Chapter 172: Buy Another Set
"Being naked like this, aren't you afraid of someone looking at you?" Lan Ling was salivating looking at the dishes, while Yang Ming was salivating looking at Lan Ling's body.
"I have already closed all the curtains. What's there to be afraid of?" Lan Ling didn't really mind Yang Ming looking at her. She just started eating once she sat down.
Yang Ming had prepared two bowls of rice, and he placed it right in front of the two of them. Then he said to Lan Ling, "Alright, let's start eating. Taste my cooking skills. I haven't cooked in a few years."
"Hehe, I am pretty sure that it would taste very good with that fragrant smell." Lan Ling excitedly took out her chopsticks, pressed into a block of tofu and just put it into her mouth. After she chewed it for a while she swallowed it and praised, "It was really delicious. Can you teach me how to make it?"
"Delicious? It was actually quite simple. Firstly, heat the tofu up with some oil, then just pour some pre-made sauce onto it, and it's done." Yang Ming said, "When I was young I always brought tofu back home and made it this way. Simple and convenient."
"En, teach me how to make the sauce in the future. I want to learn it." Lan Ling said.
Lan Ling ate a lot. Her stomach was bulging. It was stretched to a point where she almost couldn't walk. She was just shuffling around the room like a crab. After walking for a while and feeling that she had digested the food in her stomach well enough, she said to Yang Ming, "How about the both of us play a while on the bed?"
"If you don't mind vomiting all of the food from your stomach, let's go together." Yang Ming gave her a reproachful look.
"So disgusting." Lan Ling showed a pose of vomiting. But in fact, it was actually a bit dangerous as she had eaten quite a lot.
To avoid indigestion, Lan Ling had found a few house chores to do. After she cleaned the dishes, she started mopping the floor. Yang Ming stayed for a while. When he noticed that it was about time, he gave Zhang Bing a call and asked him to pick him up and give the driver's license to him.
Zhang Bing complained that he had somehow become Yang Ming's dedicated driver. But complaining was just complaining. He still told Yang Ming that he would meet him at the entrance to the Song Jiang University Family Residence.
Yang Ming hung up his phone and said goodbye to Lan Ling. Then as he walked downstairs to the entrance of the apartment, a woman walked toward him. It was someone familiar!
"Big... Sister Xiao Qing." Yang Ming almost slipped and called her Big Mama. He changed his words.
"Yang Ming, why are you here?" Xiao Qing was also stunned when she saw Yang Ming. She didn't think that she would be able to meet him here.
"I have a friend who stays here. What about you?" Yang Ming said.
"I came here to visit my father. He also stays here." Xiao Qing smiled.
"Alright, then I will stop taking your time. You go ahead." Yang Ming saw Zhang Bing's Chrysler was driving toward him from far, so he said that to Xiao Qing.
Xiao Qing nodded her head. She and Yang Ming were just mere acquaintances. They would exchange brief greetings before excusing themselves when they met each other.
"Who was that just now? Not bad!" Zhang Bing extended his head from the car window and said lewdly.
"A friend." Yang Ming turned around and looked at the direction where Xiao Qing had gone.
"That's a pretty figure. But what's most important is her vibe of a mature lady. That black stocking was rather tempting. Hey, are you going to introduce her to me?" Zhang Bing said pervertedly.
"Sure, find a day when you can bring Zhao Sisi, then I will call my friend along, and we'll go hang out together!" Yang Ming said without hesitation.
"F***, just take it as though I said nothing." Zhang Bing complained, "Get in here quick!"
"Hehe, she is also a university lecturer. Why? Are you interested?" Yang Ming opened the door on the passenger's side and went into the car.
"University lecturer? An educated woman?" Zhang Bing shook his head. "Nevermind, I don't want to get into any trouble. If she was a slut, I don't mind fooling around for a while. But for a serious relationship, I have decided to be with Zhao Sisi."
"He, have you really decided to marry Zhao Sisi?" Yang Ming felt that Zhang Bing's decision had been rather hasty.
"Yeah, I thought that she was quite a fine girl. So I wanted to launch my attack after university and pin her down!" Zhang Bing said.
"If you feel that she's fine that is good enough. Oh yeah, didn't you want to buy a car? When are you buying it?" Yang Ming took out the car brochure left aside and started reading it. "Did you go to the car city today?"
"Yup. Right after I obtained our driver license, I went straight to the car city. I got a few models that I was interested in. Why don't you give me some opinions?" Zhang Bing took out a black book from his pocket and handed it to Yang Ming. "Your driver's license."
