Chapter 209

Chapter 209

Ding Ruoning had committed suicide two months ago.

And Ding Ruoning’s daughter, Sun Jiayu, had committed suicide six months ago.

Sun Jiayu had only been thirteen when she died.

The reason Ding Ruoning took her own life was also because of her daughter’s death. She couldn’t get over it and ended up choosing the same path.

So the source of everything was Sun Jiayu’s death, and we had to figure out why Sun Jiayu had killed herself. After all, once the house was put on the market, any buyer would definitely ask. That was their right.

And as agents, it was our duty to tell them the truth.

“Ms. Gu, about this… your niece. Why would someone so young take things so hard? Would it be convenient for you to tell us?” Meng Yifan asked.

At the mention of Sun Jiayu’s death, Gu An’an’s expression turned a little unnatural.

She seemed reluctant to say more and gave a somewhat evasive answer. “She suffered a shock of some kind… But I can’t disclose too much. It involves the child’s privacy. I hope you can understand.”

Meng Yifan nodded. “The main thing is, buyers may ask. In that case, we’ll just tell them she suffered a shock. Let me ask one more thing, if you don’t mind. When the child passed, was her mental state abnormal…?”

Gu An’an said, “Maybe… a little… abnormal, I suppose.”

We didn’t keep asking.

The meal was mainly for us to communicate a bit and sign the authorization contract.

After we ate a little more, Gu An’an left.

Coming out of the restaurant, Meng Yifan found it a little strange and said, “A kid that young could still take things so hard? What kind of shock could drive a child to hang herself?”

I said, “Kids these days are hard to figure out. Some kids jump off buildings just because their families won’t let them play on their phones. This is their privacy too. If they don’t want to say, then forget it.”

Our main goal was to perform Exorcism for the child’s mother, Ding Ruoning. If the child’s Ghost was also in that villa, we would perform Exorcism for her at the same time.

But with two people dead in one house, the price of the property would probably keep trending downward.

“Why don’t we call Seventh Master and go take a look tonight…” Meng Yifan was getting impatient.

I rolled my eyes at him. “He’s an Old Man. You think you can work him like a donkey? Even production-team donkeys got time to rest.”

He chuckled. “Fine, then we’ll go tomorrow.”

That night, after we got home, Song Xiaotian was sitting in the living room cracking sunflower seeds.

When he saw us come back, he asked if the contract had been signed.

I said it had, then told him about this family’s situation.

“Suicide at such a young age… and she suffered some kind of shock?”

He grew thoughtful. “If it involves privacy, it was probably something hard to talk about.”

Gossiping was human nature, but when it came to a child, we couldn’t really bring ourselves to pry.

As long as it wasn’t something we absolutely had to find out, there was no need to dig to the bottom of it.

Before bed, I gave Seventh Master a call and talked it over with him.

Tomorrow afternoon, we would definitely have to make a trip to that villa.

However, Seventh Master said over the phone that if two or more people in a family died within one year, then it was definitely inauspicious.

Ding Ruoning was also one of the people Wang Guofu had guided into suicide, which made it dangerous as well.

So in Ding Ruoning’s case, it was danger piled on top of danger.

…

The next morning.

I had to take a client to view a house, and I brought Anning along with me.

Our main business was sales: selling houses and taking commission. That was where we made our money.

So I had to train Anning properly.

After all, Meng Yifan had to pay her a base salary of three thousand every month. Even if she could sell just one house a month, that would be good enough.
Back when I worked at the agency, every employee had to sell at least one property a month. If you failed, you were gone the next month.

Meng Yifan naturally wouldn’t kick Anning out, but Meng Yifan was still running a business. I couldn’t keep making him do me favors and taking advantage of him.

The property the clients went to see today wasn’t a Stigmatized Property in the true sense of the term.

An elderly man who lived alone had died at home. He’d had a sudden heart attack and couldn’t find his medicine in time.

We had already inspected the place when we picked up the keys. There was nothing wrong with it.

The old man had two sons, and both of them wanted to get rid of the property as soon as possible so they could split the money. That was why it was forty percent below market price.

The clients who came to view the place were a young man and his father.

The young man wasn’t good with words and seemed a little introverted. He had a girlfriend, but she was from the city, while his family was from the countryside.

These days, the trend for young people getting married was simple: you needed a house and a car.

His girlfriend was actually pretty reasonable. She hadn’t asked him for a car, nor had she demanded much in betrothal money. But he absolutely had to have a house.

The father and son had already come to see this place once before. Now that they were back again, it was obvious they were seriously considering buying it.

The only thing holding them back was that someone had died in the house.

“Honestly, everyone has to face that day eventually. The previous owner died of natural causes, so there won’t be anything wrong with the house.”

I said to the father and son, “This young man mainly wants to get married, right? These days, finding a wife isn’t easy. The girl isn’t asking for much betrothal money. As long as you buy a house, they can get married. If this marriage falls through, wouldn’t that be a real shame?”

“If you buy a new place, all the money you work so hard to earn every month will have to go toward the mortgage. Most of what you make for half your life will go to feeding the bank, and you’ll end up paying hundreds of thousands more. Is that really worth it?”

“Spending a huge amount of money on a tiny apartment, or spending half as much on a place this big-which one do you two think is the better deal?”

The father and son were already tempted by what I said.

In fact, if the young man’s father hadn’t been there, the young man might have paid the deposit on the spot.

His father said, “It is a good deal, no doubt about that. But someone did die in this house. If our relatives find out, it won’t sound good when people talk.”

The poorer someone was, the more you had to say the things they wanted to hear.

What he needed was “respect” and “face.”

I smiled and said, “Someone died in this house, yes, but why would you tell your relatives that? At normal market value, this place would be at least nine hundred thousand. When your relatives see that your family bought such a large home in a big city, wouldn’t that give you plenty of face when word gets out?”

“And when the bride’s family sees that your family bought such a big house, so what if we’re from the countryside? Would they still dare look down on us?”

His father was swayed too.

I pressed my advantage and continued, “There have been quite a few people coming to view this place. First, the layout is good. Second, the community environment is nice. Third, the transportation is convenient. We have plenty of listings, sure, but to be honest, none of them can compare to this one. You two really should seize the opportunity. If we sell it and you decide you want it later, you won’t be able to find another deal this good.”

After my round of persuasion, the young man’s father paid a two-thousand-yuan deposit on the spot.

The reason it was two thousand was because I asked for that amount. They needed a week before they could gather the full payment.

So, just to be safe, I had them pay an extra thousand as a deposit to keep them from changing their minds halfway through.

Earlier, I had cast a hexagram for the agency. The hexagram showed that business would come in a week later, and it just so happened to line up perfectly with this deal.

After returning to the office, I handed the money over to Meng Yifan.

That afternoon, we prepared to go to Ding Ruoning’s home.