27: Upgrade Intelligence

In the afternoon, after packing two sets of clothes, clearly intending to go trouble that mature woman again, Ye Su left the dormitory under the envious, jealous, and hateful gazes of his three roommates who also had no classes.

Chen Xinyi's apartment was only about four kilometers away from Lingnan Institute of Engineering, so Ye Su rode his electric scooter directly there.

He then stopped at a supermarket near the apartment to buy groceries for Chen Xinyi for the weekend, arriving at the apartment at four o'clock.

As soon as he entered, Ye Su saw the men's slippers that Chen Xinyi had prepared for him in advance.

"Woman, you have successfully caught my attention again."

Truth be told, Ye Su was really a sucker for these little details in life.

"As a reward, watch how I fill you up today."

He got straight to work; Ye Su put the meat and vegetables in the fridge, put on an apron, and started his role as a househusband.

As a person from Guying, cooking was an innate skill. When he went home during breaks, Ye Su would occasionally let Su Wan rest and take over the cooking for the family.

Therefore, offering to cook in the apartment wasn't just a whim of Ye Su's that would lead to him messing around and burning down her kitchen.

...

"The house is fine! The house is fine!"

Influenced by hormones for a moment, after agreeing to let Ye Su cook and wait for her, Chen Xinyi had felt a faint sense of anticipation while at the office.

But after getting off work and leaving the company, Chen Xinyi sobered up and couldn't help but imagine whether her apartment might have exploded.

Fortunately, she checked her phone from time to time and hadn't received any compensation claims from the landlord, which eased her mind a little.

"Phew!"

After doing some mental preparation at the door, constantly telling herself that Ye Su was still a younger brother and that having the heart was enough, and that she shouldn't get angry no matter what happened, Chen Xinyi finally pressed her fingerprint.

Beep—

Pushing the door open, the chaotic scene she had imagined didn't happen; there was only a handsome face with an apron turning toward her.

"Perfect timing. Let me stir-fry one more dish, and you can wash your hands and sit down to eat."

Watching Ye Su open the lid, seeing a puff of steam rise from the pot, obscuring Ye Su before being sucked into the range hood, Chen Xinyi suddenly felt a bit dazed.

Pleasing to the eye, able to provide emotional value, willing to cook and wait for her to come home, and young and vigorous to boot.

Putting aside financial conditions, this could be considered a perfect boyfriend.

As for why Ye Su was with her, there was definitely the reason that he coveted her body, but Chen Xinyi didn't care at all; they were just even.

Ye Su confirmed the fried fish was done, but noticed no movement behind him, so he looked at Chen Xinyi in confusion: "Why are you standing there? Afraid of an explosion?"

"Yeah."

Answering, Chen Xinyi changed into her slippers, walked behind Ye Su, hugged him, and gave him a "big" reward.

Feeling the shocking sensation on his back, Ye Su's heart fluttered: "Hey, what time is it now? Can you restrain yourself a bit?"

"Go to hell."

Having gotten used to Ye Su's teasing, Chen Xinyi no longer felt any shyness. Instead, she tightened her grip, gave Ye Su another bit of fan service, then let go and, amidst Ye Su's murderous gaze, giggled as she went to the sofa to play on her phone.

"I'll show you tonight!"

"Oh—"

Dropping this harsh threat, Ye Su continued to stir-fry the last dish.

Watching Ye Su's busy figure in the kitchen near the entrance, Chen Xinyi swore that once she had money in the future, she would definitely keep a young hunk like him.

Ye Su didn't keep Chen Xinyi waiting long before he finished the last dish.

"You actually know how to cook!"

A braised sea bass, a plate of stir-fried beef with kai-lan, a pot of Guangdong Province soup, and, considering Chen Xinyi was from Hunan Province, a specially made stir-fried pork with chili peppers—this was far more sumptuous than when she cooked alone on weekends.

