People in Tokyo, the world is clear

At least, in Lin Sen's mind, this place is not even worse than Setagaya, the only designated wealthy area in Tokyo.

But the more difficult thing is that the majority of real estate speculators in Tokyo seem to think the same way.

Or, to be more bold, some people even say that "Itabashi is the next Setagaya" to predict the future of the housing market.

Some people are even more determined and have taken advantage of the Bank of Japan's consecutive rounds of interest rate cuts in late this year to directly mortgage their assets to borrow huge loans and purchase several properties in Banqiao.

Looking at the rising housing price index in the news, his eyes were shining with the hope of making a fortune, as if he had summoned Zhuge Liang, the one who discussed the world in Longzhong, and he kept shouting, "Isn't it here?" without stopping.

I wish I could travel back to five years later to see what the market price of my beloved house is.

The crazy and absurd operation made Mr. Lin, who was a bystander, shake his head.

You should know that real estate is not a securities asset like stocks.

It is not the kind of flexible wealth that you can sell in advance when the bubble bursts in the future.

For this type of fixed assets, once panic occurs in the market, it is almost inevitable that there will be no market for it at a high price in the short term.

At that time, it is basically impossible to sell it until it is completely rotten in your hands and drops to the lowest price.

But the loan I got from the bank will still be the same amount——

Gee tut.

Thinking of this, I first felt a little sympathy in my heart out of politeness, and then sighed at this abstract operation.

Then, Lin Sen arrived at the destination of this trip and stood in front of an open space of about 180 square meters with an excellent location surrounded by roads on three sides.

He sighed at the reasonable price of the territory he had purchased:

"In fact, this piece of land for self-construction should be 40 to 50 percent more expensive. No matter what, it can't be sold to me as cheaply as it is now."

Then, with his wife and girlfriend waiting for answers, the young man pointed to a roughly 30-square-meter area at the edge of the open space in front of him that had been deliberately separated with white paint.

"The reason this land is so good and cheap is that this part of the land belongs to someone else. This means we have to avoid building on that person's land."

This small piece of deliberately separated territory belonging to others happens to be the roadside end with the best lighting.

This is also the reason why this piece of self-built land has been changed over and over again, and no one has actually built a house on it.

——How can I allow others to sleep peacefully beside my bed?

Even Lin Sen, who didn't care much about this, frowned when he first learned about the situation and had no desire to buy.

However, the turning point came when the previous landlord informed Lin Sen of the information and contact details of the owner of this small territory.

At that time, the other party handed over a simple business card.

It contained a phone number and a completely unexpected pseudonym, seemingly adopted to protect personal information:

"chestnut..."

Lin Sen couldn't help but put his hands on his hips as he sighed with nostalgia. "I didn't expect to get news about her here."

That's right—

Excluding the 0.1% possibility of error, the signature copied via fax on the business card is exactly the same as the writing habits of a pen pal of "Xiao Linsen" who has been in contact with him since childhood.

Although I don’t know why they would deliberately occupy such a small piece of land, it is really interesting to unexpectedly become a potential neighbor.

The discomfort of sharing a piece of land with another person suddenly turns into a wonderful intimacy.

It was like a game that should have been boring with random people, but it turned out that you were matched with a friend who had secretly logged in, and you suddenly started laughing.

However, Mr. Lin, who was secretly happy, overlooked one thing.

This time he did not play solo, but brought two teammates with him——

"Kuri? I've never heard of that name. But judging by the writing style and the nasty expression on Nianhuacao-kun's face, it's clear he's not a man."

"Senior's tone of voice is so kind... Are you a good friend?"

My arms were immediately hugged from left and right.

This time, even Miss Ito opened her eyes and looked at me curiously and meaningfully.

There was quite a reaction to this name that had never been mentioned before.

"Well." Lin Sen pondered and tried to organize his words.

"An ex-girlfriend?" Flamingo was already speculating, narrowing his eyes. "Come to think of it, you didn't seem to mention the names of those exes."

