I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

Soon, Chen Jianwen also found cat claw marks on the sachet, which were much more obvious than those on the dressing case, clearly made by cat claws.

Legend of the Demon Cat?

The old man inexplicably thought of a movie from a few years ago, which happened to be about Yang Guifei and a demon cat. Although he was not very satisfied with the movie, he still watched it.

According to the Old Book of Tang, after the An Lushan Rebellion was quelled, Li Longji fled to Shu and returned to the capital. He ordered people to find Yang Guifei's body to prepare for reburial. However, the trusted confidant he sent out returned and reported that the skin had deteriorated, but the sachet was still there.

The sachet that Yang Yuhuan wore was made of this kind of silver sphere.

As a staunch atheist, Chen Jianwen naturally wouldn't believe in any talk of demonic cats, but he couldn't help but have some doubts.

Both the dressing case and the sachet have cat claw marks, and they look like they were made by the same cat.

It's possible that the previous owner of these two items didn't know their value and gave them to the cat to play with, but rather than saying that, it's more accurate to say that the previous owner of these two items was a cat.

That's just unbelievable.

After pondering for a long time without figuring it out, Chen Jianwen simply gave up. A cultural relic has gone through hundreds or even thousands of years of wind and rain, and no one can say for sure what might happen to it during that time.

The stories behind them always inspire imagination and drive later generations to dispel the fog and find out the truth, but how can human beings possibly fathom the changes of thousands of years?

However, it is precisely because it carries this sense of vicissitude and historical weight that it is so difficult to see clearly, and that it is most fascinating.

Chen Jianwen had just finished packing his things when there was a loud knocking on the study door. "Come out and eat right now, or you won't get any food and you'll be hungry tonight."

"They're here, they're here."

The old man opened the door and went out, meeting Wu Yulan's angry gaze. His expression froze for a moment, then he casually walked around her and sat down at the dining table. He picked up his chopsticks, tapped them on the table to align them, poured the sauce into the noodles, stirred it, and began to eat heartily.

He had only taken a couple of bites when he picked up the garlic next to him and started peeling it. He glanced at Wu Yulan, who was deliberately keeping a cold face, and said as he peeled, "Well, I have something good to tell you."

"Hmm." Wu Yulan gave a lukewarm "hmm," and she was already annoyed by this person. He had locked himself in the study as soon as he entered the house. Was his wife in there?

"I'm telling you, you'll be absolutely happy to hear this."

Before Wu Yulan could even express her joy, Chen Jianwen was already beaming with excitement, recounting his day's events, emphasizing the value of the items and how much they could fetch. Wu Yulan was stunned, her face filled with disbelief, "Worth that much money?!"

Would I lie to you?

"Where is it? Show it to me."

"I'll take you to the study after I finish my meal." Chen Jianwen finished his noodles in a few bites, put the bowl in the kitchen sink, and then pulled Wu Yulan inside to show off.

Upon seeing the so-called dressing case and sachet, Wu Yulan was filled with disappointment. This dark, tattered wooden box was worthless; this person was probably just trying to fool her.

And that dull gray sphere, is this supposed to be a national-level cultural relic? Is something national-level really this shabby?

Chen Jianwen could tell from her expression that she didn't really believe him, but he didn't explain further. He just silently pursed his lips, thinking, "She's all talk and no action. She'll believe it once the product is sold."

The old man wasn't worried at all about whether he could sell it, not to mention that he knew many big bosses who were fond of antiques.

Even if they don't exist, just putting them up for auction will generate a frenzy of people scrambling to buy them once the news gets out.

Thinking about this, he suddenly felt a little emotional. This brat was so lucky to have found a wife who sounded like an orphan, but she had two treasures in her hands.

This kid has become a kept man at such a young age; it's just surreal.

How enviable! Bah! Disgusting! I need to teach him a lesson someday. He can't just let things slide like this. He needs to establish the right values ​​in life.

Chapter 186 Lucky Cat

As August approached, the summer heat intensified, and elementary school students had almost a month of summer vacation. However, Bai Xiaoqi had no vacation to take, but she was still happy because she didn't have to study or do homework during this time, and she could go out with Chen Shuo to look at houses every day.

