Chapter 163: The King of Kept Women

"It's fine, I'll handle it."

As Zheng Qian spoke, he took out a VIP card from Yebei Bank.

He had given his main card to Jin Lu, so he could only use this one.

It was the one President Jiang had arranged for him after he finished setting up his deposits at Yebei Bank, saying that all the interest would be deposited onto this card.

[Spent 124,985 Yuan, System cashback of 1,249,850 Yuan, has been credited to the account.]

The system actually gave him a cashback for paying the bill for his goddess's birthday.

In total, Zheng Qian hadn't spent a single cent and had even earned over a million.

Everyone had assumed Zheng Qian was just being polite, but they didn't expect him to actually pay.

After Zheng Qian swiped the card, he remained calm and composed, acting as if nothing had happened, as if one hundred thousand yuan meant nothing to him.

Lu Shanshan: Favorability -5.

Good grief, this was the first time Zheng Qian had seen a situation where spending money on someone caused their Favorability to drop instead of rise.

Yu Nana speculated that when Zheng Qian returned home tonight, he would likely be in for a severe beating.

Cui Jinghui, on the other hand, was very annoyed.

What's with the posturing, using his girlfriend's money?

You like to show off, don't you, kid?

"Qian-er, our school is having an alumni reunion in a few days. We're inviting famous alumni to give lectures, and quite a few notable figures will be attending. You must come and join us!"

Cui Jinghui walked up and said to Zheng Qian with a smile, as if no conflict had occurred between the two of them just moments ago.

This alumni reunion wasn't actually about lectures; the lectures were just a cover. It was really about having those famous alumni say a few words, lead the way in donating money, and then getting those who were doing well to follow suit.

Cui Jinghui wanted to use this fundraising event to slap Zheng Qian in the face hard.

"I'll see when the time comes; I might not be free."

Zheng Qian coldly dropped these words and then left the scene.

"Hmph, Zheng Qian is just living off a woman, right? Why is he so arrogant?" Yu Nana complained, clearly displeased with Zheng Qian.

"Alright, that's enough. If he can live off a woman, he must have some ability that exceeds the average person; otherwise, who would want him?"

"Didn't you see him not going to work this morning and working out at the gym instead? That's his job."

Cui Jinghui was actually a bit jealous of Zheng Qian.

It wasn't that he was jealous of him living off a woman, but rather who Zheng Qian was living off of.

Usually, when people live off a woman, it's either a rich woman in her fifties or a haggard woman in her forties.

Why was the person Zheng Qian was living off of such a perfect woman?

In terms of temperament, figure, and looks, she was leagues above Yu Nana.

"Pfft... no matter how hard he trains, can he be stronger than you, Jinghui?" Yu Nana flattered her boyfriend regardless of the occasion.

Wait.

Cui Jinghui suddenly remembered.

Zheng Qian's girlfriend, Jin Lu, he had seen her at Red Rose!

She was a saleswoman at the bar!

At the time, Cui Jinghui felt something was off and that she looked familiar, but he couldn't recognize her immediately. It had just clicked for him.

After this news was revealed, the group immediately erupted.

The commission for bar sales is indeed very high, but if you want to buy a house and a car in Yebai, you definitely can't rely on commissions alone.

Cui Jinghui worked in this industry, so he knew it better than anyone.

For example, at his family's Seattle Club, several young women had resigned one after another. Without exception, they were all top-tier beauties. When they were at the bar, their sales were great, they had many patrons, and their sales performance was always the best.

The reason these young women resigned was also surprisingly consistent: they had found a sugar daddy to keep them, and the monthly allowance they received was more than what they earned in a year working as a saleswoman at the bar.

"Jinghui, are you sure? You shouldn't say things like that lightly," Lu Shanshan reminded him.

"I'm sure. I swear on my two kidneys that everything I just said is what I saw with my own eyes. I even sent people to poach Jin Lu back then, but she didn't pay me any mind."

Good grief.

If what Cui Jinghui said was true, then things would be much more interesting.

Jin Lu sold herself in exchange for wealth, and then Jin Lu kept Zheng Qian.

This soft rice is way too salty; can Zheng Qian really stomach it?

Lu Shanshan frowned slightly; she hadn't expected Zheng Qian to turn into what he was now.

Back in college, although the two didn't interact much, they were in the same class, and she felt that Zheng Qian was a decent person, relatively honest, and had good grades.

Living off a woman was one thing—it was a consensual matter, and she couldn't care less about that.

But could Zheng Qian really stomach this kind of soft rice?

Favorability -5.

In just a few hours, Lu Shanshan's original 20 points of Favorability toward Zheng Qian had dropped by 5 points.

Originally, 20 points was at the level of an ordinary friend, but 5 points could only be considered a stranger.

Tang Xingyu noticed the strange expression on Lu Shanshan's face and stood up, saying, "Forget it, Shanshan, don't overthink it. I'll find an opportunity in the next few days to return this money to him. Let's have less contact with people like this in the future."

Lu Shanshan nodded slightly and gave a soft "Mm."

Cui Jinghui and Yu Nana looked down on Zheng Qian even more now.

"I wonder if he'll come to the alumni reunion. If he does, I'm definitely going to scold him hard!" Yu Nana said angrily, still holding a grudge over the recent unpleasantness.

"Nana, didn't you hear how cowardly he was just now? He probably won't dare to come. The alumni reunion requires donations. He's going to donate money his girlfriend earned by selling herself? Even if Jin Lu is generous, she wouldn't agree!"

"But don't worry, if he really does come, I'll help you scold him together. If he dares to talk back, I'll find a few people to deal with this pretty boy!"

Cui Jinghui said, rolling up his sleeves and showing off his muscular physique to Yu Nana.

"I knew Jinghui was the best to me!" Yu Nana said as she threw herself into Cui Jinghui's arms, and the two began to cuddle.

...

After leaving, Zheng Qian immediately went to Red Rose and found Jin Zhiyuan.

"Qian-er, you came just in time. I just came over to take over things here and found that the accounts are a bit off!"

"Tian Datou hasn't shown his face either. I asked the people below, and they said he hasn't been here for several days."

Jin Zhiyuan had industry experience and could see at a glance that there were some problems with the bar.

Zheng Qian had come over precisely to discuss this matter with Jin Zhiyuan.

"After investigating, I discovered that the purchase price of alcohol for Red Rose is nearly half higher than other bars. Even ordinary KTVs have cheaper procurement prices than us. What exactly is going on?"

Zheng Qian told Jin Zhiyuan about the situation he had learned from Cui Jinghui, saying that the alcohol suppliers in Yezhou had been monopolized by them, which was why the purchase prices were so high.

"Still playing this game?"

Jin Zhiyuan drew out the word "this."

Back when he worked in this industry, the bar owners basically all knew each other and were on good terms, not like now, where it's like tit for tat, making it a cutthroat business.

Occasionally, if there were any who really didn't get along, they would just start fighting without wasting words. What was the point of playing so many petty tricks?