Chapter 585: The Duty of a Boyfriend
Being able to solve the threat from Yao Qinglong was a bolt from the blue and was unexpected for Tang Xiu, more so that he learned some confidential matters as well. As for the existence of the Stygian Club, he had long known that such colossal powers existed in the world, such as the force that had laid their hands on his father. He had also sent people to investigate the Stygian Club and was sure that he would soon receive detailed information on it soon.
Wealth and armed forces were now the two most important issues that Tang Xiu put his thought into aside from promoting his cultivation. With a steady stream of accumulated wealth, unceasing allocation of the money to develop armed forces, and training a large number of elite martial artists would be required to have more power to speak in the world.
Inside the villa, Tang Xiu put all these thoughts in the back of his mind before imparting some medical knowledge to Dai Xinyue and returning to his bedroom on the second floor. Yang Le had left in secret, whereas Chi Nan had taken Yao Qinglong away and was preparing to bring him overseas in secret to receive his wealth.
Tang Xiu was not the kind of man whose words were so heavy like sacred tripods, for he too would sometimes go back on his word against a foe like this time. To those who were on his side, however, he always kept his promises.
The next day, just as Tang Xiu arrived at the campus, Mu Wanying stopped him at the campus entrance. She obviously put on some light makeup and a stylish dress, revealing her eye-catching distinctive beautiful looks.
"Sweetheart, can you skip classes today?" Mu Wanying smilingly asked.
Tang Xiu couldn't help laughing, "I'm a good student. I have never been absent without a leave. Anyhow, since sweetheart rarely speaks, it may not that impossible if the excuse is sufficient."
Pfft…
Mu Wanying covered her mouth as she chuckled, and then said, "Anyhow, the business I run kind of flourished recently, so I earned some money. Therefore, I'm planning to buy a house, and I'm going to stay in Shanghai to expand my wings after graduation."
"You want to stay in Shanghai? Why so?" Asked Tang Xiu, surprised.
"To avoid disputes and trouble, that's why," answered Mu Wanying.
"Are you talking about your family?" Asked Tang Xiu with a thoughtful expression.
The smile on Mu Wanying's face receded, a helpless expression replacing it. She nodded and said, "Though my family is not as big as your Tang Family, it's by far not as united as yours. If it was not because of pressure from my granddad, I'm afraid that my family would have been torn apart already. And recently, my granddad's health is kinda deteriorating. Though no major problems have arisen, yet… my big and younger uncles have already begun to stir up some troubles. With me staying in Shanghai to expand my wings kind of leaves a way out for myself in the future!"
"Your idea is correct." Tang Xiu nodded said, "It's necessary to avoid troubles if you're not ready to compete for power and authority. If so, let us go then! I'll accompany you searching for a house."
Mu Wanying let out a faint smile. There was something inside her heart that she didn't speak out. Her decision to stay in Shanghai to develop herself was not entirely because of the disputes in her family, as part of the reason was related to Tang Xiu. She knew clearly well that Tang Xiu wouldn't settle in Shanghai in the future, but he would stay for at least four years.
She was the type of woman who was very difficult to fall in love, but she would be dead set on the man she loved once she did. Despite knowing very well that Tang Xiu would continue to blossom in the future given his abilities, and for him to have only one woman was near to impossible, yet she wanted to fight for her own happiness. Thus she must take the initiative to secure her own place in Tang Xiu's heart.
Tang Xiu came to campus on foot, so the duo strolled back to the Bluestar Villa Complex and then went to the garage.
"This is… a Koenigsegg Agera R?"
As the electric door slowly opened, Mu Wanying saw the luxury sports cars parked inside.
Tang Xiu's eyes flickered as he suddenly remembered that when he went to Jingmen Island a while ago, his aunt, Tang Min, told him that there was a good luxury sports car abroad, so she had one ordered for him and had it delivered to the Bluestar Villa Complex.
