He looked around the school with the principal; each class had a small number of students, around ten to twenty.
Lin Chen was quite satisfied with the area and environment.
"Duoduo, how about we study here from now on?"
When they were touring the school earlier, Lin Duoduo had watched the other children playing together.
Her eyes were full of envy, and upon hearing her father's question, she immediately nodded happily, "Okay, Papa, I want to study here. I want to play with them."
Lin Chen received the little girl's reply and turned to the principal, "Principal, can we complete the enrollment today?"
"No problem, shall we go handle it now?"
Subsequently, Lin Chen followed the principal to enroll Duoduo. Normally, Duoduo would have to wait until the second half of the year to start school.
However, Elder Guo Baokun had called Qin Jianguo, and out of respect for Old Guo's Face, all problems ceased to be problems.
After all the procedures were completed and the payment was made, Lin Chen, seeing it was noon, originally wanted to treat the principal to a meal.
Qin Jianguo declined, citing other engagements. After Lin Chen and Duoduo finished lunch together, they prepared to go to a 4S dealership to buy a car.
He had initially thought of going to the International Auto City, but realizing it was too far, he went to Jinjiang Avenue instead.
Lin Chen ultimately decided to buy a Mercedes-Benz. Carrying Duoduo, he walked into the Mercedes-Benz 4S dealership.
A woman in a professional suit walked over: "Sir, what kind of car are you looking to buy?"
Wang Manli looked at Lin Chen, who was dressed ordinarily and had a child with him. Based on her many years of experience, she figured he was probably just browsing and wouldn't be able to afford anything.
Lin Chen looked at the woman in front of him, who was smiling very fakely, and said nothing.
"I'm just browsing. Or... could you introduce them all to me?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Manli thought to herself: "I don't have the leisure to introduce them one by one to you. You look like a pauper."
She turned and called out to a girl standing not far away: "Chu Xin, come over and introduce the cars to this gentleman. I'm feeling a bit unwell and need to go to the restroom."
With that, she left without waiting for Lin Chen's reaction, and didn't go to the restroom, but instead chatted with others at the front desk.
As for the content of their conversation, it probably wasn't anything good. Lin Chen smiled helplessly.
At this moment, Chu Xin walked over: "Sir, which car would you like to see?"
He looked at the girl beside him, who was cautious and a little nervous.
Lin Chen could tell at a glance that she was likely a newcomer, fresh out of university. However, he didn't say anything, as he had already roughly decided on the car model last night.
He just felt annoyed by Wang Manli's pauper-like gaze, which was why he hadn't mentioned the model.
Looking at Chu Xin, he said: "I want to buy an SUV with a relatively high safety rating. Which one do you think is better?"
Chu Xin glanced at Lin Chen, then at Duoduo, and after thinking for a moment, said: "Sir, are you looking to buy a car to take your daughter to school?"
Lin Chen was a little surprised, "How did you figure that out?"
Chu Xin was no longer as nervous and smiled.
"I saw that you brought your daughter to look at cars and requested safety, so it's likely for picking up and dropping off children. Your daughter looks to be of kindergarten age, so I guessed you're buying it to take her to school."
"Yes, that's right. You guessed correctly."
"Then, sir, do you have any requirements regarding the price?"
"Price is not an issue!"
"Then I recommend this Mercedes-Benz GLE."
Lin Chen walked to the car and said to his daughter in his arms: "Duoduo, do you like this car?"
Lin Duoduo looked at it. She didn't understand cars, so she said without hesitation: "If Papa likes it, Duoduo likes it."
She even had a fawning expression, which made Lin Chen laugh.
"You little rascal."
Chu Xin stood by silently, watching the teasing father and daughter. She thought to herself that since the little girl was so beautiful and cute, her mother must also be quite beautiful.
Lin Chen put Duoduo down, opened the car door, and sat inside. He looked at the interior and was quite satisfied.
After getting out of the car, he said to Chu Xin: "How much does this car cost fully equipped, including all fees?"
Chu Xin's eyes lit up, and she felt a little excited: "Sir, the fully equipped Mercedes-Benz GLE costs 1.06 million, including all fees. We can offer you a discounted price of 1 million."
