Chapter 807: Jinhe Wangfu Gardens — A Scenic Spot?!

"Where is this place?"

Compared to Liu Rulan's silence, Xiao Chen was more direct and practical. He immediately pulled out his phone to check the exact location distribution of this land in Beijing—

Then his simple, silly laugh came from the room: "Hey, that's weird. Why does the map app show this place as a scenic area?"

Xiao He already had a feeling.

Sure enough, the next moment his premonition came true—

"Damn, Brother Xiao, the Jinhe Wangfu Gardens is an entire scenic area! It's one of those princely residences left in the West District! A real princely residence!"

Xiao Chen shakily raised his phone, his face like someone whose worldview had just been updated, staring blankly at Xiao He: "So this place can actually be bought and sold? Is this what the rich people's world looks like?"

"Really from over there?"

Liu Rulan also immediately checked Xiao Chen's phone and indeed found that the scenic area he showed matched the address suffix on the documents exactly.

Her pupils trembled; she could no longer keep her composure. Xiao He, while barely maintaining a calm exterior, already had a smile on his face that was about to break.

After all, it had been "him" who entrusted Karlsen to help snap up this land, so Xiao He couldn't be unaware of its location.

So even though Xiao He was equally shocked, he had to keep up the appearance that "everything was as expected," staying composed and aloof while reviewing the documents.

But in truth his palms were already covered in sweat.

A million points, my goodness!

No wonder the System took so long to process before finally delivering it.

This isn't just getting me a property?! This is a whole scenic area!

Wow, experiencing princely-residence treatment without time travel — for someone from the twenty-first century, this was absurd.

Is this really okay?

Xiao He felt a headache starting.

But he still forced himself to close the file and gave Karlsen a faint smile: "Alright, thank you for your hard work recently."

"No trouble at all, it's my duty."

Karlsen had not sat down since standing up. Hearing Xiao He's words, he bowed even more respectfully.

"May I ask if Mr. Xiao has time to come back and take a look soon? We tried to call to make an appointment before, but couldn't reach you, so we took the liberty of coming to Hong Kong to explain the situation in person."

"Uh, they called me?"

Xiao He tried to recall but had no impression. He glanced at Liu Rulan and Xiao Chen, who usually kept his phone, and both of them naturally shook their heads.

Finally Xiao He found those missed call notifications in his spam advertisement folder.

"Ah, that's my fault."

Xiao He rubbed his forehead; he hadn't expected the chain reaction caused by that recent public opinion incident.

"But I'm really sorry. This time you made the trip for nothing. I still have to work in Hong Kong for a while."

"That's fine. The overall condition of Jinhe Wangfu isn't great right now. We wanted to obtain your permission first before continuing maintenance and renovation."

"The interior condition is really that bad?"

Xiao He understood.

If the condition had been good, the System probably wouldn't have helped him secure this land so easily.

"Yes. Since it was mortgaged to the auction, it's been over thirty years. Aside from exterior maintenance done for the scenic-spot parts, the interior has mostly been abandoned and is unusable."

Karlsen said bluntly, "To be honest, this will be a very long project. If Mr. Xiao doesn't mind, we can start work now. I will return to Beijing to help manage things, but you might not be able to inspect the property immediately."

Whoa, that whole service package was surprisingly reassuring.

Liu Rulan hesitated to speak, while Xiao Chen couldn't stop dropping his jaw.

Xiao He felt complicated under their gazes and didn't say more. He lowered his head to reread the documents, confirming that he didn't need to pay the astronomical renovation fees out of pocket, then nodded carelessly and left the matter fully in Karlsen's hands: "Proceed according to the arrangements 'I' made earlier. I'll come back to Beijing later to see the situation."

"Understood."

Karlsen nodded politely.

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Over the following period he also introduced some details about the residence to Xiao He and the others, even playing a few videos to show the current condition of the Wangfu.

Inside the princely residence it was indeed in a state of abandonment: dust and discarded furniture everywhere. Only the vast garden showed traces of pruning and maintenance, while the rest had clearly been left to rot since the end of the last century.

If the outside hadn't been polished up to serve as a small scenic spot for out-of-town visitors, who would believe the interior had fallen into such disrepair!

And even so, a Wangfu located in Beijing should not be back on the market like this.

Frankly, places like this are cross-era antiques; the house itself is a symbol of historical value. Even if parts of it are old and lag behind modern development, owning this property is a status symbol. Usually only Beijing's old aristocratic families, those with the deepest history and widest connections, would hold such real estate.

Such a location and historical value wouldn't be sold off unless the family fell apart.

Let alone being available to a private buyer like Xiao He.

This was beyond mere wealth or luck.

Liu Rulan spent the entire time in stunned disbelief.

Only after Karlsen left did the puzzled Liu Rulan anxiously whisper, "We hang out together a lot lately and I've never seen you pay attention to properties. When did you have someone buy this property for you? Where did the money come from?"

Liu Rulan had asked Xiao He about this before and he had refused to answer, so how had the property quietly ended up in his hands in a blink?

The efficiency of handling this was astonishing. She hadn't seen Xiao He mention it, yet suddenly here was Karlsen…

No wonder Liu Rulan was baffled when she got Karlsen's call this morning.

When she heard he was an agent Xiao He had hired, she was even more lost.

She had secretly searched and discovered Karlsen was fairly famous overseas, at a level comparable to the top agents in her industry, serving wealthy business owners and foreign enterprises with an excellent reputation and very high fees—completely the kind of person who serves top-tier clients.

That such a person had traveled to China to personally handle the follow-up property procedures for Xiao He, and even offered to go to Beijing to oversee renovations, stirred up a storm in Liu Rulan's mind.

If she hadn't already verified Xiao He's background and met his parents, Liu Rulan would have started to suspect Xiao He was secretly launching some hidden second-generation rich tycoon life she didn't know about.

"Uh, I just had some spare cash, so I bought it."

Xiao He thought of how he traded stocks and developed software in his spare time; his accounts really had grown to a ridiculous amount. But since this matter hadn't been revealed to others yet, he felt slightly guilty and furtively shifted his gaze.

"And while I was abroad, I had an agent handle it for me."

Liu Rulan didn't notice Xiao He's odd reaction and continued looking at him in astonishment.

"Do you know him? Karlsen! His commission is at least the price of a downtown apartment! How did you find him to help?"

Normally such agents charge around three to eight percent, so even if the property price were low, their fees would still be several hundred thousand to over a million yuan.

And for the Jinhe Wangfu Gardens, even a bargain purchase would not make the commission cheap.

Xiao He generally disliked extravagance, so his current behavior was unlike him; Liu Rulan almost suspected he had been replaced.

Hearing her, Xiao He waved his hand casually in his detached calm manner: "It's fine, it's fine, just once or twice. Spend when you should spend."

After all, it was the System's money, so he didn't feel any sting.

Besides, even if it were his money, Xiao He still thought it was worth it; Karlsen was reliable and handled matters properly.

Uh…

Should he tell Sister Liu that he was actually...super rich right now?