19: Chapter 19 I'm waiting for you to call me husband

As she spoke, Ding Mengting looked around, observing that the interior was actually quite luxurious.

"Yeah, I saved up some money and swapped it for this one. I sold the previous car."

"Oh, is that so!"

"Yep, you guys are heading to the library, right?"

"That's right, Uncle."

Li Luo felt a bit depressed.

"Can you please stop calling me Uncle? I'm only twenty-seven!"

"Isn't twenty-seven still an Uncle? The oldest of us is only nineteen, so what else should we call you if not Uncle?"

"Call me Li Luo. 'Uncle' doesn't sound good."

"Alright Mengting, say less and let Li Luo drive in peace." Zhi Xia looked at the two of them, feeling a bit speechless.

"Got it. So, what are we eating for lunch later? I want hotpot; I haven't had it in a long time."

Watching the three of them chattering in the back, Li Luo couldn't help but sigh.

University life really is nourishing; no wonder there are rumors everywhere about people keeping college students as mistresses.

He opened the navigation map. The nearest library was near Deji, where Li Luo had gone last time, but he still had to ask.

"Zhi Xia, is the library near Deji okay?"

"Yes, that's the library we were planning to go to."

"That works." Li Luo didn't waste any more breath and drove toward the destination.

After the three of them chatted for a while, Zhi Xia finally asked.

"Li Luo, this car of yours feels pretty nice. It's much more comfortable to sit in than your previous one."

Li Luo smiled.

"Of course. This car is an SUV, so it has plenty of space. It can't be compared to that small sedan from before. Besides, the price difference is several times over."

Zhi Xia was a bit curious upon hearing this.

"This car of yours looks pretty good. Is it expensive?"

"It's alright, it was about four hundred thousand."

Zhi Xia was startled. She had just been thinking about whether it cost two hundred thousand.

Ding Mengting quickly interjected.

"Uncle, this car of yours costs four hundred thousand?!"

"It's about four hundred thousand, around three hundred and ninety thousand."

Ding Mengting was speechless.

"That's almost the same."

"That's a huge difference. I'd have to run the ride-hailing car for many days to make that ten thousand."

"Uncle, I've discovered that you're showing off, but I have no evidence."

Li Luo shook his head, amused.

"The internet is so advanced now. Just look it up on Baidu and you'll know if I'm showing off or not."

"That's true. I'll look it up and see what the reviews are like for this car online."

Two minutes later.

"Uncle, it's not bad actually. You really didn't lie to me! The online reviews are decent too."

"See? I never lie. I plan on buying two sports cars next week. I'll take you for a ride then, little sister."

Li Luo wasn't actually talking nonsense. He was still sixty-something positive reviews away from the system upgrading.

As long as he worked hard this week and got the hundred million from the system reward, buying two nice cars would be quite easy.

After suffering for so many years, couldn't he show off a little now?

At this moment, Ling Jing, who hadn't said much since getting in the car, chimed in.

"Uncle, are you buying sports cars next week?"

"That's right. I plan on buying a ferrari and a lamborghini next week. I've already thought of the models: a ferrari sf90 and a lamborghini aventador svj."

Supercars are every man's dream, and Li Luo was no exception.

As for the car purchase, he would ask An Yaxuan tonight.

Didn't she say she knew people who sold luxury cars? He would inquire about it then.

Ding Mengting looked on with disdain.

"Uncle, it's time to wake up from your dream. I may not know how much those two cars you mentioned cost, but I do know what a ferrari and a lamborghini are."

"Besides, we aren't elementary school students. Do you think that after fooling us, we'll be calling you 'Brother' this and 'Brother' that?"

"Believe it or not, it's up to you."

Ling Jing's thoughts were different. If this man could afford those two cars, it proved he wasn't short on money, and perhaps he could help her.

Suddenly, she said meaningfully,

"Uncle, are you really buying them next week? Can you take me for a ride then?"

"Ling Jing, you actually believe he can afford them?"

"What's wrong with that? Why couldn't he afford them?"

Ding Mengting looked at her naive roommate with a speechless expression.

"If he could afford them, would he be driving a ride-hailing car? Is he just bored and looking for trouble?"

"Ahem, ahem."

Zhi Xia pretended to cough twice and quickly said in a low voice,

"Ding Mengting, watch your language."

"What's there to be afraid of? Uncle, please stop showing off to Ling Jing, okay? She's still very innocent."

"Her name is Ling Jing, so what's your name?"

"My name is Ding Mengting!"

"Nice to meet you, Uncle. My name is Ling Jing."

At this moment, a soft and sweet voice came through. It was truly very sweet; no wonder Ding Mengting had just called her naive.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Li Luo. Just call me by my name."

Li Luo glanced at Ding Mengting and said,

"Look at your classmate. Not only is she pretty, but she also speaks nicely. Now look at you."

