After leaving Andy's house, Pei Yin happened to send him a text message.

[When is the next class?]

The corners of Chen Cheng's mouth curled up, and he smiled very happily.

With his looks, physique, the Endless Vitality talent, and musical talent, it was a total knockout for a woman like Pei Yin, who was a bit of a literary youth at heart.

Chen Cheng didn't reply to the message and went to pick up Guan Juer from work.

Seeing the somewhat endearingly naive Guan Juer wearing glasses and rushing towards him with joy, Scum's heart melted.

"Brother Cheng, why are you here?"

Even though Guan Juer was very happy inside, she was still very reserved and didn't rush directly into Chen Cheng's arms.

Chen Cheng dotingly brushed her hair that had become messy from running and smiled, "I missed you, so I came."

Chen Cheng opened his arms, "Come, give me a hug."

Guan Juer was a bit shy, her face flushing as she didn't dare to look at Chen Cheng, "My colleagues are watching."

Chen Cheng glanced at Gu Juan and Yin Yue, who were slowly walking out of the office building, then looked at the shy Guan Juer and couldn't help but smile.

He reached out and pulled her into his arms.

Guan Juer's whole body was a bit stiff; this was the first time the two of them had hugged like this in front of people.

The world seemed to go quiet, and she could only hear Chen Cheng's vigorous heartbeat.

Gu Juan and Yin Yue were very tactful; they waved at Chen Cheng and left, not wanting to disturb the couple's moment of tenderness.

After hugging for a while, Chen Cheng let go of Guan Juer.

"Let's go, let's go home."

Guan Juer pursed her lips, restraining her smile, and nodded gently.

Over the next two days, Xu Wenchang settled things with the landlord, and Chen Cheng acquired two Old Western-style houses at a satisfactory price.

Three Luxury Flats, two Old Western-style houses, plus the agency fees, cost a total of 900 million.

He didn't have enough money, so Chen Cheng "borrowed" another 700 million from Zhencheng in Hong Kong.

After paying all the house payments, Chen Cheng looked at the less than 500 million in his account and felt a surge of emptiness.

He turned his attention to the skyrocketing Monster Stocks.

It was impossible to make big money from these Monster Stocks, but it was still possible to fish in troubled waters and make one or two hundred million.

He immediately opened positions in four or five Monster Stocks based on his memory.

Chen Cheng planned to invest a total of 100 million into the five stocks.

Buying two or three million of one stock a day, building positions in small amounts and multiple times like this, made it hard for the market makers to notice.

In fact, there is always capital fishing in troubled waters in all Monster Stocks.

As long as you don't disrupt the dealer's distribution rhythm, the dealer won't bother with you.

Fighting and warring both require ammunition, and that's all money.

For the Old Western-style houses, Chen Cheng asked Xu Wenchang to help contact architects, landscape designers, and interior designers to renovate and decorate the houses as a whole.

Chen Cheng trusted Xu Wenchang's character; otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to hand it over to him.

Scum also arranged for a supervisor.

Gao Yue had previous experience monitoring the Ode to Joy project and understood Chen Cheng's preferences, making her the best candidate. Chen Cheng naturally let her go check on it occasionally.

Zhu Shanshan also volunteered to be a little spy.

She was even more dedicated than Chen Cheng, paying attention to every detail. If she didn't understand something, she would ask Old Slicker and the others or check online.

"Mr. Chen, the car you ordered previously has been fully prepared by the 4S store. You can pick it up at any time."

Chen Cheng was sitting in front of the computer reviewing the trades that had just ended when Hu Yue called.

Chen Cheng thought for a moment, "Send it directly to the Su River Elegance underground garage, parking space 356."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, I'll arrange it right away."

Chen Cheng hung up the phone and felt more and more that he should find an assistant.

No matter how useful Hu Yue was, she was still a bank employee. Chen Cheng had no intention of making her his assistant; she could only be considered an outsourced worker.

He picked up the phone and called Zhu Zhe. She had been coming and going in the middle of the night these past few days; it was really hard on her.

"Gigi, are you getting off work today?"

Zhu Zhe on the other end of the phone nodded, "Yeah, I'm already prepared to leave early."

The corners of Chen Cheng's mouth hooked up, "Then wait for me. I'll come pick you up and take you somewhere in a bit."

"Where are we going?" A surprised smile appeared on Zhu Zhe's face.

"You'll know in a bit."

Chen Cheng drove to pick up Zhu Zhe, and after a casual meal, he took her to Su River Elegance.

Stepping out of the elevator, Zhu Zhe asked in confusion, "Why did you bring me here?"

Chen Cheng smiled and didn't say anything, leading her by the hand to the door.

Seeing Chen Cheng unlock the door with his fingerprint, Zhu Zhe probably thought of something.

"Take a look. What do you think of this place?"

Zhu Zhe's eyes widened instantly, "You bought a house?"

Chen Cheng nodded gently, "Yeah." He reached out and hugged her from behind, a smile on his face. "I always have you running back and forth in the middle of the night, not sleeping well and being on edge. It makes my heart ache for you."

Zhu Zhe's face turned red instantly. If the first time she ran to the 23rd floor in the middle of the night was because Chen Cheng actively seduced her, the second time was her own initiative.

"It's all because this baddie seduced me," Zhu Zhe pouted and grumbled coquettishly, looking quite adorable.

Chen Cheng's mouth hooked up as he leaned close to her ear and gently blew a breath, "But, I remember you liked it very much too."

"Ahhh~" Zhu Zhe was suddenly a bit frantic, struggling to hit Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng's smile didn't fade; Zhu Zhe's mindset seemed to be getting younger and younger.

When she was with him, she would already act like a little girl and act coquettishly.

Scum tightened his grip slightly, restraining the moving Zhu Zhe in his arms, "Okay, no more messing around. I'll take you for a tour of our new home."

Zhu Zhe then nodded with a red face.

Chen Cheng took her around for a tour and returned to the living room.

The spacious floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room were like a huge picture frame, bringing the beautiful scenery outside into the interior without reservation.

It was as if Zhu Zhe had been cast under a spell; her steps unconsciously became light and soft.

She slowly paced around the room, her slender fingers gently sliding across the snow-white walls.

Everywhere her fingertips touched seemed to be telling of her beautiful visions for her future life.

Tears of surprise and emotion shimmered in her eyes, like crystal-clear gems under the sunlight.

Chen Cheng smiled as he watched the tearful Zhu Zhe. He walked forward gently, wrapped his arms around her tenderly from behind, rested his chin gently on her shoulder, and whispered in a low, deep, and soulful voice:

"Do you like it? From today on, this is a home that belongs only to the two of us."

Zhu Zhe said with a sob, "It must be very expensive, right?"

Chen Cheng shook his head gently, "It's not expensive. In my heart, no matter how expensive something is, it's not as precious as you."

Zhu Zhe was moved to the core. She turned around, stood on her tiptoes, and wrapped her arms around Chen Cheng's neck to kiss him.

After a long time, their lips parted. Zhu Zhe looked seriously into Chen Cheng's eyes and spoke softly.

"Chen Cheng, I love you."

[Favorability +3]

...

Afterwards, the two of them engaged in a friendly exchange and teaching of the eighteen martial arts on the clash lane.

Ultimately, in less than three hours, contestant Zhu Zhe still fell into a deep sleep due to lack of physical strength.

Before she fell asleep, her favorability increased again.

Chen Cheng looked at the favorability of 99 and was a bit annoyed; why was it just one point short?

He couldn't help but wonder where the gap was.