19: Chapter 19 The Mysterious Buyer Was You All Along

"Ding ding..."

Bai Lu's phone chimed with a message notification.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly picked up her phone to check. It was a message from the general manager of the Hongtian Group Modu Branch, containing a string of numbers and an attached photo. The man in the photo was none other than Qin Yi.

She stared at the photo, an indescribable emotion rising in her heart, and muttered to herself: "So he is Qin Yi, Mr. Qin. He is simply too young. To be able to buy Building No. 7 of the Shenjiangwan Community at such a young age is truly unbelievable!"

One must know that Building No. 7 is the crown jewel of the Shenjiangwan Community and the building with the highest unit price in the entire community.

As the manager of the property management company for the Shenjiangwan Community, Manager Bai knew every detail of the community like the back of her hand.

Building No. 7 has a total of 33 floors. Below the 18th floor are small units ranging from 180 to 260 square meters, totaling 72 units. From the 19th to the 32nd floor are large flat units over 400 square meters, totaling 28 units. And the top floor, the 33rd, has only one unit, with an area reaching 900 square meters—a truly super-sized flat.

Although housing prices have fallen slightly, buying the entire building would cost at least seven or eight billion. Moreover, for the buyer to be a young man is simply incredible.

If this news hadn't been relayed to her personally by the general manager of the group's branch, Manager Bai would never have believed it.

More importantly, as the manager of the property management company for the Shenjiangwan Community, she hadn't heard a single whisper of this beforehand.

The only explanation is that this person named Qin Yi has extraordinary influence and acquired the building directly through the group headquarters.

After frowning and pondering for a moment, Manager Bai decided to do a little research before making the call.

So, she first searched for news about Qin Yi on Baidu, thinking that such a wealthy young master should have plenty of information about him online.

However, to her surprise, apart from a few people with the same name, none of them matched the Qin Yi in the photo.

Bai Lu shook her head: "Forget it, I'd better call Mr. Qin first."

Immediately, she stood up from her seat, walked to the window, took a deep breath, and dialed Qin Yi's number.

...

At this moment, Qin Yi was standing side by side with Xing Zhenkun, leisurely admiring his newly purchased cars.

During this time, Xing Zhenkun tried to probe into what Qin Yi's family did, but Qin Yi brushed him off.

After all, the issues with Qin Yi's family had not yet been resolved, so it was not appropriate to say too much to outsiders.

Just then, Qin Yi's phone suddenly started vibrating with a 'buzz, buzz, buzz...' sound.

He glanced at the caller ID; it was an unfamiliar local Modu number. Without thinking much, he answered the phone directly.

"Hello, who is this?" Qin Yi's tone was indifferent, revealing no emotion.

A cautious female voice came from the other end of the line: "Uh, hello, may I ask if this is Mr. Qin Yi?"

"I am Qin Yi, who are you?" Qin Yi maintained his calm tone.

Bai Lu took a deep breath to herself and slightly raised her voice to sound more enthusiastic and professional: "Hello, Mr. Qin, sorry to bother you. I am Manager Bai, the property manager of the Shenjiangwan Community for the Hongtian Group Modu Branch."

Even through the phone, Qin Yi could sense Manager Bai's caution and respect, which amused him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Oh, so it's Manager Bai. Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" Qin Yi replied gently.

The tension in Manager Bai's heart eased slightly, and she hurriedly continued: "You are too kind, Mr. Qin. I just learned that you bought Building No. 7 in our Shenjiangwan Community, so I thought I'd give you a call. If you come to the Shenjiangwan Community, you can contact me at any time. I will be at your service 24 hours a day; if you have any needs, just let me know."

Qin Yi smiled indifferently, noncommittal about Manager Bai's promise. What did she mean by being at his service 24 hours a day? That sounded like it could be interpreted in many ways...

However, he did have some things he needed to ask this property manager.

"Alright, thank you first, Manager Bai. Actually, I do have something to ask you," Qin Yi said.

"Yes, Mr. Qin, please go ahead." Upon hearing this, Manager Bai immediately perked up, listening intently to what Qin Yi was about to say.

"It's like this: does Building No. 7 have many parking spaces? I might need to park some cars in the community first," Qin Yi asked.

"Yes, there are plenty. The parking ratio in our Shenjiangwan Community is 1:2, so parking is very abundant. Furthermore, Building No. 7, which you purchased, is the crown jewel of our community, and it has a total of 204 parking spaces, all of which are now under your name, Mr. Qin," Manager Bai replied.

