Let me tell you a true story: Twenty years ago, in 2003, I was chasing my dreams in Wenzhou, starting a foreign language training school. One day, I saw an advertisement in the local newspaper by a developer, promoting a clearance sale of apartments. As I had been renting a place, I decided to take a look. Coincidentally, one of my students was in charge of selling these apartments, and she enthusiastically recommended the riverside apartments with a view of the Ou River. Almost all of them had been sold, except for the ones with the number four, such as the fourth floor, fourteenth floor, twenty-fourth floor, and apartment number four. The average price of the ones already sold was over 5000 yuan per square meter, but the remaining ones were being offered for only 3800 yuan. For example, the fourteenth floor, apartment number four, was 98.88 square meters with three bedrooms and two living rooms. The total cost, including all fees, was less than 400,000 yuan. Coincidentally, I had 400,000 yuan in cash at that time, so I was tempted. The student asked me to pay a deposit of 50,000 yuan, and the apartment would be mine. As I was about to swipe my credit card, I thought to myself that buying a house was a big decision, and I should discuss it with my partner, whom I referred to as "Lao Ni" (Old Man). However, it turned out to be a problem. Lao Ni said, "Wasn't this 400,000 yuan intended for our daughter's study abroad? What will we do if we spend it on a house?" Our daughter was in the process of preparing for various study abroad procedures, including notarization. That night, I couldn't sleep at all. I kept pondering over the decision, weighing whether to buy the house or prioritize our daughter's future. As the morning approached, I finally made a decision: I would not buy the house. Our daughter was our only child, and we should use the money for her study abroad. The future of our child was the most important thing! Looking back now, if I had bought the house, there wouldn't have been enough funds for our daughter's study abroad, and she would not have been able to go. Six years later, in 2009, before I returned to Sichuan, I went to the nearby real estate agency to check