Chapter 752 I Am a Man Who Cares a Lot About His Pride

It was a little after 11 PM when Xu Yun returned to the hotel.

Su Mu had already returned before him. Having already showered, she was sitting on the sofa watching TV.

’Looks like she was waiting for me.’

’But women will be women. They never say what they mean and always like to play coy.’

When Xu Yun asked, she denied it. "No, I was just about to watch a little TV before bed."

"I’m going to go take a shower then."

Su Mu smiled and asked, "Need me to draw you a bath?"

"No, it’s fine. I’ll do it myself."

With that, he went into the bathroom and started to wash up.

Of course, Su Mu didn’t actually stay put and watch TV. She picked up Xu Yun’s clothes and put them on a hanger to keep them from wrinkling.

As she was hanging them up, though, she couldn’t help but take a sniff. She smelled alcohol, and a woman’s perfume.

’So he was on a date with a beauty tonight, huh?’

’Then why did he come back?’

’Did he strike out?’

After putting the clothes away, Su Mu returned to the sofa, planning to ask him about it in a bit.

She wasn’t jealous, just curious.

A moment later, Xu Yun came out in a bathrobe and sat down beside her. He casually lifted her leg, placing her foot in his lap and began to toy with it.

Su Mu didn’t resist, letting him have his way.

"I’m surprised you decided to come back tonight."

She asked with a smile, "Weren’t you afraid of making her angry?"

"I’m more afraid of you getting angry. I wouldn’t dare not come back."

"I don’t believe that for a second."

His words made Su Mu’s heart swell. ’True or not, the fact that he came back proves that I’m more important to him than she is.’

Su Mu teased, "Don’t tell me she wouldn’t let you go home with her?"

"Tch. You think that’s likely?"

Xu Yun retorted, "But how did you know I was on a date with a beauty tonight?"

"I smelled it when I was hanging up your clothes."

Su Mu replied, "My nose is very sensitive to women’s perfumes. And it’s not just one scent on you, either. There are several."

"Impressive!"

Xu Yun gave her a thumbs-up in admiration. "You can tell that? Looks like I won’t be able to hide a thing from you if I ever try to secretly meet another woman."

"As if you’d need to be secretive about it."

Su Mu said huffily, "Those other women of yours are always flaunting themselves in front of me. They’re just short of asking me to join them in keeping you company."

"You’d really consider it?"

Xu Yun’s eyes lit up as he tentatively suggested, "How about next time, in the name of ’treatment,’ we invite Jinshu to join us?"

"Get lost! Don’t even think about it."

Flushed with a mix of anger and embarrassment, Su Mu tried to give him a light kick, but he had her foot firmly in his grasp, and she couldn’t move.

"Well, a man can dream."

Xu Yun held her foot and chuckled. "But to make that dream a reality, I’ll have to work hard."

"Then you can stay here and dream about it all by yourself."

Su Mu said with a smile, "Let go. I’m going to bed."

"What a coincidence, I was thinking of going to bed, too. Together?"

"As if you wouldn’t come in anyway, even if I said no!"

Su Mu hinted shyly, "Just be mindful of the time. I have important things to do tomorrow."

"Understood."

「Early the next morning.」

Su Mu left.

After getting out of bed, Xu Yun thought about a certain someone’s unusual state last night...

’She was definitely provoked.’

’Sigh. Women and their damned, insincere competitiveness!’

’She nearly snapped my back with her legs.’

’Among all the women I’m with, there are only three who are truly formidable in bed.’

’Su Mu currently ranks first for natural talent.’

’Liang Yan takes second, thanks to her seasoned experience.’

’Fu Baoying ranks third with her tenacity.’

After a round with any of those three, he needed to practice the Eight Pieces of Brocade just to recover.

’Honestly, if the System hadn’t rewarded me with this Divine Skill, I’d be completely overwhelmed.’

’There’d be no way for me to indulge my... appetites and desires as I pleased.’

After finishing a set of the Eight Pieces of Brocade, Xu Yun went downstairs to the restaurant for breakfast to replenish his stamina.

Man is iron, and food is steel; you’ll be starving if you miss a single meal.

This was especially true for him, who had been "exercising" for half the night.

While he was eating, he received a text from Xiaoteng, which included a picture.

It was a Ferrari SF90.

The gist of the message was that Xiaoteng had negotiated with the seller and bought it for 9.8 million. A tow truck would be called to transport it directly from the port to Xu Yun’s villa.

It would be unboxed there.

Xiaoteng was asking if he wanted to go and unbox it himself.

After all, car owners enjoy the feeling and ritual of unwrapping a gift themselves—it’s the same principle as girls enjoying unboxing their online shopping hauls.

Satisfying!

Alternatively, Xiaoteng offered to unbox it, record the process, and send him the video.

Naturally, Xu Yun chose to go and unbox it himself.

After replying to Xiaoteng, he returned to his hotel room, changed his clothes, and hailed a taxi to Huazhou Junting.

The driver was a little surprised when he heard the destination.

He’d heard a lot about the place but had never actually been there. He’d never even had a passenger who wanted to go.

Why?

Because the people who lived there all had their own cars and chauffeurs; they had no need for taxis.

The driver glanced at Xu Yun, who looked to be less than thirty years old, and couldn’t help but ask during the drive.

"Hey, buddy. You visiting someone?"

Hearing this, Xu Yun smiled and retorted, "Driver, do I not look like I live here?"

"Well, your accent... you don’t sound like a local."

"Driver, that’s where you’re wrong. The truth is, most of the people who can afford the mansions here in Shanghai aren’t locals. They’re outsiders, like me."

The driver said awkwardly, "Hey, buddy, that’s not what I meant."

"It’s fine. I just wanted to let you know that I do, in fact, live here."

As they were chatting, they arrived at their destination.

At the entrance to the residential community, Xu Yun saw a security guard stopping the taxi, so he proactively rolled down his window.