430: A mere 179 million...

After following the video and asking Ye Su—who claimed to be an expert after making shacha sauce just once—about the precautions,

Meng Feiyu finally took the premium ingredients provided by Ye Su, along with a jar of shacha sauce to use as a reference, and left the Apartment Complex.

Having obtained a job with a monthly salary of over ten thousand, Meng Feiyu naturally couldn't bring himself to charge Ye Su for the few dozen yuan in taxi fare.

After Meng Feiyu left, Ye Su had nothing to do, so he opened his computer and played some games.

When 6 PM rolled around, he took the [Working Cat] out of the system space.

Wages are collected once a week; today is Friday, and at 6 PM, the [Working Cat] gets off work on time.

Upon taking the [Working Cat] out of the system space, Ye Su saw that the [126,000] figure displayed on the ornament had stopped ticking, and the ornament's arm had also ceased its swinging.

"Collect all accumulated wages from the [Working Cat]."

[Collection successful!]

[[Working Cat] current durability: 92/100!]

"In just over a month, it's dropped 8 points of durability. That's not bad; at least it can last for another year or so."

Ye Su looked down at the Richard Mille on his wrist again, which displayed the figure [410,489], indicating he still had over 400,000 in rewards left to collect.

"I can't spend it all, I really can't spend it all. I just wasn't paying attention for a moment, and another few hundred thousand popped up."

After smugly closing the system, Ye Su placed an order for the hotel to deliver some Wagyu beef, seafood, vegetables, and other ingredients.

Tomorrow is the weekend, and Chen Xinyi and Yan Ran, who had hotpot two days ago, specified that they wanted to have hotpot with shacha sauce again tonight, so Ye Su naturally had to satisfy their request.

By the time the delivery arrived and Ye Su started preparing, Chen Xinyi and Yan Ran had returned together, and they washed their hands to help out.

With the three of them working together, they soon began eating dinner amidst the [gurgling] sound of the boiling hotpot.

Hotpot and wine—the more you eat, the more you enjoy.

While eating hotpot, Ye Su opened a bottle of Egon Müller Trockenbeerenauslese white wine that Yan Ran had brought over from the villa two days ago.

This wine was one Yan Ran had previously had someone purchase at an auction; it had cost her 13,000 Euros at the time, which is roughly 100,000 RMB.

It was just eating at home, so there weren't as many formalities as there would be elsewhere.

If this scene were posted online and people saw a 100,000-yuan bottle of white wine being paired with hotpot instead of being savored,

Ye Su and the two girls would certainly be mocked by certain "know-it-alls," called nouveau riche or bumpkins, and accused of simply wasting the wine.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the three of them curled up in the corners of the living room, looking at their phones while chatting about their own trivial matters.

Once the two girls went to the bathroom to shower, Ye Su used his chance for the [Lucky Dice] for the day.

[Host's total intelligence revenue today: 153,201 yuan!]

"153,000—that's not bad."

Every little bit helps.

Ye Su didn't mind that today's intelligence revenue was on the low side; after guessing [4], he casually tossed the dice.

After rolling for nearly a meter, the dice finally came to a steady stop on [3].

"Well, missed again."

After the experience of missing out on over 4 million last night, seeing that he hadn't guessed the 153,000 correctly didn't cause a ripple in his heart:

"Just consider it building up my luck. I hope I don't guess right for the next two days, and then next Monday, let me hit a big one."

After casually sweeping the [Lucky Dice] back into the system space, a wicked smile appeared on Ye Su's lips. He grabbed a change of clothes and pushed open the door to the bathroom where Yan Ran was showering, eliciting a startled cry from her:

"What are you doing!"

"Hehe." Ye Su closed the bathroom door behind him. "Yes."

"Hey!"

... Over half an hour later, Ye Su emerged from the bathroom carrying a flushed Yan Ran.

The tables had turned.

This time, meeting Chen Xinyi's teasing gaze, it was Yan Ran's turn to shyly bury her face in Ye Su's chest.

Needless to say, Chen Xinyi must have heard the commotion from just moments ago loud and clear.

Seeing Yan Ran acting like an ostrich, Ye Su cheekily shook his arms and said:

"What's there to be embarrassed about? It's not like you two haven't seen it before."

"You're still talking!"

Yan Ran pinched Ye Su in embarrassment and annoyance.

"Ouch—"

Ye Su felt the pain and pretended he couldn't hold her any longer: "I can't hold you! You're going to fall!"

Yan Ran believed him and, startled, hurriedly wrapped her arms around Ye Su's neck.

When she saw the corners of Ye Su's mouth twitching uncontrollably, Yan Ran realized she had been teased by this man yet again.

Pouting, she punched Ye Su's arm and snapped:

"Hurry up and put me down!"

At this moment, Ye Su looked just like a hooligan from a TV drama teasing a respectable woman:

"Why be so polite with me? I was just afraid you couldn't walk, which is why I was carrying you."

"You're the one who can't walk!"

"Oh, so you're fine? It seems I didn't work hard enough. Let's head back to the room now so I can properly reflect on my shortcomings!"

Ye Su made a move to carry Yan Ran back to the room, scaring her into pinching the soft flesh under his armpit: "Put me down right now!"

This time, Yan Ran really used some force, making Ye Su dare not continue his mischief, and he obediently set her down.

Pouting, she glared at the man who made her feel both love and hate, before walking back to the sofa on her own.

Ye Su knew when to stop while he was ahead, and shamelessly squeezed himself between the two of them.

The two of them were long used to this and couldn't be bothered to pay any mind to Ye Su's little antics.

After the little episode in the bathroom, Ye Su didn't get up to any more mischief when they went to sleep that night.

... Over the weekend, as a very busy person, Yan Ran had her own affairs to handle and also had to deal with various social obligations.

The idle Ye Su and Chen Xinyi spent the days wandering around Guangzhou, only returning to have dinner with Yan Ran in the evening.

During this time, Ye Su took Chen Xinyi to a dealership and ordered her a gasoline-powered porsche Panamera.

As for the license plate issue, with Yan Ran there, the car was directly registered under Joyful Gathering, so Ye Su and Chen Xinyi didn't need to worry about it.

The purchase tax, insurance, optional extras, and other fees added up to a total of 1.27 million, which Ye Su paid.

Initially, Yan Ran had generously offered to let Chen Xinyi choose the car and then call her to pay for it, with no cap on the amount.

It was no wonder Yan Ran was so generous.

After all, just with the 400 kilograms of gold she held, even a minor fluctuation of eight or ten yuan per gram in the gold price would be enough for Chen Xinyi to pick up a Maybach.

Not to mention that a few years ago, she had used overseas accounts to continuously purchase bitcoin as a secondary insurance, and now the price had skyrocketed.

Never mind buying a car; even buying a dealership would not be difficult for Yan Ran.

However, with the [exclusive love account] available, the money in there was meant to be spent, so Ye Su naturally couldn't let Yan Ran pay that million-plus.

And the original 180 million in [love funds], after this massive expenditure, was left with a mere 179 million-plus...