Xiaofang casually opened the window of the living room and sat on the sofa opposite Li Mengnan. The meaning of his words was already acquiesced.
"Actually, I felt this way as soon as I entered the door... The main colors of this room are pink and purple. From the perspective of color psychology, these two colors are more feminine, and I like this.
Women of two colors are generally not very old.
The bedding and daily necessities in the room are for two people, but the male's portion is very slightly worn, which shows that the male owner of this family rarely lives here overnight.
Although I do not rule out the possibility that the male owner works out of town for a long time, I noticed that there are no traces of photo frames hanging on the wall of the room. You know, many young couples like to hang their wedding photos at home.
There are very few men's clothes in the wardrobe, and the styles are single and repetitive. This means that the male owner here only needs these clothes to cover up the traces of his stay here, and does not need to change clothes here.
If you string together these clues one by one, the answer will be obvious."
The specific reasoning process was actually not that detailed. Li Mengnan almost got the answer at a casual glance. It was completely done in a subconscious state... which can also be understood as intuition.
"Oh~ Conan is possessed! It's amazing!" Xiaofang gave a thumbs up and praised repeatedly. He threw a cigarette to Li Mengnan, lit one himself, crossed his legs and said, "It was about five years ago.
, there was a duck neck seller who borrowed a sum of money from our company to open a store. No one expected that he would really get involved, and he soon became a wealthy boss.
After this guy got rich, he married a female college student. By the way, she seemed to be a department beauty from your Tunghai University... This house was the golden house he bought at that time to hide his beauty.
Later, something happened, and the nouveau riche selling duck necks gave the house to our company as payment for the year's debts and interest.
How is it? Is the house nice? Although the furniture and electrical appliances are used goods from three years ago, they are all top-tier brands and of high quality. The company regularly sends people over to clean and maintain the house.
If you still like it, the price can be discussed..."
Li Mengnan did not answer in a hurry. He placed the half-burned cigarette butt on the crystal ashtray of the coffee table. He held his chin and stared at the small room in front of him. He soon saw that the other person was covered in hair, and he looked awkward and restless.
"Xiaofang, tell me the truth. Did something happen in this house? ... Where did that female college student go?"
For a lending company, the most important thing is cash flow. Unless it is difficult to sell it for some reason, it will not hold collateral such as houses for a long time.
This house is a top choice in terms of location and layout. If it were sold at a price slightly lower than the market price, I believe it would not be difficult to sell it. However, it has been in the hands of Jindu Company for three years without anyone living in it.
For a long time, this phenomenon itself is not normal.
When contacting the almost brand new women's clothing and accessories in the closet that had not been taken away, Li Mengnan felt that he might have vaguely touched some kind of terrible truth.
"Oh, no, no, no! Xiao Li, please don't misunderstand. No one has died in this house!" Xiao Fang was still wondering what Li Mengnan was suspecting. Only then did he realize that he was worried about this, and hurriedly explained: "Then
After the female college student gave up this house and moved away, the duck neck seller bought her a house in another community. Now she lives there. I saw her a few days ago. She is fatter than before.
Quite a few, seems to be pregnant..."
"No one died?"
Li Mengnan was very surprised by this answer. If there were no taboo things like death, how could this room not be sold until now?
"Well, since I am Brother Gou's friend, I won't hide it from you."
Xiaofang put out the cigarette butt in his hand, pondered for a while, sorted out his words, and slowly told the truth about the whole thing.
After the house was renovated, everything went as usual at first, but about a month later, some very strange things began to happen.
The female college student often felt someone walking around the room lightly at night. She thought it was a thief at first, but she secretly called the police several times. The police came to check but found no sign of anyone coming in.
Later, in order to appease her, the upstart boss spent tens of thousands of yuan to install the most high-end smart security door in the room. However, the situation not only did not disappear, but became more serious. The mysterious walking sounds at night became more and more unscrupulous, often
I would also bump into some tables, cabinets, chairs, etc. as if on purpose.
But the strange thing is that every time she dared to turn on the light and check the place where the sound came from, she never found any sign of anyone passing by. Even in places with water like the bathroom, there were no footprints.
The female college student was frightened and wanted to move at all costs, but the upstart boss obviously didn't want to part with the newly renovated house, and he didn't quite believe what the female college student said. He thought it might just be her own delusion, so
So I personally stayed with her for one night.
In order to confirm that no one was deliberately playing tricks, the upstart boss hired someone to install hidden cameras in each room.
That night, the sound appeared again, and the upstart boss was frightened. He locked the bedroom door and turned on the computer to check each room one by one, but found nothing suspicious.
But at this moment, footsteps came to the door of the bedroom. He pushed the door open a few times, and then left again when he saw that the door was locked.
This time, the upstart boss really believed what the female college student said. He hired several so-called masters and tried almost every method, but he couldn't suppress the strange noise in the room.
In the end, the nouveau riche boss was so tortured that he gave up his house and moved to a new neighborhood to buy a new house. This was how he got rid of that terrible sound.
