The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 443: Extra Three

Another year had passed, and their community demolition contract had been finalized.

Compensation had been received, and for a normal three-room dwelling with two side rooms, if they chose the option of compensation houses, they could get one 100-square-meter three-bedroom apartment outside the district, plus an 80-square-meter two-bedroom apartment, totaling two apartments. Alternatively, they could get one 60-square-meter two-bedroom apartment inside the district and an 80-square-meter two-bedroom apartment outside the district, totaling two apartments.

The apartment where Xue Jianian lived, the one where Manman lived, and the one where Xinyue lived were all like this.

For Lu Jingqiu’s two-story downstairs unit, they could get one additional 80-square-meter two-bedroom apartment outside the district, or a 60-square-meter two-bedroom apartment inside the district on top of this basis.

Lu Jingqiu advised them to take the first option.

Because at that point in time, in a few years, what was then considered outside the district would also be regarded as inside the district.

Lu Jingqiu chose the first option and took the extra apartment inside the district, a 60-square-meter two-bedroom apartment.

Xue Jianian, however, living in that apartment, chose the second option.

Though Xue Jianian was renting Lu Jingqiu’s apartment, she had also bought one nearby a few years earlier, which fell within the demolition area.

She felt fortunate, thankful that she had bought one.

These years, she not only owned that one property but had also bought two more elsewhere.

Oh wow, demolition is really great, they would be able to live in high-rise buildings in the future.

As houses in this area were being demolished, over at Wei Jincheng’s Happy Valley project, sales had already started.

Lu Jingqiu was preparing to buy a villa there.

While it was being designed by He Yu, she had set her eyes on one.

It was a three-story building with an underground basement.

The basement could serve as her studio, and there was also a small house outside that could be used as a sunroom.

At two hundred yuan per square meter, with over 500 square meters, she bought two villas.

One was for her father to use.

Shen Manman chose to stay with her sister and father and selected one as well.

On Xue Jianian’s side, for her own family, Lu Jingqiu bought two more there.

Luo Xinyue also wanted to be neighbors, so she chose the one next door.

The second cousin bought two villas too.

Well, just a few friends were about to fill up the villa area.

They were directly responsible for the sale of quite a few units internally.

There were a total of eighty detached sunken villas in this place, and the key aspect was that the yards were large.

It was almost like a large courtyard, with community offices, entertainment rooms, card rooms, and activity areas.

Most importantly, right beside it was Green Shade Park.

In front of the villas, there were two high-rise buildings. Around them were shopfront properties.

The high-rises were selling for two hundred twenty yuan per square meter.

Twenty yuan more per square meter than the villas; the main reason was the large area of the villas, and mortgage loans were not trendy now.

Currently, a portion had to be paid at the beginning, another in the middle phase, and the last installment at the latter stage. Once the houses were built, the payment had to be fully settled.

Lu Jingqiu paid in one lump sum, and right after she had finished paying, Shen Mu was no longer at the tax bureau.

He had gone into business, which completely infuriated Uncle Shen, who called Nanzhou to have a good talk with him.

Before making contact on this front, Shen Mu had already come to borrow money.

"Bro, you don’t need to persuade me. I resigned after careful consideration. I’ve already picked out the project; I just lack some funds. After thinking it over, the only person who can help me is my sister-in-law."

Jiang Nanzhou frowned, "What project are you looking at?"

"A hotel, like a guesthouse, but of course, the guesthouse I plan to open will be better than the current ones. I’ve already set my sights on a building, and I need to act quickly. If it weren’t for our family’s reputation, they would have sold it already."

Jiang Nanzhou, seeing Shen Mu’s anxious demeanor, felt more and more that Shen Mu was going to be conned and was very pessimistic about it.

Shen Mu just wasn’t cut out for business; honestly working a job was the right path for him.

But Lu Jingqiu knew that Shen Mu had owned a hotel in his previous life, and later even expanded it into a national chain.

"Ah Mu, how much do you want to borrow?"

Over the past few years, Shen Mu had saved some money from his job, not much. In his second year after graduating, with his family’s matchmaking, he married Xiuya. This time, it was still thanks to his father-in-law’s connections that he found this newly built office building.

The rent was a bit expensive, ten yuan per square meter, but the renovation would cost a considerable amount.

His father-in-law lent him ten thousand, and he had thirty thousand himself.

The renovation needed a hundred thousand yuan.

Shen Mu hesitated, glanced at his elder brother, then said, "One hundred and fifty thousand."

Jiang Nanzhou frowned. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to lend the money to his younger brother, but he was worried that Shen Mu might lose it all since he hadn’t done business before and was now suddenly investing so much.

Lu Jingqiu didn’t say much. Although she had just bought a house, over the past few years, the earnings from the two beef soup shops, the dividends from Second Cousin and Wei Jincheng, and what she got from Manman,

as well as her own royalties, had amounted to five hundred thousand.

"Okay, I’ll get it for you tomorrow."

When Shen Mu heard his sister-in-law’s decisive response, he hadn’t expected it at all. When he came over, he had thought of many reasons to convince her, but now he had only just mentioned a number.

Jiang Nanzhou raised his eyebrows, feeling that his wife had been too hasty this time.

"Ah Mu, do you really want to borrow it?"

"Elder brother, I’ve already talked everything through with them, just waiting for the money."

"Don’t worry. I won’t lend this money for nothing, I’ll give my sister-in-law shares."

"We don’t want them. If you borrow this money, you have to be very cautious."

Shen Mu exclaimed happily, "Of course, of course, elder brother, don’t you trust me? I’m not like Xiao Ting, who’s so impatient."

Lu Jingqiu laughed and said, "Of course, I want them. How could I not? I trust Ah Mu. Ah Mu, just decide on the shares however you see fit. How are mom and dad doing?"

"They’re both quite well. Since retiring, they find life very boring and compete every day to help pick up the kids. They always go to their house, and now they’re urging us to have a second child."

Lu Jingqiu said with a laugh, "Then have another one."

"Let’s talk about that later. Right now, I just want to get the hotel up and running and stop my dad from nagging."

"What are you planning to name the hotel?"

"Marriott Hotel."

Lu Jingqiu laughed, thinking that in the future, it would be the Marriott Group.

The next day, Lu Jingqiu gave Shen Mu a cheque for one hundred and fifty thousand yuan. Shen Mu insisted on writing an IOU for Lu Jingqiu no matter what.

He also gave her a thirty percent stake, saying that he would repay the remaining money after the hotel turned a profit.

Jiang Nanzhou watched his wife’s joyous expression, which seemed to be blooming.

He pondered about the various factories and shops his wife had invested in over the years.

Each and every one of them had made money.

Fine, he decided to give Uncle Shen a call and persuade him first.

A month later, Shen Mu’s hotel was officially registered, and the renovation was said to take half a year. For Shen Mu’s parents, who had borrowed so much money, this was causing them much worry.

Since they couldn’t stop it, all they could do was to wholeheartedly help their son, giving him all their savings.

Shen Mu said it wasn’t necessary, but they were still worried. In the end, they had no choice but to accept it for the time being.

Fortunately, their efforts were not in vain. When their third son’s hotel opened, it indeed attracted quite a few guests.

Their youngest son had also started working, but that fellow also didn’t seem very reliable.

The youngest son was not afraid of Father Shen or Mother Shen but was terrified of his sister-in-law.

And now, his eldest sister-in-law was keeping him in line. He had recently started dating and, fortunately, didn’t seem interested in risky ventures.

The key was his position at the state-owned enterprise where he worked. It held more promise than any of his siblings’ opportunities. Now, they just needed to curb the young man’s impetuous nature and teach him some patience.