Chapter 175: Do You Know That Talking Like That Makes Me Seem Like a Good-for-Nothing?

Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Do You Know That Talking Like That Makes Me Seem Like a Good-for-Nothing?

Since the crowd at the university entrance was quite large, Gu Yifan moved the car forward a bit.

Chen Guanjun, who had arrived at the entrance, didn’t see Gu Yifan, so he took out his phone to give him a call.

"I head north, leaving the season of you behind..."

The phone rang. Gu Yifan glanced at it and saw that it was indeed Chen Guanjun calling.

"Hanhan, the person meeting us is here!"

Gu Yifan said to Su Qinghe with a slight smile.

With that, he answered the call.

"Hello~"

"Yifan, I’m at the university entrance. Where are you?"

Chen Guanjun spoke as soon as the call connected.

"Oh, Director Chen, I’m in a car right by the entrance."

"The car has a Mountain City license plate!"

Gu Yifan said.

"Mountain City license plate..."

Chen Guanjun repeated to himself.

At the same time, Gu Yifan also spotted Chen Guanjun standing at the entrance.

"Oh, Director Chen, I see you."

"Wait a moment, I’ll come over!"

Gu Yifan said to Chen Guanjun on the other end of the line.

After speaking, he hung up.

"Hanhan, let’s head over."

After a word to Su Qinghe, Gu Yifan started the car and drove toward the Jinling University entrance.

A moment later, Gu Yifan slowly pulled up and stopped in front of Chen Guanjun.

Seeing a Mercedes G-Wagon stop in front of him, Chen Guanjun was taken aback for a second.

At first, he thought it was a parent dropping off a student, but when the car door opened, he was completely dumbfounded.

"Director Chen, long time no see!"

Gu Yifan greeted him with a smile.

"Uh..."

Chen Guanjun was still a bit stunned!

But he quickly snapped out of it, though he was still quite shocked inside.

’Holy crap!’

’This kid, Gu Yifan, is actually driving a Mercedes G-Wagon?’

’Damn it!’

’A freshman arriving in a Mercedes G-Wagon...’

For a moment, he didn’t know what to say and could only force a wry smile. "Yifan, long time no see!"

"Hello, Director Chen~"

At this point, Su Qinghe also got out of the passenger seat. She greeted Chen Guanjun in a quiet voice.

"Uh... Su Qinghe, you’re here too!"

Chen Guanjun said, stunned for a moment.

"Yep, we came together,"

Gu Yifan explained casually.

Chen Guanjun had now recovered from the shock of Gu Yifan driving a Mercedes G-Wagon to school. He said to the two of them, "Well... let’s head into the university first. Come on, I’ll take you in!"

...

「Sometime later.」

With Director Chen’s endorsement, and after he explained that Gu Yifan was the top college entrance exam scorer mentioned on the banner, the security guard let them through without hesitation.

He even enthusiastically offered to help register Gu Yifan’s license plate in the campus gate system and arrange a long-term campus access permit.

That was just how it was.

The top scorer got this kind of special treatment.

Gu Yifan happily agreed. After all, this would make it more convenient for him to drive in and out of campus in the future!

...

"Yifan, I remember you should have just turned eighteen this year, right?"

Chen Guanjun, sitting in the back seat, couldn’t help but ask.

"That’s right. Why?"

Gu Yifan asked, a bit puzzled.

"You’re eighteen and driving a G-Wagon, and I’m thirty-five and driving an Alto..."

"The comparison is just killing me!"

Chen Guanjun said grimly.

"Hahaha..."

Hearing this, Gu Yifan laughed. "Ah, Director Chen, you’re joking. A car is just a tool for getting around. A G-Wagon or an Alto, they’re all the same!"

Chen Guanjun: "..."

"Yifan, that’s easy for you to say! My beat-up Alto isn’t even worth a fraction of your G-Wagon!"

He said, feeling rather speechless and dejected.

"Ah~"

"They really are the same!"

"If you like it, Director Chen, we can trade cars for a while!"

Gu Yifan said casually with a wave of his hand.

When he said this, Chen Guanjun’s eyes lit up for a moment, but they quickly dimmed again.

"Forget it!"

He shook his head. "If I accidentally scratch or dent it, my salary isn’t enough to pay for the repairs!"

"Don’t worry about it. If it gets bumped, it’s on me!"

Gu Yifan said with an unconcerned look.

"Still, better not!"

Chen Guanjun thought for a moment and said, "It’s not appropriate for someone in my position to be driving this G-Wagon. People who don’t know any better will think I’ve been taking bribes!"

"Uh... alright, then!"

"But, if you ever want to drive it, Director Chen, just let me know."

Gu Yifan didn’t insist, just adding the comment casually.

"Alright!"

Hearing this, Chen Guanjun nodded without any false modesty.

"By the way, Yifan, did your family buy this car for you?"

He asked curiously.

"Nope!"

"I earned the money and bought this car myself."

Gu Yifan replied casually as he drove.

"Hm?"

Now Chen Guanjun was even more astonished!

He originally thought Gu Yifan was some rich kid whose family had bought him the car, but he never expected that Gu Yifan had earned the money to buy it himself!

Noticing Chen Guanjun’s confusion in the rearview mirror, Gu Yifan casually explained, "During my last year of high school, I used my allowance to play the stock market, made a little money, and bought this car."

Chen Guanjun: "..."

’Last year of high school, allowance, playing the stock market, made a little money, a G-Wagon...’

Every one of these words was an assault on Chen Guanjun’s mental fortitude.

He couldn’t help but ask, "Yifan, when you say you ’made a little money’... you mean several million???"

"Yeah, about that."

Gu Yifan didn’t reveal the full details, replying casually.

Chen Guanjun: "..."

For a moment, he was at a complete loss for words.

’Under the high-pressure study environment of senior year, Gu Yifan actually had the presence of mind to play the stock market, and he even made at least several million???’

’Is... is this the difference between a genius and an ordinary person?’

’Compared to Gu Yifan...’

Chen Guanjun suddenly felt like he had completely wasted the last thirty-odd years of his life.

He suddenly didn’t feel like talking anymore. He was shutting down.

Seeing the look on Chen Guanjun’s face in the rearview mirror—like he’d just swallowed a turd—Gu Yifan muttered quizzically, "Several million isn’t that much, is it?"

"..."

His voice was very quiet, but in the confined space of the car, Chen Guanjun still heard it.

At that moment, he was truly and utterly speechless.

He looked at Gu Yifan, who was steering one-handed with an effortlessly cool and handsome flair, and suddenly had the urge to jump out of the car.

It couldn’t be helped.

Chen Guanjun had always prided himself on his mature and steady demeanor, but being with a guy like Gu Yifan, he felt like he was being so thoroughly outclassed that he was developing an inferiority complex.

Forcibly suppressing the urge to jump out of the car, he held it in for a long time before saying grimly, "Yifan, do you realize that when you talk like that, it makes me sound like a total loser?"

"?????"

Gu Yifan, who was driving, looked utterly confused.

’What the?’

’I didn’t even say anything, did I?!’

"We’re... we’re here."

Just as Gu Yifan was about to say something, Su Qinghe, who was beside him, suddenly reminded him in a small voice that they had arrived at the new student registration area.

...