Chapter 137: Retreat to Advance

Chapter 137: Chapter 137: Retreat to Advance

After watching the Panamera drive away, Yan Peisheng couldn’t recover his senses for a long time. After that mini-match ended, he had taken Su Yunzhou to his office to discuss the upcoming training plan.

After all, with only two weeks left, he had to get him into peak condition.

But Su Yunzhou flatly refused, saying there was no rush for training. He had other things to do these next few days, and leaving one week for training would be enough.

Hearing this, Yan Peisheng was very displeased. He reiterated the importance of the competition and how formidable the Little Life and the other competitors were, noting that they could all finish the speed climbing event in under five seconds.

Five seconds was the true watershed mark for speed climbing.

But to his surprise, Su Yunzhou stated that if he went all out in the speed climbing event, breaking the five-second mark wouldn’t be a big problem.

What? Not a big problem?

This was a massive problem!

Yan Peisheng’s aged face was filled with shock.

Break five seconds?

That was just a hair’s breadth away from the world record of 4.75 seconds. Moreover, anyone who dared to claim they could reach five seconds had the potential to win the championship.

Yan Peisheng’s silence was deafening.

But Su Yunzhou really wasn’t joking. With his current combination of Advanced Rock Climbing Skills and Kato’s Eagle Finger, breaking five seconds would absolutely be no problem.

Besides, that was truly just his first try; he hadn’t even memorized all the handholds and footholds yet.

(In speed climbing competitions, the standard climbing walls all have identical hand and foot placement locations.)

Furthermore, he still had ten Skill Points left. If things went south, he could just upgrade straight to Master Level.

What kind of waves could that tournament favorite Little Life competitor even make?

Recovering from his shock, Yan Peisheng continued to gently persuade him, but Su Yunzhou stood his ground. He even added that he was even more confident in the bouldering and lead climbing events.

In the end, Yan Peisheng could only helplessly agree. After all, he couldn’t think of any other way, as the young man didn’t want anything; he was only competing to slap the face of the Little Life.

SIGH.

Yan Peisheng sighed, thought for a moment, and began formulating a one-week training plan.

At this moment, Su Yunzhou had already arrived downstairs at the IFS Commercial Center.

Xia Wanqing had previously sent him a message, asking him to drop by the company when he had time.

After parking the car, he went upstairs. The freckled receptionist greeted him warmly and went to notify President Xia.

A moment later.

Xia Wanqing, dressed in professional business attire and wearing high heels, appeared before him.

WOW.

The woman before him exuded an elegant and poised aura. The black business suit added to her charm, especially those legs wrapped in flesh-colored pantyhose.

They were simply stunning.

Su Yunzhou had always thought flesh-colored pantyhose didn’t look that good, as not every woman could pull them off. But the anime-style wife before him perfectly displayed their allure.

Su Yunzhou praised her silently in his heart, musing that a confident look on a woman’s face was indeed far more beautiful than any makeup.

Xia Wanqing had been exhausted these past few days, but seeing everything get on the right track made her genuinely happy.

"President Su, you’re here! There are a few details I need to discuss with you..."

An hour later.

Su Yunzhou patiently listened to the upcoming development plan. Looking at the radiant Xia Wanqing and Tao Shu, he said, "No problem! We’ll execute the plan just as you proposed.

"Also, in the future, you two can make the decisions on these minor details. I don’t really understand them anyway. Just notify me if there are any major issues."

Hearing this, the last bit of worry in Tao Shu’s heart vanished into thin air.

Although Mr. Su had emphasized from the beginning that he was just a passive investor and wouldn’t interfere with the operations, saying it was one thing. If anyone else had invested ten million yuan, how could they possibly not interfere!

But he... really didn’t seem to want to interfere... and he really didn’t seem to understand much...

Xia Wanqing nodded. "I understand! Oh, right! Have you finalized the reservation for Saturday’s dinner?"

"Yeah! I’ll send you the location!" Su Yunzhou took out his phone.

"Yu Zhilin?"

Xia Wanqing had never heard of this restaurant.

She didn’t care much about food, but looking at the forwarded reservation message and the rules listed on the picture, she felt the place seemed somewhat pretentious.

"I didn’t even notice it’s already one in the afternoon!"

