How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?

11 a.m.

Gu Heng drove to the location Gu Xinran had sent him, arriving at the base of the Global Financial Center Tower in Lujiazui, Shanghai.

After finding a random spot to park, Gu Heng looked at the endless stream of cars in the Lujiazui area and couldn't help but sigh to himself...

No wonder they say Shanghai is the place with the highest concentration of wealthy people in Hua Country.

Especially a financial and business center like Lujiazui, where the wealthy are everywhere...

It's like the internet joke says, in the capital, one brick might take out three section-level officials.

In Shanghai...

A brick could very well take out three multimillionaires...

The kind of luxury cars you seldom see on the streets, like Maybachs, seem to appear every few minutes...

Before, Gu Heng thought that with his near hundred-million fortune, he could be considered one of the very top echelons in Hua Country. Now, it seemed he was a bit too inflated...

A hundred million in assets might be the ceiling of imagination for ordinary people.

But compared to the real big shots, there was still a distance, after all, their villas alone could easily hit nine figures...

Fortunately, Gu Heng didn't harbor grand ambitions, so he didn't feel any disappointment.

In just a few days, with the rewards from the system, he went from a salaryman making 4500 a month to a tycoon with nearly a billion in assets. What more could he want? Plus, as long as he continued to indulge in life and his desires, it wasn't impossible to become a world-class magnate who could shake the global economy with a stomp in the future.

Lost in his daydreaming, Gu Heng stopped overthinking and leaned against the car door, lighting up a cigarette without calling and instead sent Gu Xinran a photo.

"Get it?"

Gu Xinran: "Get it!!!"

Seeing Gu Xinran's reply, Gu Heng finally smiled satisfactorily.

This is how people born after 2000 communicate!

No need to utter an extra word.

Leaning on the car door, bored out of his wits, Gu Heng smoked and surveyed this world-class city known as the "Magic City."

When Gu Heng's gaze landed on the floor indicator signage inside the adjacent Global Financial Tower, he couldn't help but take a second look...

[Gaoling Capital Shanghai Headquarters→37F]

If this had been a few days ago, seeing the words Gaoling Capital wouldn't have elicited any response from Gu Heng...

But now, he found himself somewhat fond of this company, like seeing his girlfriend's family home.

And why, you ask?

Even though he hadn't worked at Gaoling Capital, he had been with a senior executive from Gaoling.

Doesn't that somewhat make him a part of the company too?

It also felt like a kind of fate to arrive at the tower where Lin Ran worked for his first trip to Shanghai...

Thinking of this, Gu Heng forwarded the photo he'd sent to Gu Xinran to Lin Ran...

Luckily, although Lin Ran was roughed up all night by Gu Heng before, she hadn't blocked him; the photo was quickly sent out...

...

Lin Ran, who had just finished processing some project documents on the 37th floor of the Financial Center, had just stretched when her phone on the desk dinged with a notification...

Opening her phone and seeing that the message was from Gu Heng, Lin Ran couldn't help but smile subconsciously...

She was originally expecting no contact after their one-night stand, but here was Gu Heng, reaching out on his own in just a few days...

She tapped open their chat interface.

Zooming in on the only photo in the chat, Lin Ran's delicate features froze...

She had already worked in this building for several years and was overly familiar with the tower in the photo...

Lin Ran: "!!!"

"You're in Shanghai?"

Ding-dong.

Gu Heng's message soon came back.

"If the GPS is right, I should be at the Lujiazui Global Financial Center."

Lin Ran had been quite calm facing Gu Heng's messages...

But as soon as she realized he was right below her company building, she started to panic...

Humans, male or female, no matter how high their status, always hold a special emotion toward the other party with whom they shared their first time.

Lin Ran had somehow ended up reversing the roles with Gu Heng in Wuzhen, then left for Shanghai the next day without contacting him again.

Seemingly nonchalant.

But in reality, she was conflicted for days afterwards, or she wouldn't have run off without even seeing Gu Heng's face the next day.

This turmoil had only subsided once she threw herself fully into her work.

Just as she was starting to get over it, Gu Heng suddenly appeared right below her company, making it difficult for her not to overthink...

"Does he think I'm easy and want to hook up again?... No, that can't be, he's not lacking in women."

"Or is he trying to blackmail me with this?... That's not it either, he doesn't need money..."

Mulling over the possible reasons for Gu Heng's sudden visit to Shanghai while internally dismissing them, Lin Ran's thoughts grew more jumbled, so she simply stopped speculating. It was also time for a lunch break, so she wasted no more time and typed quickly on her phone: "I'm coming down now, wait for me at the entrance of the building."

Gu Heng, seeing Lin Ran's reply, also couldn't help but smile.

This woman sure takes initiative...

This trip to Shanghai was somewhat worthwhile, perfect for meeting an old flame. And if there's another friendly match, it would be worth going back even just for a day.

After all, last time he was the one being pushed; his urge to conquer wasn't satisfied.

This time he'd try to push forward and satisfy his need for conquest and, with that thought, he sent an OK emoji back on his phone.