Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Lifetime Savings for Buying a House
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「The next day, in the afternoon.」
Heeding Lin Zhen’s request, Qin Mu arrived at his store on time. The real estate agency he worked for... named "Home Sweet Home," had about a dozen branches in Jin City. It wasn’t a small operation. This was also why he had so easily trusted Lin Zhen before. After all... a real estate agency from Jin City with around a dozen branches seemed somewhat trustworthy.
「Inside the store.」
Lin Zhen, accompanying his apprentice Zhao Ludu, made a cup of tea for Qin Mu while making the introductions. "Mr. Qin, hello. Let me introduce you. These two... are the people who want to buy your home."
Qin Mu nodded and turned his gaze to the elderly couple sitting across from him. They kept their heads down, appearing slightly restrained and a bit shy.
"Alright, since both parties are present, let’s begin signing the contract."
Subsequently, Lin Zhen took out three identical contracts, handing one to Qin Mu and one to the elderly couple. "This is a tripartite agreement, in triplicate, for our agency, seller Mr. Qin, and buyers Uncle Yang and your spouse..."
The elderly couple, Uncle Yang and his wife, seemed quite nervous and anxious. They took the contract, adjusted their reading glasses, and huddled together, heads low, scrutinizing each sentence. Fearing they might be cheated.
Seeing this, Lin Zhen smiled slightly, his expression unchanged. He wasn’t worried at all. These contracts... had all been reviewed by legal professionals from his company. They treaded the line between legal and illegal, with many clauses existing in a gray area. Ordinary people wouldn’t notice anything amiss.
On the other side, Qin Mu took the contract, appearing rather casual as he glanced over it lightly. With the help of his "Eidetic Memory" skill, the content of the contracts surfaced in his mind. Combined with Wang Dachui’s earlier explanation... he quickly spotted about a dozen issues with the contract. For instance, if the transaction failed for various reasons, the agency bore no responsibility. Even the agency fees wouldn’t be refunded. Moreover... once the transaction was complete, they would no longer offer any follow-up services, and any actions or problems would have nothing to do with them. In short, this contract completely absolved them of any responsibility. Most of the burdens fell on the buyer and seller.
"If you have finished reading the contract and have no issues, then we can sign it."
「Twenty minutes later.」
Seeing that Qin Mu and the elderly couple had not spoken up, Lin Zhen couldn’t help but urge them.
Qin Mu put down the contract and smiled, remaining silent.
Meanwhile, Uncle Yang and his wife were still hunched over, meticulously checking the contract sentence by sentence. Fearing they might be deceived.However... after scrutinizing it for so long, they hadn’t spotted any issues. The contract seemed completely legal. It stipulated that once they signed the contract and paid for the house, the transfer of ownership would be completed. There was no deception involved.
「After another ten minutes.」
The couple reluctantly put down the contract and looked back at Lin Zhen. They couldn’t help asking, "If we... sign this contract, will we be able to get the house?"
On their faces was a mix of worry and tension. After all... buying this house meant they had to spend all their life savings and their son and daughter-in-law’s compensation, on top of taking out a loan of three hundred thousand yuan. In their entire lives, they’d never made such a big decision.
"Uncle Yang, you can rest assured. As long as you pay for the house, you can transfer the ownership with Mr. Qin and change the property into your names," Lin Zhen hastily said. "You both can be at ease. Our company, Home Sweet Home, is so large. With more than ten chain stores in Jin City, we couldn’t possibly scam the two of you. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Mr. Qin here." With that, he even pointed at Qin Mu.
Uncle Yang and his wife couldn’t help but turn their heads to look at Qin Mu.
Qin Mu blinked, somewhat bewildered. He hadn’t expected... this shady agent to be so shameless as to drag him into this.
Looking at the old couple in front of him, Qin Mu cleared his throat and couldn’t help asking, "May I take the liberty to ask, I heard from Lin Zhen that you’re buying this house to take care of your grandson’s schooling?"
Uncle Yang let out a bitter smile. He sighed lightly, "Yes. Three months ago, both the child’s parents passed away, leaving just us two old folks. Our grandson has just started high school, and we thought about providing him with a better education...
"The money for buying the house is all of our life savings, so we’re being a bit cautious..."
After stating their reason for buying the house, Uncle Yang’s face was full of apology. Their actions... were indeed somewhat slow.
Upon hearing the elderly man’s words, Qin Mu’s brow furrowed. Previously, Lin Zhen had only told him over the phone that these two wanted to buy a house to look after their grandson. He hadn’t expected... the backstory of the matter to be so complex! Buying this one house had cost the elderly couple all their life savings, which also included the compensation money from their son and daughter-in-law.
At this moment, Lin Zhen stood up again, speaking earnestly, "Uncle Yang, there are less than seven days left until high school registration begins. I was being considerate of your needs, which is why I was so eager to arrange this meeting with Mr. Qin. This house is in a school district, with complete surrounding facilities. It has everything. If you two buy it, taking care of your grandson would be most suitable. If you miss this opportunity, there won’t be another like it. Decent houses are so hard to find nowadays. There are over ten people in line each day to view this house..."
Upon hearing this, the two elderly people immediately became tense. They hurriedly sped up, roughly finishing reading the remaining clauses of the contract. After ensuring there were no issues, they nodded and, gritting their teeth, said, "We’ll sign it!"
Lin Zhen’s face lit up with joy, and he quickly took out a pen and the red inkpad.
It took three minutes. The trembling couple signed their names on the three contracts and pressed their fingerprints.
Subsequently, Lin Zhen handed the contracts to Qin Mu.
Qin Mu glanced at the three identical contracts. The property transaction amount on each was 750,000 yuan, and it was agreed that the transfer would be conducted within three days of payment.
"Mr. Qin, our contract is absolutely legitimate, with no problems whatsoever!" Lin Zhen quickly added, seeing Qin Mu seemed hesitant.
Qin Mu’s mouth twitched. But he still said calmly, "I have a hundred percent trust in you."
After speaking, he signed his name on the three contracts and affixed his fingerprint.
These three contracts... one copy for the agency, one for him, and one for the elderly couple.
With that, the transaction was successfully concluded, though each party had different thoughts.
"This is great! Our grandchild can attend a key high school now!" The old couple looked at each other, their faces showing happiness, their expressions somewhat excited.
As for Lin Zhen, looking at the fully signed contract, he was thinking about the clean 200,000 he’d just earned.
As for Qin Mu... he was thinking about how he should ensure Lin Zhen was brought to justice.