Chapter 91: I Want to Invite You to Ride on My Wild Motorcycle

Qin Haoran twitched at the corner of his mouth; he knew Cheng Yao was one of his own.

Exactly the same sort as Liu Bei—both loved putting on a show.

Who didn’t like showing off? They simply lacked the chance. Now that the moment had come, why not?

Lin Sujiao asked with a teasing smile, “You went to an arts school?”

“No. I’m from Southern Finance.”

“Then you really do have a lot of interests. Don’t be bragging too hard.”

“I’m not bragging, and I’m not being modest either.”

Chen Xingyan glanced at him twice with a smile, then looked toward the resident singer’s stage and pointed. “Give us a song, then. Since you’re so amazing, don’t do a love song. They’re so sugary they’ll rot your teeth.”

“Sure, no problem.”

Cheng Yao took a sip of wine. He wouldn’t be driving tonight anyway. There were plenty of hotels around here; he could always stay one night. Lu Mengyao had told him to come later.

Chen Xingyan called out, “Ou Junyu, let him sing one. Stop singing yourself.”

“Righto…” Ou Junyu said with a grin, beckoning Cheng Yao over to join him, though his glance at Chen Xingyan carried a trace of grievance.

You fierce she-dragon, what the hell do you know about love songs?

Cheng Yao nodded and sat over, taking the guitar and testing the microphone.

Countless eyes around him watched, but he ignored them all and stepped fully into the zone. His gaze settled, his aura opened up, and he held the whole room in perfect control.

“Let me sing you something a bit brighter, a little more upbeat. Thank you…”

The guitar began to sound, and the quiet bar slowly fell still.

Oh, darling, where are you wandering now?

Have the joys we missed in passing been picked up again?

Are you clutching instant noodles and sighing again and again?

On the last week of every month’s end,

We’re nothing more than brothers on the same road,

Only after parting from friends in every direction do we learn how hard life can be

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Ou Junyu’s eyes lit up all at once, as if he had discovered a new continent. One of his own kind!

Lin Sujiao covered her mouth and laughed. “Not bad at all!”

“Impressive…” Chen Xingyan nodded lightly.

He sang well. More than that, it was the atmosphere and presence. The boy on the stage had real allure right now.

And that wasn’t about looks. It was charisma beyond looks, deeply attractive—confidence blooming into light.

Qin Haoran clenched his fists. Damn it, he’d been shown up!

I want to invite you to ride my wild motorcycle,

I’m willing to take you drinking, eating meat, and then singing along

Cheng Yao’s eyes seemed to spark with electricity as he became one with the song. The feeling in it was so strong it seemed to awaken echoes in everyone who heard it.

“Woohoo! Awesome!”

“So handsome!!!”

“Hahaha…”

“Handsome guy, can I ride your wild motorcycle?”

The whole mood had been swept up, surging with passion and a powerful sense of rhythm.

Cheng Yao even wanted to smash the guitar and start dancing.

In the end, he restrained himself. When the song ended, he naturally became the center of attention in the bar. Ou Junyu leaned in and said, “Brother, let’s be friends. Give me your WeChat. Come hang out more often.”

“Sure.”

“Handsome guy, can I add your WeChat?”

“I want it too, I want it too! You’re so handsome—what school are you from…”

Hearing him mention contact info, the girls nearby crowded over as well. Cheng Yao couldn’t refuse their enthusiasm, so he added more than a dozen of them at once. Pretty or not, he made sure to give everyone face.

Just after he returned to his seat, Chen Xingyan gave him a thumbs-up. “Amazing. You sang way better than Ou Junyu. You must be really popular at school, right?”

“Fair enough.”

“Cheng Yao, that wild motorcycle by the entrance—do you think I’ve got a chance?” Lin Sujiao asked with a playful grin.

“I… I’m afraid not. I’ve had some alcohol…”

Cheng Yao declined politely.

“Tch!”

Lin Sujiao looked a little sullen. With the atmosphere now in full swing, everyone else was cheerful again, and Ou Junyu, still singing love songs onstage, felt his spotlight being stolen.

