How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?

Although he didn’t know much about Tao Miaomiao, he was quite familiar with his cousin.

If Tao Miaomiao really was some kind of green tea bitch, Gu Xinran wouldn’t have hung out with her, since his straightforward cousin hated such girls to the core...

So the only other possibility remained.

That was, having a low EQ... n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

But having a low EQ sometimes wasn’t necessarily a bad thing...

Just like Tao Miaomiao, although her EQ was low, she truly and genuinely showcased her innocence...

Seeing all the ingratiating, obsequious modern people around, it was pretty interesting to suddenly come across a unique flower that bloomed in mud without being tainted...

.....

It was past four in the afternoon...

Tao Miaomiao, who had already filled up and laid down her chopsticks, bent her eyes into two crescents, her face adorned with slight dimples as she looked at the siblings who, by chance, both burped...

"I can’t eat anymore, I really can’t. It feels like I’ve eaten tomorrow’s share already..."

With no regard for image, lounging in her chair, Gu Xinran looked at Gu Heng and said, "Bro, why don’t you just settle down in Shanghai?"

"Why?"

"You trade forex anywhere regardless, might as well do it in Shanghai. Plus, you can spend more time around Director Lin. You don’t know, Director Lin has quite a few admirers. I’ve seen two who followed her to the company! If you don’t keep an eye out, who knows, she might be snatched up by someone else one day!

And most importantly...

If you are in Shanghai, you can occasionally take me out for better meals!"

Hearing this from Gu Xinran, Gu Heng lit a cigarette, enjoying a drag...

A cigarette after meals beats a living god, I’m not joking with you, although I don’t understand why, the cigarettes smoked after meals and after events truly feel much more satisfying...

"The last part is your true agenda, isn’t it?"

"What do you mean by agenda! Don’t you know how tough your sister has it? A living expense of more than 2000 a month in Shanghai is just enough to barely keep me fed, I can’t even afford a piece of clothing I like...

As a real brother, what’s wrong with helping your sister improve her living conditions?"

"Cousin."

"Cousins have duties too!"

Just as the siblings were bantering, Gu Xinran’s phone rang again.

"I’m already outside Baoli Xuan, hurry up and come out, I won’t go inside."

Still in that same tone...

Hearing this made Gu Heng raise his eyebrows again...

"Good timing, I’ve finished eating too. Wait for me outside, I’ll be right there."

Saying this, Gu Xinran immediately stood up, pulling Tao Miaomiao along, "Let’s go, let’s go, Qianqian and Leyi are here!"

Saying so, she hopped and skipped, dragging Tao Miaomiao out of the private room...

Gu Heng, however, sat quietly in his place, smoking, and shook his head with a smile at Gu Xinran’s retreating figure...

Pampering a sister feels somewhat more interesting than pampering a woman...

....

....

Outside Baoli Xuan Restaurant...

A pink Mercedes Benz C200 was parked on the side...

The two girls were thus leaning against the car door, chatting...

One was a glamorous woman, her dense black hair hanging straight down, her face lightly makeupped, dressed in a loose casual jacket revealing her delicate collarbone. Perhaps because she seldom smiled, her face bore a deeper beauty...

The other had golden wavy hair, her face full of gentle smiles. Though her facial features weren’t particularly refined, they combined to make her very pleasant to look at, the most notable characteristic being her exposed skin...

To say it was white as snow might not be enough—it was nearly luminous...

And her occasional giggles carried a hint of allure, leaving one with only one impression...

That of a quintessential heartbreaker...

As they chatted, Gu Xinran’s voice suddenly intervened.

"Qianqian! Leyi!"

Perhaps because it had been a long time since they last met, the two girls greeted the approaching Gu Xinran with a hug...

Leyi, with her blond big waves, touched Tao Miaomiao’s head like an elder sister, her face full of indulgent smiles, "Shuishui seems to have grown a bit taller..."

"I haven’t grown taller..."

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For Tao Miaomiao, there was never such a thing as a joke...

Any question asked, whether in jest or otherwise, she responded to it seriously...

While Leyi’s gentle teasing was clear, Yu Qianqian seemed more subdued...

Her gaze slightly scrutinizing as she said to the two, "How did you end up at Baoli Xuan?"

Gu Xinran was about to answer when she heard Leyi follow up on Yu Qianqian’s comment, "Yeah, Qianqian was just telling me on the way here that you two couldn’t possibly have interned at a Fortune 500 company, met a rich boyfriend, and got brought here for a meal.

Baoli Xuan, huh?

Even Qianqian, being a rich second generation, probably hasn’t been here more than twice.

Don’t forget our promise from dorm 404, the four sisters— ’If we rise to riches, let us not forget each other.’ If you really meet a rich boyfriend, you must ask if he has a brother and introduce one to me. If not, I’m fine being the second wife as long as you’re the first!"

Listening to Leyi’s words that only a true heartbreaker could say, Gu Xinran rolled her eyes, "Will you listen to yourself?

Also! Neither Miaomiao nor I have boyfriends. My brother came to Shanghai today and took us here to give Miaomiao and myself a treat!"

Leyi, hearing this, blinked her seductive peachy eyes, "Brother? The kind of brother I know? Not the kind that ends up ’doing’ the brother, right?~ Xinran, you better not have fallen!"

Listenting to Leyi, who still talked dirty even after months of not seeing each other, Gu Xinran didn’t want to bother with her anymore, turning her head to chat with Yu Qianqian instead.