Fiya, shouting, says,
"Hey! Stop! If there's even a single scratch on it, what will happen? Do you even know how expensive this car is?"
Hearing this, Li Chan looks at her in surprise and says in a calm but confident tone,
"I mean... I want to buy it. So, I have to check it, right?"
Fiya's face turns red with anger. She yells,
"Are you crazy or what!? Do you have any sense? Do you even have the means to buy it!? This car costs 150 million yen!"
Hearing this, Li Chan thinks to himself
"150 million yen... hmm..."
At that moment, Fiya gets even more furious,
"Didn't you hear me!? Get lost! Go look at some cheap car, you pauper!"
Hearing this, Li Chan looks her in the eyes and says,
"What's your problem? Even if something happened to the car, I'd pay for it. Why are you being so aggressive?"
Fiya now completely loses control of her temper.
"You're wasting my time, you lazy bum! Every day, people like you sneak into the showroom...!"
But then
"SLAP!!"
A loud slap lands on Fiya's cheek, and she stumbles back, falling a short distance.
A booming voice roars,
"You wretch! Do you even know what you're doing!?"
Fiya, with tears in her eyes, clutches her face. She slowly gets up... her eyes filled with a mix of grief, shock, and shame.
She softly says,
"Y-Young Master Jin..."
Li Chan turns around to look Kuro and another friend, Jin, are standing at the showroom's entrance, both with serious and intense expressions.
Fiya, looking at Young Master Jin, points toward Li Chan.
"Young Master… this guy… he was trying to touch the car. I was trying to stop him..."
The lines of anger on Jin's face deepen. His teeth clench.
He thinks to himself
"You wretch... why were you even 'trying'...!?"
Then, looking into Fiya's eyes, he says in a cold but firm tone,
"You didn't just stop him... you misbehaved. You were rude to him. Alright then go to the counter, collect your salary... and leave this place forever."
The ground slips from beneath Fiya's feet.
Her throat dries up, and tears well up in her eyes. She thinks to herself,
"What... what did I do wrong...?"
Then she looks at Li Chan... for a few moments, silence hangs in the air.
In the next moment Fiya, crawling on her knees across the shiny showroom floor, moves toward Li Chan. Her face is soaked with tears.
"Sir... please forgive me...!"
Li Chan looks at her in slight surprise, taken aback by the extreme change in her behavior.
Then Fiya grabs his feet
"If anything happened to that car... I would have had to pay a fine too. I was just following the showroom's policy. I really need this job... I'm the only one earning in my family... and my father... my father is ill..."
Hearing this, Li Chan is momentarily stunned.
His eyes meet Fiya's now completely wet, filled with genuine pain and helplessness.
Something softens in his heart. Taking a deep breath, he turns to Jin and says,
"Brother... forgive her this time."
[03/06, 17:47] DARK: Hearing this, Jin gets a bit angry and says,
"No, brother! She insulted you."
But calming him down, Li Chan raises his hands slightly and explains,
"Look, the situation she explained was completely valid. If I had damaged the car, it could have been a big problem for her. It was my mistake."
Then Li Chan extends his hand toward Fiya and says,
"Get up... and bring the machine. I need to make the payment."
Fiya is a bit shocked. She thinks to herself,
"Is he seriously going to pay? Well... Young Master Jin is here now."
She quickly brings the billing machine and says,
"Sir, here you go."
Li Chan takes out a black card from his pocket, its shine gleaming even brighter under the showroom lights.
Then he swipes the card in the machine. A "Ding!" sound comes from the machine.
"¥150 million transaction successful."
Fiya's eyes widen in shock. She thinks to herself,
"What, seriously!?"
Then Li Chan comes close to her and calmly says,
"This car should be delivered to my university by tomorrow. I have to go abroad in a few days."
Fiya immediately bows before him and says,
"Yes, Young Master."
Her inner fear speaks up,
"It seems I was about to offend some billionaire or tycoon… ugh!"
On the other side, Li Chan goes to Kuro and Jin and says,
"Let's go, brothers."