Qin Yi was stunned when he heard this. He hadn't purchased any parking spaces, so how could they be under his name?

Could the parking spaces be included with the property?

But housing prices in the Shenjiangwan Community are so high; the parking spaces shouldn't be cheap either.

With this doubt in mind, Qin Yi asked directly: "But I remember I didn't buy any parking spaces, did I?"

"It's like this. Since you purchased the entire building, Mr. Qin, and helped our Hongtian Group recoup a large amount of capital, these 204 parking spaces are a gift from our chairman to you," Manager Bai explained.

Qin Yi suddenly realized that these parking spaces were a gift from the chairman of the Hongtian Group.

He couldn't help but feel secretly pleased; this was an unexpected bonus!

"So that's how it is. No wonder I didn't have the property rights certificates for the parking spaces. Please thank your chairman for the gift on my behalf," Qin Yi said.

"You are too kind, Mr. Qin. I will arrange for someone to process the property rights certificates for the parking spaces as soon as possible. By the way, when do you plan to bring the cars over, Mr. Qin?" Manager Bai asked again.

"Please wait a moment, let me ask..." After saying this, Qin Yi turned to look at Xing Zhenkun beside him and asked: "Brother Kun, can these cars be picked up today?"

During his call just now, Qin Yi did not avoid Xing Zhenkun, so Xing Zhenkun had heard the gist of it and knew that Qin Yi intended to park these cars back at the community.

Xing Zhenkun raised his hand to check the time and nodded in agreement: "That's fine. Young Master Qin, just send me the address, and I'll arrange for someone to deliver them to you."

Qin Yi cupped his hands to Xing Zhenkun to show his gratitude, then picked up his phone and continued speaking to Manager Bai: "Manager Bai, they should be able to be delivered this afternoon. However, there are quite a few cars, so I'll have to trouble you to help look after them."

"Mr. Qin, you are too kind; this is what I should do!" Manager Bai said enthusiastically.

"Alright, that's all for now. I'll call you when I go over."

"Alright, Mr. Qin. I wish you a pleasant life. Goodbye."

"Mm, goodbye."

After hanging up, Manager Bai finally let out a long sigh of relief and thought to herself: It sounds like this Mr. Qin is quite easy to talk to.

Although she was mentally relaxed, she couldn't afford to be careless in her actions. Manager Bai immediately called the heads of security, cleaning, and other departments. After giving them instructions, she still felt a bit uneasy.

Immediately, she walked out of the office.

In an instant, the entire staff of the property management company sprang into action, all acting as if they were about to welcome an inspection from higher-ups, busy and orderly.

Manager Bai, in particular, was checking every corner, leaving nothing to chance.

Although that Mr. Qin hadn't confirmed on the phone whether he would be coming over, Manager Bai had to be prepared, ensuring that no dissatisfaction would be caused to Mr. Qin due to the property management.

...

On the other side, Qin Yi added Xing Zhenkun on WeChat and sent him the address of the Shenjiangwan Community along with the phone number of the property manager, Manager Bai.

Looking at the WeChat message Qin Yi sent, Xing Zhenkun's eyes widened instantly, his eyebrows involuntarily raised, and he looked at Qin Yi with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Uh, Brother Kun, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Qin Yi noticed Xing Zhenkun's odd behavior and touched his face in confusion.

"Young Master Qin... are you... are you the mysterious buyer of Building No. 7 in Shenjiangwan?" Xing Zhenkun's voice was full of surprise.

Qin Yi felt a wave of confusion; he remembered he hadn't mentioned anything about buying a house, and his WeChat message only contained the address "Building No. 7, Shenjiangwan Community."

Could it be that his call with Manager Bai was just overheard by Xing Zhenkun?

That shouldn't be possible, right? Could Xing Zhenkun's hearing be that good?

"Brother Kun, did you just hear me on the phone?" Qin Yi asked directly, voicing his confusion.

Seeing that Qin Yi did not deny it, Xing Zhenkun knew he had guessed correctly, and he excitedly confirmed: "Damn, it was really you who bought it! Shenjiangwan Community! Building No. 7?! That's the crown jewel!"

Qin Yi nodded in admission: "That's right, I bought it. However, Brother Kun, your hearing is really good."