"Heh, it looks pretty delicate." Yang Ming took over and realized that the texture of the leather felt pretty nice.
"Bullsh*t, I spent about 50 yuan to buy a pure leather cover. How can it be bad?" Zhang Bing pouted.
"Ha, let's be upfront. Something that was free wouldn't be as delicate as this." Yang Ming smiled, "Oh yeah, do you want to purchase a local car or imported car?"
"I don't really have any special requirement, but it's not that we can't afford an imported car either. My dad had just given me the range around 100,000 yuan as a benchmark." Zhang Bing said, "I looked through a few car models. Both China Junjie and FAW Pentium seemed awesome."
"Yup, FAW Pentium seemed slightly more expensive, right?" Yang Ming asked as he looked at the brochure, "But this car seemed very luxurious. I like this one."
"Yeah, it was about 30,000 more yuan when compared to China Junjie's automatic model. I also favored this car, but my dad wanted to buy a Junjie." Zhang Bing said.
"Why?" Yang Ming found it amusing, "Isn't it going to be your car rather than your dad's?"
"Hai, his little daughter-in-law [1] seemed to have favored the red Junjie. He probably thought that buying two cars at once would be slightly cheaper." Zhang Bing shook his head. "I wanted to blackmail him. If he didn't buy me a Pentium, then I will spill his secrets to my mom."
Yang Ming sweated. "Uncle Zhang is rather unlucky to have someone like you."
"I will discuss with my dad after I reach home tonight. It should be a Pentium." Zhang Bing said, "What unlucky? I am his son. How could I receive the same treatment as his little daughter-in-law! F***!"
"Oh yeah, first drive me to the mall at the business street near Song Jiang No. 4 High School." Yang Ming had suddenly remembered something very important he had to do.
"Go to the business street? For what?" Zhang Bing asked.
"To buy a set of couples shirts, just like this one." Yang Ming pointed at the shirt on his body.
"Buy the same set? Are you okay? Why didn't you buy it before?" Zhang Bing asked strangely.
"I just bought it before, so right now I need to buy another set." Yang Ming said.
"I was saying why didn't you buy two sets then? What's the point of torturing me by going another round?" Zhang Bing said feeling irritated.
"You think I didn't want to? This set was bought together with Chen Mengyan, but Lan Ling saw it. I could only say that I bought this set for her. So I have to buy another set." Yang Ming explained helplessly.
"You are ruthless. You are a ruthless person!" Zhang Bing extended his thumb.
The car stopped at the front of the specialty shop. Once Yang Ming walked into the shop, he pointed at the shirt he was wearing and asked the salesperson to just bill him for the exact same model. The salesperson was confused, Why is this guy coming back here to buy another set? She couldn't help but ask, "Sir, didn't you just buy one before?"
"I really liked this design. My girlfriend liked it too. So we wanted to buy another set to wear in case one set was being washed." Yang Ming explained perfunctorily.
"That's the reason?" The promoter wrote the bill as she thought about whether she should reflect this to her manager so that they could import more similar designs. This design is selling well!
After finishing the purchase, Zhang Bing drove Yang Ming back home and went upstairs with Yang Ming. Zhang Bing came over to Yang Ming's house before, but he never looked down on Yang Ming just because his house was small and old. This was also the key reason why Yang Ming was close to him.
In Yang Ming's perspective, most of the rich kids don't want to be together with poor people like him. But Zhang Bing never showed a single trace of discrimination. Never mind that Zhang Bing's family was rich, Yang Ming noted that there were many small business owners who would already be a show-off even if they earned around 800,000 to 1,000,000 yuan.
"Zhang Bing is here!" Mother Yang welcomed Zhang Bing warmly. "Big Ming, didn't you go and buy clothes with Chen Mengyan? Why are you coming back with Zhang Bing?"
"Ha, let's not talk about it. Yang Ming met a..." Zhang Bing wanted to share how he met a robber, but his words were interrupted by Yang Ming's eye signal.
Yang Ming didn't want to worry his parents about the incidents which had already passed. It was better not to mention it. Zhang Bing's response was rather quick, he changed it immediately and said, "Yang Ming met me. Then I dragged him along to visit the car city to survey car models."
"I see. What about Chen Mengyan? Big Ming, you didn't just leave her on the street by herself, right?" Mother Yang asked, feeling concerned. Doing such a thing would be undoubtedly impolite!
"How could I? Zhang Bing and I dropped her home first since we have finished shopping for shirts. Take a look, the shirt that I am wearing right now is what Chen Mengyan was wearing too." Yang Ming pointed at the shirt on him.
