Chapter 109: Wholesale
Gu Wanrong was slightly surprised. “Why are you here too?”
Xie Xian’s lips curved up slightly as he replied calmly, “I just happened to be here, thought I’d take a look around.”
As he spoke, he had already arrived in front of Gu Wanrong and casually changed the subject. “Seen any cars you’re interested in? Want me to introduce some to you?”
In truth, Xie Xian had lost interest in the extreme sport of racing over the past two years and naturally hadn’t visited a car show since. Yet today, he had specifically made time to come. However, he didn’t dwell on this fact, mentioning it only in passing.
Since Christmas Eve, Xie Xian seemed to have forgotten his previous behavior of deliberately keeping his distance from Gu Wanrong. He began chatting with her frequently, mostly about racing, which was how he knew she would be attending today’s car show.
“That would be quite an ‘honor,’ having a big shot like you introduce them to me personally,” Gu Wanrong said, deliberately emphasizing the word “honor” with a hint of teasing.
The smile in Xie Xian’s eyes became even more apparent. His efforts to chat with Gu Wanrong from time to time had not been in vain; she could now talk and laugh with him comfortably.
The two of them chatted as they strolled.
“A Green Demon?” Gu Wanrong’s gaze was drawn to a green sports car.
“This is the Pagani Huayra R, a global limited-edition supercar designed exclusively for the track. There are only 30 of them worldwide.
“It’s powered by a brand-new Pagani V12-R engine built specifically for it—a naturally aspirated V12 engine capable of outputting an astonishing 850 horsepower and 750 Nm of torque. The engine’s redline is as high as 9000 rpm.
“The entire car weighs only 1.05 tons. The body uses a large amount of carbon fiber material and is equipped with a powerful aerodynamic kit, including a large rear wing and optimized air intakes, to ensure stability and downforce at high speeds.
“The public is probably more familiar with the name ‘God of Wind’ for this series. What do you think? Do you like it?”
Xie Xian introduced the car fluently.
God of Wind? Gu Wanrong had indeed heard of that name.
Looking at the green Pagani Huayra R in front of her, a wave of excitement surged in her heart. Not only was its appearance strikingly beautiful, but its performance was also outstanding.
Gu Wanrong answered without hesitation, “Yes.”
After speaking, she waved over a salesperson standing nearby and asked, “Is this Pagani Huayra R for sale?”
After all, Xie Xian had just mentioned there were only 30 worldwide. The one they were seeing might not necessarily be for sale; the Auto City owner might have just brought it out for exhibition.
The salesperson trotted over and replied respectfully, “Hello, Miss. This Pagani Huayra R is priced at 60 million yuan.”
Gu Wanrong’s expression didn’t change in the slightest upon hearing the price. She simply took a bank card from her bag and handed it to the salesperson. “Swipe it. Full payment.”
The salesperson took the card respectfully with both hands. With a swipe on the machine, this Pagani Huayra R worth 60 million yuan belonged to Gu Wanrong.
“【Huaxia Bank】Bao Fu transferred (120 million) yuan to your account ending in 6188. Please check.”
After taking back the card returned by the salesperson, Gu Wanrong left Butler Liu behind to handle the paperwork and walked away from the Pagani Huayra R booth with Xie Xian.
At this moment, the salesperson suddenly patted his cheeks with both hands, muttering in a low voice, “Holy cow, she just paid and left? A 60-million-yuan car, sold without me wasting a single drop of spit?”
Clearly, the smooth card-swiping action just now had been performed mechanically by the dazed salesperson, who was only now snapping back to reality.
Butler Liu looked at the salesperson and spoke gently, “I am the butler of the lady who just bought this Pagani Huayra R. Please take me to handle the procedures.”
The salesperson nodded hurriedly and led Butler Liu toward the back office.
At the same time, the Pagani Huayra R originally parked on the booth slowly descended and disappeared, replaced by a virtual model.
Not long after continuing their stroll, Gu Wanrong had already bought every famous sports car she had heard of in this car show.
Whether it was the Porsche 918, Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren Senna, Hennessey Venom F5… as long as it was for sale, she bought it without exception.
While she was buying these sports cars, Xie Xian also gave Gu Wanrong brief introductions to them.
It truly surprised Gu Wanrong. The owner hosting this car show was not only wealthy but also well-connected. Every car exhibited in the inner hall was invaluable—basically either a global limited edition or a rare model.
Faced with Gu Wanrong’s wholesale-style car buying, Xie Xian offered no opinion nor made any move to stop her. He just watched with a smile.
After all, he knew that Gu Wanrong had been driving her newly bought Maserati MC12 out for a spin every day recently and still hadn’t had enough. Her interest in racing was at its peak. Since she wasn’t short of money and her parking garage was big enough, why not?
However, the eyes of many others at the scene were drawn to Gu Wanrong’s money-scattering spree.
