The Senior Sister Wants a Shortcut in Life

"Renting an apartment?"

"Yeah, it's a bit inconvenient in the dorms, so I'm planning to rent a place near the university."

Zhou Jialu understood. Jiangcheng University had relatively relaxed management, and many students rented apartments off-campus. As a senior, she was quite familiar with this.

"I'm a senior now, and about half of my classmates are renting off-campus. Since we need to intern, and some jobs are quite far away, even in other cities, renting makes things much more convenient. Of course, some rent in the family housing within the campus, usually for those preparing for postgraduate entrance exams."

"I see..."

"Junior, let me ask first, when you say renting, do you mean the same thing as what people generally consider renting?"

Zhou Jialu felt that since the junior was so wealthy, his requirements for renting an apartment would definitely be higher than those of ordinary people.

Ordinary students renting an apartment were looking for peace and quiet and freedom.

Beyond that, they didn't really care much about the decoration, space, or living conditions.

Or, even if they cared, they didn't have the extra budget to be picky.

But Su Bai was different.

He was loaded with cash!

"There is indeed a slight difference," Su Bai admitted frankly. "My requirement is to live in the best possible house, preferably with dedicated staff to take care of it so I don't have to do too much cleaning myself."

Like ordinary rentals, renting a show apartment or even something close to a bare shell and then decorating it himself would be too troublesome.

If he really wanted to decorate it himself, Su Bai would rather wait until his wealth accumulated to tens of millions, buy a mansion directly, and then take his time with it.

For now, he'd rent a good place, and the rent could even give him cashback.

After all, he wanted to indulge, and indulging meant enjoying the present!

Zhou Jialu said, "Then you can just stay in a hotel. Hotels offer discounts for long-term monthly bookings, usually around 20% or even 30% off, depending on the hotel brand's operational status and location."

"A hotel... That's not a bad idea," Su Bai mused, deep in thought.

He had seen some news online about many newly rich people preferring to stay in five-star hotels.

Su Bai hadn't experienced it yet and felt he could give it a try.

He'd book a room for a few days, stay for consecutive nights, and see how it felt.

He opened Meituan on his phone and searched for luxury hotels near the university.

After browsing, he felt the JW Marriott looked very good.

He sorted the room types by price and scrolled all the way down to the most expensive ones.

River View Executive Suite.

A spacious area of 94 square meters, with a very grand living room, bedroom, and bathroom.

It also included access to the hotel's swimming pool, gym, and executive lounge.

1678 yuan per night. It was currently the off-season for tourism, and prices would increase during the National Day holiday.

This price already exceeded the monthly living expenses of a significant portion of students.

However, Su Bai directly placed an order and booked for a week.

The reason for booking a week was that any longer would not trigger the indulgence cashback.

Based on the system's current assessment of Su Bai, it could only book for a week at most.

As Su Bai's lifestyle became more extravagant, the system would upgrade, and the cashback amount would also increase.

[Ding! Detected host booking a luxury hotel, indulgence consumption of ¥[Amount], triggering tenfold cashback, rewarding ¥[Amount]!]

Su Bai paid in front of his senior, openly and without any concealment.

Zhou Jialu was so nervous her heart was pounding.

Earlier, the junior had said he wanted to try staying at a hotel before deciding whether to rent long-term.

This meant he intended to stay long-term in the River View Executive Suite??

This was too outrageous...

Even at the off-season price, with a 30% discount negotiated, it would still be around 35,000 yuan a month.

Zhou Jialu's sharp mind quickly calculated the approximate figure.

Her breathing became rapid.

This was truly spending money like water, practically the perfect boyfriend of her dreams.

Many second-generation rich kids who claimed their families had assets worth hundreds of millions didn't spend this extravagantly.

After all, they were still students, and their parents usually didn't give them too much money.

Not to mention the economic downturn in the past couple of years, many wealthy individuals had reduced their budgets.

Just for renting, spending several thousand yuan a month to rent a good three-bedroom apartment in a decent neighborhood near the university, around a hundred square meters, was already top-tier for students, and many girls who enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle would move in with them.

Su Bai, however, had quadrupled his budget.

It was a beauty of numbers.

Imagine being his girlfriend, getting to stay with him every night in a JW Marriott River View Executive Suite, and sipping red wine in the executive lounge while overlooking Jiangcheng's night view.

Then, maybe play in the pool for a bit before heading back to the room for a relaxing soak in the big bathtub.

The only "price" would be sleeping with Su Bai... no, that's not even a price. After all, Su Bai's looks and physique are both top-notch. While he might not be a male celebrity or idol, he's definitely the handsome guy of the class.

Usually, rich guys at this level either have terrible looks or a greasy beer belly, which is just disgusting to think about.

Dating Su Bai means having none of those worries.

For a fleeting moment, Zhou Jialu was almost swayed, thinking she should just throw herself at him!

However, she still maintained a bit of her pride.

It wasn't that she was unwilling to give herself to him, but rather, she hoped Su Bai would feel her charm and be so captivated that he'd make the first move.

In her heart, she had already decided that Su Bai was the man she had been waiting for, the one she had kept herself pure for all these years.

From now on, her natural allure wouldn't be wasted on anyone else; she would focus all her efforts on seducing Su Bai!

"Senior, are you free after dinner?"

"What, you don't want to leave me, Senior?" Zhou Jialu licked her lips and blinked.

"Can you show me the hotel? To be honest, this is my first time staying in such a nice hotel," Su Bai said honestly.

"Huh? Your first time?" Zhou Jialu was quite surprised.

"Yeah. Due to family reasons, I was raised very frugally. My focus was always on hardship, simplicity, and hard work. Now that I'm in university, I can finally enjoy myself to the fullest."

"So that's how it is, no wonder."

Zhou Jialu suddenly understood. No wonder the junior looked so low-key; it was indeed due to his family's upbringing.

Those spoiled rich kids who were extravagant from a young age usually turned out to be useless adults, completely incapable of taking over the family business.

Having experienced life as an ordinary person and gone through hardship, one would be more empathetic towards grassroots employees and more reliable when setting corporate policies.

Yeah, that's how it always goes in CEO romance novels!

In an instant, Zhou Jialu conjured a grand and dramatic backstory for Su Bai.

The affection surging within her grew even more fervent.

She was already in her fourth year of university and had been interning for quite some time. She was no longer a naive, inexperienced student and had a basic understanding of society.

Girls at this stage often become very pragmatic very quickly.

Money truly can change one's destiny, and it's genuinely hard to earn.

Becoming Su Bai's girlfriend would undoubtedly be taking a shortcut in life.

Who wouldn't want to take a shortcut? Everyone has their lazy moments.