"Oh, I remember now."
Su Yi thought carefully for a moment, slapped his thigh, and finally remembered,
"At the last class reunion, Zhao Xinqiang once bragged about being some kind of gold member of the 'Modu Car Club', right?"
Thinking this, he looked through Zhao Xinqiang's contact information.
On the chat app, he sent a message asking,
"Young Master Zhao, could you tell me a bit about that 'Modu Car Club' you mentioned before?"
Zhao Xinqiang was almost asleep at this point and never expected Su Yi, who usually ignored him, to actively send him a message.
His heart was a mix of emotions for a moment.
After hesitating, he replied,
"What's up? Su Yi, do you want me to introduce you to the club? Hmm... given your current wealth and your reputation in Modu's financial circles, you do meet the membership requirements, and you could even go straight to platinum membership.
I'll talk to the president tomorrow and get you added to the group.
It's just that after joining the group, there's a quarterly membership fee of 100,000. This money... is usually used for gatherings. Everyone meets up periodically. Of course, if you're not interested, you don't have to attend the gatherings, but the membership fee definitely needs to be paid.
Also, the group sometimes organizes racing competitions, and there are prizes for winning.
Oh, and right, on the last Saturday of every month, the president organizes a gathering that everyone attends for free. You can have fun however you like. The usual venues are bars and nightclubs, but occasionally they're also held in private estates and private villas."
"I'm not asking you to introduce me to the club."
Su Yi saw Zhao Xinqiang speak so much in one breath and couldn't help but explain,
"I'm not interested in joining this 'Modu Car Club.' I just want to know who your members are. Also, do you know these three people: Qin Feng, Pan Sheng, and Chen Zilu?"
Zhao Xinqiang didn't expect Su Yi to ask about this.
After thinking, he replied,
"As for members, there are currently twenty or thirty of them, mostly well-known figures in Modu, and some are not even from Modu, like Young Master Wang from 'Wantuo Group' and Young Master Xiao from Yu Hang's 'Anhe Real Estate'.
As for the three people you mentioned, Qin Feng, Pan Sheng, and Chen Zilu... they are also members of the 'Modu Car Club'. I naturally know them."
"Good that you know them."
Su Yi said,
"I want you to deliver a message to the three of them, alright?"
Zhao Xinqiang replied,
"No problem, tell me."
Su Yi said,
"Tell them that everything has its limits. This time, stopping their car was just a warning. If they don't listen, next time... it won't end so easily."
"These three guys, they must have offended you, right?"
Zhao Xinqiang asked curiously.
Su Yi replied,
"Something like that."
"They're really stupid,"
Zhao Xinqiang secretly sighed to himself, then replied,
"Don't worry, I'll definitely deliver your message."
He had personally witnessed Su Yi's confident demeanor at the offline strategy conference held by Huaxin Securities and Oriental Fortune, where he clinked glasses and chatted cheerfully with various business and financial magnates.
What's more, according to what his father said.
In his heart, Fang Xingyuan, who was like a legendary figure, also highly valued Su Yi.
Under such circumstances.
In his opinion, for Qin Feng, Pan Sheng, and Chen Zilu to go looking for trouble with Su Yi at this time was no different from seeking death.
Even though he admitted that these three guys had decent family backgrounds.
But this is Modu.
A place where truly influential figures hide across the nation.
Compared to what he considered truly important figures, these three guys' family backgrounds and connections were completely inadequate.
And even though Su Yi outwardly appeared to have no family background, once he made a name for himself in Modu's financial circles, the influence he could leverage and the connections he could utilize were simply too many.
On this point, let alone him, even his father couldn't compare.
Thinking of this...
Zhao Xinqiang directly copied and pasted Su Yi's message and sent it to the three of them.
"Damn it, they dare to threaten me, what the hell?"
Pan Sheng, who had just returned home after being lectured at the police station, suddenly saw the message from Zhao Xinqiang and instantly bristled,
"This kid is dead."
"Brother Pan, what's the background of this guy we chased tonight? How can he be so arrogant?"
