147: Instigate

After finishing her chat with Li Mengyao, Ye Su waited for a good while before receiving a call from the housekeeping service, then went over to open the door for them.

The house was fairly clean and there wasn't much dust, but Ye Su still stayed inside to watch the two cleaners work to prevent them from slacking off.

While the cleaners were tidying up, a technician also arrived to clean the air conditioner.

While the deep cleaning was underway, Ye Su glanced at the master bedroom and felt that the mattress had been used for quite a long time.

After thinking about it, Ye Su decided to give Ye Kaijun a call.

The phone rang twice before Ye Kaijun's voice came through from the other end.

"Hello, Xiao Su?"

"Uncle Jun."

"What's wrong? Are you not satisfied with the house?"

"No, it's just that the mattress in the room has been there for a long time, and I wanted to ask if it could be replaced."

"Of course you can. The house is for you to live in, so just handle things according to your own preferences. You don't need to ask for my opinion."

Having received permission from Ye Kaijun and exchanged a few more pleasantries, Ye Su confirmed there was nothing else he needed help with, then hung up the phone and placed an order for a mattress from a certain brand.

Ye Su stayed in the house until past eleven. After ensuring the cleaning ladies had wiped everything inside and out—even under the sofa cushions—and the technician had finished washing the air conditioner, Ye Su let them leave. He also set all the air conditioners on a timer to dry out the moisture.

Seeing that it was already past eleven, Ye Su returned to Building 12 first. After eating some takeout, he didn't head out until after one in the afternoon to find a gold shop of a certain brand, intending to sell the gold necklace he had fished up in the early hours.

The gold buyback price at the shop today was only 743 yuan per gram, but Ye Su couldn't be bothered to wait for the price to rise later, so he sold the gold necklace for over sixty-nine thousand yuan.

"After selling the gold necklace and buying the mattress, I have one hundred and ninety thousand left."

"There's also a jar of aged tangerine peel and a late Qing Dynasty purple clay inkstone in the safe, which should be worth over three hundred thousand."

"Huh?" Ye Su suddenly realized: "How come, back and forth, I always only have over five hundred thousand on me? Could it be that I've been set up by capital?"

"Adding the over one hundred thousand for this car, it's only seven hundred thousand... This isn't right. Have I only saved up this much wealth after working hard for over two months?"

After balancing the accounts, Ye Su always felt something was a bit off.

"I remember now. I tied up four hundred thousand in the sunscreen clothing, and I still have a revenue-sharing contract with the Agricultural Science Institute."

Adding everything up, Ye Su finally calculated his total assets to be in the seven-figure range.

"I've finally earned my first million in life."

He had known for a long time that he could earn a million, but now that a million was truly laid out before him, Ye Su still felt a little excited.

"The first million has been earned; next up should be the first ten million!"

It had taken over two months to earn the first million, so Ye Su made up his mind to try to spend less time and reach ten million before the summer vacation.

"Today is the 13th, and the [6.18] event has already started. I wonder if anyone is buying the sunscreen clothing I stocked up."

Not wanting to put pressure on Ye Xin, Ye Su didn't intend to ask, so he drove back to school to catch the classes starting at 3:30 PM.

...

While Ye Su was in class, Qin Manyun was at the school gate with her boyfriend, Jia Zhiqiang, preparing to call a car to go shopping at Tianhuan Plaza.

Inadvertently, Qin Manyun spotted Ye Su's black Audi in the parking space next to the school gate. The image of yesterday—when she had kindly gone up to chat with him, only for him to be indifferent—instantly flashed through her mind again.

Feeling unhappy, Qin Manyun began to instigate Jia Zhiqiang: "Every time we go out, we either take the subway or wait here for a ride-hailing car. Tell me, when will we be able to buy a car?"

"Buying a car is too much trouble." Jia Zhiqiang shook his head, rejecting Qin Manyun's idea without a second thought: "The roads are jammed, and parking spots are hard to find. It's more comfortable just to take a taxi."

