Early in the morning two days later.
Wen Ning arrived at the property transaction center half an hour early.
He had only been waiting at the entrance a short while when Liu Qing and Zhou Min arrived with Doudou in their arms.
Zhou Min had made a point of dressing Doudou in a little red vest that day.
Liu Mingyuan arrived almost at the same time, wearing a dark gray jacket and carrying a document envelope. He nodded when he saw Wen Ning.
"Everyone's here. Let's head inside."
Wen Ning called them over.
The online contract signing, tax payment, and title transfer all went unbelievably smoothly.
Liu Mingyuan had prepared all the necessary documents, and Liu Qing and Zhou Min's mortgage preapproval had already gone through. The bank released the funds even faster than expected.
Wen Ning stood beside them, keeping an eye on everything. Occasionally, he helped pass over a document or check some figures. The rest of the time, he watched the staff work away at their computers.
Doudou rested quietly against Zhou Min's shoulder the whole time, neither crying nor fussing. Every so often, she looked around with her big, round eyes.
Wen Ning noticed that the hazy gray layer of yin energy around her was still there, but it seemed much fainter that day.
"Mr. Wen, I sign here, right?"
Liu Qing turned back to ask him, pen in hand.
Wen Ning came back to himself and leaned over for a look.
"Yes, right there."
All the paperwork was finished before eleven.
When the staff handed over the receipt, Zhou Min took it and read it over and over, her eyes reddening a little. At last, they had a home of their own.
Liu Qing put an arm around her shoulders. The young couple had worked