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    ## Chapter 71: For the Golden Wind!

    “Uh…”

    “That…”

    “How about…”

    After the closing ceremony, Shen Miao Miao led a group of people to PiloBum, a high-end barbecue buffet restaurant.

    Then!

    Shen Miao Miao saw what it meant to build a skyscraper from scratch!

    Tomahawk steak? Awesome!

    Wagyu beef? Awesome!

    Lobster? Awesome!

    The hardworking waiters couldn’t even keep up with clearing the plates. Every time they passed their table, they’d carry away a large stack of empty plates!

    Even later, the manager came out to take a picture with them!

    Too scary!

    Shen Miao Miao tried to speak several times, wanting to urge them to slow down, but was interrupted by the three of them chewing noisily.

    She watched as the three of them, like they hadn’t eaten a full meal in eight hundred years, went on a frenzy.

    They seemed to be turning their grief into appetite.

    Shen Miao Miao’s eyes couldn’t help but show a deep worry.

    She wasn’t worried about the money, it was a buffet anyway.

    She was mainly afraid that these three hungry ghosts would eat themselves to death.

    “That… isn’t that enough? It’s your first time here… don’t die in the restaurant…”

    Taking advantage of the three of them drinking water, Shen Miao Miao finally managed to get a word in:

    “If you really want to, I’ll take you out for a late-night snack later, okay?”

    “Really?” Hearing this, Lu Bian’s eyes looked up from the rim of his glass, filled with surprise: “There’s late-night food?”

    “Yes, yes,”

    Shen Miao Miao wouldn’t dare say no:

    “Takeout or eat out, whatever you want, it’s all fine…”

    After eating and drinking to their hearts’ content!

    The time was close to eight o’clock in the evening.

    Shen Miao Miao glanced at the time, thinking that it wouldn’t be realistic to try to get back to Binjiang University now.

    So, with a wave of her hand!

    The Bogueli Hotel! Let’s go!

    Of course!

    The reason why Shen Miao Miao was so generous was mainly because she wasn’t spending from her own small treasury.

    This time!

    Aside from the financial sister staying behind, everyone from the Golden Wind team was participating in the Huayun Digital’s exhibition.

    Theoretically, this was a publicity trip.

    Therefore, all kinds of expenses on the road, including meals, accommodation, travel, etc., were all included in the investment costs!

    Yay!

    Shen Miao Miao rejoiced in her heart.

    What a chance! How can I not spend you until you’re broke?

    And so, she immediately took her team and checked into the Bogueli Hotel located in the embassy district!

    As one of the top five-star hotels in the entire Capital Bird’s Nest, it not only boasted the best amenities and hotel service, but the price was also top-notch!

    Originally!

    Shen Miao Miao wanted to directly book the top presidential suite at 110,000 yuan a night.

    But before she could even speak, the system issued a warning reminder.

    With Golden Wind’s current size, they didn’t deserve to enjoy such expensive travel arrangements.

    Therefore, Shen Miao Miao had to settle for the next best thing, choosing a standard suite at 4000 yuan a night.

    One room per person.

    A total of 20,000 yuan.

    Although it seemed like a drop in the bucket compared to the overall investment.

    It was a good result for Shen Miao Miao. After all, the more you spend, the better, right?

    Soon, everyone went back to their rooms to settle in and rest.

    Gu Sheng, under the guidance of the hotel service lady, arrived at his room.

    Click.

    As the door closed, Gu Sheng threw himself onto the bed like a sandbag.

    Burying his face in the warm, soft blanket of Bogueli, Gu Sheng felt like his soul was about to fly out.

    His lower back ached, his neck was stiff, and his throat was burning.

    It took more than ten minutes!

    Before Gu Sheng felt a little better and his energy slightly recovered.

    With a strong struggle, he stood up, took a shower, and changed into his pajamas.

    At this time, the door also rang.

    Knock knock knock—

    “Coming.”

    Gu Sheng responded, knowing that it was his ordered honey pear juice, he went to the door while wiping his hair.

    With a click, he opened the door.

    He heard a familiar voice coming from the door: “Hello sir, your honey juice is here~”

    Opening the door.

    He saw Shen Miao Miao, her hair wrapped in a towel, seemingly just finished washing up, standing at the door, face bare.

    Her face, just after applying a face mask, was fair and flawless, like white jade, even though it was bare, it was as delicate and charming as a lotus flower.

    She held a tray in her left hand, on which was a pot of honey pear juice with mint.

    In her right hand, she was holding a bag.

    For a moment, Gu Sheng couldn’t help but be a little stunned.

    “Uh…”

    Gu Sheng opened his mouth, then stepped aside:

    “Are you going to bring it in or…?”

    “Hey!”

    Shen Miao Miao was unhappy, pouting her lips:

    “You really treat me like a waitress? I’m your boss, you know!”

