Chapter 58: A House Does Not Represent Wealth
"Another Matchmaker told you to give it a try? That’s not something you can just ’try out.’"
"In your entire life, you’ll pretty much only get one shot at this," Zhang Zhe said with certainty.
He’d never married into a rich family himself, but he had a college classmate from a pseudo-rich family. When that guy was about to marry the campus belle, his parents paid people to do a background check on her.
Even a casual acquaintance like Zhang Zhe received a 500-yuan red envelope for information.
The questions were basically about whether the woman had been in relationships before, or if she was putting on a different face behind the guy’s back.
Nowadays, there’s really nothing that can’t be dug up.
That’s why Zhang Zhe said this girl had a very low margin for error in life. She could indeed marry a rich man, but she might only get this one chance.
"I know," the woman said, sounding troubled. "That’s why I’m having such a hard time deciding."
"I don’t want my parents to know about this kind of thing, so I can only seek advice from someone else."
"Brother Zhang, have you ever encountered a situation like this before? The other Matchmaker said that for someone with my qualifications, most end up with someone much older, divorced, and with kids."
"Your upper limit is indeed that," Zhang Zhe nodded.
He had given a similar analysis when he assessed the matchmaking prospects of a girl from a rural family with many children he’d met before.
"But the man you’ve met now... he’s already beyond your upper limit."
"How about this: tell me more details about your situation, and if it’s convenient, send me a picture of yourself without makeup."
[What do you think you’re doing, streamer?]
[I know! The streamer is a genius Fortune Teller! He’s about to read her face!]
[Shouldn’t he be reading her palm right now?]
Of course, Zhang Zhe didn’t know how to read faces. He was waiting for the system to react.
’Why is it taking so long? Not even a low-value intelligence report?’
A few minutes later, he received a photo of an invincibly youthful female college student.
Her voice was a perfect match for her appearance—the kind that would make your heart ache with pity.
Her looks were about a 5.5 out of 10.
Her figure wasn’t extreme in any way, but it was definitely not bad.
If Zhang Zhe were rich and unscrupulous, upon meeting someone like her, he’d probably want to... AHEM. Anyway, it was only human nature.
"Miss, what do you think of my qualifications?"
"See if the two of us are a good match."
Zhang Zhe pulled up his own stats and displayed them on the stream’s screen:
"Since you’re looking for a match anyway, why not consider me?"
"Huh?" The girl on the call was stunned. "Teacher, are you serious?"
"Yep, I’m serious."
"I may not have a lot of money, but I’m young! And young guys know how to dote on someone..." Zhang Zhe no longer knew what he was saying.
’Damn system, this is a legitimate blind date.’
’You should give me the info now, right?’
"!"
"!"
It seemed forcing the system’s hand had worked.
The system probably feared he was just acting on lust, so it immediately provided feedback.
And it gave him two reports at once.
[Medium-Value Intelligence]
[Host’s matchmaking target, Li Ziyi, has a complicated family situation. Furthermore, her mother suffers from a hereditary mental illness. Marrying her would lead to an unpredictable future. Host, please proceed with extreme caution.]
[High-Value Intelligence]
[Li Ziyi currently has a marriage partner. It is best for the Host not to become a third party, as it would damage your personal morals;
However, her matchmaking partner does not truly intend to marry her, but rather to use her to assume his debts. If the Host’s desire is strong, you may take advantage of the situation and move in after six months.]
’So that’s how it is!’
The furrow in Zhang Zhe’s brow suddenly smoothed out.
He wasn’t surprised that the system recommended he take advantage of the situation. This damn thing could even switch to a same-sex mode; it couldn’t get any more "thoughtful."
The truly important information was those two words—"assume debt"!
Now it all made sense.
Zhang Zhe was a science major. Whenever he encountered anything, he would try to find the logic in it. Only when he absolutely couldn’t would he chalk it up to metaphysics.
Theoretically, in a normal relationship, it’s the party with the inferior external conditions who provides emotional value.
There are only two exceptions:
The first is puppy love, where under the influence of pure emotion, it’s common for the better-off party to act like a simp.
The other is a pig-butchering scam.
According to this girl, after her breakup and during her career uncertainty, the man had been the one helping her out of her emotional mire. Someone who was only after her body would have no reason to do all that.
Wanting her to assume his debts was a very logical explanation.
The house might have already been mortgaged; transferring it to her would just be transferring the debt.
"Teacher, I don’t think I’m good enough for you." After some serious thought, the woman rejected Zhang Zhe. "I can’t drag you down."
"I know you’re just pitying me, but my situation is already..."
"Sis, don’t be so quick to wallow in self-pity," Zhang Zhe interrupted her. "Even if you don’t choose me, you can’t marry that guy."
[The streamer’s being a bit petty.]
[Is it because the streamer wants to be the bride?]
[Brother Zhang, you don’t have a contrarian personality, do you? Just because another Matchmaker said she could marry him, you’re deliberately saying she can’t.]
[The girl was already being very tactful. She’s not interested in your qualifications, streamer.]
"Don’t look at the bullet comments. These people are just here for the drama and don’t care about the consequences," Zhang Zhe said with a serious expression. "I think you should first carefully check if there’s anything fishy about the property the man promised you."
"Sometimes, a house isn’t an asset, but a debt of several million."
"I just remembered a news report I saw a while back. A male boss in the finance industry used six of his female employees to take on a total of 30 million in debt, while he himself just took the money and happily went abroad."
"Is it possible you’re in the same situation?"
"When you were working part-time, were there other women at the company who had an unusual relationship with your boss? He might be casting a wide net."
After Zhang Zhe finished speaking, the girl on the other end fell silent.
This scene was a bit familiar.
It seemed like every girl who called into his stream went through a moment like this.
However, this girl was really counting on Zhang Zhe for advice, and her response came quickly:
"Teacher, now that you mention it, I suddenly remember... we hired three interns at the time, all of them young women."
"One of them knew the boss before I did."
"She’s the one who shared the boss’s WeChat with me."
"But she wasn’t particularly good-looking, so I never thought of her in that way... After all, the boss is a rich man..."
[Girl, you’re being too real.]
[Brother Zhang has a point. Girl, DM me, I can help you check your boss’s debt situation.]
[Don’t accept the property transfer! Make the guy buy you a new house outright!]
[Looks like you can’t accept fixed assets, you gotta get cash.]
[Didn’t the guy say he’d give a bride price?]
[The bride price is only a few hundred thousand. If this girl hands over her ID card, she could easily be saddled with tens of millions in debt.]
"Then you can go ask her about it." Zhang Zhe suddenly thought of something and quickly asked, "Were you in the stream this morning?"
"No, I just got here a little while ago."
"Alright, then you can watch the clips later. There was a sis on earlier who went on more than ten blind dates and not a single guy was willing to give her a house. You might be able to learn a thing or two from her."