This Is Our Home!

Chapter 27: This Is Our Home!

Ye Bai was also very satisfied. He hadn't expected that after bidding up to nine hundred thousand, Zhao Wuji would actually transfer the pet house's business license to him. This license had been issued over a year ago and still had more than three years of validity left. The transfer could be done online with an electronic application and filing; with Zhao Wuji's cooperation, it was approved in seconds. Otherwise, Ye Bai would have had to apply for a new pet house business license, and his previous one was also about to expire. An existing transfer was much easier than a new application. If he had to go through the process, it would take at least ten days to half a month, especially since someone might hold things up, making it drag on even longer.

Moreover, all the large equipment in the pet house had been personally purchased by Zhao Wuji, and it was ninety percent new. Considering that disposing of the equipment would incur depreciation costs, Zhao Wuji thought it over and decided to leave everything to Ye Bai. What a steal—buying all this for nine hundred thousand, and the house had permanent property rights. Under normal circumstances, even one point five million wouldn't have been enough, let alone getting all this equipment thrown in for free.

"Since the house is already bought, let's hurry up and clean it out. We'll move in tonight." Ye Bai took some time to return to the Fangyuan Pet House and packed everything up. Since Da Hui kept the pet house spotless every day, there shouldn't be any issues with the landlord nitpicking damages when the lease was terminated. He collected all the pets inside into prepared Beast Cards, then carefully took down the Fangyuan Pet House signboard. This signboard, weathered by wind and frost, was the symbol of the Fangyuan Pet House, carved from fine Yellow Pear Wood. Ye Bai's father had once said that this signboard was the root of the Ye Family—even if nothing else was taken, the signboard had to go. With the signboard, there was the Fangyuan Pet House.

Once everything was packed, Ye Bai led Da Hui toward their new home. Not long after Ye Bai left, a luxury car drove in. He Qingyuan stepped out, covering his nose, looking disdainful of the surroundings. "Steward Wang, is this the place?" A football-sized bird-type pet appeared on He Qingyuan's shoulder. This bird-type pet was entirely gray-black, with a fierce, eagle-like gaze, a sharp beak, and astonishing claws that could tear a wound in a person in an instant. This was the Gale Sparrow that the family had found for He Qingyuan after he abandoned the Boxing Rabbit. It was a child of the wind, coming and going like the breeze.

"Haha, Ye Bai, thanks to you, I can have such an excellent pet." He Qingyuan couldn't wait to see Ye Bai kicked out onto the street. "Steward Wang, notify Ye Bai. We're terminating the lease early. We'll pay the penalty in advance. I want him to have no grounds for complaint." Steward Wang nodded, pulled out his phone, and dialed the number the original landlord had left for Ye Bai. Beep, beep, beep. Ye Bai suddenly saw an unfamiliar number calling. "Hello?" An aged voice came through: "May I ask if you are Ye Bai? I need to give you some money—" Before Steward Wang could finish, Ye Bai decided it was a scam call. He quickly replied, "I'm not, I'm not him, you've got the wrong number." Then he hung up. "Heh, good thing I was alert." Most unfamiliar calls were sales or scams; once you engaged, it never ended. Better to cut it off cleanly and kill their hopes. Save the scammer the trouble of wasting their breath trying to get a single cent out of him.

Beep, beep, beep. Steward Wang stared at his phone, face dark. "I called, but the person on the other end said he wasn't Ye Bai and hung up." The two exchanged a look. He Qingyuan pulled out the phone number for Ye Bai he'd gotten from a classmate. They compared—it was the same! They were baffled, scratching their heads. "Steward Wang, keep calling. I don't believe he won't pick up." He Qingyuan gritted his teeth and continued. Steward Wang had no choice but to call another dozen or twenty times, but no one answered. Then it suddenly hit him—could his number have been blocked? "Young master, I think my number might have been blocked." He Qingyuan fumed, "Blocked? How dare he! We're his landlords. He won't answer, huh? Steward Wang, just send Ye Bai a text message directly. Explain clearly that we're the new landlords and need to take back the house early for certain reasons. We'll not only pay the penalty but also refund his deposit. But his things will be cleared out by me today."

"We're sorry, but he has to find another rental."

He Qingyuan smiled darkly. "When that time comes, I want to see him scrambling for a place to live."

Steward Wang asked curiously, "Won't he pull some strings and live in the school dormitory?"

He Qingyuan shook his head with confidence. "Anyone else might, but not him. He's used to going it alone, and if he moves into the dorms, no one will take over his pet beasts."

"He loves the pet beasts in his Breeding House, especially that Gray Night Chinchilla."

"I remember Ye Bai's Breeding House franchise license is about to expire soon. When it does, I'll find a way to get the relevant department to stall it."

"Once the license expires, the pet beasts in his hands will be illegal."

"Then we'll have grounds to seize them."

He Qingyuan's face was full of malice. "Ye Bai, my Resource Box isn't so easy to take."

"You made me lose face. I'll make sure you never have a good day in your life."

Steward Wang looked at He Qingyuan's twisted expression and silently muttered to himself, What a lunatic.

Ye Bai soon received the bank transfer. He silently glanced at the transfer note and felt a bit embarrassed—he had actually blocked his new landlord.

My apologies!

The new landlord had even kindly told him to clear out the room's belongings, and had sent over both the penalty and the deposit.

What a good person. He had thought it was a scam call. He really ought to slap himself a few times to apologize.

His original landlord was a troublesome old man, known as the modern-day Grandet, and Ye Bai had only managed to keep him in check by relying on his parents' status as Pet Beast Masters.

Ye Bai had thought he'd have to go several rounds with that Grandet just to get the deposit back.

Ye Bai walked cheerfully toward his new home. There were good people in this world.

After arriving at his new place, Ye Bai released all his pet beasts.

Da Hui looked at the dusty room, fetched a bucket and a rag, while the Chameleon Lizard and the Thunder Pig pulled up the weeds in the yard.

The Sunflowers were placed on the third-floor balcony.

Pairs of white Birds of Paradise held rags and carefully wiped the high windows.

Little Ice Shell leaped out of the pond, spraying a trickle of water.

The Lightning Cat used its sharp claws to tear open the packed boxes.

The Clucking Chicken flapped its wings and flew up to the roof, clucking loudly, a picture of thriving vitality.