3: High-quality men

After Chen Qiu's selection, a set of Three Gold Pieces worth fifty thousand was eventually replaced by a solid gold bracelet weighing 50 grams. Its thick and simple style was just right for his mother's age.

After leaving Chow Tai Fook, Chen Qiu went to a phone store to pick out the latest flagship phone for his father.

Well, a tri-fold phone is a middle-aged man's favorite; it looks prestigious no matter how you fold it!

When honoring your parents, you have to be fair to both!

Leaving the mall satisfied, Chen Qiu headed straight for the Xiaomi Auto store nearby!

Meanwhile, Lü Shuang and Lin Shanshan, who had just come out of the restaurant with dark faces after paying the bill, watched with their own eyes as Chen Qiu walked across the road.

"Shuangshuang, look! It's that stingy, disgusting blind date of yours!" Lin Shanshan said through gritted teeth, as if she wanted to pierce through Chen Qiu with her gaze.

This meal had cost her nearly a thousand yuan! Although the money was eventually transferred to her by her own blind date, in her heart, her blind date's money would sooner or later be her money! Spending it for no reason now made her heart ache terribly.

"Shanshan, let's go over there! Let's go find that broke loser and demand an explanation!" Lü Shuang was also fuming with rage.

Just as the two women were about to head over in a fury, they suddenly froze.

They watched helplessly as Chen Qiu walked straight into the Xiaomi Auto store that had recently opened in Gannan!

...Inside the Xiaomi Auto store.

After entering, Chen Qiu gave his name to pick up the car. A store Manager surnamed Wang immediately led Chen Qiu with great enthusiasm to a car covered with a red silk cloth in the center of the showroom.

"Mr. Chen, your beloved car is ready!" the Manager said, whipping off the silk cloth.

A flashy, dazzling Magenta Xiaomi SU7 suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Lidar on the roof, an electric wing at the rear... it was actually the top-of-the-line Max version!

Good, good, good. System, you rascal, 299,000 is still technically 'around 200,000', isn't it!

Moreover, it was even equipped with the Radiant Magenta color scheme that had just been released and required an extra fee!

"Mr. Chen, this car of yours is the very first Radiant Magenta in our Gannan!" the store Manager introduced proudly from the side.

Hearing this, Chen Qiu looked at the flashy red coupe in front of him, and the smile on his lips simply couldn't be suppressed!

The Xiaomi SU7 was launched in '24. Over half a year has passed, and from being initially mocked as the 'Pinduoduo version of Porsche' to now having such explosive sales that orders take nearly half a year to deliver, this car has almost become the 'first dream coupe for young people'!

But to be honest, if Chen Qiu had to spend his own money to buy a car, he might not necessarily be willing to buy a Xiaomi SU7!

It wasn't that he had any resistance to Xiaomi; even just talking about product strength, the Xiaomi SU7's competitiveness in the 200,000 to 300,000 price range was quite strong!

However, behind labels like 'new force car manufacturing' and 'high-end pure electric vehicle,' besides fashion and a sense of technology, there are also risks that ordinary working-class families find difficult to bear!

Many high-end pure electric cars from new forces sell for two or three hundred thousand when they hit the market, but after driving them for two or three years, one finds that new models have iterated several times. If you want to sell it second-hand then, the depreciation rate is extremely terrifying; losing six figures is a common occurrence!

Not to mention those manufacturers that directly go bankrupt!

In this era of crazy internal competition and market grabbing for new energy, the 'wait-and-see' party is the eternal god!

"Thank you, System! Thank you, Bodhisattva of Not Eating Cilantro!"

Chen Qiu, who originally intended to just be part of the wait-and-see party, felt heartfelt emotion in his heart.

"First of all, congratulations on becoming our distinguished Xiaomi SU7 owner!"

Sitting in the driver's seat full of technological flair, under the detailed introduction of the store Manager, Chen Qiu gained a simple understanding of the car's various configurations and intelligent operations.

Speaking of which, it was only because Chen Qiu used to occasionally rent cars to take his ex-girlfriend out to play; otherwise, having not touched a car for years, he would really be a bit intimidated to directly start driving this Xiaomi that accelerates from zero to a hundred in less than three seconds.

After a brief period of getting familiar, Chen Qiu slowly drove out of the Xiaomi Auto store amidst the enthusiastic farewell of the store Manager and a crowd of sales staff.

The bright and eye-catching Radiant Magenta Xiaomi SU7 instantly drew all the gazes of the surrounding pedestrians.

