Chapter 10: Chance Encounter

Chapter 10: Chance Encounter

The table was set with tea utensils and tea leaves. To divert his attention, Shen Yuan simply began brewing tea.

"Shen Yuan, why did you suddenly think of inviting me to dinner?" Fang Minhui asked curiously, her hands resting on her thighs. This was a question that had been on her mind, and she had been wondering about it before coming.

"I've always wanted to invite you to dinner, just never found the opportunity," Shen Yuan replied evasively. But what could he do? He could hardly tell her that it was for the cash rebate from his system daddy.

"Oh," Fang Minhui responded flatly, clearly not satisfied with this answer.

Shen Yuan noticed Fang Minhui's thoughts and after a pause, continued unhurriedly: "During military training, you often bought water and drinks for me, and even chatted with me on WeChat at night. I've kept all these things in my heart, but never found the chance to thank you."

"You still remember?" Fang Minhui's eyes brightened instantly. She had thought that after three years, Shen Yuan would have forgotten.

"How could I forget?" Shen Yuan affirmed.

Fang Minhui's pretty face flushed slightly. Under the soft yellow light, looking at Shen Yuan's well-defined profile, she felt a warmth in her heart, and her body unconsciously leaned a bit closer to him.

Shen Yuan was brewing tea when he casually glanced back.

Goodness, who could resist this! Fang Minhui was already kneeling on the ground, and in this posture, with her hands on her thighs, her full chest was squeezed even more magnificently.

Shen Yuan turned his head away and took another deep breath. Stay calm, he needed to stay calm.

Fortunately, dishes were gradually being served, and both of their attention was drawn to the delicious food on the table.

Half an hour later, Fang Minhui, half-full, put down her chopsticks and got up, saying she needed to go to the restroom. Shen Yuan had also eaten enough and prepared to go to the front desk to pay.

"Mr. Shen, the total is 2,920 yuan. As a member of our restaurant, after the discount, you only need to pay 2,774 yuan," the sweet female server handed over the receipt with both hands, while pointing to the payment code on the table.

Shen Yuan took out his phone and scanned the code to pay, just as he always did.

Fang Minhui, coming out of the restroom at that moment, happened to witness this scene and couldn't help but click her tongue.

Before coming, she had mentally prepared herself that this meal would definitely cost at least 2,000 yuan, but when she saw Shen Yuan casually scan and pay 2,774 yuan as if it was nothing, she was still amazed.

Her monthly living allowance was just over 2,000 yuan, yet he spent that much on a single meal.

It's good to have money! Seeing this, she became even more displeased with Li Zhanpeng who had taken her to the movies yesterday.

What kind of person was he? He wasn't short of money, yet he was so stingy!

"Let's go, remember to take your bag," Shen Yuan reminded her thoughtfully after paying.

"Mm, okay," Fang Minhui nodded contentedly.

"Ding!"

A notification sound came from his phone, and Shen Yuan checked it.

[Construction Bank] Your card ending in 0098 received 8,322 yuan on May 11 at 19:10, current balance: 125,778.

"Wow!" Shen Yuan was delighted. It really paid off to bring a girl to high-end cuisine. He had netted over 5,000 yuan from this.

But just as this message appeared, a second later, he received another deposit notification.

[Construction Bank] Your card ending in 0098 received 5,578 yuan on May 11 at 19:10, current balance: 131,356.

There was another deposit!

[Time-limited Task: Spend money on someone of the opposite sex with a favorability rating over 60, and gain their favor]

[Task Reward: All expenses spent on the opposite sex will be refunded to the host threefold. For every 3-point increase in favorability, an additional double refund will be given]

A tech panel appeared before his eyes again. Looking at the latter part of the task reward, Shen Yuan thought that Fang Minhui's favorability toward him must have increased by 3 points, hence the additional double refund.

Earning 10,000 yuan from one meal, what a deal!

It seemed that Fang Minhui as a tool person really needed to be developed further.

By now, Fang Minhui had retrieved her bag from the private room and walked out. Shen Yuan indeed noticed that her favorability rating had increased.

[Favorability toward host: 76]

"Let's go," Fang Minhui said sweetly. After this meal, she found Shen Yuan even more appealing.

Perhaps this was the power of money.

"Yes, we still need to go to the IFC to pick out a gift for my sister," Shen Yuan said, leading Fang Minhui out of Star Sushi. Since they were already out, he naturally wanted to maximize the benefits.

It was rush hour, so there was some traffic congestion. Estimating that a Didi would take quite a while to arrive, Shen Yuan simply hailed a taxi on the street.

When they arrived at the IFC, Shen Yuan was about to take out his phone to pay, but Fang Minhui opened her bag and said, "Let me pay, I have cash."

She had her own little thoughts. Shen Yuan had just treated her to such an expensive Japanese meal, so she felt she should also proactively share some of the other expenses.

The taxi fare wasn't expensive, just over 30 yuan, but mainly she wanted to leave a good impression on Shen Yuan, and she happened to have some cash with her.

Shen Yuan had no objections. Since Fang Minhui was willing to pay, he simply went along with her wishes.

At that moment, at the entrance to the underground parking garage not far away, the barrier gate seemed to be malfunctioning, causing a long line of cars. A black Audi A7 couldn't help but honk its horn, urging the car in front to move.

"This is so damn congested!" Hou Jun, sitting in the driver's seat, said impatiently. He was irritated partly because of the traffic jam, and partly because the woman beside him always wanted to come to the IFC to shop.

"Just wait a bit, it's not like we're in a hurry," Zhou Wanting sat beside him, her eyes full of anticipation. She felt like it had been ages since she bought a bag, and now she could finally browse Prada and LV.

"I have a remote meeting at 10 PM, so I don't have much time to accompany you shopping for too long," Hou Jun said flatly.

He was already laying the groundwork for his excuse.

He had been to the IFC before. The first and second floors were all luxury brand stores, with bags starting at 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, ridiculously expensive.

He was a marketing director at a foreign company with a decent income, an annual salary of 400,000 to 500,000 yuan.

But he couldn't afford to keep coming here.

Besides, he just planned to have some fun with Zhou Wanting and didn't want to waste too much money on this woman.

"We rarely come here, please accompany me a bit longer," Zhou Wanting turned to him, holding his arm and acting coquettishly.

Although Hou Jun had bought her an LV bag just last month, Prada had recently released a new handbag with a style and appearance that she really liked.

Hou Jun had promised to bring her yesterday, but that bastard Shen Yuan had to say those annoying things! Zhou Wanting had to coax Hou Jun for a long time last night to cheer him up.

"We'll see," Hou Jun said, unable to resist when Zhou Wanting acted cute. Women being coquettish could be truly lethal.

While waiting, Hou Jun casually looked out the window and spotted a familiar face, the guy who had messed with his mood yesterday!

"Hey, Wanting, why is that guy here?" Hou Jun watched as Shen Yuan got out of the taxi's back seat, somewhat surprised. But then, he noticed a girl also getting out of the car.

His eyes widened immediately. The girl had an excellent figure and looks, especially her full chest, which was quite eye-catching.

"Who?" Zhou Wanting responded casually, instinctively following Hou Jun's gaze.

Shen Yuan?

What was he doing here?

And who was that girl with him?

Zhou Wanting's mind went blank for a moment. Her ex-boyfriend had just broken up with her yesterday, and today he was already out shopping with a new girlfriend?

The key point was, that girl seemed to have an even better figure than herself.