Chapter 17 If I Still Wanted It, Would I Be Here Now
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 17
Chapter Title: If I Still Wanted It, Would I Be Here Now?
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Just after getting out of the car, Su Yi heard someone calling his name.
Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw Liu Sheng, this unlucky man.
He didn't expect to run into this guy just as he came here to look at houses, which left him feeling a bit speechless and completely uninterested in paying the man any attention.
However, Liu Sheng's fiancée was right beside him at this moment, which was exactly what stoked his competitive spirit.
Calling out to Su Yi just now was merely to let his fiancée witness his social status.
But he didn't expect the latter to completely ignore him.
This made him a bit anxious for a moment. He took a few quick steps over and said:
"Wait! Su Yi, shouldn't you be discussing the acquisition of that batch of grain with a client right now? Why’re you here?"
As he spoke, he didn't forget to say to his fiancée behind him:
"This is the subordinate in our department I told you about."
Su Yi sighed and helplessly glanced at the idiot.
"I say, Little Liu, it's just past two in the afternoon right now. If I remember correctly, it's still working hours, right?
If you can be here, why can't I?"
Little Liu...
Hearing this form of address from Su Yi's mouth once again, and right in front of his fiancée, Liu Sheng's face instantly turned black.
He normally didn't hold back in bragging to his fiancée about how high status was in the factory and how respectfully his subordinates called him Supervisor Liu when they saw him.
So what was the difference between Su Yi calling him Little Liu now and someone tearing off his underwear in public?
"Little Liu this, Little Liu that, is Little Liu a name you can call me?"
Liu Sheng’s neck stiffened as he continued:
"I didn't bicker with you over your lack of manners before, but you're still showing no respect for your superiors even now. Do you still want your job or not?"
"If I still wanted it, would I be here at this hour?"
Su Yi looked at him in surprise.
"Idiot."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the sales office.
Meanwhile, after Yue Ling's gaze wandered between Liu Sheng and his fiancée for a while, seeing that Su Yi was about to leave, she quickly followed after her charge.
However, this time she learned a trick from Liu Sheng's fiancée and proactively reached out to hook her arm through Su Yi's.
But she hadn't considered that her assets were much more abundant than Liu Sheng's fiancée, whose face, if covered, would make it hard to tell her gender.
The sudden soft touch on his arm caught Su Yi somewhat off guard.
But in broad daylight and in front of a crowd, he couldn't very well push the girl away, so he could only lean in close to her ear and say in a low voice:
"Um... You actually don't need to hold on so tightly."
Yue Ling blinked, not quite understanding why she couldn't hold on so tightly to his arm, but she still loosened her grip a bit as she was told.
The sensation of almost being pressed tightly together dissipated slightly, and Su Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
He hurriedly took a few deep breaths to cool down his blood, which had almost started boiling.
Only then did Liu Sheng behind them notice that the female companion beside Su Yi was actually so beautiful. Not only was she beautiful, but her figure was also absolutely top-notch.
The fiancée beside him, who had always been as beautiful as a celestial maiden in his eyes, suddenly didn't seem so appealing at this moment.
Of course, there were many beautiful women in the world.
Liu Sheng wasn't so fickle that he would change his heart just by seeing a woman more beautiful than his fiancée.
The main thing was that this beautiful woman was actually holding onto Su Yi right now!
On what grounds could that loser find such a beautiful girlfriend?
This reaction of Liu Sheng's was entirely seen by his fiancée beside him, especially the scene where he first looked at Yue Ling before turning to look at her. It simply exposed his thoughts of comparing the two in his heart as clear as day.
Although many women have a kind of mysterious confidence in their own looks, feeling that they were definitely prettier than so-and-so…
But it also depended on who they were comparing themselves to.
In front of Yue Ling, even if his fiancée was usually extremely confident in her own beauty, she inevitably felt a sense of inadequacy at this moment.
And it just so happened that her boyfriend, Liu Sheng, was scrutinizing the two of them with a comparative gaze.
