Chapter 1094: A Punch When We Meet
Xiao Peng was driving in front. After hearing the car's origins, Chen Zetao laughed and said, "Did you meet such an interesting old man?"
"Yes, when I was at the Amsterdam police station, I specifically asked them to help me research the car owner's information. He lives in Scheveningen, and I wrote down his address." Xiao Peng said, "I finally managed to get this car scanned yesterday. I'm a little embarrassed!"
"It's not you who washed the car, so why should you be embarrassed?" Chen Zetao exposed Xiao Peng's words without hesitation.
Xiao Peng smiled awkwardly and drove towards Scheveningen, but he almost had a car accident not long after he left the house.
"Oh shit!" Xiao Peng was driving the car well when he suddenly slammed on the brakes. Two bicycles swerved from the front of his car. If Xiao Peng hadn't stepped on the brakes, they would have definitely collided.
He was fine, but Chen Zetao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, almost hit his head on the windshield!
Before Xiao Peng could curse, the cyclist gave him the middle finger and walked away without even looking back!
Chen Zetao said angrily, "Damn it! Do they even know how to ride a bike? They don't even wear helmets. Are they looking for death?"
Xiao Peng consoled him, "Brother Chen, keep calm. This is the Netherlands."
The Netherlands is truly a bicycle kingdom. For example, Amsterdam, with a population of over 700,000, boasts over 900,000 bicycles. That's 1.3 bicycles per person! During rush hour, the streets are completely packed with them.
When I first came here, I saw the streets full of bicycles and their unique bicycle culture. I really admired the Dutch people's leisurely, unpretentious, and down-to-earth attitude towards life. But after learning about it, Xiao Peng just wanted to curse.
In the Netherlands, drivers are truly afraid of cyclists, and even pedestrians are afraid! If a bicycle and a car get into an accident, the driver is responsible, no matter what the circumstances. This also leads to the Dutch riding bicycles without hesitation, fearing neither cars nor people. Although most roads in the Netherlands have bike lanes, there are still too many unruly cyclists.
Don’t think that all foreigners are so well-educated. There are many people who have never left their hometown within a hundred miles in their entire life!
Moreover, although there are many bicycles here, helmets are not required. Coupled with those crazy cyclists, sometimes a car accident can be a big deal... The most important thing to be careful about when driving here is bicycles.
"Are you okay?" Xiao Peng asked Chen Zetao.
Chen Zetao shook his head: "I'm fine, but your reaction is really good, if it was me, I would have bumped into it just now!"
Xiao Peng said proudly, "Hey, I'm a celebrity at the Zandvoort Circuit in the Netherlands now. I have fans there! I've even had people from a professional racing team contact me to invite me to join."
Chen Zetao shook his head and said, "Even if you tell me now that you can fly to the moon with your bare hands, I won't be surprised."
"That's not an exaggeration!" Xiao Peng said modestly, "I still need to take a rocket to go to the moon."
Chen Zetao: "...Hurry up and deliver the car. I'll listen to you play it during lunch!"
"What am I bragging about!" Xiao Peng looked at the road sign and said, "Hey, Scheveningen is just ahead!"
Scheveningen and Villa Eikenhorst are both located in the suburbs of Herning, but Scheveningen is on the other side, closer to the sea, and only a dozen minutes away from the city center of The Hague.
But it is completely different from The Hague. There you can find a complete commercial system including luxury hotels and restaurants, casinos, entertainment venues, theaters, shopping streets, etc. It is the most famous seaside resort in the Netherlands.
Of course, the housing prices there are extremely expensive, and those who can live here must be rich or noble.
Carl can live here just by setting up a French fry stand in the square? Xiao Peng would never believe it!
When Xiao Peng found Karl's house according to the address, he was even more surprised: "Oh my god, what a huge villa!" It was about the same size as Pascal's house in La Ciotat, Marseille, but the price difference was too big. This one was almost equivalent to two Pascal's houses.
The villa's large iron gate was tightly shut. Next to it stood a lamppost with an intercom doorbell on it. Xiao Peng parked his car next to the gatepost and reached out to press the doorbell. After a while, a man's voice rang out, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"
Xiao Peng asked, "Is this Karl's home?"
"Karl?" the person on the other end of the intercom hesitated for a moment before saying, "Do you have an appointment?"
"Make an appointment?" Xiao Peng asked, "I'm here to return the car. Do I need to make an appointment to return a car?"
As he said this, the person on the other end of the intercom suddenly realized, "You're the young man who drove off with the Spyker, right? My master told me about this. Wait a moment, I'll open the door. Just park your car in the parking lot next to the swimming pool. I'll let my master know you're here."
The intercom was hung up directly, and the big iron gate of the villa slowly opened. Xiao Peng drove into the villa and parked the car in the parking lot against the wall behind the swimming pool.
How did he know this was a parking lot? His own Wuling was also parked there.
Chen Zetao looked at Xiao Peng's Wuling and complained, "If someone had told me before that someone would trade a Spyker D12 for a little gadget like this, I would never have believed it!"
Xiao Peng laughed, "Come on, Brother Chen, it's fine if others say that, but you're saying that too? Are you crying poor to me? I still remember there's an idiom in our country called 'buying the casket and returning the pearl.' I thought it was a joke when I was little, but when I grew up, I realized the real joke was me: poverty limited my imagination. Isn't it common for rich people to buy the casket and return the pearl? Things that poor people find incredible are normal to them. Ultimately, the amount of money spent isn't important; what matters is whether they need it! Isn't that the case with the fund I set up for my apprentice? People who don't know think I'm rich and stupid for contributing to foreigners, but they don't see how much benefit this money has brought me. To others, it's just an expensive car, but to Carl, it's more than just a car; it's a friendship with a young man I admire. If it were me, I'd probably do the same thing. So, let's be honest. You can be poor, but you can't maintain a poor mindset. That way, you'll be poor forever!"
Chen Zetao gave a thumbs-up: "I can see that you're rich now, and you see things from a different perspective!"
Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "I have nothing to do on the island, so I have a lot of time. That's why I can calm down and think. I've figured out a lot of things."
Just as Chen Zetao was about to speak, he heard someone laugh: "I made a bet with my housekeeper Leighton. I said you would definitely return the car. It seems I won!"
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Yes, Karl, thank you for trusting me!"
"Thank you. I used to trust no one but myself," Karl said. "You've given me another reason to trust others. Is this your friend?"
Xiao Peng wanted to introduce Chen Zetao to Karl, but he saw Chen Zetao rush towards Karl and punch him in the face.
"Well……"
Xiao Peng stood there in a daze. What did this mean?
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