Chapter 1156
What to do when you encounter such a neighbor 43
Chapter 1156 What to do when you encounter such a neighbor 43
Yi Shulan never expected that her neighbor, who had lived in the same community for decades and was quite friendly when she asked for a signature a while ago, would suddenly turn out like this.
Looking at the familiar faces surrounding her, she suddenly felt that everything was so strange.
Some people completely changed their tune, as if they were genuinely worried that she had the ability to dismantle the elevator that was already mostly installed. They seemed very anxious and started offering all sorts of reasons to criticize her.
Some people didn't speak, but you could tell their attitude just by looking at their positions.
Some people tried to mediate and stop the argument, but no one said that it was bad to install the elevator in that location.
Yi Shulan knew that the reason the elevator had to be installed in this location was likely due to the limitations of the location itself, as well as the elevator installation company's assessment of the entire building complex. This was a matter of safety, and any slight error would affect everyone in the complex.
Therefore, the elevator company is probably not acting recklessly.
What angered her was that when those people came to her for signatures, they made all sorts of promises and were all very easy to talk to.
Now that something has changed, they didn't even tell her beforehand.
She has never been an assertive person; in fact, she's someone who responds better to gentle persuasion than force. If they've confirmed the matter and come to her saying that after evaluation, this is the only position she can get the job in, even if she's unwilling, she won't have the heart to refuse.
But that's exactly what they did.
She even acted as if she was completely in the right, and her words implied that she was being unreasonable.
Yi Shulan's eyes were bloodshot with anger. The voices of those people were still ringing in her ears, making her head spin and causing her to feel dizzy, as if she might collapse at any moment. She even felt a discomfort in her chest.
However, those voices kept drilling into her ears, and they were incredibly infuriating, causing her anger to surge as if she were about to explode.
Just then, someone helped her up, and in that instant, she felt completely relaxed, and even the tightness in her chest dissipated.
She breathed a sigh of relief; she knew that something had been wrong with her body just now.
These people are so infuriating that she really couldn't hold back anymore.
"Mom, how is she?" Azhen asked in a low voice. With her there, Yi Shulan was bound to be alright.
But the other party has to go through this experience; otherwise, they'll always be too soft-hearted and think others have it tough. If they don't see these people's true colors for themselves, they'll suffer sooner or later.
The client also meant the same thing.
Yi Shulan is good in every way, except that she's too soft-hearted and kind-hearted. Before the elevator was installed, everything she did went smoothly except for getting rich, and she got along very well with her neighbors. Being kind and soft-hearted, and someone who had never suffered a loss before, she only learned her lesson after experiencing these things.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Yi Shulan breathed a sigh of relief. Although the pent-up anger in her heart had dissipated, she had finally seen through the true colors of her neighbors.
She's the kind of person who responds better to gentle persuasion than force. Since they made the decision without a word to her, there's absolutely no way this matter can be let go.
Yi Shulan had her own ideas. As long as her health didn't suffer, she still planned to let the other person go through the ordeal. Many things take time.
Given the current social situation, it will take some time before her subsequent actions become more reasonable. After all, the client needs to return, and Yi Shulan still has many years to live. Doing something unreasonable would significantly impact their lives.
“I only signed the document because the location of the elevator was agreed upon at the time. If you had said back then that it would block the light in my living room, I definitely wouldn’t have signed it,” Yi Shulan said. “Now, without my knowledge, you have changed the location without even informing me. This is unreasonable, and you have broken your promise.”
"Now, let me make this clear: I don't want compensation, I just want the light on the first floor."
"You have to dismantle this elevator, whether you like it or not. If you don't, I'll go to the relevant departments and see if they'll take any action!"
Yi Shulan's words were firm and did indeed intimidate some people. After hearing them, they became particularly worried and flustered, and regretted that they had spoken too harshly and offended people completely.
Just then, Cheng Guangming spoke up: "The elevator company hasn't even come here to install the elevator, so how could they just arbitrarily designate a location? Since it's installed here, it must be the only reasonable place. We did say at the time that we would try our best not to block the light from your house."
"However, this is not something we can decide. If we put it elsewhere, it would affect security, so we can only choose this location."
"I think everyone should know about this, right?"
"Besides, if we could really determine where the elevator would be installed, shouldn't we have already written a contract?"
"Without a written contract, doesn't that mean you're tacitly agreeing that something might change? You've already signed it, so I think you should understand that."
Cheng Guangming's words made some people stand up straight again.
“Exactly, if something is truly certain, wouldn’t it be better to have it written down in black and white?” Zhou Guifeng chimed in.
If Zhou Guifeng is the de facto female representative of the community, then Cheng Guangming is the de facto male representative. Usually, these two are the ones who handle any matters that need to be done in the community.
Meanwhile, they all lived on the top floor.
"Furthermore, I suggest that your family also pay for the elevator fee, which is actually quite reasonable. The top floor of our community is quite nice, with a good location and good sunlight. Don't you go to the top floor to air out your quilts? I know that your family goes to the top floor to air out things countless times every year, and occasionally goes up to sunbathe."
“Now that you’re retired, given the way you used to, you probably would have used it countless times a day, maybe even more frequently than we used it. The price is very reasonable.”
"We didn't mention it at the time. We thought we were all neighbors, and as long as an elevator could be installed, it wouldn't matter if we suffered a little loss."
"The elevator was only half-installed when you started making a fuss. If you ask me, your family still has to pay for the installation and use of the elevator."
“Zhou Guifeng is right. Although you live on the first floor, you used to go to the top floor quite often, sometimes several times a day. Our elevator doesn’t have a card reader, and you don’t know how many times you’ll use it in the future. We can’t possibly guard it every day.” Someone in the crowd chimed in, speaking with an air of self-righteousness that made Yi Shulan’s liver ache.
For some reason, even though she was so angry, her body didn't show any adverse reactions.
Not long ago, she felt dizzy and her heart was a little sore.
Perhaps it was her inner doubts that quickly dissipated her anger, leaving her only to find these people utterly ridiculous.
Having lived with them for decades, it is only today that I see their true colors.