My Life with Narration

Chapter 537 - 528: Missing Out Isn’t a Mistake, It’s Just Moving On

Finally, the landlord lady agreed to the house. She let him name the price, and they just need to find a time to transfer the ownership.

For rich people, buying a house seems like a game, none of them took it seriously, as if it wasn’t as important as having a meal.

If it weren’t for his insistence on paying, the landlord lady might have given it away for free. Of course, she wouldn’t just give it to anyone—truth be told, it’s because she saw value in him, someone worth befriending.

Exchanging a house for a personal favor, the landlord lady felt she gained a lot. Luckily, neither Shen Yi nor he have this habit.

"Find a time for you and Sister Wen to transfer the house ownership. I’ll transfer the money to her tomorrow. These two houses, including renovations, should cost about 800, right?"

After returning from dinner, Su Qing said casually.

The house they currently live in is located in a prime area of Jiangcheng City Center. Although the prices don’t compare to the capital with its fifty to one hundred thousand per square meter, it’s not cheap either—almost twenty thousand or so.

The two houses together are a couple of hundred square meters. Add the renovations, and this price seems about right.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi laughed, "What? Are you putting the house in my name? Wow, Brother Su is indeed generous. I never saw you give me anything before, and now you’re offering a house. What is it? Want to keep me?"

To this, Su Qing rolled his eyes and replied, "Isn’t this what you’ve always wanted?"

"True, I used to say I wanted to keep you, and you refused. Later when you made money, I wanted you to keep me. I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon, I’m a bit excited!" Shen Yi said, touching her chin with a smile.

"Since you’re excited, let’s settle it then."

"Okay, but you don’t need to rush the money to her. I’ll ask her first, giving her so much money might actually be troublesome."

"That works. You’re familiar with Sister Wen. If I say something, it might just be more embarrassing for her."

Su Qing pondered and agreed.

In the past, when there was no money, he wished the other party would give him a discount. Now that there’s money, he’s thinking of how not to take advantage of others. That’s enough.

"Oh, why are you crying? Don’t cry, don’t cry, there, there!"

Suddenly, sobbing sounds came, and Shen Yi looked down to find Big Yellow lying on her lap, twitching at the corners of its mouth. With that, she quickly comforted it.

Big Yellow: "Woof woof" [She’s a devil, I’m never going to her place again!]

Have to say, they were only away for a few days. Maybe the little girl missed Big Yellow after not seeing it for a while, almost driving it mad.

"Alright, stop whining like a girl. It’s just playing with the kid for a few days, is it that bad?" Su Qing said, spitting.

Big Yellow: "I’m a rapper!"

Upon hearing this, Su Qing’s hands itched a bit, envisioning the scene from his mind of a white-haired sister slapping a rapper brother. Thinking of it, he couldn’t help but shiver a bit, it’s kind of violent, but he liked it. Just when he was about to teach Big Yellow a lesson, Shen Yi spoke up:

"Big Yellow isn’t a boy, is it? Didn’t it get neutered?"

Big Yellow: (艹皿艹)

"Woof woof woof" [Beep beep beep beep]

Shen Yi: "See, it even admits it, so just stop talking about it."

Su Qing: "Uh... is there a possibility that it was scolding you?"

"Nonsense, how could Big Yellow be scolding someone? Besides, how do you know it’s scolding someone? I think you’re making up stories in your head!"

Fine, so be it, let it all end, I’m tired.

Sometimes he felt like the only bystander in a detective story who found the truth, but without evidence, no one believed him, it was hard. Luckily, he was slowly getting used to it.

"Alright, let’s not mind Big Yellow anymore. Tomorrow, I’ll take it to the office; there’s a bunch of work waiting to be done. Want to come with me and sister?" Shen Yi wrapped her arms around his neck and said softly.

"Uh... can I not go? I just want to find a place to lie down!"

"No way!"

"Then let’s go together!"

"That’s more like it. Come on, give sister a kiss."

"Hey, hey, hey, don’t bite my tongue!"

"What? Can’t sister have a taste?"

Su Qing rolled his eyes at her, weakly saying, "Two tongues engage in a duel, there should be grace!"

"Grace? You should take your hand out of my shirt then!"

"Uh... then forget about grace, I can accept a bit of violence too!"

Then Big Yellow was fed a mouthful of dog food by the two, very full.

Time flew by, half a month passed, and only a little over ten days were left until the New Year.

During this time, Su Qing’s life was quite steady. Not only did the online hype completely die down, but the house transfer was also successfully completed at 700, though ultimately it was written in both names.

Every day he drove Shen Yi to the company, doing his essential work as a secretary. The days were leisurely.

Also, Su He came home for the winter holidays, making the house lively. After coming home, his mom Zhou Hui became Su He’s material, constantly updating videos, driving the old Su to the edge.

His daily routine was picking up and dropping off Shen Yi from work and communicating with Director Wang Fan about current situations. After the funds were in place, the filming progressed quite smoothly and was nearing an end now.

About a week more, then onto post-production, the progress was very promising. If nothing goes wrong, it should catch the Spring Festival slot.

As for how he got into the Spring Festival slot, Su Qing really doesn’t know, maybe their director has his own way. Anyway, Director Wang’s smile has become even more radiant in recent days, while Su Qing feels like money is waving at him.

