151: The present world report

After coming out of Bowen Antique Shop, Ye Su's savings soared back from the 75,000 left after buying the wood carvings to 305,000.

"It's only when you have money in your pocket that you can feel at ease."

With nothing to do and everyone else at work, the roads were relatively empty, so Ye Su drove slowly back to school.

Beep!!

Along the way, he had been fine with other vehicles, but Ye Su didn't expect that as he approached the school gate, a car behind him would start honking crazily.

Looking in the rearview mirror, the car honking wildly was a black sports car, its front end looking similar to Li Mengyao's Ferrari.

"Is he sick?"

Ye Su figured it was just another rich kid driving a Ferrari, speeding on the road and annoyed that his car was driving too slowly and blocking their way.

The speed limit on this stretch of road near the school was 40, and since he was almost at the school gate, Ye Su naturally couldn't be bothered to engage with them. He let the driver honk while he slowly decelerated and drove into the school.

Inside the Ferrari behind him, upon seeing the black Audi he had been honking at drive into the school, Jia Zhiqiang felt a momentary panic: "That car ahead is also from our school. Could it belong to some leader?"

Qin Manyun, who had recognized the Audi as Ye Su's car and had deliberately egged Jia Zhiqiang on to honk, felt secretly smug. She comforted him, saying: "So what if it's a leader's? He wouldn't guess that someone driving a Ferrari is a student at the school."

Jia Zhiqiang thought about it and agreed: "You're right."

"Alright, forget about that car ahead. Let's do a lap; I want to feel the push-back of a sports car again!"

It was her first time riding in a Ferrari, and even though it was rented, Qin Manyun was still incredibly excited. She signaled for Jia Zhiqiang to step on the gas to feel the speed.

"Sure." Jia Zhiqiang drove the Ferrari with one hand while keeping the other on Qin Manyun's thigh: "I'll let you feel the push-back of a sports car now, and tonight I'll let you feel my own push-back properly."

"You're disgusting—"

Qin Manyun playfully pushed his hand off her thigh: "You should just focus on driving. Don't scratch the rental car, or we'll have to pay for it again."

"Don't worry. With my driving skills, how could I possibly scratch the car?"

Jia Zhiqiang looked smug. He stepped on the gas, and with the roar of the engine, the Ferrari vanished at the end of the road.

...

After finishing his intelligence-related tasks, Ye Su's day became much more relaxed.

Back at the dormitory, he spent the last bit of leisure time before his internship hanging out with his three dudes.

He had a rare lunch at the cafeteria, and after finishing classes from 1:40 PM to 3:20 PM, Ye Su returned to Yunqi Garden Community to sign for the new mattress he had ordered yesterday.

Taking advantage of the free time, Ye Su wiped the mattress clean and left it to air out, then went out to buy some groceries and whipped up a meal of two dishes and a soup.

Unsurprisingly, the two dishes and soup Ye Su prepared himself made Chen Xinyi, who had just returned from work, drool.

Consequently, the two of them engaged in an intense, exhaustive battle that night.

After receiving a consecutive six-point increase in [Physique], Ye Su made Chen Xinyi doubt her life choices.

"Why do I feel like you've been getting stronger lately?"

"What kind of talk is that?" Ye Su looked proud: "When have I ever lacked strength?"

Chen Xinyi remained suspicious: "Honestly, tell me, have you been practicing 'ball' with someone else behind my back?"

"Understood." Ye Su didn't answer, instead staring at Chen Xinyi with ill intent: "This is your way of hinting that you want to play the second half, right? You could have just said so next time; why all these roundabout ways?"

Seeing this, Chen Xinyi was so scared she did a 'crocodile roll,' wrapping herself in the quilt like a chicken roll.

They say there are only exhausted oxen, never broken fields.

But now that the one plowing the field was the Bull Demon King, no field could withstand it!

Since she had work tomorrow, Ye Su didn't actually follow through on his threat to continue working hard. Seeing that Ye Su was just scaring her and had no further actions, Chen Xinyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and warily loosened the quilt she had wrapped herself in.

The two were at peace, and Chen Xinyi, whose stamina was slightly inferior, fell asleep shortly after.

Ye Su continued to wait for the intelligence to refresh at midnight.

[Ding!]

[Today's Intelligence (Level 2): Jia Zhiqiang, a student at the School of Economics and Trade, rented a Ferrari sports car with his girlfriend, Qin Manyun, yesterday. Due to Jia Zhiqiang's illegal driving, the sports car was involved in an accident, with repair costs reaching 160,000. Jia Zhiqiang dares not let his family know about this and plans to sell the jade pendant given by his grandmother to pay for the rental company's repair costs. The current value of the jade pendant is around 250,000, but the highest price offered by the few jade shops Jia Zhiqiang consulted was only 110,000, far from enough to cover the repair costs. Jia Zhiqiang does not know the actual value of the jade pendant and is currently hesitant about selling it, while also feeling anxious due to the high repair costs.]

[hidden easter egg (Attribute Reward): Successfully purchase the jade pendant from Jia Zhiqiang, and the Host can receive a four-point [Physique] reward.]

"Jia Zhiqiang from the School of Economics and Trade, and his girlfriend, Qin Manyun. So these two are Qin Manyun and her local rich boyfriend?"

"Good grief, they crashed the rental company's Ferrari and now need 160,000 for repairs. That's enough to buy my second-hand Audi."

Ye Su had browsed news before about young people renting supercars to show off, only to crash into walls and end up having to pay hundreds of thousands. He didn't expect the news to happen right around him.

"Could it be that the ones who were [beep] at me at the school gate today were the two who rented that Ferrari?"

Whether it was instant karma or not, after so many news reports, for them to still make this kind of mistake, Ye Su could only say they deserved it.

"the jade pendant is worth 250,000, and the jade shops only offered 110,000 at most. If I get my hands on it, I can make over a hundred thousand, plus there's a four-point [Physique] reward. This Level 2 intelligence is an absolute steal!"

It's profitable, but the problem facing Ye Su now is how to buy the jade pendant from Jia Zhiqiang without him getting suspicious.

"I don't even have his contact information; I can't just go find Jia Zhiqiang to buy the jade pendant."

After thinking it over, the only way was to contact Jia Zhiqiang through Qin Manyun.

"What is a good way to naturally contact Qin Manyun, use her as a bridge, and get connected to Jia Zhiqiang?"

Ye Su was the type to [pull up his pants and deny everything].

He had long lost interest in Qin Manyun. If it weren't for the jade pendant, Ye Su wouldn't have wasted another ounce of energy on her.

Now that he suddenly needed to get close to Qin Manyun again, Ye Su thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good reason that would lead the conversation to the Ferrari compensation without giving Qin Manyun the wrong idea that he was looking to get back together.

"Forget it, time to sleep!"

Unable to come up with anything, Ye Su didn't torture himself. Embracing the mentality that [things will work themselves out when the boat reaches the bridge], he covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep.