Chapter 258: Chapter 147: This Is Your So-Called Commuter Car? (Part 2)

"Oh, you’re here." Gao Wenwen glanced at Lin Xi, then got into the car and sat in the passenger seat.

Xu Yun smiled at Zhu Jingheng and Lin Xi. "Class President, we’ll head out first. See you at the hotel."

Then, with a roar from the engine, Xu Yun drove off with Gao Wenwen.

After a moment of shock, a slightly embarrassed Zhu Jingheng said, "Lin Xi, we should get going too."

"I think I’ll go ride in Zheng Yi’s car." Lin Xi hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked toward Zheng Yi’s car.

She suddenly wanted to keep her distance from him, to avoid any misunderstanding with Xu Yun.

Zhu Jingheng: "..."

Zheng Yi watched Lin Xi suddenly approach his car and teased, "What happened to riding in the Class President’s car?"

"What? Am I not welcome?"

"Not at all. It’s my honor to have Miss Lin in my car."

Watching Lin Xi leave in Zheng Yi’s car, Zhu Jingheng furiously slammed his fist into his car door. He then got in, following them in a foul mood.

On the road, Zheng Yi glanced at the Mercedes that was following.

He glanced at Lin Xi in the passenger seat and said meaningfully, "Our dear Class President is probably not too happy about you suddenly hopping in my car."

"I’m not his girlfriend."

Lin Xi glanced in the rearview mirror as well, saying with some annoyance, "Do I need his permission to get in someone’s car?"

Zheng Yi: "..."

’Alright then, our Miss Lin is as pragmatic as ever.’

"By the way, Zheng Yi, I have a question for you."

"Go ahead."

Lin Xi asked, "Did you and Gao Wenwen know all along that Xu Yun was very rich?"

"No."

Zheng Yi replied, "Gao Wenwen and I only found out a little bit before you did. We didn’t know until we were coming down the mountain. We were shocked too, and we could hardly believe it."

"So that watch on his wrist... it’s not a fake like Zhu Jingheng said, is it?"

’A man driving a sports car worth millions would wear a fake watch?’

’She didn’t believe it for a second!’

"Mm, it’s probably real."

Zheng Yi took a deep breath and said, "When Xu Yun said ’a bit over 300,’ he didn’t mean three hundred-some yuan like we thought. He meant over three million!"

Lin Xi: "..."

Seeing Lin Xi’s complicated expression, Zheng Yi sighed. "To be honest, I never expected that after graduating high school, we’d meet again and he’d be this rich."

"Pathetic."

Lin Xi suddenly said with a sneer, "So Zhu Jingheng doesn’t know the first thing about watches. All that grandstanding he did earlier was just him talking out of his ass, pretending to be an expert. Xu Yun must have been looking at him like he was a clown putting on a show."

"Our dear Class President just cares too much about his pride, or maybe he just wanted to show off for you." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"I don’t like men like that."

Zheng Yi: "..."

’Of course you don’t like him now. Not when there’s Xu Yun!’

’As for Lin Xi, he felt she was like a beautiful, wild mare. But if you don’t have a big enough pasture at home, you’ll never be able to keep her. Sooner or later, she’ll run off with someone else. So if she married into a wealthy family, she could be wonderful—well-mannered, refined, and a virtuous, good wife in everyone’s eyes. But if she married into an ordinary family, she’d probably become snobbish and difficult. It wouldn’t be long before they’d be arguing about everyday matters and end up divorced.’

「In Xu Yun’s car.」

Gao Wenwen asked curiously, "Xu Yun, didn’t you say you quit your job? What kind of work were you doing to get this rich?"

"I did quit my job, but I also started my own company."

Xu Yun smiled. "So it shouldn’t be a surprise that I’m rich, right?"

"That’s true," Gao Wenwen said. "These days, company bosses in the big cities are easily worth hundreds of millions, or even tens of billions."

"So it’s only because I’m back home that I seem rich to you."

Xu Yun laughed self-deprecatingly. "In a big city, there are countless people like me. I don’t even make the list."

"That’s still so much better than ordinary people like us."

Gao Wenwen said, "You’re basically financially free now, right? The money you’ve made is more than people like us with regular jobs could earn in several lifetimes."

"That’s true, but business is risky. You see me looking so rich now, but maybe by next year I’ll have lost everything and have to come to your place for a free meal."

"Alright, you’re always welcome."

Gao Wenwen said, "I may not have much money, but I’ve got a spare bed and plenty of food. I won’t let you starve."

"You’re the second woman to say that to me."

"Then who was the first?"

Gao Wenwen asked tentatively, "Your girlfriend?"

’After finding out how rich he was, she naturally didn’t believe he was still single. She’d seen him last night with a group of women, all of them gorgeous.’

"No, just a friend."

"So really, you don’t have a girlfriend?"

"No."

Xu Yun answered frankly, "But I do have women!"

There’s a difference between "women" and "a girlfriend." One is without a title, the other has one.

Gao Wenwen, of course, understood the implication.

She smiled. "It’s true what they say. Men always go bad once they get rich."

"Uh..." Xu Yun.

"Also, now that you’re so rich, why don’t you try going after your ’white moonlight’ again?"

"The reason a ’white moonlight’ is a ’white moonlight’ is because you never got her. It’s the regret that makes you cherish the memory."

Xu Yun said, "If you’d slept with her, she wouldn’t be your ’white moonlight’ anymore."

"I guess that makes sense."

"Besides, I’m not interested in Lin Xi that way anymore."

Xu Yun said, "Compared to her... I’d rather go after you. I think you’re much better."

Gao Wenwen: "..."

’Xu Yun had been *her* white moonlight back in high school. His sudden, casual words made her heart pound.’