Hearing the system notification, lody Sumrs, holding Albus, stood up and left the ship-shaped structure.
Just like last ti, lody Sumrs stood on the marble platform outside the ship-shaped structure, waiting in silence.
After about ten minutes, the ship-shaped structure in front of her began to emit a faint white glow.
A few seconds later, the entire structure started dissolving into pinpoints of starlight and vanished right before lody Sumrs’s eyes.
The white marble platform was now completely empty. The system notification sounded again:
[The freighter has set sail. Upon its return, it will randomly bring back mysterious goods from a distant land!]
Listening to the system notification, lody Sumrs couldn’t help but smile in anticipation.
Based on the auction prices at The Nimbus Hotel, this red diamond could sell for several billion at the very least. lody Sumrs was extrely excited to see what the freighter would bring back next ti...
******
The next morning, lody Sumrs planned to go to the sales office to buy units 1603 and 1604 on her floor.
’If I buy these two apartnts,’ she thought, ’I shouldn’t have to deal with any more weirdo neighbors...’
Having Ivan Warren and Maisie Lynch as neighbors on the 16th floor was annoying enough; it would be best if another pair like them didn’t show up.
Besides, according to lody Sumrs’s mory, once the reconstruction zones started being established, apartnts in The tropolis Residences would be in extrely high demand. Although lody Sumrs wasn’t short on money, buying two more units now wouldn’t be a loss.
But to her surprise, just as lody Sumrs opened her door, she saw several staff mbers from the property managent center standing in the hallway.
Tate and other property staff were moving furniture into 1603, and several cardboard boxes were placed in the hallway.
lody Sumrs: "..."
’No way, what a coincidence?’
’New neighbors are moving in this quickly??’
Tate moved the nightstand he was carrying to the doorway of 1603. Just as he was about to catch his breath, he suddenly saw lody Sumrs standing nearby.
He greeted lody Sumrs enthusiastically, "Miss Sumrs, good morning! Are you heading out?"
lody Sumrs nodded at him, smiled politely, and asked, "Good morning, Tate! Is soone new moving in?"
Tate nodded with a smile. "Soone is moving into 1603 today, and soone else is moving into 1501 downstairs. They asked us to help with their furniture and luggage."
Many residents had moved into The tropolis Residences recently. Adhering to the principle of keeping business in the family, the property managent center organized its employees to help residents with their move for a fee, allowing the staff to earn so extra cash.
lody Sumrs said, "Oh," and then asked, "Has 1603 been bought by a new owner?"
Hearing this, Tate shook his head and replied, "They didn’t buy it. The resident in 1603 is a tenant, just a short-term, one-month lease."
To cope with the impending blizzard and to promptly accommodate residents from the lower floors, the governnt had issued a directive. It tasked the property managent companies of each residential complex with renting out the unoccupied, unsold units on the higher floors.
’Since it’s just a one-month short-term lease, it shouldn’t stop from buying it first,’ lody Sumrs thought.
So, lody Sumrs said to Tate, "Has 1604 been sold then? I’d like to buy both 1603 and 1604."
Tate was a bit surprised to hear this. It seed he hadn’t expected lody Sumrs to be so wealthy in this day and age, buying two apartnts in one go!
He scratched his head and said, "1604... I don’t rember if it’s been sold or not. I’ll have to check! Miss Sumrs, could you wait for for a little bit? Once I’m done moving the furniture for 1603, I’ll go with you to the sales office!"
’Two apartnts ans a huge commission,’ Tate thought. ’If I can get this commission, my family’s electricity bill for the next two months will be covered!’
Tate hoped lody Sumrs would wait for him and not give this sale to soone else.
Seeing the expectant look in Tate’s eyes, lody Sumrs nodded and replied with a smile, "Alright, no problem!"
Just then, a man’s voice ca from inside 1603. "Hey! What are you doing, standing around chatting? We paid for your service, so stop trying to slack off!"
