CHAPTER 46: CHAPTER 41 GOING TO THE MEETING

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Xiao Lin was very pleased with himself, seeing the surprised expression on Xia Xue’s face made him immensely proud. Xiao Lin’s greeting snapped Xia Xue out of her shock, and seeing Xiao Lin’s smug expression, she couldn’t help finding it amusing. Sometimes Xiao Lin seemed very mature, and other times he looked quite childish, like now.

"Whatever!" Xia Xue didn’t have any particular music she liked to listen to. She looked around the interior of the car; from the outside, the QQ car seemed very small, but it was quite spacious inside. Whether it was the seats or the sound system Xiao Lin was playing music on, they all felt top-notch to Xia Xue.

As the QQ car drove, Xia Xue didn’t even feel like the car was moving. It was clear that although the exterior looked cheap, anyone who sat in this car would know it had been modified, and the cost for the modifications couldn’t have been low.

"This car’s been modified, hasn’t it?" Xia Xue asked.

"Yes, it has been modified!" Xiao Lin replied with a smile.

"Must have cost a lot, right?" Xia Xue continued to ask.

"Quite a bit!" Xiao Lin nodded.

"More than a million, right?" Xia Xue asked softly, as she was someone who could recognize quality. She would never think that tens of thousands could achieve such a well-modified car, the interior design was extremely comfortable, and the materials were the finest she’d seen in any car interior.

"Yes!" Xiao Lin didn’t tell Xia Xue the actual price, fearing he might scare her.

"It seems like your family has a bit of money, but you shouldn’t spend it like this. Spending over a million to modify a car, you might as well buy a nicer one!" Xia Xue no longer thought Xiao Lin was just an ordinary citizen; at least his family had some foundation. Otherwise, regular people wouldn’t spend a million on car modifications, even some of her cousins were interested in car modification, but at most, they would spend hundreds of thousands at most.

"This is my only hobby, and since the family has a bit of extra money, I spent it on this!" Xiao Lin said with a smile, appearing humble.

To Xia Xue, for some reason, seeing Xiao Lin’s expression made her a bit annoyed. A modified car costing over a million, and he says his family just has a bit of money? Are you trying to fool me into thinking I’ve never seen a modified car before? Xia Xue had cousins who were keen on modifying their cars, but they spent, at most, a few hundred thousand. But Xiao Lin spent over a million? And he says he just has a bit of money?

"You’re just pretending, aren’t you? A family with just a bit of money can spend over a million on a car?" Xia Xue sometimes wished she could see through Xiao Lin entirely, so he wouldn’t keep fooling her with tricky words, clearly not telling the truth.

Xiao Lin chuckled awkwardly, feeling that talking about modified cars with a woman might be even more tragic than playing music to a cow. He quickly changed the subject: "By the way, where are you getting off at North Lane? We’re almost there!" Yanda North Lane, located north of Yan University, had a high development rate in recent years, with malls and entertainment spots increasingly centralized there, gradually becoming a commercial zone centered around Yan University.

"Stop at Galaxy Mall!" Xia Xue replied, "By the way, where are you heading?"

"Meeting some friends for karaoke, at Dragon and Tiger World, do you know where that is?" Xiao Lin asked.

"It’s better to avoid places like that. The entertainment venues here are quite chaotic. After passing Galaxy Mall, you’re heading directly to the entertainment area of North Lane, Dragon and Tiger World is roughly in the middle!" Xia Xue advised Xiao Lin.

"Just singing, nothing chaotic to worry about!" Xiao Lin was indifferent.

So they talked on and off like this, and soon arrived at the Galaxy Mall at North Lane. When getting out of the car, Xiao Lin said to Xia Xue, "By the way, I might be back late; if you’re early, just take a taxi home!"

"Alright, I understand. You come back early too; we have work tomorrow!" Xia Xue replied.

At that moment, Xia Xue had the endless tenderness of reminding a husband going out to come home early.

Watching Xiao Lin drive away in that inconspicuous QQ car, Xia Xue’s previously calm mind was now filled with questions. While not being an expert on modified cars, she knew quite a bit about their prices.

The Xia Family also had many members who liked car modification, but they would spend at most 500,000 or 600,000. In Yanjing, spending that much on modifying a car wasn’t top-notch, but definitely not affordable for just anyone.

But just now, seeing Xiao Lin’s calm demeanor when he answered Xia Xue’s questions, Xia Xue felt she had underestimated the modification cost of Xiao Lin’s QQ car, perhaps it was much more than the million she mentioned.

Xia Xue couldn’t help but wonder about Xiao Lin’s real identity. But then she shook her head, questioning why she needed to think so much about it. If Xiao Lin wanted her to know, he would tell her himself.

It’s often said that a woman’s IQ drops sharply when she’s in love. If Xia Xue wasn’t in love, with her intelligence, she would naturally see that Xiao Lin didn’t want to hide anything from her; it’s just that Xia Xue felt asking would show a lack of respect for Xiao Lin.

"Oh my, when did our Miss Xia start liking to ride in such an inconspicuous QQ car? Have your tastes changed?" A coquettish laugh came from behind, Xia Xue turned around and glared at her friend, saying, "What nonsense are you spouting! Let’s go, they must be getting impatient."

"Your chauffeur’s car is quite cheap, isn’t it? How can it match your status, Miss Xia?" Knowing Xia Xue’s reputation at work wasn’t great, Liu Xuan, Xia Xue’s friend, was well aware of Xia Xue’s character. She knew Xia Xue was a very traditional woman who only had meals with those wealthy suitors but didn’t take any extra steps.

"Let’s go, your mouth’s itching for not getting a thrashing in three days, huh?" Xia Xue quickly hooked Liu Xuan’s arm and dragged her toward Galaxy Mall.

Following Xia Xue’s directions, Xiao Lin drove forward, driving about 500 meters past Galaxy Mall, he noticed fewer shops lining the street, replaced by signs of various entertainment venues, soon finding the Dragon and Tiger World Entertainment City mentioned by the innocent teenage girl.

As he reached the entrance of Dragon and Tiger World, Xiao Lin pulled out his phone and called the innocent teenage girl. Meanwhile, as Xiao Lin was on the call and approaching the entrance of Dragon and Tiger World, he noticed quite an interesting scene with many young people coming and going at the entrance.

A girl, looking about fifteen or sixteen years old, was holding a palm-sized little turtle standing outside the main entrance and suddenly took out her phone to answer a call!