Li Younan was a bit shocked when he heard the news.

He had known Huang Xiaoyang for quite a few years, and in his impression, this guy was not particularly adept at dealing with girls.

Of course, the reasons differed from many other boys who are not good at interacting with girls...

Most boys don’t interact with girls because their growing environment from childhood didn’t provide them many opportunities for passive interaction with girls, coupled with the influence of morals and social environment, making them both proper and shy, introverted.

A slightly prettier girl would make their minds chaotic; if this girl were a bit proactive, talked to them for a moment, smiled, they would naturally conjure a beautiful romantic drama in their minds.

Huang Xiaoyang, of course, was a different case. In his growth trajectory, he taught many girls one thing: unrequited love.

Li Younan remembered when they were in college, there was a girl who once arranged heart-shaped candles at the bottom of the dormitory building for Huang Xiaoyang, causing envy among the boys and shock among the girls.

When Huang Xiaoyang came downstairs and saw this display, he simply frowned, then in the expectant gazes of the girl, he extinguished the first candle and coldly said, "Don’t do such foolish things again, it makes me... disgusted."

Onlookers were shocked, as one could well imagine, the girl courageous enough to confess to Huang Xiaoyang would be decent in all aspects.

Quite a few boys inwardly sighed, what a beast indeed...

How could he be so heartless?

Then Huang Xiaoyang left a line: "Clean this place up, don’t give the cleaning aunt more work."

The onlookers were shocked once again.

Soon after, Huang Xiaoyang pulled Li Younan, who was enjoying the spectacle, away.

But this matter wasn’t over yet.

When everyone assumed the girl would break down, at the very least curse Huang Xiaoyang with phrases like "What arrogance..."

Instead, the girl simply crouched down silently, blowing out the candles one by one, then collected them.

Her best friend went up to comfort her.

Yet she lowered her head deeply: "Huang Xiaoyang was right, adding burden to the cleaning lady, how shallow of me, he really, really has depth..."

Her best friend was immediately petrified.

She even suspected, if Huang Xiaoyang turned around and cursed, "I want x your mother!" it would not affect her best friend’s image of Huang Xiaoyang.

If placed in a comic, the surrounding crowd should have collapsed by now.

For Huang Xiaoyang, regardless of being admired by how excellent a girl, his mindset remained calm, evaluating others’ merits simply from a factual standpoint, unaffected by their attitude towards him.

And just like that, this guy, quietly, was about to get engaged.

So, what kind of extraordinary girl is Dan Dan, really?

If Li Younan remembered correctly, it was only back in July he entered a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with that girl.

After slightly tidying up his shock, Li Younan had a brief chat with Huang Xiaoyang over the phone.

Huang Xiaoyang spoke rather simply, saying calmly, "No particular reason, just felt it was time to move forward."

He then mentioned the planned time and place.

Huang Xiaoyang intended to start from Zhejiang and head to Inner Mongolia for the shoot, planning to rent a car once there. He further said, "Arrive two days early."

This matter was broadly settled thusly.

However, this was quite good, as at least he set a target for the next course of action.

...

Before departure, Li Younan took on two more ads, releasing them together with videos from previous crossovers, of course as integrated parts within these videos.

The price for these ads was extremely high, considering his presence and follower demographic, combined with jk Dragon’s strong operational capability, his ads over 20 seconds each were priced at over 60 thousand.

After deducting jk Dragon’s commission, Li Younan netted another 100 thousand in just a few short days.

Sometimes he found it quite incredible how easy it was to make money now.

Comparing it to the days of rushing out in the morning and returning in the evening to an office cubicle, working tirelessly, yet not earning such an income, it was quite lamentable in contrast.

However, Li Younan objectively evaluated it all, whether it be self-media or any other freelance work, it was rare to earn money so freely, much less such a large sum.

This field was still very arduous.

Now his savings had reached 500 thousand again.

Surely, with rising income, some desires inflate too; there are many things he wishes to buy.

For instance, Li Younan wishes to buy a larger, better house for his mom.

Also, even though the current Land Cruiser "Little Cool" was adequate, the latest crossover made him realize some limitations of it.

This car’s durability and comfort were fine in the province, but for performance, compared to Wrangler, Ford Mustang, or even domestic tanks, Leopard series, it fell far behind.

This crossover route was relatively straightforward, but if future routes posed greater challenges, performance might fall short.

Using different cars in different scenarios was the ideal situation — a Lynk & Co U8 for deserts or a Jimny for rainforests would be preferable. And in Tibet and Xinjiang’s wilderness crossings, a pickup might suit better.