A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Fan Bingbing couldn't figure out whether this was a "big venue".

Once inside the sales office, she basically stopped talking.

Although the manager on duty at noon was also curious as to why the customer was wearing sunglasses and a mask, with Li Mu there, he didn't focus his attention on the female customer for too long. Instead, he led the two of them to the real-life model and began to introduce the advantages of the Fenglin Oasis property.

To be honest, Li Mu was indeed tempted by his introduction.

The site is located directly north of the Asian Games Village, west of Beichen East Road, and adjacent to the future Olympic Park. Most importantly, it is not resettlement housing, but a purely commercial residential area.

It has been less than a month since it opened for sale, and the main apartment types are 60 and 75 square meters.

The target user group is white-collar workers.

The subway is under construction right next to the residential area, and there are also schools nearby.

Although it's not a particularly good primary school, if you choose to settle here, you'll basically have all the basic necessities you need.

And the price isn't expensive either, at 4,700 yuan per square meter.

Li Mu looked at the floor plan in front of him and nodded slightly.

From the apartment layout, size, location, to its potential for appreciation... he felt this place was really quite nice.

As for the price...

"Manager Liu, if I buy multiple units, or even ten or twenty units or more, can we discuss the price further?"

"...?"

The duty manager was taken aback.

Then his eyes suddenly lit up.

……

They said they came to visit, but in reality, the two of them didn't stay in Fenglin Oasis for very long.

Less than forty minutes later, he was seen off by the other party.

Li Mu and he exchanged phone numbers, and Li Mu also said that he would go to look at a few other properties and then contact him again.

Upon boarding the bus, Li Mu's first words were:

"This place is nice."

Fan Bingbing, who had barely spoken throughout, nodded slightly and asked in return:

"Brother Li thinks this place is a big venue?"

"Um."

Li Mu nodded and took out the map of Yanjing again:

"The key to both momentum and influence lies in this place. If you possess these two qualities, this place will inevitably be successful. What do you think?"

"I……"

As Fan Bingbing drove towards the next destination, she thought for a moment and gave a wry smile:

"To be honest, Brother Li, maybe I'm being short-sighted. I always thought this place was too remote, and I couldn't imagine it becoming lively. But it's so close to the Olympic Park... Look, that should be it over there, right?"

At the end of the road, all that remained was desolation.

Li Mu looked into the distance, his mind constantly conjuring up images of a park and this desolate area.

Until I heard Fan Bingbing talking to herself:

"It really is a high-stakes gamble... I read in a book that the most important thing in chess is to observe the liberties. As long as the liberties continue, the momentum will never end. Whether it's playing defensively or considering the strength of the pieces, you have to act according to the momentum. But the problem is... I'm really afraid that we haven't observed it correctly."

Li Mu was speechless for a moment.

I thought to myself, "If you're bad, then you're bad. Why are you dragging me into this?"

But after thinking about it, he still said:

"But a skill is just a skill, not a genius. Investing isn't about short-term gains; you have to take a long-term view."

Fan Bingbing was taken aback and subconsciously asked:

"Brother Li... have you made up your mind?"

Li Mu shook his head:

"Not yet, but... the other places, judging from their locations on the map, are not as good as it. But seeing is believing, so I still want to go and see for myself. Once I've seen them all, I can make a decision."

"..."

She really is a decisive person.

Fan Bingbing said.

……

As it turns out, regardless of any hesitation in his heart, Li Mu felt that Fan Bingbing's preliminary preparations were indeed quite meticulous.

These properties marked on the map are indeed among the most suitable places for investment north of the Asian Games Village.

Prices range from 3,500 to 5,500.

Each has its own advantages.

The two of them started looking at the map around noon and didn't finish until after 4 p.m., when they had seen all the marked places on the map.

Li Mu was also tired.

I was both tired and hungry.

"Brother Li, shall we go eat?"

"At this hour... aren't the restaurants open yet?"

