Chapter 1049 — Feng Xiaoxiao's True Intentions

"Uh..." Wu Chengtian was not actually all that familiar with Songshan City. His idea of treating Sun Jingyan to dinner had been a spur-of-the-moment notion, and he had not thought through where exactly to eat. All at once he found himself in a bit of a bind — surely he could not simply admit that he had no idea. He could only laugh it off. "Songshan City doesn't really have any decent restaurants. Nothing at all like Yanjing!"

"That's for sure. The best hotel in Songshan City is the Starlight Splendor Grand Hotel, and that's still worlds apart from the grand restaurant in Yanjing that Brother Iron Hand took us to last time!" Feng Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously. "A man of Brother Iron Hand's caliber, when he goes to a restaurant, naturally he goes to the very best!"

"Haha, I wouldn't call myself such a high roller. As long as Jingyi enjoys the food, any place is a fine place!" Wu Chengtian was instantly delighted that Feng Xiaoxiao had played along so readily the moment she got in the car. "But let's go to the Starlight Splendor, then. It may not compare to Yanjing, but for a backwater like this, it's not bad! I entertain clients there all the time!"

Wu Chengtian had already opened a company in Songshan City. If he still did not know the local hotels, that would obviously ring a little false. To keep Sun Jingyan from growing suspicious, he simply followed Feng Xiaoxiao's lead and headed straight for the Starlight Splendor — and in his heart he was endlessly grateful to her. She was playing along so well!

"Brother Chengtian, what did you just say? Entertaining clients? Does that mean you've opened a company here?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked.

Hearing her words, Wu Chengtian nearly dropped to his knees and kowtowed to her. You're my own dear mother, you understand me so well! This level of playing along with my act — it's simply the best in the world! I was just about to steer the conversation toward the company I've opened!

"Haha, a trading company. Here's my card!" As he spoke, Wu Chengtian took out his card case and drew several business cards from it, handing one each to Feng Xiaoxiao, Wei Zhao, and Sun Jingyan.

Sun Jingyan was driving, so after taking the card she casually tossed it aside. Wei Zhao glanced at his and stuffed it into his pocket without a second thought. Only Feng Xiaoxiao, once she had the card in hand, widened her eyes in astonishment. "Wow! Is this the legendary gold-plated business card? So impressive! I've heard that only the chairmen of the world's top corporations use cards this fancy, right? It's the very symbol of a successful person's status!"

"It's nothing special, just a business card!" Wu Chengtian was secretly thrilled. "A company that big — it wouldn't do not to have a few things to put up a proper front!"

"That makes sense!" Feng Xiaoxiao nodded. "It seems your company must be quite large, Brother Chengtian. It must be very profitable, right?"

"It's all right, enough to cover pocket money!" Wu Chengtian nodded with an air of profundity. "A single day's profit is enough to buy a few Audis, that's all!"

"Wow! That impressive! It took me years of saving my pocket money just to afford one Audi, and you can buy several in a single day, Brother Chengtian?" Feng Xiaoxiao's eyes went wide, sparkling and shining, filled with nothing but little stars...

"This is only the beginning! I'll be making even more money in the future!" Wu Chengtian said smugly.

"So from now on, should I call you Brother Chengtian, or Chairman Wu?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked.

"Haha, either one, either is fine!" Wu Chengtian felt every last pore of his body tingling with delight! This Feng Xiaoxiao seemed tailor-made for his career of showing off!

"The Wu family is one of the great clans. With the Wu family's resources and connections, opening a company and turning a profit is easy — anyone who isn't an idiot or a fool could run it and make money," Sun Jingyan said coldly.

"Gah?" Wu Chengtian froze, his expression instantly turning a little awkward!

Sun Jingyan was not wrong. If the scions of great clans went into business, they simply could not lose money; their connections were everywhere, and so long as they found the right channels, they would invariably rake in a fortune. But Wu Chengtian had no real interest in running anything — the company existed purely so he could show off in front of Sun Jingyan. So in truth it earned not a single cent and was in fact losing money!

By Sun Jingyan's logic, that made him an idiot and a fool! Yet Wu Chengtian could hardly argue back — arguing back would only further confirm the fact that he was an idiot.

"That's true, but even so, it matters how much one earns! Someone like Brother Chengtian, raking in gold every day — there aren't many like that. Which just goes to show what an impressive man Brother Chengtian is!" Feng Xiaoxiao said.

At her words, Wu Chengtian's delight leapt straight to his brows! This Feng Xiaoxiao was simply too much to his taste! Absolutely wonderful — with a single sentence she had resolved his awkwardness and made him out to be the cream of the crop among the great clans' scions!

"Heh heh, I'm only a little better than the average man, that's all!" Wu Chengtian said, floating on air.

"Exactly! Didn't you see how commanding Brother Chengtian was just now when he taught those car-smashing little punks a lesson?" Feng Xiaoxiao said with deep admiration. "Brother Chengtian said, 'Do you think I look like a man without money?' So commanding!"

"Haha, that's right — a pack of little punks, smashing a car and thinking they can just pay their way out of it? Dream on! If I hadn't beaten them so badly they couldn't even recognize each other, then I wouldn't be Wu Iron Hand!" Wu Chengtian roared with laughter. He had already accepted the nickname Wu Iron Hand; he thought it sounded tremendously domineering!

"Exactly. The pittance they paid in compensation — in Brother Chengtian's eyes it's nothing at all, just a single day's profit, right?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked.

"Of course! Five million yuan is nothing to me!" Wu Chengtian nodded, thoroughly convinced of his own words. "That's about a single day's profit!"

"Right, that's what I was saying. When Brother Chengtian asked them for money, he was really just trying to teach them a lesson so they won't go smashing cars so easily in the future!" Feng Xiaoxiao nodded along.

"Exactly. Otherwise, five million really isn't even enough to get stuck between my teeth!" Wu Chengtian said, putting on quite the show of swagger.

"Oh, but five million is pocket change to Brother Chengtian, while to a poor girl like me, it's a fortune! Brother Chengtian, why don't you give that money to me? I'll go buy myself a nice car — how about that? It's not like you even care about the money anyway!" Feng Xiaoxiao said, perfectly serious.

"Huh?" Wu Chengtian's eyes went wide on the spot, and he froze! He hadn't expected Feng Xiaoxiao to actually ask him for money!

Sun Jingyan was driving up front. Hearing Feng Xiaoxiao's words, her hands trembled and the car nearly veered off course. She finally understood what Feng Xiaoxiao's earlier words had really meant — she'd been setting a trap for Wu Chengtian! She'd hoisted him up onto a pedestal, and now he couldn't climb down. If he refused to hand over the money, everything he'd said before would be exposed as empty boasting!

Sun Jingyan finally understood why Wei Zhao had acted so utterly indifferent about his girlfriend worshipping Wu Chengtian. It turned out Wei Zhao hadn't been indifferent at all — he'd simply had everything figured out from the start! He knew Feng Xiaoxiao didn't worship Wu Chengtian in the slightest; she was just looking to fleece him! RO