"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'm heading out."
Shen Lang gave a warm smile, grabbed the property certificate, and left without looking back.
"Hmph!"
The female staff member stomped her feet in frustration, clearly upset.
"Girl, I'm telling you, if you didn't believe me before, why are you suddenly taking action now?"
Her colleague, seeing the clumsy act, couldn't help but tease, "And your fall was so fake, the performance was too obvious."
The female staff member gave her a resigned look, not wanting to waste time with someone who only thinks with their lower half.
She wasn't after the guy's body; the man was a billionaire.
If he noticed her, wouldn't that mean a chance at such incredible wealth?
Too bad he seemed uninterested in a hotel front desk worker.
Thinking about it, with how beautiful the girl he was with yesterday was, why would he care about someone like her?
...
"No wonder they say money changes people. This really tests one's heart!"
Shen Lang drove along the busy main road with one hand on the wheel.
At a red light, he glanced at the property certificate on the passenger seat and remembered the hotel front desk's aggressive behavior. He couldn't help but laugh at himself.
"She probably just couldn't resist me because I'm so handsome. It has nothing to do with the $300 million villa."
In a world where money holds so much sway, it can truly deceive people.
Shen Lang's assets were bound to grow with the system's help. Soon, it might not just be hotel staff trying to get his attention.
"Hope I can withstand the challenges life throws at me in the future."
As Shen Lang pondered, his WeChat notification rang.
He looked at his phone and saw it was a voice message from Shen Linlin.
"What's up?"
There was a long pause before Shen Linlin finally spoke, her voice shy and awkward.
"Brother!"
"Whoa, look at you, calling me brother today?"
Shen Lang chuckled, thinking Shen Linlin wanted money.
"Alright, how many gold coins are you asking for this time? I'm in a good mood today, so I might give you more."
Shen Linlin hesitated again. After a gulping sound, she asked, "Can you, um, be my boyfriend?"
"Damn!!"
Shen Lang was startled, almost rear-ending the car in front. He slammed on the brakes, steadied the wheel, and asked, still shaken, "Are you serious? Do you know what you're saying? I'm driving!"
"Are you okay? Did you crash?"
"No, but I almost did. What do you think?"
Shen Lang calmed down and asked cautiously, "Did you lose a dare with your roommate or something?"
"No, it's not a dare," Shen Linlin said, sounding embarrassed.
"I was bragging to my roommates that I have a handsome, tall, and wealthy boyfriend. So… can you?"
"Heh, tell me more."
Shen Lang was flattered, realizing what Shen Linlin wanted. She just wanted him to play along with her lie about having a boyfriend.
"Please, brother, help me out this time. I'll do anything you ask in the future!"
"Not interested. Goodbye."
Shen Lang dismissively hung up.
Given his situation, he wasn't about to pretend to be someone's boyfriend, especially not his sister's. If relatives and friends found out, it could cause quite a scene.
Meanwhile, at Zhuhai University's girls' dormitory, Su Lexuan returned to find only Ye Xinxin there, playing a game with a male online friend. The other two roommates were at class.
"Stop playing for now. I need to handle something."
Seeing Su Lexuan back, Ye Xinxin eagerly shut down the game, climbed out of bed, and grinned knowingly as she walked around.
"Xuan, don't you have anything to tell me?"
"Tell you what?"
Su Lexuan pretended not to understand, her face reddening slightly.
"Come on, we've been friends for years. Why be shy now?"
Ye Xinxin sat next to Su Lexuan, hugged her waist, and asked playfully, "So, did you, you know, do it with Shen Lang last night?"
"I-I don't know what you're talking about."
Su Lexuan blushed deeply, avoiding Ye Xinxin's eager gaze.
"Don't play dumb, I heard Shen Lang took the call this morning. Just tell me, what was it like?"
"It was, well, like that. You've seen movies, right?"
As students passed by the door, Su Lexuan's face turned even redder.
Ye Xinxin quickly locked the door and asked eagerly, "So you really did it?"
Su Lexuan shyly mumbled, "He, he insisted."
"Wow, if the guys in our class found out you were with another guy…"
Seeing her usually cheerful friend looking so bashful, Ye Xinxin confidently said, "I bet our school's forum will blow up again."
Su Lexuan scoffed, "Whether it blows up or not, it's not my problem."
"So, tell me the details."
Ye Xinxin, with strong curiosity, asked, "I'm your best friend, I just want to know what it was like, to prepare for the future."
"Well, just don't tell anyone else."
Though they talked about everything, Su Lexuan was still uneasy discussing such personal matters.
"Of course, hurry up and tell me."
Under her friend's persuasion, Su Lexuan vividly described the events of last night.
"Wow, just listening to you, it sounds so exciting, like an audio novel. Was Shen Lang really that good?"
Ye Xinxin, heart racing and cheeks flushed, was captivated by Su Lexuan's account.
Su Lexuan felt extremely embarrassed, her face burning as discussing such intimate details with her friend was deeply mortifying.