Chapter 34: Pretending with Me

Seeing that Ye Chen had agreed to the class reunion, Xiao Churan reminded him, "Since Wang Daokun is opening a restaurant, we should prepare a gift. We can't go empty-handed."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "I’ll go buy a gift for him tomorrow morning."

"Okay," Xiao Churan said. "It just so happens I have to go to the Emgrand Group tomorrow morning."

Dong Ruolin asked in surprise, "You’re going to Emgrand tomorrow morning? Then come find me when you’re done. I’ll hitch a ride in your car to Wang Daokun’s restaurant at noon."

Xiao Churan laughed, "Your wishful thinking is off the mark! I don't have a car. I usually take a taxi or the bus, and sometimes Ye Chen picks me up on his electric scooter."

"Ah?" Dong Ruolin blurted out, "You’re a director now, and you haven't bought a car yet!"

Xiao Churan said, "I haven't been working long, and I haven't earned much money. Usually, Ye Chen and I have to cover our living expenses, and I have to pay for my mother's living costs. I only have a few thousand left at the end of the month. How could I afford a car?"

As she spoke, Xiao Churan added, "Besides, to be honest, I think the bus is quite convenient. If the weather is nice, riding on Ye Chen’s electric scooter is also quite good."

Dong Ruolin said seriously, "You, sometimes you need to pay attention to appearances. You are, after all, a director of the Xiao Group, and you’re the partner directly cooperating with Emgrand. If you don't even have a car, people will gossip."

Ye Chen also felt that Dong Ruolin was right.

His wife had always been too frugal, and most of the money she earned was handed over to her mother, so she had always shortchanged herself.

Her mother was like a Pixiu that only ate and never excreted; she had saved over a million and invested it in unreliable wealth management, yet she wouldn't even take out two or three hundred thousand to buy her daughter a car.

Thinking of this, he felt he had to buy his wife a car. That way, it would be convenient for her to run errands, and she would have more face when negotiating business.

Having made up his mind, he decided to go to a 4S dealership first thing tomorrow morning.

After the meal, the couple said goodbye to Dong Ruolin and took a taxi home.

The taxi driver was listening to a novel on the radio when news suddenly broke in about the Buckingham Palace Hanging Garden being booked out. The host reading the novel also started discussing the matter on the program.

The host exclaimed, "This is the first time in history that Buckingham Palace has made an exception to book out the entire Hanging Garden. I’m also very curious, what kind of person could have such great face!"

The taxi driver chimed in, "In my opinion, the person who booked the Hanging Garden must be that god-tier tycoon from the short-video platform!"

Ye Chen didn't respond, but he couldn't help but feel a bit surprised!

It seemed that after the news of the top-floor Hanging Garden at the Buckingham Palace Hotel being booked out spread, it really had caused a sensation throughout Jin Ling!

That night, the matter continued to ferment throughout Jin Ling! Soon, it was the talk of the town, and everyone knew about it!

Everyone knew that the Buckingham Palace Hotel operated on a membership basis, and only high-level members had the chance to use the Hanging Garden! As for booking it out, that was out of the question; even diamond members didn't have that qualification!

Therefore, who exactly booked the Hanging Garden suddenly became a major event that everyone was curious about!

Some rumored that the person who booked the Hanging Garden was the god-tier tycoon who was popular all over the country on the short-video platform;

Others said that the person who booked the Hanging Garden was a major overseas tycoon;

Still others said that the person who booked the Hanging Garden was a man with a mysterious identity, and the reason he booked it was to hold a grand and romantic wedding...

Sure enough, the third rumor was the most convincing!

For a time, it caused quite a stir in the streets!

Countless women, upon hearing this, were filled with envy and jealousy.

Everyone speculated which woman was so lucky that someone would spend millions overnight to book the entire Hanging Garden just to profess his love to her!

Many people were hoping for that day to arrive quickly so they could go there and find out the truth!

To avoid revealing his identity, Ye Chen specifically instructed Chen Zekai to carry out some special modifications to the entire Hanging Garden. At the same time, he also looked forward to the arrival of their wedding anniversary!

He wanted to give Xiao Churan a grand wedding on their anniversary!

Early the next morning, Ye Chen went out early and headed to the 4S dealership.

He had a bank card with ten billion in his hand, which he hadn't really used much yet.

This time, he was prepared to buy Xiao Churan a luxury sedan that was presentable.

He had originally thought about buying her a Rolls-Royce in one go.

But after thinking about it carefully, he was afraid it would be hard to explain such an expensive car to her. Moreover, Xiao Churan had always been low-key; even if she had such an expensive car, he feared she wouldn't be willing to drive it out.

So he decided to buy his wife a business sedan for around five hundred thousand. It would have face, wouldn't be too flashy, and would be practical—he wouldn't feel so bad if it got scratched or bumped.

Thinking of this, he prepared to buy his wife an Audi A6. People who negotiated business nowadays all drove A6s; it had plenty of face, and the A6 was a stretched business car, very suitable for his wife to drive.

Arriving at the Audi 4S dealership, he parked his little electric scooter at the entrance and walked inside.

Several sales assistants inside saw a customer coming and two of them immediately prepared to greet him.

A woman behind them hurriedly said, "Oh, this person came on an electric scooter. He’s probably here to mooch off the air conditioning or the Wi-Fi. Don't bother with him."

Upon hearing that he came on an electric scooter, the others instantly lost interest.

Recently, the weather had been hot, and there were always poor people running over early to mooch off the air conditioning. Sometimes they were even shameless enough to sit in the display cars and wouldn't get out, eventually forcing them to call security to chase them away, which made these salespeople extremely annoyed.

Ye Chen, riding an electric scooter and wearing street-stall clothes, really didn't stand out at all here, and he didn't look like someone who could afford an Audi.

Since no one bothered with him, Ye Chen didn't care. He went straight to the A6 sedan display area to take a look and found that the price of this car ranged from 300,000 to over 600,000. The one over 600,000 was the top-of-the-line A6 model, the stretched executive version.

To be honest, this car really looked quite good!

The price of over six hundred thousand wasn't too expensive; Xiao Churan should be able to accept it.

So he spoke up and greeted them, "Is there a new one of these top-of-the-line A6s in stock? I want to take it away right now!"

The sales assistants looked at him as if he were an idiot. One of them said with disdain, "Have you looked at the price? Did you miss a zero?"

Ye Chen frowned at him, "Six hundred and eighteen thousand yuan. I saw it."

The man sneered, "You saw it, and you’re still shouting nonsense? Can you afford it? In a moment, when the order is written up and you’re asked to swipe your card, with so many people watching, if you can't pay, how embarrassing will that be!"

Ye Chen asked coldly, "Are you sick? Didn't take your medicine before leaving the house this morning? Do you want me to call 120 and get an ambulance to take you away?"

The man hummed, "Tch, stop acting tough with me. Do you believe I’ll have security kick you out right now? A poor loser mooching off the air conditioning and Wi-Fi, and you’re still trying to act tough with me?" ===== CHAPTER 35 =====