Chapter 136

Half an hour later, Shu Xia saw Qiao Muting.

They hadn't seen each other for more than ten days.

After Qiao Muting saw that Shu Xia had returned, he looked toward her.

"Back?"

"Yeah, the road wasn't congested, it only took thirty minutes to get back from the Lin Family." Shu Xia walked in carrying her bag.

"Have you had dinner?" Qiao Muting asked.

Shu Xia saw that there was no gloom between his brows, and he didn't look like someone who was hungry or having a spat with a loved one, so she nodded thoughtfully, "I ate before going to the Lin Family."

"Let's go, I'll take you somewhere." Qiao Muting stood up.

"Where to? It's already past eight o'clock."

Qiao Muting only said: "You'll know when we get there."

Shu Xia was silent for a few seconds, then followed him.

She had originally thought they were going out, but it turned out Qiao Muting had brought Shu Xia to the garage.

Shu Xia had never been to the garage; she knew the garage was big, but she hadn't expected it to be this big, with over thirty cars parked inside.

There were more cars than in a 4S dealership.

What was he trying to do?

Shu Xia realized she truly couldn't see through Qiao Muting.

However, she still gave him face and exclaimed, "These cars are so cool!"

And each one was cooler than the last.

She didn't know much about cars and didn't recognize some of the brands, but just looking at them, they were full of presence and clearly cost a fortune.

Qiao Muting's eyes were uncharacteristically soft, "Pick one you like from inside."

"I pick?"

"Yes, a gift for you. The car you're driving now is too small; this counts as a gift from me for you joining Gu Lao's team."

He hadn't paid attention to what car Shu Xia was driving before, assuming she would pick one from the garage to use, but it turned out she had bought a small car for over a hundred thousand herself; if Zhang Tezhu hadn't told him, he still wouldn't know now.

Shu Xia shook her head and refused, "That car of mine is newly bought, and it's an electric car, economical and practical; it doesn't cost much in electricity a month. The cars you have here are all gas-guzzlers, it would be too conspicuous to drive to work. But, thank you for your kind intentions."

"You are, after all, Mrs. Qiao now. Grandma's friends will gradually get to know you, and our relationship is something people on the internet won't know about. If Grandma and the others find out I treated you poorly, I won't be able to face those elders in the future." Qiao Muting had anticipated she would refuse.

Shu Xia couldn't continue to refuse, "Alright then, thank you."

She walked toward the rows of cars.

"If there isn't one you like, we'll go to a 4S dealership tomorrow and pick a car you like." Qiao Muting said to her when he saw she didn't seem to have much of a reaction to his cars.

He had quite a few cars; these were just new models or limited editions he had bought casually and left here, and many of them had never been driven on the road.

People from Laozhai would come regularly to maintain these cars.

Now that he rarely had time to look at these cars, he found them to be just average.

It actually made him feel a bit embarrassed to give them away.

Shu Xia complained inwardly that if these cars weren't good enough, then there was no need to look at cars anywhere else at all.

Jiang Nannan had previously explained a few car models to her, saying that Huo Jingyan liked one of them, but it turned out to be a limited edition that had been ordered by Qiao Muting, leaving Huo Jingyan only able to covet it.

She had just seen that car; it was already covered in dust.

One look and it was clear it had never been driven.

She picked one at random, "Let's go with this one, but let's agree first: if I'm going to see the elders, I'll drive this car, but if I'm going to work, I'll still drive the car I had before. The most expensive car my colleagues drive is only a little over a million; if I drive this car there, I'll inevitably be asked questions. In the workplace, I'd better keep a low profile."

Qiao Muting nodded, "Good, do as you say."

After coming out of the garage.

The two were about to return to the villa.

As it turned out, Qiao Muting received a phone call, likely an appointment with a friend.