Zhang Xiaoshan was genuinely surprised.
Could this be the personal favor that Baldy Liu mentioned?
He had merely sent a message to Baldy Liu asking him to buy a new car on his way.
He hadn’t expected anything this high-end.
Looking again, there was no mistake, parked side by side was his own Range Rover.
He opened the document bag and glanced inside.
Two brand new Porsche car key fobs.
There was no mistake.
This was the new car Baldy Liu had gifted.
"Baldy Liu really knows how to play his cards right. Looks like I’ll have to take more care of him in the future," he mused.
Although it was somewhat extravagant, seeing the look of envy in Bai Shutong’s eyes told him she liked it very much.
He dared to pass the document bag to Bai Shutong.
Suddenly, a sardonic voice came from behind.
"Oh my, who do we have here if it isn’t the pillar of our provincial newspaper?"
"What’s the matter, don’t have a car and now you’re snapping photos randomly on the street, haha, are you planning to post it on your ’moments’ to pretend for a bit?"
Bai Shutong put away her phone and looked back.
A black Mercedes-Benz E300 had apparently parked behind them at some point.
A woman in a gray business suit got out of the passenger side. She was somewhat attractive, but she gave off a rather harsh vibe.
"This woman, where have I seen her before?"
Zhang Xiaoshan asked somewhat puzzledly, looking towards Bai Shutong.
Bai Shutong’s face looked terrible at the moment.
"Her name is Su Qi, she’s a hostess of a program on the TV station; you might have seen her on TV, it’s not surprising."
"Isn’t she sort of like your colleague then? She seems to have a grudge against you?"
At that moment, a man in his late thirties got out of the driver’s seat.
The man was potbellied and unspeakably sleazy.
Bai Shutong whispered to Zhang Xiaoshan,
"Look, that man’s name is Luo Jianfa, he’s the deputy editor-in-chief of the provincial newspaper. He has a family, yet he constantly harasses his female subordinates. He tried to seduce me multiple times, but I have no interest in such men. Later, Su Qi got together with him, and Luo Jianfa’s wife was abandoned; she’s really a mistress that succeeded."
"Just because Luo Jianfa approached me first before her, she has always been jealous and causes trouble for me at work whenever she can; I really don’t know what to say."
"Oh my, Journalist Bai, is this your boyfriend? You won’t introduce us to me and my dear Luo?" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⟡𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵
Su Qi, arm in arm with Luo Jianfa, walked up to Zhang Xiaoshan and Bai Shutong, scrutinizing Zhang Xiaoshan from head to toe.
Zhang Xiaoshan’s sportswear had been ruined the night before when he was sparring with Yang Qing, and at the time Baldy Liu had his guys buy some casual clothes from outside.
Because it was so late, he could only buy very plain clothes from a roadside vendor.
He was still wearing old cloth shoes.
Apart from looking handsome, he appeared quite shabbily dressed.
Su Qi, willing to be seduced by a boss more than a decade older than her for her materialistic desires, obviously despised his attire.
Luo Jianfa also sinisterly said to Bai Shutong,
"Little White, I wanted to be with you, but you kept refusing me, opting for this young man instead, haha, he looks like he just graduated from college and hasn’t found a job yet, a rural guy who just does homework right?"
"Haha, let me introduce myself; I am Luo Jianfa, deputy editor-in-chief of the provincial newspaper, here is my business card. You can apply to our newspaper, considering you’re Little White’s boyfriend, I can have a word with the HR department to hire you as a temporary janitor, haha."
He handed his business card to Zhang Xiaoshan and then dropped it on the ground.
"Oh, I am sorry, my hand slipped."
Su Qi covered her mouth and laughed.
Zhang Xiaoshan was stupefied.
What were these two clowns doing?
Were they just trying to make their presence felt like crazy?
Zhang Xiaoshan looked awkwardly at them.
Bai Shutong pulled on Zhang Xiaoshan’s arm.
"Forget it, let’s not bother with them, seeing them just makes me sick, let’s go."
She tried to lead Zhang Xiaoshan away.
Su Qi blocked their path.
"Oh my, what’s the hurry?"
"Look, how beautiful this top-end Panamera is, you were just taking pictures, weren’t you? Take a couple more."
Luo Jianfa also spoke like an idiot,
"Little White, you see, you had your chance with me, but you were unwise. Now look, Su Qi sits in a Mercedes with me while you can only drool over other people’s luxury cars from the sidewalk."
"Ah, young people, choices matter more than effort."
"Every day I see you riding the subway, squeezing onto the bus, and it just breaks my heart."
"Tell me, what are you aiming for, sticking with such a poor guy? You’re probably going to spend your life squeezing onto buses, buying a Passat is probably the peak of your life right?"
"I don’t care, what’s it to you?"
Bai Shutong was a strong-willed woman.
Although her family was not bad, she never wanted to ask them for money; her family was just average, she understood her parents’ struggles and did not want to burden them further, nor was she willing to spend a man’s money, staying clean and naturally her financial situation wasn’t great.
It seemed that a soft spot had been hit at that moment.
She said with a mix of grievance and defiance,
"I don’t care, what’s it to you?"
"Little Shan, let’s go."
Bai Shutong’s eyes were starting to tear up.
Zhang Xiaoshan was not going to stand for it any longer.
He disdainfully glanced at the two of them and then handed the document bag to Bai Shutong.
"Little Tong, here’s a gift for you."