Chapter 68: This Woman is Fishing for Me

Chapter 68: Chapter 68: This Woman is Fishing for Me

"I want a car!"

"A car?"

Both of Lin Wanyu’s cars had been paid for by Lin Hongnian, so he was well aware of how many daily drivers his daughter had.

He was just a bit confused by his daughter’s sudden request for a car.

Lin Wanyu hadn’t shown much interest in cars over the years; otherwise, her most expensive one wouldn’t still be a Porsche 718.

"Why the sudden desire for a car?"

Lin Wanyu giggled. "Just because I want one!"

Lin Hongnian dotingly ruffled his daughter’s hair and readily agreed.

He was in a good mood today. Never mind one car; he’d be willing to buy several.

Hearing her father agree, Lin Wanyu immediately whipped out her phone, opened TikTok, and searched for "most expensive G-Wagon."

She didn’t particularly like cars herself and didn’t know much about them.

The reason she searched for a G-Wagon was because of the saying: "Scumbags drive G-Wagons!"

She added the words "most expensive" because she felt Gao Yuan deserved it. Even if Gao Yuan were to be a scumbag, he had to be the most top-tier one.

"Here, I want this one!"

Lin Wanyu scrolled through TikTok for a bit and found a 15-million-yuan G-Wagon, though she didn’t understand why the logo was a "B" instead of the Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star.

But the car was expensive enough and imposing enough to be worthy of her Brother Yuan.

Only a love-struck girl like Lin Wanyu could possibly have such a thought!

If it were up to Gao Yuan, he’d say a car worth 15 million was overkill; knocking two zeros off that price would have been more than enough for him.

Lin Wanyu handed the phone directly to Lin Hongnian.

"Whoa~"

When Lin Hongnian saw the car Lin Wanyu had picked, he couldn’t help but stare at his daughter’s face.

In the past, her car purchases were basically all under one million yuan. He never even bothered to look, just letting his daughter pick the car while he paid.

He never expected his daughter to pick such a super-luxury car this time!

Still, he had to admit, his daughter had good taste. The car was incredibly imposing; driving it would definitely make you number one on the road.

However, he looked at his daughter’s petite frame, then at the photo of the car, and couldn’t shake the feeling that they didn’t match at all.

"Wanyu, don’t you think this car is a bit of a mismatch for a girl like you to drive?"

It wasn’t that Lin Hongnian was unwilling to spend the money; he genuinely felt his daughter was better suited to cars with more elegant lines.

Besides, spending fifteen million on a car felt a bit wasteful to him.

As someone from his generation, he rarely engaged in extravagant waste, even with money. At most, he’d just upgrade his food, drink, and daily expenses by a few levels.

"It is a match! This car is so imposing!"

As Lin Wanyu spoke, she glanced toward the kitchen, her smile growing even brighter.

One look was all it took for Lin Hongnian to understand.

His daughter wasn’t picking a car for herself; she was picking one for Gao Yuan!

’My daughter, whom I’ve painstakingly raised for decades, has become someone else’s little comfort in the blink of an eye.’

Although Lin Hongnian felt a lump in his throat, he still took out his phone and called an old friend.

If his daughter were the one driving it, he would definitely have tried to talk her out of it.

But since it was clearly for Gao Yuan, he really couldn’t object.

The car was suitable for a young man, and it would also earn him a favor with Gao Yuan. It was well worth it.

At the same time, his old friend, who ran a car dealership branch in Hang City, would owe him a small favor.

As an old fox who had navigated the business world for decades, Lin Hongnian knew how to maximize the value of this car purchase down to the last drop.

Gao Yuan finished making lunch. Lin Hongnian joined them for a small bowl before taking his leave.

With the Lin Group suddenly gaining a major new shareholder, he was undoubtedly busy, so Gao Yuan didn’t try to make him stay.

He and Lin Wanyu tidied up a bit, then left with the lunch box as well.

「Inside Li Mengqing’s office.」

With Lin Wanyu present, Li Mengqing reverted to being that cold and aloof "ice queen," making the meal completely devoid of any flirtatious fun.

Meanwhile, a new message appeared on Gao Yuan’s phone from the famous internet celebrity, Tongtong.

"Brother, when are you going to help me go over my script!"

"I’ve been messaging you, but you don’t reply."

"I’m so sad!"

Seeing the messages from Tongtong, Gao Yuan finally noticed she had sent him several messages over the past few days.

The topics had even started to shift from short videos to his personal life.