Just then, a voice came from not far away on the side: “Gu Wanrong! Finally found you!”
It was Liu Ji running over hurriedly, shouting loudly.
When he saw the face of the man beside Gu Wanrong clearly, his expression stiffened, and he screamed internally: Xie Xian?! Help me ahhhh! Is the Great Demon King on such good terms with Gu Wanrong?
In the next second, he turned around without hesitation, pretending he had found the wrong person, preparing to slip away quickly.
“Liu Ji.” Xie Xian recognized the bustling Liu Ji at a glance and called out to him.
“Brother Xie, Gu Wanrong, we meet again.” Stopped helplessly, Liu Ji had no choice but to brace himself and approach the two, smiling awkwardly.
Gu Wanrong’s gaze moved back and forth between Xie Xian and Liu Ji, extremely curious.
She felt that Liu Ji’s smile toward Xie Xian seemed to carry a hint of fawning, and his demeanor in front of Xie Xian was completely different from the day he was with her—he was as docile as a quail.
“You know Wanrong?” Xie Xian noticed the curiosity in Gu Wanrong’s eyes and also recalled that Liu Ji had called out her name from afar just now, clearly indicating they knew each other.
He just didn’t know when they had met.
“I sold my Maserati to Gu Wanrong,” Liu Ji answered honestly.
Standing opposite Gu Wanrong and Xie Xian, Liu Ji saw everything clearly.
Gu Wanrong stood in front, while Xie Xian stood perfectly positioned slightly to her left and behind. If Xie Xian just lifted his right hand gently, he could easily pull Gu Wanrong into his arms.
Although the atmosphere between them seemed like ordinary friends interacting, Liu Ji could swear to heaven that the look in Xie Xian’s eyes when he looked at Gu Wanrong was definitely not innocent.
“It’s the sports car you saw,” Gu Wanrong added, then continued, “Liu Ji specifically changed it to a blue-and-white color scheme. We both felt that at first glance, it looks just like an airplane running on the ground.”
Oh, he’s even seen the car she bought less than a week ago. Chasing her really tight.
Listening to Gu Wanrong’s words, Liu Ji secretly roasted Xie Xian in his heart while wishing he could reach out and cover Gu Wanrong’s mouth. Didn’t she sense that the look Xie Xian was giving him, this poor little soul, was getting deeper and darker?
“You do look very cool driving it,” Xie Xian smiled and agreed with Gu Wanrong, then turned to Liu Ji and said, “You’ve even sold your car, and you still won’t go back to Four Nine City?”
Liu Ji’s heart skipped a beat. The Great Demon King really is on the same side as the adults.
Then he revealed a half-smile, “Big brother! Just pretend you didn’t see me in City J. I still want to stay here for a while longer.”
“What’s wrong?” Gu Wanrong couldn’t help but ask curiously, seeing Liu Ji like this.
“Failed startup, they want him back,” someone else walked up to them, answering Gu Wanrong’s question as he approached, acting as if he and Liu Ji were close.
Gu Wanrong looked toward the voice. Of the people approaching, she only recognized Zhang Shi at the back. The leader and the other person were strangers.
Zhang Zhiheng and Xie Xian nodded to each other, which counted as a greeting. Or rather, mainly Xie Xian just nodded.
Subsequently, Zhang Zhiheng stepped forward, extended his right hand to Gu Wanrong, and introduced himself, “Miss Gu, nice to meet you for the first time. I am Zhang Zhiheng from the Zhang family in Four Nine City.”
Gu Wanrong politely shook hands with Zhang Zhiheng and immediately withdrew her hand.
She quickly recalled that Zhang Zhiheng’s Zhang family was the weakest one Yu Yingying had mentioned before. She was puzzled:
Is Liu Ji, a member of the Liu family from Qingnan Hutong, really close with this Zhang Zhiheng? Logically speaking, the two families should only have a superficial relationship and be quite distant in reality. After all, the Liu family completely dominates the Zhang family in the transportation sector.
Meanwhile, Liu Ji was still retorting unconvinced to Gu Wanrong and Xie Xian.
“How can you call it a failure? It’s just a small setback.”
“Once I get through this period, I’ll definitely take off!”
“I, Liu Ji, will never be easily defeated by this little difficulty. I don’t want to go back and be a puppet manipulated by them.”
…
He didn’t even bother giving Zhang Zhiheng a glance.
Zhang Shi, following behind Zhang Zhiheng like a lackey, couldn’t squeeze in at all, nor could he get a word in.
Seeing this, Gu Wanrong raised an eyebrow, looking at Zhang Shi with a hint of playful mockery in her eyes. Sensing her gaze, Zhang Shi quickly averted his eyes, daring not look at Gu Wanrong.
