A Broken Gear
Wang Yue had thought Xu Hongdou wouldn't have time to pay attention to this, so he'd deliberately kept quiet. Now that she'd asked, he happily said, "My name is Wang Yue. I really do live in the same residential compound as you. You've probably heard of me."
Wang Yue had expected to explain further. After all, the compound was huge, with plenty of residents. How could anyone recognize them all?
But as soon as he finished speaking, Xu Hongdou looked at him in surprise. "Oh, I know! You're the Manager Wang who sold his house to start a company, only for the company to get acquired in the end. By the way, can't you really afford to buy your house back with the money you made?"
Wang Yue was speechless. So this story was that well known? Then he remembered that their compound was in Chaoyang and immediately decided it wasn't surprising at all.
After all, the Chaoyang residents' ability to gather intelligence was known throughout the country. Plenty of criminals had been caught by them.
Still, he'd just helped her, and now a beautiful woman was teasing him about it. He couldn't help feeling a little put out.
Wang Yue sighed and shot back in a rather gloomy tone, "What's so surprising about it? Isn't it perfectly normal? I remember someone telling me that when she'd just graduated from college, her savings could buy her a few square meters of an apartment in the capital. But after working all these years, she'd found that she could still only afford a few square meters. So I'm not the only one with reason to feel sad."
When he was done, Wang Yue waved and hurried off with an easygoing stride. He was afraid that if he didn't leave