Chapter 130: Buying a Car
Translator: Lonelytree
Xiao Lingyu needed to provide crops to the Gu Family Hotel daily, but she wouldn’t be staying at the county town every day. Xiao Lingyu considered booking a car to travel between Xing An Town and Xing Yin County, but the fee would be too high. Xiao Lingyu was at a loss.
This problem would be solved if she had a car. While she was at City Z, she got her driver’s license because she was given a company car. Therefore, she knew how to drive. However, cars were expensive. Even with her current savings, she couldn’t afford one.
‘What should I do?’ Xiao Lingyu pondered, ‘But it’ll be so inconvenient without a car! It looks this investment is necessary.’ If a new car were too expensive, then she would check out the second-hand cars. A second-hand car of around 25,000 RMB should be good enough. However, her knowledge of cars was limited to how to drive them. She didn’t know how to choose and appraise them. She was afraid of being scammed.
In the county town, the only people she knew were drivers were Jiang Tao and Gu Ziye’s group. However, it was inconvenient for her to trouble either party.
Xiao Lingyu thought about it and decided to go to the secondhand vehicle dealership first.
Xiao Lingyu came to Teng Fei car dealership.
Teng Fei car dealership was the largest car dealership in the entire Xing Yin County. They dealt with both first-hand and second-hand cars.
“Hi, may I help you?” As soon as she entered, a salesperson came to her.
“I want to look at the used cars.” Xiao Lingyu said directly.
“Okay, what is your budget?” The salesperson asked.
“It’s between 20,000 and 30,000 RMB!”
“Alright, please follow me!”
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In the office of Teng Fei car dealership, Zheng Haiyang, Yuan Xuanhao, and Qian Yifan were chatting.
“Ziye received a call from his third uncle. He sounded quite anxious. Could something have happened?” Qian Yifan said with some worry. “Should we go and take a look?”
Zheng Haiyang said, “What else could it be? It’s probably about Ziye’s marriage.”
“Huh?” Qian Yifan was confused.
Zheng Haiyang grinned. “How can you not realize it? When Ziye brought Xiao Lingyu to the private room, we all mistook her for his boyfriend. There were other clients at the hotel. Someone must have noticed it too and reported it to Third Uncle Gu. Naturally, he’s going to skewer Ziye for details.”
“Oh!” Qian Yifan instantly understood. “Hmm, Xuanhao, what are you looking at?”
Yuan Xuanhao frowned slightly and said, “I think I saw Xiao Lingyu.”
“Ah, Xiao Lingyu?” Qian Yifan followed Yuan Xuanhao’s gaze, but he didn’t see anything. “Are you sure?”
“He’s right. That is indeed Xiao Lingyu!” From Zheng Haiyang’s angle, he could see Xiao Lingyu examining the cars.
“Is she here to buy a car?” Qian Yifan stood up to have a better view. “It does look like it. But, is she selecting a used car?”
“Let’s go and take a look!” Yuan Xuanhao said.
“Okay!” The other two echoed. The three men had a good impression of Xiao Lingyu but not in a romantic way. They felt Xiao Lingyu was a friend worth having. Furthermore, Xiao Lingyu had helped their friend, Gu Ziye, in his time of need.
Xiao Lingyu heard someone call her name when the salesperson introduced her to the car. “Lingyu!”
The salesperson saw the new arrivals and greeted respectfully, “President Yuan, Young Master Zheng, Young Master Qian!”
Yuan Xuanhao said, “You can leave now. I’ll serve this customer.”
The salesperson felt conflicted. That meant he couldn’t get the commission anymore. Then, Yuan Xuanhao said, “Don’t worry. The customer’s sales will still count as yours.”
The salesperson said happily. “Okay then, President Yuan. I’ll go do something else.”
After the salesperson left, Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, “What a coincidence.”
Zheng Haiyang said, “Lingyu, do you think it’s fate for us to meet twice in a day?”
Xiao Lingyu chuckled. Xiao Lingyu was wondering if she should call these people to help her before she came to the car dealership. She didn’t, but these people appeared on their own. She felt her luck had improved greatly since her rebirth. Perhaps it was God making up for her or for Xiao Tong.
Qian Yifan asked, “Lingyu, are you going to buy a car?”
“Yes, I need a car!” Xiao Lingyu nodded.
“But, why are you looking at second-hand cars?” Zheng Haiyang frowned and asked.
Xiao Lingyu admitted, “I can only afford a second-hand car for now.”
