"Teacher, we’re leaving now!"
After the banquet, everyone finally left Mr. Gu’s house. Liu Xiaoting hurriedly used her body to block the stairs, gesturing for Jiang Chun Nian and Feng Tingting to go downstairs first. Then she turned her head and glanced at Lin Fan, "How can you be so clueless, not letting President Jiang go first? You have no respect for your elders and betters."
"Come to think of it, I seem to be the senior brother, right?"
Unable to help himself, Lin Fan asked with a laugh. Liu Xiaoting, with her obsequiousness written all over her face, could not be bothered to hide her disdain for Lin Fan. However, he simply maintained a cold smile and chose not to argue further, knowing that walking at the back wouldn’t cause him to lose any weight.
The group went downstairs, but Feng Xiaoxiao did not rush to leave. Instead, she turned to Liu Xiaoting and asked, "Xiaoting, are you waiting for your boyfriend to pick you up?"
"Yes, he should be a bit late. You guys go ahead," Liu Xiaoting said with her hair primped and a smug look on her face.
"He’s not late, look, his car is parked over there. The teddy bear on top is just the same. Call him over and introduce us."
Feng Xiaoxiao watched Liu Xiaoting with a smile, her friend circle’s photo deliberately obscured the license plate, but she keenly noticed the teddy bear’s uniqueness.
"This... this guy... must be planning a surprise for me... I’ll go check if he is in the car!"
Liu Xiaoting said hesitantly and embarrassingly as she walked to the car, knowing full well there wouldn’t be anyone inside, "This guy must be preparing some surprise for me; he loves doing these kinds of things. Let’s not expose him; you guys go ahead, and I’ll see what surprise he has for me in a bit."
"Junior Sister Liu, are you sure this is your boyfriend’s car?"
Lin Fan approached with his hands in his pockets, having keenly detected the gleam in Feng Xiaoxiao’s eyes.
"Of course, could I mistake my boyfriend’s car? I ride in it half the month... and that... teddy bear... I knitted it myself... it’s one of a kind in the world!"
"Oh, okay then!," Lin Fan said, rubbing his nose and standing there, not speaking further, while the rest of the classmates naturally turned their gaze towards this scene.
"What are you staring at? Do you want a lift or something... I have to go back to his villa with my boyfriend, it’s inconvenient to take you... you better go take a bus," Liu Xiaoting said, curling her lip and giving Lin Fan a disdainful roll of her eyes. At this moment, Feng Xiaoxiao and Jiang Chun Nian stood in front of the nearby car. As her fiance, he naturally needed to drive his future wife home.
"It’s not that... you’re blocking my car, I can’t leave!"
Lin Fan said with a smile, pressing the car key. The Range Rover blinked and its folding mirrors slowly unfolded, the light instantly illuminating Liu Xiaoting’s face, who at that moment wished she could burrow into the ground.
"Lin Fan... how is this your car... wasn’t that teddy bear hand-knitted by Liu Xiaoting?"
Without giving Liu Xiaoting a chance to argue, Feng Xiaoxiao asked with a smile.
"Who knows? This is the first time I’ve driven to Provincial City. I was waiting in the car for a phone call earlier; I saw someone took a couple of photos and then left. I wondered who it could be, turns out it’s Junior Sister Liu. If you like it, take a few more photos; I’m not in a hurry anyway, after all, a Range Rover costing over three million isn’t as good as a Lamborghini."
Lin Fan shrugged as he spoke, and the other classmates all looked at Liu Xiaoting. The scene, akin to a public slap in the face, left her at a loss for words. With her lie exposed, she could only hang her head, as this revelation meant all the luxury goods she flaunted on her social media were also called into question.
"By the way, Junior Brother Jiang, take this."
Lin Fan opened the car door and tossed a Heaven and Earth to Jiang Chun Nian, who was still dumbfounded, "After all, being a businessman, you have to smoke something decent when dealing with clients. Lotus is just a common brand, not really befitting someone with an annual income of tens of millions. You’ve got to be thrifty where you should and splurge where it’s due. Appearances are important; you need to tread carefully."
"Are you crazy, giving away a 14,000-yuan pack of cigarettes so casually!"
As Jiang Chun Nian stood there awkwardly not knowing what to do with the hot potato, Feng Xiaoxiao snatched the cigarettes, "He doesn’t deal with high-level clients; Lotus is sufficient for him. You should keep these cigarettes for yourself as someone who’s a part of the system, especially since you said you were here to meet leaders from the department and ministry, which he won’t have the chance to."
Feng Xiaoxiao tossed the cigarettes back to Lin Fan and opened the passenger door, "I’ve never been in a car worth more than three million. Jiang Chun Nian, you wouldn’t mind letting me experience what a luxury car feels like, right? After all, after marrying you, I might not need to ride in an ox cart like Lin Fan’s, but I still won’t get many chances to sit in cars like these."
Even a fool could see that Feng Xiaoxiao was speaking up for Lin Fan. In front of all their classmates, Jiang Chun Nian couldn’t possibly lose face, but his throat seemed to be blocked, especially since his once-prized wealth had been reduced to nothing by Lin Fan.