Lu Yichen defiantly raised the chat history on his phone, shoved it in front of Gu Lingchuan's face, and said confidently.
"Look, my fiancé said he never picked up any sports car!"
Gu Lingchuan glanced at the chat history and said, half convinced.
"That's impossible. I wanted this sports car myself. If the salesperson hadn't told me the Huo family's crown prince had already picked it up, I would've fought to get it."
Now somewhat wary, Gu Lingchuan turned to question Lu Xingchen. Anyone who could get this car and its license plate out of the Huo family's crown prince's hands had influence and wealth in the Capital that couldn't be underestimated.
"Hey, what's your background?"
Lu Xingchen shrugged. Thinking of what he was about to say, he couldn't help laughing first.
"What answer do you want to hear? I could also be Mixue's four seasons spring tea with cheese foam."
Seeing that he could finally get a word in, Lu Yichen hurried to expose Lu Xingchen's true colors.
"Lingchuan~ don't listen to his nonsense. He's just an unfavored young master of our Lu family. The Huo family's crown prince and I are about to get engaged. I guarantee he never picked up this sports car."
"Lu Xingchen! Can't you be sensible? Can't you see that Lingchuan likes this car? Why don't you give it to him?"
The corners of Lu Xingchen's foxlike eyes lifted slightly, and he scoffed.
"You say give it away, and I'm supposed to? Who are you? Is your name on the car? You couldn't afford this car even if you sold yourself."
"All you do is flap your lips and spew crap. Been daydreaming too much?"
Lu Yichen stiffened his neck and said.
"Do you still want to come back to the Lu family? Even though you were kicked out, the Gu family has been working with the Lu family lately. If you had any sense, you'd hand this car over to Lingchuan! Then I could put in a good word for you with Mom and Dad!"
Lu Xingchen rolled his eyes hard.
"Having another delusional episode? I turned the Lu family upside down, then dusted off my hands and walked out in style. Whoever wants to go back can go. I certainly don't want to return to that cesspit."
Song Anran, who had long since seen through everything, said from beside them, "You said you're about to get engaged to the Huo family's crown prince, and from your tone, he really spoils you."
Thinking of the sweetness of the past two days, Lu Yichen blushed, smiled bashfully, and nodded. "He does spoil me."
Song Anran brushed back her short hair and fixed Lu Yichen with a piercing look as she asked.
"I'm fairly well acquainted with the Huo family's crown prince. If you're getting engaged, why hasn't he sent me an invitation? Isn't the Huo Group announcing the engagement on its official website either? It seems the Huo Corporation's crown prince doesn't treat you all that well. He's probably just playing around."
Lu Yichen was dumbfounded. His mind had been full of Huo Junchi's sweet words, and he hadn't thought that far ahead at all, so he stammered out an excuse.
"The invitations... the invitations haven't actually been sent yet, so of course you haven't received one. As for why the Huo Group's website hasn't announced the engagement, I'll have him tell his staff to post it when I get back."
Song Anran took a sip of her drink, cast him a sidelong glance, and said mildly, "Is that so?"
Lu Yichen nodded, forcing himself to remain calm. "Of course."
Lu Xingchen leisurely watched the show. Song Anran was clearly more than just acquainted with Huo Chuyun, judging by how effortlessly she had dealt with the unconscious thug earlier.
The fact that she even had bodyguards with her made it clear that she came from a good family. She was probably a young lady of the Song family, Huo Chuyun's maternal relatives.
Song Anran and Huo Chuyun were probably cousins.
Still, Lu Xingchen didn't know whether Song Anran hadn't noticed his relationship with Huo Chuyun or was deliberately avoiding mentioning it for fear of making him uncomfortable.
Cheng Zitao often styled Huo Chuyun, and over time they had become friends, so he knew a little of the inside story too.
That was why he had marveled earlier that Lu Xingchen had landed the richest man in the Capital-the president of the Huo Group, whom outsiders jokingly called the Huo family's crown prince.
Stunned by Huo Chuyun's wealth, Cheng Zitao teasingly nudged Lu Xingchen's shoulder.
"Little Xingxing, we got into the car too quickly earlier, so I didn't even notice the plate. A Beijing A plate with seven eights! That plate can't be worth much less than the car."
Lu Xingchen gave his fawning expression a sidelong glance and said evenly, "Out with it, Taozi. Do you want to borrow the car?"
"Hehe, little Xingxing, I knew you were the best." Cheng Zitao ingratiatingly shook Lu Xingchen's arm.
"Let me drive it the day I have my Meeting in Person with Little Puppy. He's from the Capital too, and his family seems pretty well-off. Whether things work out or not, I can't lose in presence right from the start."
Lu Xingchen pondered for a moment, then pretended to hesitate. "I could, but I can't lend it to you for nothing. Style me twice for free."
"Deal! Little Xingxing, I love you to death."
Delighted, Cheng Zitao leaned in to kiss Lu Xingchen, only for Lu Xingchen to deftly catch his head without even looking, leaving his pink lips puckered.
His attempt at a kiss thwarted, Cheng Zitao pouted sulkily. "Hmph, fine, no kiss, then. I'll save my first kiss for Little Puppy."
Lu Xingchen rubbed his head and teased, "A hundred thousand per kiss."
Cheng Zitao stared at Lu Xingchen in astonishment. "Even kissing gold wouldn't cost that much! Little Xingxing, you're ruthless!"
Seeing that everyone was treating him as though he didn't exist, Gu Lingchuan deliberately coughed twice. A nasty gleam flashed in his eyes as he looked Lu Xingchen's exquisite face up and down in the bar's dim light.
"Hey, Lu Xingchen, I'll admit you're pretty good-looking. If what your younger brother said is true, and you're just the Lu family's unfavored young master, then there's only one possibility!"
Lu Xingchen lounged casually against the sofa, the corners of his lips lifting with a hint of devilish charm as he steadily met Gu Lingchuan's gaze.
He had been a wealthy family's young master before transmigrating into the novel, so he knew all too well how spoiled young masters like Gu Lingchuan thought.
He simply wanted to say that Lu Xingchen was being kept, and that only by relying on a powerful sugar daddy could he have taken the sports car from the Huo family's crown prince.
Of course, he also knew exactly how to handle this sort of wastrel.
Sure enough, the next second, Gu Lingchuan looked mockingly at Lu Xingchen and slandered him.
"I was wondering which family's young master you were, throwing money around and taking this car from the Huo family's crown prince. Turns out you're just selling your ass."
"Tsk, tsk, what a waste of that pretty face. Why not leave that old man with no stamina and come with me? I'm young and strong, and I like feisty ones like you. I'm rich too."
At the thought of Huo Chuyun being described as an old man, Lu Xingchen couldn't hold back a snort of laughter. He didn't deny it, tacitly admitting it instead. He pretended to consider it for a moment, then looked up at Gu Lingchuan with a troubled expression.
"What should I do? Honestly, he really spoils me. I'm not planning to change sugar daddies yet~"
"The old man backing me is only a little more powerful than the Huo family's crown prince. Gu Lingchuan of the Capital's Gu family, right? Go home and wait for what's coming. I'll be waiting for your father to drag you over to apologize to me in person. Don't go speechless then."
Gu Lingchuan's handsome face instantly went deathly pale. If his father really found out that the Gu Corporation Group had been affected because of him again...
His father would beat him with a stick until his skin split open, while his darling mother stood beside them clapping and cheering, sprinkling on some salt water for good measure.
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