A single meal, or even just one dish here, could cost as much as an ordinary person’s monthly income.
After waiting outside for a bit, Chen Zhi came running over.
Compared to his disheveled appearance at the end of the assessment, Chen Zhi had tidied himself up and looked spirited again.
“Ye Ling, goodness! You’ve struck it rich, coming to a place like this!”
When he first got the call, Chen Zhi’s initial reaction was disbelief.
The Glory Grand Hotel was the largest and most prestigious hotel in Skyshine City.
Chen Zhi could easily imagine how expensive it must be to dine here.
But now, since Ye Ling had chosen this place to treat him to a meal, Chen Zhi couldn’t help but suspect that Ye Ling had indeed made a fortune.
“Hahaha! I just sold some materials and made a small profit. Plus, we passed the first stage of the assessment today, so I thought we’d celebrate with a good meal.
Besides, after tomorrow, we might go our separate ways. Who knows when we’ll meet again.”
Ye Ling laughed, throwing an arm around Chen Zhi’s shoulder.
Of course, he knew this place was expensive, but now he had money and knew how to make more.
If he had a system and still couldn’t live better than others, he might as well be dead.
With the system, Ye Ling was destined to rise as long as he had time. He would become a major player in this world.
He might even reach the pinnacle and become the strongest in the world.
But all that was for the future. For now, he just wanted to enjoy himself.
Hearing this, Chen Zhi sighed.
“Yeah, we’ll be going our separate ways tomorrow. Let’s go in quickly; today, I’m going to make you, the tycoon, treat me well.”
It was Chen Zhi’s first time at the Glory Grand Hotel, so he was naturally excited and eager to go in.
However, Ye Ling quickly held him back and explained.
“Old Chen, don’t rush. There’s someone else we’re waiting for. Once she arrives, we’ll go in together.”
The “she” Ye Ling referred to was, of course, Huo Xian’er.
Of course, Chen Zhi didn’t know that there was any connection between Ye Ling and Huo Xian’er.
“She? Which she? Don’t tell me it’s your ‘her’?”
Chen Zhi said with a mischievous grin, elbowing Ye Ling with a suggestive look.
Ye Ling was momentarily at a loss for words.
“Uh!”
He and Huo Xian’er had no special relationship; they were just employer and bodyguard in the Secret Realm. How could there be anything more?
“Old Chen, stop overthinking and talking nonsense. We just met in the Secret Realm and can barely be considered friends.
Since we’re having a meal, I thought I’d invite her along.”
As he spoke, Ye Ling silently added in his heart.
“If you knew I had 105,000 Federation Credit Points stored with her, you’d probably die of envy.”
Ye Ling didn’t mention the Federation Credit Points.
After all, it was a transaction between him and Huo Xian’er, and there was no need to make it public.
“Wow! You’ve made a friend? Is she just a friend or a girlfriend? What’s her name? Tell me, maybe I know her.”
Chen Zhi was now full of curiosity about who this person Ye Ling mentioned was.
Ye Ling had never been good at making friends, somewhat like someone with social anxiety in his previous world.
In their entire class, Chen Zhi was his only friend. He had no friends in other classes, let alone outside of school.
Ye Ling didn’t know how to respond to Chen Zhi’s wild speculations, finding his imagination quite rich.
“Damn! Can you stop being so nosy? We just met a day ago. How could she be my girlfriend? Damn, I think you’re still dreaming.”
But Chen Zhi persisted.
“Come on, we’re brothers. It’s not right to keep good things from me.”
“I…”
Just as Ye Ling was about to say something more, a car horn suddenly blared.
“Beep beep!”
The sudden horn interrupted Ye Ling and Chen Zhi’s conversation.
“Screech—!”
A sports car executed a perfect drift and stopped precisely in front of them.
“Damn! Do you have to show off like that? What a beautiful car!”
Chen Zhi’s eyes were full of envy as he looked at the sports car.
But all he could do was envy.
After all, such things were luxury items, and as an ordinary person, he couldn’t afford them.
While Chen Zhi was still admiring the car, Ye Ling suddenly patted his shoulder and nodded towards the car.
“She’s here. Isn’t this who you wanted to see? It’s her.”
Hearing this, Chen Zhi was taken aback.
The person Ye Ling mentioned, the one coming to dine with them, was the owner of this sports car?
But… how did Ye Ling know someone from such a wealthy family?
He had said they met in the Secret Realm. Could it be that Ye Ling saved her there? But with his strength…
No matter how he thought about it, Chen Zhi couldn’t make sense of it.
Then, under Chen Zhi’s astonished gaze, Huo Xian’er, dressed in a youthful and stylish outfit, stepped out of the sports car.
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