Before long, Pei Xiaoru returned with her phone.
"The landlord is out of town. If you're sure you want it, we can schedule it for the morning after tomorrow."
"Alright, the morning after tomorrow, then." Zhang Yang nodded, stepped forward with a smile, and said softly, "Thanks for the trouble."
"What trouble? It's not like there's no commission in it for me." Pei Xiaoru lightly chided him, then looked toward the two figures on the balcony from afar. "She seems like a good girl. You'd better cherish her."
"Yeah." Zhang Yang nodded gently, but he caught a faint trace of disappointment in Pei Xiaoru's eyes.
He had originally wanted to casually say something like, You're a good girl too.
But after thinking about it, even scumbags had their principles. Saying something like that at this particular moment just felt strange. Better to say nothing at all.
Behind him, the Bei sisters were still brimming with excitement. Who knew what they had just talked about on the balcony.
"The house is settled, then. We'll sign the contract the morning after tomorrow." Zhang Yang smiled as he turned to meet them.
"Awesome! We should put on a proper feast to celebrate, just in time for—" Bei Jiajia blurted out something without thinking, then glanced at Bei Wei and promptly shut her mouth.
"What, is there something else you haven't told me?" Zhang Yang asked.
"Alright." Bei Wei hesitated for a moment. "My dad called me a few days ago. He said he's been on a business trip with his company boss recently, and they'll be making a brief stop in Magic City sometime in the next few days."
"Why are you only telling me now?" Zhang Yang found it a little hard to understand.
"Didn't you say you'd been busy these past