Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Everyone Has Their Own Choice

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Zhang Yan and Yiyi had swapped roles.

Yiyi lay comfortably on the spa bed while Zhang Yan gave her a simple, soothing massage. Today, he mainly wanted to test the strength of his newly acquired blessing. The practical results were proving to be quite extraordinary.

He had added two extra hours to the session this time. This wasn’t Zhang Yan’s limit, but Yiyi’s.

"Are your cramps feeling any better?"

"Mhm, much better." Yiyi’s voice had become incredibly soft and charming, carrying a sense of absolute languor.

"Then keep lying down. I’ll get going first. Don’t worry, I’ll pay for another hour on your tab. Just make sure you rest up completely before cleaning the room."

Hearing that he was leaving, Yiyi forced herself halfway up, her body swaying slightly. "When will you come next time? Having spas too frequently isn’t good either. Doing it every two or three days is fine."

"It depends. I’m usually quite busy, but I’ll come when I have free time."

Zhang Yan gave a perfunctory reply and was about to get up when the sleeve of his bathrobe was gently tugged.

"Is there something else? Do you need something? I can grab it for you," he asked.

"Whether you believe it or not, I only had one boyfriend in college, and we broke up when we graduated. I’ve never received any other clients here, so I’m still... clean. Really!"

Zhang Yan didn’t directly respond to her slightly agitated confession. He simply pressed her back down onto the spa bed. "Don’t overthink it. Get some good rest, and wait for me to come find you next time."

After showering and getting fully dressed, he left the room and walked to the front desk.

"Yiyi worked quite hard today and just fell asleep. Let her rest a bit longer. Put down another hour on my tab."

Liuliu had previously asked Huo Shaoqi for instructions in private and had received strict orders to provide full service without worrying about the usual rules. So, at this moment, she completely followed Zhang Yan’s instructions.

"Understood, Mr. Zhang. You’ve added a total of three extra hours for the Imperial Supreme package. Deducting your monthly subscription discount, the total comes to 2,994 yuan."

[Your debit card account ending in 2447 has received a UnionPay deposit of 17,964.00 yuan. Current balance...]

An investment of hundreds of millions had only earned him a little over twenty thousand. This return on investment wasn’t great.

"Damn it, if it wasn’t for Brother Tongzi’s limit, I’d really want to max out her time!" he thought.

As for the dress Yiyi had bought out of her own pocket, Zhang Yan didn’t use the system’s public funds. He privately transferred 1,000 yuan to her, treating it as an extra reward for her attentive service. He wouldn’t give her anything more than that.

The moment she chose to enter this line of work and accepted performing the "Imperial Supreme" services for clients, her character was already set in Zhang Yan’s eyes. People had to take responsibility for their own choices.

Not long after leaving Five Thousand Years of Chinese Civilization, Zhang Yan finally received a call from Brother Gan.

"The hospital and doctors have been contacted. However, the total cost for the whole process will be around 1.5 to 2 million yuan. After that, she’ll need long-term medication and checkups, which will cost at least 100,000 yuan a year. Is that going to be a problem on your end?"

"No problem," Zhang Yan replied. "I’ve already given Yuebao two million for medical expenses, plus another eighty or ninety thousand in pocket money. She can afford it herself."

"..." Brother Gan fell silent on the other end of the line. "Back in the day, I was also..."

"Don’t start with ’back in the day.’ After snapping out of it in time with Cheng Lu, I’ll never fall into a woman’s trap again in this lifetime. You don’t need to worry about me."

"Alright, as long as you know what you’re doing."

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Yan felt quite warmed by the fact that Brother Gan repeatedly used his own past as an example to advise him. However, he wasn’t blindly confident, either.

The partner system guaranteed that he would never take a loss no matter what. At the end of the day, the withdrawn money belonged to the partner herself; Zhang Yan was merely a wallet transit station. Furthermore, since he could confirm his partner’s emotional state at any time through the system, he could be completely at ease.

He notified his junior of the good news, telling her to bring her father to Meng City tomorrow and then transfer to a high-speed train to Beijing.

Speaking of which, though he hadn’t seen his junior for only a few days, it felt like an eternity. He was already starting to miss that Small Waist of hers that he could grip with one hand.

The next day, at 11:40 AM.

After bringing her father to the provincial capital, Meng City, early in the morning and arranging a temporary stay for him at a hotel, Chi Xinyue returned to the four-person rental apartment to pack some daily necessities and clothes.

"Oh, Yuyu, you’re back!"

"Yanyan, I missed you to death!"

While a charging foul is against the rules in basketball, two girls mutually bumping chests was perfectly legal.

(Illustration)

The two best friends, who hadn’t seen each other in a while, hugged tightly to express how much they had missed one another.

"Yuyu, did you resolve the situation at home?"

Actually, once the matters at home were settled, Chi Xinyue no longer hid anything from her best friend. She had already told Xiaoyan everything she could during their last phone call. It was just that Xiaoyan had used this as an excuse to ask Zhang Yan out, falsely claiming she didn’t know anything.

"It’s basically resolved. My senior gave me two million for the medical bills. Next, I’ll take my dad to Beijing to be hospitalized so he can recuperate while we wait for a liver donor..."

Chi Xinyue didn’t hold back in front of her best friend, telling her a lot. However, Xiaoyan practically didn’t hear a single word of the latter half. Her mind only echoed with one thought: "Two million, two million!"

"Is that the bride price Zhang Yan gave you?"

The moment the words unconsciously slipped out, Xiaoyan regretted it. She wondered why she had even asked. Wouldn’t it have been better to just pretend she didn’t know?

Unexpectedly, however, Chi Xinyue simply shook her head. "My senior won’t marry me."

A strange gleam instantly flashed in Xiaoyan’s eyes. "Why? He gave you so much money; is it just a loan? How are you supposed to pay that back?"

"Not exactly. The details are really complicated. I’ll tell you about it when I’m done dealing with my dad’s situation and have some free time. I’m going to go pack my things first."

Seeing that she couldn’t squeeze any more information out of her for the time being, Xiaoyan didn’t press the issue. Unexpectedly receiving this piece of "good news" was satisfying enough for her.

While helping Chi Xinyue finish packing up her belongings, she suddenly noticed a bracelet on her wrist. The style looked very similar to Zhang Yan’s.

"Yuyu, is this a new gift from Zhang Yan?"

"Oh, this? He gave it to me the day before I went back to my hometown. I left right after, so I haven’t had the chance to share it with you yet."

"Zhang Yan treats you so well, giving you gifts every few days."

Although Chi Xinyue could hear the sour tone in her voice, she didn’t think much of it, brushing it off as normal jealousy. With a sweet expression, she replied, "In this world, apart from my dad, no one else will ever treat me as wonderfully as my senior does."

"Have you two... done it?"

After all, she had just asked this a few days ago, so Xiaoyan was only asking again out of an eagerness to gossip. However, what made her heart skip a beat was that Chi Xinyue actually nodded shyly.

"You gave yourself to him? Yet you still said he won’t marry you. Then what about you..."

"I did it entirely willingly! Alright, Yanyan, I have to go now. Bye-bye."

"Wishing your dad all the best with his treatment. Bye-bye."

Watching her best friend close the door and leave, Xiaoyan fell into a daze, processing the newly acquired information.

"Entirely willingly... Is this the difference between her and me?" she thought.

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