On the morning of the 3rd, Han Lie completed his hospital discharge procedures and walked out of the People's Hospital with a net worth of 1,127,300 yuan.
The sun was warm, the sky was a clear blue, and everything before his eyes was so wonderful.
In an instant, Han Lie suddenly made up his mind.
He hailed a taxi and headed straight for the airport.
He had decided; he was going back to Dream City to buy a school-district house!
The current moment was actually a very magical point in time.
Last night, Han Lie had looked up a lot of information online. The data showed that from 2010 until now, real estate inventories had been increasing year by year, making sales difficult.
Han Lie didn't understand the underlying reasons but was very clear about the outcome—all these matters had nothing to do with him. Thus, he wasn't very clear on the details, only knowing approximately when bargains could be found.
If he could make money in the stock market, the next ten years would be a path strewn with flowers.
If he didn't earn much... it still wouldn't be a big problem.
At worst, he would just learn more things and find a good opportunity for entrepreneurship!
As a reborn individual who couldn't step on a mine, with a system that raised his upper limit, it was impossible for him to lose no matter what he tried.
Therefore, Han Lie decided to focus on gaining experience first.
The future was so bright; how could one year of hardship matter?
Improving oneself should always be done sooner rather than later.
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Upon landing in the provincial city, Han Lie crossed half of the city and finally boarded the bus heading home.
Dream City would only open its high-speed rail two years later. For now, one could only put up with the hassle.
Buying tickets required queuing, and payment had to be made in cash.
Returning to 2013, everything felt unfamiliar to Han Lie.
But it was precisely the contrast that allowed him to more vividly appreciate the rapid development the country had undergone these years.
It really wasn't easy.
In his past life, Han Lie had only been a spectator.
In this life, who knew whether he would have the chance to go across the waters and help tear down a house, push down a wall...
Amidst his jumbled thoughts, the bus arrived at Dream City's North Station, and Han Lie took a taxi straight to the Second Middle School.
Dream City was a resource-type emerging city, and its housing prices were very peculiar.
No one wanted property in the old city area for 8,000 yuan, the development zone couldn't sell at 10,000 yuan, and the new city area was snatched up at 12,000 yuan, while riverside mansions jumped to 16,000 yuan and were sold out in seconds.
Yet, the most expensive properties were the old, decrepit school-district houses in the old city area.
Easily reaching 18,000 yuan.
The Second Middle School included a junior high division, and not far away was one of the best public elementary schools in Dream City. If one wanted to buy a school-district house, the nearby neighborhoods were the best targets.
Han Lie just picked a real estate agency and directly stated his requirements, "Apartments between 40 and 60 square meters in size, not older than 20 years, with school-district household registration. I'm paying in full."
Buying a house during the off-season was really simple, especially with full payment.
The sales staff at the agency quickly found five or six suitable properties for Han Lie and began showing them to him.
Since Han Lie didn't plan to live in the apartment himself and wasn't concerned about maximizing investment returns, he could arrange to negotiate the price with the landlord as long as a property felt reasonably suitable.
Compared to other factors, he only cared about the price.
In the end, it took only two days to settle on the cheapest one.
It was a 60-square-meter, two-bedroom apartment, bargained down to 1,000,000 yuan, with the seller covering the appraisal costs.
Then he went to the police station to check the household registration, pay taxes, and transfer ownership.
After handling all the procedures, Han Lie's cash plummeted to 75,000 yuan, while his experience points soared to 1,063,355.
By then, it was already September 8th.
This was considered fast, as the seller had connections everywhere.
If it were someone else's property, he would probably have had to hassle for a few more days.
With the experience points in hand, and the property deed still three or four business days away, Han Lie couldn't immediately return to the Magic Capital. Instead, he decisively hid away in a hotel to begin his transformation plan.
To show his seriousness, Brother Lie even booked a luxurious business king room.
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[Basic Attributes: Strength 62, Agility 59, Constitution 63, Intelligence 65]
[Secondary Attributes: Attractiveness 69, Physique 58, Health 69, Special 75]
[Cash: 75238]
[Experience: 1063355]
The first thing, of course, was to get his teeth fixed.
