Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 180: Your Lousy Car is Embarrassing

Chapter 180: Chapter 180: Your Lousy Car is Embarrassing

The company where Song Xiaoru worked was a subsidiary of a large enterprise with a substantial history, having been established for several decades.

With the long development of the enterprise, more and more problems have accumulated, such as staffing arrangements, where many people are promoted not based on their own abilities but through connections.

Take Wu Songtao, for instance, he was essentially incompetent, boasting nothing but hot air and grandiose claims. Yet, thanks to a powerful brother-in-law who was an executive, he had managed to become the general manager of a subsidiary.

Now, Wu Songtao was the top leader of this subsidiary, preparing to act like an absolute ruler here, ready to do as he pleased within the company, including flirting with any female employee he liked.

But this was only his first goal, and Song Xiaoru was not showing him face, which irked him.

Seeing Wu Songtao’s face darken, all the employees sensed trouble brewing. Song Xiaoru was well-liked normally, and everyone was giving her meaningful looks.

Zhang Na pulled Song Xiaoru by the arm and smiled, saying, "I mean, look, Xiaoru, family affairs are important, but today is about welcoming Manager Wu. Family matters have to be put aside for now, right?"

Behind Wu Songtao’s back, Zhang Na kept on speaking while giving Song Xiaoru meaningful glances and whispered: "Don’t be foolish."

Song Xiaoru nodded gratefully at Zhang Na. Although Zhang Na was a bit flashy and loved showing off, she showed her kind side when it mattered.

Wu Songtao was indeed annoyed earlier, but Song Xiaoru’s beauty was too captivating, too heart-stirring. Seeing everyone persuading Song Xiaoru, he relaxed his expression and coughed lightly, saying, "Xiaoru, if there’s something important happening at home, you can tell me. As the general manager, it’s my job to handle work while also caring for other aspects of my employees’ lives, which lets everyone work with peace of mind."

Wu Songtao’s tone did carry the air of those ineffectual officials and state-owned enterprise leaders.

Seeing Wu Songtao’s tone soften, Wang Na immediately said, "Right, just share it with us."

Song Xiaoru smiled slightly and said, "I’m sorry, today is the first day my brother and I moved, and we are supposed to have dinner at home, it is a family tradition."

Wu Songtao laughed and said, "That’s a happy event! Since it’s a move, we all should lend a hand and maybe even check out your new place too, what do you all say?"

"Yes!" many immediately chimed in.

Feeling slightly embarrassed, Song Xiaoru said, "Then, I don’t want to spoil everyone’s mood."

Song Xiaodong hadn’t heard the pretentious conversation Wu Songtao had just had with Song Xiaoru, only that everyone wanted to visit his home. So he came over, hugged Song Xiaoru’s shoulder, and smilingly said, "Sis, since your colleagues want to come, they are our guests. I’ll treat everyone to dinner tonight."

Upon hearing Song Xiaoru and Song Xiaodong speak like this, Wu Songtao felt that Song Xiaoru hadn’t really disrespected him, which made him feel better. He waved his hand generously and said, "I misunderstood Xiaoru then. Well, this counts as a big celebration, let’s celebrate Song Xiaoru’s housewarming tonight."

Seeing Wu Songtao react this way, Zhang Na and some other female colleagues quietly breathed a sigh of relief for Song Xiaoru. Leaving a bad impression on the new manager on the first day could have made her life difficult in the company thereafter.

Wu Songtao then added, "Right, who all have cars, let’s see if we can fit everyone."

Several colleagues immediately said they had cars, and Wu Songtao told them to bring the cars to the company entrance before saying to Song Xiaoru, "Xiaoru, you ride with me."

Song Xiaoru looked at Song Xiaodong, who quickly responded, "I drove here."

Song Xiaoru discreetly grimaced and said, "Well... let’s just leave the car here then." She still didn’t want everyone to see that particularly flashy Ferrari.

Zhang Na hurriedly said, "Xiaoru, you should ride with Manager Wu. I’ll go with your brother. Manager Wu’s car is a Mercedes, after all."

Wu Songtao, visibly pleased by the comment, said, "What Mercedes or not, it’s just for getting around. I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it, but as a manager, I still need to maintain some appearances, so I just bought one casually."

Song Xiaodong frowned slightly, and Zhang Na pulled at him, whispering, "Are you silly? Letting your sister ride with the manager can at least bring them closer, which could be very beneficial for her future promotion."

Seeing Song Xiaodong still looked somewhat reluctant, Zhang Na added, "It’s just a ride, what do you think Manager Wu could do to your sister? Others will be in the car with them too. Come on, I’ll ride in your car. Do you think I want to ride in your broken car? I’m just worried that its appearance might embarrass Sister Xiaoru."

While she spoke, Zhang Na dragged Song Xiaodong towards the side.

Song Xiaodong said somewhat amused, "Riding in my car would be embarrassing?"

"What do you think?" Zhang Na gave Song Xiaodong a look and said, "Everyone in our company is secretly competitive. Xiaoru is gentle, but you wouldn’t want people to look down on her, right?"

"It’s not... do you know what kind of car I drive?" Song Xiaodong found it even more amusing.

With absolute certainty, Zhang Na said, "Please, stop pretending with me. I’m Xiaoru’s colleague too. I know how frugal she is. She never buys clothes over three hundred yuan, and for bags, she’ll buy whatever’s cheap. Not that I look down on Xiaoru, but given her nature, I can guarantee that your car doesn’t cost more than fifty thousand yuan, and it’s probably a second-hand one at that."

Song Xiaodong sighed silently, "My sister really had a tough life before."

Zhang Na glanced at Song Xiaodong seriously and said, "Xiaoru always tells us that she’s been saving money for you, her brother, to get married. I’ve never seen such a great sister. Let me tell you, you must never mistreat your sister in the future, or heaven will strike you with lightning."

"Thank you, I will be good to my sister," Song Xiaodong nodded.

The two talked as they walked, and soon they were not far from Song Xiaodong’s car. Song Xiaodong then took out his car keys.

Zhang Na, with sharp eyes, immediately spotted the design on the remote in Song Xiaodong’s hand and snatched it away, then burst out laughing, "I’m telling you, you guys always like playing these tricks, using a fake remote to impress girls, huh? A Ferrari, huh? It does look quite similar. Oh, there’s a real Ferrari right here, haha, maybe this one could actually unlock that car."

As she mocked Song Xiaodong, Zhang Na casually pressed the unlock button on the remote.

"Beep beep!" The Ferrari made two crisp sounds, and its headlights flashed twice.

Zhang Na was instantly petrified!