Gao Mengting

At noon, Tang Song treated them to lunch, and the three of them had a hearty meal at a small roadside restaurant.

Four dishes and a soup—affordable and generously portioned.

Not long after they returned to the auto repair shop, Li Mingjun's phone rang.

The female car owner he had praised so highly had finally arrived.

The three of them waited in the yard for another two or three minutes before a graceful, beautiful figure walked in.

Li Mingjun quickly stood up and greeted her warmly. "Boss Gao, you're finally here."

"Brother Li, stop making fun of me. You know perfectly well what my shop's situation is like." The girl had a lovely voice.

Guo Peng nudged him with his elbow and said excitedly, "She really is a beauty! So gorgeous! I don't think she's any worse than Tian Jing! Her figure might even be better!"

"She is indeed very pretty." Tang Song nodded in agreement, his eyes unable to resist settling on the girl approaching them.

She was in her early twenties, with delicate features and smooth, fair skin.

Her chestnut-brown hair was thick and voluminous, and she wore exquisite makeup.

Slit-leg jeans, white sneakers, and a turtleneck sweater.

She had an effortlessly stylish air about her.

Li Mingjun chuckled. "Let me introduce you. This is Gao Mengting, the owner of this Wuling Hongguang S. This is the buyer, Tang Song, the one I mentioned to you over the phone."

"Hello, Mr. Tang." Gao Mengting smiled and greeted him. "You're much younger than I imagined."

When she smiled, her full cheekbones lifted slightly, making her look rather cute.

"Hello." Tang Song returned the greeting politely.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries.

Li Mingjun took out two copies of the contract. "Ms. Gao, take a look at the terms first. If everything's fine, we can sign the contract now."

Gao Mengting accepted them and sat down in the yard, carefully reading through them.

Whenever she came across something she did not understand, she immediately asked about it and only continued after receiving an answer.

There were only two A4 pages, yet she spent a full eight minutes reading them.

Tang Song felt rather ashamed at how seriously she took it.

He had only skimmed through his copy, confirming that the model and price were correct.

"I have no issues, Brother Li. Do you have a pen?"

"Yes!" Li Mingjun took a ballpoint pen and a box of ink pad from his pocket and handed them over.

Gao Mengting casually took them. With a rapid scribble, she signed her name, then pressed her thumbprint onto the document.

Under the sunlight, her fingers were slender and fair, and her handwriting was graceful and delicate.

"Here, your turn, Mr. Tang." She smiled and handed it over.

Tang Song took it, signed and added his fingerprint in the buyer's section, and the agreement was officially reached.

Gao Mengting took out the car keys she had been holding and placed them on the table.

After hesitating for a moment, she said, "According to the contract, Mr. Tang needs to pay twenty thousand yuan within twenty-four hours, with the remainder to be settled after the ownership transfer. If it's convenient, could you transfer it to me now?"

"Sure. How should I pay?" Tang Song took out his Mobile Phone and looked at her.

People were always more forgiving toward beautiful women, and he did not fuss over it.

"WeChat. Let's add each other as friends. If there's anything wrong with the car, you can contact me too." As she spoke, Gao Mengting opened her WeChat QR code.

After adding each other on WeChat, Tang Song directly transferred 20,000 yuan to her, with the note: Car purchase deposit.

Gao Mengting accepted it immediately, relief appearing on her face as she said gratefully, "To be honest, I've been rather short on money lately. A payment happens to be due today. Thank you, Mr. Tang."

"You're welcome."

"Brother Li, thank you for all the running around you've done for me. I'll transfer the agency fee and transfer fee to you later. I still need my ID card, but I'll definitely give it to you before the transfer on Monday."

"Sure, no problem." Li Mingjun nodded with a smile.

Gao Mengting checked the time, picked up her bag, and said, "There's nothing else to do here, so I'll be heading out first."

"Goodbye."

"Bye bye."

"Goodbye." Gao Mengting smiled and nodded, then turned and strode toward the Main Door.

Her pert hips and slender waist, wrapped in jeans, formed a smooth and sensual curve. Her slightly curled brown hair swayed across her slim back. She had an excellent figure.

Tang Song could not help taking a few more looks.

Just as she was about to walk out through the Main Door, she suddenly stopped and sharply turned around.

Tang Song, who had been secretly watching, was startled and gave an awkward smile.

Gao Mengting took a deep breath, then jogged a few steps over to the Wuling Hongguang.

The smile she had worn all along was replaced by a sorrowful expression.

She reached out and gently stroked the car body, starting from the headlights and gliding along its waistline.

Then she leaned against the car's A-pillar, brought her face close, and whispered a few words to it.

She bit her lower lip hard and took a deep breath. At last, tears began to fall, pattering down one after another.

She lifted her delicate face and carefully pulled out some tissues from her tote bag to wipe them away.

Turning around, she walked back to Tang Song and gave him a serious bow.

Her voice was choked as she said, "Mr. Tang, I hope you'll treat her well.

"She's the high-spec version. The rear suspension uses semi-coil springs, so she can only haul light cargo. A thousand or eighteen hundred pounds is fine, but anything heavier will be too much for her.

"Don't transport seafood or anything like that. It can corrode the floor, even though I added protection.

"The car needs maintenance every 5,000 kilometers...

"Alright, that's about it. Um, let's keep each other on WeChat. Whenever you want to sell her, let me know. If I'm not short on money then, I'll definitely buy her back. Thank you so much!"

From the moment she had entered, she had not looked at the car even once. Yet now, she rattled off precautions for four or five minutes straight, occasionally glancing in that direction.

Tang Song opened his mouth and took a long moment to respond before saying quietly, "Alright, no problem. This is My First Car. I'll take good care of her."

"Thank you! She was My First Car too. She accompanied me for three whole years. She could carry passengers and haul goods, and she was sturdy and durable. Whether it was smooth highways or narrow country roads, whether it was..." Gao Mengting tilted her head back. "Excuse me, excuse me. I think I got a little emotional. I should never have Turned back to look at her. This time, it really is goodbye."

She Smiled, swinging her beige tote bag as she left, seemingly completely carefree.

They watched her graceful figure disappear from sight.

Li Mingjun Sighed. "This girl is actually quite capable. She earned a lot of money through part-time work during college and bought this car in her senior year, planning to start a clothing business. Things went pretty smoothly at first, and she made quite a bit of money. The car was modified during that time too. Later, her business partner screwed her over, and that's how she ended up where she is now."

After returning to Qingxin Garden, Tang Song put away the contract and sat on the sofa, Stared blankly for a while.

He had finally gotten the car he liked. Once the ownership transfer was completed on Monday, it would truly be his.

He should have been very happy, but thinking about the look in Gao Mengting's eyes when she left made him feel a little sad for some reason.

Tang Song gave a self-mocking smile. In the end, it was because she was a stunning beauty on the level of a campus belle, crying so beautifully.

If she had been uglier, he probably would have sighed a couple of times and moved on.

As he thought about it, he somehow opened Gao Mengting's Moments.

Most of her posts were promotions for clothes and shoes, with the occasional selfie mixed in.

The top post had been published three minutes ago.

Gao Mengting: "There is a kind of sorrow in this world that cannot be expressed through tears. It cannot be explained to others; even if it is explained, they will not understand. It remains forever unchanged, like snowflakes on a windless night quietly accumulating at the bottom of one's heart." —Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World