Everyday Romance After Becoming a Billionaire

"Oh, for heaven’s sake, Su Ran, settle down. If you can’t handle your liquor, what are you doing drinking? Next time, don’t let Su Ran drink so much again. It’s killing me."

SMACK...

She slapped Su Ran’s hand.

"Don’t you move."

"I’m back."

Shan Weizi ran back and once again helped prop Su Ran up, guiding him to the bed in the second-floor room and laying him down.

Phew...

Liu Piaopiao was panting from the effort. She glanced down and saw that the top button of her qipao had come undone at the shoulder. ’How dare he! Does he really think I’m his mother?’

"You take good care of him. I’m leaving."

Fastening her button, Liu Piaopiao left the courtyard.

...

The evening breeze made the small window rattle. Inside the room, a young woman named Shan Weizi patiently tended to the man she loved, who lay drunk by the bed.

As she wiped him down, her gaze fell upon his phone, which sat nearby. It was buzzing nonstop with WeChat notifications, including messages from the girlfriend he had mentioned before, Liu Jinyu.

"Su Ran... who do you love the most?"

She leaned down, her ear close to his lips, trying to catch any words he might mutter in his drunken state. But inexplicably, tears began to stream down her face. Whether they were tears of sorrow, sweetness, happiness, or heartache, only she knew.

...

Morning sunlight streamed into the room. Su Ran woke with a hangover. Hearing noises from downstairs, he walked to the window and looked down. There, dressed all in white, was Shan Weizi, practicing with her sword.

After washing up, Su Ran went downstairs.

"You’re awake?"

Shan Weizi tossed her sword, which landed point-down in a planter. She ran over and linked her arm with Su Ran’s. "Are you hungry? I’ll take you to breakfast."

Su Ran: "Yeah, okay. By the way, Weizi, did I say anything last night?"

Shan Weizi shook her head. "Nope. Were you supposed to say something?"

Su Ran: "Oh. No."

What Su Ran noticed was clearly different today was how much nicer Shan Weizi was to him. She was spoiling him rotten, practically to the point of wanting to feed him each bite herself.

’This is weird. Normally, women hate it when a guy gets blackout drunk. So why does she seem even more affectionate?’

’Is she hoping I’ll drink myself to death or something?’

"Weizi, what’s gotten into you? Tell me the truth. You did something to me after I passed out, didn’t you!?"

Shan Weizi took his hand and said blissfully, "They say what soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals. When you were drunk last night, I secretly asked you who you love the most."

Su Ran: "And what did I say?"

Shan Weizi: "You said you love me the most."

Su Ran: "Of course!"

’What’s going on?’ Su Ran thought. ’I love Shan Weizi the most?’

’Ding! System Notification—Emergency PR: This function exists to protect the Host from being hacked to death by a woman for misspeaking. When drunk, unconscious, or sleep-talking, the system will automatically make the "person at your side" the subject of your speech. This prevents you from calling out the wrong name and facing mortal danger.’

Note: This Emergency PR function was added after the Host mistook Xiao Wanqing for Maoyue.

"..."

’Emergency PR?’

Hmm... Su Ran understood now. It was a self-preservation function.

’For example, if I was sleeping with Liu Jinyu in my arms and mumbled ’Xie Yiren’ in my sleep, Liu Jinyu would definitely hack me to pieces.’

’Another example: last night, when Shan Weizi asked who I loved the most, if I had babbled ’Xiao Wanqing,’ she probably would’ve slit my throat with her sword.’

’When women get ruthless, they’re *really* ruthless. The news is full of stories about wives murdering their husbands in their sleep.’

’Plus, this way, I can’t misspeak. No matter who asks who I love the most, the answer will always be ’you.’’

’This is amazing.’

’I bet every man in the world would love to have this Skill.’

To be honest, deep down, Su Ran truly preferred the kind of love where you ’hold hands and grow old together, one couple for one lifetime.’ He really didn’t enjoy having so many women in his life.

But people are emotional creatures. When you spend a lot of time with the women around you, feelings are bound to develop. It was a real conflict for him.

However, Su Ran considered the ’Four Little Ones’ an inseparable group—practically a single person.

Therefore, in his life, there was really only one other girl: Shan Weizi.

After they finished their porridge, Su Ran reached out and stroked Shan Weizi’s long hair. He wanted to be honest with her; he didn’t want to deceive her. It wasn’t really deception, though. Back when the misunderstanding started, Su Ran had told her he had a girlfriend and even called Liu Jinyu. Who would have thought that silly girl would get so into her role? She’d kept insisting, ’I’m not your girlfriend, I’m your older sister! What are you thinking? You want to be in love with your sister, too? That’s in-cest, you know.’

Liu Jinyu loved her ’older sister-younger brother’ games. She was a bit of a deviant.

He paused, steeling himself to come clean. He really hated hiding things and treating women like they were fools.

"Weizi, the truth is, I..."

"Shhh! Don’t say it."

Shan Weizi placed her index finger on Su Ran’s lips.

Then she tilted her head and leaned into his embrace.

"It’s enough that you said you love me the most last night."

Su Ran: ...

A blissful smile spread across Shan Weizi’s face. There was nothing wrong with a woman liking a man, falling in love with him, and vying for someone so exceptional.

It was just like Xiao Wanqing, who surely wished she had met Su Ran sooner and become his girlfriend.

It was also like what Liu Jinyu had confessed to Su Ran during their heart-to-heart at sea: if she had known her whole group of best friends would fall for him, she never would have let him get so close to them.

No girl wants her boyfriend to fall in love with someone else, nor does she want her best friend to fall in love with her boyfriend.

But reality was just that melodramatic.

Only time would tell which woman would ultimately walk down the aisle with Su Ran, the one to hold his hand and grow old with him.

Perhaps it would be Liu Jinyu.

Perhaps Xiao Wanqing.

Perhaps Aina.

Perhaps Xie Yiren, once she was free of the Saintess System.

Perhaps Shan Weizi.

Or perhaps, one day, a heaven-sent heroine would appear, defeat all the others, and become his one and only.