Free Web NovelChapter 92: Chapter 92: Borrowing a Car
"Like how the clouds hang low before the rain, your soft singing stirred my heart..."
While the two were still engrossed in their heart-to-heart, Yun Zijin’s phone rang.
The caller ID read "Li Yuexing."
Yun Zijin raised an eyebrow. ’This guy isn’t calling to borrow a car, is he?’
"The one from the Li family? What’s he calling you for?"
Su Mengyao had only glanced over briefly, but she saw the caller ID on Yun Zijin’s phone screen.
"I don’t know. I’ll take this call."
With that, Yun Zijin swiped to answer.
Su Mengyao gave Yun Zijin an "OK" sign, indicating she would be quiet.
"Hello?"
"Zijing! Good afternoon! Have you eaten? I’ve booked a table at Liuxian Pavilion, want to have lunch together?"
Li Yuexing’s slightly fawning voice sounded in Yun Zijin’s ear.
"Mr. Li, if you have something to say, just say it. I’m not at home right now."
Yun Zijin held perfectly still, trying not to make any sound to avoid letting the person on the other end of the line hear the splashing of water.
"Um... about what we talked about last night..."
"You’re asking about the Ferrari LaFerrari, right? I didn’t drive that car today. If you want to borrow it... wait until tomorrow. But you’ll have to call me early tomorrow, or I’ll probably already be out."
’She had a spending task tomorrow, so she would most likely be going out.’
"Okay, okay! I knew you were generous, Zijing, not like those other guys who won’t even let me touch their cars."
There were several models he’d failed to acquire that Lu Yunque and the others had managed to buy. Borrowing their cars for a spin was incredibly difficult; they guarded them from him as if he were a walking fire hazard. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
"As long as you truly protect my car like the apple of your eye, as you said yesterday, Mr. Li, then I have no problem with it."
’If anything happened to it while he was borrowing it, she definitely wouldn’t be taking responsibility.’
"Of course! I’m a man of my word. I always keep my promises!"
It was rare for someone to be willing to lend him a car to satisfy his craving, so of course, Li Yuexing agreed to any condition in a flash.
"Then just call me tomorrow. Let’s not talk any more today, I have a friend with me."
The truth was, Yun Zijin had been holding the same position for too long. Her legs were going numb, and she just wanted to hang up and move around.
"Okay, okay, I won’t disturb you then. Bye, Zijing!"
"Goodbye."
Yun Zijin hung up the phone and turned to see Su Mengyao looking at her, her face a mask of curiosity.
"Go ahead and ask whatever you want."
’It’s not like it’s some big secret.’
"That guy from the Li family, what did he want? I thought I heard you mention a car?"
"I ran into their group at Yungong No. 1 yesterday. Mr. Li saw the Ferrari LaFerrari I was driving and wanted to borrow it."
Yun Zijin didn’t hide anything. It was all open and aboveboard, with nothing to conceal.
"Borrow your car? I remember him being a huge supercar enthusiast. He buys every new model that comes out. Did he not manage to get a Ferrari LaFerrari?"
Su Mengyao clearly hadn’t imagined there was a car that one of Dijing’s "Crown Princes" couldn’t buy.
"I guess not. But he probably just wants to drive it for a couple of days to get his fix. It’s no big deal."
Su Mengyao nodded in understanding, but the thought that Yun Zijin owned a car that even Li Yuexing couldn’t buy still felt a little incredible to her.
’Just how many more surprises did this new friend of hers have in store?’
"Wait a minute. You just mentioned the Ferrari LaFerrari, but the car you drove today was clearly a Ferrari Enzo!"
"Those two are signature Ferrari models, and they’re both limited editions! You actually have both!"
Su Mengyao suddenly realized that Yun Zijin owned two globally limited-edition Ferrari supercars, and both were worth tens of millions.
"Heh... An elder bought them for me. He’s very well-connected."
’Whether Su Mengyao believed her or not, Yun Zijin was sticking to that story.’
’Even if they investigated, they wouldn’t find a thing.’
"Well, that elder of yours must be incredibly good to you. I don’t recall many people in Dijing managing to buy those two cars."
’If even Li Yuexing couldn’t get them, then besides the other members of the four great families, it was basically impossible for anyone else.’
"Indeed. This elder is very good to me."
’Everything she had now was thanks to Randomly Spend.’
You can’t soak in a hot spring for too long, so after about thirty minutes in the pool, the two of them got out.
"Let’s go sit in the pavilion. I’ll ring the bell and have a server take our order."
They had only had some red wine and fruit earlier, and now they were both starting to get hungry.
"Okay." frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
Yun Zijin had no objection, of course. She also stood up in the pool and used the handrail to climb out.
She toweled off the water droplets and then wrapped the towel around herself.
It wasn’t long after Su Mengyao pressed the call bell that a server came in.
Yun Zijin and Su Mengyao each ordered their favorite dishes.
After confirming the order, the server quickly left the private room.
Yun Zijin and Su Mengyao moved the red wine and fruit from the poolside to the table in the pavilion. They sat on the benches, eating and waiting for the server to bring their food.
Su Mengyao took out her phone and saw she had a lot of unread messages.
"Zijin, a friend of mine said she saw me at the hot spring resort and is asking which private room I’m in!"
"Would you mind if I asked her to come over?"
Su Mengyao didn’t just invite her friend over directly; she asked for Yun Zijin’s opinion first.
"I don’t mind. Go ahead and have her come over. Is it a guy or a girl?"
’If it was a guy, they would need to go change back into their clothes.’
"A girl, a girl! If it were a guy, I definitely wouldn’t have told them which room I was in."
"So, should I tell them to come over? There are two of them. We might need to book a hot spring pool in the room next door, otherwise this one will be a bit too crowded."
The private room they had booked only had a two-person pool, which would be too crowded with more people.
"They probably booked their own."
’The whole point of coming here is to soak in the hot springs. What would be the point of coming over without booking a pool?’
"That’s true. Then I won’t worry about it."
Su Mengyao took out her phone and replied to her friend.
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before they heard a knock at the door of their private room.
Su Mengyao didn’t let Yun Zijin move; she got up to open the door herself.
"AHHH! Su Mengyao, you brat! How dare you come to the hot springs without us!"
The voice arrived before the person did.
The moment Yun Zijin heard that boisterous voice, she knew the newcomer must be very close with Su Mengyao.
"Hey! You two came without telling me either, so this is the pot calling the kettle black!"
"Hurry up and come over. Let me introduce you to the new friend I made!"
Su Mengyao led the two girls over to Yun Zijin.
The two were clearly not as naive as Su Mengyao. They looked at Yun Zijin with a scrutinizing, appraising gaze.
After a long moment...
"You brat, where did you find someone who looks like a goddess?"
Yun Zijin was speechless.
"You didn’t trick her into being your friend, did you?!"
Su Mengyao shot them a devilish, triumphant grin.
"What kind of person do you think I am? Am I that unreliable?!"
Su Mengyao’s mind began to replay the process of how she and Yun Zijin met, trying to confirm if there had been any deception involved.