Chen Zilu, who had also received the warning in the small group they shared, asked.
Qin Feng thought for a moment and said,
"This guy managed to investigate our backgrounds so thoroughly and so quickly, and he can even get Zhao Xinqiang to deliver a message for us. He must have some connections."
He wasn't as brainless as Pan Sheng and Chen Zilu.
He knew very well who could be bullied, who could be provoked, and who absolutely couldn't be provoked.
So far, they hadn't even figured out who the other party was, yet the other party knew everything about them, and even knowing who they were, still issued such a warning.
This clearly showed that the other party had the ability to deal with them.
After understanding this... Qin Feng clearly started to feel a bit intimidated.
But to save face, he couldn't just tell his two buddies to let it go.
After all, the other party had directly warned them to their faces.
If they immediately backed down and said they wouldn't pursue it, and that got out... how could they continue to hang around in Modu's circles?
"I'll ask Zhao Xinqiang what this guy's background is,"
Chen Zilu said.
His relationship with Zhao Xinqiang was usually good, so it fell to him to inquire about the other party's identity.
After speaking, Chen Zilu sent a message to Zhao Xinqiang.
Zhao Xinqiang saw the message and replied,
"Zilu, how did you guys offend them?"
Chen Zilu said,
"Weren't we watching the gala on TV tonight? There was a girl who went on stage and sang a song, she looked really pure, and we guys were instantly smitten. So we thought about striking up a conversation with her, getting to know her, adding her on WeChat or something.
But by the time we rushed backstage, the girl had already been taken away by someone. After that... Brother Pan got a bit carried away and chased after them on the road for a while, almost causing a crash."
"You call that smitten?"
Zhao Xinqiang complained,
"You guys are asking for trouble."
"Anyway... that's the general idea,"
Chen Zilu didn't refute.
Zhao Xinqiang said,
"This girl you mentioned, I've seen her. Her looks and demeanor are indeed impeccable, but this girl is blind, didn't you know?"
"Blind?"
Chen Zilu was stunned.
"No way?"
"Believe it or not,"
Zhao Xinqiang said,
"Anyway, this girl is different from the girls you hang out with in bars and nightclubs. You guys, just drop the idea about this girl. Let this matter end here, otherwise... if something unmanageable happens, none of you will have an easy time."
"It's precisely because this girl is different from the ones in bars and nightclubs that everyone got so hyped up,"
Chen Zilu said.
"What's this girl's family background? And that kid who asked you to deliver the message... what's his origin? Damn it, how dare he be so arrogant and directly threaten us? Does he really think we're inexperienced and afraid of trouble?"
Zhao Xinqiang said,
"This girl is my classmate's sister, and the person who asked me to deliver the message is my classmate. As for my classmate... he doesn't have much of a background. He's not a local from Modu, he's just very good at making money. Oh, not just 'very good,' he's the kind of person who is exceptionally good at making money."
"Isn't that just an outsider 'nouveau riche' with no foundation?"
Chen Zilu said disdainfully.
"I thought he was some kind of big shot."
"Nouveau riche?"
Zhao Xinqiang chuckled lightly and said,
"You could say that."
"Damn it, a stinking nouveau riche dares to show off and threaten me..."
Chen Zilu cursed,
"This is Modu, where people talk about connections, networks, and background. What good is just money? Alright, since he's not some big shot, that kid is dead."
"Zilu, I advise you to just drop it,"
Zhao Xinqiang said.
"This classmate of mine isn't just an ordinary 'nouveau riche'."
Chen Zilu said,
"Isn't he still a 'nouveau riche'?"
Seeing that his reminder was completely ignored by the other party, Zhao Xinqiang could only respect their fate.
So, after a brief reply or two, he closed the chat window.
After ending his chat with Zhao Xinqiang, Chen Zilu turned around and shared the information he got from Zhao Xinqiang with Pan Sheng and Qin Feng.
Pan Sheng's mood became even more volatile upon hearing that the other party was merely a 'nouveau riche' with no family background; he wished he could drag Su Yi out and beat him up right then.
