Hearing this, Li Shuang perked up immediately.
Rich guy's starting to flex again.
Not just good food, but alcohol couldn't be left out either.
Seems like he's really the spontaneous type. If someone planned to treat girls to fine wine, they'd usually bring their own bottles.
After all, buying through personal connections at home can get you alcohol much cheaper than hotels or restaurants.
Wealthy people are often surprisingly frugal about these things.
But Su Bai had already been conditioned by his indulgence system to act on whims.
Even from a rational perspective, the premium from impulsive spending would generate more cashback - a win-win.
Li Shuang frantically scrolled through her phone before pulling up the wine list for Su Bai.
Su Bai quickly made selections matching his personal taste.
Two bottles of red wine, two bottles of white, plus one bottle of whiskey.
The whiskey was just an everyday variety - the famous Johnnie Walker.
The real price came from the wines, which Su Bai deliberately chose at the highest end.
[Ding! Detected host's indulgent spending on alcohol totaling 52,988 yuan. Triggered 10x cashback - 529,880 yuan received!]
A casual wave of the hand, and half a million lands in the account!
After finalizing the order, Su Bai announced: "Tonight we're drinking the good stuff - go wild. We can sleep in tomorrow morning and think about hiking in the afternoon."
"Hell yeah!" Wan Xinyan led the cheers.
Though she enjoyed outdoor activities, fine wine definitely took priority over mountain climbing.
Last time when she and her sister dined with Su Bai, they'd been shocked when he casually opened a collector's red worth over 100k.
As for the taste? They weren't wine connoisseurs, but even they could tell it was exceptional.
Li Shuang bustled about organizing an elaborate wine-opening ceremony.
Having seen it before, Su Bai wasn't particularly impressed, but the other girls found it fascinating.
Jiang Qiuran even filmed a clip for her social media.
The notification chimes for comments immediately started pinging nonstop.
It outperformed Chen Yusheng's relationship announcement post in engagement.
As the campus belle, Jiang naturally dominated social media - no contest against homebody Chen Yusheng.
After waves of admiring comments, someone finally posted what Jiang had been waiting for:
"Holy shit, isn't that the lakeside villa at Tianrong Resort? Off-season rates are nearly 20k per night - with Mid-Autumn holiday pricing, that's gotta be 30-40k?"
"Is our Jiang celebrating someone's birthday?"
This came from a wealthy student council senior Jiang knew.
The comment redirected everyone's attention from the elegant setting to calculating its monetary value.
Soon a wine expert pointed out the photographed reds and whites were all premium selections - clear signs of a truly wealthy host.
But immediately someone countered:
"Rich my ass. Proper high-profile parties book entire floors in prime locations. This resort's still the suburbs..."
Admittedly,
while somewhat bitter, the criticism held merit.
The lakeside villa was undoubtedly upscale, but not top-tier - premium wedding venues also cost tens of thousands to book.
But this situation was completely different - Su Bai had simply brought friends for casual fun. Despite the small group, he'd spared no expense, easily spending over 100k tonight.
Jiang Qiuran's eyes sparkled.
This was exactly what she wanted!
She immediately commented:
"Hehe, not a birthday~ Just hanging out with the guy I've been secretly crushing on ❤️"
After about a minute,
Jiang promptly deleted the comment.
Gotta keep them guessing~
Leaving it up would cause excessive speculation and people digging for details.
If this led to exposing Su Bai, she knew he'd find it troublesome.
Paradoxically, deleting it would fuel more imagination.
As for letting her admirers see it...
That was precisely Jiang's intention!
Let them know Jiang Qiuran's heart already belonged to someone.
Stop trying to approach her.
Reconciling with Su Bai required first informing her pursuers that she was already taken.
Who needs being the campus belle when you can be Su Bai's plaything?
This dramatic shift made Su Bai click his tongue in amusement: "Damn, you're gonna ruin these guys' Mid-Autumn Festival, aren't you?"
"So what? I didn't actually..." Jiang suddenly realized something and whirled around to find Su Bai standing right behind her with a mischievous grin.
Flustered, she stammered: "Y-you saw everything?!"
"I see, well, I suppose you’ve handled it with some tact. Keep it up."
"I’ll keep working hard~"
Jiang Qiuran rose on her tiptoes and planted a light kiss by Su Bai’s ear, whispering softly, "Master~" in a playful tone.
She really knows how to charm him.
Su Bai gave her little rear a teasing pinch before heading off to grill the skewers.
Jiang Qiuran watched his retreating figure, clenching her small fists with quiet determination.
Though this was still far from enough to win back Su Bai’s affection…
Jiang Qiuran would keep trying!
...
Grilling is an art that tests both technique and timing.
But as the saying goes?
With top-tier ingredients, you can brute-force your way to success.
Take beef, for example—premium cuts taste even better when cooked rare.
Charred on the outside, tender and juicy inside—it’s a flavor all its own.
The same goes for lamb and fish, which also have their own delicious half-cooked preparations.
This was why Su Bai had insisted Li Shuang source high-quality ingredients—since none of them were professional grillers, the materials had to make up for it.
Su Bai knew his way around a kitchen, which gave him an edge over the girls when it came to controlling the heat.
The least skilled was clearly Jiang Qiuran, who barely ever stepped into a kitchen. Even sprinkling salt or cumin was a struggle, so Su Bai sent Wan Xinyan to coach her.
Chen Yusheng wasn’t much better, so Su Bai guided her hands personally—and took the chance to get cozy.
This alone made it obvious that among the four women present, Su Bai’s favor was unevenly distributed.
In his mind, he had a clear hierarchy, adjusting his approach based on each girl’s qualities and how they treated him.
Li Shuang observed this and, with impeccable timing, was the first to pour glasses of the now-aerated red wine, handing two to Su Bai and Chen Yusheng.
"Mr. Su, Miss Chen, please try this ‘Screaming Eagle’ from Napa Valley. It’s a cult favorite—intensely fruity, richly concentrated, with silky tannins, perfect for pairing with bold, smoky grilled meats..."
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
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...