Mother Yang squinted her eyes. Looking at the t-shirt on Yang Ming, her mouth was filled with a bright smile. It was obvious that she knew what a similar shirt design meant. It seemed like her son had already conquered Chen Mengyan!
How would she know that he only conquered her temporarily? If Chen Mengyan knew of Lan Ling's existence, would she still behave as she does now?
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Chapter Notes:[1] The author didn't specifically mention who this person was, but from the upcoming chapter, you can guess it's a mistress of Zhang Jiefang.
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Chapter 173: A Son Must Be Like Yang Ming
That night when he got back, Zhang Bing discussed with Zhang Jiefang about what car to buy. Zhang Jiefang insisted on buying a Junjie for Zhang Bing. Then Zhang Bing said, "I know you just wanted to buy two cheaper cars!"
Mother Zhang immediately asked curiously, "Buy two? For what?"
Zhang Jiefang was anxious. He followed up immediately, "Why buy two? Isn't one enough for you? I'll buy you a Pentium then."
So, Zhang Bing got 150,000 yuan to pay for the car easily.
The next day, Yang Ming was rolling with laughter when Zhang Bing told him about the incident. "Zhang Bing, you're such a brave man. If you keep on using this trick, aren't you scared that he might kill you to keep the secret?"
"Let him then. If he doesn't want anyone to inherit his business, then kill me." Zhang Bing didn't give a sh*t about it.
It was quite spectacular to see someone drive a Chrysler to buy a Pentium. These days, many people drove a good car to buy a cheaper car. Some of them buy for a mistress. Some buy for their children. Some accompanied their friend to buy. For people at Yang Ming's and Zhang Bing's age, the salesperson would assume they accompanied their friends to buy a car."
The sales girl naturally assumed Yang Ming was buying the car when she saw that Zhang Bing was the driver. She introduced a few models to Yang Ming. Yang Ming was dumbfounded. He pointed at Zhang Bing and said, "He's the one who wants to buy a car..."
"Ah?" The sales girl was stunned, but she replied immediately, "Sir, you're a potential customer too. Therefore, it's okay to introduce them to you too."
"Hehe, this little girl is quite good at talking." Zhang Bing was acting up his bad habit again. He started to tease the sales girl.
"Hehe, you're welcome. We are just offering an enthusiastic customer service." The sales girl was obviously a veteran in sales. She flawlessly dealt with Zhang Bing's teasing.
"I want to buy a Pentium. Can you give me a price?" Zhang Bing noticed the girl wasn't easy to handle, so he went straight to the point. He was going to buy anyway, so there was no point in talking any more nonsense.
"Which model do you prefer?" After the sales girl heard him, she knew Zhang Bing came here with cash. Therefore she cut the cr*p. They welcomed this kind of customers because they would pay without hesitation after they agreed on the price.
"Model 2.0 Automatic Luxury," said Zhang Bing as he pointed at the leaflet.
"The manufacturer's suggested price is 165,800. It consists of traction control and leather seat as compared to the Comfortable Model..." The sales girl pitched.
"Stop! I know about all these already. I looked online for the manufacturer's suggested price already. I'm asking how low can you offer me?" Zhang Bing waved his hand impatiently.
"Hehe." The sales girl said, "We could offer you 155,000 yuan and give away foil film, seat cover, steering wheel cover and free installation for the anti-theft device.
Zhang Bing shook his head after he heard that. He only had 150,000 yuan. He couldn't pay the extra 5,000 yuan.
The sales girl asked when she saw Zhang Bing shake his head, "What's wrong, sir? Do you still think it's expensive? This price is already low."
"No way, I don't have such a high budget. Why don't we look at another car?" Zhang Bing said to Yang Ming and acted as if he disliked the price.
"How much you want sir?" The sales girl wouldn't let them go.
"Your price is too high. We have asked on the internet. Others bought the same car with a lower price!" Yang Ming looked at the sales girl with pity.
"Why don't I give you a discount? See if it suits you?" The sales girl hesitated and said, "150,000. This is the lowest. I'll give you this price if you take the car."
"150,000? Hehe, little girl. Are you trying to fool us?" Yang Ming laughed. "Now, I'll give you a price. Sell or not sell. It's up to you."
"How much?" asked the sales girl.
"140,000 yuan," said Yang Ming.
"Ah?" The sales girl was stunned. "I have never sold one at such a price. I don't think it's possible."
"You can go consult your manager. If you can, then we'll pay and take the car. We shall talk again if you can't." Yang Ming never wasted time when negotiating. He wouldn't stop until he got what he wanted.
"Alright, please wait for a moment. I'll consult the manager now." The sales girl nodded her head, then she walked into the manager's office.
