Lu Ying drove Long Xiao home herself. The next day, she delivered a signed transfer agreement, along with the keys and access card, to Xinglin Caotang.
The villa was Mangshan No. 1. Long Xiao didn't know what it looked like, nor did he care to see it. As Lu Ying was leaving, she told Long Xiao that Mangshan No. 1 was renovated and ready for occupancy.
Nangong Yue urged Long Xiao to find a job. To appease her, he claimed to have found a security guard position with a monthly salary of five thousand.
Every morning, Long Xiao would pretend to leave the Lin family to go to work. Lin Xuan was busy with matters at the pharmaceutical factory and didn't come home for lunch. She also returned home very late at night.
Lin Xuan was so beautiful that many people were interested in her, which always made Long Xiao worry about her safety.
Lin Xuan's Mercedes had been driven for five years. On Sunday, Long Xiao discussed buying her a better car with her, which would also be more convenient for her commute.
There were still matters at the pharmaceutical factory, so Lin Xuan asked Long Xiao to go to the car city first, and she would join him later after visiting the factory.
Long Xiao took a taxi to the Bentley dealership in the car city.
"Hey, what are you doing here? If you're just here for the air conditioning, don't bother coming in. You're not welcome here."
Before Long Xiao could enter the store, he was stopped by a salesperson standing at the entrance.
Long Xiao looked at the cars in the showroom through the glass door and asked, "Are the cars here for sale?"
"Of course, they're for sale. Why else would we have them on display?" the salesperson retorted, glaring at Long Xiao.
"If they're for sale, why are you stopping me from coming in?" Long Xiao asked.
The salesperson looked Long Xiao up and down and chuckled, "Your entire outfit probably cost less than five hundred yuan. This is a Bentley dealership, and the cheapest car here is at least seven to eight hundred thousand yuan. Can you afford it?"
Long Xiao looked down at his shoes. His shoes were only a few dozen yuan. He smiled and said, "Last time I wore these shoes to the supermarket, I encountered a dog that bit me on sight. Later, I changed into a pair of shoes that cost a thousand yuan, and that dog wagged its tail when it saw me."
Initially, the salesperson was listening intently to Long Xiao's story. Only at the end did he realize that Long Xiao was calling him a snob.
"You're f***ing insulting me," the salesperson roared, enraged.
Long Xiao pushed the salesperson aside and walked through the glass door, saying as he went, "Call your manager. I want to buy the best car in your showroom."
This Bentley dealership primarily sold Bentleys, along with a few other models. The most high-end Bentley was the latest model, which had just arrived.
It was the 6.0T 8W high-spec version, priced at five million three hundred and twenty thousand yuan.
The salesperson caught up with Long Xiao from behind, grabbed him, and yelled, "Bum, get out of here."
Hearing the salesperson's roar, several other salespeople and two security guards in the store surrounded Long Xiao.
"Brother Li, what's wrong?" one salesperson asked.
"This bum forced his way in for the air conditioning."
Two security guards stepped forward and grabbed Long Xiao, saying, "Sir, please leave immediately, or we will call the police."
Long Xiao looked at the salespeople surrounding him and said, "So you're not selling your cars, right? If you really aren't selling them, I'll go buy a car at the BMW dealership next door."
"Who are you trying to threaten, you poor beggar? Get out quickly, don't dirty our floor," one salesperson sneered.
Long Xiao scanned the cars in the showroom, shook his head helplessly, and was escorted out of the Bentley dealership by the two security guards.
Not long after walking away, Long Xiao arrived at the BMW dealership. He glanced back and saw that the salespeople from the Bentley dealership were standing at the entrance watching him. He smiled at them and pushed the door open to enter.
"Welcome, sir. What price range are you looking for? I'll show you around," a smiling female salesperson said as Long Xiao approached.
"Hello, beautiful. I'm just looking around. Please show me the most expensive car in your store."
The female salesperson didn't look down on Long Xiao. She directly led him to a Rolls-Royce Wraith.
"Sir, apart from that custom Rolls-Royce Phantom over there, the most expensive car is this Wraith," the salesperson said, pointing to the Rolls-Royce Phantom not far away.
As Long Xiao was listening to the female salesperson's introduction, a man and a woman pushed open the glass door and entered the dealership.
"Husband, I like that Wraith."
Long Xiao turned around and saw Lin Xin, the son of Lin Xuan's uncle, walking in with a meticulously dressed and alluring woman.
Lin Xin also saw Long Xiao, sneered, and said, "What a downer, running into you, a broke bum, when I go out."
Long Xiao ignored Lin Xin and turned back to listen to the female salesperson.
Lin Xin and the woman walked up to Long Xiao. The woman swayed her alluring figure and said in a coquettish voice, "Husband, I just love this Wraith."
Although the Wraith wasn't the most high-end model in Rolls-Royce, it cost over seven million yuan, an astronomical figure for ordinary people.
Lin Xin had taken over the Lin Group and was now its president. The Lin Group had nearly gone bankrupt a while ago due to a broken cash flow, and Lin Xuan had almost mortgaged herself while running around to secure loans.
After securing funding, the Lin Group was revived. Lin Xuan was dismissed by Old Mrs. Lin for refusing to cooperate with Jingkou Gorō, and the presidency was given to Lin Xin.
After taking over the Lin Group, Lin Xin signed a cooperation agreement with Jingkou Gorō. Most of the liquid assets were used to purchase raw materials, with a small portion allocated for shipping costs.
The new drug was scheduled to be launched the next day, and he was confident it would be a huge success. Therefore, he was in a good mood today and agreed to take his girlfriend out for some shopping and buy her a car.
Spending seven million yuan on a car at once far exceeded his budget. The Lin Group currently had less than one million yuan in liquid assets, so he could only afford a car in the three to four hundred thousand yuan range.
"Darling, why don't we just look today and come back to buy it next time if you like it?"
Lin Xin didn't want to buy a Rolls-Royce Wraith for his girlfriend, but he also didn't want to lose face in front of Long Xiao.
The woman snuggled up to Lin Xin and said, "Husband, look, even a broke bum like him is looking at the Wraith. You, the president of the Lin Group, can't even afford this?"
"Who said I can't afford it? He's just a freeloader looking, enjoying the view, pretending to be something he's not. He can't afford it."
"Who says you can't afford it? You just don't want to buy it for me and are making excuses."
"If he can afford this car, I'll eat this car. Do you believe me?"
Hearing their conversation, Long Xiao felt extremely frustrated. He hadn't said a word, yet he was being targeted.
The woman didn't intend to let Lin Xin off the hook. She called out to Long Xiao, "Little brother, did you hear that? Buy this car, and let him eat it."
Long Xiao smiled and nodded. "Actually, I wasn't keen on this car. If he wants to eat it, I wouldn't mind buying it."
"Long Xiao, are you addicted to showing off? You're a freeloader, what are you going to use to buy this car?"
"I can't afford it, but my wife can. What's wrong with being a freeloader? Can you even be one if you wanted to?"
Lin Xin was speechless at Long Xiao's unapologetic stance on being a freeloader. Looking at the aggressive Long Xiao, he didn't know what to say.