Two days ago, Chen Jianwen sold his dowry. He said he sold it to a wealthy boss who was not short of money. But saying it was worth more than a million is too conservative. He sold it for two million four hundred thousand.

If it were put on an auction house, the price would definitely be higher, but according to Chen Jianwen, even if it were auctioned, it would only fetch three million at most. After paying various taxes and the auction house taking its cut, only about two million would be left.

Therefore, it is better to conduct transactions privately.

Having money in hand, of course I want to buy a house in full. Not only can I get the property certificate in advance, but the developer also gives me a 10% discount.

They've looked at several house layouts, but both of them prefer the top floor, which not only comes with an attic but also the entire rooftop. On the rooftop, they can grow flowers and grass, even trees, build a gazebo, and create a small pond for fish, using it as a private garden.

But after hearing the sales staff's introduction, Bai Xiaoqi became a little conflicted, suddenly feeling that buying the top floor might not be a good deal.

One issue is the large shared area on the top floor, and another is the higher price. The two are interested in apartments with one unit per floor. Although housing prices in Yangcheng are relatively cheap, the average price is around 1,000 yuan per square meter.

However, the price of a unit with one elevator per household is naturally higher than the average. If you buy it in full and get a 10% discount, plus a parking space, Chen Shuo roughly calculated that it would cost around two million.

However, if you buy a regular apartment in the same neighborhood, you only need one million.

Then Bai Xiaoqi became even more conflicted, feeling like she had lost a million. How could it be so expensive? The two million that had just arrived hadn't even been warmed up yet, and she already had to spend it.

I'm so reluctant to part with it. If I put all this money in Yu'ebao, I could earn so much every day.

“Come on, let’s go up and take another look at the house.” Chen Shuo asked the sales office staff for the elevator card and key, then pulled her out of the sales office, ready to go up and take another look at the house.

They went to see it by themselves this time, without bringing any sales staff.

You can only take the elevator by swiping a card; the buttons don't work. Once you swipe the card, the floor number for the top floor lights up, and then the two of you are taken up there.

The apartment building with one unit per floor is not very tall, only fifteen floors. Although it looks like one unit per floor, it is more like two units per floor, except that the apartments are located in two adjacent buildings connected by a corridor. Of course, this corridor is also part of the common area.

The apartment is quite large, supposedly 158 square meters, but after deducting the common area, the usable area is only about 120 square meters. It has three bedrooms, one living room, a study, and a storage room, so it can be considered a five-bedroom apartment.

The largest master bedroom has a balcony and a small studio room attached, about four or five square meters in size. It has a water meter and an electricity meter installed inside, and it looks like the master bedroom's bathroom, but Chen Shuo wanted to turn it into a washroom.

Put a big bathtub in it, but no toilet, just for bathing.

The bathroom can be installed outside, with two separate bathroom areas outside, and one inside also equipped with a bathtub for future children.

Although they are not married yet, Chen Shuo has already made clear arrangements for where the child will be bathed.

Bai Xiaoqi was led around the unfinished house by his hand, listening to Chen Shuo's rambling. One minute he was talking about installing a bathtub that could fit two people, the next he was talking about knocking down the wall between the kitchen and the living room so that the light would be more transparent, and then creating an open kitchen, and also about installing a bar.

She tried to think about it carefully, but found it difficult to form a picture in her mind. However, seeing his somewhat excited expression, she suddenly stopped worrying.

Anyway, it was exchanged for wooden boxes.

"Look here." Chen Shuo pointed to a corner of the living room of the unfinished house, where there was a cement staircase that looked rather rudimentary.

“You can go up to the attic from here. We’ll renovate the attic later, install more skylights, and then add a waterproof layer. This way, it will not only have good lighting but also won’t leak.”

"And the small studio apartment in the master bedroom... the one I mentioned earlier where the bathtub is. We'll also put a glass skylight there, so you can look at the stars and the moon while you're taking a bath at night."

What if someone sees it?

Bai Xiaoqi's eyes widened. She thought this guy was incredibly carefree. This was the fifteenth floor, which was quite high, but there were other buildings in the complex that were over twenty stories tall. What if someone living up there was looking this way with binoculars...?