Jin, excitedly, says,
"Brother Li, you totally stole the show! That car was the most expensive one in my showroom!"
Kuro, laughing, says,
"That car might be a supercar for us... but for Brother Li? Just a toy."
Jin immediately says,
"Come on, brothers, let's hit the club!"
But Li Chan refuses,
"No, I don't want to go. I have some work."
He thinks to himself,
"I should stay in touch with Yuki… I don't know if she's okay or not."
Kuro looks at Li and says,
"Brother, please! You're always the first to leave."
Li Chan thinks for a moment and says,
"Alright, fine. But we came in the Ferrari… it can fit two people, but there are three of us."
Jin laughs and says,
"Brother, are you joking? We're literally inside my car showroom!"
He claps his hands. Just then, a white Mercedes pulls up outside the showroom, and Li Chan, slightly surprised, says,
"Alright, fine… let's go."
Then the three Li Chan, Kuro, and Jin get into the car and drive off.
**Next Morning**
In the morning, Li Chan wakes up startled from his bed, thinking,
"What happened last night!?"
Then he looks at his phone. The screen shows 99+ messages popping up from a group called Dragon Den.
He thinks to himself,
"Oh yeah, I remember... when we went to the club last night, Kuro's other friends added me to a group. All the businessmen in Japan are in it. At first, I thought it was a professional group... but a 46-year-old businessman was flirting with a 23-year-old girl in the name of business."
"Then we drank a lot... and at night, Kuro's bodyguard dropped me off at the hostel because I had to go see a property today."
He freshens up and says,
"Alright, no big deal. I have to check out the property today."
Just then, his phone rings. A call comes from an unknown number, and Li Chan pauses for a moment.
Li Chan answers the call,
"Hello, who is this?"
A voice from the other side says,
"Sir, this is Fiya speaking. Your car is ready. It will be delivered to your hostel in an hour."
Li Chan, happily, says,
"Alright, good."
Then, looking at his phone, he thinks,
"I also have to go to Hao's office today."
He opens the Dragon Den group and thinks,
"I had told Mei to come with me… but I don't have her number... let's check the group."
He finds Mei's number. Li Chan immediately calls her.
Mei, at that moment, is sitting at a café table in an elegant white dress. Her hair is neatly tied up. Her eyes, behind her glasses, are fixed on her laptop screen. She holds a coffee cup in her hands.
"I need to finish this file quickly," she thinks.
Just then, her phone rings.
She looks at the screen,
"Unknown number?"
Hesitating slightly, she answers the phone,
"Hello? Who is this?"
On the other side, Li Chan says,
"Hey Mei, this is Li Chan speaking. We were supposed to go see the property today."
Mei, surprised, says,
"Oh! I completely forgot!"
Then she quickly says,
"Young Master, I'll get ready right now."
Li Chan, laughing, says,
"Alright. Where should I pick you up?"
Mei thinks for a moment and says,
"You can pick me up from the gate of Fubuki Mall."
"Alright," Li Chan says and hangs up.
Then he says to himself,
"Hao... just wait."
**On the other side...**
Ten Hao is standing in front of Hao. At that moment, Hao is with Liya.
Ten Hao says to his son,
"Today, a Young Master from the Ancient Family is coming to our place. I would welcome him myself, but he's around your age. I want you to befriend him. Be careful not to offend him in any way!"
Hearing this, both Hao and Liya, in a mix of shock and excitement, say,
"What!? He's really coming here?"
Ten Hao nods,
"Yes. Now go and prepare for his arrival immediately. I'll be watching you all from the main office room."
As Hao leaves, he excitedly says,
"If I manage to befriend him... I'll 100% become the next head of our family!"
Hearing this, Liya, happily, says,
"Seriously, babe, you're the best. You'll definitely pull it off!"
Hao, raising his nose proudly, says,
"Of course!"
Then both of them leave. Hao says,
"Babe, follow me. No matter what... we can't miss this opportunity!"
**On the other side**
He steps out of his hostel and looks around, thinking to himself,
"My car hasn't arrived yet?"
Then, clenching his fist, he says,
"Hao... I'll finish you!"