Forty minutes later, they arrived at Vanke Emerald Heaven.
The ride-hailing driver flipped on his turn signal and pulled over by the roadside.
"Handsome, what's the average price per square meter around here now?"
The driver's gaze passed over the wall, where he could see the exquisite villas.
Ivy covered their façades like green waterfalls, lending them a natural charm.
"Not sure!"
Lin Baici paid on his phone. "Thanks, driver!"
"Take care!"
The driver replied politely. As he checked his phone for the order, he watched Lin Baici head toward the gate.
He was dressed pretty ordinarily!
He didn't look like a rich second-generation kid!
Then the driver saw the security guard in the booth. The moment he spotted the young man who'd arrived by car, he snapped to attention from a distance, gave a vigorous salute, and began speaking into his walkie-talkie.
"Damn, that's some treatment!"
The driver spent every day on the roads around the city and had been to plenty of upscale residential communities.
Honestly, it was rare to see anyone get the kind of treatment Lin Baici did!
The reverence on the guard's face wasn't the result of some property manager's strict demands on the staff. It was clearly because of the young man's identity.
Or, rather, because of his family.
One of his parents had to be an extremely influential person with a very high social standing.
Actually, the driver had it wrong. The guard was so respectful to Lin Baici entirely because Ji Xinyan often brought him a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes when she visited.
As the saying went, it was easy to get past the King of Hell, but hard to deal with the little devils. Ji Xinyan regularly gave the residential community staff small favors, so if Lin Baici ever ran into