Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about Chen Yan's current development situation and what he urgently needed.

Ever since Chen Yan's Virtual Girlfriends had increased in numbers, his happiness value had been almost overflowing every month.

There were indeed plenty of good items in the Game Store.

For example, "Xiao Ha's Instant Film," "Professional Potential Potion," "Stamina Potion," or the most important for Chen Yan currently, the "Strong Buy Card," and so on, which were all things Chen Yan wanted.

But the refresh rate of the Game Store was really frustrating.

It only refreshed a few times each month, and Chen Yan's happiness value couldn't even be spent completely.

Now he had slowly purchased a quota of 10 billion for the Strong Buy Card and still had over 200 happiness points left.

His next plan needed a significantly higher quota of Strong Buy Cards; Chen Yan originally intended to slowly monitor the store and gradually accumulate. Once everything was ready, he would initiate his plan to "seek revenge against past grievances."

But now that there was a quicker way, Chen Yan was certainly happier.

After all... Chen Yan was actually quite scared... He was afraid that before he could accumulate enough Strong Buy Cards, Zhao Qingtian would have already been worn down...

And now... everything seemed to be solved smoothly.

With this "Radiant" item, Chen Yan could add whatever quantity he wanted just by a click.

As long as his happiness value was sufficient, he could buy companies like Apple and Microsoft tomorrow.

Thinking this, Chen Yan opened the Game Store to take a look.

The Strong Buy Card in the Game Store had not refreshed yet, but Chen Yan could see the price.

The price of a Strong Buy Card was 10 billion quota for every 15 happiness points, and with Yu Qiao Qiao's double buff, it became 20 billion quota for 15 happiness points.

Chen Yan had already bought a quota of 10 billion.

His first step in acquiring part of the shares of company 'V' needed a quota of 17 billion, which was 7 billion short.

And the second step, acquiring part of the shares of Netflix, required a quota between 680 and 690 billion.

So, in total, he lacked about 760 billion in quota.

With Yu Qiao Qiao's double buff, that meant about 38 refreshes.

According to the refresh rate of the Game Store, normally speaking, Chen Yan would need at least two and a half years to gather enough quota for the Strong Buy Cards.

But now, with Lu Man's buff, Chen Yan could buy that many Strong Buy Cards at any time. According to the fastest calculation, it would only take four months.

And after Chen Yan took down Zhao Qingtian and successfully established his own entertainment empire, this buff would still be useful.

In the System Store, apart from Strong Buy Cards, there were also Professional Potential Potions and Constitution Potions.

Buying a pile of potions every month to enhance his and his Virtual Girlfriend's abilities and constitution wasn't that delightful too?

"Really... the rewards given by the ultimate test are all god-level buffs!"

While marveling, Chen Yan closed the Game Store.

After all, he still remembered that Lu Man's ultimate test had a second reward: the option to select a Virtual Girlfriend.

He opened the game and looked at that selectable spot.

Pretty much the same as last time.

There were two ways to use this spot.

The first was like when he chose Yu Qiao Qiao initially, where Chen Yan filled in his preferences, and the system would randomly select a girl who met Chen Yan's requirements and was closest to him.

The second was... Chen Yan could specify any person of the opposite sex who had reached a favorability of over 60 points as his Virtual Girlfriend.

The first option no longer needed discussion.

Chen Yan was past the age of randomly choosing a girlfriend to slowly romance.

And the second...

While thinking, Chen Yan checked the opposite sex who met the second requirement.

The last time Chen Yan made a choice, there were only four individuals who qualified: Yang Rou, He Mengxue, Yang Nuannuan, and Jiang Xiaoyun...

However, this time, whether it was due to an increase in Chen Yan's charm or bursting luck, although Chen Yan didn't acquaint himself with other girls, there were many more who now qualified.

Moreover, among them were many girls with whom Chen Yan had only exchanged a few words or met a few times.

Chen Yan briefly scanned those girls; most were just vaguely familiar.

Looking at those girls' names and photos, Chen Yan began to ponder over the allocation of this spot.

To be honest, although he didn't know how many Virtual Girlfriend spots he might have in the future, Chen Yan felt there wouldn't be many.

After all, He Mengxue was chosen by Chen Yan using a selectable spot; if she completed it and got another chance to pick, it would become an infinite loop.

