“Daddy, what’s so funny about driving?” Seeing the aunts laughing so happily and not getting the joke, Macy couldn’t help but look up at her dad.
“Uh, well…” Jacob couldn’t explain, feeling frustrated as he shot a glare at the instigator, Vivian: “If you teach kids bad things, the unscrupulous landlord might raise the rent!”
“Ah!”
“No way!” Vivian immediately surrendered, yielding to the pressure of this landlord’s brother.
“Mr. Jacob, stop keeping us in suspense; what car is it?”
Jade brought the topic back to the car.
“It can’t be a BMW or a Mercedes, right??” Maeve speculated.
Hearing this, Milo subconsciously curled his lip, quietly complaining: “These young people just entering society really think BMWs and Mercedes are as worthless as they say on the internet!”
The reality is that the Mercedes C-Class, which gets criticized as industrial waste online, is actually the ceiling for ordinary families!
Milo, a seasoned worker, was clear about the difference between online perceptions and reality, so he certainly didn’t think Jacob could afford a BBA-level luxury car, even the entry-level ones cost two to three hundred thousand!
If he really gave a car, then a probability of around seventy to eighty thousand for a practical car seemed more likely.
However, even so, it was still surprising to him, and he began to speculate about the relationship between this former brother-in-law and former sister-in-law.
Just as Jacob was about to reveal the truth, his phone suddenly rang; it was a local unknown number.
He remembered the last digits of this number were from the delivery driver sent by Lina.
He answered the call and was informed that the driver was about to arrive at the restaurant.
“The delivery driver is almost here.”
“If you’re interested, let’s all go out and take a look!”
Putting down the phone, Jacob said to everyone.
“Interested? Of course, we’re interested!”
“Let’s go, let’s go see the car!!”
“Before, I only saw birthday car gifts in idol dramas; I didn’t expect to witness it in person today!”
Vivian, Jade, and others were all excited, even more enthusiastic than Lara, the birthday girl! So, a group of them excitedly left the private room.
“Vince, what kind of car do you think he can give?”
Vincent and Milo walked at the back. Although Jacob was just doing his own thing and didn’t intend to compare the two men, being in the same private room naturally led to comparisons.
Vincent was also a recent graduate, currently interning at a foreign company. He and Milo were not on the same level, and after Jacob arrived, he completely became invisible.
However, he was also curious about what car Jacob would give.
“Probably a practical car like a Fit, Corolla, or BYD Dolphin,” Milo guessed.
“I actually quite like the Dolphin,” Vincent replied, as young people are generally more accepting of domestic brands than the older generation.
Milo, however, was a die-hard fan of Japanese cars, and he responded: “Then it’s better to buy a Corolla.”
“If someone gave me a car, I wouldn’t be picky,” Vincent said with a smile, shrugging his shoulders.
As the two were talking, they had already reached the hotel lobby.
Then Milo heard his girlfriend’s scream from outside: “Wow, a Porsche!!!”
“Oh my god! It’s really a Porsche!!”
“Ah, this rosy red is too beautiful!”
The exclamations of Maeve, Cora, and others followed closely.
Porsche? Is this real???
Milo and Vincent exchanged glances and quickly quickened their pace.
When the two arrived outside, they saw a red Porsche Cayenne being unloaded from a flatbed truck, with several girls excitedly surrounding it, and even a few passersby stopped to watch.
Holy crap!
It really is a Porsche!! Milo swallowed hard, and after silently dissing Jacob in his heart, he had a whole new understanding of this older man.
The Porsche Cayenne was once a king among fuel vehicles, quite the showstopper.
Although its status in the world has diminished from its peak, it still carries an air of prestige, leaving the impression of a luxury car worth millions, a symbol of status.
Especially for ordinary people, it remains unattainable.
It’s somewhat like a faded movie star; while the big shots may no longer be impressed, for the average person, it’s still something to look up to, as you might never reach the heights she once had.
This is the so-called “a skinny dead camel is still bigger than a horse!”
Among those present, the highest earner is Milo, with an annual salary of around 150,000. To buy this Cayenne, he would have to save for over six years without spending a dime.
So, in reality, the probability of Milo buying a Cayenne is nearly zero!
After all, the premise of not eating or drinking is itself a paradox.
Previously, Milo had silently dissed Jacob in his mind, thinking that the other might not be better than him, or that they were of the same social class.
But now it’s different; someone who can casually give away a Porsche Cayenne as a birthday gift must be worth at least tens of millions.
Such a person is not someone he can afford to offend, so the moment he saw the Porsche Cayenne, he was already contemplating how to build a good relationship with this big shot.
As the female lead of the event, Lara was feeling extremely complex emotions. Initially, shock dominated her thoughts, but then she couldn’t help but let her mind wander.
This former brother-in-law first let her live in a house without charging rent, and now he gifted her a luxury car worth a million!
Is marrying a wife really this extravagant?
No, many people marry without giving a Porsche Cayenne! And this is just her birthday!
Recalling the teasing remarks Vivian often made recently, Lara felt her cheeks flush.
This brother-in-law has always held a special place in her heart. At first, she thought of him as a benefactor to their family, then he became the object of her admiration during her youth.
Later, after her brother-in-law divorced her sister, she firmly stood by his side, feeling that the divorce was indeed her sister’s fault but also grappling with some indescribable emotional factors.
However, due to the unique nature of their relationship, she had always been hesitant to confront her true feelings.
But after experiencing her former brother-in-law’s affectionate gestures, her heart began to waver. Suddenly, a line from the poem “Untitled” flashed in her mind: “You were born before I was, I was born after you; you resent my late birth, I resent your early birth!” Fortunately, the age difference between them was only a little over ten years, not an entirely unacceptable gap.
Lara looked up at Jacob beside her, who happened to be looking at her as well.
“Do you still like it?” Jacob asked with a smile.
“Yes!” Lara nodded vigorously. Although she wasn’t materialistic, her innate yearning and affection for beautiful things were natural; any normal person would feel this way.
“Thank you.” Lara expressed her gratitude but added, “Mr. Jacob.”
However, she said “Mr. Jacob” so softly that it was hard for both of them to hear. Jacob was momentarily taken aback, even thinking he misheard her. After all, she had called him brother-in-law for so many years; suddenly changing the address felt quite awkward.
But once he regained his composure, Jacob said seriously, “No need to change how you address me; a brother-in-law is still a brother-in-law, and parents are still parents!”
“For so many years, our relationship doesn’t need someone to maintain it!”
“Mm!” Lara nodded with a flushed face, not expecting that her brave attempt to call him “Mr. Jacob” would be rejected.
What Lara didn’t know was that Jacob, this older man, didn’t want to change the address simply because he didn’t want the buff to disappear!
The women who called him “Mr. Jacob” were countless, but only Lara called him brother-in-law.
This uniqueness mattered!
Besides, “brother-in-law” was far more stimulating than “Mr. Jacob.”
In the future, when playing cards, would you rather hear “Mr. Jacob, no” or “Brother-in-law, no”?
