Growth-type Super Rich

Yan Shen muttered softly.

"Are you hungry?"

"Not really."

"Then let's skip the meal for now, I'll take you somewhere else."

"Where to?"

"To the movies..."

After saying that, Gu Bai opened the navigation and headed for the nearest cinema.

...............

More than two hours later, Gu Bai walked out of the cinema hand-in-hand with Yan Shen.

This time Yan Shen didn't resist at all, instead, she laughed from time to time and chatted with Gu Bai about the scenes in the movie.

However, Gu Bai is now so well-known that both of them were wearing masks; otherwise, in a place like a cinema where young people frequently gather, there wouldn't be many people who wouldn't recognize Gu Bai.

"Gu Bai, did you really invest in this movie?"

Yan Shen felt the warmth of Gu Bai's fingertips as she happily asked him.

Faced with Yan Shen's inquiry, Gu Bai showed her an expression he had never shown any girl before. Although it was covered by a mask, Yan Shen could still see the pride in his eyes.

"Absolutely genuine!"

"I kept hearing people laugh while watching the movie, and even after leaving the cinema, there were many people discussing it, which shows it's really popular. I bet you'll make a lot of money from this movie!"

"It's just small change."

Hearing Gu Bai's words, Yan Shen pretended to be disdainful and said, "Always showing off!"

"I'm not showing off. If telling the truth counts as showing off, then I'm either showing off or on my way to doing so every day. It's just a movie; how much can it really earn?"

Yan Shen was about to retort when her stomach growled.

The words she wanted to say got stuck in her mouth.

Seeing her embarrassed look, Gu Bai chuckled lightly: "After such a long movie, you must be hungry?"

Yan Shen gently nodded her little head.

"Let's go, I'll take you to eat something delicious!"

They hadn't taken two steps when Yan Shen said, "I want to eat oden!"

Gu Bai turned around and looked at her with a surprised expression. It was the first time she had expressed her own opinion to him. In their previous visits in the Capital City, Gu Bai made all the decisions, and Yan Shen always agreed unconditionally. Her behavior now also proved one thing: she had opened her heart to Gu Bai.

And Gu Bai just needed a little more effort to walk directly into her heart and occupy every space there.

Seeing Gu Bai's eyes, Yan Shen suddenly looked like a child who had done something wrong, cautiously asking, "Do you not like eating oden?"

"It's okay, then we won't eat oden, let's have something else."

Looking at Yan Shen's little expression in front of him, Gu Bai couldn't help but pinch her nose under the mask.

"Then let's have oden, as much as you want!"

..............

Outside the convenience store, the evening breeze that should have been pleasant felt like small knives on one's face in sub-zero temperatures.

Two young people squatted under the streetlamp at the entrance of the convenience store, exhaling warm air, shivering with cold, but still constantly stuffing skewers from their paper cups into their mouths.

"I was right, wasn't I? The oden at this convenience store is super delicious. I worked part-time here in my freshman year, and I would eat their oden every day after work. But then I went to Heba Village for teaching and hadn't had it since."

As Yan Shen spoke, she stuffed a piece of mushy radish into her mouth.

"You really don't mind the trouble, making me drive more than 20 minutes just to have a bite of oden!"

Yan Shen laughed heartily, with the radish not yet swallowed, completely unlike her dignified and cool appearance when first seen at Heba Village Primary School, much like an ordinary contemporary female college student now.

"You drove here, but when I was working part-time, I had to take a 50-minute bus ride!"

"Hurry up and eat, the oden won't taste good once it gets cold!"

Saying that, before swallowing the radish, she put a fish ball into her mouth, not caring that her mouth was smeared with sweet chili sauce.

Under the streetlight, Gu Bai looked at her face, somewhat lost in thought, then he chuckled softly, shook his head and put down the paper cup, took out a tissue from his pocket, and wiped her mouth.

Stunned by Gu Bai's sudden gesture, Yan Shen momentarily forgot how to speak.

After wiping her mouth, Gu Bai didn't mind using another side to wipe his own mouth, then picked up the paper cup and resumed eating.

After nearly a minute of silence, Yan Shen suddenly asked, "Gu Bai, comparing you and Wang Duoyu from today's movie, who is wealthier?"

Without even turning his head, Gu Bai continued eating and said, "Of course I am. He's just the richest man in Xihong City with only 30 billion, but now I have more than 30 billion, and in some time, I'll have 300 billion, even 3 trillion."

"Bragger!"

"Let's just wait and see."

Gu Bai didn't argue, instead he turned his face slightly and gave her a sidelong glance.

"Why would anyone need so much money? I just hope to have enough money to spend, and if there's extra, I'd like to help those kids who can't afford an education."

Upon hearing this, Gu Bai's lips curled into a small smile.

If any other girl had said this to him, he would have just given a contemptuous smile and ignored it.

But coming from Yan Shen's mouth, it seemed so natural.

Placing the empty paper cup on the roadside, Gu Bai said softly, "Having money can bring happiness."

"Hmm?"

"Do you think Wang Duoyu became happier after getting rich?"

"But he was happy even without money."

"That's just in the movie. In the beginning, Wang Duoyu got fired. Imagine this happening in real life: someone already struggling in life suddenly loses their job. What would the outcome be?

On the other hand, compare him to the Wang Duoyu who could squander 1 billion at will. When was he a little happier?"