I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Chen Ya was getting a little impatient.

He wanted to know when this woman would finally get down to business.

“Well, when it comes to investment, let alone 100 million, even 200 million, I can come up with it,” Gu Yuqing said. “But I have a principle when it comes to investment: once I invest, I must have a say in the company’s operational direction.”

Chen Ya squinted and asked, "How much influence do you want?"

“It’s a veto power,” Gu Yuqing said. “If I’m not satisfied with the direction proposed, it has to be scrapped and started over. Otherwise, I have the right to withdraw my investment at any time.”

Chen Ya said, "In that case, you could ruin us at any time."

Gu Yuqing shrugged: "But principles are principles, and there's no room for compromise. You have to choose to trust me, right?"

"Is compromise truly impossible?"

"We cannot compromise."

Chen Ya picked up his coat: "We don't see eye to eye, goodbye."

Gu Yuqing blinked, looked up and watched Chen Ya walk out the door, and then a loud door slammed shut from the entrance.

The sun was already setting, and the streetlights on the outer ring road had not yet been replaced with energy-saving models, emitting a dim yellow light, while everything outside the light was pitch black.

Chen Ya stood outside, took out his phone and searched, only to find to his dismay that the nearest subway station was 8 kilometers away.

The nearest bus stop is slightly better, about 5 kilometers away.

Chen Ya silently raised his head and looked at the night view in front of him.

"Hey."

Chen Ya turned around and saw Gu Yuqing leaning half her body out onto the balcony.

"It's very far from here, are you going to walk back?"

Chen Ya frowned and said, "Are you going to take me back?"

"No." Gu Yuqing covered her mouth and couldn't help but laugh happily.

"Then you don't need to worry about it."

"I have some good news for you," Gu Yuqing said again.

"what?"

“The navigation on your phone is wrong,” Gu Yuqing said. “The bus stops running at 7 a.m. and the subway station is temporarily closed for maintenance. If you want to take a bus, you’ll have to walk 10 kilometers!”

"...I can call a ride-hailing service."

After saying that, he turned and strode into the night, like a train entering a tunnel.

But when I looked down at my phone, the screen showed a ride-hailing platform.

The estimated cost above is 200 yuan.

This amount is a painful sum for Chen Ya, who is currently short of money.

Gu Yuqing watched his retreating figure, her smile overflowing like water, impossible to suppress.

She took out her phone, pressed the voice call button, and said into it:

"Sister, I've found an amazing toy, it's so awesome!"

"This is the only way I can describe it to you—it's amazing. I've never felt so good before."

Chapter 306 Your Charm Reaches its Peak

After Gu Yuqing sent the message, a voice message came almost instantly from the other end:

"What treasure have you found this time?"

The woman's voice was roguish yet languid, but she used a cute anime girl avatar, which seemed a bit out of place.

Gu Yuqing pressed the voice message button, her excitement still lingering: "He's super handsome, and he's very charming. His reactions when he teases me are so funny! I've never seen anything like him before!"

The woman on the other end scoffed and replied, "You've remained detached from worldly affairs for so many years. I thought you were beyond human nature, but I never expected you to be lustful today. You have this side to you too."

"No, no, no," Gu Yuqing denied repeatedly, "The point isn't that he's handsome, although being handsome is a plus. The key thing is that he's not afraid of me!"

Gu Yuqing continued, "Do you know how hard it is to find someone who isn't afraid of me? Everyone I know is so timid and subservient, it's all so boring. Only he completely disregards me!"

Her best friend was clearly stunned: "You're so happy that I don't even respect you? Are you a masochist?"

After sighing, her best friend added, "And if you want to find someone who isn't afraid of you, there are plenty of people out there. Go to the Xia family and find a few guards; none of them will be afraid of you."

Gu Yuqing said, "The Xia family may not be afraid, but I can't control them. This guy is not only handsome, but also easy to control, smart, and not afraid of me. This is the real deal."