He drove the Range Rover when he returned home and had it parked in the yard. He didn't open the garage back then, so he hadn't yet seen this sports car. Regarding luxury cars, he had never researched them, thus he was oblivious to their names.
Without waiting for Tang Xiu's reply, Mu Wanying hurriedly ran toward the sports car and found that it had been covered by dust. She then looked for a towel and a bucket of water before she seriously cleaned it, a new sports car presented before them.
Tang Xiu watched Mu Wanying doing the chore. After Mu Wanying finally dropped the towel into the bucket, he smiled and said, "Alright, let's drive this car out today since you like it so much! There's no harm doing this once in a while."
"It looks really great." Mu Wanying laughed. "I have seen the appearance of this car and its presentation on a car magazine, but I have never seen it in real life, though."
"Is this car very famous?" Asked Tang Xiu curiously.
Mu Wanying looked at Tang Xiu with a strange expression before saying, "The Koenigsegg brand really isn't that well known among the supercars, and its popularity is far behind the Ferraris and Bugattis. But this Swedish company's Agera R is equipped with a Twin-Turbocharged V8 engine that gives it a maximum power of 1,124 hp with a top speed of 440 km/h. The most awesome thing about this car is that it only takes 2.8 seconds to accelerate from 0-100 km/h, and an awesome 11.7 seconds to reach 300 km/h. Do you know how much it costs?"
"How much?" Asked Tang Xiu.
"10 million yuan," said Mu Wanying with a serious face.
Despite having quite a fortune himself, Tang Xiu was still shocked by this figure. It never crossed his mind that his aunt, Tang Min, actually spent her hard-earned money like this. Before this one, the total value of those four cars was over 10 million, and now, this single car was priced at over 10 million yuan.
This… isn't this akin to him ruining his own family?
"What do you think?" Mu Wanying laughed. "Could it be that Big Boss Tang is scared by this number?"
"It's not like I'm scared by number. I just feel that its… way too extravagant." Tang Xiu shook his head. "Besides, 10 million is an amount ordinary people find too difficult to get in their lifetime. To think that so much money was spent on this car is really…"
"It's really strange." Mu Wanying commented, "You don't seem to know about your cars at all."
"I went to Jingmen Island a few days ago." Tang Xiu wryly smiled. "My aunt called me then, saying that she ordered me a car from abroad. Since she had already sent me four cars, so I was rather casual and ordering one again, as I thought that it wouldn't matter much. After returning, I've been driving the Land Rover the whole time. Since Chi Nan drove that car last night, hence it's my first time opening the garage door again after that. Who would have thought… it would be such a luxury sports car."
"Your aunt really loves you." Mu Wanying sighed, "Anyways, shall we go, sweetheart? Give me a drive around."
"How about you drive it?" Tang Xiu's face scrunched up.
"Alright, then I'll drive it." Mu Wanying thought for a moment before smilingly replying, "Driving this luxury sports car must be quite great!"
Two minutes later, Mu Wanying drove the Agera R sports car out of Bluestar Villa Complex. Just from the inside of the complex to the exit, it already attracted the attention of many people; even the security guards on duty stood perfectly straight and saluted more smartly than normally.
It was the sound and beauty of the car!
Tang Xiu suddenly felt that he was a silk pants, the second generation nouveau-riche who drove a luxury car with a belle. If there were red wine to savor along with cigars added, wasn't it akin to a fairy-like life?
"How about having a few cups of wine after we see the house, Wanying? We seem to have passed by several good bars, and the atmosphere seems good," said Tang Xiu with a smile.
"Okay!" Mu Wanying replied with a faint smile.
"Where are we going? Have you done any searching before?" Asked Tang Xiu with a smile.
"I have done an online search and quite liked the Loran Villa Complex," said Mu Wanying. "The location of the complex is a bit far, however, and it takes more than an hour driving from my company. And it's outside the rush hour in case of traffic jam. Century Classic Villa Complex is pretty good as well, but it's not a single villa. I like single villas, and it's better to have a villa with a private pool."
