Chapter 234: So You’re Into This Too
His money didn’t grow on trees. Even if it came from the system, he couldn’t just throw it away.
He understood the principle of being frugal when necessary and spending when appropriate.
The two then began to haggle back and forth. After a few cups of tea, they finally settled on a price of 150 million.
This price was pretty much Pan Daming’s bottom line.
However, Gao Yuan proposed a payment plan. The first installment would be one hundred million, with the remaining fifty million to be paid to Pan Daming at the end of January.
Pan Daming agreed to this arrangement. After all, for a deal involving this much capital, it was perfectly normal.
The two parties agreed to handle the sale and transfer paperwork together the next day, and with that, Pan Daming left.
Old Si left with Pan Daming, leaving Gao Yuan and his two friends alone in the tearoom once more.
“Yuanzi, you’ve decided just like that?”
“I’ve decided.”
Qin Yichuan felt a wave of complex emotions.
Just a short while ago, *he* was the rich second-generation kid. Now, how much time had passed? Gao Yuan was already casually spending over a hundred million.
“What’s wrong, Old Qin? You don’t look happy.”
“I’m doing all of this for you two.”
Seeing Qin Yichuan and Zheng Zhi’s dejected expressions, Gao Yuan understood how they felt.
Even the best of friends would feel this way when faced with such a huge gap. Envy and jealousy were perfectly normal reactions.
But good friends know how to control their jealousy. It’s not that they don’t feel it, but they keep it within reasonable bounds.
It was just like how Gao Yuan used to envy them, but it never stopped them from being good friends, and he would still earnestly give them advice.
“How is this for our sakes?”
“You’re about to be the big boss of Platinum Palace. From now on, the two of us will just be slaving away to add to your fortune.”
Zheng Zhi shot Gao Yuan a look and curled his lip.
“Tch!”
“And here I thought I was taking this place over for the sake of your lady friends.”
At this, Qin Yichuan and Zheng Zhi suddenly shot Gao Yuan a strange look.
They knew full well that Gao Yuan had a female confidante of his own at Platinum Palace.
Unlike them, who came here purely for fun and didn’t care who they were with as long as the girl was pretty and the vibe was right.
But,
Gao Yuan only ever asked for the girl named Xiaoyan. If someone told them there was nothing going on between Gao Yuan and Xiaoyan, they wouldn’t believe it for a second.
Once, the two of them had even thought about requesting Xiaoyan themselves to see what she was like, but they decided against it.
It would be awkward to request your brother’s girl.
“Your buying Platinum Palace… does it have anything to do with that female confidante of yours?”
Qin Yichuan asked, looking at Gao Yuan seriously.
“A tiny bit,” Gao Yuan admitted with a slight nod. “But it’s mainly to make money.”
‘It was true that a small part of his reason for buying Platinum Palace was because of Xiaoyan.’
‘Since Xiaoyan was ready to get out of the life, doing so at Platinum Palace was a good option.’
‘He could buy Platinum Palace and let Xiaoyan manage it.’
‘As for whether Xiaoyan knew how to manage…’
‘Heh!’
‘Xiaoyan had been a top student with excellent grades and character in high school. If she didn’t know how to manage now, couldn’t she learn?’
‘He could enroll her in a university to study management, and with hands-on experience at Platinum Palace, Gao Yuan refused to believe she couldn’t handle it.’
‘If she really couldn’t manage it, he could just hire a professional and have Xiaoyan take charge of training.’
‘He only planned on teaching his Traditional Chinese Medicine massage techniques to a select few. They could then become trainers. He didn’t have the time to teach everyone himself.’
‘Besides, it would be beneath the owner of such a large establishment to personally train employees in massage techniques.’
“You’re really willing to spend a fortune for a beautiful woman!”
“I’m impressed!”
Qin Yichuan and Zheng Zhi both gave Gao Yuan a thumbs-up.
They couldn’t bring themselves to envy Gao Yuan’s style; they would never do something like this themselves.
The three of them chatted for a while longer before Old Si arranged for them to go get bathed and massaged.
「In the room.」
Gao Yuan lay comfortably on the bed, enjoying Xiaoyan’s massage as they chatted.
“I’m planning to buy Platinum Palace.”
“Do you want to get out of the life here?”
Gao Yuan lay on his back, one hand stroking Xiaoyan’s slender leg as he asked the question directly.
‘With Xiaoyan, he didn’t need to beat around the bush; they could say anything to each other.’
‘Sometimes, he couldn’t be this uninhibited even with Lin Wanyu, but with Xiaoyan, he could be completely and utterly himself.’
“You’re buying Platinum Palace?”
Xiaoyan was so surprised she stopped the massage. The news was simply too shocking!
She wasn’t some naive woman who knew nothing. She knew a thing or two about Platinum Palace—it was no small enterprise.
Back in her hometown, something like this might go for ten or twenty million, but this was Hang City. ‘How did Gao Yuan get so rich?’
“Where did you get the money?”
Xiaoyan couldn’t help but ask. She was a little worried he’d gotten it through illicit means.
“I earned it!”
“GY Skincare. That’s my company.”
When she heard him mention GY Skincare, Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, her worries settling.
If Yuanfang Company belonged to Gao Yuan, then everything made sense.
“You want me to get out of the life here at Platinum Palace?”
Gao Yuan looked at Xiaoyan and nodded.
“Will I still be able to get married and have kids someday?”
“Yes.”
Gao Yuan nodded again.
“Hmph.”
“I knew you were into this sort of thing.”
Her words left Gao Yuan a bit stunned. ‘What sort of thing am I into?’
He thought about her words, and when he recalled her question about being able to marry and have children after leaving the life, he suddenly understood.
Gao Yuan could only chuckle at that.
‘As for the future, who could say for sure?’
‘If Xiaoyan really got out of the life, could he really resist touching her?’
‘Could Xiaoyan resist teasing him?’
‘Whether they could or not was something only time would tell. Gao Yuan decided not to dwell on it, and he figured Xiaoyan wouldn’t either.’