Chapter 00299: Are You Married
# Are You Married?
Chapter 299
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 299 Are You Married?
Section Nine would definitely be observing from the shadows.
You could figure that out with your butt, but that didn't mean being spied on was a pleasant experience.
Moreover, it was foreseeable that Li Chengxi would likely encounter situations like this more frequently in the future, and even encounter more transmigrators from the multiverse world.
Although the place he lived in now wasn't a bustling downtown area, it was still situated between two residential complexes.
The many eyes and ears made things very inconvenient.
Li Chengxi had originally considered renting a warehouse specifically to handle these operations that were unsuitable for ordinary people to see.
But renting a warehouse involved not just rent but also management fees and other miscellaneous expenses.
Besides, Li Chengxi couldn't live in a warehouse, and the people from Section Nine could easily tamper with things while he was away.
Again, Li Chengxi didn't mind being monitored by Section Nine, but it wasn't a good experience.
So he felt that he might really need a big house to handle these matters.
The total cost of purchasing the supplies Viola needed was just over five million.
Li Chengxi still had a balance of over seven million on his card.
In the small city where he lived, he could pick and choose with that kind of money.
The problem was finding a house that met his requirements.
This wasn't as simple as online shopping; he had to go and see each one in person, which was really troublesome.
Asking Section Nine would be hassle-free, but that felt pointless.
A house recommended by Section Nine would probably be stuffed full of cameras.
After taking a car back home, Li Chengxi kept pondering this issue.
Sitting at the cashier counter, he searched for information on existing homes for sale, even checking the surrounding environment on Baidu Maps.
It was indeed very difficult to find something suitable.
Either the surrounding area was too crowded with people coming and going, or the property wasn't large enough to meet his demands.
No wonder some people spent over half a year just doing on-site inspections when buying a marital home.
This was indeed a tricky business.
After looking around without finding anything satisfactory, a thought suddenly popped into Li Chengxi's head.
How about finding an agent?
A real estate agent would have far more listings than Li Chengxi could find on his own.
All he had to do was state his requirements, and he wouldn't have to worry about the rest.
And speaking of real estate agents, Li Chengxi remembered that he actually knew one.
He rummaged through the clutter in the cashier counter and pulled out a business card.
It read 'General Manager of Rongcheng Real Estate Agency'.
A few months ago, during the bank robbery, Li Chengxi had stepped forward to protect a child and his mother.
The child's father had specially brought a gift to thank him, and this business card was left at that time. (See Chapter 60 for details)
"Hello? Hi, this is Li Chengxi, the one who runs the convenience store. You still remember me, right? It's like this, I want to buy a house..."
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While Li Chengxi was calling an agent to buy a new house, Qian Sen, in the Section Nine office, was watching a video on his computer.
Since magical power interfered with the operation of electronic devices, the video footage was actually shot from a location far from the 'teleportation portal', requiring parts of the footage to be magnified to be seen clearly.
This resulted in the magnified image being slightly blurry, but it was enough to make out many details.
From the moment Li Chengxi entered the warehouse to when he finished moving everything and left, the entire process was recorded by the camera.
And Qian Sen, from the moment he clicked on the video, had not relaxed his brow once.
What he had told Li Chengxi wasn't just a bluff.
The technicians were indeed interested in how to open a portal to another world.
It could even be said that this was a national-level project.
Although the Earth was large, every piece of land had an owner.
Even Antarctica, which was claimed to be no man's land, wasn't truly unsupervised.
For a modern country to develop, resources were of absolute importance.
If one paid attention to the news, one would notice that our country had gradually shifted from developing its own resources to buying resources from other countries.
This was all for the sake of the future.
There was no end to making money, but resources would one day be depleted.
Unless one day all the countries on Earth could unite to form an Earth Federation and stride towards the stars and seas together, this kind of internal competition would not stop.
So, when an otherworld appeared, one with abundant resources, what should be done from a national perspective?
Of course, this was still just an idea.
Colonizing another world was too outrageous.
But to be prepared, contingency plans had to be made in advance, to avoid being caught off guard when the time came.
Most transmigrators either arrived on Earth by accident or could only travel back and forth alone.
In the eyes of Section Nine, this level of transmigration only required maintaining social order; nothing else needed to be considered.
However, just now, Qian Sen had personally witnessed a large quantity of supplies being transported across.
What if it could work the other way around?
He watched it over and over again, and finally decided to package the video and report together and send it to his superior at the provincial level, while also proposing to raise the observation level for Li Chengxi.
Originally, he was just one of hundreds of thousands of first-class contactors.
But he could contact Audel, and Audel could open a portal to another world.
His importance was incomparable to that of an ordinary first-class contactor.
Almost as soon as he had done this, he received a call from the surveillance personnel.
"Buying a house? Why does he suddenly want to buy a house? Alright, I understand. I'll give him a call now to ask."
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Using an agent was indeed much easier.
Li Chengxi stated his requirements over the phone, and the person on the other end immediately responded that there were several properties that met the criteria, asking when Li Chengxi would be free to come and see them.
Li Chengxi was free anytime, so he went out immediately.
However, after looking at a few houses, he felt that none of them quite met his requirements.
They were either not big enough, lacking storage space and thus inconvenient, or too noisy with people coming and going, lacking privacy.
In comparison, the issue of money was the least important.
After looking at several houses without finding a suitable one, the agent was also a bit flustered.
After hesitating for a long time, he took Li Chengxi to the last location.
This was a villa district.
In earlier years, the city where Li Chengxi lived had developed its mining industry for a period.
After the mines were depleted, a large pit was left behind.
Later, to improve the city's image, the government started a greening project around the large pit, turning it into a lake.
The place the agent brought Li Chengxi to was near here.
The environment was nice, and because it was a villa district, the population density was low.
Transportation was a bit inconvenient, but there were buses, and there were supposedly plans to build a light rail nearby.
The house was a detached two-story villa with its own yard, outdoor swimming pool, and garage, as well as an extra-large basement.
It certainly couldn't compare to a real mansion, but it was definitely not something an ordinary person could afford.
The important thing was that all aspects of it met Li Chengxi's requirements.
"The seller is asking for 1.2 million. I can help you get it for under 1 million."
"So cheap? This house..."
"Yes, something happened here, so I don't really recommend buying it."
This was also why the agent brought Li Chengxi here last.
After all, he was the savior of his wife and child.
Recommending his benefactor to buy a stigmatized property felt a bit like repaying kindness with ingratitude.
Li Chengxi, however, didn't care about a stigmatized property.
Even if there really was a ghost, he could drag it out and send it on its way.
At worst, he could just call Leilei, the professional, to come and take a look.
But Lei Lei was back in her hometown now and not available at the moment.
Li Chengxi thought for a moment:
"I'm a bit interested in this house. Can you hold it for me for now?"
"Of course, no problem. I suggest you think it over carefully."
He tentatively decided on this one, and would check it out again when he had time.
Just as Li Chengxi was about to head back, he received a call from Qian Sen.
"I heard you're buying a house?"
"Yeah."
"Isn't your current home fine?"
"I'm buying a house to get married. I'm already 26, so I definitely have to consider it. Oh, by the way, are you married?"
"..."
For some reason, Qian Sen felt like he had just been stabbed...