Chapter 109 - 107: Brother, How Foolish

Chapter 109: Chapter 107: Brother, How Foolish

The commotion in the room still hadn’t stopped.

Lin Wanyu was wrapped completely around Gao Yuan. Even though he knew someone was at the door, he couldn’t stop now.

He was at the point of no return.

After the heat of the moment, Gao Yuan glanced at the doorway again. The dark figure was gone. Light from the hallway now streamed unobstructed through the crack in the door.

This confirmed it for him—someone had just been at the door.

"Do you have a housekeeper?"

Gao Yuan couldn’t help but ask as he held Lin Wanyu in his arms.

"Nope!"

"My mom doesn’t like having outsiders in the house, so we don’t have a housekeeper."

Hearing Lin Wanyu’s words, Gao Yuan nodded thoughtfully.

The two of them cleaned themselves up and went downstairs.

The dining table was already set with food, but no one was there.

Lin Wanyu pulled Gao Yuan straight to the table and sat down.

While the two were eating, Gao Yuan saw Qi Zilin coming down the stairs holding a rice bowl.

As Gao Yuan looked at Qi Zilin, Qi Zilin also saw him. Their gazes met for a brief moment across the living room.

As for Qi Zilin, a sudden panic seized her. She quickened her pace and hurried toward the kitchen.

Qi Zilin never appeared in the dining room the entire time Gao Yuan and Lin Wanyu were eating.

Gao Yuan didn’t stay at Lin Wanyu’s house for long. He announced he was leaving before Lin Hongnian even got back.

Although Lin Wanyu was very reluctant to see him go, she still agreed to let him leave.

She knew everything that had happened between Gao Yuan and Li Mengqing during the few days he was away from Xudu City.

’At a time like this, I should just let him go back and be with my best friend.’

Before leaving, Gao Yuan, still a bit miffed that his system mission wasn’t complete, offered to go say goodbye to Li Xiumei.

This time, Gao Yuan just said his farewells to Li Xiumei from outside her door.

Unexpectedly, the next moment he received a system notification: Mission Complete.

What a pleasant surprise!

’It seems Li Xiumei, with her scholarly sensibilities, is quite particular about propriety. She didn’t want me to see her in an embarrassing state, but she still expected me to observe the proper courtesies.’

’Whatever the case, the mission’s done.’

At the villa’s entrance, Lin Wanyu hugged Gao Yuan tightly and whispered in his ear, "Pace yourself. When I come back in a few days, if you don’t have enough saved up for me, you’re finished!"

Gao Yuan patted her on the back.

As he looked up, Gao Yuan was surprised to see Qi Zilin standing in the distance, watching them.

This time, Qi Zilin didn’t immediately look away. Gao Yuan instantly switched to his roguishly charming persona and flashed a wicked smile at her from a distance.

...

「Leaving Jiangnanli.」

First, Gao Yuan sent a message to Li Mengqing.

"Something came up tonight. I’ll be back late."

"Okay, don’t be too late. I’ll wait for you."

"Okay."

This was the change in Li Mengqing.

After they had defined their relationship, she showed Gao Yuan nothing but gentleness.

Gao Yuan’s second message was to Qin Yichuan and Zheng Zhi. The content was just one phrase: "The usual place?"

It had been a little while since the three had last met. Now that he was back, he also needed to accelerate his startup plans, so he wanted to talk it over with them.

「Platinum Palace.」

When Gao Yuan arrived, Qin Yichuan and Zheng Zhi weren’t there yet.

He was greeted by the lobby manager, Old Si.

Old Si had rushed out of the building just moments after the Brabus G900 entered the Platinum Palace parking lot. Upon seeing Gao Yuan behind the wheel, he personally guided him into a parking spot.

After Gao Yuan got out, Old Si even had a security guard place several traffic cones around the car.

Seeing Old Si’s arrangements, Gao Yuan handed him a cigarette.

This time, instead of heading straight for the baths and massage, Gao Yuan got a private room first.

The Platinum Palace wasn’t just for bathing and massages. It also had special sauna rooms for guests to drink tea and chat. Of course, these were only available to VIP clients and above.