Such words instantly made the cat girl on the other side pout quietly, "Senior, if it's inconvenient to say it, forget it."

"It's understandable. A hurt relationship can also become the white moonlight in one's heart. Just like if I were truly abandoned by Wuqingjun, even though I wouldn't remarry, there would still be a thorn in my heart...ah."

Then, Kobayashi Rimei, who was pouting, was gently tapped on the head, interrupting the subsequent messy speech that was about to come out.

"It's really not those so-called ex-girlfriends. I can't even remember their names clearly."

He took them to a nearby small shop, and while they were choosing gifts, he introduced them to his pen pal, who presented herself as a female, with whom he had been exchanging letters.

She talked about how she sent money to help others without hesitation when she was at her lowest point - even though the money eventually disappeared due to an accident and was not of much use.

I thought that everything would be over after I explained it clearly, but I didn't expect that the expressions of the two close girls became more and more strange as the story progressed.

The first person to speak was Ms. Riya Kobayashi, who glared at me.

"It turns out I wasn't the first one to give money to Nianhuaruocao-kun."

"No, you're the first one in terms of time. And I had to half-beg for her financial support."

"So, that means you were being supported by someone else without my knowledge."

"What a quick change of heart! I can admit that. It was probably a punishment from heaven. I didn't spend the money and it was lost out of thin air. Come to think of it, I never asked about the follow-up progress after reporting the case, and I don't know if the thief has been found yet."

"Humph."

Ms. Li Ya probably just expressed a little bit of her inner annoyance, which is easy to deal with.

But Miss Ito seemed a little disappointed.

"It turns out that our predecessors have already had this kind of mutually supportive relationship..."

"It's just a letter exchange where we complain about everyday things. Besides, I portray myself as a successful person in the letter, and you're the first person I open my heart to."

The clever words probably helped the cat girl recover a little.

But it also caused someone on the other side to let go and hug their chest:

"It seems that I am just the one who pays?"

"Wow."

It's really hard to balance the little emotions of my girlfriend and wife. Suddenly, I felt a little distressed, as if I had to suppress one problem but it just created another.

But the girls seemed to have a kind of smart tacit understanding between them - they rarely brought up topics that led to the other party, but rather tortured a sentimental lover in an almost self-deprecating way.

Perhaps all members of this tumultuous relationship understand that in the current state of mutual coordination, disputes are the most meaningless thing.

All the chaotic little emotions were naturally gathered around the main person at the center, and Lin Sen was willing to accept it.

He just smiled and responded to these almost coquettish complaints, happily playing dumb in the eyes of the two people who looked at him as if they were being unreasonable.

Then, buy some daily necessities and small commodities, go back to the site where you will build your own house, knock on the door of the neighboring house next to the vacant land, explain the fact that you will be disturbing the neighbors with basic etiquette, and give the other party a gift in advance to ask for forgiveness.

My future new neighbors are a couple named Misaka. Mrs. Misaka has brown hair and is said to have a daughter who attends a junior high school near Tokiwadai Station. When I first found out about these things, I was shocked.

Shocking coincidences are everywhere. Fortunately, I'm pretty sure I've been reborn into a normal, everyday world, otherwise I'd be really confused.

There is a Yukinoshita in Chiba and a Misaka near Tokiwadai in Tokyo...

Who knows, future creators might actually use these real-life images to design their own characters? Am I just witnessing the prototypes they're using as reference?

Thinking of this, the young man felt inexplicably complacent, so much so that when he was leading the way back home, he did not notice the whispers between the two women who were two steps behind him.

I also missed the beautiful face of a certain cat girl who was always calm and composed, and her cheeks suddenly turned red after being whispered to.

Ito Nishigo looked at Flamingo in disbelief, who had just had difficulty opening her mouth when whispering, with his eyes wide open and shining with shyness, as if he was meeting her for the first time.

In the end, he could only stammer out a few brief responses that were deliberately lowered.

After that, it was a daily routine without any conversation.

