Chapter 29 Luck is Still Good

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Chapter 29: Chapter 29 Luck is Still GoodWang Fang had secured four contracts in a row and was very pleased, insisting on treating Chen Feng to a meal. However, it wasn’t lunchtime yet, so they decided to go for tea instead. In a well-known café in the county town, the two of them ordered a pot of tea, accompanied by some egg tarts and dried fruits, and sat down to chat for over an hour. The conversation revolved mainly around their high school days, interspersed with Wang Fang’s complaints and grumbling about her husband. Chen Feng felt uneasy as he listened to her relentless criticism of her husband, feeling as if she were talking about his own past self, and sensed something off in her gaze, prompting him to quickly make excuses to leave. Stepping out of the café, Chen Feng couldn’t help but reflect that people truly do change. Since their high school days playing basketball together, he had always thought of her as a "brother," but now she appeared to want to sleep with him, leaving Chen Feng at a loss for words. Not to mention she wasn’t his type, but she was married with children. Could Chen Feng really betray his morals like that? One could only conclude that human nature had deteriorated, and money was an overwhelming temptation. Even Wang Fang, who used to be bold and beautiful, had fallen from grace. Chen Feng shook his head in silent resignation and took a cab to a real estate agency. The person who received him wasn’t a woman but a smartly dressed young man in his early twenties, who, upon hearing Chen Feng’s intent to buy a house in a good school district, addressed him warmly and naturally as "brother". Chen Feng wasn’t buying the property for himself but planned to buy it for his two nieces, allowing them to attend school in the county town, where the teaching staff and educational environment were undoubtedly better than in their town. Chen Feng was quite familiar with the county town because he had attended high school there for three years and often roamed the streets with his classmates on weekends. Most importantly, the county town wasn’t very large. There were no new buildings in the old town area anymore, but there were active demolitions and property developments in the new town area. The plan was to relocate the county government there within two years. The courthouse, the prosecutor’s office, a primary school, and a middle school had already moved, and construction of a new county hospital was progressing, expected to be completed within two years. The real estate agent, Little Yang, had shown Chen Feng the planning map, confirming what he had heard before. "Brother, looking at you, your kids must still be young. It’s even more reason to buy a house in the new town area. This area is going to be the center of the county, very convenient for school and household registration. Plus, there are significant discounts on houses here now, and there’s even a lottery." "Lottery? What prizes?" Chen Feng asked casually. Little Yang quickly explained, "The top prize is a car worth two hundred thousand yuan, and the smallest prize is a year’s absence of property management fees, roughly a thousand yuan. As soon as you make the payment, you can partake in the lottery." "Isn’t it a scam? Like having all kinds of excuses after winning, or saying that it’s just a waiver of the car down payment?" Chen Feng wasn’t naïve and was well aware of such schemes from society. "How could that be possible?" reassured Little Yang, "The lottery is jointly hosted by the property developers and led by the county government, definitely legitimate. It’s not just a single developer’s scheme, so it’s very credible. Before, someone won a family travel package worth one hundred thousand yuan, which was redeemed on the spot. Another person won a phone worth a few thousand, and took it home immediately." Thinking of his recent string of good luck, Chen Feng mused that he might actually win a car again, so he nodded and said, "Alright. Then take me to look at the houses there, and if it’s suitable, I’ll just buy it." "Of course, Brother, I’ll take you there right now." Before long, they arrived in the new town area, which used to be farmland and villages just a few years ago; now there were tall buildings and construction sites everywhere. This area was actually quite close to Qingpu Town. A major road connecting this area had been built just a couple of years ago, making it just a ten-minute drive. "Brother, take a good look and decide where you want to buy. This area now has very well-developed amenities. You’ve seen the shopping mall over there; it’s large, with a supermarket selling vegetables. On Jiaoyu Road, there’s an experimental kindergarten, Second Primary School and Second Middle School, and three to four kilometers past the mountain tunnel is the new campus of First Middle School." Drawing from the planning map, Chen Feng looked around for a while before saying, "Let’s first go to that shopping mall and see." "Alright, Brother," Little Yang’s attitude was impeccable. He directly took Chen Feng to the mall. The mall had been completed less than two years ago, but it already had a good crowd. There were three floors above ground, not to mention an underground parking lot. The area was quite extensive, the supermarket on the second floor was large, and they sold a diverse array of vegetables and fresh produce. Chen Feng was very satisfied. When his two nieces came to study here in the future, his parents were also very likely to move here, making grocery shopping very convenient. Chen Feng told Little Yang, "Pick the housing closest to this mall for me. The closer, the