Auto Show and Comic Convention

The four people formally setting out for the auto show were Liu Chang'an, whose automotive knowledge remained stuck in the last century and who favored tractors and heavy trucks, offering car-buying advice; An Nuan, dressed to the nines with legs longer than the models', though that was not her real purpose; Liu Yuewang, planning to buy a car with her own savings and the three hundred thousand her father had given her; and Professor Ling, looking sleepy but insisting on accompanying Liu Yuewang the whole way.

Among friends who were as close as siblings, if one person thought the other was a bit of a fool, they often worried about them. They would fuss over them more than usual, sometimes even taking care of them like a mother.

Professor Ling was worrying in exactly that way. Liu Chang'an and An Nuan were juniors, after all, while Liu Yuewang was buying a fairly expensive car. Professor Ling felt she had to help vet the purchase, or at least watch out for any traps the salespeople might lay.

She did not actually know much about cars either, but Professor Ling considered herself rather shrewd and good at reading people. In that respect, she was far better than Liu Yuewang. Many times, someone only needed to say a few nice words to Liu Yuewang for her to think they were a good person who would not deceive her.

Of course, that was Professor Ling's opinion of Liu Yuewang. Liu Yuewang did not think she was like that at all. In many respects, she was more capable than Professor Ling. In Liu Yuewang's eyes, Professor Ling was somewhat scatterbrained.

Professor Ling had two Mercedes at home, but she repeatedly warned Liu Yuewang not to buy one. From buying the car to after-sales service, maintenance,