You're lying in the bathtub taking a bath and looking at the moon, while other people are watching you take a bath through binoculars.

"How could that be? It didn't say anything about installing a flat skylight."

Chen Shuo began to gesture, "The skylight I'm thinking of is the kind that's raised 20 centimeters, with glass on all four sides. The light will refract in all directions and create shadows, so unless someone lies on top and looks down, they won't be able to see anything."

If you're still not comfortable with that, we can use one-way mirror glass, the kind where people inside can see out, but people outside can't see in.

"There's glass like this?"

"Yes, of course there is!"

"Oh..."

Bai Xiaoqi was no longer worried. She lay in the bathtub taking a bath and looking at the stars, which seemed quite nice.

If I lie in there with him and watch... no, I can't lie in there with this bad guy, he'll definitely bully me to death.

She couldn't help but glance at Chen Shuo. No wonder this guy said he wanted to put in a large bathtub that could fit two people. It turned out he had planned to bully her in the bathtub from the very beginning.

"Come on, let's go to the rooftop and take a look." Chen Shuo, unaware of her gaze, pulled her up the stairs.

As soon as he stepped onto the stairs, he turned back and pointed to the entrance hallway, saying, "How about we make the entrance hallway a sunken style, and then put a large built-in shoe cabinet next to it? What do you think?"

"I think everything you said is very good."

"is it?"

"Ah."

"Of course, when I was filling out my college application, I even considered studying architecture, but I heard that engineering majors aren't easy to find..."

At this point, Chen Shuo stopped abruptly, swallowing the word "partner" back down his throat.

"Can't find what?"

"Can't find a job? Come on, let's go upstairs."

The attic is about seventy or eighty square meters, with a trapezoidal roof. The trapezoidal high-ceilinged area in the middle is where Chen Shuo plans to install a row of skylights.

I plan to remove the small door that came with the attic, as well as the wall, and widen it to make it a glass sliding door, so that the light will be very clear.

Once you go out the door, you'll reach the rooftop.

Since it's a building with one apartment per floor, fifteen floors in total, there are only fifteen households, so the rooftop isn't very big. But if you think about it being used for personal purposes, it's quite large.

Excluding the attic and other inaccessible areas, there's about a hundred square meters left on the roof, which looks quite spacious, surrounded by a waist-high wall.

Bai Xiaoqi looked around the rooftop, took a deep breath. This was their future home, their wedding room, and they would live here from now on. This huge rooftop was also theirs.

"If we buy the top floor, does that mean we've bought two floors?"

"You could say that, but actually the rooftop and attic are included in the price of the house, it's just that the sales staff didn't mention it. So if we really buy the top floor, we're essentially buying two floors."

Bai Xiaoqi turned her head and asked, "Then shall we buy here?"

"I'll listen to you." Chen Shuo rubbed her little head. After all, she was now the one who controlled the family finances. Not to mention the more than two million, even the savings that the two of them had saved up were all kept in her hands.

Little A Miao is not only lucky, but also greedy and stingy, making her perfect for managing money.

It's definitely a lucky cat.

P.S., [This part in the book differs from reality. In the book, if you buy the top floor, the rooftop belongs to the owner of that floor, who can renovate it. It's an add-on to the purchase price, not owned by all the owners of the building.]

Chapter 187 The Big Liar

Buying a house with cash doesn't involve many procedures; after about two hours of work, the purchase contract was signed.

The property certificate hasn't arrived yet; it will take some time. When Bai Xiaoqi arrived, her small bag contained bank cards with over two million yuan, but when she left, the money was gone, leaving only over four hundred thousand yuan.

She was so heartbroken that she couldn't bear to take a taxi back, and insisted on dragging Chen Shuo to take the bus instead.

After getting in the car, Bai Xiaoqi started doing the math again. They still had over 480,000 yuan left from selling the boxes, plus their previous savings of over 96,000 yuan, totaling...

While she was doing the math, she was muttering to herself, which Chen Shuo heard clearly. When he saw that she was a little hesitant, he simply told her the numbers, "It's a total of over 570,000, almost 580,000, and there's still a lot left."