17: Chapter 17 Mom, that car is dancing!

However, Jiang Li quickly withdrew his gaze.

Fun is fun, and games are games, but one shouldn't joke around with business.

"Beauty, this really is at cost price. You know how the business climate is right now; I'm already gritting my teeth with this quote."

Lin Xingchen bit her lip, suddenly remembering something.

When she contacted that blogger earlier, she seemed to mention that there was a special discount here!

At the time, Lin Xingchen hadn't thought much of it.

But now, for the sake of her car loan, she decided to give it a try.

"Boss~" Lin Xingchen bit her lip and looked up at Jiang Li, instantly switching into combat mode, her affectionate eyes seemingly melting.

"I heard from that blogger that you have a special discount here?"

"???"

The smile on Jiang Li's face froze instantly.

No wonder when Du Aoting sent a message earlier, she specifically mentioned that Lin Xingchen was a female streamer short on cash.

So that's where she was waiting for him?

Jiang Li took a deep breath, his facial expression undergoing a complex change from surprise to helplessness and finally to resignation within a single second.

This really... has made things miserable for me!

"How about I knock five thousand off for you?"

Lin Xingchen's eyes lit up, and she grabbed Jiang Li's arm. "Thank you, Boss!"

She pulled her phone out of her bag and made the payment with crisp, efficient movements.

With a "ding," Jiang Li's phone rang.

"Straightforward." Jiang Li set his phone on the counter, preparing to go get the contract and dust bag to officially start the work.

However, he noticed that Lin Xingchen was still standing there, the patch of skin under her ears unknowingly tinted a light red, while her feet showed no sign of moving inside.

Is she shy?

To be honest, facing Lin Xingchen, Jiang Li felt a bit tempted.

Although Lin Xingchen's figure was currently hidden by a loose shirt and wide-leg pants, he had seen it with his own eyes in the Gym this morning.

That slightly plump figure, paired with a face that could be called school-belle level, would be enough to flood the chat screen in any livestream room.

Not to mention seeing her in person.

Jiang Li tactfully urged, "Ms. Lin, now that we've just become friends for five thousand yuan, how about we go out and watch a movie or something to get to know each other better?"

"A movie? Maybe not..." Lin Xingchen reached out her right hand, brushing it across Jiang Li's lips, her eyes sultry as she said, "I have a livestream tonight, so time is a bit tight; I can't go back too late."

"Also..." She paused, reaching out to tuck a stray lock of hair behind her ear, and spoke softly:

"When I was driving here just now, I saw a campsite near the intersection; the scenery seemed pretty good..."

"How about we go and film a movie that belongs to just the two of us?"

An outdoor indie film?

Jiang Li subconsciously licked his lips.

This girl looks shy, but her ideas are actually so wild!

He thought Lin Xingchen was shy, but he didn't expect she wanted more unique memories!

Little Red Book is great, Little Red Book must be done!

This good friend, Du Aoting, must be maintained well!

"Alright, let's go over and have a chat." Jiang Li didn't waste any words and got into the car with Lin Xingchen.

The interior space of the mini cooper wasn't large, but Lin Xingchen kept it quite clean.

There was a faint scent of jasmine inside the car, which, mixed with the perfume on Lin Xingchen, made one inexplicably relaxed.

Jiang Li reached out and touched the material of the center console, sighing inwardly.

Although these people don't have much cash on hand, they live a damn good life.

A mini cooper costs over 200,000 to get on the road, yet Lin Xingchen goes around traveling while complaining that she can't pay her rent and car loan.

Although Jiang Li didn't quite understand this attitude toward life, he was indeed a bit envious.

Once he unlocks urban assets, he must get himself a car no matter what.

Jiang Li fastened his seatbelt, and Lin Xingchen stepped on the gas, driving the mini cooper along the main street of the county toward the outskirts of town.

The scenery outside the car window changed from street-level shops to rows of street trees, and from street trees to patches of low hills.

After driving for about fifteen minutes, a fork in the road appeared.

Lin Xingchen turned the steering wheel, and the car turned into the side road.

The surrounding environment gradually became quiet.

Except for a few unknown bird calls and the occasional insect chirping from the woods, only the slightly hurried breathing of the two people remained.

Lin Xingchen found a secluded spot to park, unfastened her seatbelt, and reclined the driver's seat.

Then she got up and crawled into the back seat, pulling down the sunshades in the car one by one...

...

Not far away, a little fatty wearing a cartoon T-shirt was squatting on the ground playing with a Corgi.

While playing, the little fatty suddenly looked up and glanced into the distance.

His gaze passed over the barbecue area, over the row of tents that hadn't been fully set up yet, and landed on that mini cooper parked at the edge of the woods.

The car body was rhythmically moving up and down; the amplitude wasn't large, but the frequency was very steady, looking from afar as if it were keeping some kind of beat.

The little fatty blinked his eyes, then shouted at the top of his lungs toward the tent nearby:

"Mom—look, the little car over there is dancing!"

The big guy next to him, who was tinkering with the barbecue grill, didn't even lift his head, flipping a few skewers of mutton while waving his hand dismissively.

"What's so rare about that? What kind of scenes haven't I, your dad, seen in my day?"

As the big guy sprinkled cumin on the mutton skewers, he earnestly educated his son: "In such a rush to dance during the day; you can tell it's a short-duration workout, too lazy to even find a proper venue."

"Those kinds of players wouldn't even make it through the warm-up at the Gym."

The woman beside him rolled her eyes and reached out to turn the little fatty's head back.

"Come on, son, don't look at those things; Mom will put on a cartoon for you to watch." The woman took an iPad out of her bag, started a video, and put the headphones on the little fatty.

The little fatty obediently took the iPad, his attention captured by the superheroes in the cartoon.

The barbecue area quieted down again, leaving only the crackling of the charcoal fire and the aroma of cumin being scorched on the mutton skewers.

Two hours later.

When the little fatty finished watching an entire animated movie, he stretched and took off the headphones.

He rubbed his eyes and subconsciously glanced toward the woods again.

As it turned out, that mini cooper was still shaking.

The little fatty opened his mouth wide and tugged at his mother's sleeve.

"Mom... why are they still dancing?"

Hearing the little fatty's words, his mother turned her head and gave her husband a resentful look.

The big guy felt a chill down his back from her gaze and could only keep grilling the kidneys.

Another half hour passed, and the mini cooper finally stopped.

Jiang Li opened the car door and stretched contentedly.

He had originally thought that a girl like Lin Xingchen, who would agree to use a special discount in exchange for a price reduction, would have at least some experience.

He didn't expect that he would be the one leading the whole time; Lin Xingchen was so nervous she couldn't even speak properly, burying her face into the seat cushion several times, her ears so red they looked like they were dripping blood.

This contrast gave Jiang Li an indescribable and wonderful feeling.

The only drawback was that the car was a bit small.

Once he had money, he definitely had to get a more impressive car.

However, in this exercise, since she had put in the effort and provided the car, it wouldn't be right if he didn't show some appreciation.

Out of humanitarianism, Jiang Li decided to grill some skewers for Lin Xingchen to help her recover her stamina.

Jiang Li walked over to the big guy who was still grilling.

"Brother, we came in a hurry and didn't bring any food. Could you spare some for me? I'll pay five hundred yuan."

The big guy's eye twitched twice; he looked down at the dozens of skewers of kidneys on his grill, then looked up at Jiang Li.

You made me unable to lift my head, and you still want to eat my kidneys?!

You f*cking...

You're trying to kill me, aren't you?!