So, very likely, only system-selected Virtual Girlfriends, after completion, would have such an opportunity.

This meant, apart from this current spot, Chen Yan might have at most one more Virtual Girlfriend spot.

During the last selection of a Virtual Girlfriend, Chen Yan considered many realistic factors.

Such as whether it would be more helpful for his career, whether it could quicker return investments, etc.

But now, Chen Yan's business had no problems at all, and returns had already become a whole process, so Chen Yan felt that this time, he should follow his heart in choosing.

After all, although Chen Yan wasn't clear about the exact utility of selecting Yang Rou as his Virtual Girlfriend,

Somehow, he had a feeling: this spot's significance might not be as simple as just liquidation...

With this thought, Chen Yan didn't hesitate anymore and directly clicked on the name "Yang Rou."

With the click on Yang Rou's name,

A corresponding prompt also appeared on the phone's interface.

"The fifth Virtual Girlfriend selection completed."

"The fifth Virtual Girlfriend confirmation in process..."

"Conditions met, congratulations: Yang Rou has become the player's fifth Virtual Girlfriend."

Following a series of prompts, the phone screen showed a figure of Yang Rou dressed in a black business suit, seated behind a boss's desk.

The suit seemed to perfectly complement her demeanor, making her appear both intellectual and gentle as a female, yet also possessing the authority of someone high up in rank.

With her hair neatly tied up, clothes and pants without a single wrinkle, one glance was enough to discern she seemed like a manager of a large enterprise.

Looking at the photo of Yang Rou, Chen Yan recalled. He remembered that these photos in the game were not how the Virtual Girlfriends looked currently.

So that said, was this Yang Rou's future appearance?

Honestly, it's pretty much the same as now...

Chen Yan felt that current Yang Rou also had that kind of demeanor.

While thinking, Chen Yan closed the photo and then checked the favorability situation after Yang Rou became a Virtual Girlfriend.

With Chen Yan's click on favorability, Yang Rou's favorability instantly popped up.

"Yang Rou favorability: 99"

With He Mengxue's experience, Chen Yan knew this probably wasn't the end.

Sure enough, the phone screen then started to continuously pop up with system notifications.

"Yang Rou favorability: 99 (Reached the upper limit of friendship level favorability, waiting for girlfriend to confirm her feelings...)"

"Yang Rou has clarified her feelings; favorability reached 100 points, relationship status successfully upgraded to 'like.' Unlocking the next stage of favorability."

Following that, Yang Rou's favorability slowly changed to 100 points.

Then, her favorability began to skyrocket.

110, 120, 130, 140...

It was the first time Chen Yan saw favorability changing so quickly; honestly, he even felt like there seemed to be no upper limit, as it showed no sign of stopping.

"Can't possibly rise directly to 200, right?"

Chen Yan himself felt a bit whimsical.

However, wondering if there really was a wishful thinking scenario,

While Chen Yan thought this, the number slowly stopped at 199.

Then, the number hesitantly hopped another point.

So, amid Chen Yan's dumbfounded gaze, the corresponding notification popped up in front of him,

"Yang Rou favorability reached 200, favorability MAX."

"Please complete the final test of this girlfriend."

"After completing the final test, you will obtain the exclusive reward for this girlfriend."

Chen Yan: ...

At that moment, Chen Yan truly had an impression of exploiting a bug.

Just romanced one girlfriend, obtained the final reward, then selected another girlfriend who met the standard, directly maxing out her favorability. Passporting another test, obtaining the final reward...

If this isn't exploiting a bug, what is it?

But on further thought, Chen Yan felt he was being whimsical.

After all, reaching 200 points of favorability was not easy at all.

Not to mention anything else, He Mengxue liked him for so long, chased him for so long, and when selected as a Virtual Girlfriend, her favorability was only a bit over 140.

Yang Rou's case was indeed special.

After all, who would have thought that Yang Rou, who apparently seemed cold, turned out to be the one with the most fiery and gentle heart.

Moreover, although favorability was easy to max, the ultimate test was very difficult.

Not only completing the respective girlfriend's heart test but also conquering, and making the girlfriend wholeheartedly love and stay with him for life.

In an era where everything is fast, love is treated as a disposable product, a monthly disposable product, and even if getting married, how many are 100% sure that the other person is the one to stay with for a lifetime.

After all, it's not just something to talk about, it really needs certainty in the heart.