She instantly flew into a rage out of humiliation.
She directly threw off Liu Sheng and walked towards the sales office on her own without saying a word.
Only then did Liu Sheng react, hurriedly jogging to catch up and humbly apologize to her.
In the end, he agreed to spend twenty thousand to buy her a new model bag, and only then was the matter considered resolved, and his fiancée finally agreed to accompany him to look at houses.
Thus, the original request to look at houses proposed by the woman naturally turned into Liu Sheng begging his fiancée to look at houses.
He vaguely felt that something was a bit off, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
He even felt a bit fortunate in his heart that his fiancée was magnanimous. Although he had to spend a bit of money, at least she was quickly coaxed back to happiness.
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"Handsome sir, beautiful lady, are you here to look at houses?"
As soon as they entered the sales office, a beautiful saleswoman proactively came over to greet them.
Su Yi nodded and said:
"Do you have any move-in ready homes? The kind that are already fully furnished and you can just bring your bags and move in."
"Yes we do! Please have a seat over here, you two!"
The saleswoman's eyes immediately lit up, and she hurriedly led the two to the lounge area, asking them as they walked:
"May I ask if you’re looking to buy or to rent?"
The economy was bad, so naturally, houses weren’t that easy to sell.
Naturally, they also offered rental services here.
"Buy a house."
"Then what’re your requirements for the house? For example, in terms of environment and decoration."
The saleswoman asked quite meticulously, and Su Yi also answered them one by one.
At the end of the questioning, the saleswoman finally asked the most important question:
"What’s your approximate budget range?"
"Within thirty million, I suppose."
Su Yi thought about the savings in his pocket and answered.
"If there is a very suitable house, going a bit higher isn't impossible either."
The saleswoman's eyes immediately lit up.
"At this price point, there are quite a few houses you can choose from. We have several here that perfectly meet your needs."
As she spoke, she pulled out a very large booklet containing pictures of some villas' floor plans, locations, and surrounding environments.
After another round of selection, they finally decided on two houses. The saleswoman immediately stated that the keys were right in the sales office and they could go see them now.
Of course, Su Yi wouldn’t refuse this.
However, coincidentally, just as he was sitting in the sales office's sightseeing cart preparing to depart, Liu Sheng and his fiancée appeared again.
They were being led by another sales representative to look at houses, and it happened to be the exact same one Su Yi was looking at.
But having been in this line of work for a long time, these sales representatives were clearly all shrewd people.
Who was here to buy a house and who was simply here to take a look, they could guess eight or nine times out of ten just from their speech and demeanor.
Seeing this, the female saleswoman leading Su Yi and Yue Ling, afraid that the former would worry about someone snatching the house, found an opportunity and said to him in a low voice:
"Boss, don't worry. My colleague said that those two are probably just going to take a look and won't buy.
Moreover, we’re mainly looking at the external environment of the villa right now. Generally, you’re not allowed inside to see these kinds of fully furnished villas unless you’ve signed a letter of intent. If you want to see the decoration style of the villas, you mainly look at the model homes. You also don't need to worry that the house has been entered and viewed by all sorts of miscellaneous people before you've even bought it. We pay special attention to this on our end."
Of course, Su Yi didn't need her reminder.
The villas here easily cost tens of millions. Let alone Liu Sheng, even if his brother-in-law Li Wenyuan, the boss of the food processing factory, came, he would have to weigh his options first if he wanted to buy a house here.
Having a net worth of tens of millions and being able to pull out tens of millions in cash weren’t the same thing.
Instead, this rule for viewing houses in the villa district made him feel very comfortable.
After all, he truly wanted to buy, so naturally, he didn't want his own house to be casually entered and viewed by other people before he had even bought it.
It could only be said that their service was indeed worthy of their price.
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T/N - Please Mr. Author, don’t make the idiot supervisor make a scene. It’s enough of a satisfying face-slap for me if he just witnessed the MC pay for the house upfront. That's it, no commotion like the last time at the cellphone store. 🙏