Chapter 138: Chapter 137: How About Sitting in the Car for a Couple of Pictures? (3)

Looking in the direction of the crowd, Fang Chenyi and Bai Menghan exchanged a helpless glance.

"Huh? What are they doing over by our Land Cruiser?"

From where Fang Chenyi’s group was standing, they could just see the roof of a Land Cruiser sticking out from behind the crowd.

After Bai Mengyao spoke, Chen Xi, also looking confused, quickened his pace, came to the edge of the crowd, and called out with a touch of exasperation,

"Hey, make some room! Please don’t crowd around my car."

Hearing his shout, the crowd turned their gazes behind them. When they saw the young man dressed in Adidas, they all started murmuring:

"Uh, this car actually belongs to a young guy? I thought it was some young lady’s..."

"Yeah, this guy’s really something else. Why would he get his car in this color?"

"Whose family is this kid from? He’s loaded."

The crowd slowly shuffled aside while murmuring amongst themselves. Hearing their comments, Chen Xi was left speechless and couldn’t help but mutter to himself, ’What in the world are you all talking about? Isn’t this a man’s car? And what’s wrong with the color? Aren’t most of them on the street this color? Heh, I’m not that rich, but this car isn’t that expensive either. It’s just something to get around in.’

At this time, Fang Chenyi and the others also walked over. Some neighbors saw Bai Menghan’s dad, and someone couldn’t help but ask,

"Yo, Old Bai, you have guests today?"

Hearing this, a happy smile instantly appeared on Father Bai’s face. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cigarettes. But after taking them out, his hand froze. He had forgotten that when he came down, he’d put the five-hundred-yuan-a-box Liqun in his pocket, which made his heart ache a little.

But seeing everyone staring at him, waiting for him to offer them a smoke, he gritted his teeth and tore open the pack of Liqun Fuchunshanju in his hand.

"Haha, Menghan brought her boyfriend over, and we’re all going out to eat. Here, have one. These are the cigarettes Menghan’s boyfriend bought me. Liqun Fuchunshanju, five hundred yuan a box!"

The men who had taken a cigarette and were about to light it were all stunned. They stopped in their tracks and took the cigarettes from their mouths.

"What? Five hundred yuan a box? Holy cow, isn’t that twenty-five yuan a stick? This one cigarette costs more than three of my packs!"

"No wonder. I was just saying, how did such a nice car end up in our neighborhood? So it belongs to Menghan’s boyfriend. Ahem, so this must be Menghan’s boyfriend, right? He looks sharp! And he’s rich, too. Looks like you and your wife are set for a comfortable life, Old Bai."

The speaker directed his gaze toward Chen Xi, who was standing at the edge of the crowd, and praised him.

There was no helping it. While Chen Xi’s looks were passable, he was a far cry from being handsome.

So, after some thought, "sharp" seemed to be the only word that fit.

But Father Bai just smiled and shook his head. "No, no, that’s my nephew-in-law. *This* is Menghan’s boyfriend. Come, come, Chenyi, this is your Uncle Li, and this is your Uncle Zhang."

Hearing this, Fang Chenyi stepped forward and began greeting the group very politely.

Seeing him, everyone was visibly shocked and couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration,

"Wow, Menghan’s boyfriend is so handsome! He’s even better-looking than those celebrities on TV!"

Fang Chenyi waved his hand, a little embarrassed, and said humbly, "You’re too kind, Uncles. There are plenty of people more handsome than me. Every single one of Xiao Youzi’s book friends is better-looking than I am."

"Haha, this kid is so humble. Mmm, not bad, not bad at all."

Just as everyone was commenting on Fang Chenyi’s humility, Chen Xi, at the back of the crowd, let out a cry of shock. "Holy shit, there’s a Lamborghini here!"

As his voice fell, all eyes turned to him. A few people next to him, the ones he had just told to move, started complaining,

"Didn’t you say the car in there was yours? If it’s not your car, why’d you tell us to get out of the way?"

At that moment, two seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girls shot Chen Xi an annoyed glare. "If it’s not your car, then *you* should get out of the way. Don’t stop me from taking a picture. The owner will be here any minute."

Chen Xi was mortified. He’d originally thought the crowd was talking about his car, but he never expected there to be a sports car underneath it all! ’Thinking about what I just said, this is so humiliating. ’It’s not that much, just something to drive around.’ What a joke! My car is probably worth about the same as a few of its wheels...’

He shamefully took out his car keys, unlocked the doors, and backed his car out under the strange stares of the crowd. Bai Mengyao, who had opened the door and sat in the passenger seat, stuck her head out and said to the group,

"Um, Grandma, Mom, Dad, Eldest Uncle and Aunt, you can get in my car. Third Uncle and Aunt, you can just ride in Menghan’s car."

Of course, even though she saw the pink Lamborghini, she didn’t connect it with Bai Menghan. It wasn’t that she hadn’t been shocked by the gifts Fang Chenyi had given earlier; it was just that the impact of those cardboard boxes was completely different from the impact of the car in front of her.

Even though she knew those gifts were valuable, her subconscious still told Bai Mengyao that a car this expensive could absolutely not belong to Bai Menghan.

Hearing Bai Mengyao’s words, everyone started opening the car doors and getting in.

But Bai Menghan’s dad waved his hand. "Hey, Third Brother, you and your wife can ride in Chen Xi’s car, too. Your sister-in-law and I will ride with Menghan. Say, Menghan, where did you park your car? Is it that Mercedes over there?"

It was a strange day. The neighborhood usually wouldn’t see a single luxury car all month, but today, three had appeared at once. Besides Chen Xi’s Land Cruiser and this pink Lamborghini, there was also a black Mercedes S-Class parked not far away.

And based on the earlier gifts, everyone subconsciously assumed that the Mercedes S-Class was Fang Chenyi’s car.

"Uh, that’s not our car."

As she spoke, under the stunned gazes of the crowd, Bai Menghan walked helplessly over to the pink Lamborghini. The two girls taking pictures saw Bai Menghan, who was infinitely more beautiful than them, walking over, and a hint of displeasure appeared on their faces. They all lived in the same neighborhood, so they were all too familiar with the "talented girl" Bai Menghan. They especially disliked her because their parents were always telling them, "Why can’t you be more like Bai Menghan," which made them not a fan of her at all.

"Sister Menghan, if you want to take pictures, you’ll have to wait. We were here first. You can take pictures after we’re done!"

Hearing this, Bai Menghan just smiled slightly. "It’s fine. You guys go ahead. I’m not here to take pictures."

Hearing that, the two girls stopped paying attention to Bai Menghan and went back to striking various poses for their photos.

"How about I open the doors so you can take a couple of pictures sitting inside?"

[To be continued...]

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