Everyday Romance After Becoming a Billionaire

A breeze swept through the midsummer rice paddies as a fifteen-year-old girl, in the full bloom of her youth, ran toward Su Ran.

The sun was bright, the days were tranquil. His life sentence was about to begin.

"Hmph~"

She had happily run halfway when she saw Su Ran standing still as a statue. The girl’s mood instantly clouded over. She planted her hands on her hips, puffed out her cheeks, and stood by the edge of the lotus pond. She let out a huff—it was all very dramatic and contrived, but not in an annoying way. It was just the sort of cuteness you’d expect from a girl her age.

Su Ran pressed a hand to his forehead, a headache brewing.

’I deliberately didn’t tell her I was back. I was hoping for a couple of quiet days. How did this little troublemaker get here?’

"Why are you just standing there?"

"I’m not coming any closer! You’re making that long face, so you must not be happy to see me. Hmph~"

"Can you stop sticking your tongue out?"

"I’ll stick my tongue out if I want to! Blep, blep, blep~"

"Ning Wenwen, I’m telling you, if acting cute were a crime, you’d get a life sentence!"

Su Ran chuckled, tossed his shears aside, and walked out of the small courtyard to the edge of the lotus pond where Ning Wenwen was standing.

The lotus pond reflected their two figures as they drew closer.

The wind picked up again, sweeping through the rice paddies, brushing past Su Ran, and stirring the girl’s pleated skirt, making it flutter gently.

A dragonfly had already landed on the tip of a newly emerged lotus bud.

A small fish surfaced, blew a pair of bubbles that broke the reflection, then dove back under to search for food.

Wenwen’s fair, delicate face was flushed from the heat, her bangs damp and stuck to her forehead.

"Ta-da! Look what I brought you—my secret-recipe iced passion fruit Sprite. Do you like it?"

She held up the drink with her slender arms, her brilliant smile outshining all the lotus flowers in the pond.

"Your secret recipe, eh? Am I going to be sprinting to the bathroom after this?"

"What are you talking about? I do something nice for you and this is the thanks I get! Fine, I’m not letting you have it anymore."

The girl was indignant.

Su Ran just smiled.

He took the secret-recipe drink, which had already gone warm, popped it open, and took a big gulp. GLUG GLUG.

’It’s really sour. She didn’t add enough sugar.’

"How does it taste? Is it good?"

"Mhm, it’s great. It’s sweet. Very sweet."

She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

He reached out to brush the damp bangs from her forehead, and a lively spark danced in her beautiful eyes.

Su Ran’s gaze then fell to the strip of skin exposed between the top of her over-the-knee socks and the hem of her JK uniform skirt. It was the so-called "absolute territory," a sacred and inviolable space.

However, from her run through the rice paddies, it was now covered in red dots from mosquito bites.

"Come on, let’s talk inside."

"Okay!"

The girl was very talkative, chattering nonstop all the way. She took the initiative to greet Su Ran’s neighbors when she saw them.

She had visited a few times before.

Once, she came to pick mulberry leaves to raise silkworms, but they grew into huge caterpillars, and she was so frightened she didn’t know what to do.

Another time, Su Ran and his classmates were having a cookout on the mountain behind his house and invited her along. She ended up seeing a snake and clung to Su Ran in terror, refusing to let go.

Now, they were settled inside. The fan was spinning, aimed at Wenwen, cooling her down.

Su Ran’s house had air conditioning, but it was only in his bedroom, and it would be strange for the two of them to sit on the edge of his bed just to chat and enjoy the AC.

The house was a single-story bungalow with a large footprint and a spacious courtyard, which Su Ran had decorated beautifully everywhere.

’Now that I have money, home is still home. These are my roots, after all.’

’As for the money I have now, it’s meant to be enjoyed. When it’s time for school to start, I’ll buy a big house in the city to live in style.’

"So, why’d you come here?"

Su Ran asked, sitting on the sofa and turning his head toward Wenwen, who had her eyes closed, enjoying the cool breeze.

"I was bored. Nothing was fun. So I came to hang out with you."

"What’s so fun about hanging out with me? You’d have a better time asking your mom to take you to a water park."

Ning Wenwen frowned and turned to look at Su Ran. She hated that condescending, ’I’m the wise big brother’ look on his face.

She held up one finger.

"First, I’m not a little kid, and I don’t like water parks. And my parents are on a business trip in Gansu."

She held up a second finger.

"Second, I came here to hang out with you, and I’m going to annoy you to death! Go on, try and kick me out if you dare! La la la la~"

She shook her head smugly and stuck her tongue out.

"Stop!"

Su Ran cut her off.

He held up a finger of his own.

"You can stay, but on one condition. This establishment doesn’t serve customers who stick their tongues out. Do it again, and I’ll kick you out."

"Blep, blep, blep~"

Oh, come on...

