The Baby I Lost Is Actually with My Ex-Husband!
Chapter 258 - Chapter 258: Chapter 258: So She Called "Husband" So Sweetly

Chapter 258: Chapter 258: So She Called “Husband” So Sweetly

Lin Qi said in surprise, “You’re putting the house under my name?”

Huo Tingdong replied, “Don’t they need a place to live? According to the current real estate policy, one needs a local residence registration to qualify for purchasing a home. They don’t have the qualification, so it can only be registered under your name.”

Lin Qi said, “I thought you had some way to get them registered.”

Huo Tingdong said, “Getting them registered is not within my responsibilities or obligations. If they want a place to live, then I’ll give them a place to live, but the house has to be under your name.”

After hearing this, Lin Qi couldn’t help asking, “Why not put it under your name?”

Huo Tingdong asked, “Don’t you want me to put it under your name?”

Lin Qi suddenly fell silent.

She did not expect that Huo Tingdong buying a house would mean putting it under her name.

Although, before this, he had also bought her a house, and that house was expensive.

She said with some concern, “Actually, I don’t care whose name is on the house. I’m just worried that if this house is also under my name, and now I have two properties under my name, if there’s a collection of property tax in the future, will I go bankrupt directly?”

Huo Tingdong said, “No. Don’t act like I don’t exist.”

After hearing this, Lin Qi didn’t say anything more.

Soon, Jin Lilai and Li Wanru came back after viewing the show flat.

The salesperson asked Li Wanru, “Madam Li, are you satisfied with the house?”

Li Wanru was beaming with joy and said cheerfully, “Satisfied! Very satisfied!”

She was so happy that she ignored the salesperson calling her “Madam Li” as if treating her as an elder sister, while in fact, strangers couldn’t tell that Li Wanru and Lin Qi were the same age.

Li Wanru asked Lin Qi, “Lin Qi, are we buying it today?”

Lin Qi looked towards Huo Tingdong, “He’s paying, so it’s up to him. I have no say.”

She had no money and thus no confidence.

Li Wanru looked at Huo Tingdong, “Brother-in-law, what do you say? We looked at this house, and it’s pretty good. My husband and I are very satisfied with it! After buying it, we also want to bring Lili’s sisters to the city to enjoy a good life!”

Huo Tingdong said, “If you’re satisfied, then let’s settle for this one.”

Li Wanru said, “Okay.”

She immediately took out her bag to give her household registration book and ID card to the salesperson.

The salesperson asked, “Is it under your names?”

Before Huo Tingdong could express his opinion, Jin Lilai, fearing Li Wanru would change her mind, immediately said, “Of course, it has to be under our names!”

The salesperson flipped through the household registration book and frowned, “You’re not local residents, huh.”

Li Wanru’s face stiffened, “Right…”

She thought she was being looked down upon for not being a local resident and asked sensitively, “Isn’t having money enough to buy a house? Do you still look at where the residence registration is?”

The salesperson explained awkwardly, “Madam Li, you misunderstood. What I mean is that buying a house requires local residence registration. Neither you nor your husband is a local, so you don’t have the qualification to buy!”

She also felt somewhat annoyed.

In their line of business, selling one property could earn a commission equivalent to the value of another property, regardless of the buyer’s registration status. However, policy dictates that only local residents can purchase homes.

She also felt disheartened; after all, if non-local residents couldn’t buy, it meant her performance would suffer.

Huo Tingdong said, “Put it under Qiqi’s name.”

He looked at Lin Qi, “Did you bring your household registration book and ID card?”

Lin Qi shook her head.

Huo Tingdong said, “Then let’s first sign a preliminary contract. Later, once you have all the original documents ready, we can process the formal contract.”

Upon hearing this, Li Wanru became anxious, “Brother-in-law, didn’t you say you would buy a house for us to live in? Why put it under her name?”

Jin Lilai said, “You’re not going back on your word, are you?”

All night long, he and Li Wanru couldn’t sleep out of excitement. On one hand, they were thrilled that Huo Tingdong had agreed to buy them a house, and on the other, they were afraid Huo Tingdong would change his mind–after all, it was a deal involving millions, and they didn’t believe in pie falling from the sky. Yet they felt that, for someone as rich as Huo Tingdong, giving them a house was just a small effort.

Huo Tingdong asked, “You don’t have local residence; how can it be under your names?”

Li Wanru said, “Then… then we’ll find another way about the residence registration! If the house is under her name, it might suit her today, but if one day she takes a dislike to us, she could easily kick us out.”

Lin Qi said, “Do you really need to be so wary of me?”

She had never been wary of Li Wanru, yet she was always on her guard against her.

Lin Qi did not like the feeling of being schemed against!

Lin Qi said, “Buying this house isn’t my money, so I don’t care whether it’s under my name or not. Local residence status is needed for purchasing qualifications.”

Li Wanru looked down, disappointed.

Jin Lilai said angrily, “Great! You’ve calculated this all along, haven’t you? You deliberately played us, fully aware that we don’t have the qualifications to buy!”

Lin Qi also became angry and stood up, “So what if it’s under my name? He is my husband! What’s wrong with him putting the house under my name? Besides, what is our relationship? We’re relatives, I have no obligation and no right to necessarily buy a house for you to live in! Helping you is a favor, not a duty! Don’t get things backwards!”

Li Wanru asked, “Didn’t you keep saying you and your husband were divorced? You’ve been calling him your ex-husband in front of me, how come now it’s husband again?”

Lin Qi fell silent, her face reddening.

Huo Tingdong said coldly, “We are divorced, indeed he is her ex-husband, but that doesn’t affect my plan to remarry her. It’s none of your business if she calls me ‘husband’!”

Lin Qi’s subconscious slip of the tongue was quite pleasing to his ears!

Turns out her calling him “husband” sounded so nice!

Li Wanru initially wanted to stir up trouble between them, but it turned out that Huo Tingdong was not one to take the bait!

Jin Lilai pointed at Li Wanru, “Look, this is your dear sister! You’ve suffered so much for years, and this is how she treats you! She’s just ungrateful!”

Lin Qi said, “What’s it to you? You are her husband, what are you to me? Mind your own business.”

Seeing that a fight was brewing, the salesperson quickly said, “Stop arguing. Before, I’ve also met many foreign investors without purchasing qualifications! But there’s not absolutely no solution regarding this policy!”

Li Wanru immediately asked, “What’s the solution?”

The salesperson tentatively asked, “You and this gentleman, you are married, right?”

She pointed to Jin Lilai.

Li Wanru nodded, “Right.”

The salesperson said, “Previously, we’ve had customers who, in order to buy houses, would divorce first, then marry someone with local residence to obtain it. After purchasing the house, they would divorce again and remarry. In this way, they could gain the qualification to buy!”

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