Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 626 - 627: Pretending to be a Pig to Eat a Tiger

Chapter 626: Chapter 627: Pretending to be a Pig to Eat a Tiger

Wei Yansong’s seat was side by side with Song Xiaodong and Miao Xuanxuan, and seeing the two sit down with such ease, not at all unfamiliar with the facilities, it seemed unlikely that this was their first time in first class.

Once the cabin door closed and no more people passed by through the aisle, Wei Yansong asked, "Do you two often fly first class?"

Song Xiaodong, seated by the aisle, turned his head and smiled slightly, saying, "We do care quite a bit about the quality of life, spending a bit more when traveling just for the comfort."

"You really think big," Wei Yansong smiled and commented, but inside he felt somewhat disdainful. Without that kind of financial capability, spending like this, these two must not be able to save much.

"Dongzi, I’m sleepy, I want to sleep for a while," Miao Xuanxuan said softly, leaning on Song Xiaodong’s shoulder.

Song Xiaodong nodded and replied, "Then sleep for a bit, I’ll sleep too."

Seeing that they wanted to sleep, Wei Yansong no longer tried to chat with them.

A couple of hours later, Wei Yansong and Song Xiaodong arrived at the airport, where Wei Yansong asked, "I have a friend picking me up on this side, do you want to ride in my car?"

Miao Xuanxuan responded, "That won’t be necessary; our car is in the parking lot. By the way, now that we are in Tiannan City, we should get dinner together when you’re free." Even if just classmates with an ordinary relationship, Miao Xuanxuan felt obliged to offer such hospitality in her own city.

"That would be great, let’s touch base by phone once I’ve settled things here," Wei Yansong replied.

At that moment, someone came to pick up Wei Yansong, so Miao Xuanxuan waved goodbye to him, then headed to the parking lot with Song Xiaodong.

The person picking up Wei Yansong was a company chief in Tiannan City with assets worth tens of millions. Glancing in the direction of Miao Xuanxuan, Wei Yansong immediately inquired, "President Li, do you know them?"

President Li, named Li Dongsheng, replied, "She looks familiar; that woman seems to be the chief executive of Qingyuan Group."

Wei Yansong asked in confusion, "The chief executive of Qingyuan Group? Is Qingyuan Group a big company?"

Li Dongsheng said, "It’s huge... I mean, Qingyuan Group is one of the biggest companies in Tiannan City, with assets definitely over a billion. How big would you say that is?"

"That big? That’s impossible, she’s my college classmate, only graduated two years ago, how could she be the chief executive of Qingyuan Group?"

Li Dongsheng explained, "The chief executive of Qingyuan Group only joined the company a couple of years ago. It was managed by her father before; her father had an accident a while ago, and she became the chairman of the company."

"No way?" Wei Yansong’s eyes widened, and he hastily asked, "What’s the name of the chief executive of Qingyuan Group Company?"

Without hesitating, Li Dongsheng said, "Miao Qingqing!" Like Miao Qingqing, a prominent figure, anyone with some status here in Tiannan would definitely know of her.

"Then you are mistaken; my classmate is called Miao Xuanxuan... oh... both surnames are Miao, could they be relatives?" Wei Yansong’s expression turned a bit strange.

Li Dongsheng replied, "I wouldn’t know about that, but since they look so much alike, they could be sisters."

"Is that so..." Wei Yansong’s lips twitched again, if that were true, then wouldn’t that mean Miao Xuanxuan’s family is very wealthy? But when she was in school, she was so low-key, that didn’t seem like a girl from a very wealthy family.

While they talked, they reached the parking lot; just as they arrived by Li Dongsheng’s car, he pointed not far ahead and exclaimed, "Look, a red Ferrari; isn’t that car worth like six to seven million?"

Following the direction pointed by Li Dongsheng, Wei Yansong saw two people just getting into the car; as the door closed, he caught a glimpse of a woman in the passenger seat—it was none other than Miao Xuanxuan.

"My god!" At that moment, Wei Yansong felt like thousands of ’grassy mud horses’ galloped through his mind—these two were way too good at playing the fool, so wealthy yet it was all unnoticed these days; he had even been showing off in front of them, thinking about it made his face burn with embarrassment.

Suddenly, an idea struck him, and Wei Yansong immediately called Sun Ya, chatting idly under the guise of inquiring about her mother, then suddenly said, "Sun Ya, guess who I just saw, I saw Miao Xuanxuan and her boyfriend, and they were driving a Ferrari."

"That must be expensive, right?"

Sun Ya didn’t seem too surprised, which made Wei Yansong more certain of his speculation. He said, "Sun Ya, the one helping you is Miao Xuanxuan and her boyfriend, right?"

"Ah... This... No."

Although Sun Ya denied it, her hesitant attitude said it all, and after hanging up, Wei Yansong’s lips Twitched further, being a rather clever person, he knew this meant Miao Xuanxuan didn’t want to show off, so he shouldn’t inquire further.

At that moment, Li Dongsheng mentioned, "I say, Director Wei, with such a classmate, you really should keep in touch. If you could collaborate with their company, you’d make a fortune."

"Yes, I’ll try my best," Wei Yansong of course didn’t want to miss such an opportunity, but he felt insecure about it, fearing it would be too presumptuous to make such a request since Miao Xuanxuan didn’t want to reveal much.

After Song Xiaodong drove out of the parking lot, he said, "Wei Yansong saw our car."

Miao Xuanxuan nonchalantly replied, "So he saw, so what? If he is going to develop here, he’ll definitely hear about my sister eventually. When he sees my sister’s photo, he’ll naturally think of me."

Song Xiaodong laughed and said, "That’s true, but he’s probably thinking now, ’Miao Xuanxuan, you really fooled me, clearly a rich heiress yet pretending to be poor—does playing the poor really suit you?’"

Miao Xuanxuan giggled and retorted, "Dongzi, you are the real big tiger, always preferring to play the little pig."

Two hours later, the duo had returned home, and Miao Xuanxuan excitedly recounted their recent exploits dealing with the loan sharks, making Xiao Yingying incredibly envious; everything seemed normal with Miao Qingqing, just like before, seemingly indistinguishable.

Song Xiaodong had wanted to treat Song Xiaoru’s scars, but she mentioned it was late and declined Song Xiaodong’s offer that day, her facial scars had healed enough for her to go back to work without worries of others’ comments; for other parts, it was winter and she wore more layers, so it wasn’t urgent.

After freshening up, Song Xiaodong returned to his room where only Miao Qingqing was present, Xiao Yingying was not there. Song Xiaodong knew then that Miao Qingqing had something to discuss.

However, Song Xiaodong was already prepared, and settled onto the bed with composure, pulling Miao Qingqing into his embrace, softly asking, "Is there something you want to talk about?"