Chapter 47: Backbone

Han Shuangshuang didn’t notice Xiao Man’s moment of heartlessness.

She didn’t even suspect anything.

Her long-term trust in Xiao Bai made her casually throw the cotton into the trash can.

If she had been more careful and removed the tissue covering the top of the trash can, she would have seen a large clump of cotton underneath.

But she didn’t.

She just hugged Xiao Bai and excitedly talked about the afternoon’s situation.

She said with a smile, “The doctor said that Man Jie’s condition is getting better and better! I believe that one day Man Jie will truly wake up!”

Xiao Man thought to herself, “If your Man Jie wakes up, you won’t have your money tree anymore!”

Xiao Bai’s dog setting is to save people and be overly smart.

Once she completely leaves Xiao Bai’s body, these two things will no longer exist, and it will be hard to cover up.

The value of this account will be greatly reduced.

Han Shuangshuang’s phone beeped with a message notification.

It was her salary for this month as an employee in the content creation department.

A few thousand yuan in salary was nothing compared to her self-media income, but she was still very happy.

This salary was guaranteed, while self-media income might disappear at any time.

She had seen many people in the content creation department who were once very popular, but for unknown reasons, their traffic gradually decreased.

Later, no clients asked for their services, and their accounts became useless.

Han Shuangshuang sometimes felt very tired from the two jobs.

Although she occasionally thought about quitting her job and focusing on self-media, she was scared off by her own examples.

She picked up Xiao Bai and, due to various kinds of luck, gained the ability to make money.

She still felt it was unreal and thought it was better to be more stable.

Han Shuangshuang clicked into the text message.

The balance in her bank card made her smile brightly.

She suddenly thought of something and opened a real estate app to check the apartments in Xiao Man’s neighborhood.

Ordinary residential houses in this city were too expensive.

Even though she had made a lot of money now, she couldn’t afford them.

She could only look at apartments first.

After searching for a while, she found that the apartments in Xiao Man’s building were on sale for around a million yuan.

The smaller ones were priced at about 800,000 yuan.

If she paid a down payment of more than 200,000 yuan, the monthly payment would be less than 2,500 yuan, which she could afford completely.

Han Shuangshuang’s heart was pounding as she carefully considered the situation.

Including the business that was being planned and the unsettled accounts, her savings would soon exceed 400,000 yuan.

After paying the down payment, she would still have more than 150,000 yuan left.

Her current salary was enough to cover the mortgage.

Plus daily living expenses, there might be a shortage of about 1,000 yuan.

But her salary would increase next year to fully cover the mortgage and living expenses with some surplus.

She still had so many savings.

Xiao Man watched Han Shuangshuang take a pen and scribble calculations on a piece of paper and felt very pleased.

For a girl without a family to rely on, having her own house was the backbone to face the unknown.

She had experience herself.

When she decisively bought a house in full payment, no matter what difficulties she encountered later, as long as she thought she could return to her own house, she felt that those difficulties were nothing.

The more Han Shuangshuang thought about it, the less pressure she felt about buying a house.

She wanted to establish herself in this city and should have a house!

She opened Lin Ci’s WeChat, wanting to tell him her thoughts, but hesitated for a moment.

Who knew, Xiao Bai suddenly bumped into her arm, and she sent a symbol over.

Lin Ci quickly sent a message asking what was wrong.

Han Shuangshuang bit her teeth and said it directly.

Xiao Man watched slowly.

Of course, she was deliberate.

Buying a house was Han Shuangshuang’s rigid demand.

It was also good to test Lin Ci during the house-buying process.

If he said something like not to buy an apartment and instead jointly fund a school district house…

Although generally speaking, there was nothing wrong with that, they hadn’t been together for long and hadn’t reached that point.

For Han Shuangshuang, if she didn’t have her own pre-marital property, her future life might be very distressing.

Lin Ci only replied with a sentence: “Wait a moment.”

Han Shuangshuang was a little nervous and muttered to herself while holding Xiao Bai,

“Xiao Bai, what do you think he means? Is he busy or doesn’t agree with my idea?”

Today was Sunday, but Lin Ci was working overtime, so Han Shuangshuang went to the hospital by herself.

Xiao Man didn’t know either and could only comfortingly pat Han Shuangshuang’s back, telling her not to be so nervous.

After an unknown period of time, the message notification sound kept ringing.

Han Shuangshuang quickly grabbed her phone and opened it.

It was indeed a message from Lin Ci.

Xiao Man squatted beside her and watched together, which made her laugh in a good way.

The message from Lin Ci was a screenshot of him and a real estate agent friend, saying that the recent market for apartments here was not good and that he could help her negotiate a lower price with the homeowner.

The agent fee could also be more favorable.

Then there were some links to houses that fit her budget.

Han Shuangshuang stared intently, her eyes feeling warm, and she quietly said to Xiao Man,

“Xiao Bai, Lin Ci is a very good person, isn’t he?”

Xiao Man thought to herself, “He’s not bad.”

Without opposing or verbally agreeing, he directly provided a solution and an optimized plan.

If Lin Ci were her subordinate, she would be very happy!

Fortunately, she had seen Lin Ci get to know Han Shuangshuang, and the aura she sensed from Lin Ci was very clear.

Otherwise, she might really think that Lin Ci was a tailor-made pig butchering scam for Han Shuangshuang.

