Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 729 Buy Huo Xi

Back in his room, Jiang Hai immediately gave his sister a very detailed report of the whole incident, not wanting to miss a single word.

Finally, he was still somewhat indignant: "Although Brother Shu eventually gave the money, more than double what he promised, I still feel that it was a concession he made under pressure from social influence, based on his remaining conscience. It was a redemption, and also an atonement!"

Yan Chenxi, who was still working overtime in the office late at night, listened quietly to her younger brother's account, smiled and comforted him, making him understand that Brother Shu's perspective was not so narrow. Finally, she hung up the phone after saying a few words of comfort.

Driven by curiosity, she switched to Douyin (TikTok), watched several related videos, and after considering the amount of donations the kneeling mother and daughter had received, she immediately guessed the deeper meaning behind Chen Shu's actions.

Because the mother and daughter's previous kneeling plea outside the hospital went unnoticed, Chen Shu resorted to sensationalism to grab attention and generate a lot of public interest.

Then, by using his own despicable act of impersonating a villain, he contrasted the pitiful background of the kneeling mother and daughter, and through the intense conflict, he ultimately won widespread sympathy from society.

This trick is something others can't figure out, but Director Yan, who has been working his way up from the bottom at the grassroots level for the past few years, can see through it at a glance.

Yan Chenxi smiled and opened the WeChat app, wanting to chat with the big boy who was shouldering everything alone. But when she saw the Tom Cat avatar on his profile picture, which was smiling so happily, she felt a little sad.

Tom, now that he's grown up, doesn't seem as happy as he used to be.

"Why does this guy always think of humanity as so wicked?"

Yan Chenxi twirled her pen, a hint of melancholy in her eyes, her lips slightly drooping, and a soft sigh lingered in the air.

The following day, Kunming City.

After having breakfast at the hotel, the group got into an Audi luxury sedan that Chen Chuan had recently bought locally.

Chen Shu, who had gone out with Chen Chuan a few times, was not surprised. This guy drove a Porsche at work, and everyone thought he was just an ordinary rich young master.

After all, in Dongzhou, Porsches and minivans are common cars on the streets.

Only his old classmates knew just how wealthy Chen Chuan really was. Logically speaking, the Porsche might actually be the cheapest, most unimpressive car in their garage, the one they use for grocery shopping.

If it weren't for his father's insistence that Chen Chuan, as a civil servant, must keep a very low profile, who knows what kind of tricks he might have played, and he might not have been able to stay at his workplace.

Fortunately, Chen Chuan still listened to his father; after all, the card-breaking operation was just a matter of snapping his fingers for the old man.

Once Chen Chuan, who had been suppressing his feelings for so long, arrived in another province, he was like a bird released from its cage, completely out of his control.

Perhaps, when receiving text message notifications of large out-of-province spending amounts, this father, who has devoted himself to his son, is more likely to turn a blind eye.

It has to be said that the interior of Chen Chuan's newly purchased Audi sedan is simply an extremely luxurious feast.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Chen Shu patted the leather armrest and exclaimed, "Cars costing 800,000 or 900,000 yuan are indeed made with solid materials. The leather in this A8 is obviously high-end."

Sitting in the back row, Jiang Hai reached out his hand through the gap between the seats to Chen Shu, made a three-finger gesture, and whispered, "Brother Shu, this is the number."

Chen Shu sighed, "I guess I was being petty, thinking that you have to buy the lowest trim level to get the best deal. Chen Chuan, you definitely bought the top trim, right? This A8 costs 1.3 million."

Before Chen Shu could finish speaking, Chen Chuan interrupted him: "What A8? This is a Huoxi!"

Chen Shu took a close look at the steering wheel in front of the driver's seat, and the four huge circles were immediately obvious: "Fire element? What fire element? Isn't this just an Audi A8?"

Jiang Hai, who had accompanied Chen Chuan to the local 4S store to pick up the car the day before, leaned over the back of the seat and explained, "Brother Shu, it's not that this car isn't an Audi A8, it's just that for Brother Chuan, it's an extraordinary car with a touching story."