The trio decided to stay at the nearby rented house tonight. As for the apartment and cat, they called a stay-at-home guy named Kurosawa and asked him to take on the temporary care of the apartment and cat.

As for the old house here, I will tidy it up a bit first and arrange the utensils in a way that they can be easily packed at any time in preparation for the future move.

"Honestly, buying a house seems to be a big topic right now. Since May, even the price of existing homes has been changing daily. The landlord of the apartment seems to have already hinted that the rent will be increased in the next quarter's contract."

Even Ms. Ito, who had never paid much attention to this aspect, could feel the sound of the bubbles blowing.

Kobayashi Rimei, who was rummaging through the wardrobe in the bedroom with her, twisted her body slightly and looked at her.

"I've actually considered buying a house. But Mori-kun stopped me at that time. He's always thought that housing prices in Tokyo would drop to even lower levels than they are now... If the prices weren't so low this time, I don't think he would have taken action."

"Senior and I... may have some similarities in personality." Ito Nishika smiled faintly. "He also hates the feeling of loss. He would rather reach the fruit from the tree by climbing solid steps rather than using a wooden ladder."

"...Um, Ito."

After a moment's hesitation, Sasakawa Rio tentatively said, "I was thinking, how about I pay for the construction company's portion of the money?"

"Have you discussed this with him?"

"No. It's just that I..."

Want to do something.

Even if it means using moral blackmail like this, it will not be a problem.

Lack of security.

I feel like I'm being torn apart...

These dark emotions are difficult to express, but they are brewing in my heart.

The flamingo's face darkened, and he fell into a mood that was almost self-pitying.

But when she came to her senses, she was surprised to feel the warm girl who had come around behind her and was half-kneeling on the wooden floor and hugging her.

"Actually, sometimes you don't have to think too much, Sasakawa-san."

The girl, who was clearly half a year younger than him, took the initiative to offer psychological counseling:

"I fell into a similar mood for a while. Thinking about not having a job and being somewhat dependent on him financially, I felt a sense of emptiness and unease, as if I had to do something for him to keep a place in his heart."

"..."

"But then I figured it out. When you truly want to be with someone, you'll unconsciously and gradually become compatible with them. In that case, you only need to do two things: make them happy, and make them happy. That's all."

"...So, this is why you're willing to accept me as a member?"

After a moment of silence, Kobayashi Rimei lowered her head and asked this question with some trepidation and confusion.

She imagined many subsequent scenes in her mind.

Unexpectedly, what this speech finally unlocked was the girl's relaxed and natural laughter.

"I think what you said is true. Sister Sasagawa, you always act like a lion, but deep down you're more gentle than a Sphynx cat."

"..."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have suddenly mentioned such a strange... thing to me just now. What's your mentality?"

This sentence made the two people present recall the whispers they had on the way back - in an instant, blushes appeared on their cheeks.

It's really embarrassing content -

The first one to calm down was the cat girl who looked gentle on the outside but was clear-headed on the inside.

She first avoided the tendency to delve into each other's inner thoughts and recalled the beginning of the conversation:

"Anyway, if Sasagawa-san really wants to contribute financially, why not discuss it with your seniors? I'll respect your decision. However, I don't think it's necessary."

"I feel like if I'm the only one holding onto my assets and not using them, I'll look like an outsider..."

"No. Isn't personal financial independence a good thing?" The girl smiled and patted the shy bird's head. "Just like the assistant fee I got for helping Kurosawa with his comics, my senior always told me to save it for myself and not give it to him. Sometimes, I'd secretly take it out and buy him some small gifts, which actually made life a pleasant surprise."

"...That's true. Maybe I'm being a little hypocritical."

After careful consideration, Kobayashi Rimei nodded.

However, the next sentence from the cat girl next to her made her feel nervous and even shy again.

"I have to say, the plan you just proposed to me for tonight... was actually a complete surprise to that despicable idiot who calls himself a gentleman."

"Ugh. Is that so?"