Chapter 2124 - 2220: Dimwit

Chapter 2124: Chapter 2220: Dimwit

On the surface, it was quite obvious that Su Xuan looked much younger than Du Haitao. Du Haitao looked like someone pushing forty, with a very unappealing appearance.

Although Su Xuan was also near thirty, he didn’t look much different from someone in their early twenties, so naturally, Du Haitao considered Su Xuan a junior. At that moment, he planned to lecture a junior as a senior, showing off to Chen Chuyu how impressive and mature he was.

Su Xuan rubbed his nose, feeling a bit embarrassed, and said,

"Ahem, if I remember correctly, I’m actually older than you!"

When Su Xuan said this, he originally felt it was a weak point, like admitting he was older yet less accomplished than this fool, but as soon as he said it, Chen Chuyu’s response completely changed the tone.

"How is that possible? Everyone says you’re just twenty-two. Our President Du is already in his thirties. Surely, you’ve got it wrong."

Chen Chuyu’s words almost gave Du Haitao a fit of embarrassment. In fact, Du Haitao was only twenty-six, but Chen Chuyu claiming he was in his thirties suggested he was much older. Conversely, Su Xuan was pegged at twenty-two. At that moment, Du Haitao was left thinking, do I really seem that old, feeling like he was about to cough up blood.

"Oh, I must have remembered wrong, but I’ll be thirty after the New Year."

Su Xuan rubbed his nose, awkwardly saying in his mind, my goodness, this woman is quite the expert. This one comment is probably making Du Haitao want to cough up blood now.

"No way, wow you look so young, you really don’t seem like you’re thirty, I always thought you were just twenty."

The way Chen Chuyu expressed disbelief at how well Su Xuan had preserved his looks was spot on. At that moment, the most embarrassed was Du Haitao. He knew he was twenty-six, this fool was always narcissistic, thinking he looked young, especially since his two subordinates shamelessly claimed he was eighteen. So Du Haitao always prided himself as an ageless male god.

But today, Chen Chuyu’s seemingly innocent remark made him so embarrassed he could vomit. To him, it seemed she was just guessing by saying he was in his thirties, really leaving no room for explanation.

Here he was twenty-six, and they said he was in his thirties. Meanwhile, Su Xuan, clearly older, was called barely over twenty. The blow made him feel like he’d swallowed a fly, completely unsure of what to say.

"What do you mean? I’m already old."

Su Xuan continued to fake modesty, which only managed to further irritate Du Haitao, thinking inwardly, you damn second uncle, I’m the real ageless star here.

At that moment, Du Haitao’s phone rang. Seeing it was one of his toadies, he felt a rush of delight, knowing this guy would help him play his game.

Sure enough, once he answered, Du Haitao talked non-stop.

"Hello, President Wang? No problem, isn’t this just a measly hundred million? It’s no big deal, you don’t need to come over, I’ll just send my secretary over for this small project, alright, let’s do that."

Du Haitao felt very pleased with himself. Actually, at that moment, his two toadies said nothing; they just dialed in and kept silent, knowing they’d be found out if they spoke.

Du Haitao was basking in delight, expecting to see Su Xuan and Chen Chuyu’s admiring gazes, and as he began to trot out his pretentious act, he suddenly found himself speechless.

Because Chen Chuyu was busy adding Su Xuan on WeChat.

After ending the call, the two of them had just finished exchanging WeChat contacts. Chen Chuyu looked puzzled at Du Haitao and asked,

"Was President Du talking to me just now?"

"..." Du Haitao was instantly beyond frustrated, feeling like he’d wasted his performance. Fortunately, his toady was savvy enough to call again. This time, for his grandiose show, Du Haitao stood up, took out a phone from his pocket, and began rambling, ensuring to look at Su Xuan and Chen Chuyu.

"Sure, three hundred million is nothing. Get this sorted for me; money is not an issue. By the way, keep an eye on that newly released luxury car worth over ten million, and buy it for me. I’ll just use it as a collection piece; cars are merely for transportation to me."

Du Haitao’s performance was quite up to par, looking thoroughly self-satisfied. Having finished, he looked at Su Xuan and Chen Chuyu with surprise on their faces, feeling a surge of pride—money, it seemed, was indeed the greatest strength. He thought Chen Chuyu now was probably completely impressed.

In this era, money is what matters most. Du Haitao imagined that even Su Xuan must be stifling a vomit from the setback.

"Ah, it’s such a hassle to even eat a meal, these people are too timid. Isn’t it just a few billion’s worth of small investments?"

Du Haitao said with the tone of a true tycoon.

"President Du, you’re quite the boss. Even your phone is more high-end; I just realized today that power banks can make calls too!"

Suddenly, Su Xuan timidly interjected, and the moment he finished speaking, Du Haitao suddenly realized he had placed his power bank on the table instead. His power bank was quite slim, and having put it in the pocket with his phone, he hadn’t noticed and took out the power bank instead.

"Ahem ahem..."

Chen Chuyu vowed he’d used all energies to not laugh out loud but couldn’t fully hold it back, so he coughed to cover it up.

To be honest, seeing this idiot Du Haitao boast about a three billion small investment and then looking at the power bank on the table, made both Su Xuan and Chen Chuyu feel utterly speechless.

At that moment, Du Haitao was so embarrassed he wanted to dig a hole and hide. His face was beyond saving, he never imagined he’d humiliate himself this grandly.

"Pfft!" Actually, those two sidekicks really didn’t want to laugh and didn’t dare to, but when Su Xuan said that, they couldn’t help but laugh because it was just such a big blunder, beyond imagination. How can you make calls with a power bank, does it have Bluetooth functionality for music as well?

"Heh heh, this high technology!"

Du Haitao shamelessly said. Alas, it was all he could say; otherwise, his face would completely be lost.