Mu Qian didn't know whether it was her luck or someone's deliberate arrangement. That apartment happened to be for rent.
So Mu Qian contacted the real estate agent and asked to meet the landlord, and successfully met the renter in that apartment.
The house is an ordinary old-style apartment with three bedrooms and furnished. However, compared with the condition of the apartment, the furniture in the house is obviously new, and it has obviously been replaced not long ago.
"Are all these home furnishings just replaced?" Mu Qian asked while walking around the room.
"Of course." The landlord said, "These were changed when the previous tenants moved in, but they didn't live there for a long time, only about three months, so everything is still very new.
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"Them?" Mu Qianzhuang replied casually, "How many of them live in such a big house?"
"I don't know about that," the landlord said. "The person who signed the lease with me is a man."
Mu Qian didn't ask any more questions, just nodded and asked casually: "Chinese?"
The landlord was slightly surprised, "How do you know?"
Mu Qian took a look at the general view of the house and said with a smile: "You can see the living habits from these home furnishings, like the habits of the Chinese people."
So the landlord gave Mu Qian a thumbs up.
"When did they cancel the lease?" Mu Qian asked again.
The landlord said: "They have left for more than a month, but the lease was only terminated last week, so they have just started renting again."
"Then after they left, no one moved in?"
"Of course," the landlord said, "Although they gave me the keys when they left, I did not give the keys to anyone before the lease expired."
After listening to this, Mu Qian counted the time.
The landlord said that the lease was terminated last week, but the call she received from this house was a few days ago, which means that after the landlord was ready to rent the house again, someone called her from this house.
Apart from the landlord, the agency should have the key to the house.
Anyone who comes to see a house through an agency will probably leave their personal information, but this person used such a roundabout method to lure her here, and may not leave useful information for her.
Mu Qian exhaled slightly and prepared for a protracted war.
"How is it?" Seeing that she had finished reading, the landlord asked, "Are you satisfied?"
"Satisfied, of course." Mu Qian replied, "I can sign the contract right away. I want to move in right away."
When the landlord saw her openness and boldness, he was naturally happy and signed a half-year lease.
The decision to rent a house and move in was made within one day. Mu Qian naturally didn't have much luggage, but the moving ceremony was very important to her, so Wu Hao was ordered to go to the supermarket to purchase a large number of large items.
The things he bought were piled in boxes downstairs in the apartment, but Mu Qian was not in a hurry to move those things upstairs. Instead, she took some time to go shopping nearby.
The building where this apartment is located is a little older. It is located in lower Manhattan. The streets around it have a strong atmosphere of life. Mu Qian walked around the neighborhood without leaving any memorable points. The only thing that made her slightly suspicious was the distance.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital seen in the distance.
She did not walk to the hospital. She estimated that the hospital was only a three- to five-minute drive from her apartment, which was very close.
Mu Qian stood quietly on the street and stared at the white hospital building for a long time.
There seemed to be a lot of things to think about, but she just didn't want to think about it.
It wasn't until the sky darkened that Mu Qian turned around and walked back.
On the way back, she passed a red wine store and Mu Qian pushed the door open, ready to pick out two red wines and take them back.
She didn't have much research on red wine, but Huo Jinxi was an expert. After being exposed to it for a long time, she still understood it somewhat.
Mu Qian was looking down at the bottle label of a red wine carefully when she suddenly heard a low laugh from behind, and then the all-too-familiar language came out, "The flavor of this wine is average. If you drink it by yourself, I recommend this to you."
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As soon as he finished speaking, another bottle of red wine was handed to Mu Qian.
Mu Qian looked at the person standing behind her along the bottle of red wine, and suddenly laughed out loud.
Then, she reached out to take the bottle of wine, looked down at it for a moment, and then raised her head to look at the person coming, "Since Mr. Meng warmly recommended it, I will definitely give it a try."
Behind him, Meng Linsheng was dressed in a black suit, elegantly pressed, and smiled calmly.
Then, he picked up another bottle of wine and handed it to Mu Qian, "This one is not bad either."
"Mr. Meng's recommendation, I'll take it all." After Mu Qian finished speaking, she stretched out her hand to take the bottle of wine.
But Meng Linsheng just said: "It's rare to meet someone here, so I'll do it."
After hearing this, Mu Qian just smiled slightly and said, "Yes, it's a coincidence that we met here."
"Perhaps everything in the world is such a coincidence." After Meng Linsheng finished speaking, he walked to the cashier with two bottles of wine.
"Hello, Mr. Meng." The shopkeeper next to him saw him and immediately came forward to say hello, and then said, "The two boxes of wine you ordered before have arrived, and I am preparing to deliver them to you."
Meng Linsheng smiled slightly and said: "I happened to pass by here today, so I came to get it myself. I didn't expect to meet an old friend here."
After hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately greeted Mu Qian warmly.
Later, Mu Qian watched the shopkeeper move out the two boxes of red wine ordered by Meng Linsheng. For a moment, she didn't know what to think.
"So what a coincidence." Mu Qian said, "When did you return to the United States?"
"More than two months." Meng Linsheng replied, "What about you? When did you come?"
"New York?" Mu Qian said, "I just arrived today."
After hearing this, Meng Linsheng turned to look at the bodyguard following Mu Qian at the door, and then said, "Alone?"
Mu Qian nodded.
"Then..." Meng Linsheng said with a smile, "It's better to meet by chance than to invite me. I'll treat you to dinner?"
Mu Qian shook her head and said with a smile, "Not today."
"Have an appointment?"
"No." Mu Qian answered truthfully, "I want to move."
Meng Linsheng raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, "Moving? Do you need my help?"
"It's such a small thing, how dare you bother Mr. Meng?" Mu Qian said with a smile, "Someone can help me, I can handle it."
"Okay." When Meng Linsheng saw this, he didn't say anything more and just said, "Since it's inconvenient for you today, let's make an appointment another day."
Mu Qian smiled and agreed.
After leaving the hotel, the two of them walked in different directions.
Wu Hao walked behind Mu Qian, watching Meng Linsheng's car merge into the traffic, and then said in a low voice: "I can meet him here, is it really such a coincidence?"
After hearing this, Mu Qian exhaled slightly and said, "I really can't say for sure. However, if we find out who lived in that apartment before, everything should come to light."