Everyday Romance After Becoming a Billionaire

Chapter 5: Chapter 5: White T-shirt and White Shirt

Night fell, and the vast starry sky was reflected on Jiuxi Lake.

The scattered tents on the shore glowed faintly. Some people were drinking and enjoying the night view, some were following Liu Genghong’s workout routine, and some had coaxed their girlfriends into the small woods over there...

Liu Jinyu sat in front of her tent, eating snacks, admiring the night, and chatting with her best friend, occasionally glancing over at Su Ran in front of his RV.

She went to school in Shanghai and had seen all types of handsome guys, but this Su Ran was truly different. He wasn’t the kind of guy who was explosively handsome at first glance; rather, he had a clean-cut sort of handsomeness. The more you looked, the more enduring his good looks became, and the more handsome he seemed. He exuded a healing, approachable aura, and that was the deadliest part. It would make a girl instinctively trust him, thinking she’d been healed by him, when in fact, he was the one who’d leave her depressed.

This type of boy was toxic; girls should handle with care.

Girls tend to analyze cute guys when they see them.

At that moment, Su Ran wasn’t thinking about girls. He was thinking about a man—Han Xin.

Beside the RV, in front of the campfire: one chair, one game of Honor of Kings, one Han Xin putting on an incredible show.

He used to be terrible with Han Xin; a K/D/A of 0-11-1 was his standard record. He’d get called a ’grade-schooler’ every time and quit the game in shame.

But today, he’d gotten a quadra kill and was playing so well that his Wang Zhaojun teammate kept shouting, ’Carry me, big bro!’

Finger Technique Fragrance was a great Skill. His fingers were so nimble now that pulling off slick moves with Han Xin was more than enough. He could finally stop playing support and switch to jungler.

After a five-game winning streak, Su Ran decisively quit. If he kept playing, a losing streak was bound to follow. The matchmaking system wouldn’t allow such a badass to exist.

"Phew... Finally made it to Diamond."

A cool breeze swept through the night at Jiuxi Lake. Su Ran went back into the RV, took a shower, and lay down on the comfortable, large bed. The vast, starry sky shone down onto the bed through the sunroof.

Shirtless, Su Ran was reading a Divine Rich novel. He wanted to see how the fictional Divine Rich characters in those novels lived.

The more he read, the more his brow furrowed, and his toes curled so hard in cringe they could have carved out a whole courtyard home.

’What is this crap? In the morning, he’s a total loser. The moment he gets a Divine Wealth System, he tips a streamer five million. In the afternoon, he buys a Bugatti. At night, he buys a round for the entire bar. At midnight, he’s taking a girl to a presidential suite, and the next day he buys a unit at Tangchen Yipin?’

He kept reading. The protagonist was either sleeping with women, on his way to sleep with women, or spending tens of millions, even hundreds of millions.

’Sorry, can’t appreciate this.’

He silently closed the novel app.

Su Ran, a genuine Divine Rich person himself, didn’t dare to be that wild.

He knew he would be very rich in the future, but with that kind of lifestyle, whether his money could take it was one thing; his body definitely couldn’t.

’It’s not like you have to jump every beautiful woman you see, right? Are people that thirsty?’

’Whatever. I’ll just live life my own way.’

He turned off the light and went to sleep.

「Time slipped away.」

The scattered lights along the shore went out. Liu Jinyu returned to her tent, zipped it up, turned off her flashlight, changed into a nightdress, and snuggled into her thin covers to sleep.

Of course, there was no water for a shower while camping. It was just for one night, so she could make do.

A girl still had to be on guard when outdoors. She had a Swiss Army knife hidden under her pillow.

Liu Jinyu slept soundly, seemingly having a pleasant dream, so much so that a comfortable smile appeared on her lips and her body couldn’t help but shift gently.

In the middle of the night, she felt her bedding was wet.

Groggy, she turned on her flashlight and was shocked to see the tent was full of water.

Outside, a strong wind was blowing and a heavy rain was falling. The rain beat against the tent, making a RAT-A-TAT-TAT sound.

Liu Jinyu opened the flap to check the situation. A torrential downpour had suddenly started, and the water level of Jiuxi Lake had also risen in the middle of the night. Because she had chosen a prime spot right by the lake, the rising water had swamped the bottom of her tent.

’I’m lucky I woke up, or I might never have woken up at all.’

