340: poaching

"Heh heh."

Li Mengyao responded to Ye Su's bragging with a cold laugh, then took a small box from her bag and pushed it in front of Ye Su:

"Don't say I'm stingy. You were lucky and casually helped me, but I didn't show any appreciation."

"Oh, what's our relationship? I just reminded you, why did you bring me a special gift?"

Ye Su's words were polite, but his actions were swift. He picked up the box and opened it directly.

Li Mengyao was used to his dramatic behavior and simply gave him a disgusted middle finger.

Ye Su, oblivious, only focused on the open box, which contained a crystal-clear ice-grade jade bracelet.

"This bracelet is quite beautiful."

Ye Su imitated TV shows, taking out the bracelet and holding it high above his head.

Under the light, the jade bracelet's transparency was close to glass-grade, with fine crystals, like ice.

Using the light, Ye Su could barely see any cotton-like impurities in the bracelet with his naked eye, and its translucency almost penetrated the entire bracelet.

"Of course it's beautiful!" Li Mengyao said proudly, "I personally picked it out, so how could it not be beautiful?"

"It's beautiful, but why are you giving me this? I can't wear it."

Ye Su tried to put the bracelet on his hand, but found his palm couldn't fit.

"Who said it was for you? Didn't you say you were going home for the summer? I was worried you wouldn't know what to get your mom, so I picked out a bracelet for you to save you the trouble of choosing a gift."

Li Mengyao looked at Ye Su with disdain:

"You, a straight man, definitely can't pick out any gifts that we women like. Now that I've solved this problem for you, shouldn't you thank me?"

Hearing Li Mengyao's words, Ye Su nodded repeatedly: "That being said, I really should thank Miss Li."

He had indeed been troubled about what to buy for the two women in his family when he went home for the summer.

Now that Li Mengyao had given him a jade bracelet, which clearly looked very expensive, it had solved one of Ye Su's worries.

As for his second sister, Ye Ruo, Ye Su planned to just buy an expensive bag, like an LV or Gucci, and then have Chen Xinyi help him pick out some expensive skincare products or something, just to get by.

"Is this gift okay?"

Somehow, when she asked this question, Li Mengyao felt a hint of nervousness, as if she was afraid Ye Su wouldn't be satisfied with the gift, or would think it unsuitable for his mother.

Ye Su didn't notice the unusual expression on Li Mengyao's face and put the bracelet back in the box:

"Of course it's okay, this is much prettier than anything I'd pick out at a store myself."

Believing that anything Li Mengyao would give wouldn't be cheap, Ye Su didn't use the "Item Appraisal" function to check how much her gift was worth.

And it was just as Ye Su said; the bracelet Li Mengyao had carefully chosen was priced at 500,000 yuan in her store.

The raw material cost alone was over 300,000 yuan.

Seeing Ye Su, on behalf of his mother, express satisfaction with the gift, Li Mengyao quietly breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced at Ye Su guiltily, finding that he hadn't noticed her discomfort.

This man, he was a bit slow, wasn't he? After spending this time together, Li Mengyao had to admit that her feelings for Ye Su had slowly changed from initial curiosity to affection.

But due to pride, Li Mengyao didn't know how to express herself and could only hope that Ye Su would notice her subtle hints.

As for Ye Su having a girlfriend, Li Mengyao didn't pay much attention to it.

Anyway, they weren't married yet, so at most it was fair competition.

Business people don't have such noble morals as to think that poaching is inappropriate.

If a business deal were to be politely given up just because someone else was already discussing it, then one might as well not do business at all, and save some money for retirement.

While Li Mengyao was lost in her girlish thoughts, the waiter began to serve the dishes she had pre-ordered.

Unlike Yan Ran, Li Mengyao was very aware of Ye Su's appetite.

So, before Ye Su arrived at the private room, she had already ordered eight dishes and one soup, all to his taste, ensuring he would be full.

As expected, Ye Su began to display the appetite corresponding to his 77 points of Physique attribute.

The meal, a mix of eating and chatting, lasted from just after six to just after eight.

No matter how big Ye Su's appetite was, he couldn't finish the eight dishes and one soup Li Mengyao ordered by himself, and in the end, there was inevitably some waste.

Ye Su felt it was wasteful to see the leftovers, but Li Mengyao was used to it and paid the bill casually.

Walking to the underground parking lot together, Ye Su waved goodbye:

"I'm going back now. Next time, let me treat you to dinner."

"Uh..." Li Mengyao had a speechless expression: "Can't you, a grown man, treat me to dinner instead?"

"No," Ye Su said righteously, "because you're rich."

"Hmph--"

Li Mengyao flared her nostrils and let out an angry snort at Ye Su.

"Haha."

After joking, Ye Su shook his head and drove away.

Watching Ye Su's receding figure, Li Mengyao, who had just buckled her seatbelt, couldn't help but smile... Worried that the jade bracelet Li Mengyao gave him would be seen by Chen Xinyi, Ye Su specifically hid it in the safe before returning to the community.

By the time he entered the door, it was already 8:52 PM.

"This week's tasks are mostly done. For the remaining five days, I can finally get some good rest."

Having just eaten half an hour ago and being so full, Ye Su didn't immediately start cycling, despite his superhuman Physique.

"Let's use today's Lucky Dice first."

Returning to the second bedroom, Ye Su took out the dice and at the same time opened the system, switching to the [Today's Intelligence Revenue] interface.

[Host's Daily Intelligence Revenue Details are as follows]

[Silver Ingots: 2,800,000 yuan]

[Dzi Beads: 120,000 yuan]

[Working Cat: 25,200 yuan]

[Total: 2,945,200 yuan]

"2.94 million! More than all the cash I had this morning combined!"

Looking at the numbers, Ye Su couldn't help but lick his dry lips, and his hand holding the dice trembled twice reflexively from excitement:

"I haven't guessed the number correctly for several days in a row; today I should definitely get it right!"

After a fierce internal struggle, Ye Su finally chose '5' points.

"God bless us!!"

Ye Su kept communicating with the 'relationship' above, and the dice, held in his clasped hands, shook like he was invoking a spirit, following his mumbling voice.

Finally, Ye Su threw the dice onto the table with a look of resignation.

"Five! Five! Five!"

The dice bounced repeatedly off the mouse pad's elasticity, and Ye Su, like a red-eyed gambler, kept shouting the number he had bet on.

Roll, roll, roll—

Ye Su's shouts had no effect on the dice.

It stopped steadily just before the monitor stand.

"Five!"