Lin Chen now had money, and would have even more in the future, so he didn't dwell on it too much. If he liked it, he would buy it.
"Alright, then this car it is. Do you have it in stock?"
Chu Xin excitedly said: "Yes, sir."
"Then let's sign the purchase agreement. I'll pay in full."
Chu Xin led Lin Chen to the VIP area sofa and sat down, then happily ran to find the manager for the contract.
When Chu Xin returned, Lin Chen took the contract, looked it over, found no issues, and then signed and paid.
After waiting for a while to handle the temporary license plate and insurance, he drove off in his new car.
In the dealership, Wang Manli's face turned as black as a pot bottom after seeing Lin Chen drive away.
Having been in sales for so many years, she never expected to misjudge someone. Now it was too late to regret.
Her gaze towards Chu Xin was filled with jealousy. This commission should have been hers.
Although her colleagues around her didn't say anything, their eyes were full of schadenfreude.
In the car, Duoduo sat in the back, in the child seat provided by the dealership.
"Papa, where are we going?"
Lin Chen heard his daughter's question: "Papa is taking you to the mall. Aren't you starting school tomorrow? Papa will buy you a schoolbag."
"Then, Papa, I want a pink one."
He drove the car to the underground parking garage of Wanda Plaza and parked it. They took the elevator to the second floor of the mall.
At a stationery store, he bought Duoduo a small pink schoolbag with pleasant goat and big big wolf printed on it.
The little girl was overjoyed and immediately wanted to wear it.
Then, carrying Duoduo, he went to the children's clothing section. Lin Chen bought Duoduo five sets of branded children's clothes.
Although he wasn't short on money, he couldn't understand why children's clothes were so expensive.
With a daughter, he definitely had to dress her like a little princess. A daughter, after all, was meant to be spoiled.
After that, Lin Chen took Duoduo to the third floor, to the Armani boutique, a light luxury brand.
He planned to buy a few sets of clothes for himself as well, to spruce himself up.
Just as he stepped into the Armani store entrance, he saw a woman with a middle-aged bald man looking at clothes, arm in arm.
The woman felt someone enter the store and turned her head to look at Lin Chen.
Lin Chen also happened to see the woman's Face. The woman was none other than Liu Xiaoxiao, his ex-wife's best friend.
Birds of a feather flock together; both of them were the same, favoring the rich and disdaining the poor.
Liu Xiaoxiao saw that the person who entered was Lin Chen. Her eyes were filled with mockery.
"Oh, isn't this our campus heartthrob, Lin?"
"Did you come into the wrong store? Can you afford the clothes here?"
Lin Chen frowned. "Whether I can afford it or not, what does it have to do with you?"
He secretly thought, *How unlucky.*
Saying that, he walked past Liu Xiaoxiao and started looking at clothes in the store.
Liu Xiaoxiao watched Lin Chen ignore her. Her face turned red with Qi. "I'd like to see what act you're putting on. It'll be hilarious when you can't pay later."
Duoduo leaned against Lin Chen's shoulder, looked at Liu Xiaoxiao behind them, made a funny Face, and huffed.
The sales assistants in the store, however, did not look down on people. They carefully introduced items to Lin Chen.
Lin Chen casually selected a few styles he liked. He said to the sales assistant: "Please package these sets for me."
After the sales assistant finished packaging, Lin Chen went to the front desk, swiped his card, and paid.
He picked up the bags and walked out of the store. He didn't even glance at Liu Xiaoxiao.
Liu Xiaoxiao was shocked that Lin Chen could afford it.
Before she could recover, she saw Lin Chen didn't even look at her, and immediately felt a surge of Qi.
She thought to herself, *Who knows how he got that money? Was it illegal?*
Lin Chen carried Duoduo in one arm and was laden with shopping bags in the other. He first went to the underground parking lot to put the shopping bags in the car.
He didn't take the minor incident of encountering Liu Xiaoxiao to heart at all.
They were not people from the same Dao, so there was no need to disgust himself over a bitch.