However, Han Shuangshuang was a good girl, and it was Lin Ci who gained by being her boyfriend.

Han Shuangshuang carefully looked at the links and selected several that were within her budget and that she liked.

Lin Ci created a small three-person group, sent the links to the group, and asked the agent friend when they could go to see the houses in person.

Han Shuangshuang didn’t expect that from the moment she had the idea to the decision to see the houses, it was less than half an hour.

She felt a little nervous and said to Xiao Bai,

“Xiao Bai, do you think I’m being too impulsive?”

Xiao Man slapped her arm and said, “What impulsiveness? Was I impulsive when I bought a house in full payment as soon as I got the money back then? Go see the house first. There’s plenty of time to think and regret.”

The agent, named Ma Wei, said that one could be seen tonight, while the others might need to be seen tomorrow or the day after.

Lin Ci’s overtime was almost over, so he made an appointment with Han Shuangshuang to have dinner together and then go to see the house.

Xiao Man’s neighborhood was not far away, so they could slowly walk over.

After having dinner, the two of them each walked their dogs and went over.

They met Ma Wei at the entrance of the community, and then the three people and two dogs headed straight for the house.

On the way, Ma Wei introduced the situation of the house.

It was on a middle floor, facing south, and the decoration was still relatively new.

The homeowner was easy to talk to.

Han Shuangshuang didn’t expect that she was really going to see a house.

She held Xiao Bai with one hand and Lin Ci with the other, excitedly listening.

After arriving, she looked around under Ma Wei’s guidance.

Huan Huan was too noisy and was left outside by Lin Ci, tied up.

Only Xiao Man was able to go in and have a look around.

The landlord thought it was troublesome and didn’t need the rent money, so the house was not rented out.

Han Shuangshuang quietly remarked to Lin Ci that the landlord was really wealthy.

Han Shuangshuang quite liked this house, but she didn’t make a decision on the spot.

She felt that if she decided to buy it today and finalized it today, it would be too fast!

It didn’t seem like buying a house; it seemed like going to the supermarket to buy snacks!

The two of them parted ways with Ma Wei at the entrance of the community.

On the way back, Lin Ci said,

“Buying a house is a big deal. There’s no need to rush. Take your time and look around.”

Han Shuangshuang thought the same way.

In the following days, she was very excited.

She looked at one or two houses every day.

Sometimes Ma Wei would also show her houses that didn’t quite fit her budget.

Some houses were expensive for a reason.

Han Shuangshuang only sighed in her heart but was still determined to stick to her initial budget.

Buying within that budget would make her much more relaxed.

After looking at houses intermittently for half a month, Han Shuangshuang finally decided on the house she liked.

Ma Wei took care of everything and ran around for her, so she could just focus on her job.

The account “Xiao Bai and Her Sister” now had two million followers.

The TV dramas and movies that she had guest-starred in at the film city began to be released one after another.

“The Secret of Little Dog Wangcai” was also promoted and scheduled to be released during the National Day holiday.

Han Shuangshuang was extremely pleased to see that during her house-buying process, her bank deposit increased a lot.

What’s more exciting is that Man Jie woke up last time and stayed awake for a whole day!

However, what puzzled her was that her Xiao Bai seemed to have become naughty.

The house was in a mess.

She wondered if Xiao Bai was not feeling well, but Xiao Bai didn’t give her any response.

Han Shuangshuang had no choice but to regard it as an accident.

Xiao Man didn’t want to respond, but she really didn’t know how to.

She couldn’t control Xiao Bai’s behavior either.

Once she got better and left, it was likely that the “Xiao Bai and Her Sister” account would really not be able to continue.

But fortunately, during this period, she had already helped Han Shuangshuang earn enough money to buy a house.

One shouldn’t be too greedy, right?

Because of the movie’s promotion, other directors also took an interest in Xiao Bai.

Seeing that Xiao Bai didn’t object, Han Shuangshuang treated it as a fun thing and happily took Xiao Bai to the film city again.

Sensing the “call” of her own body, Xiao Man was working very hard, almost to the point of desperation.

She wanted to compensate Han Shuangshuang as much as possible financially before she left.

As Han Shuangshuang’s “family,” she was almost inseparable from Han Shuangshuang.

She knew that Han Shuangshuang regarded “Xiao Bai” as a family member and had invested too much emotion into Xiao Bai.

She didn’t know whether Han Shuangshuang could accept it when Xiao Bai’s temperament changed greatly.

From the beginning, the Xiao Bai that Han Shuangshuang knew was her, Xiao Man.

If the real Xiao Bai came back, it would be like Xiao Bai was possessed in Han Shuangshuang’s eyes.

Xiao Man wanted to delay her return as much as possible to make Han Shuangshuang happier.

However, just like she couldn’t control herself when she turned into a dog, she couldn’t control it when she turned back either.

On the way back from the film city, Han Shuangshuang was very excited because the homeowner had already cleared out all the things.

She could move in as soon as she got back!

Lin Ci specially drove to pick up Han Shuangshuang.

Listening to her talk about the future layout of her property, he had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and his gaze towards her was particularly gentle.

Xiao Man lay on the back seat, stretched out her paw to push away Huan Huan, who insisted on leaning against her, yawned, and unconsciously fell into a deep sleep.

Han Shuangshuang’s excited voice gradually faded away in her ears.