But at that time, Gao Yuan had been having a heart-to-heart with Xiaoyan and had no time to look at his phone.

After getting home, he was engrossed in the joy of his system upgrade and naturally forgot about the influencer with a million followers.

’I didn’t expect this Tongtong to have the potential to be such a simp. I just wonder how good her simping skills are.’

Gao Yuan scrolled through the chat history, musing to himself.

"I was too tired yesterday. Fell asleep right after my shower."

He sat next to Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing, typing the reply without batting an eye.

"No way! No way! Don’t you do any ’exercise’ at night, brother?"

Reading this, Gao Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Recalling Tongtong’s behavior during their last meeting, he became even more certain: this woman was trying to seduce him!

The last time was just her chumming the waters; it probably wouldn’t be long before she dropped the hook.

She was treating him like a prize catch!

Gao Yuan simply sent a smiley face emoji in response.

’Let her be as provocative as she wants, like a light breeze on a mountain ridge. Let her be as wild as she wants, like the bright moon on a great river~’

After all, Gao Yuan was well-versed in the Nine Yang Divine Manual.

The so-called "if the enemy doesn’t move, I don’t move; if the enemy moves, I still lie here and don’t move!"

"What are you smiling at, brother? You’re so annoying!"

Tongtong sent the message and waited for a long time, but when no reply came from Gao Yuan, she grew a little annoyed.

The next moment, she walked right out of her office.

KNOCK, KNOCK!

Li Mengqing hadn’t expected anyone to be looking for her during lunch. Her brow furrowed slightly. "Come in."

Tongtong pushed the door open and walked in.

She saw Li Mengqing eating, with Lin Wanyu sitting beside her. Across from them sat Gao Yuan—the one she was interested in—playing on his phone.

Seeing Gao Yuan playing on his phone instead of replying to her messages, Tongtong’s lips formed a slight pout, and a wave of dissatisfaction washed over her.

She was a huge internet celebrity; countless people were falling over themselves to curry favor with her, yet Gao Yuan was just leaving her hanging.

’This man has no idea how to treat a lady. He’s so unromantic!’

But Tongtong didn’t let it show. Instead, she approached Li Mengqing with a beaming smile and said, "Sister Qing, your Yangzhou fried rice smells amazing!"

As she spoke, she snuck a glance at Gao Yuan.

"You’re too late, or I would have shared some with you."

Li Mengqing’s words were as direct as ever. Tongtong didn’t mind; she was already used to Li Mengqing’s way of doing things. Besides, her purpose in coming here wasn’t to freeload a meal anyway.

"Sister Qing, you have to take me to try Handsome Gao’s cooking next time."

Tongtong started acting cute, shaking Li Mengqing’s arm directly.

Watching this scene unfold, Gao Yuan realized for the first time that women don’t just act cute for men. He silently made a mental note of this fact.

"Sister Qing, I’d like to borrow Handsome Gao from you."

The moment Tongtong said this, Li Mengqing stopped eating and shot a sidelong glance at her.

That one look was enough to make Tongtong—an influencer with a million followers who cultivated a "domineering CEO" persona—feel a pang of guilt.

As the saying goes, "If you’ve done nothing wrong, you won’t be afraid of a ghost knocking on your door."

Tongtong knew exactly what she was plotting, and Li Mengqing’s gaze just now had made her feel as if she’d been seen right through.

Snapping out of her daze, Tongtong quickly put on a wronged expression and said, "Sister Qing, I only got to make a cameo in the last video. I was hoping I could ask Handsome Gao to make a cameo in one of my works, too."

Li Mengqing looked at Tongtong for a few moments before lowering her head to eat again.

"That’s something you should ask him yourself."

A flash of joy appeared on Tongtong’s face, but she didn’t ask Gao Yuan right away. Instead, she turned to look at Lin Wanyu, who was sitting beside them.

Gao Yuan saw everything.

’Tongtong’s performance just now was the epitome of "green tea." Her voice was cutesy and high-pitched the whole time, she was acting cute and coquettish... she was using every advantage a woman has.’

She and Lin Wanyu were completely different types of people.

When Lin Wanyu acted cute or said something a little "green tea"-ish, she was just being playful.

But Tongtong’s "green tea" nature radiated from the inside out; it was baked into her very bones.

When Lin Wanyu saw Tongtong looking at her, she gave a gentle smile, then turned to Gao Yuan, who was pretending to be engrossed in his phone. "A beautiful woman is asking for a favor. Aren’t you going to hurry up and help her?"