Qin Haoran looked at Cheng Yao. “How about I kick Ou Junyu out and let you do the resident singing here from now on?”

“Hahaha, I think that works. If that happens, Xingyan and I will come here every day.”

“See? Even the beauty says so.”

“I still have classes, and plenty of things to do. If I come here too often, I’m afraid you won’t be able to keep up with business.”

Of course Cheng Yao knew they were joking.

“Tsk, listen to him. He’s really floating now.”

“I think that’s just the truth…”

Cheng Yao blended in with them very quickly. They played until nine o’clock before the bar’s crowd finally thinned a little.

He had drunk quite a bit, but he still didn’t feel drunk at all.

Chen Xingyan and Lin Sujiao wanted to keep wandering around and grab some late-night food. Cheng Yao didn’t tag along; he called Lu Mengyao instead.

After standing in the wind for a while and buying a bottle of hot milk to warm his stomach, he felt much better.

A little alcohol like this didn’t have much effect on his current physique, but he still couldn’t break the rules—otherwise he would have driven back to Lu Mengyao’s place himself.

Lu Mengyao took the subway over, about half an hour later.

Seeing that Cheng Yao’s face was a little red, she hurried to support him. “You drank?”

“Not drunk.”

“Anyone who’s drunk says they’re not.”

“I really am not…”

Cheng Yao could only laugh and cry at once. Taking her hand, he asked, “Want some late-night food?”

“Something proper?”

Lu Mengyao was just afraid he would invite her to grilled sausages—cream cheese ones, no less. Of course, she knew once they were out, she couldn’t escape it, so she only complained inwardly.

“…How about duck blood vermicelli soup?”

“Sure.”

At that moment, his phone rang. Cheng Yao looked down and saw that it was Wang Yiming calling.

“Boss Cheng, I’ve parked the car inside the residential complex for you. The key is in the password lockbox by the door.”

“Good.”

After hanging up, Cheng Yao said, “It was Manager Wang. The car’s in the complex.”

“I still can’t drive it.”

Lu Mengyao was utterly frustrated. The second driving test really was impossible for her. If only it were like the third test.

Cheng Yao toyed with her hair. “Keep working at it and you’ll be able to. I’ll teach you tomorrow.”

“Proper driving, right?”

“Proper driving, proper driving. Haha…”

In the duck blood vermicelli shop, Cheng Yao took a sip of hot soup. Lu Mengyao asked, “How do you plan to develop the company in the future?”

“For you, just keep the pure-girl image. I’ll handle the content. How did yesterday’s video perform?”

“Very well. More than four hundred thousand.”

“That good?”

“I already had a base of fans.”

Cheng Yao thought of Liu Hanyue’s two million followers—fully a million more than Lu Mengyao’s—yet her results still weren’t as good.

As expected, cuteness was no match for sex appeal.

Men still preferred sex appeal.

As for innocence…

Cheng Yao thought for a moment. “Right, in a while let’s buy a villa. It’ll be useful later. The garage will come in handy…”

“The garage…”

Lu Mengyao was speechless. Just for a garage, you’re buying a whole villa?

You really have money with nowhere to spend it.

She knew Cheng Yao’s family ran a business overseas. She didn’t know exactly what it was, only that it seemed to have something to do with smart technology. She didn’t really understand it; all she knew was that they were extremely wealthy.

“Right, and we should buy more cars too. Lin Keting is taking the route of a car model, especially luxury cars. We can draw on foreign examples, and if it goes through the company’s accounts, we can deduct taxes later.”

“Buying them for her?”

“You too, if you want. The thing is, even if we buy them, you won’t be able to drive that many.”

“True…”

Cheng Yao felt that in this regard, it made no difference who the cars were bought for. The only thing was, he couldn’t buy them for himself, because there’d be no rebate.

He should buy one for Lin Keting first. She had a license but no car, and he could use the chance to build some favor with her.

Besides that, intimacy and learning new tricks needed to be added to the schedule as well.

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