A wealthy family recognizes my relatives? But I am already a billionaire.

Chapter 198 Homestead

Lu Jingyao immediately noticed the change in Xu Youyou's expression and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

He was afraid that Xu Youyou would get frozen because of the ice and snow.

Xu Youyou shook her head slightly: "I have to go out for a while."

Lu Jingyao looked around and saw nothing but white. He also clearly remembered that Xu Youyou did not receive any call, and even her people did not come over.

Such a sudden decision seems to have only one reason: a spur-of-the-moment decision?

Lu Jingyao still felt something was not right. Although the snow had stopped, the snow on the road was too much and too deep, so it was not wise to drive out. According to Xu Youyou's usual thoroughness and caution, she was not the kind of person who had a serious procrastination problem and would put off important matters until bad weather.

Xu Youyou didn't give Lu Jingyao much time to think. She had already asked Xu Fang and two bodyguards to go out.

Because driving on icy roads is indeed inconvenient, the system was kind enough to tell the approximate distance. After learning that it was about 3 kilometers, Xu Youyou chose to walk.

As soon as she stepped out of the door, Lu Jingyao followed her: "The road is slippery in the snow, I'll go with you."

Xu Youyou's heart skipped a beat. When she went out to pick up bargains, she sometimes even hid it from Xu Fang and others. She didn't like to bring extra people who were not related to her. The last time He Zhiting asked to go with her, she refused.

Now the person who asked to accompany him was Lu Jingyao.

"Okay." Xu Youyou agreed before she could think clearly.

A visible look of joy appeared on Lu Jingyao's face. He didn't know what Xu Youyou was going to do when she went out, nor did he know whether what she was going to do was right or wrong, but just being with her seemed to be enough to make him happy.

Lu Jingyao had quite a few people accompanying him, and when they mixed with Xu Youyou's people, they immediately looked very powerful.

Xu Youyou and Lu Jingyao walked side by side at the front. They walked out of the orphanage gate and walked slowly along the road.

The orphanage is located in a remote area, close to the mountains, and the terrain is relatively high, so the first half of the road is all downhill.

The road was slippery due to the snow, and Lu Jingyao never took his eyes off her, fearing that Xu Youyou would fall if she wasn't paying attention.

"Walk slower, walk slower." Lu Jingyao's heart was in his throat when he saw Xu Youyou eager to slide down the slope.

He never knew that he could be so nagging. He wanted to tell Xu Youyou all the dangers in one breath, for fear that she would get into trouble if she wasn't careful.

Xu Youyou looked at the system flashing non-stop, and was actually very anxious. She didn't know what the object she was going to pick up was, and she was afraid that if she was too late, it would fall into the hands of someone else.

But when she saw Lu Jingyao's worried eyes, she actually slowed down her pace for some unknown reason.

Xu Youyou's bodyguards were all used to their boss's sudden moves, but Assistant Liu and his two bodyguards, who followed Lu Jingyao, were full of doubts about the uncertain itinerary.

Assistant Liu couldn't help but ask, "Ms. Xu, where are you going? If it's convenient, you can just let us help you get there. Why are you going through so much trouble?"

Assistant Liu said this because he was afraid that Lu Jingyao would be distressed if Xu Youyou fell, and he was also afraid that something might happen to Lu Jingyao if he went with them.

To a certain extent, the wealth and fortune of these accompanying personnel all depend on Lu Jingyao and Xu Youyou.

If they fall, according to the temperament of the two bosses, they will be classified as work-related injuries, which will not affect their wages.

However, if Xu Youyou or Lu Jingyao falls and gets injured, resulting in less money earned, it will actually affect their bonuses.

Xu Youyou shook her head. She didn't know the specific person who would pick up the bargain, so she couldn't say anything too final. "I still want to go and see it myself."

Assistant Liu was complaining in his heart, but since Xu Youyou said so, he could only suppress his worries in his heart and watch the actions of the two people in front of him more carefully.

If the road conditions are good and a person who exercises regularly walks 3 kilometers, it may take only minutes to reach the destination.

But it was difficult to walk in the snow, and it was downhill, so the group walked for almost an hour before Xu Youyou finally stopped.

Her destination was a small village where two-story self-built houses with red bricks and white walls could be seen everywhere.

There were three big characters "Chengjia Village" written at the entrance of the village. She also knew this place because she had attended elementary school in this village.

Chengjia Village is about eight kilometers away from the city, which is not really close. Just looking at the fact that there is only one farmhouse in the village, you can tell that the tourism industry in Chengjia Village is not developing smoothly.

Xu Youyou stopped in front of a yard and looked inside. She saw an old house with three large rooms.

The old house has been in disrepair for many years, and most of the white walls have fallen off, revealing the yellow earthen bricks used in the past. It looks out of place among a bunch of beautiful self-built houses.

Under the accumulation of wind and snow, the house looked extremely dangerous and seemed like it would collapse if pushed.

Half of the courtyard wall had collapsed, revealing a huge gap. The gap was high enough for an adult to step over with one foot.

"Boss, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. You and Miss Xu should stay a little further away from this house, in case the yard collapses again." Assistant Liu gently reminded Lu Jingyao.

Xu Youyou took a step back obediently, staring at the golden pointer of the system, which was now pointing all the way from the courtyard wall to the locked old house.

"Sister Xu." Xu Youyou said.

Xu Fang immediately perked up and asked, "Boss, what do you want?"

Xu Youyou said: "Find out who this house belongs to and see if we can buy it."

Xu Fang immediately agreed and walked towards the village.

Lu Jingyao glanced at Assistant Liu, who quickly said, "Miss Xu, I don't have anything to do either. I'll see if I can help Sister Xu."

Xu Youyou did not refuse, after all, Assistant Liu has always been capable.

The two assistants entered the village one after the other.

Xu Fang had a clear purpose and went straight to the village committee. Although it was snowing today and it was New Year's Eve, there were still people on duty at the village committee.

"That old house at the entrance of the village? It's Cheng Laoshi's house. Cheng Laoshi has two children. His son passed away early, leaving behind a daughter, Qing Yatou. Qing Yatou lives with her aunt Cheng Chunhua, so the house is in her aunt's name, and she married into the village." The village chief knew the situation in the village like the back of his hand.

Xu Fang felt that this relationship was a bit confusing and asked, "Village Chief, since this little girl Qing and her aunt still live in the village, is no one living in the house now?"

"In recent years, every household has been trying hard to build a two-story building. Who would still want to live in an old house? Speaking of it, their house was the only one in the village forty or fifty years ago. Many families wanted to live there but couldn't," said the village chief.

Xu Fang asked curiously, "Since every household has built a small building, why didn't they demolish this house and build a new one? Did they find another piece of land to build a new house?"