27: Chapter 27 The forest is big!
Faced with Hao Meng's plea for help, Shen Zhou took a sharp breath, forcibly suppressing the urge to give his brother a good beating.
"Why don't you take a good look at what you just said?"
Shen Zhou had no idea what kind of bad luck he had run into today.
He hadn't even resolved the conflict with Zhang Shuai yet, and on the other hand, his own brother was acting like a fool again.
And the kind of stupidity his brother was displaying was 24K pure gold, top-tier foolishness!
It was so stupid it was practically smoking!
"Hey, Shen Zhou, what's that supposed to mean? Are you saying I don't deserve to have my name on the car Hao Meng is buying?"
Perhaps it was Shen Zhou's attitude that infuriated Gao Xiaomin, who was already worked up.
Seeing that Shen Zhou seemed intent on settling the score for Hao Meng.
In the blink of an eye, she shifted her target from her cowardly boyfriend, Hao Meng, to Shen Zhou.
"Do you think you deserve it?"
Bad news travels fast! Faced with Gao Xiaomin's unreasonable tirade, Shen Zhou shot her a cold glare and retorted.
"Why wouldn't I deserve it?"
Gao Xiaomin demanded, sticking her neck out.
Her sticking her neck out like that actually made Shen Zhou laugh in exasperation.
Good grief, who knew Hao Meng's girlfriend had the potential to be a giraffe? She could stretch her neck out twenty centimeters just to argue!
"You deserve it? Pfft!"
Shen Zhou really didn't want to talk to this woman anymore; it was an absolute insult to his intelligence and his emotional quotient!
With that, he spat on the ground in Gao Xiaomin's direction without hesitation.
He then pointed an accusatory finger at his good brother, Hao Meng, frustrated by his lack of backbone.
"Hao Meng! You actually treat a woman like this as a treasure?"
"And you have the nerve to ask me to help you coax her?"
"God, I really regret knowing you!"
Shen Zhou had no interest in getting involved in Hao Meng's car-buying business anymore.
Without further ado, Shen Zhou delivered a blunt ultimatum to his brother:
"Hao Meng! Listen clearly: if you buy this car today and put Gao Xiaomin's name on it!"
"Then I'm sorry, but I, Shen Zhou, will act like I never knew you. I can't afford to be associated with such embarrassment!"
With that said, Shen Zhou didn't forget to launch a direct counterattack against Gao Xiaomin's rudeness!
"And you, Gao Xiaomin! I never held anything against you before because you were Hao Meng's girlfriend!"
"But today, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to hold you accountable."
"Were you raised by wolves? Spending someone else's money to buy a car and then demanding your name be put on it!"
"Your shamelessness is almost on par with Wang Lang from the Three Kingdoms era!"
It must be said that Shen Zhou's words clearly had a significant effect.
The legendary verbal battle between Zhuge Liang and Wang Lang during the Three Kingdoms period is indeed a classic that has endured for ages.
With just a few choice words, Shen Zhou exposed Gao Xiaomin's unreasonable and shameless nature.
Meanwhile, Gao Xiaomin, having been blatantly mocked, immediately understood the weight behind Shen Zhou's reference to Wang Lang.
"How—how could you mock a girl like that!"
Gao Xiaomin wasn't exactly an intellectual; normally, when she argued, she would just dredge up old grievances and throw a tantrum.
When it came to quoting historical references, she was completely out of her depth.
So, facing Shen Zhou's historical retort, Gao Xiaomin couldn't think of a single thing to say to counter him.
Her low-class street-brawling tactics clearly couldn't compete with the historical weight of the Three Kingdoms story.
However, just as Gao Xiaomin was visibly silenced, having been left speechless by Shen Zhou's verbal onslaught...
...Zhang Shuai, who had been picking fights with Shen Zhou all along, decided to intervene.
Yes, Zhang Shuai's opinion of Shen Zhou was now at an all-time low.
Why? Because just a moment ago, when Shen Zhou had righteously reprimanded his friend Hao Meng and logically refuted the unreasonable Gao Xiaomin...
...Zhang Shuai had witnessed, amidst the chaotic argument, what a woman's true admiration for a man looked like.
Yes, that was right! Zhang Shuai had actually seen the look in Mu Shanshan's eyes when she looked at Shen Zhou; it had changed.
From her previous neutral state, it had evolved into the look one gives to someone they adore.
That gaze was filled with admiration and envy, brimming with tenderness and sweetness!
It was exactly the look a girl gives when she sees her dream lover! Full of longing and anticipation!
Good heavens! Who could handle a look like that?
Especially for Zhang Shuai, who had expressed his love to Mu Shanshan countless times, both openly and covertly!
He never dreamed that despite all his scheming and various displays of affection, he had failed to win her heart.
And now, right in front of him, under his very nose, she had given it to someone else!
The feeling was like being struck by a bolt of lightning! His arrogant man's heart shattered in an instant!
"She—she actually looked at him like that! Why? Why?"
Zhang Shuai's world was on the verge of collapse.
This forced him to abandon his usual professional facade and launch an attack on Shen Zhou.
"Miss Xiaomin, don't lower yourself to his level!"
"How would a low-class man like him understand a girl's standards for quality of life!"
"Hmph, a guy like this can't afford a car himself, so he wants to ruin it for everyone else!"
"It's just a name, isn't it? What good man nowadays doesn't put his girlfriend's name on his car?"
At this moment, Zhang Shuai's behavior had clearly exceeded the bounds of professionalism.
In order to gain some favor in front of his goddess, Mu Shanshan.
He had completely forgotten his original mission, which was to sell cars, not to stir up conflict between Hao Meng and Gao Xiaomin!
And certainly not to challenge Shen Zhou.
This goes to show that the old saying, "jealousy can make a person unrecognizable," is no empty statement.
"Oh! Hmph, the forest is truly vast, and it has all kinds of birds!"
"Are you saying I can't afford a car?"
Faced with Zhang Shuai's sudden outburst, Shen Zhou seemed well-prepared.
Come to think of it, this Zhang Shuai had offended him time and time again today.
He hadn't held it against him before only out of consideration for Hao Meng and Mu Shanshan.
But now, the other party was openly targeting him by name.
If he didn't show some backbone now, he wouldn't be much of a man.
"That's exactly who I'm talking about! If you can't afford a car, don't come to the Dealership to show off!"
Zhang Shuai said, acting high and mighty.