I became DIO's vicious stepmother

"Yes, he gave me a suggestion."

I looked at Cook with a half-smile and said, "He suggested that if I don't want to find my husband, I'd better cancel the entrustment. I thought about it carefully, if he keeps disappearing and never comes back, it would be a good result for me. Why do I have to find him out, so I want to temporarily cancel my commission..."

"I see what you mean."

Cook seemed to have expected that I would say this, and he quickly took out a contract from under the table without asking too much, and explained to me, "This is an entrusted termination agreement, because you unilaterally canceled it. For entrustment, various handling fees and expenses have to be deducted, so only half of the deposit can be refunded, I hope you can understand."

...Is that all right?

I couldn't believe it immediately, the solution to this problem was so simple that I even thought it was nothing if I lost a hundred pounds!It would be nice if this could end smoothly.

"Okay, I understand, after all, you have been investigating for so long."

I nodded pretending to understand, read the agreement carefully, checked and found no traps, and signed my name.

"Then thank you for your patronage. By the way, our company also solves some other troubles. If you encounter something that you can't solve by yourself, you can come to us to discuss it. Of course, all requests from customers are confidential."

Cook said meaningfully, "We look forward to your next visit."

"...I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation."

I smiled with difficulty. I always felt that Cook might have guessed something, but I didn't dare to ask, and he didn't have evidence, so everyone knows it well and pretends to be stupid.

If it wasn't necessary, I would definitely not give anyone a handle easily, and I couldn't trust anyone except myself.Anyway, to get half of the deposit back and end the matter, thank God.

When I got the returned one hundred pounds in cash and left Cook's company, I felt my whole body relaxed, and even the sky became brighter.

Originally, he was prepared to lose all the deposit, but he got half of it back.The one hundred pounds seemed to be suddenly repaid after being lent to others for several years. It was a windfall, and I couldn't help but feel elated, and began to think about how to spend the money.

Including the royalties, excluding the previous expenses and the part that Dalio squandered, I now have a total of about [-] pounds in cash.In this era, it is enough for a single lady to live a decent life for a lifetime.

If I buy a fixed interest rate from the bank, I can guarantee enough annual income for daily expenses every year, but now I have to raise Dior, pay him public school tuition, let him go to university in the future, and even want to hire a servant Do housework.

If these expenses are counted, the money is not enough. Although my manuscript fee will continue to be recorded, it is definitely not enough for me to live decently.

Finding a way to make more money is the way to go, and while a major concern is resolved, you can start thinking about the last part of the Sixty Shades trilogy.But before that, I plan to do one more important thing.

That is - move!

The houses I live in now are rented, and the poor do not have their own houses. The house that Brando lives in is dilapidated and a bit leaky. In addition, the environment in the surrounding slums is quite dirty and harsh. People living here are low-level, textile workers. Factory girls, branch girls and drunkards.Everyone lives a very miserable life, even married women occasionally sell their bodies in order to survive.Dalio has been missing for three months now, and neighbors say he has escaped or died somewhere.I've noticed some of the drunks who live here are starting to look at me badly, and Dior is too young to be of any use, so a better environment is essential, and moving is not the right thing to do late.

If I were willing to part with £2000, I could get a big enough decent house.After that, Britain will decline and the United States will rise. Although I will move to the United States in a decade or so, housing prices will also rise, and the cost of renting a house is still very high.As a Chinese, I realize that investing in real estate will never be outdated. These will be assets in the future, and it will be easy to sell them at that time.

After serious consideration, I decided to buy a house anyway.After all, if you want to enter the upper circle, how can you do it without your own real estate?

So on the way home that day, I contacted a real estate agency in the West End of London and asked them to find me a newly renovated house suitable for two people, with a suitable environment and size.

I can't wait to get out of the East End and say goodbye to the hell!

I don't know what happened to Holmes' investigation. After I canceled the entrustment, I never saw Sherlock Holmes again, which made me feel a little relieved.And after Dio came back from school over the weekend, I told him that a detective with a brilliant mind had come to investigate this matter.

"What are you afraid of? How could he find his father."

In Dio's eyes, I was an overly cautious person. He looked at me indifferently, and said indifferently, "So what if it's a detective, he can't produce evidence to prove that we did it."

"...I have to correct you, you did it."

I pursed my lips and said to myself that you don't know how scary Sherlock Holmes is, maybe he can tell you are unclean just by looking at you.But if you tell Dio this, he is very likely to worry about things being exposed and kill Holmes, that would be too scary, the butterfly effect is something no one wants to see, so I had to change the subject, "Anyway, be careful , don't be too careless, by the way, let me tell you one thing, we are going to move."

"Moving? Where are you going?"

This sentence really caught Dio's attention, he couldn't help but froze, and then put down the book in his hand.

"Going to the West End of London, I have already asked an agency to help me find a house. This place is really not for people to stay in. I plan to change to a better environment, which will be good for you when you go to university in the future." I replied.

"Oh……"

Dio glanced at me unexpectedly, probably because he didn't expect that I planned to let him go to college, his eyes were a little complicated.

