Tycoon: From Rags to Riches

Chapter 101: Chapter 101: Skipping 15 Levels

「The next day. Early morning.」

The morning light easily passed through the sheer curtains, bathing the entire presidential suite in a golden glow.

Inside the spacious and luxurious bedroom, clothes were scattered on the floor, and a certain amorous scent filled the air.

"BZZZ—"

"BZZZ—"

The annoying buzzing of the phone rang out continuously, finally grating on the nerves of Gu Heng, who had been determined to ignore it.

With his eyes still closed, he fumbled in the direction of the sound, finally finding the phone that was so rudely disturbing his sleep under his pillow.

Groggily, Gu Heng answered the call.

The moment the call connected, an agitated voice immediately came from the other end.

"Luo Xiwen!"

"I’ve called you so many times, why are you just now picking up!"

"When Chairman Gu contacts you, does he also have to call this many times before you answer?"

"I entrusted such an important client like Chairman Gu to you, and this is your work ethic? Do you have any idea how much money Chairman Gu transferred to our bank this morning!"

"One billion!"

"A full one billion!"

If Qian Zhengxing’s voice was merely agitated at first, by the end it had become a furious roar born of extreme excitement, with the volume climbing higher and higher.

It was so loud it made Gu Heng’s ears ring, startling him into the wide-eyed expression of that meme with the old man on the subway looking at his phone.

Luo Xiwen?

Qian Zhengxing?

One billion?

After Gu Heng’s muddled mind caught these keywords, his consciousness gradually began to clear.

He rubbed his eyes and brought the phone up to look at it.

It was Luo Xiwen’s phone.

Turning his head, he saw Luo Xiwen beside him on the pillow, still sleeping soundly.

’Last night...’

’I really wore her out.’

Gu Heng recalled the intense battle of the previous night. It had been utter madness.

At eighteen, after over two months of intensive core training, over two months of abstinence, and with alcohol in his system...

With all those buffs stacked, Gu Heng could have poked a hole through a bedboard if it were placed in front of him.

And although it was Luo Xiwen’s first time, at twenty-seven, she was in her prime, and her desires and needs were naturally not like those of a younger girl.

When the two of them met, it was like dry tinder meeting a blazing fire.

In the end, it even inspired a poetic streak in Gu Heng, who suddenly gained a profound understanding of a certain altered classic line: ’When life is good, one must have fun; don’t let the golden spear face the moon in vain.’

They reveled all night, only falling asleep just as the sun rose in the east.

Judging by the current time, they had only been asleep for a little over three hours.

"Luo Xiwen?"

"Are you listening to me?"

"Get to the office right now, grab the gift, and come with us to visit Chairman Gu. You need to properly thank him for his trust and support in our bank!"

When Qian Zhengxing heard only silence after Luo Xiwen had clearly answered the phone, his anger flared up again, and his tone became several degrees harsher.

"Ahem..."

"Brother Qian, it’s me."

"Xi Wen was out with me for a business dinner last night. We got to bed very late, and she’s still asleep."

"As for the visit and the gift, we’re old acquaintances. I don’t think we need to bother with all that."

Gu Heng coughed lightly. It seemed he had no choice but to speak up.

As he spoke, he casually picked up the phone that had been lying on Luo Xiwen’s side of the bed and opened the China Merchants Bank app to take a look.

He looked at the ten-digit account balance and knew that the cash reward from Father Tongzi had arrived.

Compared to the last time when it arrived instantly, there was an overnight delay this time.

Gu Heng could understand why.

After all, the difference between the two amounts was quite substantial.

Just then, after Gu Heng’s voice sounded over the phone, it was as if Qian Zhengxing on the other end had been hit by a Silence Spell; he instantly went quiet.

"Chairman Gu, I am so sorry to have disturbed your rest."

"You and Xi Wen should rest, please get some good rest. I won’t disturb you any further."

Qian Zhengxing blurted this out at lightning speed and then immediately hung up the phone.

Hearing the dial tone, Gu Heng didn’t think much of it.

He switched both phones to airplane mode and then closed the motorized curtains.

"Gu Heng..."

"What’s wrong?"

The groggy Luo Xiwen mumbled as if talking in her sleep, her eyes still closed.

"It’s nothing."

"Go back to sleep."

Gu Heng rolled over, his hand filled with soft warmth.

Luo Xiwen let out a soft murmur and snuggled closer to Gu Heng. Once she’d found a comfortable position, she was asleep again almost instantly.

...

While Gu Heng and Luo Xiwen were cuddling and dozing back off, Qian Zhengxing was in his office, staring at his phone with wide, dumbfounded eyes.

After a long while, he opened his phone’s contact list.

He found a number for someone named "Liu Sheng" and dialed it.

However, the call was instantly rejected.

Seeing this, Qian Zhengxing was taken aback for a moment.

’Is he in a meeting?’

Feeling suspicious, Qian Zhengxing opened his computer, logged into the CMB senior management system to take a look, and muttered, "His schedule doesn’t show any meetings."

At the same time, Qian Zhengxing tried calling again, only to be instantly rejected once more.

"Huh?"

"What’s with this old coot?"

Just as Qian Zhengxing was feeling completely baffled, he received a call back. He recognized the number; it was Liu Sheng’s secretary.

Qian Zhengxing answered the phone and asked directly, "Xiaowu, is Liu Hang busy with something important right now? Why isn’t he answering my calls?"

A man’s voice came from the other end: "Qian Hang, our Liu Hang isn’t busy with anything right now. He’s in his office drinking tea."

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