This means she could choose any brand of car she wanted?
Were there no price limits? For example, must it be within a certain amount?
What if she chose a luxury car worth millions?
Su Jiaobai wanted to ask for more details, but the words caught in her throat and she swallowed them back.
Since he didn’t mention it, she would assume he wanted her to choose freely. This way, she could choose a more expensive one or a cheaper one; her options would be wider.
If she asked too many questions and he set a price limit, her choices would be much more restricted.
Finally, after bidding goodnight to the great boss Gu, Su Jiaobai practically floated upstairs.
After closing her room door, Su Jiaobai bounced onto the large bed.
She rolled around on the bed for a few minutes, then propped herself up, propped her legs up, reached for her phone, opened WeChat, and found Lu Yuanyuan: “Yuanyuan Yuanyuan!”
Su Jiaobai knew her best friend’s schedule and was sure she wasn’t asleep at this hour and would respond immediately.
As expected, Lu Yuanyuan replied instantly: “Rich woman Baibai, what are your orders? Little Yuanzi is at your service.”
Su Jiaobai’s excitement was overflowing. Her hands trembled as she typed: “Gu Xingmo said he wants to buy me a car. What price range do you think I should choose?”
On the other end, Lu Yuanyuan couldn’t wait for this slow back-and-forth messaging and immediately made a video call.
Su Jiaobai was still lying on the bed. She reached for a pillow and propped her phone against it.
The two chatted excitedly about luxury cars worth millions, like Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Ferrari… Their dreams had already soared into outer space.
However, after hanging up the video call and calming down, Su Jiaobai regained her rationality and looked at cars within 500,000 yuan.
None of her colleagues at school knew she was married. She had taken personal and sick leave during her pregnancy. When she returned to work after confinement, she had gained a lot of weight, so they all assumed she had been ill and taken medication, saving her from unnecessary explanations.
She hadn’t worked much in reality, and she hadn’t made any close friends at school. She had always been a loner.
No one knew her family background, no one knew she was now a rich second-generation, and even less did they know she had married a wealthy husband.
Therefore, driven by reason, she lowered the price limit to 300,000 yuan.
Choosing a car within 300,000 yuan wouldn’t attract too much attention when driven to school.
Her heart ached, though.
Gu Xingmo had given her the opportunity. Even if she had chosen a car worth one or two million yuan, Gu Xingmo surely wouldn’t have minded. But now, he had given her the opportunity, and she couldn’t seize it, which was hard to bear.
She had even considered asking Gu Xingmo for a million yuan directly. The remaining money she would pocket, and it would be as if she had bought a million-dollar luxury car.
However, after internal deliberation, she decided against it. Everything should be a gradual process, a slow and steady approach, especially when it came to money.
From these recent events, she could see that Gu Xingmo was not a stingy miser; he was quite generous.
Since she was seeking a long-term collaboration, there would be plenty of opportunities to ask for money and things in the future. She couldn’t be short-sighted, focusing only on immediate benefits and ignoring the future.
She had studied economics and naturally understood that appropriate concessions were necessary to gain greater benefits.
One must give to receive.
Because of her excitement, Su Jiaobai, who usually had a regular schedule and slept well, suffered from insomnia for the first time in a long time.
Last night, she stayed up late searching for various car models online. The pictures and detailed functional introductions of the cars made her eyes dazzle.
She finally fell asleep around two or three in the morning.
But the next morning, she woke up naturally before 7 AM.
Yesterday, the school teachers reported and picked up new textbooks for the semester. Today, she had to go to school in the morning for a meeting, and she could rest in the afternoon.
Tomorrow, August 30th, the students would gradually report to school, and she would officially start working.
Therefore, she only had half a day this afternoon to go to the 4S store to look at cars and test drive them.
Opportunity knocks but once, and this kind of matter should be settled as quickly as possible. Su Jiaobai didn’t want to procrastinate.
After washing up and going downstairs for breakfast, Su Jiaobai intentionally asked Liu Ma, “Has Mr. Gu woken up?”
Liu Ma brought Su Jiaobai a boiled egg and purple sweet potato milk and said, “Mr. Gu went downstairs at 6:30 AM and didn’t eat breakfast. I saw he was wearing sportswear, so he probably went to play ball.”
Hearing this, Su Jiaobai nodded. Gu Xingmo did seem to have a habit of exercising in the morning.
“Does Teacher Su need him for something?” Liu Ma, as a housekeeper in a wealthy household, had professional ethics and didn’t want to meddle in her employers’ affairs. Generally, she would only answer what was asked and say nothing more.
But Liu Ma had been working there for several years. Both her employer, Mr. Gu, and later the mistress, Teacher Su, were very good people.
With both of them being so well-matched and having such excellent qualities, she and Sister Zhou privately hoped that their marriage would continue to improve. But before, when they lived their separate lives without interfering with each other, she couldn’t say anything.
However, now, in the recent period, their relationship had clearly thawed and was developing in a positive direction. Liu Ma naturally wanted to give it a nudge and help them improve further.
Since Teacher Su had proactively asked about Mr. Gu’s situation today, Mr. Gu should be informed. This way, with more opportunities for contact, more chances for mutual greetings and concerns, their relationship would naturally deepen.