Tang Xiu hesitated for a moment before replying, "Then let's go have a look at both. We'll see which one you finally like the most."
"Okay!" Mu Wanying nodded with a smile.
As the Agera R drove on the avenue, it was like a strong magnet that attracted the attention of many people, who looked at them with envy and fantasizing when they would have such a cool and awesome luxury car.
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Loran Villa Complex.
Han Jintong comfortably sat on the terrace of the villa, basking in the sun while smoking a cigarette. He had seen and gone through a lot of things with his old age. Therefore, aside from cultivation, he enjoyed the remaining years of his life every day. It could be said that he was the one who enjoyed life the most among the residents of this villa complex.
Of course…. He was also the one who had the best personal connections.
It would have been more perfect if Second Brother's family of three come back from abroad.
He squinted his eyes to have a broad look at the distant scenery in the villa complex. A luxury sports car was slowly entering the complex, making him a bit surprised. It was because he was always spending his time basking in the sun, thus he had seen most of the luxury cars in the complex. But he was sure that he had never seen this very alluring sports car.
Is it another prodigal son playing with his new car again?
Han Jintong sighed as his vision followed the car as it finally parked in front of the Property Management Office about 200 to 300 meters away. From his position, he was able to see the car parked in front of the office.
"Huh?" When the luxury supercar parked and the man and woman got out, his expression moved and exclaimed lightly, "Tang Xiu?"
He admitted that he was old already, but he definitely wouldn't admit that he had presbyopia at all. He could distinctly recognize that the handsome young man was Tang Xiu. He dreaded Tang Xiu's identity very much, and he also wished to have a bit of friendship with him. A pity that his treasured granddaughter—Han Qingwu, was Tang Xiu's teacher and there seemed to be some unpleasant things between the two; else he could hope that Han Qingwu could become Tang Xiu's girlfriend and even better, becoming his wife in the future.
Chapter 586: Unreasonable
A black car parked behind the Agera R. The driver was a beautiful girl, and even though her beauty was not on par with Mu Wanying, she could still be regarded as a goddess in the eyes of many male youths.
Her name was Li Jing, a real estate saleswoman of the Loran Villa Complex.
Li Jing's recent performance was very poor, because she wasn't willing to accept some unspoken rules in the real estate market sales. Her manager had even warned her that she must pack her stuff and leave directly if she couldn't sell a house this month. Therefore, despite feeling irritated inside, she also looked forward with impatient expectancy, hoping that a bankroller customer would come to visit; and it would be best if the bankroller was a woman.
Today, however, just as she was pondering over the matter at the gate of the sales center, she saw a good-looking couple coming toward her. She really looked forward to it, because the couple looked like they were very rich given how they dressed up and the luxury sports cars they came with.
"Mr. Tang, Ms. Mu, we have only four villas left in this Loran Villa Complex now. I've already presented three of them to you in the sales center, and all of them don't meet your satisfaction. Then I'll take you directly to villa #9. Please come with me! The villa is very close to here."
Tang Xiu and Mu Wanying nodded slightly and followed Li Jing for a couple of minutes before arriving at the front gate of villa #9. It was a European-style villa with a total of three floors, a large area, and the most satisfactory aspect was that it boasted hundreds of square meters of lawn and garden before its gate.
"It's very stylish. The price shouldn't be cheap either, yes?" Asked Tang Xiu with a smile.
"Indeed." Li Jing said, "The housing price has been sharply increasing as of recently, reaching 145,000 yuan per square meter. The lawn and garden outside the villa are complimentary, but the villa itself still has 460 square meters. The total price is 66.7 million yuan, and with a 5% discount I can give you, the net price will be 63.365 million. I can also help you reduce it by 65,000 yuan more if you pay up front."
Tang Xiu shot Mu Wanying a look of inquiry.
