According to the original plan, Shangguan Dandan would bring out the family's core asset—the electric little pony cart—and assign seats as usual. But now that Li Hongfang, who had nothing better to do than tag along for fun, had joined them, the arrangement needed to be redone.
It was time to demonstrate the Empress Dowager's status and scheming as the one in control of the whole situation.
"Fangfang, did you drive here?" Shangguan Dandan had already seen Li Hongfang's car, but she still had to ask. That was how adults were—they knowingly asked obvious questions to make themselves seem skilled in conversation, smooth, and worldly.
If you spoke too directly and plainly, without making people ponder your words for three minutes or realize their meaning afterward, you would seem unsophisticated.
Shangguan Dandan understood this deeply. Not to mention the Everlasting Palace, even among her current daughters-in-law and prospective daughters-in-law, there were often conversations that sounded impressive to ordinary men while leaving them completely lost and unable to make sense of anything.
"Over there." Li Hongfang pointed. "Dandan, why don't you ride with me? I've got bottles and bottles of champagne water in my car."
The last time Li Hongfang had gone to discuss business with her two younger brothers, she had called it "champagne water" when ordering drinks too. Shangguan Dandan had led her astray.
Only after putting on a slightly thoughtful expression did Shangguan Dandan nod. "Dongdong's mom, Dongdong, and I will ride in Fangfang's big car. Liu Chang'an will ride his electric bike around us, protecting us from every direction."
"Are you serious?" Liu Chang'an patted Shangguan Dandan's electric bike, then pointed at the Mansory-modified Mercedes G63 in the distance, which weighed several tons. "You want me to circle around you and protect you from every direction? This