Jia Zhiqiang certainly didn't want to admit that after he started dating Qin Manyun, he had been spending more and more money and didn't have the cash on hand to buy a car.

"But we'll be going out for internships at the end of this semester. If we bought a car, we could drive to work and wouldn't have to squeeze onto buses and subways with others."

"That's easy. When the time comes, I'll just drive the Lexus from home. It's just for commuting anyway, and I don't have to pay for the insurance and maintenance."

"Ah..." Qin Manyun's face was full of disdain: "That car is almost older than me. How embarrassing it would be to drive it out..."

In his heart, Jia Zhiqiang actually also despised that antique. He had tried several times to propose that his family buy him a new car, using the current popularity of electric vehicles as an excuse, but he was rejected every time and told to either drive that old Lexus or take the subway.

Now, seeing that Qin Manyun was also full of disdain for the car she had ridden in once, Jia Zhiqiang had no choice but to pull her into his arms and comfort her:

"What's embarrassing about it? That's a legendary car of our Yangcheng generation. It's more comfortable to drive than many cars nowadays."

Jia Zhiqiang's comfort obviously didn't work, and Qin Manyun continued to act out in his arms:

"Comfortable, my foot! If we drive that car out, people will think there's a grandpa and grandma in it!"

Then, Qin Manyun pointed at the black Audi in the distance: "Haven't you seen that there are students in our school now who drive Audis to school? That car is so beautiful!"

Seeing Qin Manyun suddenly start making unreasonable demands out of the blue, Jia Zhiqiang also grew increasingly annoyed:

"Since you think it's so great that others drive an Audi to school, why don't you go find him to be your boyfriend!"

Seeing that Jia Zhiqiang was getting vaguely angry, Qin Manyun didn't dare to truly provoke him.

After all, the comfortable life she was living now all depended on Jia Zhiqiang.

"If we aren't buying it, then we aren't buying it. Why get angry?" Qin Manyun changed her expression as quickly as flipping a book, putting on a pitiful look:

"I was just thinking that I've grown up so much and have never ridden in those luxury cars. I was just envious for a moment, which is why I asked if you had any plans to buy a car in the future."

"I'm not angry." Hearing Qin Manyun's sweet, coquettish voice, Jia Zhiqiang felt his whole body soften, and most of his anger vanished. He comforted her, feigning generosity:

"Besides, what kind of luxury cars are ordinary Audis and BMWs nowadays? If you want to ride in one, I'll go rent a sports car and take you around the whole of Yangcheng. How about that?"

"A sports car!" Upon hearing this, Qin Manyun's eyes lit up: "Really?"

She still clearly remembered the scene last Friday, when Ye Su drove a Ferrari with a woman, attracting the admiring gazes of a crowd of students at the school gate.

Buying one was definitely out of the question.

Unless she could force Jia Zhiqiang to secretly sell his family's house, it was absolutely impossible to afford that Ferrari.

Since she couldn't buy one, Qin Manyun felt that being able to rent one to show off and get a taste of it beforehand would be enough.

That woman at the school gate was able to find someone to keep her, driving a Ferrari at such a young age.

Qin Manyun asked herself, if someone gave her money to dress up to her heart's content, and she matched it with designer bags and designer clothes, her appearance definitely wouldn't be any worse than that woman's!

Since she could find a rich man, Qin Manyun was convinced that she would definitely be able to find one in the future too!

"Of course it's true." Seeing the eager look in his girlfriend's eyes as she gazed at him, Jia Zhiqiang felt secretly proud and continued to boast:

"Let's rent one for now. When we have money later, I'll buy one and take you for a drive every day!"

Although Qin Manyun knew Jia Zhiqiang was talking big, she still eagerly echoed him: "You are the best —"

"Since you say I'm so good..."

Jia Zhiqiang leaned into Qin Manyun's ear and whispered a few words, making Qin Manyun blush and hesitate, and she bumped into Jia Zhiqiang: "You're annoying —"