Yuan Xuanhao frowned and said, “Like houses, you can pay in installments. Lingyu, I suggest you buy a new car. There are some models that you can purchase with a low down payment.”
Zheng Haiyang nodded. “Lingyu, it’s better to buy a new car than a used one.”
Most people didn’t know about the inside information behind the second-hand cars industry, but as the President of the car dealership, Yuan Xuanhao definitely did. Xiao Lingyu and Gu Ziye might be long-term partners, and they were friends with Xiao Lingyu. They didn’t want to lie to her.
Xiao Lingyu was startled when she heard she could pay in installments. Why didn’t she think of that?
In the future, many big purchases like houses and cars would be paid in installments. She was probably too muddle-headed earlier.
“Then, I’ll have to trouble President Yuan to show me those models!” Xiao Lingyu said. “A car around 100,000 RMB should be fine.” Even though she could pay in installments, she knew not to go overboard. A car around 100,000 RMB wouldn’t be too good or too bad.
Of course, 100,000 RMB was already a lot for rural people. For Xiao Lingyu, it was acceptable.
“Lingyu, don’t worry. Teng Fei belongs to President Yuan. He will definitely give you the best discount, “Zheng Haiyang said with a smile.
Qian Yifan nodded, “That’s right. You are in good hands!”
Xiao Lingyu smiled. “Then I shall thank President Yuan in advance.” Of course, Gu Ziye’s friends would come from extraordinary backgrounds.
Yuan Xuanhao introduced Xiao Lingyu to a few types of cars. In the end, Xiao Lingyu chose a silver-white SUV that cost 108,000 RMB. However, Yuan Xuanhao did give her a big discount of 40,000 RMB. In other words, the car only cost 68,000 in the end. She would pay in a three-year installment program and thus 2000 RMB per month.
With the car, Xiao Lingyu wouldn’t waste too much time on traveling and transportation anymore. However, since this was more of an impulse buy, Xiao Lingyu didn’t bring her driver’s license with her. She left the car at the dealership for now. When she returned with her documents, she could drive it away.
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An anxious Gu Ziyu rushed to Gu Rufeng’s office.
“Third Uncle, why did you find me in such a hurry? Is there something wrong?” Gu Ziye asked.
Gu Rufeng ignored Gu Ziye. His eyes were fixed on the door. No one came in after Gu Ziye. Gu Rufeng couldn’t help but stand up to look outside. “Where is she?”
Gu Ziye asked with confusion, “Third uncle, who are you looking for?” His third uncle urged him to come back to the hotel. However, now that he was back, his third uncle didn’t look anxious at all. What was going on?
Gu Rufeng said unhappily, “You have the cheek to ask me that? Where have you hidden her?”
Gu Ziye was confused, “Third uncle, who are you talking about? Who have I hidden?”
“How can you not know who I’m talking about?” Gu Rufeng said sternly, “Are you going to show us when she’s pregnant?”
Gu Ziye immediately thought of Xiao Lingyu’s arrival at the hotel this morning. His three friends mistook her for his girlfriend. The other people at the hotel probably made the same mistake and imported that false impression to Gu Rufeng.
Gu Ziye knew how much the Gu Family cared about his marriage. They would grab onto the smallest rumor. It was why Gu Rufeng had summoned him back so urgently. Now, Gu Ziye realized his third uncle was talking about Xiao Lingyu.
Gu Ziye did not know whether to laugh or cry, “Third uncle, you misunderstand. Xiao Lingyu is not my girlfriend. She’s just my ordinary friend and business partner.”
“Ordinary friend? Business partner?” Gu Rufeng stared at Gu Ziye suspiciously, as if he was trying to find a flaw in Gu Ziye’s face.
Gu Ziye nodded, “That’s right!”
“What business partner?” Gu Rufeng still couldn’t believe it.
Gu Ziye turned around and looked outside, then turned around and closed the door. He explained, “Third uncle, Xiao Lingyu is the one who has been supplying the vegetables to the Gu Family Hotel.”
“Oh!” Gu Rufeng was quite disappointed. He thought that the eldest grandson of the Gu family had finally found a girlfriend. But it was a fluke.
Gu Ziye ignored Gu Rufeng’s disappointed face. He coughed. “Third Uncle, since there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving!”
Gu Rufeng glared at him with his sharp eyes and said, “If you have time to go play, you should get yourself a girlfriend first!”
Gu Ziye rolled his eyes.. “There are the younger brothers to do that!” Before Gu Rufeng could get angry, he quickly ran away.