Going Home

That was why people say that human prejudice is terrible. When one did not like you, your words and actions were all mockery in their eyes.

"Some people are like this, always looking down on the help of others. I'm afraid it'll be too late to regret it in two years."

Chen Yuan was being sarcastic at the side, and Cheng Xu was helpless. Why did she like to make her presence known so much?

"Thank you for your concern, everyone. However, I still think that it's better to walk my own path. If you want to rely on others to succeed, you have to think about why they are helping you. What if one day they don't bring you along, can you still walk properly?" After Cheng Xu replied, he almost spat out, "Sleeping your way to the top will leave you helpless in the end." in Chen Yuan's face, afraid that she would not understand what he originally said.

No one knew if Chen Yuan understood what he said, but she pouted and snorted coldly, as if she did not care about his words.

After eating and drinking, everyone was almost done chatting. If they did not disperse now, some buses would have already stopped running.

After leaving the restaurant, the group was quickly blocked by the heavy rain.

The midsummer weather was hard to predict.

There were only a few girls present who had umbrellas with them. A few boys were already standing at the door and opening a taxi app.

Li Xiaoyan had already gone to take the bus alone with an umbrella. Her home was far away and taking a taxi back was really an unacceptable choice for her.

"I can take three people with me. Does anyone want to go with me?"

"Bring me along!"

As soon as Li Xin opened his mouth, Chen Yuan came over excitedly. There was still another empty seat in the car left.

He nodded and looked at Li Mengqing. "Let's go together. I heard that your house is also in the city center. It seems to be on the same road as mine."

Li Mengqing shook her head.

"No thanks, I can take a taxi back."

Hearing Li Mengqing's refusal, Chen Yuan smiled imperceptibly and said, "Didn't Cheng Xu say that he was driving? He can just send her back."

Immediately after, she looked at Li Xin with an urgent gaze, as if she wanted to hurry up and leave.

She had always been inferior to Li Mengqing in terms of appearance, studies, or family background. Naturally, she did not want her to get into Li Xin's car.

"Let me use the umbrella, I'll go get the car."

Hearing Cheng Xu's words, Li Mengqing was stunned for a moment before she smiled and nodded.

"Sure!"

She handed him the umbrella.

Seeing that Cheng Xu had really gone to get the car, Chen Yuan was not in a hurry to leave. Li Xin, who was next to her, saw that Li Mengqing had refused, so he did not say anything and turned around to get his own car.

In the rain, a Mercedes-Benz slowly drove over, and Chen Yuan greeted it with a smile.

However, she had only taken two steps when she froze. After the car door opened, the person who walked towards them with an umbrella was Cheng Xu.

The twisted expression on her face was not enough to express her complicated feelings.

"Excuse me."

The one who spoke was Li Mengqing. She covered her head with one hand and jogged, squeezing past Chen Yuan and getting under Cheng Xu's umbrella.

Chen Yuan, who had been pushed to the side, found it hard to breathe.

Immediately after, a BMW 5 drove up from behind.

Seeing that the person driving the car was Li Xin, Chen Yuan's gloomy expression changed into a smile.

Seeing Cheng Xu and Li Mengqing both get into the car, Chen Yuan looked at the C63 logo and muttered, "It's just a Mercedes-Benz C-class. Does he really think he's a big shot?"

She turned her head and shouted at Li Xin's car, "My goodness! Li Xin, your car is a BMW 5, right? It's really nice!"

No one knew that Li Xin only looked at Cheng Xu's car without saying a word and did not pay any attention to her.

"Do you guys want to join us?"

Cheng Xu still asked a few male students who were waiting for the bus at the entrance.

"No need, we've already called for a taxi."

Regardless of whether they had really managed to get a taxi, it was not a good time to deliberately get in the car and be third wheels.

"Alright then, I'll take my leave."

"Take care!"

"Be careful!"

It was normal for Chen Yuan to not know what was good, but how could the men not see the difference between the Mercedes-Benz C63 and an ordinary Mercedes-Benz C-class? Their attitude toward Cheng Xu had also changed subtly.

As soon as Cheng Xu drove off, a few of the male students could not hold back their inner thoughts and started chatting.

"That's not an ordinary Mercedes-Benz C-class. The car that Cheng Xu is driving costs 1,000,000 yuan."

Wang Jie did not like Cheng Xu either, but he could not accept that Chen Yuan called his dream car a normal C-class car.

"Wow, that's a Mercedes-Benz C63, it has a double-turbo engine!"

She was the only one who did not know what was good for her. After a few blows, Chen Yuan was almost dazed. She still stood in the rain and forgot to take shelter...

...Until Wang Jie pushed her into the car, some of Cheng Xu's words from earlier that day were still flashing in her mind.

Li Xin, who was in front, was also silent. He was thinking about something.

He was not like this because Cheng Xu drove a luxury car.

To be honest, he was a little surprised that Cheng Xu could drive this car, but he was not the kind of person who had not seen the world. He had seen many more expensive cars.

Li Xin's silence was because he found the car particularly familiar, especially the license plate. He felt that he had seen it somewhere before, but he could not remember where.

Along the way, the three of them were silent. They did not discuss how Cheng Xu could afford the car or whether he rented it.

In fact, Li Xin did not really like Li Mengqing before. In fact, he had not encountered that kind of special feeling of liking her until now.

He only felt that Li Mengqing's looks and family background were not bad, so he developed some interest in her.

However, he could not tolerate the fact that Li Mengqing had turned around and got into Cheng Xu's car right after rejecting his invitation.

It was very normal that he could not get a woman. There were beautiful women everywhere in the capital, and it was impossible for them all to be his lovers.

However, under these circumstances, he was very upset that he had been overtaken by Cheng Xu time and time again. For a moment, he stepped even harder on the gas.

However, his good upbringing kept him quiet. Wang Jie, who was familiar with him, knew that he was not in a good mood, so he did not say anything to provoke him.

"Not bad, little orange. I haven't seen you for only a few days, and you've already changed so much?" Li Mengqing asked Cheng Xu jokingly. "Be honest, where did you get this car? Don't tell me you're the one who rented it."

"That's not it. It's a friend's. They left their car with me and let me drive it for a few days."

"What friend? Are they a boy or a girl?"

Compared to the car, Li Mengqing was obviously more curious about his friend.

"Uh... We're just normal friends. She's a girl."

Cheng Xu suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness.

Li Mengqing was about to ask if an ordinary friend would lend her such an expensive car.

She thought about it and held back. If she continued to ask, would that not be the same as being nosy? 

In the end, she only replied with a slightly disappointed tone, "Oh."