Chapter 346 - 217: Calling Out Faults to His Face (Part 2)

Chapter 346: Chapter 217: Calling Out Faults to His Face (Part 2)

’I get Endurance Value for failing? And ten points, no less! System, you’ve shown your true colors. This whole Endurance Value is just something you cooked up to screw me over!’

"Please, Host, recall what a wimp you were when your Endurance was at 60. Think back to when you were a real man for all of one second!"

’How could it rub salt in the wound like that?’ Chen Xiao’s face flushed red.

Everything in life had two sides. You couldn’t just enjoy the good and ignore the bad.

The system was teaching him precisely that lesson.

The downsides of the Endurance Value were already starting to show, and from the looks of the current mission, Chen Xiao had no choice but to see it through to the bitter end.

When he got home, Zhao Xiangjun found him looking utterly dejected and couldn’t help but ask, "What’s wrong with you?"

It was the first time she had ever seen Chen Xiao like this, as if he had run into a problem he couldn’t solve.

Chen Xiao shook his head. "It’s nothing. I just got played~!"

Zhao Xiangjun laughed. "Someone can actually play you? That’s not so bad. It’s good to experience life!"

On the way home, Chen Xiao had come to terms with it. It wasn’t so much being screwed over as it was a prank.

It seemed the Chen Xiao of the future would be living in a prolonged state of painful bliss.

"Xiangjun, come with me tomorrow."

"Why?"

"Tomorrow morning, first come with me to Shanyun Auto to meet Jin Fu. After that, we can go look at some houses."

"Look at houses again? Isn’t this place big enough for you? How many beds can you sleep in by yourself?"

Zhao Xiangjun loved to push his buttons. Chen Xiao just laughed. "Let’s just go take a look. If we like one, we’ll buy it! We saw a shopping plaza we liked and bought it, so what’s the big deal about buying a house?"

"Are you just bored? Why go do something unnecessary? It’s a waste of time!"

"Hey, it’s just that I see it takes you two hours for a round trip every time you go visit your grandma."

"I was thinking, maybe we could buy a house in the city and have your parents and grandma move in. That way it would be more convenient for you to visit them."

"Chen Xiao, has your brain fried? We just bought and renovated a house for them. The smell of the new paint hasn’t even aired out yet, and you want to buy another one? What will they do with that house, then?"

"I didn’t think it through back then. It’s fine. If they want to go back and see old friends, they can stay there for a few days."

"The house in the city would be for your convenience, so you can see them whenever you want."

"Don’t overthink it. Just looking doesn’t mean we have to buy."

Zhao Xiangjun couldn’t win the argument, so she reluctantly agreed.

「The next morning.」

Chen Xiao rode in Zhao Xiangjun’s Wisdom Realm R7 straight to the Shanyun Auto industrial park.

Shanyun Auto was a key government-supported project in Hanjiang Province. In this day and age, new energy vehicle companies, especially those with a proven track record, were hot commodities.

As they were getting close, he sent Jin Wuxian a message telling him to come down and greet them.

Jin Wuxian’s voice message came back quickly. "What the hell, Chen Xiao, you’ve got a lot of nerve! You’re a visiting salesman, and you’re making me, a department general manager, come down to get you?"

"Are you coming or not? If you don’t, I’m going to make a social media post right now comparing the sales volume and average unit price of Shanyun Auto and Feichi Auto."

"Holy shit, you’re shameless! Just you wait, I’m coming down to get you!"

’I really dug my own grave,’ Jin Wuxian thought, wanting to slap himself. Why on earth did he push Chen Xiao into Xiangzi’s 7:30 livestream in the first place?

What an ungrateful bastard!

"How could a man as smart as Jin Fu end up with such a dumbass son?"

He was being incredibly vicious. That was no way to treat someone.

Zhao Xiangjun had met Jin Wuxian before. Hearing Chen Xiao, she remarked, "Maybe you just drove him crazy?"

"How could you frame your own man like that?"

As he spoke, he led Zhao Xiangjun into the Shanyun Auto office building.

When they reached the lobby, Jin Wuxian was just coming down. He saw Chen Xiao with Zhao Xiangjun and instantly swallowed the curses he was about to unleash.

He had to at least try to maintain his composure in front of a beautiful woman.

’Fine, I’ll let you off the hook today. I was halfway through my business in the bathroom when you forced me to come down and get you!’

’I was all ready to cuss you out, but then you show up with a gorgeous woman, forcing me to swallow my words. You’re seriously inhuman!’

He forced the most gentlemanly smile he could manage. "Hello, beautiful. We meet again."

Zhao Xiangjun replied with a simple, "Hello."

And then proceeded to treat him like thin air. Fortunately, Jin Wuxian had already experienced her icy demeanor last time, so he wasn’t surprised.

Jin Wuxian shot Chen Xiao a glare, as if Chen Xiao were the one being disrespectful.

Chen Xiao pretended not to see it. "Lead the way."

"What the fuck, Chen Xiao, what do you take me for? Your lackey?"

He couldn’t hold back the curse after all.

Chen Xiao smiled serenely. "Maintain your composure. We’re all civilized people here."

’Civilized people my ass!’ Jin Wuxian felt like he was about to explode. ’I *am* a civilized person, but only Superman could see you and not get pissed off!’

He just couldn’t figure it out. Everyone else was incredibly polite when they met him, the young master of the Jin Family. Why did this one salesman act like he was a nobody?

Jin Fu’s office was simple. Shockingly simple. So simple that Chen Xiao wondered if he was just putting on a show.

’You have an industrial park this massive, and you’re telling me you can’t afford a decent chairman’s office?’

’You set up a 30-square-meter office. Who is that for?’

’To show investors that even though you lost their money, you didn’t waste it on personal luxuries?’

’Or is it for the employees? To show them, "Brothers, I’m right here in the trenches with you!"’

’Is there any point to this?’

’Investors want to make money. Employees want a raise!’

Chen Xiao felt a deep-seated resentment toward this office. He had to criticize it, if only for his own sake. Otherwise, what did that make him? Arrogant and decadent?

"President Jin, a pleasure."

Chen Xiao smiled, greeting Jin Fu with a confidence that didn’t lack courtesy.

Jin Fu’s eyes lit up. The handsome man and beautiful woman were a sight to behold, especially the girl. She was stunning.

He stood up. "You must be Xiao Chen. And this is?"

"My girlfriend, Zhao Xiangjun."

Zhao Xiangjun greeted President Jin with a bright, clear voice. She was always very polite to her elders.