Chapter 80: Returning Home In A Luxury Car!
The transaction for the old used Audi was completed around 1 PM.
Jiang Tao took the elevator to the 6th floor food court of Wanxiang Hui for a simple lunch.
Full and satisfied, Jiang Tao bought two cans of Red Bull and went downstairs to drive away.
The moment the Mercedes-Benz GLS drove out of the underground parking lot, it was like a fierce tiger returning to the mountains, exuding immense presence.
Jiang Tao turned on the navigation and headed in the direction of home.
Today was not yet the legally designated holiday.
Although most companies no longer assigned specific tasks, he still had two more days of slacking off before the holiday.
Traffic on the 5th Ring Road was not too heavy today, and the drive was smooth and unimpeded.
It took an hour to exit the Capital City and get onto the Jingkun Expressway.
Feeling the steady composure and surging power of the Mercedes-Benz GLS.
Jiang Tao’s mind was in turmoil throughout the journey.
As he drove, his mind replayed all the miraculous experiences since encountering System Brother like a movie.
Bottle caps in the trash can, a discarded down jacket, a forgotten winning lottery ticket, and satsuma mandarins with soaring prices.
Nu’er Hong buried underground, private money in the sofa, gold bars in the car door, and Heluo stones found by the river.
These experiences, one by one, were more exciting than his entire past thirty years combined.
The money he had earned in these ten-plus days also far exceeded that of his 30 years.
Judging by System Brother’s current performance, his future was bright.
Perhaps in the near future, he too could earn a few target sums and experience the feeling of being a billionaire tycoon!
This life, which felt like hitting the jackpot, also brought Jiang Tao unprecedented joy!
The total distance from the Capital City to Jiang Family Village in Ping County was 435 kilometers.
Jiang Tao departed from the underground parking lot of Wanxiang Hui around 2 PM.
He only stopped at a service area midway to use the restroom and smoke a cigarette before continuing his journey.
At 6:23 PM, he drove his car out of the Ping County expressway exit and entered the city.
This was the first time Jiang Tao had driven a Mercedes-Benz into his hometown county town.
In ancient times, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang returned home in glory; today, he too had returned home in a luxury car.
Looking at the private cars on the county town roads, priced from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand.
Jiang Tao’s sense of superiority grew even stronger.
“Damn it, I’m really a poor person who suddenly got rich and got a little carried away.”
Jiang Tao shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly.
However, he was, after all, just an ordinary person, and it was difficult to escape base desires in such a short time.
He wanted to drive luxury cars, live in luxury houses, wear designer brands, and give his wife and children the best life.
So be it if he was mundane!
What was wrong with being a happy and content mundane person?
Driving past Ping County’s only KFC.
Jiang Tao saw an available parking spot right in front and gently turned the steering wheel into the parking space.
At home, Xu Li and his little cotton jacket, both big and small foodies, loved hamburgers.
Every time Jiang Tao returned home from the Capital City, he would bring them a set meal as a small surprise gift.
A hamburger set meal costing a few dozen yuan could make the two foodies happy for an entire evening.
They would call him “husband” and “dad” non-stop.
The happiness of ordinary people was truly that simple.
Upon entering, Jiang Tao ordered a three-person set meal at the service desk.
He also ordered a whole chicken and some snacks that were not included in the set meal.
When the bill finally came, it was only a little over 200 yuan.
In the past, he might have felt a pang of pain, but now he didn’t care at all.
Although Jiang Tao was still quite a distance from achieving financial freedom.
He had the strength to allow the two foodies at home to achieve KFC freedom.
“Oh, Jiang Tao, when did you get back? Where are my sister and Xiao Xue?”
Just as Jiang Tao finished paying, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him.
Turning around, he saw his sister-in-law Xu Sha and a slightly dark-skinned, short, chubby girl with a face full of acne standing behind him.
It had to be said that his sister-in-law knew how to make friends.
With her friend standing next to her, it was as if she had a beauty filter activated.
“I just got back from the Capital City, I haven’t reached home yet. Your sister and Xiao Xue are at home right now.”
“Is this your friend? Order whatever you two want to eat, my treat.”
Jiang Tao greeted Xu Sha with a calm smile.