"Tch, Uncle, what kind of taste do you have? Do you think you're very handsome? Besides, why should I speak nicely to you?!"

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing,

Zhi Xia quickly interrupted.

"Both of you, enough! Are you just going to keep bickering?"

"She's the one who started it. Does she even know how to talk? Seriously, and he's supposed to be a grown man."

Li Luo was left speechless by the retort.

Was he too harsh just now? It was true; if you tell a young girl she isn't pretty, especially in front of her classmates, she would definitely lose face.

"I was wrong just now. I used the wrong words. All three of you are pretty."

"Hmph, you didn't even need to say that."

Was she really that angry? After thinking this, Li Luo stopped talking and focused on driving.

At this moment, Zhi Xia suddenly asked,

"Li Luo, you aren't actually going to buy two sports cars, are you?"

Li Luo was just about to open his mouth, but Ding Mengting spoke first.

"Zhi Xia, even you believe he's buying sports cars?"

Afraid of hurting Li Luo's self-esteem by telling the truth, Zhi Xia could only say to her tactfully,

"I was just curious, so I asked."

"Is that so! Like I said, who would believe a ride-hailing driver is buying sports cars? I guess only our Ling Jing would believe that!"

Li Luo felt a wave of anger. He could understand others not believing him, and he wouldn't say anything about it.

But did she have to keep making sarcastic remarks? Who could stand that?

So, he immediately said in a cold voice,

"Since you don't believe me, what if I do buy them?"

"If you actually buy them, I'll be your girlfriend." Ding Mengting said without hesitation.

"Who wants you to be my girlfriend? You've got nothing to show for yourself." Li Luo said with feigned mockery.

"You..."

Ding Mengting immediately blushed and puffed out her budding chest, saying,

"I just haven't fully developed yet, but who knows about the future."

Li Luo still wore an expression of disdain.

"I'm not interested in you for now. Don't talk about being a girlfriend. If I do it, just call me Husband when you see me. Deal or no deal?"

"Call you Husband?"

Ding Mengting's eyes widened instantly. Just now, the 'girlfriend' comment was just her firing back because he provoked her, and she had said it on impulse.

But now that he was making this kind of demand and acting so confident, she was having second thoughts.

Li Luo looked at her hesitant expression and sneered,

"If you're scared, then forget it. It's just because you've been talking rudely this whole time that I bothered to engage with you at all."

Sure enough, as soon as Li Luo said this,

Ding Mengting angrily shouted,

"I'm not afraid of you. That's hilarious. I agree."

At this moment, Zhi Xia leaned into Ding Mengting's ear and whispered,

"Mengting, calm down. Don't you see that Li Luo is intentionally provoking you?"

Hearing her Best Friend say this, Ding Mengting calmed down slightly.

Ling Jing also advised from the side,

"Mengting, there's no need for this. Since he's talking to you like this, he must have some confidence. Don't let yourself get the short end of the stick."

Hearing both of her Best Friends say this,

Ding Mengting was about to speak, but Li Luo's voice came through.

"You'd better listen to your classmates. It'll save you from nagging later. I don't mean anything else by it."

"It's just that in the future, if you don't believe what someone says, that's fine, but there's no need to always have thorns in your words."

Hearing this, Ding Mengting immediately threw her roommate's advice to the back of her mind, and then angrily said,

"What right do you have to lecture me? Stop talking nonsense, I agree."

"But let's get this straight: what if you don't buy them?"

"If I don't buy them, you can take my car whenever you want from now on. I guarantee I'll be at your beck and call, not charging a single cent, until you graduate from university."

"Of course, the same goes for those two words you'll call me; they'll be void after graduation. If that doesn't work, then forget it. You'd only be losing face verbally in exchange for a driver throughout your university years—I'm not really taking advantage of you."

Ding Mengting was tempted. She would save on car fare for several years of university, and he would be at her beck and call.

Whenever she wanted to go anywhere during the holidays, she could. This was actually a good deal. Besides, she didn't believe Li Luo could afford them.

"I agree."

"Then it's a deal. You still have one week to call me Uncle."

"Tch, anyone can talk big. Win first and then we'll see!"

Zhi Xia asked her Best Friend in a low voice.

"Are you for real with Li Luo?"

"Yeah, why would I be joking? The two supercars he mentioned—I just calmed down and looked them up online. They don't cost twenty million, but they aren't far off." Ding Mengting whispered.

Zhi Xia and Ling Jing were also taken aback when they heard 'twenty million'.

"Are they that expensive?"

"Of course. If they weren't expensive, would I be betting against him? I'm not stupid. From now on, just hang out with me when you go out to play."

Ling Jing hesitated for a moment.

"Then what if you lose? Are you really going to call him that?!"