Chapter 54 A Car Rental Company


    "Jonas, why are you investigating n in private?"


    "Something doesn''t seem right with n''s story. I would advise you not to invest yourself too much on


    this rtionship," said Jonas coldly.


    He really didn''t take into ount Yulia''s feelings or care that she had found out that he was


    investigating her boyfriend. Furthermore, reports from his investigations indicated that something was


    wrong with Aner Electronic Technology Company, but he didn''t have sufficient time to dig deeper and


    pin point the issue, so he couldn''t get any useful information within such a short time.


    "Jonas, he is my boyfriend, my future husband for goodness sake, you can''t treat him like amon


    criminal."


    Yulia was head over heels in love with n and whatever n did or said wasw. So she didn''t like


    that her brother was ndering his name and didn''t even want to give him time to exin himself.


    "I am not trying to be unnecessarily mean to you or him," Jonas said indifferently.


    ''It''s such a tragedy to have such a brother who handles sensitive issues so casually,'' thought Melinda


    who had been sitting beside Jonas, quietly listening to their exchange. She felt pity for Yulia.


    "Jonas, I will not allow you to do this to my future husband anymore. I want you to stop the


    investigation immediately."


    Yulia was so angry that she hadpletely forgotten that Jonas didn''t like threats. Her warning had no


    effect on him at all.


    "Yulia, you have to realize that you are a member of the Gu family. That means that you get to enjoy all


    the honor and benefits thates with the Gu name, but you also have to be responsible and protect


    the name. You can''t go picking up any Tom, Dick and Harry and bring garbage to this house."


    While listening to their confrontation, Melinda realized that Jonas must been very polite to her,


    considering that he was now unapologetically referring to n as garbage.


    "How can you be so rude and abuse n? Jonas, I will only marry n and no one else as long as I


    am alive. You can''t stop us."


    Melinda looked at Yulia, and her determined look reminded Melinda of when she was blindly in love.


    "Whatever."


    The atmosphere was suddenly tense as Jonas dismissed his sister''s concerns and abruptly ended the


    discussion. Yulia stomped out of the living room and went back to her bedroom throwing her


    belongings haphazardly into her suitcases in anger.


    Everyone in the Gu''s mansion was shocked by the dramatic scene. When they saw Yulia struggling


    with her luggage and stuffing them in the car, Jonas said nothing, but with closer examination, Melinda


    noticed that it looked as if he was thinking his sister was making a "stupid" decision.


    Feeling sorry for n and wronged by her brother, Yulia went to n''s home with her luggage. The


    moment she saw n, she cried,


    "n."


    "What happened, my little Princess? Why are you in such a state? Come on, don''t cry."


    n gently rubbed his thumb across Yulia''s cheek, trying to wipe her tears which were trickling like a


    waterfall, before removing his handkerchief and wiping her face. Then he tagged her hand by the elbow


    and pulled her to the house. Yulia cried more when he showed her kindness and told him everything


    that had happened, in between hups and wailing. It was a wonder that n actually understood


    what she was saying. She, however, did not inform him that Jonas was carrying out an investigation on


    him.


    "Silly girl, am I really worth quarreling and having a disagreement with your family?"


    n had expected that this would happen at any time, but he didn''t expect that it would happen so


    soon. Seeing that Yulia trusted him so much, n felt relieved.


    As long as he had control over Yulia, he didn''t have to worry about the future. Everything would work


    out fine.


    "You are worth everything."


    Yulia looked at n with teary eyes sincerely showing how much she cared about him. The man in


    front of her had been so kind to her that she had never received so much attention in her whole life.


    "Don''t worry, this is your home now," said n. He directly took Yulia to the master bedroom while


    carrying in her luggage. His house was not big by rich people''s standards, and there were two


    bedrooms and one living room. The entire house was not much bigger than Yulia''s bedroom, but she


    was still very happy just to be with him.


    "Thank you n for your hospitality," said Yulia.


    nforted her, and then advised her not to be too angry and stiff with her family.


    "n, I''m scared."


    Seeing that n was busy transferring his clothes to the guest bedroom, Yulia reached out and


    grabbed the ends of his shirt tails. n stopped and looked at her helplessly.


    "Yulia, you must be tired. Have a good rest and then we can talk afterwards."


    Yulia held on to n''s hand tightly, not willing to let him go.


    "Come on, be a good girl."


    Yulia believed that n would never consummate their rtionship, because she assumed that he was


    a very principled person. She thought that he would never agree for them to cross that line before they


    got married, which convinced Yulia even more that he was the perfect husband.


    "n, shall we get married?" asked Yulia out of the blue.


    Girls were rare bold enough to propose marriage, but Yulia was different. She didn''t even realize that it


    was something that was frowned upon within society. She only thought that as long as she married


    him, n wouldpletely belong to her.


    "Yulia, I can''t afford to provide for you afortable life like the Gu family does."


    Yulia hugged n tightly and didn''t care about money or any of the things he was talking about as long


    as she was with him.


    "I don''t mind living a poor life. n, marry me. I want to be your bride."


    "Okay."


    Yulia moved into n''s home and after staying with him for a while and getting over her anger with her


    brother, she wanted to take n to the Gu family again. But there never seemed to be good time. n


    was always busy at thepany working for long hours. He exined to Yulia that thepany was


    still trying to create a niche for itself within the market, and therefore he was always busy attending one


    meeting after the other.


