"Do all men become like that when they get rich?" Sitting on the plane, Qiu Wuji glanced at Old Zhu, who was sitting across the aisle with his secretary, and felt like he didn't recognize him at all.
Actually, Old Zhu was dressed quite elegantly today, in a Tang suit, his silver hair neatly combed, looking like a refined and venerable old man. But with a secretary by his side, all that elegance vanished.
Chu Ge turned to help Qiu Wuji fasten his seatbelt: "Do you have some misunderstanding about mine owners?"
"I don't care what he is, I'm asking about you!"
Chu Ge blinked: "Me? Don't I already have a secretary?"
Qiu Wuji paused, then suddenly chuckled.
Oh right, she's been his secretary for a while now. He started by seducing his secretaries!
Ha, men!
"You're not allowed to do that again!"
"We're just a husband-and-wife workshop, what could we possibly have..."
"Hmph." The plane began to accelerate on the runway. Qiu Wuji stopped his rambling and eagerly peered out the small window.
He watched as the plane, which had initially moved like a car, slowly lifted off the ground, rising higher and higher until the houses below looked like matchboxes, and pedestrians were no longer visible.
Clouds swirled outside the window, and the blue sky was right before his eyes...
Qiu Wuji rested his chin on his hand and watched for a while, then reached out and knocked on the window, gradually becoming somewhat bored.
The window was too small, too oppressive, and couldn't be opened. The Qiu Sect Master, who usually roamed the world on his sword, felt truly suffocated and almost knocked the window off.
"Is that all the planes are like?" Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge with great disappointment.
Chu Ge, however, stared longingly out the window, full of interest.
"Are you serious?" Qiu Wuji sighed. "You're used to looking down on the world, and you even descended from the sky when you were a god." Chu Ge glanced around cautiously, then lowered his voice. "It's different. I've never ridden in a flying machine before. How about you take me flying on a sword next time?"
"You're a spirit over there, you can fly whenever you want. You've forgotten how to cosplay!"
"Uh..." Chu Ge scratched his head. "It still feels very different."
"Then I'll take you flying on a sword next time. This plane isn't very interesting. It's not much different from sitting in a car, and it's not even as good as a car. At least you can open the windows in a car, it's not so oppressive."
"That might be true for you... but it can carry so many ordinary people." Qiu Wuji nodded. He had wanted to ride in a plane before, precisely to compare this aspect, but when the time came, he subconsciously compared it to his own experience. Actually, his own experience didn't matter; other people's experiences were what mattered.
Seeing Chu Ge's enthusiastic expression, Qiu Wuji knew this thing was truly amazing.
Just like cars, which replaced famous horses with steel machinery, this airplane replaced their magical artifacts.
No cultivation required, no spiritual energy needed.
Its speed is also remarkable. Qiu Wuji specifically checked; the flight distance from Nanjiang to Shanghai is nearly 700 kilometers, or 1400 li, requiring a little over three hours. Although it can't compare to the efficiency of his own sword-light flight, it's sufficient compared to the cloud-riding abilities of ordinary cultivators. This is a passenger plane; Qiu Wuji can imagine that if it didn't need such a massive size or carry so many people, it could be much, much faster.
Thinking of this, Qiu Wuji felt satisfied.
Experiencing the differences between the two worlds—isn't that all there is to it? Should he really compare whether he's more powerful or not? That would be going astray.
"Hey, do you want me to learn about the principles behind these things? Maybe I can build a car to play with sometime," Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge.
Chu Ge covered his face: "I'd like to, but I don't think it's suitable for you..."
Imagine Qiu Wuji building a car with a wrench—the image is too beautiful to bear.
"Is it because you can't do it either? You're a humanities student... afraid I'm better than you." Chu Ge, caught red-handed, shamelessly replied, "You've always been better than me. I'm a kept man."
"Go away~"
"If you really want all that, that subject involves too much, it's too troublesome. I think you should just stick to drawing..." Chu Ge sighed, "Why is it that after thinking about it, Qiu Qiu, who couldn't do anything back then, is actually cuter?"