Her best friend stared in disbelief on the other end: "Are you an S or a M?"

Gu Yuqing ignored her question: "Anyway, that's all for my sharing. I just wanted to tell you how happy I am right now."

"Alright, then you'd better take it easy. Don't ruin that handsome young man, or you won't have any more fun with him later."

After her best friend finished speaking, she shook her head, sighed, and said, "How pitiful."

I don't know whether I feel sorry for that handsome young man I've never met, or for my best friend who's been blinded by her strange fetish.

Gu Yuqing hung up the phone with a serious expression.

Regardless of whether her best friend could understand her joy at this moment, at least one thing her best friend was right to worry about: things shouldn't be too intense all at once.

If you kill everyone, there won't be any more fun to be had.

I went a bit too far with the prank just now, and now my image in the other person's mind is probably terrible. It's time to make a dazzling appearance and salvage my image.

……

In the early summer nights in the north, the cool breeze still chills one to the bone.

Especially since Chen Ya had just worked up a sweat at Gu Yuqing's house, his clothes were sticking to his body like overcooked rice cakes, which was very uncomfortable.

Because of hunger, my stomach felt like it had a heavy weight on it. It had been rumbling a few times in protest before, but now it was completely silent; it was probably dizzy.

Vehicles occasionally whizzed past behind us, kicking up sand and gusts of wind that swept up from behind.

All of this made Chen Ya unable to help but start thinking about a question:

Why did I come here? What are the benefits of trusting women?

Chen Ya blamed all the misery he was experiencing on Gu Yuqing.

Chen Ya sat down on a large stone bench by the roadside. His phone made a crisp, pleasant sound, indicating that someone had accepted the ride-hailing order he had made earlier.

When I opened my phone, the screen displayed:

Master Gu

Vehicle Model: Porsche 911

Number of orders received: 0

Positive review rate: -

Upon seeing this information, Chen Ya felt a sense of foreboding.

"Waaaaah—"

A whooshing sound rang out from afar, and looking into the distance, billowing yellow dust surged toward Chen Ya.

Then, a bright red, streamlined sports car sped up in front of Chen Ya with overwhelming force, and came to a stop with a screech.

The car window rolled down, and a pretty face appeared in front of Chen Ya.

The woman's face was delicate and charming, capable of expressing both joy and anger, making her appear exceptionally adorable. However, in Chen Ya's eyes at this moment, she seemed utterly detestable.

Are you a user whose mobile phone number ends in 9197?

Chen Ya: "..."

"Please board, passengers. This is your express driver, Mr. Gu. I'm at your service." Gu Yuqing, inside the car, gave Chen Ya a solemn salute.

"What exactly do you want?"

"I want to take you home!" Gu Yuqing feigned surprise. "Come on up, it's not safe to park here for too long."

"Cancel it for me, so it doesn't affect my ability to call a car."

Gu Yuqing said with a grin, "Don't be silly. Even if I cancel, you won't be able to get a car here at this time. Wouldn't it be better if I took you back? Come on up."

Chen Ya sneered and placed his hand on the car roof: "Do you think I'll still believe you?"

Gu Yuqing was both amused and exasperated: "This time you can really believe it."

"You're upset that the talks just fell apart, so you came out specifically to get revenge, right? You're supposed to be a rich kid, yet you're so petty. Unless I'm a koala, I won't fall for your tricks again."

"How could I possibly be so vengeful? Also, what is a short-tailed koala?"

Seeing that Chen Ya was already on high alert, Gu Yuqing decided to change her approach and seriously discuss business:

"Let's talk business again. You were too blunt just now. Did you really refuse to talk to me if I said I wouldn't compromise? That's not how you do business. You have to work things out."

"I don't like things that are indecisive or tedious."

"But you have to consider my feelings! That's 100 million US dollars! Just handing it over to you and letting you spend it however you want is like handing over your newlywed sexy and beautiful wife to a 17 or 18-year-old energetic young man, locking them in a room and not allowing them to peek at what they're doing. Do you think I'd feel comfortable with that?"