    So they dyed the meeting.


    Melinda was going to a small party on that day, with several new writers from several websites. The


    party was very lively. A group of people talked about their writing, and then proposed that they should


    have dinner at a nearby shopping mall.


    "Melinda, would you like to join us?"


    a young woman asked Melinda. She had started writing about the same time as Melinda although she


    now had a massive following since she wrote novels that focused on immortal martial arts which were


    very popr.


    "Okay, I''ll wait for you there."


    The woman''s car was parked in the parking lot right where Melinda was waiting for her with something


    in her hand. It was the bustling downtown area which was very crowded and everyone seemed to be in


    a hurry.


    Melinda liked to observe life, but her eyes suddenly concentrated on one single individual and paid


    more attention to him than she usually would.


    The man was wearing a ck suit, a pair of well-polished leather shoes, and waxed hair. Wearing


    sses on the bridge of his nose, he looked like a refined schr. At a nce, Melinda recognized him


    as Yulia''s boyfriend.


    Yulia had bitterly argued with Jonas, and even ran away from home for this man.


    n walked hurriedly and got into the sports car. Although it was a convertible, the top wasn''t open


    and there was a man on the driver''s seat. His clothes looked like a uniform.


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    At first, Melinda thought that he was an employee of n''spany, but the conversation she vaguely


    heard was strange.


    n was talking with the man and asking about the price.


    "I have been your regr customer. Can''t you give me a discount?"


    Recently, n had spent a lot of money trying to hook up Yulia and so he had no more liquid cash. He


    had nned to get money from Yulia after reeling her in and giving her a few days.


    As for his going to the Gu family, he had decided that he would stall as much as possible and not go


    there for now. Thest time he had gone there, he was scared into a cold sweat and nearly got caught.


    Jonas had been his greatest fear. The expression on Jonas''s eyes was really frightening clearly


    indicating that he doubted him and he asked very sharp questions, causing he to nearly give himself


    away.


    For thest few days, he had been living on egg shells, afraid of being found out. He was very relieved


    when Yulia came to him with her luggage and left her home. It at least gave him more time to put his


    n into action.


    "Mr. Lu, you are just going to borrow the car and try to put on an act. Why do you care how much it


    costs? We are old acquaintance and you know the rules of our store," said the man, pouting, not very


    impressed by n''s questions.


    n was indeed a regr customer here, but he was not a good person. The man often saw him carry


    different girls in the various kinds of cars that he rented posing as if he owned them.


    He was basically a refined scum.


    "Okay, that''s enough. Can we go now?" n said impatiently.


    The man slowly started the car and drove into the underground parking lot. Seeing this, Melinda put


    away her mobile phone and quietly followed them. She had taken a lot of pictures because she felt that


    something was not right based on their conversation. Thinking of Jonas''s suspicion, she felt that there


    was indeed something fishy about n.


    Today n needed to use the car urgently, so the location of the transaction changed temporarily. They


    had alreadye to an agreement on the terms and conditions so for now it was just the handover


    procedure. n, who had to pay hundreds of thousands of deposit, was distressed and he was acting


    up taking out his anger on the driver.


    The person didn''t mind and he wasn''t bothered much, as long as he was getting his money. After


    getting all the procedures done, he gave n the key and left. He even put some business cards in the


    rear view mirrors of other several ordinary cars in case they would ever need his services.


    It was not until n started the car and drove away that Melinda came out from behind a pir aside.


    She picked up a business card at random. When she saw thepany name on the card, she opened


    her eyes as wide as a marble, shocked.


    A car rentalpany? n rented his car. Didn''t he say that he had his ownpany? Moreover, he


    said that hispany''s prospect was prosperous. Why did he need to rent a car?


    Melinda was lost in thought, when she heard a car horn from the left side which startled her out of her


    reverie. It was from the former author.


    "Why did you go downstairs and we had agreed on the ground floor?"


    "Sorry, I have something to deal with urgently, I don''t even think I can join you guys for dinner. Please


    pass my apologies to the others."


    Full of doubts, Melinda just wanted to figure out the truth. Seeing that Melinda was really in a hurry, the


    author asked if she needed any kind of help. Melinda shook her head and only let her pass her sincere


    apologies to the group.


    Melinda searched the location of the car rentalpany online and then took a taxi to their offices. The


    location was not big, and the cars were usually packed in the garage behind their offices.


    "Miss, how can I help you? Do you need to rent a car?"


    The receptionist greeted Melinda with a sweet smile. Seeing that she was dressed up in expensive


    clothes, the receptionist became curious. ''She must be a rich woman. Her clothes are expensive


    enough to buy a car. Why does she need to rent a car when she looks like she canfortably afford


    her own?'' the receptionist wondered.


    "I want to talk to your boss about an important deal,"


    Melinda spoke as if she had a wealth of money, pretending to be very rich, but in her heart, she was


    worried how she was going to broach the subject about n. The car rentalpany was very


    popr, with a lot of traffic. There were many people receiving different services.


    She had nned to look for a sales clerk and ask them a lot of questions to help her investigate, but


    now she felt that the issue was bigger than she had originally thought and so she changed her mind


    temporarily.


    With such a big business, everyone was busy trying to attend to all customers. Melinda soon saw the


    owner, a plump middle-aged man.