He’s learned to read the room. Knows he offended me and doesn’t dare act like before. Gu Wanrong withdrew her gaze from Zhang Shi.
“Miss Gu, I am Huang Zhu, the organizer of this car show. This is my business card.” The other person behind Zhang Zhiheng whom Gu Wanrong didn’t know also stepped forward to introduce himself.
Gu Wanrong nodded in acknowledgment. The card was taken by Butler Liu, who had finished the paperwork and returned.
Zhang Zhiheng’s words, explicitly and implicitly, were nothing more than stating that the Zhang family was also in the Qingnan Hutong area, hoping to have more interactions with Gu Wanrong and the Xie family to build a relationship.
Although Gu Wanrong remained polite, her attitude was visibly cold.
She felt that this man’s dashing and extremely enthusiastic appearance made her hallucinate seeing An Jiayan—he felt even more hypocritical than An Jiayan.
As for Xie Xian, apart from that initial nod, he ignored him completely.
He found this Zhang Zhiheng quite annoying. Ever since he accepted Zhang Zhiheng’s private invitation for the first time on Christmas Eve, this Zhang Zhiheng had been climbing the social ladder, hinting everywhere that they had a private friendship, and coming to find him from time to time.
Even though he had stayed in the private room that day for ten minutes at most before leaving in annoyance, Xie Xian still didn’t regret accepting the invitation that day.
Just as Zhang Zhiheng was chattering on, Xie Xian coldly interrupted him, and Gu Wanrong didn’t stop him.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhiheng knew they were impatient and tactfully left with Zhang Shi and Huang Zhu.
“When did Zhang Zhiheng transfer to City J? The Zhang family’s intentions are practically known to everyone on the street,” Liu Ji couldn’t help but pout as soon as they left, his face full of disdain.
He was still unhappy in his heart: Although you, Zhang Zhiheng, are older than me, that doesn’t mean you can act like an elder brother like Xie Xian and manage my affairs. We don’t have that kind of friendship!
“Regardless of what the Zhang family wants to do, you, Liu Ji, should go back early. It’s not like Uncle Liu won’t let you continue your research and development.”
After Xie Xian finished speaking, Liu Ji became crestfallen again, his heart still full of resistance to returning to Four Nine City. He muttered under his breath, “I don’t want to go back. You’re in cahoots with my dad and the others.”
“Did you sell the sports car because you didn’t have enough startup funds?” Looking at the dejected Liu Ji, Gu Wanrong somewhat understood why he had sold his beloved sports car.
“Sigh, yes.” Liu Ji sighed and nodded, admitting it.
He didn’t want to continue discussing this topic, so he changed the subject, “Let’s go, this young master will take you to see more cars. I am…”
As he spoke, Liu Ji’s voice trailed off.
What am I saying? Xie Xian is still here. Compared to Xie Xian, I’m far behind. It’s just that Xie Xian hasn’t been into racing these past two years.
Wait, the Xie family… in the entire Qingnan Hutong, besides me, no one knows Xie Xian races! I only found out by accident.
Just now, I heard him lecturing Gu Wanrong logically from not far away. Good grief!
Thoughts surged one after another in Liu Ji’s mind, and his expression changed constantly without disguise as Xie Xian and Gu Wanrong watched him.
“Let’s go, let’s continue looking at cars.” After Xie Xian finished speaking, he naturally took Gu Wanrong’s wrist and led her away.
Gu Wanrong looked at Xie Xian in surprise; he had taken her hand so naturally. Gu Wanrong followed for two steps, then gently rotated her wrist, easily slipping out of Xie Xian’s palm.
This must just be him acting casually in the moment, right? We aren’t as unfamiliar as before, she thought to herself.
Xie Xian didn’t grip tightly, allowing Gu Wanrong to break free easily. His expression didn’t change at all, as if he didn’t mind.
In reality, he felt a great pity in his heart. Only held it for less than five seconds. Still a long way to go.
“Hey, you guys didn’t even wait for me!” Snapping back to reality, Liu Ji saw Xie Xian and Gu Wanrong walking away and hurriedly chased after them.
Then he watched Gu Wanrong buying cars wholesale—as long as she took a fancy to a sports car, she bought it with full payment without exception.
Liu Ji couldn’t help but ask, “Why are you buying so many cars? Can you even drive them all?” He poked Xie Xian and whispered, “Aren’t you going to advise her?”
“I like them. Each car has its own unique charm. Even if I can’t drive them, I’m happy just looking at them,” Gu Wanrong continued, “People will be arranged to take care of them every day. Butler Liu is there.”
Gu Wanrong knew that Liu Ji just felt that too many sports cars would scatter her attention, and since none of them were bad, it would be a pity if they broke down due to lack of regular maintenance.
Butler Liu nodded reassuringly and said, “Special personnel will be assigned to maintain the Young Miss’s beloved cars every day.”
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