Chapter 221: Planes And Cars

“Do all men become like that when they have money?” Sitting on the plane, Qiu Wuji stole a glance across the aisle at Old Zhu sitting next to the young secretary, feeling like she didn’t recognize him anymore.

Actually, Old Zhu was dressed quite elegantly today, wearing traditional Tang-style clothing, his silver hair neatly combed. He looked like a refined and elegant old scholar, but with a young secretary by his side, the whole vibe was shattered.

Chu Ge leaned over to help Qiu Wuji fasten her seatbelt, “Do you have any misconceptions about mine owners?”

“I don’t care about how he is. I’m asking about you!”

Chu Ge blinked, “Me? But I already have a secretary, right?”

Qiu Wuji was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter.

Oh right, she’s been his secretary for a long time, he started with a secretary from the beginning! Ah, men!

“You’re not allowed to have another one in the future!”

“We’re a husband-and-wife team, what else could there be…”

“Hmph.”

The plane started accelerating on the runway, and Qiu Wuji stopped joking, eagerly pressing her face against the small window to look outside.

She watched as the movement, similar to driving, gradually lifted off the ground, getting 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 her eyes.

Qiu Wuji rested her chin on her hand and gazed for a while, then tapped the window, gradually feeling a bit bored.

The window was too small, too confining, and it couldn’t be opened. Sect Master Qiu Wuji, who could freely roam the world with her sword, felt quite stifled, almost knocking the window out.

“Is this all a plane does?” Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge with disappointment.

But he was eagerly looking out the window, thoroughly enjoying the experience.

“Do you have to be like this?” Qiu Wuji sighed, “You’re used to overlooking everything from above, and when you descend as the Heaven, it’s from the sky too.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Chu Ge looked around cautiously, lowering his voice, “It’s different. I’ve never been on an aircraft. How about you take me flying on your sword next time?”

“You’re a soul over there, aren’t you? You can fly if you want to. Have you forgotten your abilities?”

“Uh…” Chu Ge scratched his head, “It still feels quite different.”

“Then I’ll take you flying on a sword next time. This plane isn’t that interesting. It’s not much different from sitting in a car. Cars can even roll down the windows, it’s not as oppressive.”

“For you, that might be true… but it can carry so many ordinary people.”

Qiu Wuji nodded. She had wanted to take a flight to compare the experience, and now, at the moment of truth, she found herself subconsciously comparing it to her own sensations of flying. Actually, it wasn’t about her own perception; what mattered was how others felt.

Seeing Chu Ge’s enthusiastic expression, Qiu Wuji knew that this thing was truly remarkable.

Just like cars replaced horses with steel machinery, this airplane had replaced their magical treasures. No need for cultivation, no need for spiritual energy.

The speed was also remarkable. Qiu Wuji had specifically checked; the flight distance from Nanjiang to the Shanghai was nearly 700 kilometers, which was about 1,400 miles, and it took a little over three hours. Although it couldn’t compare to her own sword flying efficiency, it was already sufficient compared to the cloud riding of ordinary cultivators. And this was a commercial airliner. Qiu Wuji could imagine that if they didn’t need such a massive structure and didn’t have to carry so many people, it could be much, much faster.

Thinking about this, Qiu Wuji felt satisfied. Experiencing the differences between the two worlds, wasn’t that the whole point? Did she really need to compare to see if she was more amazing? That would be missing the point.

“Do you think I should learn the principles of these things? Maybe I could build a car for fun.” Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge.

Chu Ge covered his face, “If you want to learn, go ahead, but I feel like it might not be suitable for you…”

Imagining Qiu Wuji with a wrench trying to build a car was a sight too surreal to behold.

“Is it because you don’t know either? You’re more of a humanities guy… Are you afraid I’ll become better than you if I learn?”

Chu Ge was exposed and sighed, “You’ve always been better than me. I’m just riding on your coattails.”

“Go away~”

“If you really want to learn these things, it involves a lot of different subjects, and it’s quite complicated. I think you should focus on your art…” Chu Ge sighed, “No matter how I think about it, I find that the younger Qiuqiu who didn’t know anything back then is cuter.”

Qiu Wuji glanced left and right, then reached over to pinch his waist, “I knew it, you just want to treat me like a kept assistant! It’s best if I don’t know anything!”