"No way, you’ve got it made, even buying a car!"

At a barbecue joint on the pedestrian street, Su Qing looked at the spirited Wang Xing and couldn’t help but laugh. It had been a long time since the two had gathered, and today Wang Xing suddenly suggested having dinner after work, so he naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Keep it low-key, keep it low-key, I can’t compare to you. Mine’s a second-hand, not worth much, just over 50,000." Although Wang Xing said this, the corners of his mouth were nearly stretched to his ears.

Recently, Wang Xing has firmly established himself in the business department of Shen Yi’s company. Of course, this may also be due to Deng Jie knowing their relationship and giving him some special care, but that’s quite normal. After all, she’s been Shen Yi’s secretary for several years, and ability to read people’s expressions and react appropriately is a must-have skill.

Plus, Wang Xing earned some money by investing in stocks with the 300,000 he gave him. Not much, but adding it up, there was at least 100,000. Coupled with his salary, he’s now somewhat living a moderately prosperous life, very comfortable.

"Come on, I don’t even have a car yet. But speaking of it, why are you alone today? Where’s Miaomiao? Why didn’t you bring her along? And what’s going on with you two, any progress?" Su Qing asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Wang Xing was somewhat embarrassed: "It’s... still the same!"

"Damn, really? Look at you, now that you’ve got something, why are things still like this? When Doggie and Strong come back later, let’s see them make fun of you. Even Doggie has found someone; what’s your excuse!

By the way, when are Doggie and Strongie coming back? Any news?"

Wang Xing shook his head upon hearing this: "Doggie said he’ll be back on Lunar December 29th, so he won’t be able to meet with us before the year ends. But Strongie hasn’t replied to any of my messages recently, and I can’t reach him by phone. Who knows what he’s up to."

"Alright, I’ll give him a call and ask sometime."

A barbecue meal, just the two of them, didn’t drink, somehow felt off.

After the meal, the two strolled down the pedestrian street.

"Another year has passed, it really flies by," Wang Xing sighed.

Su Qing: "Exactly, so you need to hurry up with the relationship thing. Look at me and Doggie, then look at yourself!"

"Hey, you’re at it again, aren’t you!"

While they were talking, a heated argument erupted nearby.

"Stop right there, tell me, how have I wronged you? Why are you cheating? Tell me, who is she?"

A female voice came through, and the two looked at each other, both feeling a vague sense of familiarity.

Immediately, a man’s voice followed: "Let go, who I’m with is none of your business. Is there a need to tell you who she is? Let’s break up!"

When the two squeezed into the crowd and took a look, they saw a familiar figure.

"Is it her?" Su Qing said in surprise.

Wang Xing, though, remained silent.

Jiang Mengting, neither expected to run into this intriguing figure, but it seemed her current situation wasn’t great.

[Being a player for too long, when you want to genuinely settle down in a relationship, the deeds you did when hurting others will eventually be returned to you by someone else]

Then they saw a young man around their age push Jiang Mengting away and quickly left the scene with another girl, leaving Jiang Mengting standing there dumbfounded.

"Looks like she got played by someone else, how does that feel?" Su Qing asked, turning his head.

Wang Xing shook his head: "If I hadn’t seen her today, I would have almost forgotten, really, I don’t even have any hatred left for her."

While they were talking, Jiang Mengting suddenly looked over, her face changing repeatedly. Even without any narration, he could clearly feel her conflicting emotions of unwillingness, regret, guilt, and uncertainty, but most prominently, a sense of apology.

"Let’s go," Wang Xing said softly.

After speaking, he was about to turn away, and just as he wanted to follow, Jiang Mengting caught up and blocked their path, which surprised them both.

Seeing that Wang Xing didn’t speak, Su Qing had to ask, "Excuse me..."

But before he could finish, Jiang Mengting spoke up: "Do you feel satisfied seeing me like this now?"

The voice bore none of its previous arrogance, instead, it was somewhat pitiful and aggrieved.

Wang Xing shook his head: "No, it’s all in the past."

Hearing this, along with Wang Xing’s tone, Jiang Mengting’s heart felt like it was stabbed as she bit her lip tightly, not speaking for a long time.

"If there’s nothing else, we’ll be leaving," Wang Xing said mildly, sidestepping her to leave.

"I’m...I’m sorry. Even though I know we can’t go back, I still want to say, I’m sorry, I was wrong in the past. I hope everything goes well for you in the future!"

[To err is human. As long as one is willing to change, twenty-two is not too late at all]

"Thank you, you too, all the best,"

With that, Wang Xing left first, the two of them passing by like strangers.

"Was I too greedy before?" Jiang Mengting asked, watching them about to leave.

Hearing this, sympathizing that this girl might have genuinely changed her ways, he thought for a while and gave a not-so-perfect answer:

"Every car wants to park in the best spot, but only one car can park in the best spot."

"Turns out it was my greed for a better spot that made me miss out on the one that belonged to me, and now I’m being refused by others. Is this karma? I guess I really went astray," Jiang Mengting asked with reddened eyes.

Su Qing shook his head: "Missing it doesn’t mean being wrong, it just means it’s passed. Since it’s passed, just think about finding the one that belongs to you, even if it’s a little less perfect."

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