Chen Qi glanced at his phone. It was already 7:30 PM.
“Linlin, I have something to do later. I’ll take you home first.”
“If you’re busy, go ahead. I can take a taxi myself.”
“Then I’ll call a car for you.”
Chen Qi booked a luxury ride. Only after seeing Han Linlin off did he get into another car.
As soon as Han Linlin got in, she looked at her pile of spoils, her smile impossible to suppress.
“Girls, guess how much he spent on me today?”
Yunyun replied, “200,000 yuan?”
Lin Yuan said, “Don’t tell me it’s 300,000 yuan?”
“Chanel was 310,000 yuan, Japanese food was 30,000 yuan, and while we were walking to digest, he bought me a gold-and-diamond necklace for 88,000 yuan.”
“??”
“???”
“????”
Lin Yuan typed furiously, “Wait, is he just throwing money around?”
“You’ve only known each other for a few hours. Yesterday’s Frozen Supreme Dragon Set could be seen as building atmosphere and showing off, and he drank a lot too.”
“But tonight, over 400,000 yuan was actually spent on you.”
Xiao Xue said, “Linlin, I’m grinding my back teeth in jealousy.”
“I even ran into his high school classmate at Chanel.”
“Introduce him to me!”
Lin Yuan assumed that rich second-generation friends would also be rich second-generation.
“Introduce what? She’s just a Chanel sales assistant. I got some information about him from her.”
“He’s from Jianing County. His parents passed away when he was in his first year of high school.”
“Were his parents wealthy and left him a large inheritance?”
“No. I asked. He built everything himself. He said he works in investment, something like investment banking. I don’t really understand it.”
Lin Yuan became excited, practically burning up her screen.
“Damn, could he be a fund manager? Fund managers making over 1 million yuan a year is nothing. Large-scale funds pay their managers tens of millions annually.”
Yunyun said, “Investment banking seems even more impressive than fund managers.”
Lin Yuan said, “Linlin, he’s basically perfect—young, rich, and both parents gone. No mother-in-law issues in the future.”
Yunyun added, “But with his ability, I’ve heard the finance world is even more chaotic than the entertainment industry.”
“Judging by how he threw money around at Black Rose yesterday, he definitely doesn’t lack beautiful women.”
“Linlin, be careful. We can’t outsmart people in the finance world. They have countless tricks.”
“Girls, let me say this—if someone spent over 400,000 yuan on me, even if he’s just playing me, I’d still accept it,” Xiao Xue said.
“Agreed,” Lin Yuan replied.
“Agreed,” Yunyun echoed.
“He asked me if I’m free tomorrow to go pick furniture and appliances with him.”
“Girl, if you’re not free, I am!” Lin Yuan said.
“Get lost!”
At this moment, Chen Qi had already arrived at Yida Plaza.
As he reached the third floor, the Hermès sales assistant Zheng Fangyue spotted him immediately.
[He’s here again? I heard from Sister Zhang at Louis Vuitton that he’s spent nearly 700,000 yuan in the past two days and just bought a Ferrari worth over 4 million yuan]
[Should I invite him into the store?]
“Sir, would you like to take a look at Hermès?”
For the sake of performance and connections, Zheng Fangyue stepped forward.
“Sorry, I’m allergic to Hermès.”
When Chen Qi first came, he had already heard her inner thoughts—she had looked down on him for wearing Anta and Li-Ning back then.
Although Zheng Fangyue had 90 charm points, she had 8 past relationships. There was no need to bother with her.
Buying from her would only earn her commission and increase her favorability, bringing Chen Qi no benefit at all.
Zheng Fangyue froze for a moment as Chen Qi walked straight into the neighboring Louis Vuitton store.
“Lu Lu, Young Master Chen is here!”
“Where is he?”
Sister Zhang smiled, “She was a bit busy just now. Lu Lu is eating at the moment.”
Sales assistants took turns eating. If they all went at once, there would be no one to serve customers.
At this moment, Xu Lu was in the staff lounge, eating takeout.
Hearing that Chen Qi had arrived, she immediately put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth, and took out a small mirror to check her makeup.
“It’s almost 8 PM. Why are you eating so late? That’s not good for your health.”
Chen Qi suddenly walked in.
The staff lounge was generally off-limits to customers, but Sister Zhang was perceptive enough to point him to the door and let him in.
Hearing his concern, Xu Lu felt warmth in her heart.
“I’m not very hungry. I had lunch at 1:30 PM.”
Their working hours were from 10 AM to 10 PM, so eating dinner at 8 PM wasn’t particularly late.
“Beef brisket rice for dinner?” Chen Qi glanced at the takeout on the table.
“Yeah, I didn’t know what to eat, so I just ordered something casually.”
[Will he think it’s cheap? Someone who spends tens of thousands on a meal—wouldn’t he feel sick seeing this kind of cheap takeout?]
Chen Qi noticed the receipt still attached to the package, with the price clearly marked.
“Damn, 32 yuan? That’s expensive.”
He had never dared to order takeout this expensive before. He either ate instant noodles or pre-made meals that cost just over 10 yuan.
There was also a cup of Heytea next to it, probably over 20 yuan. One meal for her cost almost as much as two days of his previous food expenses.
“Lu Lu, do you usually eat like this?” Chen Qi asked.
“We’re working people. We can’t eat big meals every day. This is just normal takeout for us.”
[He really does look down on my food… As expected, class differences show in food and daily life]
Xu Lu’s income was quite high, around 20,000 yuan per month, but her expenses were also significant. She never treated herself poorly.
Her takeout meals were usually in the 30–50 yuan range, and with milk tea, coffee, and fruit, her monthly food expenses alone were around 4,000 yuan.
Chen Qi said, “I used to eat takeout too. It’s unhealthy. Don’t eat this anymore in the future.”
[So Xiao Jing was right… he must be a recently returned illegitimate heir of a wealthy family]
“Then what should I eat?” Xu Lu blinked.
“Isn’t there a private kitchen downstairs? Order from there from now on.”
Chen Qi had eaten there with Li Ting before. The food was good and clean, just a bit expensive—one plate of stir-fried water spinach cost 35 yuan.
“That’s too expensive. I can’t afford it with my salary,” Xu Lu said.
Chen Qi reached out and pinched her cheek.
“What are you talking about? With me here, why would you need to pay for meals?”
“I’ll go talk to them. Then you can add their WeChat and have them deliver food every day.”
“Brother Chen, you’re too good to me.”
Chen Qi went downstairs to speak with the manager of the private kitchen.
“I’m sorry, sir. We’re already very busy during meal times. Adding delivery orders would make things even more difficult.”
“You can just order takeout through the platforms. We’re available on all major apps.”
The system didn’t allow direct cash transfers to goddesses. If he ordered takeout, he would have to place the order himself or pay on her behalf, which was too troublesome.
If something could be solved with money, there was no need to complicate it.
“One vegetarian dish and two meat dishes, 200 yuan. Lunch and dinner together would be 400 yuan a day, delivered upstairs to Louis Vuitton. If that doesn’t work, I’ll go to another place.”
The manager’s eyes lit up. This was clearly a wealthy client.
Ordering one vegetarian and two meat dishes through delivery usually averaged only 100–150 yuan.
Offering 200 yuan was pure profit. And the delivery location was just upstairs—refusing such an easy deal would be foolish.