The other tents by the lake had long since been moved, leaving only her tent and that RV over there.

"Damn it, can’t this stupid weather forecast be right just once?"

Liu Jinyu grumbled but didn’t dare to hesitate. She quickly crawled out of the tent and started to pack it up in the downpour. Just as she pulled out the stakes, a fierce gust of wind roared past and instantly blew the tent away.

Oh, crap.

"Hey, hey, hey, don’t fly away..."

Liu Jinyu ran after it, but her foot slipped and she fell to the ground, watching helplessly as the gale-force winds blew her tent into the woods.

All of her belongings were inside the tent.

The wind and rain lashed against Liu Jinyu. It was a miserable situation, but this was no time to cry. She needed to find a place to shelter from the rain and call for help.

She walked up to the RV. The curtains were drawn. She wiped the rain from her face, knocked on the window—KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK—and called out, her voice choked with sobs, "Su Ran, Su Ran..."

Accompanied by the pleasant sound of raindrops, the soundly sleeping Su Ran was completely lost in his dreams.

She knocked for a long time, on the verge of breaking down and crying. Finally, Su Ran heard someone knocking. He pulled open the curtain and was shocked to see a Sadako-like figure peering through the window. He was so scared he yelped, "What the fuck!" and felt an urge to rush to the driver’s seat, throw the RV in reverse, and run this "Sadako" over.

"Su Ran."

Su Ran pushed the window open a crack. "Liu Jinyu? What’s wrong?"

"My tent blew away."

"...Get in."

"Okay."

Su Ran put on a T-shirt, opened the door, and let Liu Jinyu get in.

Trembling, Liu Jinyu climbed into the vehicle.

Su Ran grabbed a bath towel, threw it to her, and turned on the heater.

Liu Jinyu wrapped the towel around herself and rubbed her dripping hair. "Su Ran, can I borrow your phone to call for help?"

"Here." Su Ran handed her the phone.

"Thanks." Liu Jinyu took the phone and dialed 110. "Hello, Officer, I... Hello? Hello! Officer!"

[The phone has powered off.]

"The battery’s dead?"

"Sorry, I was listening to music earlier and forgot to charge it."

The strong-willed Liu Jinyu finally broke at that moment, her eyes instantly turning red.

Su Ran said kindly, "It’s raining so hard and the roads are probably blocked. You shouldn’t bother the police. If you don’t mind, you can just make do in the RV for the night. When the rain stops tomorrow morning, I’ll drive you out of here."

Liu Jinyu looked at Su Ran warily. Seeing his warm and helpful expression, she wondered, ’Is he hiding some ulterior motive?’

Su Ran could see her hesitation. After all, they were practically strangers, a man and a woman alone together. It was only normal for a girl to be extra cautious.

"Don’t worry. I’m just offering you a place to stay for the night out of kindness. I won’t do anything to you."

Liu Jinyu bit her lip and clutched the towel tightly. She thought for a moment. ’Su Ran doesn’t seem like a bad guy, and given the circumstances, my only option is to stay in his RV for the night.’

’He’s an educated man; he probably wouldn’t try anything funny.’

"Su Ran, thank you. You’re a good person."

’Once the ’good person’ card is played, you can’t get past the hurdle of your own conscience.’

"Achoo..."

Liu Jinyu sneezed.

"You’re soaked to the bone. You should go take a hot shower so you don’t catch a cold. I’ll find a clean T-shirt for you to wear, if you don’t mind?"

"I..." Liu Jinyu lowered her head. "Thank you."

"You’re welcome. Wait a second." Su Ran opened his backpack and rummaged through it. "Looks like I didn’t bring any T-shirts. Would you mind a white dress shirt?"

"Huh?"

Liu Jinyu’s face instantly turned bright red.

’A girl wearing a guy’s white T-shirt versus his white dress shirt are two completely different concepts, okay?’

’A white T-shirt is cute and playful.’

’But a white dress shirt... Just imagine: a beautiful girl with fair skin and long legs wearing an oversized men’s white dress shirt that sometimes fails to cover... ahem...’

"Are you sure you don’t have any T-shirts?"

"I’m sure. Just this white dress shirt. Go on and get changed."

Liu Jinyu looked at Su Ran, at his completely harmless expression. ’He should be a good person.’

"Alright... I’ll go take a shower then."