"Is that so? That's not what I heard," Cheng Yu pressed on.
"Then you must have heard wrong," Lin Xiao Tian smiled faintly.
From beginning to end, Lin Xiao Tian appeared calm and composed. Even with Cheng Yu's constant badgering, she found herself completely helpless against him.
Cheng Yu's suspicions quickly dissipated like a farce.
But she was clearly not giving up.
It was better that Qin Yu Xiang hadn't come earlier, but her arrival had completely stolen Cheng Yu's thunder. Moreover, Cheng Fei Fei had humiliated her earlier. This insult, she absolutely could not let slide.
With this thought, Cheng Yu sent a message to Xiao Gang via WeChat, telling him to come over quickly.
However, regarding what happened in the private room, including the arrival of Lin Xiao Tian and Qin Yu Xiang, Cheng Yu didn't mention a single word.
After all, she didn't want anyone to see the scene of her argument with Cheng Fei Fei just now.
"Didn't Xiao Gang say he was driving? Why isn't he here yet?" someone asked curiously.
As he spoke, he glanced at Lin Xiao Tian again.
They had heard Xiao Gang say that Qin Yu Xiang and Lin Xiao Tian had walked there, and that Xiao Gang and they had departed from the same location.
It was impossible for Xiao Gang, who was driving, to arrive later than Lin Xiao Tian and the others.
Even if Lin Xiao Tian had good stamina, it was clearly impossible for him to arrive so quickly while accompanying Qin Yu Xiang.
What's more, Lin Xiao Tian showed no signs of fatigue from running.
This left them puzzled. Why had Lin Xiao Tian arrived so quickly?
In the county town, there were only pedicabs and buses. These were clearly not as fast as Xiao Gang's car, unless Lin Xiao Tian also had his own vehicle.
But hadn't they said Lin Xiao Tian was so poor that he was filling their stomachs with drinks to quench their hunger while accompanying Qin Yu Xiang?
For a moment, he couldn't figure it out himself.
"Right! Xiao Gang is so slow! Could he have been walking?"
"Maybe there was traffic on the road. He'll be here soon." Cheng Yu offered an explanation.
But her words clearly failed to gain the approval of the crowd.
Traffic?
This small county town, even during the Lunar New Year, had never experienced traffic jams, let alone in the afternoon?
"I think he's lost!" someone suggested.
At the very moment he said this, an urgent voice was heard from the entrance.
"Xiao Ao, there are too few parking spots here! I spent ages looking for a place to park."
His voice preceded his appearance.
As Xiao Gang pushed open the door, he immediately began to complain.
"Isn't there an open space next to it? It's so wide there, you could just park there!" a tall, thin man replied.
This man was Cheng Ao, the owner of the restaurant.
"Don't even mention it. The less you say, the angrier I get."
"I don't know who it is, but they parked a car right at the entrance of your open space. The entrance there is already narrow. If I drove in and brushed against it, wouldn't I be extorted to death!"
Xiao Gang continued to grumble.
"Oh, come on! It's perfectly fine to park two cars at my entrance. Is it your driving skill that's lacking? Besides, what's wrong with a little brush? You're a big boss, you're rich, you don't lack a few hundred yuan!" Cheng Ao retorted.
"A few hundred yuan?" Xiao Gang looked at him as if he were an idiot. "If that car gets even a little scratched, do you think a few hundred yuan will settle it? I'm afraid even tens of thousands of yuan wouldn't resolve it!"
Cheng Ao was stunned.
"What car is it? So precious?"
"A Porsche 911," Xiao Gang said with a hint of pride.
The crowd was surprised upon hearing this.
Even if they hadn't eaten pork, they had seen pigs run, hadn't they?
Everyone knew that Porsche was a luxury car brand. In this county town where BMWs were rarely seen, the appearance of a Porsche was undoubtedly big news.
"I know Porsche, it's a sports car! I heard it costs at least over a million yuan on the market."
"I never expected to see such a sports car in our small county town!"
"I thought when Teacher Qin came last time, her BMW was the most expensive car I would see in my life. I didn't expect to see something even more expensive. Over a million yuan! Even if I didn't eat or drink, I wouldn't be able to earn that much in my lifetime!"
Everyone became envious.
But as Xiao Gang listened to the discussions, he let out a cold laugh.
"A million yuan? A million yuan can buy a Porsche 911? Let me tell you, even three million yuan would be hard to get!" Xiao Gang said proudly, as if the Porsche were his own car.
"Three million yuan?"
Upon hearing this, the crowd gasped.
Indeed, comparing oneself to others was enough to make one die of frustration. A mere car for daily commute was a dream they could never achieve in their lifetimes.
"A luxury car worth millions! I want to see what it looks like!" Cheng Ao said excitedly.
"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing? Are you looking for a scolding?" Xiao Gang stopped him.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Ao asked, confused.
"Anyone who can afford such a car must have connections. If you go around gawking at someone's car, and they find out later, won't they cause trouble for you?" Xiao Gang rolled his eyes.
Cheng Ao immediately felt that it made sense.
"That's true, rich people usually have peculiar tempers! Fortunately, you stopped me, Xiao Gang, otherwise I would have gotten into trouble later."
"Haha, we're brothers, how could I let you jump into a fire pit?" Xiao Gang said with an air of wisdom. "Look at me, I specifically found a different place to park, just to avoid causing trouble later. Nowadays, people with connections are not to be trifled with!"
Cheng Ao nodded foolishly beside him.
The crowd listened to Xiao Gang's words and felt a great sense of empathy.
They were all from humble backgrounds, having suffered the hardships of poverty. They instinctively revered the rich. At this moment, even without seeing the owner, they naturally assumed that the person must have an unreasonable personality.
At least, they thought, if they had money, they would act that way.
But they didn't know that at this very moment, the person they were talking about as the owner was sitting calmly with them.
"Oh dear! It's so hot today, Yu Xiang is so foolish to insist on walking with that man. I wonder where they've gotten to by now?" Xiao Gang sighed with feigned concern.
A crucial reason for his late arrival was that he had been complaining about Lin Xiao Tian to Cheng Yu on the way, intending to use the crowd's voices to harshly criticize Lin Xiao Tian when they arrived.
But after he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a bit off.
Why wasn't anyone agreeing with him?
Someone should at least have feigned sympathy for Qin Yu Xiang.
And what about his wingman, Cheng Yu? Why was she silent?
Just then, he noticed everyone looking in one direction.
Xiao Gang curiously followed their gaze, and the next moment, a familiar face appeared before him.
"You... how did you get here so fast?"