And this very evil house was transferred to the name of Jindu Company on the pretext of paying off the debt.
Because of the nouveau riche boss's deliberate concealment, Jindu Company didn't know about these things at first, and thought it was a big bargain. After all, the market price of this house was only about three million. If it could be sold, the company would at least have a net profit
Earn one-third of the profit.
But the result is predictable. The first buyer almost had a heart attack after being frightened by the strange noises in the night just one day in the house. He would rather pay the liquidated damages than ask Jindu Company to refund the money.
Then the second and third buyers did the same, and then Jindu Company took this matter seriously.
But the done deal is now done. From a legal perspective, the upstart selling duck necks has no responsibility. After all, this is not a housing quality issue, and the court is unlikely to support claims for so-called supernatural events.
In the end, both parties took a step back. The upstart selling duck necks paid an additional 200,000 yuan to Jindu Company, and Jindu Company stopped sending people to trouble him privately.
And this room has always been embarrassingly in the hands of Jindu Company. It cannot be sold or rented out, and it has to pay a large amount of property fees every year. It is completely a non-performing asset that is worth money.
After explaining the whole incident clearly, Xiaofang hurriedly explained: "Brother, don't get me wrong, I mean it well, I don't want to trick you... You have also seen that this house is really nice, and from now on we
Judging from the information we have, there are no other abnormalities in this house except for the sound of strange footsteps at night. As long as you ignore it or block your ears with something when sleeping at night, there will be no problem at all."
"Oh? Since it's so easy to solve it as you said, why haven't you sold this house yet?" Li Mengnan once again picked up the half-smoked cigarette on the ashtray and held it in his mouth, crossing his legs as if smiling.
Looking at the small room.
"Hey, I think so, but things are not that simple... You have also seen that even if this house is discounted, it will only cost upwards of two million. The owner of such an expensive house may not be able to afford it.
, people are not short of money at all, how can they be willing to buy a house with problems just to save a little money?"
The meaning of a small house is very simple. Those who can afford it can't afford it, and those who can afford it can't afford it. Now this house is obviously worthless, otherwise Li Mengnan wouldn't be able to use it to take advantage of it.
"Make a price." Li Mengnan said calmly.
"Ah? What...what did you say? Are you sure?"
Xiaofang originally thought that Li Mengnan would turn around and leave. After all, he is a person who cares about these weird things, but he didn't expect that Li Mengnan actually agreed after thinking about it for a while.
"Although there are some problems with the house, you have also seen the environment and supporting facilities here. If you replace it with a house with no problems, you may not be able to afford ten thousand a month..." Xiaofang thought about it in his mind.
He held out three fingers and said: "3,000 yuan a month, the rent is paid annually, and the water, electricity and property are taken care of by yourself... For Brother Gou's sake, this is already a reasonable price."
Li Mengnan crossed his hands ten times in front of his chest and didn't say anything. He just kept looking at the small room opposite with an expressionless face.
Xiaofang is really afraid of Li Mengnan's eyes now. He has come into contact with so many customers, but he has never met anyone like Li Mengnan. Under those eyes that seem to be able to see everything, his little thoughts are completely
Nothing to hide from.
"What we do in business is to ask for a high price and pay back the money on arrival...Brother Xiao Li, if you feel dissatisfied, then pay back the price."
Xiaofang finally relaxed.
Li Mengnan smiled and slowly raised a finger.
Xiaofang suddenly jumped up from the sofa as if he was sitting on a red-hot iron, and said in disbelief: "What? One thousand yuan? Stop joking! Brother, I sincerely help you find a house, don't play tricks on me!
This amount of money is not even enough to pay for the depreciation of furniture and appliances! I don’t run the company, how do you want me to explain it to the company’s upper-level boss!”
Li Mengnan waved his hand to calm him down, and helped him to stabilize his mood. Then he smiled calmly and said: "You make a phone call now and tell your boss that someone wants to rent this house and sign a five-year contract at one time.
And promise not to cancel the lease during the contract period... If your boss is a smart man, he will agree."
Xiao Fang got up and went to the next room to make a call. Not long after, he walked out with a red face, gave Li Mengnan a thumbs up, and said with joy: "Hey, buddy, you are so amazing! How did you know that our boss would agree?... But
Our boss has said that we will only sign a three-year contract with you at most. The rent for these three years must be paid in one lump sum, and you must ensure that you live here for at least two-thirds of each year during the contract period, otherwise you will be charged according to the contract.
Ten thousand yuan per month will be charged as liquidated damages for the past three years."
Li Mengnan smiled. From the beginning when he proposed the conditions, he never worried that the other party would refuse.
A true businessman always focuses on the future and does not care about the small profits in front of him.
Take the matter of renting a house as an example. Although on the surface, 1,000 yuan a month is a completely loss-making business, the hidden benefits behind it are immeasurable.
