Chapter 43: The Storm of Buying a House

  Yunfei's detective enthusiasm was still ongoing, but due to the large amount of information she obtained from Luo Cheng and the many contradictions within it, she had to spend a lot of effort to clarify the situation.

  This made Zhao Rui feel a lot more at ease, at least for a while he wouldn't have to worry about Yun Fei coming over to bother him.

  Sun Xiaolan has been calling Zhao Rui frequently these days, and their conversation topics are all about the new house they will be moving into soon.

  After all, she has lived in this old house for twenty years, and moving into a new one is an exciting thing for her, hoping to find someone to share it with.

  However, Sun Xiaolan's excitement only lasted for a few days. For some reason, she suddenly stopped mentioning the matter, and even when Zhao Rui occasionally brought it up, she remained silent.

  Zhao Rui felt strange in her heart, but seeing that she was unwilling to mention it, he didn't dare to continue asking.

  Three days later, Zhao Rui was teaching in the classroom when his mobile phone suddenly vibrated. He took it out of his pocket and saw that it was a call from Sun Xiaolan.

  Zhao Rui usually doesn't answer phone calls during class, and Sun Xiaolan is aware of this habit, almost never calling him at this time. But now she's making an exception, Zhao Rui has a faint sense of foreboding, wondering if something has happened.

  "Xiao Lan jie, what's wrong?" he asked in a low voice.

  "Xiao Rui, something's wrong! My mom and dad were both beaten up and are now lying in the hospital. I'm all alone and can't handle it myself, can you help me?"

  Zhao Rui was shocked. Xiao Lan's parents were kind and gentle people, who rarely got angry with others. How could someone beat them up? And even sent them both to the hospital!

  However, in class, he didn't ask much, just simply asked for the hospital's address and which ward to stay in before hanging up the phone.

  "Fatty, I have an urgent matter to attend to and will leave first. If I don't return this afternoon, please cover for me on the attendance record." He said this while packing up his books and materials, speaking to Luo Cheng who was sitting beside him.

  "No problem." Luo Cheng agreed in one breath, "However, boss, what are you doing? Why the rush?"

  "Something seems to have happened on Sun Xiaolan's side, I'll go take a look." Zhao Rui said, taking advantage of the teacher turning his back, hastily leaving the classroom during the gap between writing on the blackboard.

  According to the address given by Sun Xiaolan, Zhao Rui took a car to the hospital and found the ward.

  Sun Xiaolan's parents were both in the same hospital room, with bandages wrapped around their heads and arms. Although the wounds had been cleaned and dressed, there were still bright red bloodstains seeping through to the outside of the white bandages, a shocking sight.

  Sun Xiaolan was sitting beside the bed, holding a fruit knife in her hand, peeling an apple for her parents. Tears kept rolling down her pale face, and she had completely lost her usual bright and cheerful demeanor.

  "Xiao Lan sister, what's going on?" Zhao Rui entered the ward and walked to the bedside, asking hastily.

  "Xiao Rui! You're here!"

  Sun Xiaolan raised her head, looking at her with some surprise, hastily wiping away the tears on her face, and stood up. In her originally dim eyes, there was a thread of brightness, as if she had seen a pillar.

  "How could Uncle and Aunt have ended up like this?" he asked again.

  "Do you still remember what I told you last time about buying a house?" Sun Xiaolan said.

  "Do you remember? Was it caused by that?"

  Sun Xiaolan nodded and said: "A few days ago, my parents heard that the house was already built and could be moved in, so they went there with joy. Who knew that what they saw was completely different from what they had imagined? Not only did the real estate developer fail to fulfill most of its promises regarding the quality of the house and the environment of the community when we bought the house, but even the property certificate was not obtained. Without a property certificate, this house has no guarantee at all. My parents spent more than 20 years of savings and borrowed tens of thousands of yuan from relatives to buy this house, so they cannot accept such a result, and they were very unhappy at that time."

  Two days later, a homeowner who bought a house in Xincheng Garden suddenly called my home and said that the houses in Xincheng Garden had already been mortgaged to the bank by the real estate developer! The developer used one set of houses to cheat two sets of money from the bank and the buyer! This is also the reason why we can't get the property certificate.

  This is simply a bolt from the blue. The new house our family spent so much money on doesn't even belong to us, but rather belongs to the bank!

  The bank can withdraw at any time, and my parents' twenty years of hard-earned savings will all be poured into the water!

  At that time, my parents decided to unite with other homeowners who had bought houses in Xincheng Garden and gather at the developer's office to reason with him and protect their rights.

  Who would have thought that at first, the local real estate developer avoided them, but later seeing that things were not easy to calm down and might affect the sales performance of the building, they secretly bought off the gang to deal with those homeowners who maintained their legitimate rights.

  In the late afternoon, those gangsters took advantage of the owners gradually dispersing and returning home one after another, quietly following them, and then launched a surprise attack in a more secluded place.

  Those thugs were holding long knives, clubs and steel pipes, while my parents were unarmed and helpless, being beaten at will!

  My parents were beaten until they were covered in blood and sent to the hospital for examination. My father had a cut on his head over 10 cm long, a comminuted fracture of his right arm, and my mother's leg was also broken! The doctor said that if my father had been sent to the hospital any later, he might not have even survived!

  At this point, her tears fell again.

  Zhao Rui stretched out his left hand, encircling Sun Xiaolan's waist with a gentle grasp, while his right hand patted her back lightly, softly comforting her. However, in his mind, it was as if something was burning his nerves, making it hard for him to suppress his anger.

  Sun Xiaolan's parents were kind to him, and over the years, they had taken good care of him. Although they were not a family, their relationship was extremely close. During holidays, Sun Xiaolan's parents would always invite him home for dinner.

  Unexpectedly, they spent most of their life savings and still owed a large amount of foreign debt to buy this house, but were beaten into serious injury!

  However, the developer is not only ruthless and cunning, but also extremely treacherous. Taking advantage of the owners' dispersal to return home, they launched a sneak attack, solving the thorny problem while minimizing the impact. If investigated, they can completely push it off on someone else.

  "Has the alarm been sounded?" Zhao Rui continued to ask.

  "I've reported it, but I don't know how much effect it will have. People say that the developer of Xincheng Garden not only has money, but also a strong background and deep connections with both the underworld and the authorities. It's really too difficult to get a satisfactory result."

  Sun Xiaolan leaned on Zhao Rui's shoulder, sobbing softly. Although her heart still ached, she didn't feel as lost and helpless as before.

  Zhao Rui's face wore a warm smile as he softly comforted Sun Xiaolan, but his eyes flashed with a chilling glint.

  In that case, I'll take care of it myself.

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