Chapter 243 - 193: Unyielding

Three million to his name, riding high, riding horses, riding...

A slew of decadent thoughts instantly flooded his mind. It seems to be a law of nature that men get corrupted by money.

He had lunch with Shen Meng, and of course, she paid. However, after the system’s progress had leaped forward that morning, the 200-yuan lunch felt trivial. Still, it netted him a 14,000-yuan rebate.

"Shen Meng, your commute here is a bit long. Let me buy you a car."

She shook her head. "No, there’s no need. You’re in the middle of starting your business and need money for everything. Don’t waste it. Besides, taking the subway here is very convenient."

"We’re doing this my way. I won’t get you anything too fancy for your first car. It’ll be for you to get the hang of driving."

Oh. Shen Meng knew she couldn’t win an argument with him, so she simply kept quiet. Since he said he wouldn’t buy anything too fancy, she figured he was going to get her a second-hand car to practice in, which was acceptable.

After dropping Shen Meng off at her company building, he didn’t go back up. He drove away from Yanghe Commerce, and as he was leaving the industrial park, he saw a large Range Rover not far ahead of him. The car looked incredibly familiar. He then remembered seeing Serene drive one some time ago; her car looked exactly like this one.

He hadn’t paid attention to the license plate that day, but now, being directly behind the Rover, he could see it had Qingzhou plates. ’Probably not Serene,’ he thought. ’Besides, there’s no way she’d come to the industrial park in the Economic Development Zone.’

At a red light, Yang Hui pulled up alongside the Rover to wait for it to turn green. He instinctively glanced to his right and froze. It really was Serene. With those exquisite, flawless features, who else could it be?

Yang Hui honked his horn, rolled down his passenger-side window, and said hello.

Serene lowered her window and said, "What a coincidence. I’m heading to Xinyue Square right now. Are you?"

He hadn’t planned on going, but now he changed his mind. First, Serene was extremely attractive. Second, he also wanted to find a chance to talk to her about the private label collaboration.

He nodded, signaling that he’d see her at Xinyue Square.

Yang Hui didn’t try to overtake her, instead following Serene’s car at a leisurely pace. After a few more intersections, an electric car styled like a supercar pulled up alongside the big Range Rover. The passenger-side window rolled down, and a blondie whistled at Serene in the driver’s seat. Yang Hui, stopped right behind the Rover, saw this and was annoyed. He rolled down his window just in time to hear the blondie yell, "Hey, beauty! Come on out, I’ll take you for a spin in my supercar."

’Supercar?’ Yang Hui was speechless. ’That thing costs a little over 200,000, right? Serene’s Rover is probably worth over 3 million.’

The ignorance of these young punks was appalling. Sure, electric cars accelerate fast, but that’s all. It’s got the acceleration, but it doesn’t have the brakes or safety features to match. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to buy one for just over 200,000 yuan.

They were just broke kids who loved to show off, acting like they were driving a real supercar like a Porsche or a Ferrari, all while being completely clueless about the price of a large Range Rover.

Of course, Serene ignored them, rolling up her driver-side window. When the light turned green, she pulled away smoothly. Yang Hui followed close behind, but to his surprise, the blondie’s car shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, darting in front of the Rover. It was going so fast that from behind, Yang Hui could see the car’s body was a little unstable.

He sneered. ’A supercar? What kind of supercar fishtails when it accelerates?’

He saw the blondie waving and shouting at the Rover. ’I can’t believe I ran into a pack of such cringey teenagers in broad daylight,’ he thought. ’Aren’t they supposed to be nocturnal?’

He had assumed they would back off since Serene was ignoring them, but by the time they were on the elevated city highway, Yang Hui was finally getting angry.

Serene’s Rover was already doing 80, but the punks’ car kept pace right beside her. They were yelling constantly, as if showing off how fast their "super-clunker" was and boasting that the Rover couldn’t escape.

’Don’t these motherfuckers know how dangerous this is?’ Although it was a weekday and there weren’t many cars on the highway, driving like this could still easily cause an accident. Moreover, Serene was a woman, and female drivers tend to get nervous in such situations.

Serene might usually be composed, but women are naturally weaker than men when it comes to driving. Just as Yang Hui was about to call Serene and tell her to pull over, the punks’ car suddenly accelerated, cut in front of the Rover, and then slammed on the brakes. Serene was forced to brake hard. The "electric supercar" then sped up again and began driving slowly in front of them, seemingly waiting for the Range Rover.

Serene broke out in a cold sweat. If she’d reacted a split-second slower, she would have crashed. It was infuriating to encounter rebellious punks like this. They were on the highway, and it was still some distance to the next exit.

The "electric supercar" was waiting for her. Serene didn’t dare to drive fast and deliberately slowed her pace, but she couldn’t go too slow on the highway.