Ch. 26
Chapter 26. Is Thirty Billion a Lot? It Was Just Something I Did on a Whim
In the villa.
Jiang Yichen had changed into a casual outfit. Looking at his increasingly robust body, he could not help feeling pleased.
As his automatic cultivation continuously replenished his vitality and blood, this body was already many times better than the one from his previous life, which he had ruined by staying up late every day.
“A slacker’s life should begin with breakfast.”
Jiang Yichen headed downstairs to the living room, and just as expected, a familiar figure rushed up to him.
“Brother Yichen, breakfast for you.”
Today, Su Linyu was wearing a light pink floral dress. The delicate flower patterns on it shimmered under the lights.
Holding a heart-patterned lunchbox in both hands, she offered it to him with a sweet smile.
Jiang Yichen accepted the lunchbox and sat down by the dining table. “Thank you.”
Su Linyu stood to the side, unable to stop smiling. Then she took out another lunchbox.
“Brother Yichen, my dad said that you treated me so well yesterday because you wanted to use me. But no matter what, I’m still happy that Brother Yichen is willing to use me.”
“This is Lin Wan’s breakfast. Please take it to her.” She handed it over, though her tone carried a trace of uncertainty.
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Jiang Yichen sighed. Prejudice in people’s hearts really was like a mountain.
And this was prejudice built up over four years. How could it possibly disappear so easily?
Better to take it slowly. Explaining things was exhausting.
“You won’t need to bring me breakfast anymore. I hired a top-tier chef team, so they can handle it.”
As he spoke, Jiang Yichen opened the lunchbox.
Su Linyu had been getting up at four o’clock every morning just to bring him breakfast. He truly felt too embarrassed to let her keep doing that.
BANG!
The moment he finished speaking, Su Linyu’s face crumpled with grievance. She dropped to her knees and wrapped both arms around his leg.
“No, Brother Yichen! Bringing you breakfast is the only way I get to see you. If I can’t see you for even one day, I’ll go crazy.”
“Brother Yichen, if I did something wrong, I’ll change! Please let me keep bringing you breakfast every day.”
Tears glimmered at the corners of Su Linyu’s eyes as she looked up at him pitifully.
Jiang Yichen’s face twitched. No! That was not what I meant!
“What I meant was, you have to wake up so early just to bring me breakfast. It’s exhausting, so…”
He had gone through the same thing himself when he used to bring breakfast to Lin Wan, so he naturally knew how tiring it was. That was why he did not want her wearing herself out like this.
But before he could finish, Su Linyu immediately shook her head.
“I’m not tired! Being able to bring Brother Yichen breakfast and see him every day really, really makes me happy.”
“Please, just let me keep bringing you breakfast.” Su Linyu could not hear anything else at this point.
Jiang Yichen rubbed his brow. What an absurdly pure warrior of love.
“Uh… all right, then.”
“Ahhh, thank you, Brother Yichen! From now on, I’m Brother Yichen’s personal breakfast girl.” The moment she heard him agree, Su Linyu cried out in excitement.
She was even happier than a child who had just been given candy.
Helplessness filled Jiang Yichen’s face. He picked up his chopsticks, inhaled the fresh fragrance of the food, and the corners of his lips curved up slightly.
Seeing him eat, Su Linyu quieted down as well. She sat across from him, cupping her cheeks in her hands as she stared at him without even blinking.
Only when he was almost done eating did she take a book out of her small bag and place it on the table.
“Brother Yichen, there are only two days left until the graduation assessment. Shall we study together?”
Her father was absolutely determined to break off the engagement now. The only remaining way to stop that was for Brother Yichen to get a passing grade on the graduation assessment.
Jiang Yichen froze for a moment and glanced at the book on the table, Complete Breakdown of the Graduation Assessment Key Points.
He immediately understood. Su Zhan had probably threatened Su Linyu with canceling the engagement again.
In his previous life, Su Zhan had already intended to ally with the Zhou family, so even if Jiang Yichen showed that he liked Su Linyu, Su Zhan would still find fault with him in some other way.
But… sorry, I have a system.
Just as Jiang Yichen was about to refuse, a voice rang out in his mind.
【Ding! Slacker Choice triggered】
【Choice One: In order to keep Su Zhan from breaking off the engagement, study hard with Su Linyu and strive to improve, fighting desperately in the army of exam crammers. Reward: the title ‘Ultimate Cram King.’
Choice Two: Exams are not the only way to move forward in life. Enjoying life and loving life are the ultimate choices of a slacker. Reject Su Linyu’s request to study and take her out to experience a leisurely life. Reward: ‘Low-Level Slacker Gift Pack.’】
Both choices were low-level.
Still, no matter how small the meat, it was still meat.
Jiang Yichen pushed the study guide back toward her. “How can such wonderful time be wasted on preparing for exams? I’ll take you out to have some fun today.”
After all, every exam point was already in his head.
When Su Linyu heard that, her eyes lit up at first, then dimmed again.
She definitely wanted to go out with Brother Yichen, but if he failed the graduation assessment, her father really would break off their engagement.
“Brother Yichen, how about we go out together after the graduation assessment is over?” she asked, her eyes pleading.
Jiang Yichen reached out and grabbed Su Linyu’s small hand. “You don’t want to go out with me?”
Su Linyu’s face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she hurriedly shook her head. “I do! I really, really do.”
“Then we’re not studying today.”
“I’ll listen to Brother Yichen.”
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, on making a Slacker Choice. You have received a ‘Low-Level Slacker Gift Pack.’ Open it now?】
After experiencing a Supreme-grade reward from opening one intermediate and one advanced pack, Jiang Yichen naturally chose to save this one for later.
