Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!
Chapter 114 - 102. Meal partner

Chapter 114: 102. Meal partner

"Is this... is this a little gift?"

Lu Jincheng involuntarily took a few steps forward, his gaze fixed tightly on the white sedan not far away, his mouth slightly open, stunned in place.

"Come on, get in and take a look!"

Zhou Sinin nudged his arm from the right side, moved ahead of him by half a step, and opened the car door.

Before him was a brand-new Volkswagen Golf, with red ribbons tied around each of the four hubs.

Lu Jincheng, like a puppet on strings, was dazedly pushed into the driver’s seat by the girl, where he blankly adjusted the seat, raised the steering wheel, pulled the handbrake, and started the ignition.

"Is this car for me?"

It wasn’t until the roaring sound filled his mind that he turned his head and thought to ask.

"Yeah!"

Zhou Sinin giggled, her pear-whites beside shallow dimples, looking very much like a peach blossom blooming in summer, charming and enticing.

"Isn’t it because you don’t have a means of transport! So you always have to borrow cars from us."

"Isn’t it too expensive..."

Lu Jincheng cleared his throat and found himself at a loss for words for a moment, squeezing out a polite phrase after a few seconds of silence.

As everyone knows, the Volkswagen Golf, priced in the hundreds of thousands, is subdued yet easy to drive.

"How can this be too expensive!"

Whatever he would say, how he would decline, Zhou Sinin was already prepared, immediately raising her voice in a coquettish response.

"I advanced a bit of my salary to buy you a gift, what about it!"

"No, no, you make me..."

Lu Jincheng unconsciously shook his head, feeling his mouth go dry.

"You really are so double-standard, you know. Last time I said my income was too much, you went on and on about trust costs and how I should take this money, even stuffing your bank card in here."

Zhou Sinin’s soft voice had no edge, but it was like a dull knife, grinding into his heart.

"Now you?"

"I use my salary to buy you a gift, and you’re all hesitant! What, don’t you think of me as one of your own now?"

The boomerang hit Lu Jincheng right between the eyebrows, leaving him utterly speechless.

"..."

"Alright."

When his thoughts again took over his brain, Lu Jincheng realized he had no reason to refuse Zhou Sinin.

Whether it was the gift itself or the heavy affection behind it.

For her, a rich girl, price wasn’t important; happiness came first.

To be overly polite would just seem distant.

"Thank you, Boss Xie, I really like it."

The man turned around, smiling broadly and openly.

"See! No need to be so formal, this is more like you."

Zhou Sinin cheerfully pulled out a document envelope and tossed its contents over to him.

"The paperwork isn’t done yet; just take your ID card and handle it at the vehicle office later."

"I didn’t expect you to have such good taste."

Lu Jincheng delightedly looked here and there, touched the steering wheel, then the dashboard, enjoying the faint new car smell, utterly captivated.

The Volkswagen Golf, one of Volkswagen’s best-selling models, without a peer.

Each generation of the Golf’s distinctive innovation leads the automotive industry’s fashion trends and time after time becomes the perfect representation of German cars’ rigorous attitude and pursuit of quality.

This car, quite suitable for the current him.

Subdued yet practical, and also full of commemorative significance.

Who could have thought that just one month after his rebirth, he’d already have a full set of cars!

And not just one!

If it was surprising for Mou Keyan to pay out of pocket to buy him an electric bike, which made Mr. Lu astonished,

Then Zhou Sinin advancing her income to splurge on a six-figure amount for this Golf truly amazed him.

Two months’ salaries wouldn’t cover it; she must have added her own pocket money.

"I really did my homework!"

Speaking of it, Zhou Sinin’s face beamed with pride.

"Anyways, this is as much as I could afford, I couldn’t buy anything more expensive."

"Even if it were more expensive, I still couldn’t accept it!"

"Cut it out, take it or leave it."

The girl in the passenger seat’s eyes shimmered, brimming with laughter.

For the next half-hour, Mr. Lu drove Zhou Sinin around Nanhu Avenue under the guise of test driving the car.

The weather in October was quite comfortable, no need for car air conditioning.

With white clouds reflected in Nanhu, he slowed down the car, lowered the window a quarter-way, and the evening breeze gently played with the girl’s brown hair tips.

In the evening, along the lake, one could see numerous young couples strolling hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, laughing and talking.

"Sinin!"

At the crosswalk, the light happened to turn red, and a pair stepping off the pavement caught her eye: the girl, spotting Sinin in the passenger seat, immediately stood on tiptoes and waved.

"Song Wan! Out shopping with your boyfriend?"

Sinin, recognizing her roommate, Song Wan, rolled down the window, smiling and waving back.

"Yeah, there’s a new rice noodle shop in Beiyuan that’s really good. I highly recommend it!"

With twinkling eyes, Song Wan went on as her gaze continuously swept over the driver.

Not until she caught a glimpse of Lu Jincheng’s profile did she finally suppress her burning curiosity.

"Really?"

"Of course! You know my taste, trust me! You should definitely try it with this... ’eating buddy’!"

When mentioning the ’eating buddy,’ Song Wan’s voice rose intentionally, and she winked at her.

Those who knew, understood.

"Alright, alright."

Enduring the repeated scrutiny of her roommate and her roommate’s boyfriend, even openly using that embarrassing nickname in front of Lu Jincheng.

Sinin couldn’t help but blush, clenching her clothes tightly, feigning politeness and casual response.

She felt...

The red light was excruciatingly long.

"We’re heading off~ Bye~"

Finally, the traffic light changed, and they waved at each other, walking in opposite directions.

"Song Wan, is that your roommate?"

Only after the white sedan roared past the intersection did Xiao Li, Song Wan’s boyfriend, curiously inquire.

"Mhm."

Song Wan nodded, "That’s our dorm’s little princess, Sinin."

"She’s very nice and easy to get along with; we all really like her."

"Her boyfriend seems about our age and he’s already got a car..."

Xiao Li’s voice held a hint of envy, occasionally glancing back.

"She has one too! She drives a BMW herself."

Holding her boyfriend’s hand tightly, Song Wan laughed as their fingers interlaced.

"No wonder you call her little princess... I wonder when I’ll get my own car."

The man’s expression dimmed, his grip loosened, and his voice involuntarily deepened.

"What’s wrong? Xiao Li, my man!"

Song Wan’s energetic voice rang in his ear, her fist clenched and placed on her chest as if to cheer him up.

"That’s just her family’s accumulation, nothing to envy."

"We’ll work hard together and sooner or later we’ll live a good life too!"

...

Bian Zhilin’s poem "Fragment" at the traffic light intersection was just like the scene played out.

You sit in a car watching the scenery,

And people on the bridge watch you,

Bright moon adorns your window,

You adorn other’s dreams.

Yet no splendid dream could rival the perfection of Sinin’s profile at that moment.

"What did your roommate just call me?"

Lu Jincheng turned his head, teasing.

Unlike the popular ’xx buddy’ of future social media, in this era, the term ’eating buddy’ wasn’t very common.

It was more a regional dialect used in the Wu dialect area.

"That..."

Sinin blinked, her slender wrist twirling in her brown hair.

"Alright, alright, no need to explain, I understand."

Lu Jincheng laughed, his fingers wiggling from side to side.

"You’re not busy later, are you?"

"Not too busy."

Sinin looked out the window.

"It’s my time to shine."

"Huh?"

"Eating buddy, shall we grab something to eat?"