As long as someone can live in this room healthily for a long time, then the supernatural rumors will be disproven. Even if the strange footsteps still cannot be solved by then, this house will not be as unnoticed as it is now.
If you rent, you will lose nothing more than some furniture and electrical appliances, but you can completely revitalize the non-performing assets in your hands. In comparison, anyone with an IQ above the average will make accurate judgments.
The so-called 1,000 yuan rent is just to make Xiaofang and Gou Buli look good. In fact, Li Mengnan knows very well that as long as he is willing to stay here, even if the other party pays him back, he is probably willing to do so.
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The two finally agreed to go to Jindu Credit Company to pay the money and sign the contract tomorrow. However, before leaving, Xiaofang thrust the only room key in his hand into Li Mengnan's hand and said kindly: "I'll give it to you in advance."
Don't tell others about the key... You are Brother Gou's friend, and I can't cheat you. You'd better stay here for one night. If you think you can bear it, we will sign a contract tomorrow. If you feel that you can't bear it,
I'll just tell the boss that the negotiation hasn't worked out, and you can just secretly return the key to me."
Although Li Mengnan had always felt that Xiaofang was a bit slippery, this rare and honest remark made him have a great impression of this person.
You know, excluding this house, the furniture and appliances inside are worth at least tens of thousands of yuan even if they are sold second-hand. Just giving him the key without even paying a deposit would be a huge risk.
"I won't say thank you. Taixu... take this."
Li Mengnan took out his ID card from his wallet. Although this thing is meaningless when examined carefully, at least it is an attitude and can make the other party feel at ease.
"Okay, I'll keep it first and give it to you when we sign the contract tomorrow."
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the balcony and watching the sky-blue Alto car as small as a matchbox slowly drive out of the community, Li Mengnan turned around and returned to the living room, took out a lighter and lit a cigarette, but did not smoke it, but gently placed it on the ashtray.
the edge of.
Shaking his fingers, the white smoke that was rising suddenly seemed to be bound by some invisible force. It no longer dissipated into the surrounding space. Instead, as Li Mengnan's fingers continued to twist and change in the air, it gradually formed a lifelike white smoke.
Dragon image.
"As expected..." The corners of Li Mengnan's mouth gradually turned up proudly, obviously having found the answer.
This little illusion may seem inconspicuous, but it is actually the most difficult forced dynamic illusion among illusions. It does not provide any guidance at all. It relies entirely on the strength of the brain waves to roughly break through the opponent's mental barrier and forcibly form a pattern in the opponent's brain.
Phantom.
Although this kind of illusion does not have any technical content, the requirements for the mental strength of the caster are extremely high. Even the best illusionist can often only perform it for one or two seconds at most, which is completely suitable for crises.
A life-saving means in critical situations.
But there is one exception, and that is when you are in an illusory force field.
The peculiar structure of the illusion force field is like a natural amplifier of brain waves. The illusionist only needs a small amount of mental power output to obtain several times or even dozens of times the usual effect, even if it is as difficult as this forced dynamic illusion.
It can also be freely used easily.
In fact, Li Mengnan had already had this suspicion in his mind from the moment Xiaofang first talked about it.
After all, he followed the old man and played many guest roles as a Taoist priest and Taoist boy who subjugated demons. To be honest, he had been to more than a dozen so-called "ghost buildings" and "haunted houses", but none of them were real supernatural events.
, except for a few cases of spreading rumors, the rest are completely caused by illusory force fields, but the intensity is different.
When people are alone in a strange and empty environment, they will subconsciously have a sense of fear. This is actually a kind of self-protection for humans in unknown environments. However, if this state of self-protection lasts too long, it will cause fear.
The completely opposite feeling will be produced due to long-term suppression of the brain - which is the so-called auditory hallucination phenomenon.
For the female college student, this house is too big, and she lives alone for a long time. It is inevitable that she will have worries about her own safety. When this worry gradually turns into fear, it is amplified by the illusory force field.
, will form a "real" sound that is enough to affect the brains of other people in the room.
And it is no exaggeration to say that if this female college student persists here, I am afraid that it will not just be the sound of footsteps. The phantom force field will gradually improve her fear, and eventually form a real thing that she can see and touch.
"The Intruder".
Some people may ask, why do the buyers behind hear the same sound after the female college student moves out?
This is interesting to talk about, because the phantom force field itself is a special magnetic field phenomenon, and the magnetic field itself has a certain memory effect. When a fixed phantom interference is formed, the phantom force field will be lost for a long period of time.
This illusion is played over and over again until stronger brainwave interference replaces the original illusion.
Although the reason was found, something surprised Li Mengnan.
Generally speaking, phantom force fields are naturally formed, so except for special terrains such as mountains, most of them are near the ground, and the highest is often difficult to exceed ten meters.
But the illusory force field now broke Li Mengnan's common sense. It was actually on the top of a building with more than 20 floors. If converted into a specific height, it was 70 or 80 meters above the ground.