348: Complete the task

Nothing to do, feeling light.

On Thursday and Friday, Ye Su had nothing to do.

During the day, besides going back to school for classes, he played games with his three roommates, had meals with Ye Kaijun, and even took some time to check on the Secondhand Shop, conveniently giving Yu Jinle a few hundred yuan in scratch-off lottery winnings.

As for the evenings, it goes without saying that with Chen Xinyi not home, Ye Su would go to Yan Ran's place for dinner, and afterwards, he would vigorously help her with her insomnia problem.

During this period, Ye Su also reverted to his original lifestyle, triggering the "Strong Gymnastic Bicycle" skill whenever he had free time during the day.

In two days, Ye Su's Physique successfully broke through to 80 points.

The system's rating also upgraded from "Strong and Vigorous" to "Powerful as a Tiger."

After the rating change, Ye Su could also feel a noticeable improvement in his Physique.

This also gave Ye Su more confidence in "curing" Yan Ran's insomnia problem.

Perhaps it was finally having someone by her side with whom she could let down her guard.

Yan Ran's insomnia problem also greatly improved.

On Thursday night, after the two of them finished their exercise, Yan Ran was still able to fall asleep on her own by ten o'clock.

Ye Su checked, and the mission progress displayed by the system had increased from 47% to 59%.

After he used the "Sleep Aid Service," the mission progress also increased to 76%.

At 10:01 PM on Friday night, after Yan Ran fell asleep early again, Ye Su also opened the system, wanting to confirm if he could complete the "hidden task - Sound Sleep" tonight.

"Mission Name: Sound Sleep"

"Mission Progress: 90%"

"Only 10% left!" Ye Su's face lit up with joy: "Active treatment is indeed effective; my hard work these past three days was not in vain."

Without further hesitation, Ye Su used the "Sleep Aid Service" on Yan Ran once.

"Ding!"

Less than a minute after using the "Sleep Aid Service," a prompt popped up on the system interface.

"Congratulations to the host for completing the "hidden task - Sound Sleep," receiving a reward of 500,000 cash and one storage space."

"Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: Your card ending in 9539 received 500,999 yuan at 22:02 on June 13. Your current balance is 9,099,695 yuan."

"Hehe."

After reading the bank message, Ye Su chuckled to himself:

"9 million in cash, just one step away from reaching an eight-digit cash balance!"

"Plus an extra storage space, which I can use to store the Working Cat. Next time I collect my salary, I won't have to specially go rent a room."

Disliking the small amount of 20,000 a day, Ye Su now only collects the Working Cat's salary once a week.

He hadn't even collected this week's 126,000 yet.

"I'll see when I have time and go get the Working Cat then."

Looking at Yan Ran, who was completely different from her usual strong female image, curled up like a kitten in her sleep, Ye Su, still unsatisfied, pinched her twice more before getting up, getting dressed, and leaving the villa.

Soon after returning to the community, Chen Xinyi also arrived home.

After showering, blowing her hair dry, and lying in bed chatting with Ye Su, Chen Xinyi tentatively asked:

"The crew's progress is smooth, and filming should officially wrap up tomorrow afternoon. Will you pick me up from work then?"

"Mm." Ye Su replied without thinking: "I don't have anything to do tomorrow. Just send me a message when the time is right."

After answering, Ye Su suddenly remembered that Chen Xinyi had been filming for eight days, and he hadn't visited her on set even once.

As Chen Xinyi's boyfriend and an investor in the short drama, this was indeed a bit inappropriate of him.

Just coincidentally, on Monday, Yan Ran had given him a 500,000 shopping card for Yuexinhui.

Ye Su also planned that when both of them were free on Sunday, he could take Chen Xinyi to Yuexinhui for a shopping spree, as compensation for her.

The period from when Chen Xinyi finished filming until she went back to work on Monday would also be entirely dedicated to accompanying her.

The insomnia problem had been resolved, so Yan Ran could take a two-day break for now, and he could go back next week when he had time.

Seeing Ye Su agree without hesitation to pick her up from the set tomorrow, Chen Xinyi happily leaned into Ye Su's arm, rubbing her hair against his increasingly firm chest.

Ye Su was already used to this, simply massaging Chen Xinyi's shoulder while engrossed in his phone.

However, due to the angle, Ye Su didn't see Chen Xinyi's lips suddenly pout after leaning for a while.

After some desultory chatting, both of them fell asleep around eleven o'clock.

Ye Su and Chen Xinyi's current routine could definitely be called health-preserving... The night passed without incident.

On Saturday morning, Ye Su first rode the Strong Gymnastic Bicycle for half an hour, then accompanied Ye Kaijun to a Cantonese restaurant for lunch.

After eating and dropping Ye Kaijun off at home, Ye Su went to his rental apartment in Liwan Community to collect the accumulated 126,000 salary from the Working Cat.

"My total savings have reached 9.34 million, only 660,000 short of ten million!"

After checking his balance, Ye Su put the Working Cat into the storage space before driving back to Yunqi Garden Community... At five o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Su received a message from Chen Xinyi.

"Chen Xinyi: I just need to reshoot one more set of scenes, and then filming will officially wrap up. If you leave now, the timing should be just right."

"Chen Xinyi: Remember to dress up."

"Got it..."

After replying to the message, Ye Su looked down at himself.

Black casual pants, a white T-shirt—isn't this how normal guys dress? How else was he supposed to dress up?

Having no idea what to do, Ye Su could only go to the bathroom to wash his face, dab some water on it to smooth his hair, then put on the blue balloon watch Chen Xinyi had given him, grabbed his car keys, and left.

Traffic on Saturday was decent, and Ye Su arrived at Bay Area Film and Television City in about half an hour.

Unsure if Chen Xinyi was still reshooting, Ye Su first sent her a message.

"I'm at the parking lot. Which set are you on? I'll come find you."

This was his first time in a place like this.

After sending the message to Chen Xinyi, Ye Su walked inside, wanting to see what it looked like.

Just a few steps in, Ye Su received a reply from Chen Xinyi.

"Chen Xinyi: I've finished filming and am almost outside. If you walk in, you should run into me."

"Chen Xinyi, short drama crews are relatively poor. To save costs, they don't have wrap-up parties and such like those film and TV drama crews."

Just as Chen Xinyi finished replying to Ye Su's message, a man trailing behind her sidled up to her:

"How about I treat you to a big meal tonight, out of my own pocket? Consider it a celebration of our hard eight days of filming, and also a celebration of your first short drama wrapping up."

After the man finished speaking, he acted as if he were in an idol drama, quickly taking two steps to get in front of Chen Xinyi, turning 180 degrees, and flashing her a smile he thought was handsome but was actually greasy.

Coupled with his pretentious backward walking, Chen Xinyi, who already had no good feelings for him, felt like she wouldn't be able to eat dinner tonight.