Chapter 74: Chapter 74 You Can Do It If You Learn It_1
"Hey, little bro, heheh!" The man pulled Su Xuan aside. Far from wanting to fight, he looked quite embarrassed.
With a grin, the man said, "Just look at me, blind as a bat. I didn’t realize you were such a VIP. My bad, my bad!"
Su Xuan asked, "You don’t blame me for tricking you?"
The man hurriedly waved his hands. "No blame, no blame. That wasn’t really a trick."
Su Xuan had already been upfront with him; it was his own fault for not believing it. If anyone was to blame, it was himself.
Su Xuan asked, "So, what do you want?"
The man handed a business card to Su Xuan. "I want to be friends with you. We could hang out when you’re free. After all we’ve been through tonight, shouldn’t we be considered good friends?"
Su Xuan chuckled wryly. Could they really become friends like this?
He then called the man using the number on the business card and told him his name. The man quickly saved Su Xuan’s number and then said his goodbyes.
In reality, his intentions weren’t purely to befriend Su Xuan, but rather to expand his own network. He couldn’t always be under his wife’s thumb. The longer you were out in society, the more you understood the importance of connections. A man must have his own network of resources—the more, the better, and the stronger, the better. Otherwise, it’s tough to get anywhere in society!
...
"Su Xuan, it’s been a while since we’ve had such heavy rain. Can we take a short walk in it?" Alice asked. She stood at the entrance of the Caranda flagship store, gazing at the pouring rain outside with a look of longing.
Before Su Xuan could answer, the store manager eagerly brought over an umbrella and handed it to him. Any store with decent service would have a few umbrellas on hand for customers in case of unexpected rain.
POP!
Su Xuan opened the umbrella and stepped into the rain with Alice.
Actually, he, too, loved walking in the rain. He liked the sound of the rain pattering on the umbrella, the fresh, humid scent of water hanging in the air, and watching the rainwater flow wantonly across the ground... It gave him a feeling of absolute freedom.
"Su Xuan, have you ever been through a major setback?" Alice asked, clinging tightly to Su Xuan’s arm and nestling her slender frame closely against him.
Su Xuan replied, "Does being too handsome count as a setback?"
Alice laughed. "Haha, that doesn’t count. What I want to know is, why are you so calm no matter what happens?"
Su Xuan said, "Getting worked up is pointless. Besides, how many things have you actually seen me go through?"
Alice replied, "Actually, one thing was more than enough."
Su Xuan asked, "Which one?"
Alice said, "The night you took over my bed but didn’t touch me."
Su Xuan retorted, "Who said I didn’t do anything? Didn’t you have to buy the morning-after pill?"
Alice’s mouth formed an ’O’. "Ah?!"
Then, she saw a sly smile on the corner of Su Xuan’s mouth.
"You’re just trying to scare me, hmph!" Alice punched Su Xuan lightly with her small fist and then ran off into the rain.
"Su Xuan, come and get me!"
"Come on, chase me!"
"Catch me if you can!"
With arms spread wide, Alice twirled in the heavy rain, looking like a golden-haired angel. The smile on her face was so enchanting it made even the rain around her seem magical.
"Aren’t you a little old for this?" Su Xuan sighed in exasperation. "So childish."
Then, he dropped the umbrella and ran after Alice. He had to admit, running like this brought back happy memories from his youth.
He shouted playfully at her, "You demon! I knew at first glance you weren’t human!"
Giggling as she ran, Alice called back, "Then come and subdue me!"
Before long, Su Xuan caught up to her. With a single tug, he pulled Alice down into a puddle. She landed on her back in the rainwater, throwing her arms around his neck and pulling him down on top of her.
Alice pouted adorably. "You going to let me take advantage of you?"
Su Xuan looked into her sparkling eyes. "First, let’s talk about the money for the clothes we bought tonight."
Suddenly, Alice shot her head up and bit down hard on Su Xuan’s lip.
Then, while Su Xuan was rubbing his mouth, she scrambled to her feet and ran off.
"Su Xuan, it’s just a few articles of clothing!"
"Don’t worry, I won’t let you suffer a loss!"
Alice’s voice drifted through the rain.
Standing in the rain and rubbing his lip, Su Xuan muttered wryly, "Damn, that hurt."
...
On the ride home in a Didi, the driver kept nagging Su Xuan and Alice in the back seat.
"You two, don’t move around too much! My car is brand new, don’t get it wet! Right, right, just sit on the plastic bags and don’t move!"
Before Su Xuan and Alice got in the car, the driver saw that they were both soaked like drowned rats and had placed two plastic bags on the seats. His car was a low-end BMW 3 Series, costing less than 300,000.
Alice, completely drenched and shivering, joked with the driver, "My friend here is rich, so you should’ve just let him get your car wet. He could’ve compensated you with a BMW 5 Series!"
The driver said, "I don’t believe you. You look richer than he does!"
Alice burst out laughing. "You have good eyesight!"
My brand-new expensive clothes are ruined!
「Thirty minutes later, 88 Guanhai Street.」
"Master, you’re back!" Butler Liu said, opening the door and respectfully greeting Su Xuan.
The departing Didi driver exclaimed in shock, his jaw dropping at the scene. "Holy crap! This is his mansion?!"
He ripped the plastic bags off the seats and furiously tore them to shreds. If there had been no plastic bags and his car seats had actually gotten wet, even if the rich guy hadn’t compensated him with a new car, he might have easily left a generous tip of ten or twenty thousand!
Why did I have to be so stingy? Damn it! I’m such an idiot!
...
"Old Liu, with such heavy rain, has anything gone wrong at home?" Su Xuan asked after stepping into the courtyard.
"Nothing at all," Butler Liu said with a kind smile. "Don’t let the old architecture fool you. It’s been repaired many times, so it’s very sturdy. The drainage system is flawless as well, so you don’t need to worry, Master."
"Where’s my senior sister, Wang Xuehan?" Su Xuan glanced toward a room.
"She completely exhausted herself today, cleaning the whole place from top to bottom. I couldn’t stop her. She went to bed long ago."
"Hmm, next time just call a cleaning service. Don’t let her work so hard. In a few days, she has to go to Kangnai to be with her father."
"Understood, Master." Butler Liu nodded. "Will you be practicing my Ruyi Tai Chi tonight?"
"Not tonight." Su Xuan shook his head. "I drank a lot and I’m exhausted. Let’s do it tomorrow."
"Are you sure?"
Butler Liu stomped his foot. The rainwater beneath him suddenly trembled, instantly forming a circular Tai Chi symbol.
WHOOSH!
But it lasted less than a second before the symbol dissipated.
Even so, Su Xuan was astounded. "Old Liu, how did you do that?"
Butler Liu slowly moved his hands through the air. "It’s just like I showed you. Once you master Ruyi Tai Chi’s method for applying force, you can do it instantly. You’ll be able to do it too once you learn!"
Tearing off his pricey clothes, Su Xuan declared, "Alright, let’s do it! Teach me! I’ll learn right now!"
Alice, having herded the frolicking Da Bai into its kennel, looked over at Su Xuan practicing Tai Chi under the corridor. "I hope you’re the first one to successfully learn it," she murmured with a smile.
...
"What?!"
Daniel, sound asleep in a luxurious Lycar suite, was suddenly woken up by a call from his assistant. He was left inexplicably shocked by what he heard.