However, he has no objection to the move. He thought for a while and asked, "The house in the West End costs about [-] pounds. Are you sure you have the money to move?"

"If you take out all the manuscript fees and dowry, it will be enough. As for daily life, don't worry too much. You can go to Mrs. Lawrence's house with me to help with housework when you have time."

Dio didn't know how much money I had on hand, so I told him to spend it all in order to prevent him from being counted all the time.Sure enough, Dio frowned slightly when he heard it, but he did not veto my proposal. He might be worried that he would not have the money to go to college in the future, so he agreed, "Okay, then let's do it like this."

"Well, from now on we will depend on each other for life."

I nodded my head pretending to be serious, and although I knew that what I said was useless, I still began to preach meaninglessly, "I don't expect you to repay me when you grow up, I just hope that you will stop doing those illegal things , Dalio’s incident is the last and only time, you must not touch the line, if you break the law in the future, if you accidentally get caught, you will be finished, you know.”

"..." Dio looked at me silently, as if he didn't want to answer at all.

"I'll take it as your acquiescence." I puffed up my chest and said, shaking my fingers confidently.Then I remembered the matter of changing the house, and decided to ask Dior for advice, "By the way, I will go to see the house introduced to me by the middleman tomorrow. Do you want to go and see it with me? What do you think about the house?" request?"

"The house in the West District will not be bad, as long as it doesn't exceed the budget, I have no objection." Dio seems not interested, "But I'll go and see it with you, so that you, a woman, won't be deceived again. "

"...When have I ever been cheated by someone? It's okay."

I looked at Dio dissatisfied, thinking he was taking the opportunity to insult me, but told him my need for a house anyway.

"Of course we can't afford a mansion like that of the nobles, but I'll live with you, so just buy a house with enough space. Your room, my room, study, bathroom, and kitchen , it’s better to have a garden where you can grow something.”

"A house like this in the West End of London is very expensive. It may not be worth two thousand pounds." Dior frowned.

"Let's go and have a look first. Anyway, the budget is controlled within two thousand pounds. I won't be able to afford any more."

"You can decide for yourself."

Dio snapped back, before returning his attention to his book.

The next day, I took Dior into the carriage and arrived at the place I had made an appointment with the agency.

The West District is indeed a place where the rich live. The whole environment is completely different from the East District. Whether it is planning or public facilities, people realize that the housing here is worth the money.

Two thousand pounds is wealth that poor people can't earn in their lifetime. The house introduced to me by the agency perfectly met my requirements.There is a large garden with good indoor lighting. There are four empty rooms, a loft, a kitchen, a separate bathroom, and even a basement, which is very suitable for storing food or wine.

The price is also quite reasonable, just two thousand pounds.

But the only problem is, someone died in this house.

Of course, it was not a homicide. The deceased was an elderly woman. One day, she accidentally stepped on the ground while going downstairs, rolled down the stairs, and fell to her death on the spot.

The property belonged to her son, and the old woman had always lived here alone. Now her son is eager to sell the house in London in order to invest in the colony, so the price is slightly lower than the market price.Although some of the interiors are a bit dated, compared to the original houses in the slums, this place can already be called luxurious.

Just get rid of some old furniture, add some new ones, paint the walls, and there's not much left of the previous owner.

"Although it's good, the two of us don't need such a big house." Dio didn't seem too satisfied, he stared at the agent and asked, "Is there a cheaper one?"

"Although there are, but you can't find anything better than this one. Ma'am, think about it carefully. After your son is 14 years old, he can get married and have a wife. At that time, he will give birth to a grandson. This house It’s just right for you, and it’s undoubtedly your best choice for long-term consideration. If it weren’t for my client’s eagerness to cash out, there would never be such a good price. If you miss this time, you won’t have such a good opportunity .”

The agent strongly recommended me to buy this house, and I couldn't help but feel a little shaken, after all, the price is really affordable, and the yard is so big that I can grow vegetables in it!

But when I think about it carefully, I feel dizzy. Am I going to be a grandma at such a young age?

Bah bah bah!He is not my son!I haven't even enjoyed X life yet. In the future, I want to live a happy life as a rich woman, so I don't want to bring a baby to Dior!

Moreover, Dior is not a quiet person. When he becomes an adult, he will definitely have sex with many women, and it is absolutely impossible for him to get married honestly.

But it also reminded me that when I become a rich woman, only big houses can accommodate my lovers.After Dior went to college, I brought my lovers home to play.

"I'm not interested in thinking about it now. Compared with the house, I have more cash in hand..."

Dio didn't seem to be very interested in this. He was about to refuse, and I made a decision without hesitation.

"Let's take this set!"

It's good to have a basement. If Dio intends to do evil in the future, I will lock him in and let him stay in and reflect.

The author has something to say:

Comments should be restrained, and we cannot say things that will cause misunderstanding and dangerous speeches.

I checked that the UK followed Roman law before 1929, and men could marry at the age of 14, but in fact most of them were quite late.

We must conform to socialist values, wait for him to 190.