256: Home visits

Knock, knock, knock—

It was just past nine in the evening.

Not long after Ye Su and Chen Xinyi returned from their walk outside, someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it?"

Hearing the knock, Chen Xinyi looked a bit surprised, not expecting anyone to visit them.

"It's a friend. He said he'd drop by for a bit tonight."

With that, Ye Su stood up to open the door, calling out toward the outside, "Coming!"

Chen Xinyi hurriedly smoothed her hair to make sure she looked presentable.

"Hello."

As soon as the door opened, Chen Qi, carrying a heap of bags big and small, immediately greeted Ye Su warmly.

"Long time no see." Ye Su glanced at the things in Chen Qi's hands. "Look at you, why'd you bring so many things? You didn't have to."

"It's my first time visiting. I couldn't possibly come empty-handed."

"Alright." Ye Su stepped aside. "Come on in and take a seat."

Seeing Chen Qi enter, Chen Xinyi also stood up to welcome him. "Hello."

Chen Qi also smiled and replied, "Hello."

Standing nearby, Ye Su introduced him to Chen Xinyi, "This is Chen Qi. His family runs a second-hand car dealership. That Audi of mine was bought from his place."

Ye Su then pointed to Chen Xinyi. "This is my girlfriend, Chen Xinyi."

Hearing this, Chen Xinyi felt a secret pang of joy and proactively offered him a seat. "Please, have a seat. I'll go pour you some water."

"No need, don't go to any trouble."

"Don't be so polite." Ye Su waved his hand at him. "Sit down."

"Alright then."

As a guest, Chen Qi didn't insist further and sat down on the side of the sofa.

Ye Su also sat down in the middle of the sofa. Taking advantage of the moment Chen Xinyi went to wash the cup, he asked in a low voice:

"Visiting so suddenly, is it because of what happened this morning?"

"Yeah." Chen Qi nodded gratefully.

"Fortunately, your friend gave us that heads-up. This afternoon, I brought a few inspection mechanics to re-inspect that batch of cars and found that they were indeed flood-damaged cars that had been touched up."

Speaking of this, Chen Qi still felt a lingering fear.

If we had really taken over this batch of cars, it would have been a ticking time bomb sooner or later.

Once a large number of customers started demanding their rights, he wouldn't even know how to handle it.

This also made Chen Qi extremely grateful to Ye Su, and he made up his mind to befriend him.

"It's good that you found out." Ye Su asked curiously, "So how did you handle it after that?"

"Once I found out there was a problem with that batch of cars, I called the police.

The forged inspection report they made was also submitted to the police as evidence.

Now, the boss of Chicheng Second-hand Car Dealership and that double-crossing employee of ours have both been detained by the police.

With the inspection report and chat history I provided, plus the records retrieved from their phones, it's enough to send them behind bars."

Although Xu Jiada was an old employee of Yue Cheng Second-hand Car Dealership, Chen Qi didn't show the slightest mercy.

This matter had to be pursued to the end to deter other employees, making sure they wouldn't dare to harbor any wicked ideas in secret in the future.

"Have some water."

At this moment, Chen Xinyi brought over a cup of water, so Chen Qi stopped chatting with Ye Su and took the cup with both hands. "Thank you."

After taking a sip of water, Chen Qi placed the cup on the coffee table and picked up the set of Helena Rubinstein cosmetics he had brought.

"I don't know much about women's cosmetics. I had the sales assistant help me pick this out. See if it suits you."

"This is too much!" Chen Xinyi waved her hands hurriedly. "It's enough that you came to visit, how could I accept your gifts!"

Chen Xinyi could recognize that the Helena Rubinstein cosmetics set in Chen Qi's hand cost several thousand yuan at the counter, which was equivalent to more than half a month of her salary.

As she spoke, Chen Xinyi cast a pleading look at Ye Su.

Ye Su, however, smiled and said, "He's a rich second-generation. The gifts he gives are bound to be different from us ordinary folks. Don't be polite with him."

"What rich second-generation? Stop teasing me." Chen Qi laughed and scolded before placing the cosmetics in front of Chen Xinyi.

"But Ye Su is right. Given my relationship with him, you don't need to be polite with me."

In truth, the two of them had only met twice in total, but in Chen Qi's mouth, they were already being painted as ironclad buddies.

Of course, the reason Chen Qi acted so warmly was not only to thank Ye Su for warning him about Xu Jiada conspiring with Chicheng Second-hand Car Dealership to scam him with flood-damaged cars.

It was also because Chen Qi believed that Ye Su was someone worth befriending.

When you're out in the world, having more friends means having more paths.

Why not seize the opportunity to connect with Ye Su and gain another network contact?

"Alright then."

Since both Chen Qi and Ye Su said so, Chen Xinyi could only accept the gift.

"I didn't know what would be good to bring. Since today is the Dragon Boat Festival, I brought you some Liaoning sea cucumbers, dried abalones, and a box of Star Zongzi to serve as the festival's zongzi."

As Chen Qi spoke, he kept pulling things out of his bags.

Watching this scene from the side, Chen Xinyi clicked her tongue in amazement.

What kind of friends did Ye Su make?

It's just a simple visit to our home, is it really necessary to bring so many things?

Including the Helena Rubinstein cosmetics set he just gave her, this pile would probably cost at least eight thousand, if not ten thousand yuan!

"There's also a carton of milk here." Chen Qi gave Ye Su a subtle look. "This milk is pretty good, you should open it and try some later."

Ye Su also received the signal sent from Chen Qi's eyes.

Looking again at the so-called 'pretty good' milk he mentioned, which was just ordinary milk commonly found anywhere in supermarkets, Ye Su immediately understood his meaning.

Unsurprisingly, there was bound to be something hidden inside this carton of milk. It was probably the generous 'thank you' red envelope mentioned by the intelligence system in the early hours of the morning.

Ye Su also returned a look to Chen Qi. "Sure, I'll open it and try it later."

After exchanging meaningful glances and understanding each other's hidden intent, Chen Qi naturally placed the milk back under the table.

Afterward, Chen Qi sat at Ye Su's place for about another half hour, chatting idly with the two of them.

During this time, Chen Qi also learned that Ye Su had opened a boutique Secondhand Shop, and promised that he would definitely help advertise for Ye Su once it opened.

Since Chen Qi was in the second-hand car business, a significant portion of his customers would definitely overlap with the target audience of the boutique Secondhand Shop.

Ye Su naturally accepted Chen Qi's goodwill with pleasure.

Seeing that it was about time, Chen Qi stood up to take his leave:

"Alright, I'll head out then. Next time I'm free, I'll treat you two to a meal."

"Wait a moment."

After calling Chen Qi to stop, Ye Su stood up first, went to the guest bedroom where things were stored, and brought out two bottles of Moutai and half a kilogram of tea leaves.

These things, of course, were brought back from Ye Kaijun's place last time.

Grabbing a bag at random, Ye Su packed the Moutai and tea leaves inside before handing them over to Chen Qi:

"There's not much at home to offer, so take these back to enjoy."

Being friends was all about reciprocity.

Chen Qi didn't put on any airs either and accepted them generously. "Alright, I'll take them. Since they're from Boss Ye, I'll definitely savor them when I get back."

"Haha."

Ye Su chuckled along and then saw Chen Qi out the door.