Chapter 170: The Compass and the Treasure Hunt
Gu Jianming acted quickly, and by the afternoon of the next day, Xu Youyou received news that someone was interested in the old house she owned.
Xu Youyou understood immediately. She didn’t set a high price, just a bit more than the previous sale price to cover the agent’s fee, since she had paid it herself when she first acquired the house.
She didn’t expect to make a profit, as long as she didn’t lose money.
“Miss Xu, could you make it a little cheaper?” the other party said.
Xu Youyou remained firm: “If this price isn’t acceptable, I can sell it to a more suitable buyer. You can also look for other properties.”
Her unwavering attitude left the other party speechless. After muttering an excuse, they stepped aside and began making a phone call.
The call lasted for a long time, but Xu Youyou didn’t rush them.
“Miss Xu, we are willing to accept this price,” the person said with a forced smile.
Xu Youyou cooperated fully and completed all the paperwork for the transfer of ownership. She took a look at the buyer’s name. The real buyer hadn’t appeared in person, and the name on the documents was “Zhu Ailian,” but Xu Youyou couldn’t tell if this person was male or female.
The thirty million owed to the Red Dragon King had not been paid off, but Xu Youyou didn’t plan to get involved, since the debt stayed with the house. She hadn’t raised the price of the house by thirty million.
After selling the house, Xu Youyou felt relieved, but she didn’t expect there would be more to the story.
Before leaving for overseas, Qian Run had gathered all his creditors and paid them off in one go, and Xu Youyou had never suspected that there were any creditors she hadn’t been aware of.
A large group of unfamiliar creditors surrounded her, all waving promissory notes worth substantial sums. A quick count showed that together, they amounted to nearly sixty million.
Adding this to the previous debts Qian Run had paid off, it was nearly equal to the original purchase price of the house.
Xu Youyou couldn’t help but feel a tingling sensation on her scalp. At the time, it had been her clever trick to extract the debt amount, but Qian Run had played his part so convincingly that it seemed like he had anticipated this move. He had already sorted the promissory notes and, under the watch of two bodyguards, presented a box of carefully prepared documents.
Using this tactic, he had successfully run off with tens of millions.
If Xu Youyou hadn’t sold the house in time, she would now be liable for this sixty million debt.
[Congratulations, Host, you have completed two unexpected lucky finds in just a few days. You have earned a reward: a Double Balance Card (Intermediate) with an upper limit of 10 billion.]
Xu Youyou: !!!
She had previously received a basic balance doubling card, which had an upper limit of one billion and had directly added that amount to her account. Now, due to her technical dealings with Lu Jingyao, her account had over one hundred billion.
She immediately received a message on her phone from an unfamiliar account, transferring one hundred billion directly into her account.
The system’s notification referred to two lucky finds—one from Professor Wu, who gave her twenty million for providing clues about the murder case, and the other from selling the house in time, avoiding the sixty million debt.
“Miss Xu, this is the promissory note that Qian Run used to pledge to me back then. It’s all genuine.” A bald, middle-aged man wearing a large gold necklace and a full beard thrust a promissory note almost directly into Xu Youyou’s face.
Xu Youyou remained relaxed, seemingly not concerned about the debt, and casually nodded: “Indeed, it’s a mortgage promissory note. I recognize these characters.”
The bald man and the other creditors all breathed a sigh of relief, saying, “Qian Run ran off, but the debt stays with the house. The previous owner didn’t repay it, so the new owner must pay. You’re a college student, you should understand this legal principle.”
Xu Youyou nodded again.
The bald man relaxed completely and adopted a posture that clearly expected payment: “He originally pledged fifteen million to me. I know you’re quite influential, so I won’t ask for more. Considering two years’ time, with interest, you owe me seventeen million. This isn’t too much, is it?”
Xu Youyou calculated the two-year interest to be two million, roughly a 5.8% annual rate, which didn’t constitute usury.
“Interest seems reasonable,” she said.
The creditor immediately responded, “For your dignity and the sake of my brothers’ livelihoods, please pay this as soon as possible…”
Xu Youyou smiled and waved her hand. “You’ve already said it yourself. The debt follows the house. The house isn’t mine anymore.”
The bald man’s eyes widened. “Miss Xu, I’ve inquired about it. Don’t try to fool me. You made a deal with Qian Run, and many eyes were watching. Don’t think you can run away!”
Xu Youyou’s expression didn’t change. She took out the purchase contract she had signed just the day before and the photos of the various tax payment proofs from the transaction.
“I’ve already sold the house. You should ask the new owner for the money,” she said with a smile.
The bald man was stunned. “I checked with the housing authority. The owner is still listed as you…”
“That was a few days ago, right? The transfer was completed yesterday, and it hasn’t updated yet. You can check again in a couple of days. You’ll definitely see the new owner listed,” Xu Youyou said with a smile.
The bald man and the creditors left, half believing and half doubting.
Xu Youyou watched them leave, thinking to herself: Qian Run may have been smart, but he fell into someone else’s trap. He wasn’t stupid, yet he always kept a backup plan.
Thanks to Qian Run’s clever maneuvers, these creditors, who had never known each other, had lent him millions by mortgaging properties worth over a hundred million, thinking they’d profit when he paid them back. In the end, Qian Run tricked them out of their principal.
Xu Youyou felt a chill of fear. Setting traps was dangerous, and leveraging investments was risky too. She had almost become the gullible one. After returning home, she carefully checked her gold bars in the master bedroom and looked at her account balance on her phone again.
Her money was safely secured, and she finally felt at ease.
After the house was successfully transferred, the Red Dragon King didn’t remain cooped up in his temple as a recluse. Instead, he took a rare group of people out.
His car drove straight into the old house, and he held a strange black compass that made anyone who looked at it shiver.
He waved off the others and, with his assistant, went through the house, upstairs and downstairs, before heading into the basement.
Once in the basement, the previously still compass suddenly began spinning, pointing directly to the southeast corner.
“It should be here,” Red Dragon King said with a smile.
Suddenly, the compass stopped spinning as though all its energy had been drained.
