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Editor: Sai Hiroto

In late October, the weather was already very cold. Especially after nightfall, the north wind blew, and it seemed that people's ears would be frozen off.

Cheng Lang bought three roasted sweet potatoes on the street and gave one to Shen Huaiyu to warm her hands. They don't know what happened, but there were very few taxis on the street. The two waited for ten minutes on the street before they stopped a taxi. After getting in the taxi trembling, Cheng Lang sniffed and said, "This taxi is too difficult to get. The fare is so expensive, I might as well buy one myself."

Shen Huaiyu looked at Cheng Lang with some curiosity and asked, "Can you drive?"

"Of course I can. I went to take the driver's license test after the college entrance examination." Cheng Lang peeled the sweet potato while talking. The roasted sweet potato that had just completed the task of warming hands was swallowed by Cheng Lang in two or three bites. There was one roasted sweet potato left, so Cheng Lang put it in his coat pocket and prepared to give it to the dormitory manager when he returned.

Shen Huaiyu's eyes dimmed slightly, "I was originally planning to take the driver's license test after the college entrance examination."

But something happened at home. He didn't have the heart to think about it.

"Then you still have time to apply now." Cheng Lang said casually, "It's good to know how to drive. It's convenient for you to go out. Besides, we need to drive to buy goods for the milk tea shop we opened now."

Shen Huaiyu asked with great interest, "What car do you want to buy?" Shen Huaiyu thought that if the car Cheng Lang wanted to buy was too expensive, he could—

"Wuling Hongguang." Cheng Lang said without hesitation, "It's economical! And durable!"

[*Sai: Wuling (五菱): Five diamond. The Wuling Hongguang is a compact multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), nicknamed the "God Car": cheap price, high sales, good practicality, and strong power performance.]

Shen Huaiyu: "..."

Shen Huaiyu imagined the scene of Cheng Lang driving Wuling Hongguang to White Jaded Capital to work, and somehow he suddenly laughed out loud.

Cheng Lang glanced at Shen Huaiyu, "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing." Shen Huaiyu couldn't help laughing. Suddenly, he said, "Then I'll go get a driver's license. Then we'll go buy goods together."

Cheng Lang nodded, "Try hard. Buy a car first and then a house."

Cheng Lang is a very executive person. Since he said he wanted to buy a car, there was no need to hesitate. 

The next day at noon, the two of them waited in the milk tea shop for White Jade Capital's supplier to deliver drinks. After inspecting the goods, Cheng Lang first called White Jade Capital's purchasing manager to thank him and then dragged Shen Huaiyu straight to the manufacturer. It took less than half an hour to pick out a Wuling Hongguang in earth brown with a displacement of 1.5L. The whole set of procedures cost more than 50,000 yuan.

That night, Cheng Lang drove this car and took Shen Huaiyu to work in White Jade Capital.

When they arrived, they had to find a parking space. Fortunately, White Jade Capital has good welfare benefits, and employees have their own parking lots. Cheng Lang drove his brand new Wuling Hongguang, passing through a group of luxury cars worth hundreds of millions of dollars, such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, and Rolls-Royce, and also passed through the commuter cars of his colleagues worth hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, and finally parked steadily in the corner.

After getting out of the car, Cheng Lang showed off his driving skills to Shen Huaiyu, "Only I drive steadily. If it were an ordinary person, they would not dare to drive here."

Shen Huaiyu couldn't help laughing. That's right, if it were an ordinary person, they would be embarrassed to drive here.

Shen Huaiyu looked at Cheng Lang with a smile on his face, and he felt that the days had suddenly become lively.

The employees of White Jade Capital also learned from the parking boy that Cheng Lang had bought a new car, and he drove into the underground parking lot of White Jade Capital. Seeing Cheng Lang coming up, everyone couldn't help but tease, "Just now someone was complaining on the intercom, saying that I don't know where the poor guy came from, driving a broken Wuling to White Jade Capital to make trouble. The security guard was about to stop you! The car window shook, and after a long time, it turned out to be you two."

"I say, Cheng Lang, you are too stingy, aren't you? You are the pillar of our White Jade Capital after all. You can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a night. You finally bought a car, but you bought such a broken Wuling? You don't mind losing face if you tell others about it."

"What's wrong with Wuling?" Cheng Lang said with a smile, "It's such a simple work car. I think the core of this car is very suitable for me. Honest, low-key, reliable, and never fails at critical moments. They are all hardworking and diligent workers."

"Forget it." Someone sneered, "I admire your thick skin. You dare to come to White Jade Capital with such a broken car. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

The foreman also didn't understand, "It stands to reason that you are not short of money now, right? Since you want to buy a car, why don't you buy a similar one? Even if you buy a Cayenne, it will be better than Wuling, right?"

Just buy a Cayenne!

Cheng Lang shook his head, patted the foreman on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Don't watch short videos if you have nothing to do."

The foreman looked at Cheng Lang blankly, not understanding what he meant by this sentence.

Perhaps the news that someone drove a Wuling Hongguang into the underground parking lot of White Jade Capital was too sensational. When Cheng Lang was performing, a guest mentioned, "I heard you bought a new car?"

Cheng Lang nodded. He straightened his clothes and said frankly, "After all, I am now the pillar of White Jade Capital. Thanks to the support of the officials, I can be considered a person of status..."

Hearing Cheng Lang's remarks, the guests in the audience began to laugh.

Cheng Lang continued, "... It is reasonable to buy a car for transportation."

"So what kind of car did you buy?" the guest in the audience asked.

"To be honest, my car is amazing!" Hearing the guest's question, Cheng Lang slapped his guitar and immediately started to promote it, "Wuling Hongguang's classic model. It is also a car model with a broad mass base. Whether it is for family transportation, mountain climbing, or cross-country running, it can meet your needs."

