“I’m mainly worried about disturbing your shopping fun, but if you don’t mind, then let’s go together.”
“However, I have to pick up my daughter from school at four thirty.”
Yang Hao’s main job lately had been to lose weight and then to take good care of his precious little girl.
Shopping with women wasn’t impossible, but it definitely could not interfere with picking up his daughter from school.
“Yang is really a good father.”
Zhao Yingying praised him with a smiling face.
“Where are you planning to go for shopping?” Yang Hao asked.
“Starlight City, it’s closer,” Zhao Yingying replied.
Yang Hao nodded, “Then let’s go, I’ll give you a lift.”
With that, he walked toward his Regal U8.
Sun Xinyi subconsciously touched her waist, grateful that she wasn’t wearing a crop top today; the chilling sensation of the wind passing over her midriff from yesterday still haunted her.
Still, an electric scooter would be fine for one person but way too cramped for two, right?
Zhao Yingying, on the other hand, was wondering if he would really show up in a BYD, and if not, it would prove that he also lied yesterday, which would mean she couldn’t blame herself entirely either.
The two women, each harboring their own thoughts, followed behind Yang Hao. Sun Xinyi was still looking around for Yang Hao’s electric scooter when, to her surprise, she didn’t find it.
As she was wondering, the lights of a large SUV flashed twice in front of her, and then Yang Hao pulled open the driver’s door and got in.
Only then did Sun Xinyi realize that Yang Hao hadn’t come on his electric scooter today. She curiously looked over the aggressive-looking car in front of her, not recognizing the brand.
Zhao Yingying didn’t recognize the Regal U8 either, but in the parking lot of the Bolli Fitness Center, which already had twenty or thirty cars parked, Yang Hao’s vehicle stood out like a crane among chickens, exuding an extremely strong presence.
This kind of car wouldn’t be cheap, that was a given.
Hmph, this is your BYD??
Zhao Yingying rolled her eyes internally, took a photo of the aggressive-looking SUV, and posted it to the sales associates’ group chat: Girls, does anyone know what car this is?
Sales associates like Zhao Yingying, who sell high-end cosmetics or luxury goods, tend to have somewhat skewed thoughts. As they deal with wealthy people and serve them year-round, they have a high opinion of themselves and look down on ordinary workers, all aspiring to marry into wealth.
However, in the eyes of the wealthy, they are just waitstaff, and occasionally, some greasy old man would fancy their bodies, spend some money to entertain themselves for a while, showing them an even greater world, which makes it even harder for them to settle for an average boyfriend thereafter.
Thus, almost all the sales associates like them eventually set the ultimate goal of snagging a wealthy husband. In their group chat, they seldom talk about work, focusing almost entirely on various luxury goods, how to “fish” for partners, how to identify high-quality men, how to get men to spend money on them, and the like.
After sending her message, Zhao Yingying eagerly pulled Sun Xinyi into the car.
Once seated inside, she felt even more certain that this was an expensive luxury car because the interior looked very high-end with areas reachable by hand being wrapped in real leather, which felt very substantial. Furthermore, an SUV was even equipped with rear entertainment features, a configuration usually found only in luxury sedans, like the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 series, and the like.
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While Zhao Yingying was silently evaluating the car’s interior, someone in the sales associates’ group chat tagged her.
Moumou: @Alisa This is a Regal U8, worth more than a million!
Moumou: This is a high-end brand of BYD. The ones who drive this car are definitely low-profile rich folks!
Moumou: Yingying, if you know the owner of this car, you’ve got to seize the opportunity!
Moumou was a former colleague of Zhao Yingying, who had also been in cosmetics sales but had since moved on to selling Chanel, dealing with a higher-end clientele.
Zhao Yingying looked at the messages, first feeling that the price tag of more than a million was within reason. But when she saw the part about it actually being a BYD, she felt like cursing.
Damn, your BYD actually has a car worth more than a million!
And the important thing is, people are really buying it!!
The world of the wealthy, she just didn’t understand!
“Yang, is this car a Regal U8?”
Despite her internal scoffing, Zhao Yingying still used the topic of cars to strike up a conversation with Yang Hao.