Xia Wanqin looked at the wall clock and clapped her hands together. "What do you want to eat? It’s my treat!"

Su Yunzhou looked at the beautiful, hardworking corporate slave and smiled. "As a shareholder, I should be the one treating. Let’s go, we’ll find something to eat downstairs!"

Tao Shu shook her head. "You guys go ahead! I’m not eating!"

"Sister Tao, are you dieting again?" Xia Wanqing asked.

"I brought a meal replacement shake! You guys hurry along!" After saying that, Tao Shu looked at Xia Wanqing again and added, "There’s nothing much going on this afternoon, so you can head back early to rest too. You have to meet Chairman Ye tomorrow, so you need to be in top form."

Xia Wanqing hesitated for a moment before nodding. "President Su, let’s go eat first!"

The two of them went downstairs, strolled around, and chose a Western restaurant.

Xia Wanqing said she would foot the bill.

Su Yunzhou smiled and replied, "Once we start making money, you can treat me to a huge feast. For now, I’ve already bought a group discount voucher!"

"Okay!"

Xia Wanqing didn’t act overly polite; she could feel his good intentions.

Besides, Mr. Su was truly different. Even though he was so wealthy, he still chose to use group discounts, and he was very mindful of other people’s feelings.

Meeting him was truly the start of her good fortune!

[Affinity +1]

The waiter soon brought out the delicious food from the set meal. Xia Wanqing didn’t eat much; most of it ended up in Su Yunzhou’s stomach.

After eating and drinking their fill, Su Yunzhou planned to head back, but Xia Wanqing stopped him.

"Um... last time... I ruined your clothes. Let me buy you a new one!"

Su Yunzhou declined, but seeing her resolute and serious expression, he could only nod in agreement.

He figured that since he wasn’t short on money now anyway, he would just pick a cheap one later as a token gesture. Moreover, judging by the recent increase in Affinity, this was a good way to farm more Affinity.

The two then went downstairs.

Xia Wanqing led him to a menswear boutique with a very long English name.

The saleswoman who greeted them was very enthusiastic upon seeing the sharply dressed pair. Her sharp eyes had caught the ’Ω’ logo of a luxury watch on the man’s wrist.

She thought to herself, "This is probably another massive commission! I have to lock this down!"

Therefore, she brought out 120 percent of her enthusiasm. After learning what they were looking for, she introduced several newly arrived men’s shirts.

Su Yunzhou tried one on and felt it wasn’t bad. However, upon checking the price tag, he saw that a single short-sleeved shirt cost 1,999 yuan.

He figured the cashback from this wouldn’t be very significant, so it would be better to focus on farming Affinity.

"Forget it, it’s too expensive. Let’s go somewhere else!"

Xia Wanqing knitted her brows slightly and said, "The shirt of yours I ruined last time wasn’t cheap either. Let’s just buy this one..."

"No!" Su Yunzhou shook his head and refused. "Since you’re buying me clothes, shouldn’t I be able to pick whatever I want? I don’t like this one, so I don’t want it!"

This exchange caused the enthusiastically serving saleswoman to stumble, nearly shattering her worldview.

Good heavens!

It turned out her prediction was completely backward.

Taking a closer look at their ages, wasn’t this a classic scenario of a rich and beautiful older woman throwing money at a handsome younger man?!

Oh no!

She hadn’t targeted the right person to foot the bill just now.

Furthermore, this guy seemed quite skilled. Playing hard to get and saying he didn’t want to buy anything probably meant he was planning to buy even more later.

This kind of situation wasn’t common, but she did encounter it occasionally.

Just as she thought the plot would unfold exactly as she expected, reality went completely against her wishes.

The man didn’t appreciate the gesture in the slightest. He handed the shirt back to the saleswoman, turned around, and walked straight out, leaving behind only a helpless-looking rich and beautiful older woman.

Xia Wanqing uttered a quick "Sorry," and hurried out of the store.

The saleswoman watched them leave, grumbling inwardly.

"This guy sure knows how to put on an act!" she thought. "He perfectly portrayed that pathetic, prideful attitude of ’I won’t spend your money; I can earn it through my own hard work.’

"With acting skills like that, he should go into the entertainment industry! Why pretend to be a stubborn mule!

"What a waste of my time!

"So annoying!"