    “Then…”

    Gu Sheng shrugged:

    “Please come in?”

    “You…”

    Shen Miao Miao gritted her teeth, but was helpless. She kicked Gu Sheng on the shin:

    “You can really talk!”

    With that said, she strode into Gu Sheng’s room.

    With a bang, she placed the honey pear juice on the table, picked up a cup and poured herself a drink, gulping it down, making a sound of satisfaction:

    “Ah—it would be even better with some ice.”

    Gu Sheng had a black line on his forehead: “So… you intercepted my honey pear juice just to have a sip in front of me?”

    “Tsk, you’re such a stingy person,”

    Hearing this, Shen Miao Miao glared at Gu Sheng:

    “How can you be so suspicious of people!”

    As she spoke!

    She raised the paper bag in her hand: “Chu Chu and I went out to play… no… we went out for market research and brought you a present by the way!”

    “You slipped up, didn’t you?”

    Gu Sheng couldn’t help but chuckle.

    “Oh, that doesn’t matter!”

    Shen Miao Miao waved her hand, saying as she took out a complete set of blue-grey suit from the paper bag:

    “Although your current fame means that your attire doesn’t really matter,”

    “But as the saying goes, people rely on clothing and Buddha relies on gold, it’s always right to dress nicely,”

    “I bought you a suit, here, try it on and see if it fits.”

    Gu Sheng was stunned.

    Looking at the grinning Little Nezha, then at the expensive Hugo Boss suit, a certain string in his heart seemed to be plucked, trembling slightly.

    He opened his mouth: “…Did you buy one for each of us three?”

    “You’re too righteous, brother!”

    Shen Miao Miao was shocked:

    “It’s very expensive! I bought this with my own salary! I’m a salary-eating pauper, it’s amazing I could even afford one set, okay!”

    “Shhh—shhh—shhh—“

    Gu Sheng put his index finger up to his lips:

    “Old Lu’s room is right next door, you’d better keep your voice down.”

    “Oh—okay—“

    Hearing this, Little Nezha shrunk her neck, her voice also becoming soft, as if she was doing something bad:

    “Then you go change, I’ll wait for you outside—“

    “…Why don’t you just speak normally,”

    Gu Sheng had a black line on his forehead, feeling like the two of them were doing something wrong:

    “A five-star hotel… the soundproofing should be pretty good, right.”

    With that said!

    Gu Sheng turned around and went back to his suite to change clothes. While Shen Miao Miao couldn’t stay still and flipped her slippers with her feet.

    Not long after.

    Click.

    The suite door opened again.

    Gu Sheng, wearing a grey-blue, double-breasted, notched-lapel casual suit, walked out.

    The exquisite and slim fit perfectly matched his body, highlighting his broad shoulders and slim waist.

    The trousers underneath were also slim-fitting and draped beautifully. The slightly cropped hem further highlighted his long legs.

    Coupled with Gu Sheng’s already youthful and handsome face, the whole person looked like a suave scoundrel from a comic book.

    “Missing a pair of plain glasses,”

    Gu Sheng looked down and examined his clothes, nodding his head:

    “Otherwise, you’d look even more like a man in fine clothing, you know what I mean?”

    As he spoke, Gu Sheng looked at Shen Miao Miao.

    But he saw that Little Nezha was speechless, her eyes fixed on him.

    The slippers on her feet were still swaying, but she herself was like a statue, frozen in place.

    Damn!!!

    Shen Miao Miao sniffed.

    We’ve been working together for almost a year!

    I didn’t feel that he was so handsome before!

    These shoulders, this waistline, these long legs…

    Who are you, handsome guy?

    His usual loose-fitting sweater had completely concealed his excellent physique.

    Until today!

    Shen Miao Miao realized that the Old Gu who had been around her all the time was actually a double-door beauty!

    Seeing Little Nezha stunned for five seconds, then started to look around the room, Gu Sheng couldn’t help but ask in confusion:

    “What are you looking for?”

    “A welding torch,”

    Shen Miao Miao pulled open the drawer and said:

    “We need to figure out a way to weld this suit onto you.”

    Poof—

    Gu Sheng couldn’t help but chuckle:

    “Alright, alright, I feel your admiration, I’ll just wear this when I attend formal events from now on. But it’s definitely better looking than the Mickey Mouse one…”

    “Oh right, speaking of Mickey Mouse,”

    Little Nezha remembered something, jumped up to the bed, rummaged through the shopping bag and took out a small box, handing it to Gu Sheng:

    “This is also for you.”

    Gu Sheng opened the box.

    Inside was a Disney-branded fashion watch.

    On the face was a smiling, slightly mocking Mickey Mouse.

    “Are you sure?”

    Gu Sheng looked at the watch, then at Little Nezha, whose face was full of anticipation:

    “Suit… paired with a Mickey Mouse watch?”

