My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 134: You little girl, still playing games with me

Chapter 134: Chapter 134: You little girl, still playing games with me

The real estate agent was surprised to see Lu Youxi truly interested in taking over the shop, and he wasn’t even sure whether she was genuinely out of money or just pretending.

Lu Youxi dressed so plainly that the agent, accustomed to seeing clients, had never seen anyone wearing clothes as inexpensive as hers.

Moreover, the clothes Zhou Shuyan, who was accompanying Lu Youxi, wore didn’t look very expensive either.

However, the agent failed to see beyond appearances.

Zhou Shuyan’s clothing brand was actually not cheap; he just chose items without noticeable logos, coupled with ordinary T-shirts and jeans.

The agent couldn’t fathom that during a time when the average fresh graduate in the Imperial Capital barely made two to three thousand a month, Zhou Shuyan’s seemingly ordinary T-shirt cost four to five thousand.

But then, the agent reconsidered and thought, right, if recent graduates only earn that much, and Lu Youxi, just a freshman, could rent a place with a nearly three-thousand monthly rent, she really couldn’t be considered penniless.

With this analysis, the agent immediately sensed a major client and hurriedly led Lu Youxi inside to take a look.

Since the neighborhood was quite old, the shop wasn’t very big.

Previously used as a small hotel, the entrance led to a rather cramped lobby.

Heading upstairs, the corridor split into six rooms on both sides.

The rooms were tiny, barely fitting a single bed next to which stood a small desk with an old television on it.

There was also a divided bathroom, featuring only a squat toilet, a small sink, and a showerhead.

The bathroom was just big enough for one person to move around in.

Each room could only accommodate one person.

Lu Youxi looked around and got the picture.

"I’ll tell you the truth," the agent honestly said, "this place is about as big as the three-bedroom you rented. There isn’t much space downstairs, and as you can see, these small rooms upstairs altogether are about the same total area as the three bedrooms you rented—there isn’t much difference in size."

Lu Youxi nodded, smiling, "Indeed."

She also realized that the landlord had initially made each room particularly small to maximize the number of guests that could stay.

"Since the rooms are divided so closely, if you continue using it as a hotel, you probably won’t make much money," the agent said. "One reason is the location, and the other is the unsuitability of the rooms. He’s selling because he couldn’t make it work. But if you don’t use it as a hotel and use it for something else, you definitely need to change the layout, which would then increase your costs a lot. You’ll spend so much before you even make any money."

"So I think if you want to buy this place, you should really consider it well."

Lu Youxi chuckled, "Do you actually want to close this deal or not?"

"Hey, aren’t you my regular customer?" the agent replied sincerely, "and you’ve always been very decisive, clearly someone good at doing business. You might even come to me for real estate in the future, so I definitely need to keep you as a client!"

Lu Youxi thought to herself that she had only just rented a place with him, yet she was already considered a regular customer.

But she liked this agent; he seemed to be someone who knew how to flexibly handle situations.

"How much does the landlord want?" Lu Youxi asked.

"The landlord’s asking for five hundred thousand," said the agent.

"He’s really daring to ask for that much," Lu Youxi remarked. She hadn’t planned to rely solely on stock trading for income, as she didn’t like such unstable investment methods.

While she could invest some spare money in the stock market, she needed a business to start small and grow big.

"So you’ve already looked into it?" the agent was no longer surprised.

Lu Youxi nodded, "This can’t be considered a standard commercial property; it’s just a residential house that has been transformed. We’re not in the future where real estate prices have soared."

In the year 2000 in the Imperial Capital, from salaries to house prices, nothing was high.

"What’s the average price here now, and what’s the total area?" Lu Youxi asked.

"This was converted from two two-bedroom units upstairs and downstairs," the agent said truthfully, "a total of 150 square meters."

"350,000," Lu Youxi decisively offered. "Please contact the landlord."

"Is that your final offer?" the agent blinked, asking.

Lu Youxi smiled, "No, my real bottom line is three hundred thousand."

The agent was speechless for a long time, "You little lady, still pulling tricks on me."

He believed her point.

Having been countered by Lu Youxi, the agent was no longer sure of her actual bottom line, but Lu Youxi’s offer of 350,000 showed she was truly skilled.

"Okay, I’ll contact the landlord," the agent nodded.

Having secured her accommodation in the Imperial Capital, Lu Youxi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She had completed one item on her planning list.

Lu Youxi had just bid the agent farewell when she immediately called home.

"Youxi!" Liu Yushu answered the call, exclaiming.

She felt conflicted, worrying about Lu Youxi’s long-distance call charges while also delighted to receive her call.

"Mom, I’ve already rented a place in the Imperial Capital," Lu Youxi said. "Before the National Day, you and Dad can bring Youxue to the Imperial Capital, pack up what you can from home, and move it directly into the house. Then, you can just stay at home, no need for a hotel."

"How did you... rent a place so quickly? How much did it cost? Where did you get the money? Did you earn it from working part-time? But you definitely couldn’t have earned that much from a part-time job," hearing about the accommodation, Liu Yushu’s first reaction wasn’t happiness but concern, "Didn’t you work day and night to make money? That must be so tiring!"

"Youxi, listen to Mom, studying is most important, don’t exhaust yourself. If you work too hard, what if it interferes with your studies? How are your studies going now? With work so busy, do you even have the energy to study?" Liu Yushu bombarded her with questions, the worry lines on her brow refusing to relax.

Lu Youxi felt a warm feeling in her heart.

Had it been the Lu Family’s elders, they would have been overjoyed at the prospect of living in the Imperial Capital.

But it was only Liu Yushu who would first worry about her health, wondering if she could cope.

Moreover, Liu Yushu didn’t even suspect that the money Lu Youxi suddenly produced for the rent came from an inappropriate source.

All because Liu Yushu trusted her wholeheartedly.

Lu Youxi’s eyes warmed, and it took her a while to find her voice, "Mom, I made the money from trading stocks."

After weighing her options, Lu Youxi decided to tell Liu Yushu the truth.

After all, Lu Youbang was still there.

She had made money from stock trading, and Lu Youbang definitely knew about it; he would surely tell the Lu Family’s elders and Ge Guifen.

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