

"I stayed at Yaoyao's house yesterday. If you don't believe me, call her..."

"I won't give my phone to my boyfriend. What if you start yelling at him and he gets angry and breaks up with me?"

"Anyway, can you help us take a look..."

Dad Li probably realized that his little cotton-padded jacket had really been stolen this time, so he sent Li Xue several video call requests and voice call requests in a row. Every time, Li Xue hung up as soon as the ringtone rang, and then sent another one right after that.

Don't listen, don't listen.

In short, just give me some advice. If you want to chat with my boyfriend and ruin our relationship, it’s impossible. Don’t even think about it!
After hanging up on Li's dad's many call requests, Li Xue waited until Li's dad calmed down for a while before she pouted and apologized to Bai Chou aggrievedly: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to be like this. I didn't expect my dad to see it at a glance.

I really didn’t mean to cause you any trouble, I just wanted to help you…”

Bai Chou felt that Li Xue was sometimes too self-deprecating. Besides, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Xue asking Li's father for help.

Li Xue posted on WeChat Moments last night. Dad Li knew that it was only a matter of time before she fell in love. Li Xue's message to Dad Li today was just an opportunity for Dad Li to want to talk to Bai Chou.

Moreover, Bai Chou didn't think there was anything wrong with chatting with Li's father. It wasn't like meeting his parents in person.

"Be good, be good, I know it's not your fault. In fact, you did nothing wrong at all."

"really?"

"Of course it's true. Tell your dad I'm driving first, and we'll call him when we get back to the hotel..."

"No! What if my dad scolds you? He has a bad temper and likes to swear..." Li Xue vowed to never give in to the harsh refusal. What if my dad scolds you and you don't want me anymore?
In this relationship, Li Xue seemed quite insecure and worried about gains and losses.

Bai Chou coaxed her for a long time, how could that be, you are an adult now, you must fall in love, even if your father is reluctant to let you go, you should know this, if he can ruin it this time, can he ruin it every time?
No matter how unhappy he is, he can only accept it silently. If he really scolds me, the worst that can happen is that I will hang up the phone immediately.

Don't worry, we won't break up. I won't abandon you. You are so good, how could I not want you...

After much persuasion, Li Xue regained her confidence and sent a voice message to Li's father: My boyfriend is driving now, and he said he will call you when he gets off the car.

Dad Li sent back one word: OK.

After returning to the hotel, Li Xue nervously called Li's father. The other party answered the phone immediately and they chatted for a few words before Li Xue handed the phone to Bai Chou.

Li's father was completely different from what Li Xue had described. His tone sounded very businesslike and calm. He simply asked Bai Chou a few questions: where he was from, how old he was, and how he met Li Xue...

He didn't even ask what Bai Chou's family did for a living.

Bai Chou answered half-truthfully that he and Li Xue were college classmates and they met at a dormitory party. He also performed with Li Xue at the school's welcome party.

After asking these questions, Dad Li was silent for a while, then he nodded and said, "Talk to Xiaoxue properly and don't bully her. You guys talk it over. When you feel it's almost time, come home to see us." Then he talked to Bai Chou about the house.

He asked about the address, appliance brands, house size, house purchase budget... In short, some important things that Li Xue didn't tell her father. Bai Chou gave a brief description of what he still remembered.

Mr. Li finally said that he couldn’t tell many of the decoration materials for the two houses just by looking at the photos, so he could only give a rough estimate. The price of the first house was about 1150 million yuan, and the price of the second house was about 950 million yuan.

The price fluctuates up or down by 300,000 yuan. As long as the final price is within this range, he won't consider it too expensive.

Bai Chou thanked him repeatedly and said that they would look at two more villas the day after tomorrow. Would you please give them some advice then?

Dad Li said okay, just ask Xiaoxue to send me the relevant information when the time comes, and I won’t go with you to see the house in person.

Overall, this conversation with Li's father was quite pleasant. Although he was unhappy that Bai Chou had snatched his little cotton-padded jacket away, Li's father still spoke appropriately and didn't even ask about Bai Chou's family information.

After hanging up the phone, Li Xue started saying bad things about Li's father again, saying that Li's father was not like this usually, he always used dirty words at home, and that my bad mouthing was brought out by him.

Moreover, he was very impatient and unreasonable, completely different from what he showed on the phone.

Bai Chou thought it was normal. Aren't all men like this? His father and uncle were like this too.

When he was out on business, interacting with relatives and friends, he was so elegant and easygoing, and seemed quite decent. It couldn't be said that he was acting all the time, but at least two points of it were fake and put on.

When I return home and spend time with my family, I will definitely feel more relaxed. Who would act and put on airs in front of their family?
"My dad just doesn't treat you as his own." Li Xue clenched her fists so tightly that her elbows almost bent outward.

"How can I be considered one of us?" Bai Chou was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Many men who have been married for many years feel a little reserved and unfamiliar when interacting with their father-in-law, and cannot truly be as close as a family. But he is just Li Xue's newly confirmed boyfriend, and also Li Xue's first love.

The fact that Li's father was willing to discuss the matter calmly with him showed that he was quite well-mannered. He was completely different from the nouveau riche with a bad temper and vulgar language as described by Li Xue.

Just as the two were discussing Li's father, they didn't know that in the office of a small decoration company in Jianye District, Li's father, who had hung up the phone, immediately called Li Zhongjiu and several juniors to inquire about the situation while cursing in elegant Jinling dialect. Didn't you say that Xiaoxue went out to play with you yesterday? What's the matter with that idiot who drove Xiaoxue away in a Lamborghini? Damn it!
(End of this chapter)