#3 - Chapter 3 Rented a new house

"I wonder if there are any apartments for rent in Ziyuan Community."

Lin Chen took out his phone and started searching.

Ziyuan Community was a high-end residential area nearby, with a lovely garden and playground for children.

Lin Chen had been inside once and felt it was quite nice. However, he wouldn't have dared to even think about the apartments in Ziyuan Community before.

"So expensive."

Lin Chen muttered.

He found that the smallest apartments in Ziyuan Community were 160 square meters, and the cheapest rent exceeded ten thousand.

Moreover, the cheaply rented apartments were generally poorly decorated.

Well-decorated ones went for fifteen thousand or more.

He was currently in Modu, where housing prices were expensive, and rent was naturally high, but such rent was truly unaffordable for the average person.

"Should I rent here?"

Lin Chen wondered to himself.

If it were just him, he definitely wouldn't consider it. With such expensive rent, he couldn't even earn that much in a month.

But now he had a little darling.

And he had awakened a system.

"If I rent one for fifteen thousand, with a deposit of one and payment for three months, that's sixty thousand. I have a total of sixty to seventy thousand yuan in my bank card."

Lin Chen thought of the sixty thousand yuan left by Xu Mengyao. With the system, it wouldn't be a problem to earn money and return it to Xu Mengyao in the future.

"I have sixty to seventy thousand myself."

"I don't need to use much of Xu Mengyao's money."

Lin Chen carefully considered.

He decided to rent an apartment in Ziyuan Community after all. With the system, if he rented a bad apartment, he might have to move again soon.

He had to consider it for Lin Xiaoxi.

After moving, Lin Xiaoxi would definitely make friends, and if they moved again, she would have to make new friends all over again.

"Waa—"

Suddenly, Lin Xiaoxi's crying came from inside the room.

Lin Chen quickly went into the room: "Xiaoxi, what's wrong? Daddy's here, don't be afraid, Daddy will protect you."

"Daddy, I woke up and didn't see you."

"I was afraid you didn't want Xiaoxi anymore."

Lin Xiaoxi wiped her tears and said aggrievedly.

Lin Chen picked her up: "How could that be? Daddy promises that he will never abandon Xiaoxi again. Come, let's make a pinky promise, whoever lies is a puppy."

"Uh-huh."

Lin Xiaoxi and Lin Chen made a pinky promise.

"Daddy, I need to pee."

Lin Chen carried Lin Xiaoxi to the bathroom.

Lin Xiaoxi asked in confusion: "Daddy, Mommy used to hold me and let me sit to pee, how do I pee here?"

Lin Chen guessed that Xu Mengyao's place had a toilet.

His place had a squat toilet.

"Daddy will hold you to pee, okay?"

"Shh—"

Lin Chen held Lin Xiaoxi to pee.

He secretly rejoiced, thankfully Lin Xiaoxi knew to call out when she needed to, otherwise if she wet the bed all the time, he would have a lot more to deal with.

"Xiaoxi, what did you usually do in the afternoon before?"

Lin Chen asked.

Lin Xiaoxi thought for a while and said: "When Mommy was home, she would teach me to recite ancient poems, take me to draw, and sing for me. Daddy, I'll have Mommy sing for you in the future."

"Mommy sings so well."

Lin Chen thought to himself, this might not be easy.

He and Xu Mengyao were just acquaintances, he got her first time in a daze, and they had a child, but he and Xu Mengyao had no emotional foundation at all.

"What about when Mommy isn't here?"

Lin Xiaoxi said gloomily: "When Mommy isn't here, I just play at home by myself. Sometimes Auntie pushes me out to play in a stroller. Auntie isn't as good as Mommy, I like Mommy."

"I like Daddy too."

Lin Chen stroked Lin Xiaoxi's head.

Although children are young, they understand a lot.

They can feel who is truly good to them.

Xu Mengyao could afford a nanny, but good nannies are hard to come by.

"Xiaoxi, Daddy will take you to see an apartment. Let's move to a different apartment, this apartment is too small for the two of us."

Lin Chen picked up Lin Xiaoxi and said.

Lin Xiaoxi said happily: "Okay, okay. Daddy, then I want to buy lots of toys in the future. Mommy has lots of toys there, but Daddy doesn't have any toys here."

"No problem."

Lin Chen said cheerfully.

Soon Lin Chen took Lin Xiaoxi out.

"System, does carrying Xiaoxi count as exercise?"