Mu Wanying nodded silently, indicating that the price was acceptable to her. This impressed Tang Xiu, because he didn't expect that she earned such a huge sum of money within such a short time.
Afterward, the duo came to the villa under Li Jing's guidance. The overall layout was great, and there was also a very spacious private pool on the west side of the first floor. For a villa to have such an indoor private swimming pool nowadays was very rare.
"I'll take it!" After having a look, Mu Wanying straightly gave her decision.
A pleasantly surprised expression appeared in Li Jing's eyes. She then left the villa with Tang Xiu and Mu Wanying toward the sales center to handle the transaction formalities. Han Jintong, who had waited for some time outside the door, blocked the path of the trio.
"Are you not basking yourself under the sun today, Uncle Han? Did you come out to stroll around?" Li Jing was obviously very familiar with Han Jintong as she greeted him with a smile.
Han Jintong let out a faint smile and slightly nodded in response before his eyes shifted to Tang Xiu. There was a respectful expression on his face when he spoke, "Are you here to buy a house, Mr. Tang?"
Tang Xiu also didn't expect that he would meet Han Jintong here. He shook his head and replied, "It's not me, I'm just accompanying a friend to buy one."
Han Jintong shot Mu Wanying a look and felt a tinge of regret inside. He also wondered that, if his granddaughter were to try harder and take more initiative, perhaps there would be some chances left for her to be with Tang Xiu. But after having a look at Mu Wanying, he realized that there was no hope left for his granddaughter, because Mu Wanying was too beautiful. Not only was she on par with his granddaughter but even better.
"Oh, given his status and capacity, could it perhaps that only such a girl deserves to be with him?" Han Jintong sighed deeply inwardly.
"Do you know Mr. Tang, Uncle Han?" The saleswoman—Li Jing was surprised.
Without waiting for Han Jintong to answer her question, Tang Xiu preemptively answered it, "Yeah, I met him once, but we are not too familiar, though."
Han Jintong's breath lagged, and he immediately forced a bitter smile inside. Had it been someone else, he would have slapped the person before turning around to leave. But how could he afford to offend such a Master?! A bit of awkwardness appeared on his old face, as he said, "Though I only met Mr. Tang once, I admire him very much. Little Li, since Mr. Tang's friend wants to buy a house here, you should give a bigger discount and reduce the price more!"
"Then I'll call the Manager right away," said Li Jing quickly.
Tang Xiu furrowed his brows as he looked at Han Jintong and asked, "Is your face very valuable here?"
Cough! Cough…
This sentence made Han Jintong choke and cough a few times. He couldn't be more than eager to run away from here, and yet he still came over to express his goodwill, hence the reply, "It should be worth some dime. The owner of this villa complex is the right-hand man of my second son, and I'm also staying in my second son's place right now."
Tang Xiu nodded at him in response, as he looked at Li Jing and said, "Call your manager, then. Let's conclude the transaction according to the price we've agreed before! Do you have any problems with it, Wanying?"
A strange light glinted in Mu Wanying's eyes. Smart as she was, she could immediately understand that Tang Xiu didn't want to accept the goodwill from the old man in front of him, and even deliberately kept a distance. Therefore, she let out a faint smile and said, "I have no problem with that. I'm fine with signing the deal and paying up front."
Li Jing was somewhat awkward being caught in the middle, as she looked at Tang Xiu and Han Jintong in front. She got the cell number of her manager from her phone book, but she wasn't sure whether she should dial it.
Han Jintong let out a hollow laugh and knew that Tang Xiu didn't want to accept his goodwill, and immediately said, "Do it according to the will of Mr. Tang. Customers have always been the kings, thus you must spare no effort to serve them. Anyways… I have other things to tend to, so I won't be able to accompany you, Mr. Tang. I'll take my leave, then."
Having said that, Han Jintong walked away with a crestfallen expression.
As a smart girl, Li Jing could tell that Han Jintong obviously wanted to express his goodwill to Tang Xiu. Therefore, she secretly decided that she must report this incident after meeting her Manager and try to give this particular customer more discounts if possible.