While Gao Yuan changed his clothes and waited for his two friends, he chatted a bit with Old Si.

Naturally, they talked about the bathhouse industry.

From their chat, Gao Yuan learned that business at the Platinum Palace hadn’t been so great recently.

According to Old Si, the owner was even thinking about changing industries.

Gao Yuan could understand. This year, it seemed like the economy was recovering, but in reality, consumer spending was down, and every industry was struggling.

The global economy was in a downturn. ’It’ll probably be a long haul to get back to the boom of the past few years.’

As they were chatting, Qin Yichuan arrived.

A server led them into the private room, and Old Si stood up. "I’ll let you two gentlemen relax for a bit," he said proactively.

"I won’t disturb you. I’ll go arrange the baths and massages."

This was a testament to Old Si’s perceptiveness. He might have been a bit of a flatterer, but he knew how to make people feel comfortable.

When you go out to unwind, you want to be served well. Old Si had that part down to a science.

Old Si closed the door, and the two men inside sat down casually.

Qin Yichuan watched Gao Yuan pouring tea and asked with a smile,

"Yuanzi, thinking about your lady friend again?"

Gao Yuan ignored him, focusing on brewing the tea.

He placed a cup of tea in front of Qin Yichuan, then finally spoke. "Am I really the type to ditch my friends for a girl?"

"It’s just been so long since I’ve seen you guys, I called you out to... sharpen our spears."

This remark earned him a heap of scorn from Qin Yichuan. He was a married man with a kid—he could "sharpen his spear" any day of the week. He turned the joke back on Gao Yuan, mocking him for needing to come here for that!

Gao Yuan thought, ’As if I need to "sharpen" anything anymore.’

’The system already upgraded me to a Barrett. Wait till we’re in the baths later, I’ll blow your damn mind!’

Just then, the door to the private room opened again.

Zheng Zhi had arrived.

He had just sat down when he started talking excitedly, "Did you guys notice that car out front when you came in?"

"How could I not see it?"

"It’s huge! My car looks like a little kid’s toy next to it!"

Qin Yichuan said helplessly, spreading his hands.

He had noticed that Brabus G900 when he arrived.

He was a car enthusiast, and he could tell with one glance that this wasn’t a modified car, but an original Brabus!

A car worth over ten million. Even though Qin Yichuan’s family assets were in the hundreds of millions, he had still parked a little farther away from it.

"So damn cool!"

"I wonder which big shot’s ride that is!"

Zheng Zhi added with a sigh of admiration.

Although they were rich, they weren’t so brain-dead as to spend over ten million on a car.

CLATTER~

Gao Yuan got up, walked to the wardrobe, took out the Brabus G900 car key from his clothes, and tossed it directly onto the tea table.

Qin Yichuan and Zheng Zhi, who were sipping their tea, stared at the key that had suddenly appeared on the table. Then they looked at Gao Yuan’s nonchalant expression. They were both dumbfounded.

They had just finished admiring the big shot’s ride, and now Gao Yuan was showing them the car key!

’Wait, so you’re the big shot?’

Zheng Zhi reached out, picked up the key from the tea table, looked it over twice, and then handed it to Qin Yichuan.

He could feel from the weight of the key that it was real, but he needed Qin Yichuan to make the final call!

"Yuanzi, what’s the deal?"

The moment Qin Yichuan took the key, he knew it was real.

It wasn’t that they didn’t trust Gao Yuan; it was just that both of them understood his situation very well.

Unless Gao Yuan had some kind of once-in-a-lifetime encounter straight out of a wuxia novel, a car like this would have been forever out of his reach.

And it had only been a little over half a month since they last saw each other.

’Even dreams don’t come true this fast!’

Gao Yuan took a sip of tea, looked at the two men waiting for his answer, and smiled faintly. "I’m in a relationship. My girlfriend gave it to me."

"A rich woman?"

"From Xiaoshan?"

Gao Yuan nodded.

Lin Wanyu’s family was indeed in Xiaoshan District, and she was a bona fide rich girl.

"Dude, what are you thinking?!"