Chapter 147 — The Long-Awaited...
Years of Heartflutter · Page 471 of 501
Having witnessed the extraordinary power Yang Ce displayed, Wang Mei doubted it even less. Sometimes she did wonder why Zhang Bin could not be as formidable as Yang Ce, but it was only a passing thought. The man she liked was still Zhang Bin, and besides, she felt that as long as Zhang Bin and Yang Ce were together, Yang Ce would certainly never treat him badly.
From the events of recent days, that did seem to be the case: toward Zhang Bin, his brother, Yang Ce could not possibly have been better. What Wang Mei did not know was that back in high school, during Yang Ce's impoverished years, he had always eaten at Zhang Bin's expense and drunk at Zhang Bin's expense, and even his taxi fares had been reimbursed by Zhang Bin—and Zhang Bin had never thought anything of it. Between brothers, whoever had the means simply gave more; that was perfectly normal.
When Wang Mei bought things, it went without saying that Zhang Bin swiped the card, but when Huang Yan bought things, she swiped her own. In truth, she did not care about such things at all; Yang Ce had already deposited forty billion into her card, so he certainly would not care about this. It was simply that Huang Yan was in the habit of picking out what she liked and paying for it directly.
The shopping passed surprisingly quickly, and before they knew it evening had fallen. Each of the four now carried a rather large shopping bag, and the back of the business van was piled completely full.
"Come back to the hotel with me tonight. Otherwise I won't even be able to find where you live tomorrow," Yang Ce said in a low voice, taking Huang Yan's hand once they were in the car.
"Huh?" Although Huang Yan and Yang Ce had been together in that way a few times, spending the whole night with a man was a first for her, and she could not help feeling a little flustered. But Huang Yan was Huang Yan after all, and she thought about it simply: since the two of them were lovers, living together was perfectly normal, wasn't it? So Huang Yan nodded in her usual straightforward way and said, "All right then. Can I get online in your hotel room?"
"Of course you can. Why?" Yang Ce found Huang Yan's jumpy way of thinking rather amusing.
"I've arranged to play Pocket Money Battle with Little Fox Spirit tonight," Huang Yan said.
Yang Ce broke out in a sweat. This Huang Yan—she really was a piece of work, leaving him utterly speechless.
Zhang Bin and Wang Mei needed no discussion at all; the two of them were already living together, so the business van made its way without question toward the hotel where Yang Ce was staying.
Yang Ce had booked a double room to begin with, and the hotel would hardly care whether an extra person stayed there. Huang Yan had been living alone in a small single apartment near the Lisboa casino, so she did not need to tell anyone she was going out.
Back at the hotel, Huang Yan and Wang Mei happily tried on the clothes they had bought that day, while Yang Ce and Zhang Bin sorted out everything they planned to bring back, category by category, intending to ship it all by express delivery the next day—otherwise there would be far too much to carry on the plane.
They were in the middle of sorting when Yang Ce's phone suddenly rang. He said to Zhang Bin, "You keep sorting. I'll take this call."
"Hello?" Yang Ce stood up, walked over by the windowsill, and answered the phone.
"Brother Yang Ce, it's Huang Lin here!" Huang Lin's hearty laughter came through from the other end of the line.
"Hello, Brother Huang. Is there something you need?" Yang Ce had not expected Huang Lin to call him. Though they had not had much contact, they had hit it off immediately, and since he had run into him in Macau, it was only proper to find a chance to get together.
"Ha ha, Brother Yang Ce, you haven't forgotten what I mentioned to you last time, have you? I just wanted to remind you," Huang Lin said with a laugh.