As soon as Sophia left school at noon the next day, she saw Hammer standing in front of his limousine with a big bouquet of flowers in his arms. His suit is stylish and eye-catching. He looked at the school gate with a smile and his eyes searching the crowd.
The students were talking. They didn't know which girl was so lucky that a handsome guy in a limousine sent her such a big bouquet of flowers. It was not Valentine's Day. It was so loving to send a girl flowers at ordinary times.
Sophia was very troubled. She wanted to pretend she did not exist, detour away, but as soon as she got out of school, Hammer stopped her.
"Miss Green, I have been waiting for you."
The students who saw this scene made detours one after another. This man dared to pursue Boss. He was really not afraid to be beaten by her.
Sophia was not going to accept his flowers. Just as she was about to speak, someone next to him had already spoken.
"Which school are you from? You're not our students, are you? Are you from Mary High School? You come to our school to chase girls, is that too much?"
Sophia turned her head and saw Barry pushing the bike past. He frowned slightly and looked a little hostile.
"I'm from Glinton University," Hammer said proudly.
Sophia had never heard of that. Hammer was from Glinton University. This person looked so stupid that she could not associate him with a famous university like Glinton.
"Glinton? Humph!" Barry was unhappy, "Old man…"
Hammer was furious, "Who are you talking about? Old man? I'm just one year older than you, all right? You want to fight?"
Barry sneered, "All right. I was transferred from a martial arts school, and I am a sports student…"
"The gentleman uses his tongue but not his fists." Said Hammer.
Barry said nothing.
Sophia shook his head, pushed the bike silently, and took the opportunity to leave.
After going home at noon, Kate announced the good news.
"We signed the demolition contract, and we can go to see apartments in a few days. Developers offered several buildings for us to choose from. Some are in upscale residential areas and some ordinary residential areas. We can choose one upscale apartment, and one ordinary apartment, or three ordinary apartments, which do you think is better?"
In this way, the price of an upscale apartment was twice as high as that of an ordinary apartment.
Sophia smiled, "You can choose whatever you like, mom. I agree with you."
"The security of upscale residential areas is good, as the environment. There are no men in our family. It should be safer to live in a high-end residential area. We can live in one apartment ourselves and rent the other out. Then we can earn a lot of money every year. There is no financial burden on our family. The rent would be enough to afford your college tuition." Said Kate.
Sophia agreed, but she didn't want her mother to pay for her college tuition. The money she earned in the last chess game was enough for her tuition. Making money was not a hard thing for her.
But she didn't say it. It was too early to say it.
The next day, Kate was going to see the house. Sophia asked for a day off to accompany her. After all, buying a house was not a small matter. She wanted to help with the reference. Kate wanted her to come, too. The house was for the two of them to live in. Kate wanted to know her daughter's opinion.
Ms. Acheson was very tolerant of Sophia and approved her request for leave at once.
She also did the paper of the Mathematical Olympiad. There were two questions that she could not even solve. After hearing that Sophia got full marks, Ms. Acheson was ashamed of herself.
The Mathematical Olympiad Committee did not give out answers to the questions. Ms. Acheson, as a math teacher, was confused at the problems she couldn't solve. She consulted several teachers in the school, but no one could solve them. Finally, she called Sophia into her office and asked her to explain the two questions to her.
It was the first time in Acheson's life that she, a teacher, asked student questions.
Sophia was not proud of her ability but solved the problem calmly. The steps to solve the problem were clear. Ms. Acheson, as a math teacher, could understand it at once. Ms. Acheson had some admiration for this student.
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After breakfast, Sophia and Kate went to the bus stop. Later, they got to the sales department to choose apartments according to the address provided by the developer.
The community named Green Community covered a large area, and the distances between buildings were farther than those in residential areas. There were a series of public facilities like fitness center, entertainment center, basketball court, garden, and so on, which were better than those in the ordinary community. In addition, the location was good, as well as the environment. Thus, the price was naturally high.
There were not many people in the sales department. After all, the price of the upscale apartment was twice that of the ordinary. Most people would not choose here.
People who could afford houses here were mainly rich people. With smiles, sales ladies were communicating with guests who came to buy houses.
Sophia and Kate had made an appointment before. But when they came in, no one came to receive them. The sales ladies were only busy serving some well-dressed customers, and no one noticed them.
Sophia stepped forward and said to the sales lady who talked with them when they made the appointment, "Hello, we're here to see the house."
The sales lady gave her a look and then looked at Kate up and down. "You… Do you really come to buy a house?" She said doubtfully.
When they made the appointment, they gave a name and the time they came to see the house. The sales lady didn't know what their status was.. Judging from their clothes, she thought these two people should not be rich.