As the voice rang out, a tall, hulking man walked out of the apartnt. He was around thirty or forty years old, with a square face and a prominent "卍" tattoo on his forehead.
He had a very burly fra, and bundled up in a thick down jacket, he looked as massive as a bear.
This must be the new resident of 1603.
For so reason, the mont he looked at lody Sumrs, she suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of unease...
Seeing this, Tate quickly replied, "Don’t worry, sir, we’ll be done moving your things right away!"
With that, Tate picked up the nightstand from the floor and headed into the room.
After Tate left, only the resident of 1603 and lody Sumrs were left at the doorway.
The resident of 1603 looked lody Sumrs up and down, then suddenly broke into a strange smile.
His gaze was odd and made lody Sumrs very uncomfortable. Not wanting to talk to him, she imdiately turned and walked toward the stairwell.
lody Sumrs rembered Tate had just said that 1501 had new neighbors moving in as well.
Since they were on the floor directly below, lody Sumrs decided to go down and have a look.
...
When lody Sumrs arrived on the 15th floor and stepped out of the stairwell, she saw a familiar scene.
Mrs. Vance was holding her grandson, who was in turn holding a dog. The two of them and the dog were standing silently at the door of 1505, watching people move luggage in and out of 1501.
lody Sumrs: ...
’This Mrs. Vance really loves to watch a spectacle as always!’ lody Sumrs thought.
Just then, Mrs. Vance’s grandson turned and saw lody Sumrs. His eyes curved into a smile, and he said sweetly to her, "Hero Sis! Good morning!"
Hearing this, lody Sumrs walked forward a couple of steps with a sense of resignation. She took a lollipop from her pocket, stuffed it into his hand, and said, "Didn’t I tell you before? You’re not supposed to call Hero Sis, you should call Missie Sumrs! Don’t get it wrong again next ti!"
At this point, Mrs. Vance also turned and saw lody Sumrs. She quickly greeted her with a smile, "Miss Sumrs! Good morning!"
Looking at Mrs. Vance’s sincere smile, lody Sumrs felt a bit of a headache coming on. She corrected her helplessly, "Mrs. Vance, you can just call Sumrs!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Vance patted her forehead in embarrassnt and replied with a laugh, "Oh, silly , I keep forgetting!"
Then she leaned in close to lody Sumrs’s ear and whispered, "Sumrs, you have no idea. Yesterday, the family of three across the hall in 1506 got into a huge fight, smashing things and throwing bowls!"
Recalling the commotion she’d heard yesterday, Mrs. Vance shook her head and clucked her tongue. "TSK TSK," she said with a sigh, "They’ve only been here for a few days, and they fight almost every day... They’re family, for crying out loud. I don’t know what kind of deep-seated hatred they have for each other!"
lody Sumrs was taken aback. Ethan Sutton’s family fought every day? And quite fiercely, at that?
’That’s strange,’ lody Sumrs rembered. ’In her past life, that family was remarkably harmonious and united... at least when it ca to ganging up on her...’
In her past life, Ethan Sutton had been extrely resistant to his engagent with lody Sumrs. He would often humiliate her publicly at parties, and Mr. and Mrs. Sutton, without ever bothering to learn who was right or wrong, would always indulge and defend Ethan, constantly forcing lody Sumrs to be the one to back down.
Thinking about how miserable they were in this life, lody Sumrs could only feel it was karmic retribution!
Then lody Sumrs pointed to the people moving in and out of 1501 and asked, "Mrs. Vance, is a new owner moving into 1501 on your floor?"
Mrs. Vance replied, "I just went and asked. They’re residents from our own complex. They used to live on the first floor, but after seeing the governnt’s blizzard warning, they decided to rent 1501 temporarily and move up here!"
lody Sumrs understood. "Oh," she said.
’So they’re just residents from the sa complex. They probably aren’t any danger.’
Just as lody Sumrs was about to say goodbye to Mrs. Vance and leave, she suddenly saw two unexpected people walk out of 1501.
It was Joyce Lawson and Yvonne York!
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