"Well……"

Fan Bingbing checked the time and realized it was indeed a bit early.

But they were both really hungry.

"Okay, let's skip the fancy restaurants. This is my hotel's address. Let's head over there first, and then grab whatever we want to eat. I'm a bit tired and don't want to go through any more trouble."

Hearing Li Mu's words, Fan Bingbing didn't press the matter and nodded.

"it is good."

So the two of them started walking back.

Throughout the journey, Li Mu barely spoke, leaning against the passenger seat, deep in thought. Until…

"Brother Li, how about McDonald's? I'm really hungry."

Upon hearing this, Li Mu opened his eyes and saw a McDonald's at the entrance of the shopping mall across the street.

"Okay, I'll go buy it."

A moment later, carrying two large bags of food, Li Mu returned to the car and said directly:

"Shall we eat in my room?"

Normally, Fan Bingbing might not have agreed.

A man and a woman in one room—it just doesn't seem right for a lone man and woman to be alone together.

But for some reason, she trusted Li Mu unusually much, so she nodded:

"Great, I just happened to bring a chessboard. Hehe, shall we play a game?"

"Okay."

Li Mu readily agreed.

So, the BMW drove all the way to the Kempinski Hotel, where Li Mu went to book a room. After the room was booked, he sent a message to Fan Bingbing.

Soon, the two met up in the room.

But there was no ambiguity, only overwhelming hunger.

After an afternoon of eating, Fan Bingbing, whose nose bridge was marked with two red marks, devoured a hamburger. The two of them finished their meal in a flash, and it was already past five o'clock.

Boil water with plum wood to make tea.

Fan Bingbing washed his hands and placed a chessboard on the coffee table.

"I've never thought Go was so interesting before."

Holding the black stone, she smiled and said:

"But in the afternoon I thought about it and realized that life is exactly the same as this game of chess. You not only have to fight for the moment, but also plan for the future."

"Um."

Li Mu, holding the white piece, placed it next to the black piece she had placed.

"The person who told me that Go is like life... also said that. I never felt that way before, but he was right."

"...Brother Li's good friend?"

"ha."

Li Mu chuckled softly but did not reply.

Seeing this, Fan Bingbing stopped asking questions and the two began to take turns placing pieces at the corners of the board.

After placing seven or eight pieces, Li Mu suddenly placed a piece in a corner of the chessboard, pointed to it, and said:

"Fan Bingbing, doesn't this seed look like an oasis in the forest?"

Fan Bingbing was taken aback.

She was still pondering how to make her move when she slowly shifted her perspective to that of Shirako.

That's when I realized...

Although the white piece seems isolated and helpless now, the four or five pieces on the left have already subtly formed a complementary offensive and defensive relationship with it.

The positions of these pieces... are now connected.

It's gaining momentum.

In this situation, as the black piece, what she needs to do is judge the strength or weakness of the piece.

If a piece is thick, its structure is solid, efficient, flexible, and influential, like storing up great power that can be used in later battles. A "thin" piece, on the other hand, indicates a weak structure with flaws. Playing a "thick" piece is for long-term security and power. But if a piece is too thin, even if it gains influence, it can temporarily "disengage," consolidating its territory and accumulating strength.

Of course, this approach is only suitable for a novice like her.

In the presence of a master, their vision may have already foreseen the subsequent course of the game from this single move.

Fan Bingbing naturally couldn't see it. But suddenly, she realized something.

Although they are opponents on the chessboard.

But in reality... aren't they business partners?

After thinking for a dozen seconds, she suddenly threw the black piece into the chess box and picked up a white piece under Li Mu's puzzled gaze.

Her fair fingers held a white piece and gently placed it next to the piece representing "Wind Forest Oasis".

Its offense and defense are integrated, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Then he raised his head, his eyes slightly brightening as he looked at Li Mu, pointed to the early stages of the game, and smiled:

"Brother Li, does this mean we've won?"

She put the boat...

They moved closer.