Chu Ge turned his head and looked for Old Zhu, who was wearing an eye mask and leaning against the seat, a big hand resting on the thigh of the secretary beside him, soundly asleep.

Is this the life I’m pursuing?

Yeah, it is.

……..

“This is Shanghai!” After leaving the airport, Qiu Wuji carried her small suitcase and looked at the bustling traffic outside, her excitement even greater than when she had been flying.

The first time she watched a TV drama, when the word “Shanghai” appeared, she asked Chu Ge where that was. Chu Ge had thought it wasn’t allowed to mention real place names.

It could be said that it was the first place name she had heard in this world, even before Nanjiang. She wanted to see how the “Magic Capital” on television looked in reality.

Chu Ge looked at her slightly sighing expression and found it a bit amusing, “I’ve heard that a well-known Hong Kong and Taiwan actress once said, ‘I want to see Eileen Chang’s Shanghai with my own eyes,’ when she arrived here. It shows that the sentiments of those who appreciate the finer things in life are all the same.”

Qiu Wuji glanced at him, “You, who never leaves home, I refuse to believe you don’t have a place you secretly yearn for. Oh, is it Hainan?”

“If I were to have the exclamation of ‘This is XX!’ then perhaps the ancient capital would give me that kind of feeling.” Chu Ge looked to the northwest. “Like Chang’an… although maybe I would be disappointed after seeing it?”

Old Zhu crossed his arms and glared at the two of them speechlessly for a while before saying, “Are you done sighing? The cars sent to pick you up are waiting up ahead impatiently.”

Driver: “…”

Chu Ge: “…”

As a major investor coming for official business, it was only natural that they would be picked up in a chauffeured car. In fact, they had sent two cars.

Qiu Wuji stared at the Maybach S680 in front of her. She looked left and right, walked around the car in a circle, making tut-tut sounds.

Chu Ge pulled her into the car expressionlessly.

Looking at Old Zhu leading his secretary into the other car, Chu Ge sighed, “You’re more excited about the car than the plane.”

“Learning to drive makes you understand it better, and you can appreciate the details more. In the past, I only treated it as riding in a carriage.” Qiu Wuji whispered, “This car is so beautiful! It’s so imposing on the outside, and it’s so comfortable on the inside. The logo is the same as the one on Zhang Qiren’s car, right? It’s like a steering wheel.”

“If we want to be accurate, we should call it the three-pointed star emblem, although I’ve always thought it looked like a steering wheel too.”

Qiu Wuji went, “Oh,” and her excited expression quickly faded.

Chu Ge was puzzled, “Why does your interest last only three seconds?”

“Since it’s the same as Zhang Qiren’s, it must be very expensive. I don’t want it. A car that expensive, you’d feel heartache even from a minor scratch. It wouldn’t be comfortable for everyday use. We don’t need it for business purposes either, and even that cute car of Meng Meng’s isn’t practical.”

“Well, this emblem doesn’t necessarily signify expensive cars…” Chu Ge asked, “Mainly, which type of car do you find practical? Why do I always feel like, given your preferences, we might end up buying a pickup truck?”

“What’s wrong with a pickup truck?”

“Mainly because there are restrictions on pickup trucks now, otherwise it would be a good option. Apart from a pickup truck?”

“Then a rugged off-road vehicle! The bigger, the better. It can carry things and handle rough roads easily. We can go anywhere we want in the future!”

The driver glanced at the two through the rearview mirror.

He didn’t feel like they were country bumpkins entering the city… after all, they were investors with over a hundred million in investments, and both of them had such good temperament. One was incredibly handsome, and the other was so beautiful that it seemed unreal. Complaining about prices had become a matter of managing the household budget.

However, he never expected that the young lady’s preference would be an off-road vehicle… such a lovely girl, driving a sturdy off-road vehicle on rugged roads, what kind of scene would that be?

It was like a little girl carrying a huge hammer.

The driver chuckled to himself as he thought about it.

Meanwhile, Qiu Wuji was asking Chu Ge, “Why do I always feel like people laugh when they see the two of us?”

Chu Ge ruffled her hair and said, “Because my little Qiuqiu is too cute.”