Xing Zhenkun coughed awkwardly and explained: "Ahem, actually it's not that my hearing is good..."

"Then how did you know, Brother Kun?" Qin Yi asked curiously.

"Ahem, it's quite a coincidence. This morning, I was just looking at houses in the Shenjiangwan Community. I had an appointment with an agent to see a house, but when I arrived at the community, the agent told me that the house had already been sold," Xing Zhenkun explained, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness and anger.

Could there really be such a coincidence?

Qin Yi raised an eyebrow and asked with a chuckle: "Brother Kun, don't tell me the house you originally wanted to see was Building No. 7?"

"That's what I mean by coincidence! It was exactly Building No. 7! It made me so angry... When Old Zhang called me, I was just losing my temper at the real estate agent..." Xing Zhenkun said, his face showing an expression of indignation.

Qin Yi laughed heartily after hearing this, feeling that there seemed to be some kind of wonderful fate between the two of them.

He said generously: "I buy cars, you buy houses; it seems we are quite fated. How about this, Brother Kun, whichever house you liked, I'll just give it to you as a greeting gift."

After all, Xing Zhenkun was quite generous and easy to talk to, and a house was just a house; for Qin Yi, it wasn't a big deal.

Xing Zhenkun hurriedly waved his hand to refuse: "Hey, that won't do. You bought so many cars from me today, I've already made a lot of money; how could I be so shameless as to take a house from you for nothing?"

"Ahem, that building has 101 apartments; I can't live in all of them by myself. Brother Kun, just consider it helping me share the load," Qin Yi insisted.

"Hahaha, taking it for free is definitely not okay. Besides, that house was for a friend I was helping look for one. If you have any intention to sell, Young Master Qin, it could actually help me save on an agent fee," Xing Zhenkun explained.

"Is it a girlfriend?" Qin Yi asked with a sly smile and a tease.

"Hehe, not yet, just a female friend I'm close with, you know how it is, Young Master Qin..." Xing Zhenkun laughed awkwardly.

Thinking of Xing Zhenkun's high intimacy value of 29 with the opposite sex, Qin Yi immediately understood and smiled: "Haha, I get it. So, Brother Kun, which unit did you like?"

"Unit 1701 on the 17th floor, a 248-square-meter unit with 4 bedrooms, 2 living rooms, and 3 bathrooms. The price I discussed with the agent before was 66 million. If you are willing to sell, Young Master Qin, I can pay at any time," Xing Zhenkun said, stating the property he favored and the price.

"Whoa, Brother Kun, what a big move. It seems this female friend of yours has a very special relationship with you," Qin Yi looked at Xing Zhenkun and remarked with emotion.

"Ahem, there's nothing that can be done about it. Women these days are very realistic; the more beautiful the woman, the more realistic she is!" Xing Zhenkun said helplessly, while a flash of cunning light flickered in his eyes, as if implying something.

Listening to Xing Zhenkun's words, Qin Yi thought of Su Mo again, shook his head, and smiled bitterly, sighing helplessly: "Sigh, that's true... seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is human nature. When you have no rice in your hand, even chickens won't come when you call them. If even chickens are like that, let alone people..."

"What? Judging by your words, Young Master Qin, could it be that you've been hurt by a woman? That shouldn't be, right? With your ability, Young Master Qin, what woman would be so blind..." Xing Zhenkun asked curiously.

Qin Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Ahem, it's all in the past; let's not talk about her! Let's talk about the house. Since you've set your eyes on that unit, Brother Kun, let's knock off the change and call it 60 million."

Seeing that Qin Yi didn't want to talk more about this topic, Xing Zhenkun tactfully didn't pursue it further, but smiled and replied: "Haha, Young Master Qin, you're straightforward! I'll transfer the money to you right now!"

"Hey, no rush. I don't have the property deed with me anyway; we'll talk about it later," Qin Yi waved his hand and smiled.

"Ahem, how could I not trust you, Young Master Qin? I'll transfer the money first; when you have time later, just transfer the title to my friend."

Since Xing Zhenkun said so, Qin Yi didn't decline any further and immediately sent over his bank card number.

After Xing Zhenkun operated his phone for a moment, Qin Yi's phone vibrated.

[China Merchants Bank] Your account 2046 received a deposit of 60,000,000.00 huaxia currency on July 1st at 3:30. Available balance: 9,978,803,499.00.