149: New Rules and New Tasks - Part 1 (Bonus Chapter)

The next morning, Ye Cheng slowly opened her eyes, looked sideways at the sleeping profile of the man beside her, and couldn't help but roll her eyes hard.

“Bastard...”

Reason told her that this was wrong.

What happened to the “one million” bottom line? What happened to not letting him have his way too easily? This was just great; she had basically destroyed her own defenses and encouraged his freeloading attitude.

But the problem was... this guy's level of shamelessness was truly beyond imagination!

Last night, just after Lin Wanxing and Su Ning left, in the time it took her to turn around and go back to her room to get her down jacket, Jiang Ye actually followed her in stark naked, locked the door behind him, and cornered her inside.

He just started talking: “Cheng Cheng, welcoming the New Year needs a sense of ritual,” “I love you,” “The first time in 2026 must be with you,” “Don't spoil the mood on a big holiday,” “Look at my newly trained abs,” “Since you're already here,” “It's already like this anyway”... who could withstand such a series of combo punches?

The result was... five times in a row! Five times! He's practically a beast!

Just thinking about how she didn't even want to move a finger by the end of last night made Ye Cheng's teeth itch with anger.

That damned bastard!

Carefully lifting the quilt and getting out of bed, she glanced at the bathroom and hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare go in for a shower—in case she woke him up, it might turn into another “morning exercise.”

She quickly picked up her sweater, leggings, and that cream-white bra that was already out of shape, and tiptoed out of the master bedroom.

The living room was quiet, the mess from last night's plates and glasses was still piled in the kitchen sink, and the faint smell of grilled fish and crawfish lingered in the air.

Ye Cheng was about to quickly get dressed and leave when her gaze was suddenly drawn to a large paper bag on the coffee table.

She walked over to take a look and was instantly speechless.

Inside the bag was a pile of brand-new women's underwear and bras in various styles and colors, ranging from fresh Girl-next-door styles to sexy lace ones, and even a few sets that looked very indecent... the sizes were also complete, from A to C, and even the band sizes were divided into two types.

Was it because he wasn't sure what size she wore, so he bought one of everything?

This simple, crude, yet somewhat stupidly cute style was truly unique!

Blushing, Ye Cheng quickly picked out the right size and a relatively conservative style from that pile of “Tribute,” nimbly got dressed, and put on her down jacket.

Once everything was ready, she turned her head to glance at the closed master bedroom door and couldn't help but give a heavy huff.

No, this absolutely cannot continue!

Given how this guy spends money like water and has an unstable income, that one million goal probably won't be reached anytime soon.

But she couldn't really stop seeing him; the feelings were there, and the body was... cough, but every time they met, the outcome would likely be like today—being eaten clean, then fleeing in a panic, with her principles shattered.

Hmm... she had to change her strategy!

This guy is living too comfortably now; she needed to give him some motivation, turn up the intensity, give him a sense of urgency, and make him go earn money properly!

For his own sake, and also for... hmph, anyway, she couldn't let him think that starting a harem was this easy!

...Two hours later, Jiang Ye slowly woke up and instinctively reached out to the side.

It was empty, leaving only a bit of residual warmth and a faint fragrance.

“Tsk, she ran away...”

He stretched, grabbed the phone by the pillow, and dialed his “first wife.”

The phone rang a few times before being picked up, and Ye Cheng's soft huff came from the other side.

“Hello? You bastard, you...”

“What a scumbag Girl you are!”

Jiang Ye was the first to take the moral high ground: “Running away after you're done? You're not even giving money this time? You're getting more and more excessive!”

“...”

On the other end of the line, Ye Cheng, who was packing her things in the dormitory and preparing to take a shower, almost crushed her phone when she heard this false accusation.

She took a deep breath and told herself to stay calm; she must not let him throw her off rhythm.

“Hmph! Jiang Ye, I don't think this is working! I'm going to update the rules with you!”

“Update the rules? Go ahead, I'm listening.”

Ye Cheng cleared her throat and began to state her “new rules”: “I don't want that one million anymore.”

“Oh?”

Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow, a bit surprised, but he didn't take it too seriously: “Sure, then name a price. Five million? Or ten million? Whatever you want, I'm fine with it; anyway, it's just about saving up slowly.”

“Damn! So that was your plan all along!”

Ye Cheng got angry as soon as she heard that: “You just want to keep being unable to pay so you can keep ‘testing’ me forever, right! Bastard!”

Jiang Ye coughed and decisively didn't take the bait.

She calmed her breathing and threw out the new plan she had carefully considered: “Listen, from today on, I don't want your pocket money anymore!”

“Holy crap?”

Jiang Ye was truly surprised this time and sat straight up in bed.

Not having pocket money wouldn't do!

If the Girl didn't have money, how would she buy him gifts?

Without gifts, how would he trigger the cashback?

This was practically shaking the foundation of the nation!

He was about to sternly refuse and explain the importance of pocket money when Ye Cheng's words followed immediately.

“But! We're going to charge per session!”

“...?”

Jiang Ye swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and mulled over the meaning: “Per session? Hiss... Student Xiao Ye, if we... do it like this, will we be caught by the Uncles from the anti-vice squad?”

“Where is your mind going!”

Ye Cheng was almost driven crazy by his bizarre train of thought: “This is romance between a couple! Romantic consumption, do you understand? To add a sense of ritual and... and motivation! It's settled!”

“Oh... whatever you say. How much per time?”

“30,000 per time! For a situation like last night... that's 150,000!”

“No, sister, isn't this a bit ridiculous?”

Jiang Ye took a sharp breath: “Do you believe I'll go to the Consumer Association right now and report you for price gouging? What is your pricing basis? Is it based on weight or duration? Is there a permit from the Price Bureau? Has it been approved by the Industry Association?”

“What are you babbling about?! I don't care! This is the price!”

Ye Cheng threw out her prepared reasoning: “Calculate it yourself. For these two weeks, you were supposed to give me 100,000 in pocket money every week anyway. If we calculated it like before, those 100,000s would basically be given for nothing. Now that it's calculated per session, you're getting a huge bargain, okay?”