Chapter 150 - 130: 460 Is Two 230s
Chapter 150: Chapter 130: 460 Is Two 230s
Not long after Gao Yuan left, a girl ran out of the stadium after him; it was the same girl who had been sitting in the front row.
Seeing no sign of Gao Yuan, she stomped her foot in frustration.
"I missed him again!"
Then, under the watchful eyes of two bodyguards, she boarded an ambulance. Only after undergoing a series of check-ups inside did she leave the ambulance and walk toward her RV.
Meanwhile, Gao Yuan returned to the J Hotel.
The first thing he did upon returning was run a hot bath. While he let a bottle of red wine breathe, he started to undress.
Then, he started a video call in their small three-person group chat.
As Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing joined the call, they saw Gao Yuan was in a hotel. The first thing they did was tell him how much they loved the three songs he sang.
In that short amount of time, a music-only version had already appeared online. Jay Chou’s team was really on the ball.
After Gao Yuan promised to sing for them privately when he got back, Lin Wanyu started demanding a "room check"!
He flipped the camera and, at Lin Wanyu’s request, showed her every corner of the room.
Only after inspecting the entire room did Lin Wanyu let Gao Yuan off the hook.
Gao Yuan, for his part, picked up a glass of red wine, stepped straight into the tub, and started soaking while enjoying his drink.
Just then, Gao Yuan suddenly craved some fruit, so he contacted the butler directly.
A short while later, after getting Gao Yuan’s permission to enter, the female butler appeared in the room carrying a platter of fruit.
"Mr. Gao, should I put the fruit on the table for you?"
"No, bring it over to the edge of the tub."
The female butler was taken aback for a moment by Gao Yuan’s request, but she still carried the fruit platter over.
By the time she reached his side, her face was bright red. She deliberately averted her eyes, trying not to look at Gao Yuan in the bathtub.
But as she set the platter down, she couldn’t resist taking a peek.
That one glance eased her nervousness, but it also brought a hint of disappointment.
Gao Yuan was indeed soaking naked in the tub, but the water’s surface was covered in a thick layer of white foam. The scene she had imagined didn’t materialize.
"Mr. Gao, call me anytime you need anything."
"Anytime?"
"Yes."
The female butler left the room. Gao Yuan had just thought of a question, which was why he had teased her.
It was a question he couldn’t answer himself.
’Could the butler in a 200,000-a-night presidential suite really be on call 24/7?’
’And did "on call" include... other services?’
Gao Yuan figured it most likely didn’t. People who could afford a room like this probably weren’t short on female company, even though the butlers they selected were all young, attractive women with good figures and charming faces.
’But,’ Gao Yuan thought, ’they probably maintain a high level of professional etiquette.’
...
After a comfortable bath, Gao Yuan, wearing the pajamas Lin Wanyu had prepared for him, lit a cigarette and stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows, gazing at the Shanghai nightscape.
The view was beautiful, enchanting.
But compared to Hang City, Gao Yuan felt that Shanghai lacked a certain human touch.
It made it difficult for him to feel a sense of belonging to this city.
’Maybe it’s because I don’t have a home here.’
He chatted with the two of them for a while longer, only saying goodnight and heading to the bedroom when his phone was about to die.
It was already past ten at night. It looked like he’d be sleeping alone tonight.
Around eleven o’clock, just as Gao Yuan was about to fall asleep, his phone screen lit up.
Gao Yuan reached for his now fully charged phone, brought it to his eyes, and saw it was a message from Xiao Xiao.
"Hey handsome, are you done with your business?"
The moment Gao Yuan saw the message, he was no longer tired.
Not tired at all.
"Just finished washing up. Drinking some red wine now."
Gao Yuan told Xiao Xiao exactly what he was doing, then followed up with, "What about you, gorgeous?"
"Just put my daughter to bed."
"About to have a drink and get ready for bed myself."
Seeing Xiao Xiao’s message, Gao Yuan’s mind raced, trying to figure out how to reply.
’He had a feeling that tonight was the key to success or failure!’
"Too bad, I’m out of wine over here. Otherwise, I’d invite a gorgeous lady like you over for a drink."
With this message, Gao Yuan was feigning a retreat to advance his position. If Xiao Xiao was interested, she would solve the problem for him, and then everything would be self-explanatory.
"Oh yeah? What if I brought over a bottle of Lafite for you?"
"I’ve never had such a high-class red wine in my life! I don’t even know if my stomach can handle it."
Gao Yuan didn’t just say, "Bring it over," but replied with a self-deprecating comment.
At that moment, in her home at Shanghai’s Tangchen First-class, a meaningful smile crept onto Xiao Xiao’s lips.
"Location."
She replied to Gao Yuan with that single word, grabbed a black down jacket from the coat rack, put on a mask, and headed out.
On her way out, she gave some instructions to the nanny at home.
She was mainly worried about her daughter waking up the next morning and finding her gone.
...
「J Hotel, the 98th-floor presidential suite.」
Gao Yuan and Xiao Xiao stood together before the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking out at Shanghai.
This time, Shanghai seemed to hold a new warmth in Gao Yuan’s eyes, a different kind of magic.
From the moment Xiao Xiao appeared at his door with a bottle of red wine, Gao Yuan’s racing heart had actually calmed down quite a bit.
After entering the room, Xiao Xiao took off her thick down jacket. When Gao Yuan saw she was wearing a white nightgown underneath, he stared intently into her eyes.
His gaze made Xiao Xiao blush.
She handed Gao Yuan a bag she was holding.
Gao Yuan took it and opened it to find a box of high-end massage oil.
"Didn’t you say you know Chinese-style massage? I’m giving you this set of oils as a thank you for helping me with my Sheltie last time."
Hearing Xiao Xiao’s words, Gao Yuan laughed to himself.
’That’s a pretty flimsy excuse.’
’Aren’t you planning on having me use this massage oil on you?’
But since Xiao Xiao had come up with an excuse, how could he fail to play along?
The two stood shoulder to shoulder. After finishing the last sip of red wine in his glass, Gao Yuan turned to look at Xiao Xiao.
The nightgown still clung perfectly to her curves.
At that moment, Gao Yuan could no longer suppress the fire within him. He reached out and slowly brushed a wisp of hair from the corner of her eye.
Xiao Xiao felt his touch on her hair. Her body trembled slightly as she turned her head to look at him.
Her big, dark, shining eyes were burning with a flicker of desire.
Xiao Xiao looked at Gao Yuan and slowly closed her eyes.
Gao Yuan could hold back no longer. He had been waiting for this peony for a very, very long time.