Qiu Wuji glanced around, then reached out to pinch his waist: "I knew it all along, you just wanted to be a kept assistant! Being clueless is best!"
Chu Ge grinned and turned to find Lao Zhu. Lao Zhu, wearing an eye mask, leaned back in his chair, one large hand resting on his female secretary's thigh, fast asleep.
Is this the life I've been pursuing?
Yes, it is.
......
"This is Shanghai!" Leaving the airport, Qiu Wuji, carrying his small suitcase, looked at the surging traffic outside, his expression more excited than if he were flying.
The first time she watched a TV series, "Shanghai" appeared in it, and she even asked Chu Ge where it was. However, Chu Ge thought it wasn't allowed to include real-world place names.
But it was the first place name she'd ever heard in this world, even before Nanjiang, and she actually felt a little emotional connection to it, wanting to see for herself what the "Magic City" on TV was like.
Chu Ge chuckled at her sighing expression. "I once heard a famous Hong Kong and Taiwanese actress say, 'I'm going to see Zhang Ailing's Shanghai with my own eyes.' All young bourgeois people feel the same way." Qiu Wuji glanced at him sideways. "You're someone who never leaves home; I don't believe you don't have places you yearn for. Oh, Hainan?"
"If I were to have a 'This is xx!' feeling, then perhaps ancient capitals would give me that feeling." Chu Ge looked northwest. "Like Chang'an… though perhaps I'd be disappointed after seeing it in person?" Old Zhu crossed his arms and glanced at the two of them speechlessly, finally saying, "Are you done sighing? The car waiting to pick you up is about to curse."
Driver: "..."
Chu Ge: "..." Major investors coming to discuss serious business naturally have chauffeured cars, two cars in total.
Qiu Wuji looked at the Maybach S680 in front of her, left and right, even circling the car, clicking her tongue in admiration.
Chu Ge pulled her into the car expressionlessly.
Turning to look at Old Zhu and his secretary getting into another car, Chu Ge sighed, "You don't even look at airplanes this closely."
"It's a car, you see more of its charm once you understand it a bit more. Before, I just thought of it as a sedan chair." Qiu Wuji whispered, "This car is so beautiful! It's so imposing on the outside, and so comfortable on the inside. This logo looks the same as Zhang Qiren's, doesn't it? It's like a steering wheel."
"If you're going to add something, you should use the three-pointed star emblem, although I've always thought it just looks like a steering wheel."
Qiu Wuji said "Oh," his enthusiastic expression quickly fading.
Chu Ge asked curiously, "Why is your interest only lasting three seconds?"
"Since it's the same as Zhang Qiren's, it must be very expensive. I don't want it," Qiu Wuji said. "Such an expensive car, even a minor bump or scratch would make me feel bad for half a day. It wouldn't be comfortable for family use at all. We don't need a business car to save face. Even Mengmeng's car isn't very practical."
"Actually, this brand doesn't necessarily mean expensive cars..." Chu Ge asked, "It's mainly about which type of car you think is practical? Why do I always feel that with your needs, we'll end up buying a pickup truck?"
"What's wrong with a pickup truck?"
"The main problem is that pickup trucks are restricted now, otherwise they would be allowed. Besides pickup trucks, what else?"
"Then a durable off-road vehicle! The bigger the better, it can carry a lot, and it can handle any rough road. You can go wherever you want in the future!" The driver glanced at the two of them in the rearview mirror.
He didn't feel that the other party was a country bumpkin coming to the city... After all, they were investors who had brought hundreds of millions in investment, and these two had such good looks, one incredibly handsome, the other stunningly beautiful, so complaining about the price was considered being thrifty. It's unexpected that this girl likes off-road vehicles... Such a beautiful girl driving a burly off-roader on rough roads, what kind of image would that be?
Like a little girl carrying a giant sledgehammer?
The driver chuckled to himself as he thought about it.
Qiu Wuji was asking Chu Ge, "Why do I always feel like people laugh when they see us?" Chu Ge ruffled her hair: "Because my Qiuqiu is so cute."