better." Little Yang’s eyes lit up, and he nodded eagerly, "Of course, Brother." Next, Little Yang took Chen Feng to view some properties. The closest were two thirty-story towers and their extensions. They had just been completed last year, but there weren’t many vacancies left. Chen Feng looked at two properties and wasn’t very satisfied with either. One was on the fifteenth floor, which was actually the thirteenth floor because some people avoided the unlucky numbers thirteen and fourteen, so those floors were simply omitted. Above the twelfth floor, it suddenly became the fifteenth floor; Chen Feng disdained such deceit. He dismissed the other option after a quick glance due to its undesirable layout. "If they’re all like this, don’t bother showing me anymore. Are there any others?" Chen Feng was rather disappointed. Little Yang hesitated, "There are, but they’re quite expensive." "Take me to see them, price isn’t an issue," Chen Feng said boldly. The current house prices in the new city area don’t exceed ten thousand, with each square meter costing about eight or nine thousand. For Chen Feng, who had tens of millions in cash, that of course wasn’t much. "Alright, bro, I’ll take you there right now, it’s on the very top floor of this building. Since it’s a duplex, the price is a bit higher, but it does have its clear advantages. Being a top floor apartment with an elevator, compared to other one-elevator-per-household situations, if the elevator breaks, it would be troublesome, but the top floor also has a backup elevator. That’s an advantage over other floors." "Okay, let’s go have a look." Soon, the two of them went to see the top-floor apartment, and Chen Feng took a liking to it immediately. Although he wasn’t buying it for himself, Chen Feng was very happy. He was nearly dead now, still with tens of millions in cash that he definitely wanted to spend before dying, mostly on his own family members. However, he didn’t want to disturb the peace of his home before he died, so he definitely couldn’t tell his family the truth. "Alright, I’ll take this one, the price is right, pay in full." "Okay okay, alright, bro, I will definitely get you the best discount." Little Yang was extremely excited and immediately called the real estate company, and after a bit of bargaining, he quickly took Chen Feng over again. Finally, under the temptation of paying in full in one go, they got a nearly 100,000 yuan discount on the original price. In the end, the nearly 260 square meter duplex was priced at 2.2 million. This price was nothing for Chen Feng now. They negotiated the price, signed the agreement on the spot, and transferred the money. He gave Little Yang an extra 2,000 yuan red envelope, and Little Yang swore on his chest that he could get the property deed sorted out by tomorrow. Next, of course, was the lottery event. Little Yang and a representative from the real estate company took Chen Feng to the venue together. Since Chen Feng had bought a duplex, counted as two apartments, he could participate in the lottery twice. Chen Feng now had a mysterious confidence in his own luck, he simply reached into the large transparent lottery box and casually pulled out a lottery card. Picking it up and opening it, there was a photo of a mobile phone on the lottery card, a factory model phone, likely also worth three to four thousand. "Bro, you’re really lucky, you won a phone!" Little Yang also saw it and exclaimed. Some people at the lottery center heard this and crowded around to watch, looking at Chen Feng with envy. After verifying the lottery card, the staff member actually processed the redemption very swiftly, and Chen Feng easily got his hands on this brand new factory model phone. Chen Feng was quite calm about this. "Bro, you have another chance, draw again. With your luck today, you might even win a car," Little Yang joked on the side. Chen Feng smiled and nodded, "I also feel like my luck is off the charts today." Saying this, Chen Feng went back to draw. This time he stirred around inside the lottery box before pulling out another lottery card. Pulled out, opened, won. Ah, life is so helpless. This kind of good fortune, just after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. "Bro, you ... you won the grand prize! You really won a car! Damn!" Little Yang couldn’t help but exclaim loudly at the end. The few bystanders also immediately boiled over. This was a car worth two hundred thousand, even if millions were spent on a house, surely no one would mind. Chen Feng didn’t either. But, he was really calm. Just looking at the staff member, who was visibly shocked, he said, "Let’s redeem it." The car that was the prize was parked right at the entrance of the lottery center, draped in a festive tent, with banners of the house-purchasing lottery event hanging above. This of course alerted the main person in charge of the lottery center. The lottery card was unmistakable, identification was correct, at least a dozen people on-site witnessed it, and there was surveillance video as evidence, no fraud was possible. What else could be done in the end, but to redeem the prize? After all, it was an event led by the government, with government-appointed supervisors on-site. After some procedures and an addition of more than ten thousand in taxes, about an hour later, Chen Feng finally got his hands on the Citroen as he wished. With Little Yang and around a hundred people who had heard the news crowding around, amidst their envious gazes, Chen Feng drove off in the Citroen. Winning another car, life still remained so monotonous and tedious! His luck was still so good!

Chapter 29 Luck is Still Good

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