December 1st. A bright and sunny day.

Qi Sheng woke up naturally. Seeing two text message notifications from his bank, he smiled in satisfaction.

"Your card ending in 8888 received a deposit of 20,000,000 yuan at 00:01 on December 1st (Family Trust Dividend). New balance: 69,202,678.23 yuan. [Construction Bank]"

[Given that you now have six top-tier, A-Level girlfriends, each with a favorability rating of 90, you are awarded an additional monthly income of 30,000,000!]

"Your card ending in 8888 received a deposit of 30,000,000 yuan at 00:02 on December 1st (Family Trust Dividend). New balance: 69,202,678.23 yuan. [Construction Bank]"

’Jeez, I haven’t even finished spending last month’s 70 million.’

’And now the system’s given me another 50 million this month.’

The agony of having more money than he could spend was, frankly, something Qi Sheng was still getting used to.

And that wasn’t even counting the income from the office buildings at Shengxuan Financial Center.

’Just from the system’s monthly reward of 50 million, that’s 600 million a year!’

’And this was hard cash.’

’Not some volatile stocks or hard-to-liquidate real estate.’

Qi Sheng stretched comfortably, wondering what his plans were for the month.

’After some thought, I might as well just keep taking it easy.’

’Just eating, drinking, and not having a single worry in the world.’

’Wasn’t this its own kind of happiness?’

’To be more precise, it was an overdose of happiness!’

’Since I have nothing better to do, I’ll go see my Consort Zong today.’

As for the ten-million-yuan mansion he’d promised Zong Rui, Qi Sheng planned to make good on that today as well.

...

「National Gold Mansion.」

Zong Rui was at home, watching TV out of boredom.

She treated the teddy bear in her hands like it was Qi Sheng, pinching and squeezing it.

If Qi Sheng hadn’t at least messaged her on WeChat over the last half a month, she would’ve thought the man had completely vanished from the face of the earth.

’Who conquers a girl and then ghosts her for half a month?’

DING.

Hearing the custom notification sound she’d set just for Qi Sheng,

Zong Rui’s face lit up as she quickly grabbed her phone.

Qi Sheng: "I’m on my way. Get ready, we’re going out to eat in a bit."

Zong Rui: "Hmph. I’m not feeling well today."

Qi Sheng: "Alright, forget it. I’ll just ask another girl out."

Zong Rui: "You dare!"

Qi Sheng: "So, are you coming out or not?"

Zong Rui: "You’re impossible." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

She said she was annoyed, but inwardly she was bubbling with joy.

’That scoundrel had finally remembered her,’ and she couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief.

By the time she had gotten all dolled up and went downstairs,

the first thing she saw was a red Cullinan, the same color as her own G-Wagen.

Zong Rui had a soft spot for such commanding and stylish SUVs.

But after a few glances, she paid it no more mind.

HONK HONK~

But as luck would have it, the Cullinan pulled up right beside her and stopped.

Zong Rui’s brow furrowed slightly, and she started to walk away.

"Hey, beautiful. Can I get your WeChat?"

The passenger-side window rolled down, revealing Qi Sheng’s handsome face—the very one she loved to hate.

"Nope."

Zong Rui huffed, then strode over on her long, straight legs, stepped onto the automatic running board, and settled into the passenger seat.

"Let me get your seatbelt for you."

It had been a while since Qi Sheng had seen Zong Rui.

His schedule had been so packed lately that he simply couldn’t find the time to be with her.

So he didn’t mind her throwing a little fit.

Zong Rui sensed his ulterior motive, but she didn’t call him out on his little games.

"Just fasten the seatbelt properly. And keep your hands to yourself."

Seeing Qi Sheng get hooked on the feeling and grow bolder,

Zong Rui couldn’t help but blush and roll her eyes at him, a silent plea for him to stop before he went too far.

"Hehe, what can I do? My girl is just so beautiful, and her body is incredible."

"I almost don’t want to take you out. I’m afraid other guys will get to enjoy the view."

Sweet-talk flowed effortlessly from Qi Sheng, and he easily coaxed Zong Rui into a beaming smile.

She completely forgot that her recent unhappiness was all because of this womanizing bastard.

"I’m hungry," Zong Rui said, turning to the side and resting her hands on the center console. She gave Qi Sheng a pleading look. "Can you take me to eat something delicious, pleeease?"

"You got it. And I have a surprise for you later."

Qi Sheng was helpless against that look from Zong Rui.

He had the sudden urge to drive to a secluded spot and have his way with her right there in the car.

"What kind of surprise?"

Zong Rui didn’t think much of it, assuming Qi Sheng was just going to give her flowers or something similar.

"It wouldn’t be a surprise if I told you, would it?"

Qi Sheng’s hand drifted irresistibly toward her long, black-stocking-clad legs.

Zong Rui was 175cm tall, with a very statuesque figure.

Her long legs alone seemed to be a meter long.

’Throwing them over his shoulders was pure bliss.’

Zong Rui let Qi Sheng’s hand stroke the black silk of her stockings, her body shivering slightly from time to time.

It was a good thing the stockings Qi Sheng had bought her were Balenciaga.

Otherwise, his caresses would have snagged them long ago.

...

「Jiaozhi Avenue, Mofang Shopping Center.」

After parking the car, Qi Sheng wrapped his arm around Zong Rui’s slender waist.

Zong Rui was wearing a pair of tall boots with stiletto heels today.

Her already statuesque figure, now enhanced by the boots, was enough to make the average man feel insecure.

Luckily, Qi Sheng was now 187cm tall himself.

Otherwise, they would have looked rather awkward walking together.

"What made you think of coming here?"

Zong Rui asked, looking at Qi Sheng curiously.

This was her first time here; she usually did her shopping around Chunxi Road.

"There’s a great barbecue place around here. I’m taking you to load up on protein. We’ve got a fierce battle to fight later, after all," Qi Sheng said, teasing her with a grin.

"I’m on my period. It’s not a good time."

Zong Rui shot Qi Sheng a look. ’He never spends time with me, and when he finally shows up, it’s just because he wants one thing. In his dreams.’

"Impossible. I have all of your cycles memorized perfectly. There’s absolutely no way they’d overlap."

Qi Sheng couldn’t help but sound a little smug as he said this.

’For a man, a month with no "red lights" was, naturally, a very joyous thing.’

’But that was only possible if you had enough girlfriends.’

"You’re a grown man, and you spend your time memorizing things like that? Have you no shame?"