On the way to meet the Yeang twins at his hotel in Babican, Mr. Lin called his real estate agent to inquire about the documents for the transfer of ownership of the Riverside Street apartment, and was told that it was all over.

Such exciting news made Lin Yilong dance with his hands.

Passers-by in London have long been accustomed to seeing Lin Yilong on the street as a somewhat crazy "tramp artist", and when they saw Lin Yilong's somewhat uncontrollable appearance, they quickly walked away from Lin Yilong's surroundings.

After calming down his excitement a little, Lin Yilong stopped a taxi on the side of the road and drove towards his apartment.

Different from Bracken Grove, Lin Yilong's main residence, because the nature of the apartment on Riverside Street is shared by residents, the ownership of the entire building is under the joint trust of all residents, in other words, there is no legal transfer of land ownership in the whole process of Lin Yilong's real estate purchase, Lin Yilong's real estate agent only needs to add Lin Yilong's name in the beneficiary column of the trust agreement, and the whole process does not need to wait for the Bureau of Land Management to go through the process, nor does Lin Yilong's lawyer need to intervene - Lin Yilong is a lawyer himself – and other miscellaneous items such as energy meters, purchase consideration, condominium maintenance agreement (property management agreement), and stamp duty forms have all been processed by Lin Yilong's real estate agent before he buys them. In addition, because Lin Yilong does not need a mortgage, the transfer of property ownership is greatly accelerated, and his real estate agent can complete the possession of Lin Yilong's ownership of the apartment in a matter of days – rather than weeks or even months of the normal process [Note 1].

"Sir, we are at the place. Soon, the taxi driver took Lin Yilong to the bottom of his apartment on Riverside Street.

It is a new-looking, specially designed Victorian-style, five-story modern apartment building, with only four floors occupied, each floor separated by corridors, stairwells and elevators that run through the building, and no other apartment in the entire apartment building has balconies except for the penthouse suite purchased by Lin Yilong and his neighbors. There is also a parking lot in the basement of the building, which is connected to the outside world through the car entrance of the side road of the apartment.

"Nice hostel. Lin Yilong commented,

According to the maintenance agreement of the apartment, in addition to the consideration for the house, Lin Yilong still needs to pay about 24,000 pounds a year for the property fee for this apartment, if the average day, about 65 pounds per day, although it is not enough to cover the daily expenses of the hotel in Babican where the Yeang sisters are now staying, but if you choose carefully, you can probably spend a night in a small room with a bathroom in a cheap hotel in Belgravia with breakfast included. By comparison, the rent for Lim Yilong's apartment in Surrey is now £950 a month. [Note 2]

Looking at his new home in London, Lin Yilong was somewhat emotional.

"Can you wait here for me a while, I'll go to Barbican later. Lin Yilong suggested to the taxi driver.

Lin Yilong ignored one point: in the eyes of any normal and rational taxi driver, his current scruffy and energetic homeless dress could not guarantee that he would get a fare later.

"No, I'm going to have to pay for the bus right now. The taxi driver said viciously, "If you go to Barbican, go and get in another car." ”

"Can't you just wait for me here? I really need to use a car. Lin Yilong was very helpless, "In this traffic rush, it is very difficult to take a taxi." ”

"It's your problem, it's none of my business. The driver said, "Pay the fare." ”

"You don't seem to say the magic word 'please.'" Lin Yilong replied indifferently, "In this case, you have lost a very good opportunity to make money. ”

"Please pay the fare. The taxi driver deliberately accentuated the word "please".

Lin Yilong then took out his wallet, but he didn't know that the wallet that his mother bought for him to put on the façade could not match the taste of the clothes he was wearing now, which attracted the attention of the foot patrol police who were performing their duties.

"Sir, please come out for a moment. "The police knocked on the car window. They see taxis coming to a short stop in a non-parking area, can turn a blind eye, and of course need to intervene if they exceed what they think is acceptable parking. happened to see Lin Yilong's untidy face and relatively extravagant wallet.

"Sir, please come out at once. Seeing that Lin Yilong did not respond to their instructions, the police rudely opened the door of the taxi and shouted to Lin Yilong.

"Please wait, gentlemen, I will now pay my taxi fare. Lin Yilong made an innocent expression and explained to the police.

"How much is it?" Lin Yilong asked the taxi driver. It's not far from Leicester Square to Riverbank Street, probably £5 is enough.

The police immediately stopped Lin Yilong: "Please don't pay, I suspect that this wallet is not yours." ”

"What is the reason for your judgment?" Lin Yilong said nonchalantly, grabbing a 20 pound purple bill from his wallet and handing it to the driver in the cab, and taking the wallet into the pocket of his sweatpants: the length of the wallet was very different from the pocket of the sweatpants, and most of it was exposed.

This detail convinced the police of their previous judgment, and in order not to cause losses to the "owner", they immediately took action and dragged Lin Yilong, who was still in the taxi, out.

Lin Yilong was pressed to the ground by one of the policemen, his arms were firmly held, and then his cry of pain was heard. When the passers-by next to them saw this scene, they stopped and surrounded them.

Another police officer pulled out the wallet that was in Lin Yilong's pocket and opened it, which contained Lin Yilong's three credit cards, residence permits, five 10 pound and 5 20 pound bills and his blood donation card.

Comparing the photo of Lin Yilong on the residence permit, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became delicate.

"I thought, I need a reasonable official explanation. Lin Yilong hung his arms, endured the pain, remained indifferent, and took out the smartphone with a broken screen due to external forces from his pocket, and the mobile phone was no longer usable.

As if playing a trick, Lin Yilong took out another feature phone from the side of his backpack, and just as he was about to make an emergency call, a patrol car drove up.

"We're sorry, Mr. Lin. After exchanging information with the police on duty, a detective-class guy who came down from the patrol car apologized to Lin Yilong.

"I can't accept an apology that I didn't explain clearly, please forgive me, especially when my property has been damaged due to brutal enforcement. Lin Yilong said coldly, the joy of moving to a new house was diluted by the sudden violence, "I'm going to Babican now, if there is anything I need to explain, I will contact you through the complaint channel." ”