"Everyone, let's return to the sales center!"
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Inside the sales center.
Fang Qiang comfortably sat with tilted legs on the European style sofa while his eyes fixated on the charming Hao Qian standing in front of him. As the sales center manager, he had many privileges as well as plenty of ill-gotten gains. In particular, he made all the saleswoman who worked here fawn on him.
"Qianqian, are we going to have dinner tonight?"
What was inside his mind was Hao Qian's tender white flesh in her uniform made him hot inside. He was not a good man, as he got several saleswomen in this sales center on his bed. And the beautiful Hao Qian in front of him was also no exception.
Hao Qian intentionally pouted her mouth and replied a bit coquettishly, "Sure, accompanying you to dinner won't be a problem, Brother Qiang. It's just that my client hopes that you can cut the price a bit for the villa #9. You see…"
Slightly furrowing his brows, Fang Qiang said, "The price I gave him is very low already, yet he wants it to drop even more? This won't do! Besides, selling the villas in the Loran Villa Complex is very easy. Even if he doesn't buy it now, I'm sure there will be other clients who will come to see the house a few days later. Anyhow, if it's not good for him, just push him off."
Hao Qian immediately felt anxious. She then came to Fang Qiang and sat on his lap. After looking around and finding that nobody was paying attention to the corner where they were at, she immediately placed her hand on his thigh as her slender, small fingers drew a circle on the inside of his thigh, saying, "Brother Qiang, other clients may indeed come, but counting it as a result of my professional work is hard to say! You can facilitate and make things easier for me, wouldn't that be good? At the worst… I will just put on that nurse uniform you bought me last time if things come to worst."
"Really?" Asked Fang Qiang quickly as his spirit was aroused.
"Absolutely, I'll put it on tonight," said Hao Qian seriously.
Fang Qiang raised his hand to touch his chin and pondered for a few seconds before happily replying, "It's a deal! Make that client come sign the transaction in the afternoon. Tell him that I only have time for him this afternoon."
"Great! Thanks a bunch, Brother Qiang." Hao Qian gleefully glanced around before hugging Fang Qiang's neck and forcefully kissing his face. She then took her mobile to make a call. After a minute, she had a conversation with the other party and agreed to sign the house purchase agreement at 2:30 PM in the sales center.
Ten minutes later, Li Jing briskly stepped inside the sales center along with Tang Xiu and Mu Wanying.
"Mr. Tang, Ms. Mu, please wait in the rest area first. I'll make the contract and we'll sign the house purchase agreement later."
"All right!" Tang Xiu and Mu Wanying were not in a hurry and headed to the rest area to sit.
After Li Jing busily spent some time to make the house purchase agreement, she didn't immediately go to see Tang Xiu and Mu Wanying but looked for Fang Qiang first. She couldn't conceal the excitement in her eyes when she said, "Manager, my client is ready to buy the villa #9. I've also negotiated the price with them, as of now…"
"The villa #9 has been booked out." Fang Qiang waved his hand to interrupt her and lightly said, "Tell your client to choose from the other three villas."
Li Jing was struck dumb and looked at Fang Qiang as if she couldn't believe what she heard. She had just checked the property booking system a moment ago. Villa #9 was not booked; even the deposit had been confiscated.
"Are you not mistaken, Manager? I just…"
"Villa #9 has just been booked out, and I'm not mistaken at all!" Fang Qiang furrowed his brows and said with a displeased expression. "The client who booked villa #9 is Hao Qian's client, and they will come here in the afternoon to sign the purchase agreement. Alright, if you have no other matters, don't disturb me anymore."
"But manager, our sales department have always employed a persistent policy that whoever pays the money first would be the one who gets the house. If that client has already paid the deposit, then I'll immediately leave now. But my client has promised to pay up front immediately once they have signed the house purchase agreement. You see…"