Chapter 853: Chapter 356: Frontline Report

In recent months, Su Huai has accumulated a lot of dog food.

After the birthday celebration of his good daughter in February, she was forced to stop streaming and take a break. Then she turned around and bought a house at Longhu Yihai Origin, arrogantly slamming the contract in Su Huai’s hand.

The total price of the villa was close to 150 million RMB, which was all the cash she had.

In the garage, there was also a classic red Ferrari 458, custom-ordered, which had just arrived in the country.

1.5 billion in total value, with a 54x critical hit multiplier, brought a total of 8.1 billion dog food.

There was only one condition left for upgrading to Level 3 System–freeloading up to 1 billion RMB.

Opening the panel for a glance, he saw he was only 125 million away from the 1 billion goal.

Alright, it’ll be sorted out in a month at most–no rush, no rush…

Su Huai let go of the matter and chatted freely with Gu Jiuyue, coaxing her into laughing heartily.

At the normal end of the workday, she went home, Su Huai continued working overtime, and the two returned to their respective rhythms of life.

Before he sent her into the elevator, Gou Huai couldn’t help but ask: “By the way, what were you up to the day before yesterday?”

Gu Jiuyue casually replied: “The day before yesterday? In the afternoon? I went to visit the National Museum with Nuannuan. We finally managed to book the tickets…”

Su Huai didn’t catch a single word of what followed.

He stared blankly and widened his eyes: “Wait, since when were you two so close?”

“Just recently.” Gu Jiuyue tilted her head, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, “I feel like she’s pretty good. Although she has this and that little flaw, her essence isn’t bad. Maybe I had a bit of bias against her before.”

“…”

Su Huai didn’t know what to say–shocked and amused at the same time.

Goddamn, Chen Nuanhan, you’re really something!

Can’t get through with my mom, so you actually got cozy with Gu Jiuyue?

“She… she’s really good at reading people and pleasing them.”

In the end, Su Huai managed to squeeze out such an evaluation, perhaps more of a reminder.

“I know.” Gu Jiuyue replied nonchalantly, “But Quanquan is so busy now. Sometimes when I have nothing to do, spending time with her and observing how she deals with people isn’t a bad thing, right?”

Gu Jiuyue was speaking longer sentences more and more often.

Watching her go downstairs, Su Huai felt a wave of bewilderment.

It wasn’t because of Chen Nuanhan or anything, but he suddenly realized that he had changed too many things. Familiar memories were becoming unrecognizable, and this feeling was hard to accurately describe.

Without much hesitation, back in the office, he immediately called Chen Nuanhan on video.

She answered quickly. On the screen, Chen Nuanhan was leaning against her desk, slurping noodles with an audible sniffle, her cheeks slightly reddened from the spice, and faint drops of sweat beading on her nose.

“What’s up? Busy guy, it’s rare for you to reach out to me.”

Chen Nuanhan’s tone was completely casual, and she even grabbed two tissues to blow her nose while she spoke.

“Ugh, could you pay a little attention, seriously?”

Su Huai looked utterly disgusted, the remark coming out instinctively.

This natural interaction felt as if it had been etched into his bones. As soon as the words left his mouth, Su Huai retrospectively realized this was their usual dynamic in their previous life.

Chen Nuanhan nonchalantly propped one foot on her chair, casually responding, “I’m in my dorm, paying attention for whom? You? You don’t even like me. What’s with the crap talk…”

Su Huai froze again.

Humans, seriously, what a damn mess.

Back then, when they interacted like this, he thought she just saw him as her best friend.

Now revisiting this scene, he knew she had feelings for him–the 85 Favorability Rating proved it wasn’t an illusion. Yet, her demeanor still reflected the same enigmatic ambiguity from their past life.

So, what was real?

Su Huai decided to ask directly: “What’s with this roundabout shit? Fine, I like you–take off your shirt and let me see your boobs?”

“Screw you!”

Her face flushed, Chen Nuanhan raised her middle finger as she yelled, “You’re insane! I told you I’m in my dorm, they’re all…”

Suddenly, several figures appeared behind her, laughing raucously.

“Wow! Didn’t know you guys were this wild in private?!”

“Oh my God! Mister Heartthrob, turns out you’re like this?!”

“Hush money! Hush money! Hush money!”

“Huai, send us a huge red packet, and we’ll help you strip her right now~~~”

Gou Huai’s face turned crimson as he tried to deflect: “You used to take calls privately–how was I supposed to know you’d get this reckless now? Not my fault…”

“Screw you, Su Huai!”

Chen Nuanhan slammed her phone down, decisively cutting the call.

Before the disconnect tone, he caught a glimpse of Bai Huitian’s mouth forming an “O” and her eyes bulging like a bronze bell…

Uh-oh, those silly kids wouldn’t seriously believe it, right?

With a sly grin, Gou Huai lit a cigarette.

He hadn’t learned anything from the call, but suddenly found himself less entangled in the matter.

So be it.

In truth, with his career rapidly soaring, Su Huai’s attitude toward Chen Nuanhan had become increasingly even-tempered. Certain feelings were long gone.

He didn’t know whether other men felt the same, but he himself was becoming increasingly “untouchable.”

Hmm, past hatred ceased to be hatred, past love ceased to be love?

A life of constant praise, adoration, and admiration–a single casual decision dictating millions, altering countless lives–had made him indifferent to small nuisances.

More composed, smoother, less bothered by petty offenses.

This wasn’t something he “desired to happen,” but something that naturally occurred. He hadn’t even noticed it himself, and then one day turned around to see he had entered a different state of being.

This state must be healthier, and it gave his aura an increasingly effortless sense of radiance, graceful as a dragon.