The sales associates’ group had previously shared that when talking to men, if you run out of topics, talk about cars. Out of a hundred men, ninety-nine will be interested in them.
Many men don’t even have a thousand yuan in their bank cards, but they can spend hours browsing “Black Car Empire,” from luxury cars costing millions to second-hand cars worth tens of thousands, all of which they find utterly fascinating.
“You actually know about this car?”
Yang Hao looked at Zhao Yingying in surprise, as this car had only recently hit the market and hadn’t been heavily marketed. Men with a special interest in cars might know about it, but it was rare for women to be aware of this particular model.
“It’s BYD’s top-of-the-line model, and I really like it.”
“I’ve been following it for a while…” Zhao Yingying was quick to claim, saying so with a cheerful laugh.
Sun Xinyi, on the other hand, was somewhat speechless, as she had seen through her best friend’s ruse. Clearly, her friend had gotten the information from a group chat and instantly passed it off as her own long-standing interest.
“Yeah, there’s nothing to criticize about this car’s performance!”
In fact, Yang Hao wasn’t particularly familiar with the U8 model; he had only seen a few off-road and water fording tests. The car had an emergency water flotation mode that would allow it to travel on the surface of the water for about thirty minutes in case it accidentally drove into water.
Leaving aside whether this feature was actually useful, its cool factor was extremely high. If Mercedes-Benz had this technology, they would definitely dare to sell the car for five million yuan.
Moreover, this car had a feature for turning around in place. If this were offered by joint-venture luxury brands, they’d likely charge a service fee of 19,999 yuan per year. You’d have to pay to activate the feature; without payment, you wouldn’t be able to use it.
After all, Mercedes-Benz charges 4,998 yuan a year for their rear-wheel steering feature, and turning around in place is way cooler than rear-wheel steering!
A few minutes later.
Yang Hao drove down to the underground parking lot of Starlight City.
“Yang, what do you want to eat? It’s my treat.”
While waiting for the elevator, Zhao Yingying asked.
“Hotpot,”
“But I’m trying to cut fat, so I’ll just have some vegetables.”
Yang Hao was genuinely hungry now, especially since he had been doing physically demanding work all afternoon.
“Yang, you can have some beef today too.”
Sun Xinyi chimed in; she had prepared a fat-reducing meal of beef and vegetable salad for Yang Hao, but the portion wasn’t large, so a bit more wouldn’t be a problem. After all, beef is a high-quality protein with low fat content, suitable for his fat-reducing phase.
“Yep.”
Yang Hao nodded, swallowing reflexively. Dieting to lose weight was truly painful, but losing a pound meant earning a hundred thousand yuan, so he had to stick with it even if it meant eating grass every day!
Besides, reaching the system’s set target would add 1% to the progress of the main quest. So far, the body management task was the only one that would add to the main quest progress, indicating its high priority in the system’s view.
“How about Haidilao then?”
Zhao Yingying suggested, noting that there was a Haidilao restaurant right in Starlight City.
“Sure.”
Yang Hao nodded. Once upon a time, turning a hotpot restaurant into a franchise like Haidilao had been his dream.
Unfortunately, Haidilao’s model seemed simple but was actually quite difficult to replicate, which is why those who attempted to imitate it often fell by the wayside.
Since it was a weekday, the occupancy rate at Haidilao wasn’t very high—only about forty percent.
The waiter seated the three of them at a window-side table for four.
Zhao Yingying passed the iPad for ordering to Yang Hao: “Yang, you order.”
“A portion of Chinese yam, a portion of wood ear mushrooms, and a portion of loach.”
“Xinyi, it’s okay for me to eat loach, right?”
After expending a lot of energy at noon, Yang Hao still wanted to replenish himself.
“No problem, loach is also high in protein and low in fat content, making it suitable for your diet,” Sun Xinyi assured.
Zhao Yingying just looked at Yang Hao silently. All three foods they ordered were known for their benefits to kidney health.
He wasn’t seriously deficient, was he?
Forget it, considering the U8, a little deficiency was fine, as long as it didn’t mean a complete loss of function.