Once he got an advanced pack, he could use a low-level one as padding first. That way, the reward would be better.
“Then let’s go, we—”
Before he could finish speaking, Uncle Feng suddenly walked in.
“Young Master, there are a lot of construction workers, chefs, cleaners, and others gathered outside the villa gates. They all said you hired them.”
Hmm?
Hearing that, Jiang Yichen remembered the top-tier services he had booked online yesterday and nodded. “Have them wait in the courtyard. I’ll be there in a moment.”
“…Young Master, what exactly are all these services you booked for?” Uncle Feng asked anxiously.
Those customized living quarters, private top-tier chefs, top-tier massage specialists, customized daily necessities… none of them were cheap.
Now that the Jiang family had cut off the Young Master’s funds, where was the money supposed to come from for all of this?
“To slack off, of course. Life is meant to be enjoyed. You can’t let yourself be bothered by trivial day-to-day matters,” Jiang Yichen said with a faint smile.
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Uncle Feng’s expression changed. He had thought the Young Master had some other purpose, but it turned out all of this was for slacking off!
He nearly failed to catch his breath and quickly tried to persuade him. “Young Master, the graduation assessment is almost here. You really can’t keep playing around…”
“It’s a small matter, a small matter. Uncle Feng, just do as I say. Don’t waste so many words.”
Jiang Yichen patted Uncle Feng on the shoulder, signaling for him to go out.
Uncle Feng was frantic inside, but there was nothing he could do. He could only shake his head and sigh as he walked away.
“Let’s go.”
Jiang Yichen did not think much of it. Holding Su Linyu’s hand, he walked toward the courtyard of the luxurious villa.
Su Linyu had wanted to say something to persuade him, but as she stared at the hand holding hers, her heart pounded wildly, and her mind went blank for a moment.
At school, if she came within three meters of Brother Yichen, he would always dislike it and tell her to get lost.
And today, Brother Yichen actually took my hand on his own. Oh my God! I’m so excited!
Even if Brother Yichen was being this nice to me just so he could use me, it was still completely worth it.
And so, Jiang Yichen led Su Linyu into the courtyard.
More than three hundred people had already gathered there. If the villa had not been so large, it really could not have held them all.
“Good morning, Young Master Jiang!” The moment they saw Jiang Yichen, everyone immediately bowed and greeted him.
Jiang Yichen gave a slight nod. “You all understand my requirements, I assume?”
A well-dressed man in a suit immediately stepped forward and said respectfully, “Young Master Jiang, we do, we do! It’s just that the price might be a little…”
“How much?”
The man hesitated, then took out a thick stack of bills. When he dropped them to the ground, they rolled a full fifty meters away.
At the sight of that, Uncle Feng turned his head and took a fierce gulp of air before finally recovering.
Su Linyu parted her lips slightly as well, revealing a stunned expression.
“Young Master Jiang, the villa you customized to artificially integrate the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth includes automatic adjustment of Spiritual Energy concentration, temperature, and humidity for cultivation and rest. The garden will be built with rare spiritual plants, combining ornamental value, mental clarity, spirit gathering, and self-cultivation. The walls will also use top-grade materials that block sound and prevent detection through spiritual power… The required amount is equivalent to the annual GDP of a small country: 13.4 billion.”
“The top-tier Huazhong private chef team plus an exclusive supply chain of top-grade ingredients, including premium demon beast meat, spiritual herbs, and more… The required amount is 5 billion.”
“A team of imperial-grade healer martial artists to provide Young Master Jiang with top-level medical protection… The required amount is 2 billion.”
“And then there are the customized daily necessities, the top-tier massage specialist team, the top-tier Huazhong martial artist bodyguard team… altogether, the total comes to 31.7 billion Huaxia currency.”
By the time he finished reading out that number, the project manager’s hands were shaking.
The workers were even more stunned.
They had never seen that much money in their entire lives.
Yet Young Master Jiang was actually throwing around that much money just to live comfortably. It was simply inhumanly extravagant!
Even Su Linyu, the Su family’s precious daughter, found it unbelievable when she heard such an amount.
That was already equivalent to the Su Group’s monthly profit.
Everyone present was shocked beyond words.
Everyone except Jiang Yichen.
His expression remained astonishingly calm as he looked at the more than seventy billion lying inside the system space.
There was no way he could ever spend all this money. Opening one advanced gift pack gave him ten billion in funds. Before long, he would be rich enough to rival a nation.
“Young Master Jiang, perhaps you should think it over carefully? We’re not in a hurry,” the person in charge said cautiously.
Even the entire Jiang family would have to think twice before placing an order this large.
If Young Master Jiang could not come up with the money in the end, he would have to file a lawsuit and then go to the Jiang family to demand payment. That would be a real headache.
Su Linyu tugged on his sleeve. “Brother Yichen, we don’t have that much money. Wait a moment, I’ll ask my brother for some.”
In a panic, she took out her phone. Brother Yichen had only given her the 10 billion to manage the team yesterday. How could he possibly still have money left now?
“Young Master, please think it over carefully. If the Master finds out, I’m afraid he’ll be very disappointed in you,” Uncle Feng said, so anxious that his face had turned red.
The graduation assessment was just around the corner, yet the Young Master was still thinking about squandering money and slacking off. Ah! When would the Young Master ever grow up?
“No need.” Jiang Yichen waved his hand and said flatly, “I’ll pay in full right now. My only requirement is that everything be finished as quickly as possible.”
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The moment those words came out, everyone was stunned. What a tycoon! Utterly inhumanly extravagant!
Uncle Feng collapsed onto the ground, his eyes vacant. “It’s over. Ah…”