Chapter 151: Wang Hong's Intentions
When Wang Hong got off work and stepped out of the office building, she saw that Hua Tianyu was already waiting for her at the entrance.
With a radiant smile, Wang Hong trotted over a few steps, gently took Hua Tianyu’s hand, and said softly, "Let's go!"
"Let's go!" Hua Tianyu replied, turning around to press the remote control of the Jaguar.
"Are you dropping President Wei off first?" Wang Hong hadn't noticed the car when she came out, and only paid attention to it after seeing Hua Tianyu's action.
"I'll go back to the office and wait for you. You should drop President Wei off first, and then we can leave together," Wang Hong said with great consideration.
"No, I came specifically to pick you up today." Hua Tianyu smiled slightly, opened the front passenger door for her, and made a gesture for her to enter.
"This is President Wei's car, I can't ride in it," Wang Hong shook her head and said. "Brother Tian, although you are the president's driver, the president's car cannot be used for personal purposes casually. If the company finds out, you'll be fired."
Hua Tianyu knew that Wang Hong was a kind-hearted girl who was afraid he would lose his job, which was why she was unwilling to get in.
"Don't worry, President Wei won't say anything about it," Hua Tianyu said casually.
"No, no. Hua Tianyu, you must not take this kind of thing lightly. If someone with malicious intent reports you, you'll be in big trouble," Wang Hong advised with a serious expression.
Wang Hong had originally planned to take the bus home. Going with Hua Tianyu today at most meant taking a taxi; she never could have imagined that Hua Tianyu would drive the president's Jaguar out.
Working in the Human Resources Department, she was well aware of the company's regulations: a president's driver using the president's vehicle for personal use was grounds for immediate dismissal.
Therefore, no matter what Hua Tianyu said, Wang Hong simply refused to get into the car, relentlessly urging him to listen to her.
Feeling helpless, Hua Tianyu took out his phone and, right in front of Wang Hong, sent a message to Wei Xueying.
"Xueying, I'm borrowing your car to go for a spin. Is that alright?"
"Okay," Wei Xueying replied almost instantly, just a single word without any unnecessary nonsense.
Hua Tianyu flashed the screen in front of Wang Hong and once again made a welcoming gesture by the car door.
Wang Hong's mouth dropped open in astonishment. She never expected that Hua Tianyu would speak to President Wei in such a tone, addressing her directly by her given name?
Furthermore, President Wei didn't mind at all?
He asked to borrow the president's private car, and she agreed on the spot without even asking a single question?
Hua Tianyu seemed to have an even higher status and a much better life at Swan Group than she had imagined!
In that instant, the image of Hua Tianyu in her heart grew a little taller once more.
With some trepidation, Wang Hong sat in the front passenger seat of the Jaguar, looking around with quiet curiosity.
It wasn't that Wang Hong had never ridden in a nice car before, but this was the personal vehicle of her group's president. As a low-ranking employee, she naturally harbored quite a bit of curiosity.
However, curiosity was just curiosity; Wang Hong kept her hands to herself and only looked.
Once the car was smoothly underway on the road, Hua Tianyu finally asked, "Is there something you wanted to see me about today?"
"Ah, yes!" Wang Hong snapped out of her lingering shock, suddenly remembering that she was the one who had sought out Hua Tianyu today.
"Here, give this back to you!" Wang Hong pulled the gift box Hua Tianyu had given her yesterday out of the bag beside her.
"My mom went to the boutique counter to check it out, and I think this wallet is way too expensive; I can't accept it. Your salary isn't high, so you need to save your money," Wang Hong said softly.
Mentioning her mother caused Wang Hong to let out a secret sigh in her heart. Her mother had indeed gone to the counter to check it out, returned to tell her the exact price of the wallet, and then stubbornly insisted that Hua Tianyu was a wealthy man, telling Wang Hong to latch onto him firmly.
No matter how many times she explained that Hua Tianyu was just an ordinary company employee and not some tycoon, her mother simply refused to believe it.
Especially this morning, when she tried to return the wallet to Hua Tianyu, she and her mother had ended up in an unpleasant argument, with her mother repeatedly calling her a fool.
A fool was a fool; Wang Hong felt that as long as her conscience was clear, that was all that mattered.
She was genuinely looking out for Hua Tianyu, thinking that spending over ten thousand yuan on a wallet right off the bat was an extravagance she had no use for.
Hearing this, Hua Tianyu was slightly stunned. He hadn't expected this to be the reason Wang Hong wanted to see him, and immediately, he understood the young woman's good intentions.
Moreover, she had deliberately chosen not to return it in the office, which showed consideration for his pride. Otherwise, who knew what kind of rumors the group of gossiping girls in the office would have made up about it?
For a split second, Hua Tianyu felt genuinely moved by this girl's delicate consideration and kind heart.
"Keep it. There's no such thing as taking back a gift once it's given. Besides, since it's already bought, there's no way we're returning it!" Hua Tianyu said.
"Why can't it be returned? Don't luxury goods like this come with an unconditional return policy within seven days as long as it doesn't affect resale?" Wang Hong argued. "I kept this wallet very carefully, and even the packaging isn't damaged at all. It can definitely be returned!"
Returned?
Hua Tianyu felt completely defeated. Where on earth did you hear about that? Brother Tian buys his girlfriend a wallet, and it needs to be returned?
"Where did you hear such a thing? Once you buy something, you can't just return it," Hua Tianyu said.
"Zhong Xiaoyan next to my desk told me. She buys luxury goods all the time!" Wang Hong said with a straight face.
Hua Tianyu: "..."
Fine, you're forcing me to play my trump card!
Hua Tianyu pondered for two seconds: "I have to confess the truth. I bought this wallet as a high-end replica online. I never expected it to be made so realistically that even the boutique counter couldn't tell the difference!"
After saying this, he sighed inwardly. Wang Hong was probably the first person in history to forcefully downgrade an authentic Chanel wallet into a knockoff!
"Huh? It's fake?!" Wang Hong froze.
"Yeah, 199 yuan with free shipping! The listing even claimed they support boutique counter authentication. I just looked at it as a joke back then, but now I can't believe it turned out to be true!" Hua Tianyu delivered his fabrication with absolute conviction.
"But the packaging and everything else look so exquisite?" Wang Hong remained half-sceptical.
"Right, that's why it's 199 yuan with free shipping. The ones that look ridiculously fake only cost 19.9 yuan with free shipping!" Hua Tianyu argued logically.
"Anyway, now that I've told you the truth, you won't be mad at me for lying to you, right?" Hua Tianyu went on the offensive, realizing he was running out of material to make up.
"I'm not mad!" Wang Hong finally smiled, relieved as she safely put away the fake luxury item worth over ten thousand yuan.
"It's just that 199 yuan is still a bit expensive. Next time, I'll pick out a 19.9 yuan one myself, that'll be enough," Wang Hong thought for a moment and added earnestly.
Hua Tianyu's hand trembled so violently he almost hit a pedestrian by the roadside!
He slammed his foot on the brake, intending to apologize to the person, when suddenly, a drastic change occurred right before his eyes!