Limited by production capacity, only 140,000 units of this car have been delivered nationwide so far. It's relatively rare even in first-tier cities like Pengcheng, let alone in a third-tier city like Gannan!

"Whoa, Radiant Magenta! Didn't this color scheme just come out last month? This guy is already driving it?"

"Damn, the actual car is so flashy. Isn't this tempting me to place an order immediately!"

"Wuhu, if I could drive a 'Suqi,' I'd even be willing to marry Zhang Ruonan!"

Amidst a flurry of envious and jealous looks, the Radiant Magenta Xiaomi SU7 sped away.

Among them, naturally, were Lü Shuang and Lin Shanshan, who stood at the restaurant entrance, dumbfounded!

The two women had witnessed with their own eyes as Chen Qiu sat in the driver's seat and left dashingly under the eager farewell of the store Manager, who was bowing and scraping!

Seeing this scene, the words they had just used to mock and curse Chen Qiu as a 'poor ghost' and a 'disgusting man' seemed to turn into invisible slaps, fiercely striking their own faces with a burning pain.

"A Xiaomi car... it seems to cost two hundred thousand, right?" Lü Shuang said somewhat uncertainly, her voice dry.

If Chen Qiu were a poor ghost who fled the bill because he had no money, then she could comfortably mock and curse him with a sense of superiority! But Chen Qiu wasn't short of money, so his act of fleeing the bill made her, Lü Shuang, look too pathetic as the female party!

If this got out, others would think: how bad must Lü Shuang's conditions be, and how foul must she be, that a man wouldn't even want to pay for a single meal and just ran away!

This made the self-important Lü Shuang feel a burning sensation on her face; her composure had shattered.

"Hmph! Not even paying for a meal when going out on a blind date, no matter what car he drives, he's a low-class loser!"

"So what if it's a two-hundred-thousand-yuan car? Not buying a BBA but buying a Xiaomi makes him a low-class loser who will never amount to anything in his life!" Lü Shuang cursed, as if she were that passed-over BBA, filled with a sense of superiority.

Lin Shanshan's eyes flickered on the side, and she didn't speak.

She knew a bit more about cars than Lü Shuang and even recognized that it was a top-spec SU7 Max! It wasn't two hundred thousand; it was three hundred thousand!

And in her understanding, many young people who spend 300,000 on a pure electric car are either rich second-generation kids with BBAs already parked at home, or high-paid gold-collar workers in the internet or finance industries! No matter which one, they are definitely high-quality males!

"I get it, it must be a test drive!" Lü Shuang suddenly seemed to have figured something out and declared.

"How could someone who flees a blind date afford a car worth two or three hundred thousand?"

"I've heard that those poor loser guys love to go around test-driving all kinds of luxury cars! After all, besides test-driving, they won't be able to drive any good cars in this lifetime!"

Hearing this, Lin Shanshan hesitated to speak. Test-drive cars are all registered with license plates and must be accompanied by a store employee. The car just now had temporary plates and was driven away by Chen Qiu alone... But Lin Shanshan had no good feelings toward Chen Qiu, so naturally, she wouldn't explain anything for him.

"When I get back, I have to have a good talk with Big Sister Wang. What kind of riff-raff is she pushing on me..." Lü Shuang was still complaining.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this upsetting matter. Let's go watch a movie later." Lü Shuang turned to look at Lin Shanshan.

Lin Shanshan waved her hand. "No, I have to go look at houses later."

"Looking at houses? Your blind date is going to buy a house? Which neighborhood?"

"It hasn't been decided yet..."

"I really envy you; the blind dates you meet are all so reliable!" Lü Shuang's face was full of envy and jealousy.

A trace of imperceptible superiority curled at the corner of Lin Shanshan's mouth. Compared to Lü Shuang, she considered herself somewhat pretty... "Otherwise, even that Chen Qiu just now would obviously have favored me more," Lin Shanshan thought smugly.

Hiding her little thoughts, Lin Shanshan soon saw a familiar volkswagen sagitar stop by the roadside across the street.

"He's here to pick me up, bye!"

Lin Shanshan quickly crossed the road and sat in the passenger seat of the sagitar. The person driving was none other than her current blind date, Chen Yujie.

If Chen Qiu were still here at this moment, he would surely sigh: Gannan is truly small.

Because Chen Yujie was precisely that cousin of his who was preparing to get engaged and go look at wedding houses!