Qin Feng, on the other hand, felt a slight sense of relief, thinking that the other party must have learned about them through Zhao Xinqiang, their classmate, and didn't think much further about it.
"You mean the girl who performed tonight is blind?"
After learning about the other party's identity and background, Qin Feng surprisingly @-ed Chen Zilu and asked.
Chen Zilu replied,
"Zhao Xinqiang said so, anyway. If the one who asked him to deliver the message is really his classmate, then what he said shouldn't be false."
"That's a shame,"
Qin Feng said.
"I'm not interested in blind girls."
Although he liked beautiful women, his preferences were within normal bounds; he wouldn't extend his hand to a disabled person.
"It is a bit of a shame,"
Chen Zilu said.
"But she's truly beautiful, and her demeanor is genuinely pure. It's hard not to be smitten."
"She's not going to be a girlfriend, nor are we really going to marry her and take her home. Why worry so much about just having some fun?"
Pan Sheng was indifferent about it.
"It's different, it's more exciting to play with someone unique. Anyway, I felt a connection with this girl, and besides, that kid already warned us directly. If I don't go after her, it'll make me look cowardly."
"You don't even know where she lives, how are you going to pursue her?" Qin Feng asked.
Pan Sheng said,
"That's simple. In last night's program list, weren't there other people in the same performance as this girl? Just ask around and you'll find out. And don't even mention... I actually like pursuing challenging girls. Nowadays, I'm finding that beautiful women who proactively come to me are absolutely no fun at all."
As the three of them discussed in their small group.
Su Yi had absolutely not expected that Chu Wan's performance this time.
Under the spotlight, would actually attract such annoying flies.
Of course, if flies came, he would just swat them dead.
With his current abilities and accumulated resources and connections, he wouldn't pay too much attention to them.
So, after he asked Zhao Xinqiang to help him deliver a warning to the other party.
He no longer paid attention to the matter.
However, to his complete surprise, Chu Wan became famous overnight after her performance last night.
Her short few minutes of singing on stage actually made it to the trending topics online, sparking countless discussions.
And amidst a wave of praise.
After everyone learned she was blind, the discussion surrounding her performance video surged even more.
In an instant, it became the most watched and most hotly discussed program video among all the National Day gala programs on various TV stations yesterday.
Among these, screenshots of Chu Wan's stage photos also went viral overnight.
Many people called her the 'First Love Goddess'.
Su Yi woke up early and scrolled through several videos and news articles about Chu Wan on his phone, feeling both joy and worry.
He was happy that Chu Wan's dream had come true, fulfilling the promise she once made to her father; he was worried that with more attention would come more trouble.
By then, wanting a peaceful life would be difficult.
And this was clearly not what he wanted to see.
"Xiao Yi Ge, I want to go see Dad and Mom today, can you come with me?"
After breakfast, Chu Wan hesitated for a moment and said.
"Of course!"
Su Yi said with a smile.
He knew she wanted to share the joy in her heart and the achievements she had painstakingly earned with her deceased parents.
Hearing Su Yi's words, Chu Wan happily returned to her room with the help of Aunt Liu and deliberately changed into a beautiful outfit.
Then, she and Su Yi went out together, bought some incense paper, red candles, and similar items, and came to her parents' tomb.
Chu Wan gently caressed the words on her parents' tombstone, telling them about her life experiences during this period, sharing the nervousness and joy of her first time on a major TV stage last night, and softly sang last night's song specifically for them.
Su Yi listened to her gentle murmuring and singing.
He recalled after his mother's death before his rebirth.
He too had once, like her, caressed the words on his mother's tombstone, recounting things he hadn't had time to say when she was alive.
It's just that, back then, he was far less optimistic than Chu Wan, and his heart wasn't as pure as hers.
After sweeping the tomb, the two drove back to the city.
Su Yi checked the time, just as he was about to ask Chu Wan what she wanted to eat, Qiu Guoyu suddenly called him, inviting him to his home as a guest.
(End of chapter)