Chen Ya turned to look at her, thought for a moment, and said, "Although your analogy is inappropriate, you have conveyed your feelings."

"Right? That's how business should be done. There has to be a back-and-forth between you. You can't just turn around and walk away if one condition isn't accepted. It's like going on a date. If the girl asks the guy what he wants to do and he just says he wants to sleep with her, it's definitely going to fall apart. You have to go see a movie first."

"That does make some sense. So you mean that when you said you wouldn't compromise, it was just a way of playing hard to get? You said no, but your body betrayed you?"

"Your analogy doesn't sound quite right either, but it's roughly the same idea."

So, Chen Ya, the short-tailed koala, got into Gu Yuqing's car and sat in the passenger seat, and the small space immediately became quiet.

“Let’s continue our conversation,” Gu Yuqing broke the ice. “If I invest 1 million US dollars in you, but I can’t interfere with your company’s operations, how am I supposed to know what you’ve done with my money?”

“It’s not that I don’t want you to participate in decision-making, but rather that I am the only top-level decision-maker in this company, and there can only be one,” Chen Ya said. “And most of the time, my decisions will contradict the opinions of most people.”

Gu Yuqing rested her hands on the steering wheel: "Then here's the question: how can someone like you, with no business experience, prove that you're right and that most people are wrong?"

"Unfortunately, unless the future has arrived, it cannot be proven. I can only say that the truth is in the hands of a minority."

"But what a minority possesses is not necessarily the truth."

Chen Ya thought for a moment and said, "Okay, if you invest, I will invite you to every important meeting we hold. Needless to say, I will also send you copies of the information on where the funds are going. However, you only have the right to know; I have the right not to listen to any of your opinions."

Gu Yuqing waved her hand: "What's the use of just knowing? It's like I'm giving you my beautiful wife and I have to watch how you use her, and I can't even voice my objections?"

"I will help you make better use of your beautiful wife, so you will have a clear understanding that she is living well with me."

"..." Gu Yuqing rubbed her forehead and said, "I know you're insistent, and I'm actually very interested in the idea you mentioned, but I also have some conditions."

Chen Ya knew he was closer to achieving his goal, and immediately said, "Go on."

“You have to make me trust you. To put it simply, we need to become acquainted,” Gu Yuqing said. “I will divide the $1 million into ten parts, each worth $1 million. We will meet at least ten times in the next month.”

“Continue,” Chen Ya said.

"During these ten meetings, I will give you a challenge each time. If you can complete it, you will pass the test and I will pay you. If you fail to complete it in any of them, I will stop immediately and withdraw all previous funds."

Chen Ya hesitated for two seconds, then immediately nodded: "Okay. However, I also need to see your sincerity."

Gu Yuqing pulled out a black card from her pocket and smiled sweetly: "I have standard contracts and other documents at home. Let's go back and sign the contract now. Considering you've passed the test today, I'll transfer ten million to you first. How does that sound?"

Chen Ya naturally had no objections.

“Starting tomorrow, you’ll come to my company alone,” Gu Yuqing said. “We’ll officially begin the challenge.”

“Okay,” Chen Ya said.

……

……

"What?! You actually spent a hundred million US dollars to pick up guys! You must have too much money to burn!"

On the other end of the phone, her best friend exclaimed in surprise.

Gu Yuqing said unhappily, "What do you mean by 'chasing men'? This is a normal business investment. Business investment, don't you understand?"

“I don’t see any ‘business’ in this at all,” my best friend said. “This is clearly a way to keep him hooked with money, and a huge sum at that! Good heavens, if word gets out, you’ll become the biggest scapegoat in the industry!”

Gu Yuqing looked at her with disdain: "What do you know?"

Suddenly, her best friend gasped, "Wait a minute, you're not thinking of waiting until you're done having fun, then finding an excuse to say he didn't pass, and withdrawing your investment on the spot, making him lose everything? You're so heartless!"