How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?

Listening to him, Gu Heng nodded.

In Hua Country, which is so vast, the taste preferences of people from different regions also vary greatly. Just like he couldn’t eat Jiangzhe Cuisine, because he really wasn’t used to the sweeter dishes...

It was a bit like having a private chef...

Adjusting according to personal taste...

Tsk, tsk, tsk...

Only the wealthy knew how to enjoy life...

Once he had had enough fun and settled down, he would also get a big estate, complete with a private chef and servants all arranged...

As for now...

It was better to first experience the diversity of life...

"How is the payment made? Do I pay now or settle it with the room charge?"

Xu Ying had been standing by, and hearing Gu Heng’s words, she quickly stepped forward, "This is an extra expense, and it needs to be paid now, because the group needs to reconcile the expenses."

"Okay."

Gu Heng did not dally and directly transferred seventy thousand to Xu Ying’s mobile.

[The host has hotpot at the Oriental Pearl Tower, unlocking a new life experience and successfully indulging. Reward: 1.2 million. Balance: 102.71 million.]

Um...

Another 100 thousand earned...

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"Mr. Gu, I will take Chef Li Wensheng down now. If you need anything, you can call me."

Lounging on the sofa, Gu Heng didn’t even lift his head, simply raising his hand to wave behind him, casually indicating that he understood.

Meanwhile, Gu Xinran and the others, still smiling after finishing their meal, kept looking around the room, occasionally taking photos to commemorate the moment...

"Brother, didn’t you mention there are four floors? I want to check out the other three floors."

Gu Heng envied these women’s energy...

Running around all day, plus just having eaten, anyone would want to lie down and relax for a while...

Yet they still had the energy to wander around the room...

Thinking of this, Gu Heng’s lazy voice arose, "Go ahead by yourselves, all the places that need a password to enter use six eights, I’ll relax here, call me when you’re done."

"Then I’m going first~"

A woman is worth five hundred ducks, so these four women together are like fifteen hundred ducks quacking at the same time...

The missing five hundred are Tao Miaomiao...

Unless there’s a special circumstance, she’s usually mute...

Now that more than a thousand ducks had left, the living room finally quieted down...

Gu Heng opened his phone, played Leslie Cheung’s "Silence is Golden," and looked out at the night scene of The Bund from the floor-to-ceiling window, enjoying the serene moment...

Compared to the industrial assembly line-produced internet celebrity songs of today, he still preferred the old songs...

Just as Gu Heng lay back, hands behind his head, squinting for a quick nap, he heard footsteps coming from behind him...

Turning his head, he saw the blonde Leyi standing by his side...

Gu Heng didn’t greet her, just glanced and then squinted his eyes again...

Leyi didn’t mind, standing quietly in front of the huge window, overlooking the bustling scene of The Bund...

As the song ended, Gu Heng reopened his eyes, saw Leyi still standing there, and finally couldn’t resist asking, "Do you like the view?"

"Yes, it’s beautiful."

"You’ve also been in Shanghai for quite a few years, haven’t you? Haven’t you gotten sick of it yet?"

"I’ve only been here a few times and I’m already numb to it,"

Gu Heng said as he lit a cigarette.

"How could I get sick of it?"

Leyi responded to Gu Heng and then started talking on her own.

"When I was studying, I saw many reports about Shanghai online, like ’the biggest city in Hua Country,’ ’the New York of the East,’ ’a paradise for the wealthy.’

So, I studied like crazy because my goal was to get into a university here. But do you know, Brother Heng? Qianqian only needed a score of 585 to get into Finance University, whereas I barely made it with a 645 from Xi Jiang…"

"It was the first time I tasted the disparities in life. I had used half my life’s effort for an opportunity that was so much more easily obtained by locals like Qianqian."

As he listened to her, Gu Heng flicked his cigarette ash into the ashtray: "Let me interject, although I didn’t go to university, don’t take me for an uneducated person. As far as I know, the total scores differ between Shanghai and other provinces, right?"

Leyi paused for a moment, then could only laugh helplessly, "But you can’t deny that local students like Qianqian have it much easier to get into universities like Fudan and Jiao Tong compared to students from other provinces. Otherwise, why would so many people desperately want to settle in Shanghai?"

Gu Heng shrugged to signal her to continue.

"The first night, as we lay in our dorm beds chatting about how we felt getting into Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Xinran, Miaomiao, and I were all excited, only Qianqian was as indifferent as you are now."

"And then?"

"Although you’re here as a tourist, Shanghai belongs to you. The lights on The Bund, frankly, illuminate for the wealthy like you, because you own all this, so you can afford to act so indifferent.

But someone like me, although I live in Shanghai, has never really owned it, so no matter how many times I see it, I never tire of it."

Gu Heng watched her with interest, a smile curling on his lips, "So what are you trying to say?"

He did not believe that a girl with such strong utilitarian instincts came to him purely to reflect on life.

"I also want to be someone who owns a city like Shanghai, just like you."

As she spoke, Leyi’s eyes were locked on Gu Heng’s, without showing any hint of timidness...

Gu Heng liked girls with a strong sense of utility.

Because they generally knew their place well and were clear about where they stood.

As long as their conditions were met, generally speaking, there would not be any problems.

In comparison to a serious relationship, which required spending money and time and providing emotional value, this transactional type of romance was way too convenient and direct...

And now, getting into a serious relationship was much riskier than this transactional type of romance...

Spend 510,000 in a year, and you might end up a drowned corpse in the river...

Compared to fully committing to a relationship, Gu Heng preferred to flit between various women...

If he had the ability to be like Xia Donghai, why would he bother acting like a hopeless romantic?

Just as Gu Heng was about to respond, Gu Xinran’s voice suddenly sounded, "Leyi, what are you doing here? There’s a private cinema upstairs! And they even show movies that are still in theaters!

Didn’t you say you wanted to watch ’Hot and Sizzling’? Come on!"

Gu Xinran said this while pulling Leyi by the hand upstairs and even sneakily winked at Gu Heng...

Gu Heng watched this scene and smiled helplessly...

It seemed Gu Xinran understood Leyi well, knowing why Leyi had sneaked off to talk to Gu Heng and had specifically come to "rescue" her...

But Gu Heng didn’t mind; he just shifted to a more comfortable position and sprawled out on the sofa.

He had moved from a stage of lustful obsession to another stage.

If this were a month ago and he had met Leyi, spelling things out to this extent, he would definitely have tried everything to secure the deal as quickly as possible...

But now...

He had seen through it...

Compared to beautiful women, wealthy men were the real rarity... n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

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