"What the f*ck? What kind of negotiation is that? You deduct 10,000 straight away?" Zhang Bing shook his head.
"Didn't you see the price online? It's almost the same as this." Yang Ming said.
After a while, the sales girl ran out. She said lightly to Yang Ming and Zhang Bing, "Our manager said the lowest is 141,000. There is no free gift. Only the anti-theft device will be installed."
Yang Ming and Zhang Bing looked at each other. The price they asked on the internet was nearly the same. It was impossible to go any lower. They couldn't really force the seller to lose money in the business!
"Alright, let's see the car first, then we'll go through the procedures." Zhang Bing nodded his head in agreement.
There was actually nothing to pick. Zhang Bing and Yang Ming wanted to check the common defects in the car that was reported online. After that, they checked the sound of the engine starting.
Then Zhang Bing tested the car. His feeling on the car was quite good. This self-branded car was a breakthrough after the Red Flag.
Zhang Bing paid and received the invoice, then he drove away with the car. Yang Ming drove the Chrysler, and Zhang Bing drove the Pentium. They went to Zhang Jiefang's company together. Zhang Jiefang's driver would deal with the remaining procedures. It was just some errands.
There was no news on the lost Imperial Jade, so Zhang Jiefang compensated Yang Ming with 20,000 yuan. Even though Yang Ming kept rejecting it, Zhang Jiefang was still an elder. He wouldn't take advantage of the young. Besides Zhang Jiefang didn't care much about such a small amount of money.
Yang Ming had no choice but to take it. Zhang Jiefang was still an elder. if Yang Ming kept rejecting it, it would bring shame to Zhang Jiefang. So, Yang Ming's bank account balance surged up to 460,000 yuan. This wasn't a small amount anymore.
"Yang Ming, why don't you buy a car?" Zhang Bing looked at Yang Ming's bank card with envy. "You're richer than me now. It's not a problem for you to buy a BMW."
"Let's see how it goes. At least I don't need it for now." Yang Ming shook his head.
"F*ck, what are you waiting for? You buy a new car. Then we could switch around!" Zhang Bing suggested.
"You think I don't want to buy one? But whose name should I use? What if my parents ask me? The source of this money looks suspicious. Although jade gambling is a formal business, it was still a gamble. I don't want my parent to worry about me." Yang Ming said, "Now I'm just a staff member of your dad's company. How would it be possible that I'm driving a better car than my boss?"
"You're right, the difference in profession makes one feel worlds apart. Gambling jade can't be understood easily by normal people." Zhang Bing nodded his head. "When are you preparing to buy one then?"
"Soon. When I'm studying at university, I'll prepare to do some business. It will be easier to buy a car then." Yang Ming said, "My family background isn't that great. It isn't good if I buy a car suddenly. At least I have to buy a house for my parents first."
"F*ck, little bast*rd!" Zhang Jiefang slapped on Zhang Bing's head and scolded, "Look at how filial Yang Ming is! You only know how to spend my money! You never buy anything for me! A son must be like Yang Ming. Not only he can earn money, he can even find a beautiful wife!"
"Stop it already, I'm looking a daughter-in-law for you too. I'm one step away from success." Zhang Bing waved his hand hastily.
"En? Really?" Zhang Jiefang was stunned, then he said joyfully, "Your words are never true. Is she one of your spoiled internet friends?"
"Of course not! She is our high school classmate, and she is studying at Song Jiang Industry University too!" Zhang Bing was afraid that his father wouldn't believe him, so he added, "Ask Yang Ming if you don't trust me!"
"Yang Ming, is that true? Don't lie to uncle." Zhang Jiefang didn't believe it.
"En, he is right. She is our high school classmate, and my girlfriend's best friend. Her name is Zhao Sisi. She is a nice girl," said Yang Ming as he smiled.
"Oh? Hehehe, that is great to know! Zhang Bing, when do you plan to bring her home?" Zhang Jiefang couldn't wait to see the girl.
"Dad, she didn't agree to be with me yet. Why are you rushing?" Zhang Bing gave a bitter smile.
"How can I not rush? All who lack filial piety are most scared of having no grandchildren! Give me a grandson, and I won't bother you anymore!" Zhang Jiefang said hurriedly.
"Dad, I have just gone to university!" Zhang Bing said helplessly, "You need to hold on for that request for a few years."
"Alright, alright, it's not that urgent." Zhang Jiefang realized it was too far in the future for his son, so he mocked his son, "Son, let me tell you. A wife need not be pretty, but she must have a good character, be virtuous and know about housekeeping."
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