Meeting the Wrong Person at the Wrong Time

After circling the display car a few times, he found himself extremely taken with this model.

The beautiful saleswoman was slightly surprised. She had not expected to run into another person pretending to be weak while hiding his strength. Did people these days watch too much of that stuff? Did they have to find an opportunity to slap someone in the face before they felt satisfied?

"There are no cars in stock. If you want one, you'll need to place an order in advance. The new cars won't arrive for another month."

"If you need one urgently, the car in the showroom arrived just last month. If you pay today, it'll only cost 1.7 million." The saleswoman pointed at the black sports car in the center of the showroom, gleaming brilliantly beneath the spotlights.

"I'll take it. I don't need any discounts either. Leave all the paperwork to you. I want to drive it away today!" Tang Shizhe waved a hand grandly and pulled an ordinary green Agricultural Bank of China card from his pocket.

"Paying in full?" The salesperson froze. She had not expected someone buying a luxury car to pay in full. He was either a sucker or the kind of rich man who did not care about money.

"Please come with me." The beautiful saleswoman gave a slight bow, preparing to lead Tang Shizhe to the VIP lounge.

However, at that moment, a familiar voice reached Tang Shizhe from nearby.

"Miss Yan, please come this way. The parts for your car have arrived, and we're replacing them now. The whole process will only take about two hours. You can rest in the lounge." An after-sales consultant was leading a lovely figure toward the lounge.

"Okay, bring me a coffee." Yan Yanran nodded lightly and followed the after-sales consultant toward the lounge, only to run head-on into Tang Shizhe, who was holding up his bank card.

The air instantly froze. Even from several meters away, the saleswoman and the after-sales consultant could sense the awkwardness hanging in the air.

"Didn't you say you were getting your relatives to repair the car, and that it wouldn't cost much?" Within 0.3 seconds of seeing Yan Yanran's face, Tang Shizhe had already come up with a strategy: question her first and disrupt her train of thought!

"Ah, that..." Yan Yanran's thoughts were indeed led astray by Tang Shizhe's words, and her mind instantly turned to mush.

"Sir, um, please swipe your card." The cashier approaching from the side spoke up, interrupting Tang Shizhe's attack. His momentum immediately deflated.

"How much is it?" Tang Shizhe awkwardly rubbed his nose and asked softly.

"The invoice price is 1.7 million, plus the 145,000 purchase tax we'll pay on your behalf, for a total of 1.845 million." The cashier handed over a POS machine.

Since they had already handed him the POS machine, Tang Shizhe could hardly pretend not to see it. Under Yan Yanran's gaze, he lightly swiped his debit card and entered the password.

"Both parents dead? Supporting yourself through part-time work?" Yan Yanran ground her teeth as she squeezed out those two sentences. Tang Shizhe had told her both of them during dinner, and she had actually believed him!

And what was this guy doing now? The moment dinner was over, he had run straight to a 4S dealership to pick up a car! She had even sympathized with him and made plans for his sake.

"I was wondering why you were so generous when it came to paying compensation. Heh, so you're a rich man!" Yan Yanran snorted coldly, turned with a frosty face, and walked into the lounge.

Seeing this, the sales consultant and cashier realized that someone on their side seemed to have caused trouble. They hurriedly pretended they were going to pour Tang Shizhe some tea and left the area.

Tang Shizhe rubbed his nose. He had only been joking. It was obviously her own fault for believing it so foolishly.

He did not dare enter the lounge now, so he could only find a sofa in the main hall and sit down.

Several dozen minutes later, the beautiful saleswoman who had completed the paperwork, along with several other salespeople, opened the large door beside the showroom and drove the car out onto the open space outside.

"Mr. Tang, these are your purchase documents, this is the spare key, and these are gifts from us. We wish you a smooth journey!" The saleswoman handed several shopping bags to Tang Shizhe.

Tang Shizhe glanced back at the glass door of the lounge. Yan Yanran inside still seemed to be angry.

With a helpless shrug, Tang Shizhe got into the car, fastened his seat belt, and happily drove his new car toward the warehouse.

After finishing a busy day of work, Yin Qi threw herself onto the sofa the moment she returned home. It was her favorite place to stay. Sitting there, she could look down through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the scenery of nearly all of Jiaodong City.

Her whole body sank into the soft sofa. A white cat leaped up from the floor beside her and jumped into Yin Qi's arms, nuzzling against her twice.

Yin Qi stroked the cat's head, pulled her phone from her pocket, and prepared to ask her teacher about her final exam results.

She skillfully opened WeChat, found the account labeled Dean Wang, and tapped into it.

"Uncle Wang, have the results from this exam come out yet? How did I do?" Yin Qi added a smiling emoji at the end of the message. After all, elders all thought that emoji meant a smile.

"You did very well this time! It completely exceeded my expectations!" Uncle Wang replied within seconds, adding the same smiling emoji to the end of his message.

But Yin Qi always felt that the emoji was mocking her.

"Oh? How did I do?" Yin Qi suppressed the excitement in her heart. If nothing unexpected had happened, she had definitely taken first place in the grade this time. Yan Yanran? Hmph, what a weakling!

"You took second place this time. Not bad, not bad. A tiger father has no dog daughter. With your father being such an outstanding student, how could his daughter's grades possibly be poor? You really hid yourself too well before." Uncle Wang added a laughing emoji at the end.

"Se-Second place! Who got first?" Uncle Wang had no idea that Yin Qi was practically about to cough up blood. She had wanted to take first place this time and show off in front of Yan Yanran, but she had somehow ended up in second place.

Damn it! Could that Yan Yanran have gotten first place again?

"Oh, the student who got first this time seems to be called Tang Shizhe. You're in the same class, right? Tell me, is he usually very hardworking in his studies?" Uncle Wang asked curiously. He had heard that this student had always ranked around the middle before, yet he had suddenly made a perfect comeback this time. It was truly quite intriguing.

"Yes, he's usually extremely hardworking!" Yin Qi gritted her teeth as she finished typing the message, then immediately exited WeChat.

The mention of studying hard made her think of Tang Shizhe scrolling through his phone during the last class!

How could someone like that actually get first place?

Her second place and Tang Shizhe's first place were not remotely comparable. It was like how everyone knew the world's highest peak was Mount Everest, but no one knew the world's second-highest peak!

Fine, she knew the world's second-highest peak was K2, but that was not the point!

The point was that she had hidden herself for a full year and a half, disguising herself as an ignorant, rebellious girl just to lure out her competitors in the same grade, then crush them all in one blow during this exam!

Yet the carefully planned chance for her to pretend to be weak while hiding her strength had instead become nothing more than a backdrop for Tang Shizhe to show off!

The effort she had put into maintaining her disguise for a year and a half had all gone to waste! How could she not be furious? How could she not be annoyed?

"Tang Shizhe, I'm not done with you! Just wait and see!" Yin Qi viciously kneaded the white cat in her arms.

The uncomfortable white cat could only let out a few pitiful meows, but its owner was completely unmoved and continued crazily "huffing cats"!

Still, at least she had left Yan Yanran behind. That meant the next time they met, she would once again have the confidence to talk back to Yan Yanran!