If she didn’t add this extra sentence, perhaps Teacher Su would be willing to ask her to pass a message to Mr. Gu. But if she didn’t add it, what if Teacher Su thought it wasn’t important and let it go?
Therefore, Liu Ma added, “Teacher Su is going to work later. When Mr. Gu returns, I’ll help Teacher Su pass on the message.”
Su Jiaobai thought about it and felt it was acceptable, so she said, “Then when he returns, ask him to contact me when he has time.”
Liu Ma immediately smiled and said, “Okay, I’ll tell Mr. Gu.”
Around 9 AM, when Gu Xingmo returned, covered in sweat, Liu Ma immediately went to the door to greet him.
“Mr. Gu, what would you like for breakfast?”
Gu Xingmo said he wanted the same as yesterday. Liu Ma then added, “Teacher Su asked me to pass on a message before she left. She probably has something to discuss with you and asked you to call her when you have time after returning.”
Gu Xingmo was not surprised and guessed what it was about. He nodded and said he knew.
The late summer morning was muggy. After a game of ball, he felt refreshed, but he also sweated a lot.
After going upstairs, Gu Xingmo didn’t rush to call Su Jiaobai. Instead, he first took a cold shower. After the restlessness subsided and he had completely cooled down, he put on his pajamas and stood on the small balcony outside the bedroom with his phone.
Xinghe Bay was a residential compound developed in the last decade and was one of the most high-end compounds in Shanghai’s urban area.
Gu Xingmo’s Gu Group was involved in this project, so Gu Xingmo personally oversaw and participated in everything from site selection and land acquisition to housing design and landscaping within the compound.
Having lived a life without a fixed home, he had a longing for a home. And the house he currently lived in was the ideal paradise he had always dreamed of.
In his leisure time, Gu Xingmo liked to stand or sit on the balcony, clearing his mind of all thoughts and completely emptying himself.
And at this moment, it was clearly his time to empty himself.
Fearing that she might be busy at this time and that calling would disturb her, Gu Xingmo first sent a WeChat message.
“Busy?”
Su Jiaobai was in a grade meeting and had her phone on silent, but being attentive to her phone, she saw Gu Xingmo’s message immediately.
“In a meeting.” She replied briefly at first, then immediately edited her message.
Meanwhile, Gu Xingmo, seeing that her side of the interface was constantly in the “typing” state, didn’t rush to reply, waiting for her to send her message first.
Holding his phone, he rested his hands lightly on the railing, his body leaning slightly as he admired the scenery before him.
Suddenly, his phone beeped. Gu Xingmo calmly looked at it and saw a long message from her: “I’m officially starting work tomorrow, so I only have free time this afternoon. I’ve looked at a few car models, all within 300,000 yuan. I’d like to go to the 4S store for a test drive this afternoon.”
Within a second, Gu Xingmo scanned the message and then lightly tapped the phone screen with his long fingers, slowly typing a reply: “Are you sure you don’t want to choose a more expensive one?”
It seemed that the car he had chosen for her was indeed too cheap. Gu Xingmo asked this, likely giving her another chance to change her mind.
Su Jiaobai hesitated for a few seconds, but ultimately stuck to her original intention: “As a teacher, driving a car that’s too expensive isn’t appropriate. One within 300,000 yuan is very good.”
Seeing her say this, Gu Xingmo didn’t say anything more, only adding another concern: “Are you going for the test drive alone?”
Just then, Wu Yichun’s call came in. The sudden appearance of the incoming call interface interrupted Su Jiaobai’s train of thought.
In the past few days, Su Jiaobai had been waiting for news from the Lu family.
One day, two days, three days… A week had passed, and no one from the Lu family had proactively contacted her.
She had almost forgotten about it due to being busy these past two days. At this juncture, Wu Yichun’s call came in.
She definitely had to answer this call. Seeing that it wasn’t about anything important at the moment, Su Jiaobai quietly got up and left the conference room, going outside to the classroom.
“Aunt Wu.” After pressing the answer button, Su Jiaobai tried her best to control her excitement and feigned ignorance, “Is something wrong?”
Wu Yichun had almost hung up after not receiving a call for so long. But just as she was about to hang up, the call was suddenly connected. Wu Yichun immediately asked, “Are you busy? Am I disturbing you?”
Su Jiaobai replied, “I’m in a meeting. But it’s not a problem. What’s wrong?”
Wu Yichun asked, “Do you have time to come out for lunch today?”
In the past, Wu Yichun had invited Su Jiaobai out for meals, tea, and spa treatments, but Su Jiaobai had refused every time.
Towards everyone in the Lu family, including Wu Yichun, she seemed to harbor immense hatred.
In fact, looking back at the past, Su Jiaobai also felt that some of her past words and actions were indeed bizarre.
She could understand her hatred towards the Lu family, but she didn’t need to hate them to that extent.
Especially towards Wu Yichun.
Faced with Wu Yichun’s obvious attempts to please and her goodwill, she should not have repeatedly treated her with cold indifference and even spoken harshly.
In fact, she had even spoken harshly.
Mature adults can harbor hatred, but they should not be consumed by it, leading them down a path of no return and ultimately becoming an unfortunate NPC.
“Okay, Aunt Wu. You choose the restaurant, and I’ll pay.”