    “Of course! Is there anything wrong with that?”

    Shen Miao Miao nodded affirmatively:

    “Professor Robert Langdon also dresses like this, but no one has ever said he’s childish.”

    Robert Langdon is the protagonist of the best-selling novels “The Da Vinci Code” and others.

    As a loyal fan of Dan Brown, Gu Sheng naturally understood the reference.

    “That’s true,”

    He nodded and fastened the watch to his left wrist:

    “It’s just a pity that I don’t understand codes and semiotics.”

    “But you understand programming and psychology,”

    Little Nezha looked at Gu Sheng, who was tidying up, nodded in satisfaction and smiled:

    “In a way, you’re also a master of deciphering codes, but the codes you face are strings of 0s and 1s.”

    “Those words don’t sound like they’re coming from you…”

    Gu Sheng looked at Shen Miao Miao in surprise, a little shocked that she could say something so philosophical.

    He poured two cups of lemon juice and pushed one towards Little Nezha:

    “To 0 and 1.”

    “Oh—“

    Shen Miao Miao frowned:

    “That sounds so bad, I feel like I’m in a men’s club.”

    Gu Sheng: …

    “Then… to code and games?”

    “To the Golden Wind.”

    Ding!

    The two glasses clinked together, making a crisp sound.

    Then!

    Both of them sat down, Gu Sheng wanted to change back into his clothes, but he was rejected by Little Nezha.

    And so, with one in a suit and the other in pajamas, they began to discuss the follow-up development work of “Left 4 Dead”.

    However!

    The discussion didn’t last long.

    After about half an hour, Gu Sheng started to feel sleepy.

    He was really tired today.

    “…..So, I think the ‘invest if you have money’ strategy we’ve been sticking to is right…”

    Hearing Gu Sheng’s breathing become heavy and even, Shen Miao Miao’s voice unconsciously softened.

    She stole a glance at Gu Sheng.

    She discovered that the guy was actually asleep.

    “You really…”

    Shen Miao Miao wrinkled her little nose and made a face at the sleeping Gu Sheng:

    “You can sleep even when your boss is talking.”

    However, although she said that.

    But Shen Miao Miao’s movements as she stood up were light and cautious.

    She pulled the blanket from the bed and gently covered Gu Sheng.

    She slipped on her slippers and was about to leave the room to go back to her own room to rest.

    But as she reached the door, she looked back at Gu Sheng under the warm light and couldn’t help but sneak back.

    She squatted down beside Gu Sheng, picked up her phone and opened the front camera, made a face at Gu Sheng, sticking out her tongue, then pressed the shutter.

    “Heehee…”

    Looking at the photo, Shen Miao Miao smiled contentedly, showing her white teeth, then left the room contentedly, gently closing Gu Sheng’s door.

    The next morning!

    On the way back to Binjiang, Gu Sheng was gnashing his teeth!

    “Bogueli! 4000 yuan a night! I just covered myself with a blanket! I didn’t even sleep on the bed???”

    Sitting in the second-class seat, Gu Sheng felt his back was sore and his neck was stiff.

    He lowered his voice and complained to Shen Miao Miao next to him:

    “Why didn’t you wake me up when I was asleep? Why did you let me sleep on the couch all night?”

    “I… I saw that’s how they do it in TV shows…”

    Shen Miao Miao was a little aggrieved, but seeing Gu Sheng’s painful look, she felt a little apologetic, sticking out her tongue:

    “Besides, I thought you were sleeping soundly…”

    “I…”

    Gu Sheng’s nose was about to be blown off, but he was helpless:

    “Can you rub my shoulders?”

    “Where?” Shen Miao Miao raised her little fist.

    “Just a little below the shoulder blades…”

    Bang!!!

    Ah!!!

    Gu Sheng cried out in pain as Shen Miao Miao giggled mischievously. The train sped forward.

    And time, just like the high-speed train, kept moving forward.

    In the blink of an eye!

    The snow melted, spring warmed the earth, the Vernal Equinox had passed, and Qingming arrived.

    In this season when the grass grows over graves and paper money flies, the Golden Wind team officially launched its fifth game!

    The work that Gu Sheng called “making FPS even greater”—

    《Left 4 Dead》

    And at the same time, Ou Zong’s system was activated again!

    【Ding! This round of investment is now open!】

    【Project: Left 4 Dead】

    【Project investment amount: 10.85 million yuan】

    【Estimated return amount: 1.085 billion yuan】

    【Remaining time for settlement: 6 days 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds…】

    PS: The update is early, and by the way, here’s an extra chapter announcement! Please, dear readers, check your pockets again, the double monthly ticket period is about to end! As long as you give me another 200 monthly tickets, I’ll update an extra chapter on Sunday! I mean what I say! I’m grateful to everyone!!!

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