Even Lu Man, who had gone through so much with Chen Yan, took so long to be sure of her feelings, it was enough to demonstrate how difficult it is to achieve this goal.

So, thinking of this, Chen Yan no longer had other ideas, but was finally content with the current situation.

After all, no matter what, Yang Rou joining added another liquidation channel for Chen Yan.

And her directly maxed favorability also brought Chen Yan an extra 20 happiness points per month, allowing him to "speed up" his Strong Buy endeavors.

After looking through a slew of notifications, Chen Yan also collected his emotions, making himself not be overwhelmed by this sudden surprise. After all, he was still in a crisis moment.

He took a few deep breaths, put away his phone, and sat on the sofa, continuing to wait for news from He Ruifeng, Cao Weiguo, and Zhao Xuan's butler.

He waited for over an hour.

Eventually, it was Cao Weiguo who gave Chen Yan a call, stating he had pulled many strings and managed to arrange for Chen Yan to secretly meet Zhao Xuan tomorrow.

However, the meeting time couldn't be too long, only 10 minutes.

If it was longer, it would be difficult.

After all, Zhao Xuan was a suspect in a criminal case and was not supposed to receive visitors.

Chen Yan expressed his thanks to Cao Weiguo, but he had even more doubts in his heart.

Could he really meet Zhao Xuan?

He hadn't come into harm?

Was Brother Ying's telepathy inaccurate?

Strange...

With such doubts, Chen Yan went upstairs to find Zhao Ying.

When he found Zhao Ying, she was still practicing martial arts.

Chen Yan stood by her side and watched for a while, then said, "Brother Ying. I just confirmed it, Uncle Zhao is fine."

Zhao Ying posed like a white crane with bright wings then glanced at Chen Yan with the corner of her eye and asked, "Who is fine?"

Chen Yan said, "Uncle Zhao is fine."

Zhao Ying, "My dad? What happened to him?"

Chen Yan: ? ? ?

Chen Yan, "Didn't you say Uncle Zhao seemed to be in trouble?"

Zhao Ying looked at him with a face full of question marks, "Did I? I don't think so."

Chen Yan: ...

Honestly, Chen Yan really wanted to pry open Zhao Ying's head to see what it was made of.

Maybe it's just a bunch of cotton?

After all, water does leave some traces, while Zhao Ying's head seemed even cleaner...

Chen Yan helplessly shrugged his shoulders and didn't bother to continue the conversation with Zhao Ying.

It was definitely better for Zhao Xuan to be fine than in trouble.

After all, Chen Yan was still figuring out the whereabouts of Zhao Qingtian's money...

...

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

The next day, according to the arrangement with Cao Weiguo, Chen Yan went to the Old Wave Headquarters.

Cao Weiguo received Chen Yan for a moment, then detailed some instructions before leading Chen Yan to meet a man in uniform.

After meeting that man, Chen Yan was taken by him to the investigative agency.

At the investigative agency, Chen Yan first waited briefly in a small room, then Zhao Xuan was brought over by the man in uniform.

Compared to before being caught, Zhao Xuan... had no changes.

He still had a radiant complexion, still full of vitality, and still had that smiley expression on his face.

If not for the detention center clothes, Chen Yan might have mostly thought he was here on vacation.

Upon seeing Chen Yan, Zhao Xuan smiled and greeted him, then said, "I guessed you'd definitely find a way to see me."

As the two began to chat, the man in uniform said to Chen Yan, "I can only manage 10 minutes. Be quick."

After saying that, he turned and left the small room, standing by the door outside.

Of course, although he was outside, his peripheral vision kept watching the situation in the room through the glass window to prevent any mishaps.

Meanwhile, inside the room, Chen Yan and Zhao Xuan started their conversation.

"Uncle Zhao, you're still able to laugh. Your situation is a bit troublesome now."

"Troublesome?" Zhao Xuan clearly hadn't expected Chen Yan to bring this up.

He inadvertently said, "Zheng Juan is under my protection. Whenever you want to save me, aren't you just supposed to bring her to the investigative agency to get me out? Isn't that simple?"

Chen Yan held his forehead.

He retorted, "Then guess why we haven't saved you up until now?"

Zhao Xuan blinked, the action combined with his round face looked both prosperous and amusing.

"Isn't it because you're waiting for the right moment?"

Chen Yan helplessly smiled...

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