Han So-yeon shyly snuggled into Su Yang's arms. She had been wide awake after her half-hour run, but now her head was spinning again.
She didn't even know when they had ended up in the bedroom's bathroom.
When she snapped out of it, she asked, a bit bewildered, "Why are we in the bathroom?"
"Aren't you going to take a shower?"
"Huh? But...?"
"Shh! Don't talk." Su Yang smiled and walked over to the bathtub, turning on the water.
Han So-yeon sat on the toilet, staring at the tub without moving.
The water quickly filled up. Su Yang turned around and said, "OK."
"What... do you mean?" Han So-yeon asked, dazed.
Su Yang winked at her, walked over, and pulled her up without a word. He lowered his head and pressed his lips to hers.
......
An hour later, Su Yang walked to the door, opened it, picked up the takeout from the cabinet by the door, and turned back inside.
The food had already gone slightly cold. He carried it into the kitchen and gave it a quick reheat.
A few minutes later, he transferred the food into bowls, set them on the dining table, and arranged everything.
Only then did Han So-yeon emerge from the bedroom, a little hesitantly.
"Come eat. I reworked it a bit — definitely better than the original."
"Is... is it?"
"You'll see when you try it."
"Alright." Han So-yeon came over and sat down at the dining table.
Su Yang pushed a bowl in front of her and said with a smile, "Eat up. We still need to head out after."
"Where to?"
"I'm thinking of checking out an apartment."
"You're buying a place?"
Su Yang nodded. "Yeah. I'll probably be coming to Magic City pretty often from now on, so having my own place will be more convenient."
"Actually... you don't need to buy one."
"Why not?"
"When you come to Magic City, you can just stay at my... stay at my place." Han So-yeon lowered her head and said in a soft, quiet voice.
Su Yang smiled and said, "No worries. It doesn't have to be one or the other."
"Fine, then. After we eat, I'll go with you."
"Great. Now eat up."
With that, they both picked up their bowls and started eating.
Twenty minutes later, lunch was over.
Han So-yeon went back to the room to put on a lovely face of makeup and changed into a purple puff-sleeve fitted dress.
Su Yang watched her for a moment and thought to himself, "Purple really does have a certain charm."
Han So-yeon walked over and smiled. "Let's go."
"Alright."
With that, they grabbed the Porsche Panamera keys and headed out, soon reaching the parking lot.
Su Yang first drove back to the hotel to change clothes, then dragged his suitcase to the lobby to check out.
He had booked hotel rooms in Magic City twice now, and both times he hadn't slept a single night in them.
The first time, he had ended up staying at Zhuang Mengli's place. This time, he had stayed at Han So-yeon's.
Next time, he wouldn't bother with hotels. What a waste of money.
After checking out, they walked to the parking space in front of the hotel. Su Yang opened the trunk and loaded his luggage inside.
Han So-yeon noticed and asked, "Did your visa come through?"
"What?"
"You... are you heading to Europe?"
"No, my visa hasn't come through yet."
"Then why did you check out and take out your suitcase..."
"Hey, are you losing your mind?" Su Yang closed the trunk, walked over to Han So-yeon, and laughed. "I'm staying at your place for the next couple of days."
"Really? Oh, right, haha. Geez, look at my brain." Han So-yeon gave an awkward laugh.
"You're not busy these next couple of days, are you? If you are, I can just get a hotel."
"No no no, I'm not busy!" Han So-yeon replied instantly.
"Haha, good. I just didn't want you to feel like you couldn't say so."
"No! Being with you is the biggest thing I have going on right now."
At that, Su Yang's eyes widened and he laughed. "Where did you learn these cheesy lines?"
Han So-yeon lightly bit her lower lip. "I didn't. I'm saying it from the heart."
Looking at the blushing beauty before him, Su Yang couldn't help but pinch her fair cheeks. "Get in the car."
"Okay."
The car started, and Su Yang pulled onto the main road. This time, his destination was clear: he went straight to a top-tier residential area called Binjiang Mansion, right next to the Sea View No.1 complex where Zhuang Mengli lived.
Originally, he had planned to buy at Sea View No.1, but over the past couple of days, he had looked it up online and found that Sea View No.1 had opened for sale years ago, with all new units long sold out. Only second-hand listings remained.
Although the even better-located Tangcheng One was still selling new units, he wasn't particularly fond of it.
Not far from those two premium complexes was Binjiang Mansion. Its location was slightly farther from the Bund scenery across the river compared to Tangcheng One and Sea View No.1, but it had just released Phase Three, which was all brand-new units.
The price was also eye-watering, averaging around 250,000 RMB per square meter. These three top-tier luxury residences in Lujiazui were collectively known as the "Big Three of the Magic City Waterfront."
From Peninsula Hotel to Binjiang Mansion wasn't far — only a river between them. About ten-plus minutes later, Su Yang drove up to the Phase Three sales office.
Phases One and Two were already completely sold out. Phase Three had opened with 212 units across four buildings. The main layouts were the T12 and T15 four-bedroom units, ranging from 240 to 356 square meters.
The buying process doesn't need to be detailed step by step. In the end, Su Yang paid just over 90 million RMB in full for a 356-square-meter riverfront luxury unit on the 17th floor of Building T15. Since this was his first home purchase in Magic City, the system also rewarded him with 10 million, effectively giving him a discount.
The apartment was quite impressive. Standing on the oversized balcony, you could see the Lujiazui trio of skyscrapers off to the right, along with the Bund scenery and more.
The view wasn't quite as direct as Tangcheng One or Sea View No.1, but it was still top-notch.
The unit Su Yang bought was a 4-bedroom, 2-living-room, 4-bathroom layout — a very good floor plan. It came with premium fully finished interiors, including Vaillant floor heating and Daikin central air conditioning, but he wouldn't be able to take delivery and move in until he returned from Europe.
He also bought two parking spots on a whim. Even though he had no car in Magic City at the moment, parking spots were a must-have. Anyway, he had the money to spare.
Han So-yeon accompanied him throughout the entire apartment-buying process. She was every bit the Magic City heiress — when she stayed quiet, her bearing was absolutely stunning, refined and elegant with a touch of cool distance. And when important questions came up, she could offer solid advice.
Having a girlfriend like that made a guy look great in public. Of course, the guy himself couldn't be too shabby, or in other people's eyes, it would look like a toad and a swan.
That said, no woman had managed to overpower Su Yang's presence so far except Pan Ning.
Everything was wrapped up by around 5 PM. To show his appreciation, Su Yang drove Han So-yeon to the nearby ICC Mall in Magic City, which housed nearly every luxury brand in the world.
Han So-yeon wasn't lacking anything, but no matter how rich a woman was, she never had too many handbags or too many clothes.
Plus, she was a fashion enthusiast who loved putting outfits together, so shopping was one of the happiest things for her.
She wasn't shy about it either. After all, no matter how you looked at it, Su Yang was her boyfriend now, and she knew he had money. So she browsed and shopped freely, without any hesitation.
Su Yang let her pick whatever she wanted. Bags, jewelry, cosmetics, watches, trendy streetwear, shoes, haute couture — they bought a bit of everything, shelling out more than 5 million RMB in total by the end.
This money was mainly spent on handbags and haute couture. An Hermès Birkin bag alone cost over fifty thousand, so when you add it all up, it wasn't really that much.
Su Yang was happy spending this money, and the system rewarded him with five hundred. After walking around for half a day, the money came right back...
He couldn't spend it all, no matter what.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
