Chapter 34: Pretending with Me?

Seeing that Ye Chen agreed to the class reunion, Xiao Churan reminded him, saying, “Wang Daokun’s restaurant is opening, we need to prepare a gift; we can’t go empty-handed.”

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

“Sounds good,” Xiao Churan replied. “I also need to go to the Dihao Group tomorrow morning.”

Dong Ruolin asked excitedly, “You’re coming to Dihao tomorrow morning? Once you’re done, come find me. I can hitch a ride with you to Wang Daokun’s restaurant for lunch.”

Xiao Churan laughed and said, “You’ve got your calculations wrong! I don’t have a car; I usually take a taxi or the bus. Sometimes Ye Chen rides his electric bike to pick me up.”

“Ah?” Dong Ruolin exclaimed. “You’re already a director and you still haven’t bought a car?”

Xiao Churan explained, “I haven’t been working long and haven’t made much money. Between Ye Chen and me, we have expenses, and I also send living expenses to my mom. By the end of the month, I only have a few thousand left; that’s not enough to buy a car.”

She continued, “To be honest, I find the bus quite convenient. If the weather is nice, riding Ye Chen’s electric bike is also good.”

Dong Ruolin said seriously, “You need to pay attention to your image. After all, you’re the director of the Xiao Group and directly collaborating with Dihao. If you don’t even have a car, people will talk.”

Ye Chen agreed with Dong Ruolin’s point.

His wife had always been too frugal, and most of her earnings went to her mother, which meant she had been neglecting herself.

His mother-in-law was like a greedy beast, hoarding over a million but investing it in unreliable financial schemes, never considering taking out twenty or thirty thousand to buy her daughter a car.

Thinking of this, he felt he needed to buy his wife a car. This way, it would be more convenient for her to go out for work, and it would also give her more face when doing business.

Having made up his mind, he decided to visit a 4S dealership first thing in the morning.

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

The taxi driver was listening to a novel on the radio when suddenly a news report about Buckingham Palace’s sky garden being booked came on, and the novel’s host began discussing the matter.

The host exclaimed, “This is the first time in history that Buckingham Palace has made an exception to book the entire sky garden! I’m curious, who could have such influence!”

The taxi driver chimed in, “I think the person who booked the sky garden must be that legendary rich guy from the short video platform!”

Ye Chen didn’t respond but felt a bit surprised inside!

It seemed that the news about the sky garden at the Buckingham Palace Hotel being booked had indeed caused a stir throughout Jinling!

That night, the news continued to spread throughout Jinling! Soon, everyone was talking about it!

It was well-known that Buckingham Palace Hotel operated on a membership basis, and only high-level members could use the sky garden! As for booking the entire place, that was out of the question; even diamond members didn’t have that privilege!

So, who exactly booked the sky garden became a matter of great curiosity for everyone!

Some rumors suggested that the person who booked the sky garden was the legendary rich guy from the short video platform;

Others said it was an overseas tycoon;

Even more claimed that it was a mysterious man who booked the sky garden to hold a grand and romantic wedding…

Indeed, the third rumor seemed the most believable!

In no time, the gossip stirred up quite a wave!

Countless women, upon hearing this, felt envious and jealous.

Everyone speculated about which woman was so lucky that someone would spend millions overnight to book the entire sky garden to express their love!

Many were eagerly awaiting that day to arrive so they could find out the truth!

To avoid revealing his identity, Ye Chen specifically instructed Chen Zekai to make special modifications to the entire sky garden. Meanwhile, he looked forward to the arrival of their wedding anniversary!

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

The next morning, Ye Chen left early for the 4S dealership.

He had a bank card with a hundred billion yuan that he hadn’t used much yet.

This time, he planned to buy Xiao Churan a luxury car that would be impressive.

Initially, he thought about buying her a Rolls Royce outright.

But then he reconsidered, fearing that such an expensive car would be hard to explain to her. Moreover, Xiao Churan had always been low-key; even if she had such an expensive car, she probably wouldn’t want to drive it around.

So he decided to buy her a business sedan priced around five hundred thousand yuan—impressive but not too flashy, and also practical, so he wouldn’t feel too bad if it got scratched or bumped.

With that in mind, he prepared to buy an Audi A6. Nowadays, many business people drove A6s; it had a good image, and the A6 was a long-wheelbase business car, perfect for his wife.

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

As soon as the salespeople saw a customer, two of them rushed to greet him.

However, a woman in the back quickly said, “Oh, this person came on an electric bike; he’s probably just here for the air conditioning or WiFi. Don’t pay him any attention.”

Upon hearing he arrived on an electric bike, the others immediately lost interest.

Recently, with the hot weather, there had been many people coming in early to enjoy the air conditioning, and sometimes they shamelessly sat in the display cars and wouldn’t get out, forcing the sales staff to call security to remove them, which was quite annoying.

Ye Chen, riding an electric bike and dressed in casual clothes, certainly didn’t stand out here; he didn’t look like someone who could afford an Audi.

Noticing that no one was paying him any attention, Ye Chen didn’t mind. He went straight to the A6 display area and saw that the prices ranged from 300,000 to over 600,000 yuan, with the top model being the A6 long-wheelbase executive version.

To be honest, the car looked quite nice!

At over 600,000 yuan, it wasn’t too expensive; Xiao Churan should be able to accept it.

So he called out, “Is there a new top-spec A6 available? I want to take it home now!”

The salespeople looked at him as if he were crazy, and one of them disdainfully said, “Have you seen the price? Did you forget a zero?”

Ye Chen frowned and replied, “I saw it; it’s 618,000 yuan.”

The person sneered, “You saw it, and you’re still shouting? Can you afford it? When the bill comes, and you can’t swipe your card in front of so many people, how embarrassing would that be!”

Ye Chen coldly asked, “Are you sick? Did you forget to take your medication this morning? Do you want me to call an ambulance to take you away?”

The person scoffed, “Cut it out. Do you really think I won’t have security throw you out? A freeloader here for the air conditioning and WiFi, and you’re trying to act tough with me?”