Chapter 266 - 169: I’m Satisfied with This Surprise

Chapter 266: Chapter 169: I’m Satisfied with This Surprise

He could tell that Tongtong was getting impatient.

He soothed Tongtong for a bit. The little minx said she would have a surprise for him tomorrow, so Gao Yuan didn’t chat with her any longer.

Gao Yuan had some time today, so he figured he might as well "water" the rest of his "flowers."

He went ahead and created a group chat, pulling in Yaoyao, Yanyan, Li Li, Shuya, and Tongtong.

He named the group "Happy Mahjong Group."

As the name suggested, it was for everyone to play mahjong and have some fun together when they had time.

After creating the group, Gao Yuan sent a 1,000-yuan red packet into the chat.

The amount was limited for group red packets, so this was just a small token gesture.

"What’s this group for?"

"For playing mahjong?"

These two questions were from Tongtong and Shuya. As for Yaoyao, Yanyan, and Li Li, they didn’t say anything.

Yaoyao knew Li Li, and they had even added each other on WeChat. After that night at the J Hotel, the two had already formed a deep bond.

As for Yanyan, she recognized Yaoyao from her profile picture in the group member list. Putting that together with the fact that Gao Yuan had added her to the group, she had a general idea of what was going on.

So Yanyan also remained silent.

She was just a university student from an ordinary family. She was with Gao Yuan simply in the hopes of living a better life, so she wasn’t very familiar with the other people in the group.

Nor did she want to be. As long as Gao Yuan treated her well, that was all that mattered.

Lately, whenever she tried to chat with Gao Yuan, he would say he was busy. Although he rarely replied, Yanyan continued to share details of her life with him.

On one hand, she wanted to talk more with him. On the other hand, she wanted him to know she wasn’t fooling around and that he was really the only man in her life.

Seeing that he’d created the group but no one was talking, Gao Yuan felt it was a bit boring. So, he posted a message in the chat: "Who’s free lately? I want to go on a trip for a few days."

Yanyan: Me!

Yaoyao: I am.

Li Li: I have time.

Shuya: Where are we going!

Tongtong: Brother Yuan, take me with you.

This one sentence baited everyone out.

Gao Yuan sent a sly smiley face emoji in the group.

’Let’s see you all lurk now.’ No matter how deep they hid, he could still fish them out.

Still, Gao Yuan found it interesting seeing the five of them reply.

Yanyan was the first to answer, which meant she had been glued to her phone, waiting for a message from him.

And the girl was clearly smart. Her reply was just one word, which cut down her response time and let her snatch the first-place spot.

The more words people typed, the further down the list their replies appeared.

Gao Yuan opened his WeChat conversation with Yanyan and sent her a 10,000-yuan red packet.

"I haven’t even finished spending the money you gave me before."

Yanyan still didn’t accept the red packet right away.

Of the 50,000 yuan Gao Yuan had given her last time, she had only spent a little over 10,000. She hadn’t left campus much during this period and didn’t have many opportunities to spend money. The only reason she’d spent that much was from online shopping.

"Then spend it!"

"If you really have nowhere to spend it, just save it for now. I’ll add some more later so you can buy a car."

It went against Gao Yuan’s principles to take back a red packet he’d already sent.

Besides, the little lass Yanyan had given him her first time, and she was sensible. He was willing to spend a bit more money on her.

After replying to Yanyan, Gao Yuan quickly scrolled through the messages she had sent him recently.

Most of them were just her sharing bits of her daily life. It was mundane, but since she occasionally included a selfie, it wasn’t entirely boring.

But when Gao Yuan scrolled to one particular message, he paused for a moment.

It was a message where Yanyan had shared some of her feelings.

"Brother Yuan, my application for a graduate school recommendation wasn’t approved. Someone else took my spot."

"The professor in charge hinted that I should ’talk’ to him alone."

Gao Yuan checked the timestamp on the message. It was from two days ago. He must have been busy at the time and didn’t pay it any mind. Later, it got pushed up by other messages from Yanyan, and he never scrolled back to see it.

"I didn’t go. The worst-case scenario is I’ll just take the entrance exam myself later and apply to a different school."

"The only reason I wanted to get into grad school here was to be closer to you."

There was a half-hour gap between these two messages and the previous two. Yanyan had probably wanted to confide in Gao Yuan, but he hadn’t noticed.

So after a while, she added those two sentences.

Sigh.

Gao Yuan felt he just couldn’t bring himself to be heartless.

Yanyan was actually a good girl. She had given him her first time, was well-behaved at school, and was even working hard to get into grad school, which meant she was a serious student.

But Gao Yuan really didn’t have the energy to revolve his life around women all day. The most he could do was comfort her in other ways.

"Don’t worry about grad school. You’re only a sophomore. I’ll arrange something next year."

After some thought, Gao Yuan decided to give Yanyan a promise.

With his current abilities, the only way he could arrange a graduate school spot for someone was by donating to the university; otherwise, no school would give him the time of day.

His reputation really wasn’t big enough yet, and he had almost no name for himself.

If he asked Lin Hongnian or Wang Sichao to handle it, they could get it done, but Gao Yuan felt it wasn’t worth it.

For one, he didn’t want to owe them a favor. For another, asking someone else to handle something for one of his own women would make him seem a bit incompetent, wouldn’t it?

Exiting his chat with Yanyan, Gao Yuan returned to the group chat.

In that short time, the group had come alive.

He had tossed out the topic of a trip, and the women had instantly become interested.

Yaoyao wanted to go to Harbin to see the ice sculptures and go skiing, which fit her fiery personality. Li Li wanted to go to Sanya to see the ocean, and Tongtong wanted to go to Dali...

Just then, Gao Yuan heard Lin Wanyu calling him for dinner.