Han Lie's teeth were very uneven.
It was hereditary; he inherited them from his mother.
Moreover, due to their average family circumstances, his parents hadn't been aware enough. Consequently, when he had just entered puberty, they didn't get his teeth straightened.
Additionally, it might have been a genetic issue, but his teeth were a dull, light yellow that tended to darken.
Thus, his teeth, being neither straight nor white, severely impacted his appearance.
In college, after he began to understand the importance of aesthetics, these teeth had caused Han Lie great distress.
He was afraid to laugh out loud and felt inferior.
As a result, he appeared introverted and timid.
Later, due to drinking a large amount of cola over a long period, his teeth became even worse, causing him frequent toothaches by the age of thirty.
Back then, Han Lie had no solution, as technology only offered braces, but his wallet could only afford two tubes of powerful whitening toothpaste.
—Purchased from Brother Yang's live broadcast room, it was somewhat useful, but it didn't solve the fundamental problem.
Now that he finally had a chance, Han Lie had only one thought:
Replace them all, damn it!
He clicked on "Health", then clicked on the "Teeth" sub-option, and ordered, "Replace them with a new set of white, neat, healthy teeth."
Suddenly, a prompt popped up on the panel—
[Due to the overall experience points required for a teeth replacement exceeding the current level, command cannot be executed]
Han Lie's mind went blank, and he hurriedly checked the rules in detail, finally finding the reason.
Simply put, the consumption system was at level one.
It could only increase each attribute to 69 points.
Replacing teeth completely would cause both "Health" and "Attractiveness" to exceed 69 points, so the command could not be executed.
The solution was simple.
Just upgrade the system to level two!
So, Han Lie began to look at the upgrade rules.
One, boost all basic attributes and secondary attributes to the 69-point limit.
Two, possess three Level 3 pieces of knowledge.
Three, possess five Level 3 skills.
Four, accumulate 1,000,000 in expenses.
After reading this, Han Lie let out a sigh of relief and felt genuinely fortunate.
Fortunately, he had decided to come back and buy the house…
Otherwise, he really didn't know how to spend enough money to accumulate 1,000,000 in expenses.
Now it was good; with over a million experience points, requirements one, two, and three could be fulfilled at any time.
So let's change the sequence, first raise the attributes.
Strength +7, Agility +10, Constitution +6, Intelligence +4.
270,000 experience points spent, and the basic attributes were taken care of.
The next instant, a warm current emerged from nowhere inside Han Lie's body, making him feel "swollen" all over.
Strength surged, his body stretched, and his mind became clear...
That feeling was simply too exhilarating.
Even better than Level 4 skills.
Increasing so many attributes at once, Han Lie immediately felt that tremendous change.
It was indescribable, almost equivalent to a complete transformation.
It took him two full hours to mostly adapt to the physical changes.
Clenching his fists, he felt full of strength.
His jumps were accurate and balanced.
His thinking was comprehensive and agile.
The system was so magical that Han Lie did not dare to be negligent any longer. He immediately went out, bought two new sets of clothes and a lot of food.
Back in his room, he ran a bathtub of hot water before continuing to improve his secondary attributes.
In fact, the only secondary attribute that he could enhance was "Physique".
Han Lie spent the entire 101,000 experience points on the "Height" sub-item.
There were no old classmates of Han Lie in the Liberal Arts College. Therefore, the ideal strategy was to finalize his height before the school term started.
Since no one knew each other, any height would seem normal.
However, if he was only 174 cm tall when school began, and suddenly grew to 184 cm in just two days, it would attract too much attention.
So it was best to reach the desired height in one go.
As for his old high school classmates, he wouldn't be going home for National Day this year, so he naturally wouldn't run into them.
If they saw each other during winter break, they would at most be a bit surprised, which would be easy enough to brush off.
The only one left to consider was Chen Yanfei, whom he'd have to avoid for a bit.
He resolved not to see her for at least two months.
When the memory of his previous appearance had faded enough, it would be time to give her a surprise.
Then, let's see if you are shocked!
HEHEHEHE...