As a God-Tier Tycoon, Why Bother with Traditional Romance

"Couple's private room, nice. What's so good about it?"

What's good about it is that two computers are placed side-by-side. A small room, a lot of ambiguity.

Close the door, and forget the world.

Su Bai knew that some students with heavy internet addictions liked to go to internet cafes for dates, directly engaging in sweet couple matches.

The bolder ones even saved the money for a hotel room.

This kind of thing, when evolved into a more high-end form, becomes an esports hotel, though the price also goes up a notch.

Su Bai wasn't bothered by price issues now, but given Chen Yusheng's social anxiety, an esports hotel was probably hard for her to accept. However, for a couple's private room, after a slight hesitation, she still followed Su Bai inside.

The main reason was that Su Bai directly deposited five thousand yuan at the front desk. The place was running a promotion: deposit five thousand, get five thousand free.

Then Su Bai said that from now on, when they came here to play games, they would use the money from his card.

At first, Chen Yusheng refused, but Su Bai persuaded her gradually, saying that since he hired her, he had to provide good working conditions. Spending his money at the internet cafe was like a boss paying rent for office space when opening a company – it was only natural.

Did employees have to pay rent for office buildings?

Chen Yusheng thought about it and felt like there was no problem!

As a straightforward science and engineering major, she valued logic. Since Su Bai had convinced her with logic, she had no choice but to obediently follow Su Bai into the couple's private room.

Boot up.

Time to clock in... no, time to log in.

"Did you pick up the car this morning?"

"Yes."

"So what were you doing this afternoon?"

Seeing Su Bai's confused expression, Chen Yusheng's pretty face flushed slightly as she added, "I don't mean to pry. I'm just curious. Well, just chatting. It's fine if you don't want to talk about it."

"It's fine. We're friends, it's normal to share our daily lives. I was shopping this afternoon and bought some snacks. I brought them with me, so we can eat them later if we get hungry while playing."

Su Bai placed the snacks from the Chinese bakery on the table, between his and Chen Yusheng's monitors.

These trendy little snacks, setting aside everything else, certainly looked good.

Chen Yusheng audibly swallowed, but she maintained her poker face.

"I'm not hungry."

"Oh."

"I'm logging in."

"I'm ready too. Come on, come on."

The happy hour began.

The time spent in intense gaming sessions always passed quickly. By the time Su Bai came to his senses, their two-hour agreed-upon playtime was almost over.

The room service dinner they ordered wasn't very filling. It was only a little past nine in the evening, and he was already hungry.

Su Bai reached for the box of snacks, only to find an empty box.

Huh??

Wait, sis.

When did you eat them?

Su Bai hadn't noticed at all. Impressive, Chen Yusheng, you've got skills.

When his gaze fell on Chen Yusheng, she was pretending to be oblivious.

Feeling embarrassed by Su Bai's stare, she finally mumbled, "Sorry, I ate them all without realizing."

"Ah, what's there to be embarrassed about... Did you not have dinner before coming?"

"I did."

"Then you must have eaten too little."

"Mhm."

"Are you really that short on money?"

"It's not that I'm so short on money that I can't afford to eat. It's just that I've been busy lately and haven't had much appetite... Your snacks were really good."

Chen Yusheng licked her lips, looking unsatisfied, like a greedy cat that hadn't eaten for days.

Her cute appearance formed a stark contrast with her usually cool demeanor.

Su Bai's heart stirred, and he said, "Then let me whet your appetite. Come on, let's go get some late-night snacks together."

Chen Yusheng initially wanted to refuse. Su Bai inviting her for late-night snacks meant spending more money.

Although Su Bai wasn't short of this little bit of money.

It was purely Chen Yusheng's strong sense of self-esteem.

Ever since her mother fell ill, Chen Yusheng had experienced much of society's harshness. Conversely, Su Bai had already shown her so much kindness.

Good people shouldn't have guns pointed at them, and good men shouldn't be treated like ATMs.

Facing Chen Yusheng's hesitation, Su Bai's solution was to...

Open WeChat and transfer her four hundred yuan.

Chen Yusheng: "?"

"I'll send you a job posting. Accompany me for hot pot, calculated at two hours, same price as playing games."

"...That's not right."

"What's not right about it? I'm not going to eat you."

"It's not that I'm worried about that, I... Sigh, fine."

Chen Yusheng complied.

Su Bai wanted to eat hot pot, and hot pot probably wasn't that expensive.

They arrived at the underground parking lot of the building.

The sound of unlocking the Mercedes-Benz GLE, accompanied by flashing headlights, revealed its black, imposing silhouette in the darkness of the underground parking lot, exuding a sense of pressure.

Luxury cars, especially SUVs with a higher stance, can indeed create an inexplicable sense of pressure for those not accustomed to them.

"Is this the car you picked up this morning?"

"Mm."

"It's so beautiful." Chen Yusheng suddenly thought of something, stood by the car for a moment, and then asked, "Can I sit in the passenger seat?"

"Why wouldn't you be able to sit there?" Su Bai chuckled.

"I heard that the passenger seat is for a girlfriend or wife, and you can't just let any other girl sit there."

"So what? I don't have a girlfriend."

As he said this, the image of senior Zhou Jialu inexplicably appeared in Su Bai's mind.

To be honest.

He didn't think he'd ever said the senior was his girlfriend.

He was already a super-rich guy, why bother with traditional dating?

Wouldn't it be nice to have a few confidantes?

Chen Yusheng was adorably cute and played games with him; Zhou Jialu was stylish and accompanied him shopping.

You have long legs, she has a big chest.

Each occupied a different niche, interfering with each other.

Beautiful, beautiful!

When it came to relationships, Su Bai was a firm reformist.

"You don't have a girlfriend? Hmm... then it's fine."

Only then did Chen Yusheng get into the car with relief.

If Su Bai had a girlfriend, she would definitely keep her distance.

But Su Bai said he didn't.

This couldn't help but stir some unnecessary thoughts in Chen Yusheng's heart.

Lost in thought, the car soon arrived at the hot pot restaurant.

Looking at the grand entrance of the restaurant before them, Chen Yusheng commented, "Is this place really for hot pot? It doesn't look like it."

"Then what does it look like?"

"Like an expensive and terrible Western restaurant."

"Hahahaha, true!" Su Bai laughed. "But I asked a friend, and this place is good. They offer a special sour soup hot pot, a characteristic flavor from the southwest region, which can help improve your appetite."

"Oh."

As they entered the restaurant, Chen Yusheng immediately smelled the aroma of sour soup hot pot.

Her stomach immediately let out a sigh of desire to be filled.

She felt a little embarrassed, and since it was her first time in such a high-end dining establishment, she kept her head down and stayed quiet.

That's how social anxiety works.

It didn't matter, Su Bai had already arranged everything. They ordered one of everything that looked good on the menu, a whole luxurious set meal.

High-end hot pot was largely popularized by the bungalow hot pot trend in Shanghai. This trend had now reached Jiangcheng. Although the format might have changed (like the sour soup specialty), the core elements supporting the price remained the same.

An "upscale" dining environment, "upscale" service, and "upscale" ingredients.