How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?

Chapter 77: Chapter 74: Could This Be My Brother? (Thanks to the First Alliance: [If Xiye Dreams] Big Boss!)

Just when the air was abnormally quiet among the three...

A naive and soft voice came...

"Xinran, is this your brother?"

Tao Miaomiao, with her ponytails bouncing, hurried over with tiny steps and came up to Gu Heng, her eyes curving into two adorable crescents...

Although a bit socially anxious, knowing that Gu Heng was there to pick them up, Tao Miaomiao mustered the courage and timidly spoke, "Hello Xinran's brother, my name is Tao Miaomiao..."

After introducing herself, she immediately bowed her head...

Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Tao Miaomiao spotted the woman in red standing beside her and couldn't help but turn her head to look...

The moment she saw Lin Ran's face, that naive but foolish look appeared again in her eyes...

Lin Ran noticed the intern from the company looking at her, meeting Tao Miaomiao's gaze...

"Not good!"

The only one among the four who knew Tao Miaomiao's abnormal reflex arc, Gu Xinran, couldn't help but tremble and was about to grab Tao Miaomiao...

But ultimately, she was a step too late...

The dull look in Tao Miaomiao's eyes gradually disappeared, her pupils slowly began to dilate... and her mouth formed an 'O' shape...

"Ah! Lin... Lin... Director Lin!"

Her ghost-like expression took Lin Ran by surprise, making her instinctively step back...

Standing aside, Gu Heng had several question marks above his head...

What sort of performance was this?

Gu Xinran quickly stood in front of Tao Miaomiao and started explaining, "I'm sorry, Director Lin... Miaomiao is a bit slow to respond due to her social anxiety, and she tends to get startled easily. Please don't mind..."

As she spoke, she was about to lead Tao Miaomiao to Lin Ran to apologize...

Not apologizing wasn't an option…

Shouting in the company earlier probably already gave Lin Ran a bad impression; if Tao Miaomiao were to react again, both their internships might be at risk...

Although Lin Ran wasn't their internship supervisor, she was the supervisor's boss, so she didn't need to specifically target them. A mere mention by her could probably lead to a notice of failed internship from the company...

Hearing Gu Xinran's explanation, Lin Ran's gaze turned to the trembling Tao Miaomiao...

How on earth was someone with this type of personality disorder arranged for an internship at Gaoling Capital?

But what interested her the most was still Gu Xinran...

In her eyes, Gu Heng was a standard rich second generation, and Gu Xinran being his cousin meant that she must be wealthy too, right?

Seeing his cousin's awkward situation, Gu Heng had no choice but to step in and break the ice, "Alright, let's not just stand around talking. I've come all the way to Shanghai, Lin Ran, shouldn't you as the host treat me and the girls to a meal?

I heard there's a 'Ultraviolet Restaurant' in Shanghai that's pretty good. How about that?"

Hearing Gu Heng's usual casual tone, Lin Ran, struggling not to roll her eyes at him, said, "You know Ultraviolet Restaurant? Do you also know that dining there requires reservations months in advance?"

Gu Heng indeed didn't know that dining at some restaurants required reservations months in advance; he had just casually mentioned it after stumbling upon this so-called most expensive restaurant in Shanghai on social media.

Since dining there wasn't an option, he wasn't hung up about it and casually put his arm on Lin Ran's shoulder, "If Ultraviolet Restaurant isn't an option then let's pick another, but this meal is definitely on you."

If it were anyone else, placing an arm over her shoulder in front of company interns, she would explode without hesitation.

But since it was Gu Heng, Lin Ran, surprisingly, felt no disgust, and actually enjoyed the intimacy quite a bit... after all, they had shared both spiritual and physical intimacy before, so this level of contact really wasn't much…

Unaware of Lin Ran's thoughts, Gu Heng leaned his head close to her ear and whispered in a voice only they could hear, "Last time you only transferred 200 to me, obviously not enough.

For a male model of my quality, the starting rate in Shanghai is at least 300 an hour, consider this meal as your compensation to me."

Hearing Heng mention last time's madness and the warmth near her ear, Lin Ran felt a warm current flow slowly from her lower abdomen, making her body slightly weaken...

To avoid losing her composure, she quickly pushed Gu Heng away.

"I know a good private kitchen restaurant, let me treat you there..."

Seeing Lin Ran's flustered demeanor, the corners of Gu Heng's mouth couldn't help but curl slightly...

He always found Lin Ran's haughty and indifferent nature irritating. He might be a mongrel, but even a mongrel has its pride; thinking she could have her fun and then not acknowledge him? Impossible!

Lin Ran, knowing what Gu Heng was thinking, couldn't react in front of Gu Xinran and Tao Miaomiao, so she could only spit in her heart before regaining her composure and heading towards her car...

Gu Xinran, who had been watching them, looked as startled as if she had seen a ghost, pinching her thigh to make sure she wasn't hallucinating, then sized Gu Heng up and down...

Could it be that her cousin had found a new track?

Started to be a kept man?

But that didn't add up; weren't those who could live off others supposed to be extremely handsome?

While her cousin could be considered somewhat handsome, he clearly didn't meet the standards to be kept.

Especially in her eyes, someone like Lin Ran, from a good family, attractive, highly educated, and capable, why would she fancy her idle cousin?