Thinking that a rich young master like Ye Su would surely treat cooking like child's play, and that it would be good enough if he could just cook things through, Chen Xinyi had been prepared to compliment him no matter how bad it tasted.

But now, seeing these three dishes and one soup, Chen Xinyi felt like she could eat a big bowl of rice.

"Of course. Didn't you see me cooking just now?" Ye Su put on that cheeky expression again: "My skills are guaranteed to fill you up."

"Oh—"

Considering Ye Su had made this meal, Chen Xinyi didn't bicker with him, picked up her chopsticks, and began to test Ye Su's culinary skills.

"How is it? Not bad, right?"

This was his first time cooking for someone outside his family, so Ye Su was a bit nervous.

He had always suspected that when Su Wan praised his cooking, it was just to trick him into cooking all the time.

"It's passable."

Chen Xinyi replied perfunctorily, but the chopsticks in her hand didn't stop, and her eating speed was significantly faster than it had been at the private kitchen restaurant last week.

Being able to have others enjoy the food he cooked gave Ye Su a great sense of accomplishment.

A short separation is sweeter than a new marriage.

After the meal, the atmosphere in the apartment gradually turned ambiguous.

After dinner, the task of washing dishes was naturally left to Chen Xinyi.

Afterwards, the two inevitably exchanged some affection. Ye Su also got to indulge in the fantasy of being a top supporter, picking out an outfit for Chen Xinyi according to his own preferences and filming a few positive energy videos to post on Douyin.

Finally, there was naturally the part that was unsuitable for children and needed to be skipped.

...

[Ding!]

[The monthly gifted Intelligence Upgrade Opportunity has arrived. Please check it, Host!]

At 23:41, Master Ye, who had been busy all day, was lying on Chen Xinyi's bed taking a halftime break when the system's electronic voice sounded.

"The Intelligence Upgrade Opportunity has finally arrived!"

Today was March 21st, which was also the day Ye Su's system had been activated for exactly one month.

When the intelligence refreshed at midnight, Ye Su had been waiting for the second Intelligence Upgrade Opportunity to arrive, but found that the system had only refreshed one Level 1 intelligence as usual.

After trying to claim it from the system proactively to no avail, Ye Su could only guess that the gifting time coincided with the system activation time.

Now that the Intelligence Upgrade Opportunity had arrived, the stone in Ye Su's heart finally fell to the ground.

"Use [Intelligence Upgrade Opportunity] to upgrade Sunday's Level 1 intelligence to Level 2."

[Ding!]

[Upgrade successful!]

[There are 00:18:29 remaining until the next intelligence refresh. Please wait patiently, Host!]

"In that case, I can get Level 2 intelligence for both days of the weekend!"

"Even if one piece of intelligence is only worth ten thousand yuan, that's twenty thousand yuan coming in a week!"

"Between now and the 21st of next month, before the next [Intelligence Upgrade Opportunity] arrives, there are five weekends, so that means I could get one hundred thousand yuan!"

People online always compare incomes at big tech companies, saying that programmers are a high-income group.

But with Ye Su's educational background, he was destined to be a hardworking coder after graduation, and had basically nothing to do with the high salaries of tens of thousands that people talked about online.

A month ago, Ye Su was still imagining that if he could find a job with a monthly salary of over ten thousand a year after graduation, he would be satisfied.

Now that he could make one hundred thousand a month and one million a year, if this were before, Ye Su wouldn't have even dared to think about it!

In a few more months, he would be able to save enough to pay off his family's debts, and after that, his life would take off!

Of course, Ye Su's life had already started to take off now.

After all, he couldn't just transfer a huge sum of money to his family all at once.

Even if he found a good excuse, he could only transfer a few tens of thousands of yuan to his family a month in the short term; any more than that, and his family would definitely start to worry.

In a situation where his earning speed exceeded the amount he transferred to his family, unless it was for major expenses like buying a house or a car, Ye Su could, to a certain extent, be considered to have achieved financial freedom.