As a grown man, he naturally wouldn’t argue with a young girl like his sister-in-law.
After so many years of marriage, she had never called him brother-in-law, so this one time wouldn’t make a difference.
“Hmph, no need. Stop pretending to be generous, save your money for paying off debts.”
Xu Sha didn’t accept Jiang Tao’s offer, snorted with a touch of arrogance, and walked to the service desk to order a two-person set meal.
Then she and her friend found a seat by the window to wait for their food.
She had never had a good impression of her brother-in-law Jiang Tao from the beginning.
She always felt that her sister had married Jiang Tao and suffered with him, and that her life was too worthless.
She was determined not to follow in her sister’s footsteps and was set on marrying a rich man in this life.
Seeing that his sister-in-law didn’t want to talk to him much, Jiang Tao didn’t force it.
He found an empty table and sat down to browse his mobile phone and Moments.
Coincidentally, the very first post in Moments was from his sister-in-law Xu Sha, posted just now.
【Life’s ultimate goal – a cool Mercedes-Benz GLS! In the future, I will definitely own it through my own efforts!! 】
The accompanying picture was a photo of her standing in front of the Mercedes-Benz GLS, with the car as her background, making a scissor-hand gesture.
Seeing his sister-in-law’s post, Jiang Tao lightly chuckled and shook his head.
He genuinely didn’t know where his sister-in-law, who attended a regular vocational college in the city and still needed living expenses from her family each month, got the confidence to buy a Mercedes through her own efforts.
Scrolling down, the second post was from Li Ming at the used car dealership, advertising an Audi A6 for sale.
It was the exact same car that Jiang Tao had returned that morning.
For the same car, the “value” this time was worlds apart.
The fourth post was information about antiques and collectibles from Zhang Bo.
This was also information that Jiang Tao paid close attention to.
He had even set Zhang Bo as a “starred friend.”
It was almost a direct hint to System Brother to focus on this person!
While Jiang Tao waited for his food and browsed Moments, the girl with Xu Sha kept glancing in his direction.
“Shasha, is that your brother-in-law? He’s quite handsome!”
After observing Jiang Tao for a while, Wang Xiaohong mentally gave him a score of 7.
“Hmph, what’s the use of being handsome? Handsomeness can’t be eaten.”
“With the meager salary he earns each month, my sister and Xiao Xue have essentially ruined their lives with him.”
Although Xu Sha disliked Jiang Tao, she couldn’t deny that he was indeed quite handsome.
Her sister’s infatuation was attracted by his looks, which led her to step into the abyss of poverty.
Her sister’s quality of life after marriage had clearly declined, and her consumption had also downgraded.
Wang Xiaohong’s dark complexion flushed as she said, “Although… but, he really is quite handsome, he really appeals to me.”
“You’re like my sister, both love-struck fools, there’s no hope for you!”
Xu Sha looked at her best friend speechlessly and quietly suggested:
“Why don’t you, Xiaohong, try to pursue him? I’ll thank you, on behalf of my sister and Xiao Xue, for eight generations of ancestors.”
“Are you trying to get me killed! He’s your brother-in-law, how could I do something like that!”
As the two chattered, Wang Xiaohong’s peripheral vision caught sight of Jiang Tao going to the service desk and picking up several food bags.
Wang Xiaohong’s gaze followed Jiang Tao out, seeing him open the front passenger door of the Mercedes-Benz GLS.
“Hey, hey, hey, Shasha, Shasha, look, quick, look! Oh my god, your brother-in-law he…”
Wang Xiaohong, as if discovering a new continent, excitedly grabbed Xu Sha’s head and made her look back.
Xu Sha turned her head and happened to see Jiang Tao reaching out and opening the door of the Mercedes-Benz GLS, the same one they had taken a photo with before entering, and getting inside.
Inside the car outside, Jiang Tao noticed Xu Sha and Wang Xiaohong’s gazes.
He honked twice at the two of them as a signal before slowly reversing back onto the main road and then accelerating away.
“What… is going on…”
Seeing that Jiang Tao was driving a brand new Mercedes and not his old truck, Xu Sha was dumbfounded.
Rented?
Yes, Jiang Tao must have rented a Mercedes to save face for the Spring Festival!
