Chapter 72: A dangerous man
Su Can slammed on his bicycle's brakes outside the transparent, matte-finished glass entrance. After locking his bike and going inside, he did not forget to ask the doorman who opened the door to keep an eye on it.
Manhattan First Residence was a celebrated luxury development on the Huangpu River's Bund, standing alongside Jin Mao Tower and the Oriental Pearl Tower as one of three landmarks. It was a grand project, its seven main buildings imposing in scale. A development like this naturally had an aristocratic air, and the saleswomen here were naturally masters of the art of seduction by uniform.
Inside the transparent sales hall, lavishly decorated like a pharaoh's palace or the Louvre's glass pyramid, the saleswomen had seen all sorts of people. Yet the moment they saw Su Can pull up on his bike and come inside, the incongruity he brought made the entire room pause.
The elegantly made-up woman at the reception desk by the entrance had not abandoned the development's refined manner. She gave Su Can a reasonably polite smile. "Who are you looking for?"
"I'd like to look at some apartments," Su Can said, glancing around.
The women scattered around the room all paused and looked at Su Can, but those looks vanished almost instantly from the eyes of these professionally trained veterans of countless tough sales.
A woman drinking water gulped down a mouthful of plain water, set her cup on the desk, and smiled at Su Can. "Certainly. Come over here, and I'll introduce the development to you."
Su Can noticed that she had asked him to go over to her, while she remained beside a booth without showing the slightest intention of moving. Though polite, she displayed a deep-seated indifference.
Su Can casually took a thick