Hearing Cheng Lang's Chinglish, those who didn't know the truth were still confused, wondering what kind of car it was. Were they ignorant and didn't hear about it, or did the diamond seller also start to develop cars? The guests who knew what was going on were already slapping their thighs and laughing.

"How much did you get for the Wuling Hongguang? I'll contact Corvette and double it for you!" the guests shouted.

The guests who had been confused finally understood, and a burst of laughter broke out in the bar.

"Did you really buy a Wuling Hongguang?" A guest couldn't help asking, "I thought you were telling a joke. You are so young, why are you so depressed?"

In the VIP area on the second floor, in Qin Mu's private room. The usually taciturn Mr. Qin suddenly asked, "Can Cheng Lang drive?"

Brother Chen came to his senses and was about to answer. Chu Suiyi, who knew that Qin Mu was coming to White Jade Capital again tonight and insisted on following him to listen to the crosstalk, asked in confusion, "What is Wuling Hongguang? What are they laughing at?" Why didn't he understand?

Assistant Hu, who was very polite, pushed his glasses and explained with a smile, "Wuling Hongguang is a low-end, cheap car. The consumers of this car are usually small business merchants and some farmers—"

"So our new pillar of White Jade Capital bought a low-end, cheap car for small merchants and farmers? And he wants to use this car to show his status as a pillar of White Jade Capital?" Chu Suiyi widened his eyes, turned his head to look at Cheng Lang, who was talking eloquently under the stage, and couldn't help but sigh, "This is really shameless!"

After saying that, he looked at Qin Mu again and said, "Your White Jade Capital's style is almost ruined by him, right?"

Qin Mu turned a deaf ear to him, staring at the audience with his dark eyes, still patiently listening to Cheng Lang's nonsense.

Brother Chen and Assistant Hu looked at each other. Somehow, they both thought of what Cheng Lang said last night.

"Could it be that Mr. Qin really..." After coming out of the private room, Assistant Hu couldn't help gossiping with Brother Chen.

"Probably not." Brother Chen shook his head, in fact, he was not sure, "How is it possible!"

Look at other CEOs, even if their mistresses are not stars, at least they can sing and dance, be gentle, and like music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. No matter how poor their CEO Qin is, he will not like a crosstalk lover who drives a Wuling Hongguang, right?

Brother Chen and Assistant Hu looked at each other, their expressions were a bit hard to describe.

In the other room, Cheng Lang obviously didn't know about the tangle between Brother Chen and Assistant Hu. After the two-hour performance, Cheng Lang still left the stage with a hoarse voice. Brother Wang handed over a bottle of water as usual. Seeing Cheng Lang opening the bottle cap and gulping down the water, Brother Wang shook his head and couldn't help but sigh, "I admire you now. How can you, a handsome man, devote yourself to living a life of jokes?"

"What's wrong with living a life of jokes?" Cheng Lang said with a smile, "The ancients said that happiness alone is not as good as happiness with others. It's better to make others happy than to make them sad."

"It sounds strange." Brother Wang snorted, "If you don't know, you would think you have experienced some disaster at such a young age."

As Brother Wang said, he suddenly remembered that Cheng Lang had been an orphan since childhood. After so many years of stumbling, he must have experienced more human warmth and coldness than others.

Thinking of this, he couldn't bear to say the words that were on his lips.

After drinking half a bottle of mineral water, Cheng Lang wanted to go to the bathroom again. He went upstairs leisurely. This time, he didn't run into the elusive President Qin in the bathroom. But when he came out, he ran into Gu Yong, the security manager of White Jade Capital.

"Can you please not drive your broken Wuling from the customer channel to the parking lot?" Gu Yong was terrified in the monitoring room, fearing that Cheng Lang might accidentally hit or rub a customer's luxury car, "I'll get you a pass, and next time you can go directly through the employee channel."

Cheng Lang was stunned when he heard this, "There is an employee channel here?"

"That's nonsense!" Gu Yong said, "If you don't use a separate channel, who can afford to pay if you really scratch the customer's sports car?"

The key is that no one can take this responsibility.

Cheng Lang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Then Big Brother Yong will take care of it."

Gu Yong glared at Cheng Lang unhappily, "You just know how to make trouble for me!"

After a pause, Gu Yong couldn't help it. He asked Cheng Lang, "Why did you suddenly think of buying a car? And such a big car. It can't be to cooperate with your crosstalk performance tonight, right?"

Cheng Lang didn't put so much effort into crosstalk performance, "I opened a milk tea shop with a partner. Sometimes I need a car to buy goods. Besides, the weather is getting colder and colder now. We get off work late and can't always get a taxi. The fare from the bar to our school is also expensive. I think it's better to buy a car for transportation, which is also convenient for daily purchases."

It makes sense when you put it this way. Gu Yong nodded and said with emotion, "You are young, but you don't have those bad habits of vanity. I don't think you get angry when so many people tease you."

Cheng Lang smiled and said nothing. In his opinion, this level of teasing and teasing is not enough to waste your emotions and get angry.

Gu Yong asked again, "How are you preparing the script that Brother Chen asked you to prepare?"

Just as Cheng Lang was about to speak, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the end of the corridor.

Cheng Lang turned his head and saw President Qin walking towards him with an expressionless face. There were many people following behind him.

Qin Mu obviously also saw Cheng Lang and Gu Yong standing at the door of the bathroom chatting. His dark eyes swept over. Gu Yong felt inexplicably guilty and took a big step back.

Cheng Lang: "..."

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The bathroom on the second floor: I always feel that I have taken on a role that the bathroom should not have!