Chen Shu was taken aback: "Him? What kind of story could he possibly have? Touching? It would be strange if this guy wasn't creepy." Zhu Yiba, who had accompanied Chen Chuan to buy a car a few days ago, crossed his arms and chuckled, bluntly stating: "Buy a Huo Xi, find your first love!"

Jiang Hai sat back in his seat, shaking his head and showing off his knowledge: "For ten years, no one knew Huo Xi; one day, the whole world knew me after my first love. It's not that I can't afford a Maybach, but that Huo Xi holds memories. The six horizontal and twelve vertical lines on the front of the car fulfill my youthful dream. Buy Huo Xi, eat cold noodles, dump my current girlfriend and find my ex!"

These words were clearly teasing. Chen Shu glanced at Chen Chuan, who was driving, and the other man looked calm and did not show any obvious discomfort.

He also ignored Zhu Yiba and Jiang Hai, who were making a fuss.

Chen Shu didn't speak, but Zhu Yiba took the initiative to tell the whole story.

As a typical rich young master, Chen Chuan wasn't used to riding in other people's cars. Taking a taxi occasionally wasn't a problem, but if it was a long journey, he would choose to buy a car on the spot.

The group had already planned to take a road trip through Yunnan Province before coming to Kunming City.

According to Chen Shu and his group, they planned to just rent a car, which would be quite convenient in today's internet age. However, our arrogant young master Chen naturally wouldn't agree to that.

Chen Chuan, along with a bewildered Zhu Yiba and Jiang Hai, strolled around the local car market. Their original target was a Land Rover, perfect for off-roading, but when they passed an Audi dealership, Chen Chuan glanced inside and promptly went in to pick up a sedan.

They bought the car on the spot by swiping their cards, and after spending several hours in the store to pick it up, the three of them went to a bar together.

At the bar, Jiang Hai, being a student, only tried a few sips of alcohol before switching to a soft drink. Zhu Yiba, having served in the border defense, naturally had a high alcohol tolerance.

So Chen Chuan drank too much. And with so much alcohol, he became more talkative, and he started telling the other two why he'd gone to the Audi dealership that day to buy a Horch.

At this point, Zhu Yiba paused subconsciously, glanced at Chen Chuan sitting in the passenger seat, and seeing that the other party did not seem uncomfortable at all, he continued speaking.

Chen Chuan grew up in the countryside with his grandfather. In the countryside, everyone was a neighbor, and money didn't cost much, so Chen Chuan didn't have the habit of spending money like water.

After growing up, Chen Chuan was taken to the city by his parents, whose careers were booming. Not long after arriving in the city, Chen Chuan still retained the simplicity and honesty typical of rural children. He then started dating a girl from the city. Although she looked presentable, she was incredibly ignorant and knew at a glance that her boyfriend was a simple-minded country bumpkin. Naturally, she didn't know that his family was wealthy.

Once, the two of them were riding their bicycles along the riverside road when a Huoxi car drove past them. The girl remarked on how nice the car was, and then thought that the person driving it must be very cool.

At the time, Chen Chuan had just moved to the city and his relationship with his parents wasn't very good, mainly because of their resentment at him for leaving him in the countryside since he was a child. His parents happened to be driving a Horch car, so Chen Chuan harbored a slight resentment, thinking that anyone who drove that car was a bad person.

The girl laughed and said he was just envious and jealous.

Chen Chuan patted his chest and said that he would definitely be able to buy this car in the future, and then take the girl to travel around.

The girl nodded and said she believed him.

The rest of the story, Chen Shu had heard Chen Chuan tell him when he was in the police academy: the two lived together for half a month, and then the girl suddenly disappeared without a word, taking her luggage with her, and they still haven't been able to find her.

However, these were all things Chen Chuan said himself. Given his unreliable mouth, Chen Shu might not believe that the ending was true. But it was clear that Chen Chuan's feelings for that girl were genuine.

Really?

Is it fake?

There's no such thing as so much truth or falsehood. What you see in front of you is the truth, and what leaves is the falsehood.

With his knuckles digging into the leather armrest, Chen Shu glanced at Chen Chuan, who was calmly driving the car, smiled slightly, and then looked down to see that the other man's hands were gripping the steering wheel quite tightly.

(End of this chapter)