Chapter 109: You're Here to Savor the Scent, Aren't You?
However, before the young salesperson could approach, the woman with voluminous wavy hair who had been dancing the large pendulum style suddenly called out:
“Are you... Zeng Xiaofan?”
The woman cast a surprised glance at Zeng Xiaofan. He was dressed plainly in a simple T-shirt and jeans, and even his sneakers were the old-fashioned brand, Warrior.
Instantly, disdain and even contempt flickered across her face as she rolled her eyes.
Hearing her call, Zeng Xiaofan recognized the wavy-haired beauty as his high school classmate, Chen Keping.
Speaking of Chen Keping, despite her name having the character for "apple," her figure was anything but ordinary.
Back in high school, she had been the dream girl of many boys, widely acknowledged as the school’s most glamorous beauty—the campus queen of allure—thanks to her early blossoming femininity.
Her fashionable clothing and style made her very popular among the boys at school.
At that time, she and Zeng Xiaofan’s ex-girlfriend, Zhou Tingting, had been close friends.
Chen Keping was raised in the county town to parents who both held government positions, giving her a privileged background. She utterly looked down on Zeng Xiaofan, who came from a rural family.
During high school, she often whispered disparaging remarks about Zeng Xiaofan into Zhou Tingting’s ear. Later, when Zhou Tingting broke up with Zeng Xiaofan, it was partly because of Chen Keping’s constant disparagement, which made Zhou Tingting harbor contempt for him.
Of course, that was all in the past, and Zeng Xiaofan never took it to heart.
Running into an old classmate, even one who once looked down on him, still made him happy. He greeted warmly:
“Chen Keping??? It’s been so many years! I never expected you to be even more beautiful than before.”
“You looked amazing just now dancing the pendulum, your figure is great, and your aura is fantastic!”
As he spoke, Zeng Xiaofan gave Chen Keping a thumbs-up.
The young female salesperson who had rushed over was also surprised:
“Sis Keping, so you’re friends?”
“Then you should handle this client~”
But Chen Keping’s face darkened immediately. Crossing her arms and positioning her shapely legs clad in high heels in a compass-like stance, she said coldly:
“What friend...”
“My friends are never this low-class.”
“Honestly... he’s just an ordinary classmate.”
“Oh, we never even shared a class, at most we’re just alumni...”
“Don’t drag me into this with him...”
After speaking, she cast Zeng Xiaofan a disdainful, cold smile, her tone dripping with sarcasm:
“After all these years, I didn’t expect you to still be so poor~”
“You used to wear fake brand sneakers, now you’re wearing the genuine article, but unfortunately, they’re only a hundred-yuan pair of Warrior shoes...”
“Tsk tsk tsk... Zeng Xiaofan, I’m not saying this to offend you, but you’re not getting any younger~”
“Show some ambition, or else the rest of us from your school will be embarrassed!”
With that, Chen Keping rolled her eyes impatiently:
“Alright, I get it, no woman wants you, and you haven’t smelled a woman’s scent in a long time~”
“Now you’ve smelled the fragrance of me and my colleagues, and you’ve watched me dance in secret, just consider it charity for a poor soul like you~”
“Finish watching and get lost, don’t disrupt our work!”
She waved her hand with utter disgust at Zeng Xiaofan, and the other female salespeople glanced at him with scorn.
Zeng Xiaofan raised his brows and replied dryly:
“Sorry, Chen Keping, I didn’t come here to smell your scent~”
“I admit you look okay, but someone as materialistic as you doesn’t interest me.”
“I’m here to buy a car.”
“Huh?”
“Buy a car? You?”
“Zeng Xiaofan, you think you can buy a car?”
Chen Keping sneered, flipping her hair and smirking:
“Don’t be ridiculous! Zeng Xiaofan, can you really afford a car?”
“Stop pretending around me, I’ve heard all about you.”
“In college, you acted foolishly and got blinded, dropped out before finishing, and even Zhou Tingting dumped you.”
“Now you wander around the village aimlessly, struggling to pay for a month’s meals, and you want to buy a car?”
“Don’t make me laugh. I know your type—poor in money but not in spirit—just here to sniff the atmosphere of our dealership~”
“To smell the scent of luxury cars and pretty women~”
“You think I don’t know your little game?”
“Once you’ve had your fill, get lost! Don’t embarrass yourself!”
Zeng Xiaofan chuckled, thinking this woman wasted her good looks; unfortunately, her brain seemed to be growing in her chest.
He opened his mouth, about to retort, but then thought better of it. What was the point in arguing with such a person?
Those who look down on you will always do so, even if they witness your success—they’ll just say you were lucky.
Acknowledging your excellence is to deny their own past and admit their failure.
No one sincerely wishes to see someone who started from the same place surpass themselves.
With that in mind, Zeng Xiaofan decided it wasn’t worth the trouble. He just wanted to buy a car and leave quickly.
So he ignored Chen Keping and turned to the young salesperson who had been ready to serve him:
“Miss, how much is this car? Just get one ready for me—I’ll pay in full. I have something to do, so please hurry.”
Before the young salesperson could respond, Chen Keping laughed even louder:
“Pfft~ Zeng Xiaofan, are you really going to keep pretending?”
“Pay in full? Do you even have two thousand yuan on you?”
“Pay in full? That’s hilarious!”
“I’ll tell you, the cheapest pickup truck in this dealership starts at a hundred thousand yuan!”
“Can you pay in full?”
“You can’t even max out all the loans on your phone to buy one, okay?”
“Pretender, just get lost!”
“Do you think my colleagues actually believe a pauper like you?”
“Sis, don’t mind him. He’s just embarrassed because I exposed him, so now he’s putting on an act.”
“Look at him—does he look like someone who can whip out a hundred thousand yuan?”
“Uh...” The young salesperson glanced at Zeng Xiaofan, then at Chen Keping, and awkwardly smiled.
In the end, she chose to believe Chen Keping and shook her head at Zeng Xiaofan:
“Sir, sorry, but please leave. Don’t disrupt our work...”
“Our cars are reserved for distinguished customers, and we serve only honored guests...”
“Sorry...” With that, she turned and walked away with a coquettish sway.
Seeing this, Zeng Xiaofan laughed bitterly:
“Alright then, if your dealership is so high-class!”
“I’ll just go next door to buy a car.”
He then strode directly toward an ultra-luxurious dealership next door.
Chen Keping burst out laughing, her chest heaving with mirth:
“Ha ha ha! You’re going to the dealership next door?”
“Zeng Xiaofan, please don’t embarrass yourself anymore, okay?”
“Our pickups start at a hundred thousand yuan, but do you know what’s next door?”
“Next door is the fighter jet of pickups—the world’s top-tier imported pickups. Any King Dragon pickup costs over a million yuan!”
“You can afford that? Ha! You couldn’t buy one even if you sold your own backside!”
“If you can afford a King Dragon next door, I, Chen Keping, will eat my own backside for you!”
Her words sent the women around into fits of laughter, some doubled over in amusement...