Lin Chen said in his mind.

"Host, it counts if it's over five minutes."

A smile appeared on Lin Chen's face, the system was really sensible. Carrying Lin Xiaoxi for more than five minutes counts, plus labor and stuff, his physique could steadily increase by three points every day.

"Daddy, are you tired?"

"If you're tired, Xiaoxi can get down and walk by herself."

Lin Xiaoxi said softly as soon as they left the community.

Lin Chen's heart warmed, his daughter was really a thoughtful little cotton-padded jacket.

"Daddy's not tired."

Lin Chen kissed Lin Xiaoxi's face and said with a smile.

Ziyuan Community was two or three kilometers away, Lin Xiaoxi wasn't heavy, and Lin Chen directly carried Lin Xiaoxi over.

His physique had only increased by one point today.

He definitely had to get the remaining two points in place.

"Hello, I want to rent an apartment in Ziyuan Community, the decoration should be environmentally friendly, do you have any good recommendations?"

Lin Chen went to an agency outside Ziyuan Community.

Soon the agency recommended several apartments to Lin Chen, among which were three, two were large, and the other one was poorly decorated, Lin Chen directly PASSed them.

"I want to see the remaining three in person."

Lin Chen said.

"Okay."

The agency guy enthusiastically took Lin Chen to see them.

After seeing the first two, Lin Chen was not very satisfied, mainly because the decoration style was not what he liked. He asked Lin Xiaoxi, and Lin Xiaoxi also said she didn't like them.

"Mr. Lin, the decoration of the last one is very good. But the situation of this apartment is a bit special. The owner entrusted it to us, and originally wanted us to help him sell it."

"Recently, the market is too bad to sell, so he switched to renting it out."

The agency guy introduced as he walked.

"How is it special?"

Lin Chen asked.

The agency guy said: "The owner wants to sell the house more, so he can't rent it for a long time. If the market improves, the owner may sell it."

"Also, the house is new and no one has lived in it yet. You have a child, so if she damages it, it may be a bit troublesome."

Lin Chen: "Let's take a look first."

Before long, Lin Chen and the others arrived inside the house.

Lin Xiaoxi's eyes lit up: "Daddy, I like this one."

Lin Chen carried Lin Xiaoxi around and looked at it all over. The decoration and landscape of this house were very good, and he liked it too.

"Xiaoxi is very good and won't cause damage."

"If she damages it, I will naturally compensate at the price."

"How much is the rent for this apartment?"

Lin Chen said to the agency guy.

The agency guy said: "Mr. Lin, the price is fifteen thousand without any discounts, the other two can have some discounts."

"The rent is one month's deposit and one month's payment, the lease term is uncertain, and the rent is paid at the end of the month. The good thing is that the landlord bears the agency fee for this apartment."

Lin Chen's eyes lit up.

One month's deposit and one month's payment, and no agency fee, it was very much to his liking.

"Since the landlord wants to sell the house, will there still be people looking at the house?"

Lin Chen asked.

The agency guy said: "Yes. Mr. Lin, if there are customers looking at the house, we will arrange a time slot once a week to take a look, and the time spent will definitely not exceed half an hour."

"What do you think?"

Lin Chen asked Lin Xiaoxi: "Xiaoxi, what do you think?"

"Daddy, Xiaoxi likes it here."

Lin Xiaoxi said happily.

Lin Chen said: "I want to know the reason why the landlord is selling the house. Also, I have a small request."

The house can't be a problem house.

The agency guy said: "The landlord's son wants to study abroad. The expenses for studying abroad are high, so he wants to sell this house."

"Mr. Lin, what is your request—"

Lin Chen said: "Don't bring people to see the house within three months, if I live comfortably and the price is right, I will buy it."

He only had tens of thousands of yuan in his card now.

This house costs over ten million.

But he had a system, and he had absolute confidence in earning that much money in three months.

Not to mention anything else, the one thousand cubic meters of system space, if used well, earning ten to twenty million in three months is not difficult.

"Mr. Lin, I'll communicate with the landlord."

The agency guy quickly made a phone call to the landlord.

"Mr. Lin, the landlord agreed."

Soon Lin Chen and the others returned to the store and signed the contract.

Thirty thousand yuan was transferred.

He still had thirty to forty thousand left, and he didn't need to use the money Xu Mengyao gave him.

"Xiaoxi, we're moving tomorrow."

Lin Chen said with a smile.