258: Sofa received

The intel mentioned a sofa, which definitely wouldn't fit in the Audi.

So Ye Su didn't drive. After calling a ride-hailing service, he followed the intel's instructions and arrived at the street outside Tangyong urban village.

After getting off, he searched around the urban village for a bit and found a signless second-hand furniture store.

"The second-hand furniture store on Renping Street. This must be the place."

The area of this second-hand furniture store looked to be less than 100 square meters.

However, in Yangcheng's urban villages, which were notorious for being crowded, a second-hand furniture store of this size was already considered quite large.

The furniture store was already open. Peering inside from the entrance, Ye Su saw that it was densely packed with all kinds of furniture, as well as office supplies like desks and office chairs.

As a middle-aged man inside the store noticed him, Ye Su stepped inside.

"Handsome guy," the owner spoke with a classic Cantonese accent, "are you looking to buy some furniture?"

"Yes," Ye Su nodded, looking around. "I want to buy a sofa."

"We have sofas, follow me."

The owner led Ye Su through a narrow cleared path to a wall where several sofas were stacked.

"Take a look at these. Do any of them suit you?"

Ye Su merely swept his eyes over the sofas, his brow furrowing imperceptibly.

None of the sofas the owner showed him glowed with the system's light prompt. Clearly, none of them were his target.

Ye Su looked around again and immediately noticed a faint glow emanating from behind the partition wall of the inner room.

The sofa mentioned in the intel should be in there.

"Handsome guy, how is it? None of them caught your eye?"

"Yeah," Ye Su asked tentatively, "Boss, are these the only sofas you have here? Are there any others?"

"No more," the owner shook his head.

"Sofas are large items after all, and they're hard to display. Usually, only nearby tenants or landlords buy them, so I generally wait until they're mostly sold out before stocking new ones."

Knowing full well that the sofa was in the inner room, he couldn't just say it directly.

Hearing the owner's words, Ye Su could only fret inwardly.

"Boss, you really don't have any other sofas?" Ye Su could only ask persistently.

"No," the owner's face clearly showed some impatience. "Aren't old sofas all like this? Or what kind of sofa are you looking for?"

What kind of sofa do I want? How should I know!

Ye Su could only take a gamble. The owner had kept that sofa for himself because he liked its good condition.

"Is there anything that looks a bit newer? I don't mind if it's a bit more expensive."

"A newer one..."

Hearing Ye Su say he didn't mind a higher price, the owner immediately began to calculate in his mind.

Just looking at Ye Su's clothing and his Charm, the owner concluded that Ye Su's financial situation must be quite good.

"I do have a newer sofa. I originally wanted to keep it for myself, but how about I take you to have a look?"

Ye Su nodded eagerly. "Sure."

Led by the owner, Ye Su walked into the inner room and immediately saw an extremely thick, gray-blue suede sofa that was about 1.8 meters wide.

Looking at its condition, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was ninety percent new.

The original owner probably didn't have cats or children, so the sofa only had some slight signs of daily use.

And the deep blue glow Ye Su had seen through the partition wall just now was indeed emanating from this sofa.

"Handsome guy, how about this sofa?"

Hearing the owner's question, Ye Su first scanned the sofa a few times before nodding expressionlessly. "This sofa is not bad. How much is it?"

"I originally wanted to keep this sofa for myself."

The owner emphasized this point again. As soon as Ye Su heard this, he knew the owner was going to hike up the price on the spot.

"Since you like it, I'll sell it to you for 2,000."

Setting aside the fact that Ye Su didn't know how much this sofa was actually worth.

Just from the owner letting slip earlier that the sofas he stocked were all sold to tenants and landlords in the urban village, Ye Su knew this sofa couldn't possibly be worth 2,000 yuan.

Who living in an urban village would be crazy enough to spend so much money on a sofa?

Not wanting to waste too much effort haggling over the price, and not wanting the owner to suspect anything, Ye Su pretended to hesitate for a moment before offering a counter-bid.

"2,000 is too expensive. How about 1,400?"

"1,400 is too little, I can't sell it. Go sit on it and you'll see. A sofa like this would cost at least several thousand if you bought it brand new at a furniture mall."

Hearing Ye Su's counter-offer, a flash of joy crossed the owner's eyes, but he still pretended to struggle with the decision before saying, "If you really want it, let's say 1,900."

"How about 1,500?"

"At 1,500, I won't make any money at all. I can see you really want it, so how about this—I'll just make enough to cover my utility bills. I'll sell it to you for 1,800."

Haggling back and forth wouldn't save him more than a few hundred yuan anyway. Seeing that the time was right, Ye Su nodded. "Alright."

Hearing that Ye Su actually agreed to buy the sofa for 1,800, the owner could barely contain his delight and almost grinned right in front of Ye Su.

He had acquired this sofa yesterday from a residential community, buying it from someone at practically the price of scrap.

That family seemed to just want to get rid of the sofa, so he had only given them a token 500 yuan.

Seeing that the sofa was in good condition and comfortable to sit on, and estimating that the family must have paid a pretty penny for it originally, he had planned to keep it for himself.

Who would have thought that early in the morning, a young man would come and buy it for 1,800, making him a clean profit of 1,300 yuan.

[WeChat Pay received 1,800 yuan]

Hearing the announcement from the payment receiver, the owner could no longer hold it in and grinned widely right in front of Ye Su.

"Boss, does this include delivery?"

Hearing Ye Su's question, the owner finally pulled back his smile and replied:

"I only do neighborhood business here. If you live nearby, I can use a handcart to help you bring it over. But if it's far, there's nothing I can do."

What a scammer!

He took 1,800 yuan from me and didn't even include delivery!

"Fine, then help me carry it to the roadside so I can call a vehicle to take it back."

"Sure, wait a moment."

Having pocketed Ye Su's 1,800 yuan, the owner's attitude became extremely warm.

After asking Ye Su to lend a hand and carrying the sofa outside together, he used a handcart to help Ye Su haul the sofa to the roadside.

After waving goodbye to the owner, Ye Su called a van to transport the sofa to his rented apartment.

Since the 1.8-meter sofa was really too heavy, Ye Su paid the van driver an extra 20 yuan to help him carry the sofa upstairs.

Seeing that there was already a sofa in Ye Su's living room, the driver was a bit puzzled as to why this guy was buying so many sofas.

However, the driver didn't ask questions. After receiving the 20 yuan transfer from Ye Su, he left with his handcart.