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."

"Alright," Xiao Xiao Churan said. "Coincidentally, I have to go to the Emgrand Group tomorrow morning anyway."

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

Xiao Xiao Churan laughed, "Then your wishful thinking is off! 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 Dong Ruolin blurted out, "You're a director now, and you still haven't bought a car!"

Xiao 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 own expenses, and I have to give my mom living expenses, so I only have a few thousand left at the end of the month. How could I afford a car?"

As she spoke, Xiao 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 isn't bad either."

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

Ye Chen also felt that Dong Dong Ruolin was right.

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

Her mother was a greedy beast who only took and never gave; she had saved over a million and invested it in unreliable wealth management products, 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 so that it would be more convenient for her to go out and handle business, and she would have more face when negotiating deals.

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

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

The taxi driver was listening to a novel on the radio when news about the Hanging Garden at Bai Jinhangong being booked out suddenly interrupted. The host broadcasting the novel also started discussing the matter on the program.

The host exclaimed, "This is the first time in history that Bai Jinhangong 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 inside!

It seemed that after the news of the Hanging Garden on the top floor of the Bai Jinhangong Hotel being booked out spread, it had indeed caused a sensation throughout Jin Ling!

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

Everyone knew that the Bai Jinhangong Hotel operated on a membership system, and only high-level members had the opportunity 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 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 had become popular all over the country on the short-video platform;

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

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

Sure enough, the third rumor was easier for people to believe!

For a time, the streets were stirred up once again!

Countless women were envious and jealous upon hearing this.

Everyone speculated which woman was so lucky that someone would spend millions in one night to book the entire Hanging Garden just to show his love for her!

Many people were hoping that day would come 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, and at the same time, he looked forward to the arrival of their wedding anniversary!

He was going to give Xiao Xiao Churan a grand wedding on their wedding 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 it, which he hadn't really used much yet.

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

He had originally wanted to go all out and buy her a Rolls-Royce.

But after thinking about it carefully, he was afraid it would be hard to explain such an expensive car to her, and Xiao Xiao Churan's personality was always low-key; even if she had such an expensive car, she probably 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 be presentable, not too flashy, and quite practical; he wouldn't feel too bad if it got scratched or bumped.

Thinking of this, he prepared to buy his wife an Audi A6. People who negotiated business these days all drove A6s; the car had plenty of face, and the A6 was an extended business vehicle, 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 guides inside saw a customer coming, and two of them immediately prepared to greet him.

A woman behind them hurriedly said, "Oh my, 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."

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

The weather had been hot lately, 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 the security guards to chase them away, which annoyed these salespeople to no end.

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

Since no one bothered with him, Ye Chen didn't care. He went directly 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 extended executive edition.

To be honest, this car really looked quite good!

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

So he spoke up and greeted, "Is there a new A6 top-of-the-line model in stock? I want to take it away right now!"

The sales guides 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 and looked at him, "Six hundred eighteen thousand yuan, I saw it."

The man sneered, "You saw it, and you're still shouting nonsense? Can you afford it? If I open the order and ask you to swipe your card, and there are so many people watching, and you can't pay, how embarrassing would 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 cocky with me. Do you believe I'll have security kick you out right now? A poor loser here to mooch off the air conditioning and Wi-Fi, and you're still pretending with me?" ===== CHAPTER 35 =====