"Renting a place?"
"Yeah. It's a little inconvenient in the dorm, so I'm planning to rent somewhere near the school."
Zhou Jialu understood. Jiangcheng University was fairly relaxed overall in its management, and plenty of students rented places off campus. As a senior, she knew quite a bit about this.
"I'm a senior now, and about half the people in my class rent off campus. After all, we need internships. Some workplaces are far away or even out of town, so renting is much more convenient. Of course, some rent in the family housing on campus too. Those are usually people preparing for graduate school entrance exams."
"I see..."
"Junior, let me ask first—when you say renting, you mean the same kind of renting ordinary people mean, right?"
Zhou Jialu felt that since her junior was so rich, his requirements for renting a place would definitely be higher than those of ordinary people.
Ordinary students rented places for peace and freedom.
Beyond that, they did not really care much about the décor, space, or living conditions.
Or even if they did care, they had no extra budget to be picky.
But Su Bai was different.
He had money to spare!
"There is indeed a bit of a difference," Su Bai admitted frankly. "What I need is the best place possible, preferably with someone to take care of it so I don't have to clean up much myself."
Renting an ordinary place, even a model unit or one that was practically unfinished, then arranging everything himself would be far too troublesome.
If he really had to furnish a place himself, Su Bai would rather wait until he had accumulated tens of millions, buy a luxury mansion outright, and slowly work on it then.
For now, he would rent a good place, and the rent would even earn cashback.
After all, he needed to indulge himself. Indulgence meant enjoying the present!
Zhou Jialu said, "Then you could just stay at a hotel. Hotels offer monthly long-stay packages at discounted rates. Usually, you can negotiate down to eighty percent, or even seventy percent. It varies a little depending on the hotel brand's business situation and location."
"A hotel... That does sound nice." Su Bai fell into thought.
He had seen online news about plenty of people who got rich overnight and loved staying in five-star hotels.
Su Bai had never experienced that before, so he felt like giving it a try.
He would book a room for a few days, stay several nights in a row, and see how it felt.
He opened Meituan on his phone and searched for luxury hotels near the school.
After looking around, he felt that the JW Marriott looked quite good.
Following the room listings sorted by price, Su Bai scrolled straight to the bottom to look at the expensive options.
River View Executive Suite.
It had a full ninety-four square meters of space, with a reception area, bedroom, and bathroom, all extremely grand.
It also came with access to the hotel pool, gym, and executive lounge.
It cost 1,678 yuan per night. It was currently the tourist off-season, and prices would rise again during the National Day holiday.
That price already exceeded the monthly living expenses of a large portion of students.
Yet Su Bai placed the order directly and booked a week.
He only booked a week because any longer would fail to trigger the indulgence cashback.
Based on the system's current assessment of Su Bai, one week was the maximum he could book.
Once Su Bai's lifestyle became increasingly extravagant, the system would upgrade accordingly, and the cashback limit would rise as well.
Ding! Detected that the host has booked a luxury hotel. Indulgence spending of yuan detected. Tenfold cashback triggered. Reward: + yuan!
Su Bai paid in front of his senior without trying to hide anything.
Zhou Jialu's heart pounded at the sight.
Just now, her junior had said he would stay at the hotel first to try it out, then decide whether to rent it long-term.
In other words, he was planning to stay long-term in the River View Executive Suite??
That was far too outrageous...
Even at the off-season rate, with a negotiated seventy-percent contract price, it would still cost nearly 35,000 yuan a month.
Zhou Jialu's sharp mind quickly calculated the approximate figure.
Her breathing became rapid.
He really spent money like water. He was practically the perfect boyfriend of her dreams.
Many second-generation rich who claimed their families had assets worth hundreds of millions did not spend money this ruthlessly.
College students were still students at heart, and their parents often would not give them too much money.
Not to mention that the economy had been somewhat sluggish these past two years, and many rich young men had seen their budgets cut.
Just in terms of renting, spending several thousand yuan a month to rent a nicer three-bedroom apartment near the school, around a hundred square meters, was already top-tier living among students. Plenty of girls who loved comfort would happily move out with someone like that.
But Su Bai had directly multiplied that budget several times over.
There was a certain beauty to the numbers.
Just imagine it: if she became his girlfriend, she could stay with him every night in Marriott's river-view suite, swirling a glass of red wine in the executive lounge while overlooking River City's nightscape.
Then they could spend some time at the pool before returning to the room for a lovely soak in the huge bathtub.
The price was merely letting Su Bai sleep with her... No, that could not even be called a price. After all, Su Bai had both looks and a good body. Though he was not a male celebrity or idol, he was still one of the handsome guys in class.
Usually, rich men at this level either looked unbearable or were greasy middle-aged men with beer bellies. Just thinking about it was disgusting.
Dating Su Bai came with none of those concerns.
For a moment, Zhou Jialu nearly fell completely for him. She might as well throw herself at him!
But she still had a little restraint in her heart.
It was not that she did not want to offer herself to him. She simply hoped Su Bai would feel her charm, be teased by her until he could not take it anymore, and take the initiative himself.
In truth, she had already decided that Su Bai was the man she had kept herself pure for and waited so many years to meet.
From now on, she no longer needed to use her natural allure on anyone else. She only needed to focus all her firepower on seducing Su Bai!
"Senior, are you free after we eat?"
"What, can't bear to let your big sister leave?" Zhou Jialu licked her lips and blinked.
"Come check out the hotel with me. To be honest, it'll be my first time staying at such a nice hotel too," Su Bai said honestly.
"Huh? Your first time?" Zhou Jialu was quite surprised.
"Yeah. Because of my family, I was raised frugally all along—hardworking, simple, and always striving to improve. Only now that I'm in college can I enjoy myself to the fullest."
"So that's how it is. No wonder."
Zhou Jialu immediately understood. No wonder her junior looked so low-key. His family had clearly raised him well.
Those spoiled young masters who wasted money from childhood usually grew up to be useless. They simply had no ability to take over the family business.
Only after experiencing ordinary life and hardship could someone better empathize with lower-level employees and make reliable corporate policies.
Yes, that was how overbearing CEO novels always wrote it!
In an instant, Zhou Jialu concocted an epic backstory for Su Bai.
The affection surging through her heart grew even more intense.
She was already a senior and had interned for quite some time. She had left behind the naïve, inexperienced state of a student and gained a basic understanding of society.
Girls at this stage often became practical very quickly.
Money really could change one's fate, and it really was hard to earn.
If she could become Su Bai's girlfriend, she would absolutely be taking a shortcut in life.
Who did not want a shortcut? Everyone had a lazy streak.
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