"You’ve gone too far. I really want to pull that tongue out and tie it in a knot."

Su Ran didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

After cooling down a bit, Ning Wenwen stepped out of the living room and surveyed the courtyard. As someone used to living in a tiny, pigeon-coop apartment in the city, she adored this rustic courtyard nestled amongst green hills and clear waters. She especially loved the climbing roses that encircled the yard, their soft pink blooms a beautiful sight.

"Were you trimming the rose wall just now?"

"Yeah, and then you showed up and startled me, so I cut a huge notch in the bushes."

"Tch, am I really that scary?"

She shot a ’complaining’ glance at Su Ran standing beside her, then stepped down the stone stairs, ran into the yard, and picked up the shears.

"Alright, fine. If you’re saying I’m the one who ruined it, then I’ll be the one to fix it."

She had taken flower arrangement classes. Her parents had also encouraged her interest in painting, so she had a good eye for design.

Su Ran spread his hands. "I’ll give you one chance to fix it. If you succeed, I’ll reward you with a lollipop."

Ning Wenwen puffed out her chest proudly. "Just you wait."

With that, she set about fixing the rose wall.

In the ’Mushroom House Game,’ Su Ran spent 3 Gold Coins to activate the ’Rose Wall Restoration’ task.

It was still early, only three in the afternoon.

Su Ran saw a quest notification—an exclamation mark—on the refrigerator.

He walked over and accepted it.

’DING! Summer’s Perfect Snack Quest: Create a snack perfectly suited for summer. The higher the consumer’s happiness index, the greater the reward.’

Su Ran loved these kinds of simple little quests. He could enjoy life and complete tasks at the same time. The whole experience was just awesome.

Su Ran turned his head and asked, "Wenwen, do you want some ice jelly?"

"Yes, please~"

"Alright."

He opened the fridge. He had some of the ingredients, but not everything. He was missing ice, brown sugar, and dried fruit.

He’d just have to buy them from the ’Mushroom House Shop’.

He clicked on the [Mushroom House Shop] on the system panel.

It was called a ’shop,’ but it could rival a high-end department store. A dazzling array of products was available: food, daily necessities, bedding, high-quality goods, mood enhancers, home decor, smart devices—you name it, they had it.

Its only purpose was to improve the quality of life in the Mushroom House.

To enjoy the most luxurious life in the most low-key way.

Food Section.

Purchase List.

Yiwu Brown Sugar (Grade: Top) 200g: 0.3 Gold Coins

Premium Hawthorn Candy (No Additives) 300g: 0.2 Gold Coins.

All products in the Mushroom House Shop were perfectly guaranteed for quality and safety. They were all authentic goods that couldn’t be bought on the open market, no matter how much money one had, especially since they were pure and free of additives.

’What an honest shop.’

Still, it was pretty expensive. Those two items alone had cost 0.5 Gold Coins. But of course, price and quality—both in reality and in the system—were always directly proportional.

Su Ran bought a few more ingredients, and finally, the ice.

There was a dazzling variety of ice cubes at many different price points, ranging from a few yuan per block to several thousand. The higher the price, the purer the ice. The manufacturing process was also more complex, resulting in a product with no off-flavors that wouldn’t affect the taste of the ingredients.

’So this is the world of the rich I’m just now getting a glimpse of,’ Su Ran thought. ’It’s unbelievable. They actually have the nerve to sell a single block of ice for thousands of yuan.’

’Do rich people actually like this stuff? Are they just stupid? No, it’s just that ordinary people don’t understand their world.’

Su Ran spent 1 Gold Coin (the equivalent of 10,000 yuan) to buy a block of exceptionally transparent and pure ice (Grade: Top).

Curious, he took a peek at the seafood section.

Holy crap!

’This is a foodie’s paradise!’

The seafood in the seafood section wasn’t dead.

In fact, the seafood section didn’t contain seafood; it contained the sea.

To guarantee freshness, you just had to pay, and a fishing boat would immediately haul your purchase out of the water. The time from sea to table could be as short as one minute, ensuring one thing above all else—freshness.

However, the prices were also breathtaking.

Su Ran glanced at the prices for the top-tier seafood on the list.

One Bluefin Tuna (guaranteed 200 kg each): 500 Gold Coins (Today’s Special Price)

’Five million?’

’Is that expensive?’

Su Ran actually knew this stuff was genuinely expensive. At auction, one could go for over ten million yuan. It didn’t matter if the prices were manipulated; the fact remained that this stuff was just pricey.

It really proved that saying.

The Divine Rich only care about two things:

Using the best.

Playing with the most expensive.

’Since Wenwen is a guest, I naturally have to feed this little girl well.’

He only had 4 Gold Coins left, but if he focused on completing the Mushroom House quests, he should be fine.

He exited the system and started making the ice jelly, ready to max out that happiness index.