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Gu Bai left the Gu Family home alone, leaving the brother and sister staring at each other. They had not even started dealing with their youngest brother, yet he had already raised the white flag. He had folded far too easily.

The car he had booked through the app was already outside. Seeing his passenger emerge with luggage, the driver hurried out to open the trunk.

The instant Gu Bai opened the rear door, something darted past his feet and into the car.

Gu Bai looked closely at Mocha, who held his leash in his mouth, and his eyes filled with amusement. "Sorry, I forgot about you just now."

Then he turned to the driver. "Would you mind taking a pet as well?"

As the car drove out of the luxury residential area, the driver stole a glance at the back seat through the rearview mirror. Anyone who lived somewhere like this had to be rich or powerful. If he was not mistaken, the chain on the pet was a designer pet chain worth hundreds of thousands.

Gu Bai rubbed Mocha's head and said apologetically, "I forgot for a moment that I still had you with me, so I didn't pack your things. Once we get there, I'll have an errand service buy everything you need, all right?"

Mocha gave an aggrieved whine, but a flick of his tail signaled that he had reluctantly forgiven his owner.

Gu Bai's destination was a hotel.

After getting out, he walked into a five-star hotel with his suitcase in his left hand and Mocha's leash in his right.

The hotel manager had just come downstairs when he spotted an unexpected visitor at the entrance. The Gu Family's third young master was being stopped at the door because of his pet.

"Sorry, pets aren't allowed in the hotel."

Gu Bai checked the hotel's website on his phone. It clearly listed a pet management department. He was just about to speak to the security guard when someone from inside the hotel interrupted him with an enthusiastic greeting.

"Third Young Master, what brings you here?"

Gu Bai was a little unused to this new form of address, but fortunately, he soon accepted it.

The fact that the hotel manager called him Third Young Master meant that this hotel belonged to the Gu Family.

Gu Bai nodded. "Your website clearly lists a pet management department. Why aren't pets allowed inside now?"

The hotel manager approached with a laugh and tried to take the leash, but when Mocha huffed at him, he sheepishly reached for the suitcase instead.

"Of course we have a pet management department. This security guard is new. He's only been here a few days and doesn't know the rules very well."

It really was not the new guard's fault. Most star-rated hotels in the country did not allow pets, but the Hyatt was different. It was the first five-star hotel in Mingcheng to allow guests to stay with their pets.

The hotel manager led Gu Bai to the front desk and asked quietly, "Third Young Master, will this go on your personal account or the company account?"

Gu Bai glanced at him. Seeming to understand something, the hotel manager smiled. "Your personal account, as usual."

Gu Bai: ...

For the first time in his life, President Gu put something on a personal tab. It was a novel experience.

The receptionist's hands paused over the keyboard, and an awkward look crossed her face. She looked up at the manager. "The presidential suite the Third Young Master usually stays in has already been booked."

The hotel manager frowned. "By whom?"

The receptionist opened the booking details and answered truthfully, "Someone from the Chu Family."

The hotel manager had been about to say that they should cancel the reservation if it was not an important client, but the mention of the Chu Family instantly made him back down. Caught between a wolf and a tiger, what was he supposed to do?

Perhaps Gu Bai had noticed the hotel manager's predicament. He was not set on having the presidential suite.

"Any suite will do."

The hotel manager had not expected Gu Bai to be so accommodating. As though afraid he would change his mind, he grabbed a key card and led him to a suite one floor down.

Chapter 2

In the past, whenever Gu Bai stayed at a hotel, it was either to handle business or meet overseas clients. Since taking over his family's businesses, he had never spent even a single day simply enjoying a hotel vacation. Since this five-star hotel belonged to the Gu Family, he would enjoy it properly.

Gu Bai stayed at the hotel for several days, and not a moment went to waste. He indulged in food, drink, and entertainment without missing a thing. The five-star hotel offered plenty of activities: massages, therapeutic baths, tastings of various wines and spirits, and meals personally prepared by the head chef every evening.

Gu Bai felt as though he had spent several blissfully carefree days, his mind entirely free of figures, proposals, and all those other irritating affairs.

Every day after waking, he first went to the hotel gym for half an hour of cardio. Then his day of enjoyment officially began.

During that time, he also received a notification on his phone that his share of the family assets had arrived. Eighty million was neither a great deal nor a small sum. The Gu Family was an entire wealthy business dynasty, yet Gu Bai, a son of its main branch, had received a mere eighty million. For the Gu Family's third young master, that was very little.

But to ordinary people, eighty million was no small sum. Many could never earn that much in their entire lives.

For the Gu Family's third young master, this eighty million was hush money to send him on his way. The Gu Family did not want him taking any further part in the struggle for wealth and power.

Even if the original owner of this body had wanted to fight, he lacked the means. Gu Bai was already a third young master of the Gu Family who had been stripped of any real power.

Gu Bai paid little attention to the notification. He had received eighty million right off the bat without doing anything. His returns outweighed his investment.

In his previous life, the total value of the businesses he owned had earned him a place on the rich list. If the businesses entrusted to the collateral branches were included, he would have topped it.

But what use was having so much money? Had he not gone without a single day of the good life? Only now, after dying and spending a few days enjoying himself, had he learned that hotels offered so many fun things to do.

If this eighty million belonged to him, he would take his share of the family assets and enjoy his life. It was enough for him and Mocha to live on.

He had had his fill of the hotel and wanted to have some fun out at sea. Today, he had booked a sea-fishing excursion. Gu Bai checked the time. It was about time to leave.

A hotel staff member had already been waiting in the lobby with Mocha on his leash for quite some time. Mocha kept watching the hotel elevators, waiting for his owner to appear.

"My dear President Chu, I've finally managed to get you downstairs. We wrapped up the business last night, and you promised you'd have some proper fun with me." Dressed for a vacation, Xie Wen followed Chu Zeshen out of the elevator. "You don't have any plans today, do you?"

The moment Chu Zeshen stepped out of the elevator, he met a pair of eyes full of anticipation. But as soon as their owner saw it was him, his ears drooped in disappointment, and he sat straight down.