After the delicious lunch, Yuan Yuan formally presented Su You with tea as her offering to her master. Once he had drunk it, He Wenyuan became the first disciple he had ever taken.
As for talent, he honestly didn't care much about it. As he put it, "I never consider whether my disciples have talent when I take them on. After all, none of them have talent as good as mine—not when I've got a cheat!"
After the ceremony, Su You didn't immediately start teaching Yuan Yuan martial arts. He said he needed to get things ready first and would officially begin tomorrow.
After helping He Yourong tidy up, the two of them sat down together on the living room sofa. Su You took out the envelope Wang Xingle had left behind and opened it. Inside was a check for five million Huaxia Currency.
Su You glanced at it, then handed it to He Yourong beside him, teasing, "Wang Xingle said this was an apology to you, his sister-in-law."
He Yourong gave Su You a playful swat, then took the check and cried out, "Five million?"
Su You nodded. He Yourong asked worriedly, "Those two only caused trouble for a little while. Is it really okay for us to take five million from them?"
"Don't worry. There's nothing wrong with it."
He Yourong handed him the check and said, "He gave it because of you. You should keep it."
Su You smiled. "What's yours or mine? It's all the same. Go cash it and put it away. We can use it to pay for Yuan Yuan's martial arts training later."
He Yourong was delighted to hear that, and nodded in agreement.
After leaving He Yourong's home, Su You headed to the nearby Jinjiang Garden housing development. The complex was only about a kilometer from He Yourong's home and was the most upscale one in the area.
Su You had come to buy a house—and he planned to buy a villa outright. If he wanted a golden house to hide his beauty in, he had to get the golden house ready first. In this day and age, a detached villa certainly qualified.
Naturally, He Yourong wouldn't agree to move in at first, but Su You had already come up with a plan.
As soon as Su You walked into the Jinjiang Garden sales office, a salesperson came over to greet him. The service was quite good.
Su You thought with some disappointment, Damn, you're not following the script. Weren't you supposed to look down on me first, then get your face slapped when I showed you what I could do?
Brushing aside the stray thoughts in his mind, Su You took out his Warrior ID and flashed it at the salesperson. "I'm here to look at villas. Get your manager over here."
On Earth in his previous life, buyers usually had to prove they had the funds before viewing a villa. That was even more true in this Base City era, when every inch of land was worth a fortune. That was why Su You had taken out his Warrior ID.
Before long, the manager of Jinjiang Garden hurried over to personally assist him. He promptly brought out the floor plans, discounts, and various special offers.
In the Base City era, land was incredibly valuable. Even ordinary apartments cost tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand Huaxia Currency per square meter.
Stacked villas and townhouses cost at least several hundred thousand Huaxia Currency per square meter, while detached villas cost over a million per square meter. Buyers also had to pay an enormous luxury tax.
Most of the homes at Jinjiang Garden were stacked villas and townhouses. Detached villas were relatively rare, and only six were still available.
Su You had the sales manager show him around the complex. Along the way, he viewed all six villas and eventually settled on a two-story, 340-square-meter detached villa.
The villa had been designed specifically for warriors, and it was ready for immediate move-in. That was one of the main reasons Su You had chosen it.
The villa cost 360 million Huaxia Currency, with another 120 million in luxury tax—about a third of the total price. It was well within Su You's means.
Once they returned to the sales office, Su You had the finance manager take his ID card and handle the paperwork.
Before long, the finance manager returned with a pile of contracts. He explained the terms to Su You as he asked him to sign.
Su You skimmed through them. Seeing no major problems, he signed right away. A large development consisting entirely of villas like this one generally wouldn't try to harm its buyers' interests—especially when the buyer was a warrior.
After signing the contract and paying for the villa, Su You received the property deed in less than two hours. He then went straight to Extreme Home and bought a "three-dimensional virtual holographic projection" system. Even at half price, it cost him four million Huaxia Currency.
The system would be his trump card for getting He Yourong to agree to live there. He would explain that, once he returned to the Training Camp, he would only be able to teach Yuan Yuan online, and that he would only have free time in the evenings. That would make it perfectly natural for He Yourong to move in.
Starting the next day, Su You brought Yuan Yuan to the villa to practice martial arts. He Yourong came over almost every day, too. And just as Su You had expected, when he brought up the idea of He Yourong moving in, she flatly refused.
Still, the two of them grew closer and closer. Whenever Yuan Yuan wasn't around, He Yourong didn't resist Su You's wandering hands at all.
As for his family, Su You went home every night. He told his mother he was going out to practice martial arts, and she never suspected a thing.
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last. Kyoto University went on break on January 28, and when Tang Yongqing returned to Tianjin City, Su You's freedom of movement was restricted. He could only sneak out once every day or two, and even then, he wasn't guaranteed a chance to be intimate with He Yourong.
Fortunately, he had already given He Yourong a key to the villa, so Yuan Yuan's regular training wouldn't be affected. He simply had fewer chances to guide her himself.
Time passed, and before he knew it, February 27 had arrived. Kyoto University had resumed classes on February 24, so he had been staying at the villa in Jinjiang Garden for the past two days.
At night, in Villa 003, on the second floor, a petite figure was earnestly practicing basic fist techniques in the training room.
In the media room on the second floor, Su You and He Yourong were watching a recently released romance movie together. But Su You's mind had clearly wandered from the film long ago, and his roving hand had already slipped inside her clothes.
He Yourong's face was flushed, but she still pretended to be absorbed in the movie.
Su You glanced at her, then slid both arms beneath hers and gently pulled her into his embrace.
He Yourong could no longer keep up the act. She pressed a hand to Su You's chest, trying to get up and leave.
"Yourong, don't move." Su You lightly patted her.
He Yourong shuddered and stopped moving, but said, "Su You, Yuan Yuan's still outside. Don't do that. What if she sees us?"
As he caressed her, Su You chuckled. "So what if she sees? The word 'master' has 'father' in it, after all!"
He Yourong was a little annoyed. Furrowing her brows, she said, "Stop talking nonsense, or I—I won't come over again."
"Okay, okay, I'll stop. Yourong, I have something serious to talk to you about." Su You hurried to say.
"Hmph!" He Yourong struggled, but couldn't get free at all. She complained in a plaintive voice, "Who talks about serious things like this?"
Su You chuckled. His hands didn't pause for a moment as he leaned close to He Yourong's ear and whispered a few words.
After hearing what Su You had to say, He Yourong shook her head firmly. "I'm not moving in."
"Yuan Yuan has to come over every day to practice martial arts. Isn't it inconvenient for you to keep making the trip?"
"Then I'll rent a training room for her in the complex."
"But the training rooms outside don't have holographic projection. Teaching her through video calls alone would be much less effective."
He Yourong was clearly hesitating. Su You pressed his advantage and continued:
"Come on, be a good girl and help me out. This house is so big, and no one's living in it. By the time I come back next year, it might not even be livable anymore. It cost hundreds of millions—doesn't that make your heart ache?"
"But..." He Yourong had just opened her mouth when Su You cut her off with a kiss.
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