Chapter 32: Chapter 29 Customized for Private Use
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23rd floor of the hotel, in front of the presidential suite.
“Please wait a moment, both of you.”
Bella stepped forward and pressed the intercom button. After getting a response from Zhou Wang, she opened the door and invited Li Cheng and Yu Peipei in.
“Thank you!”
Li Cheng softly said thanks, then took Yu Peipei’s hand and walked into the room.
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“Wow, is this the legendary presidential suite? It’s even more luxurious than I imagined!”
Standing at the entrance, Yu Peipei looked around, amazed.
Yu Peipei said it without getting a response from her boyfriend. Turning to see Li Cheng hesitating, she laughed, “Do you really need to be so reserved? Weren’t you and Zhou Wang the closest back at the dorm?”
Li Cheng straightened up instantly when Yu Peipei mentioned it. “Am I being reserved?”
As if to prove something, Li Cheng strode forward without even changing his shoes, calling out, “Zhou Wang, Zhou Wang… where are you?”
Yu Peipei shook her head with a smile and followed him.
When they turned the corner past the hallway, they saw Zhou Wang in the living room. Zhou Wang, in his pajamas, was raising a glass of champagne to greet them, “Stop shouting, I’m pouring drinks for you!”
Seeing Zhou Wang in the luxurious suite, Li Cheng felt an increasing sense of disbelief, but he still approached with a smile and playfully punched Zhou Wang.
“Brother Dog, you’re something now, staying in a presidential suite!”
“It was a prize, there’s no way I could afford this,” Zhou Wang laughed as he handed them champagne.
“Really?”
Li Cheng was taken aback.
“Of course it’s true… But my life did take a bit of a turn recently. I found some connections through people I used to know, and now my income’s quite alright,” Zhou Wang added with a smile.
“I knew it, even if Brother Dog suddenly had some money, he wouldn’t splurge like this,” Li Cheng laughed heartily, “Where do they have raffles that give away stays in a presidential suite? Peipei and I need to try our luck too!”
“The event ended long ago, I just caught it by accident, maybe I’m just lucky,” Zhou Wang didn’t dwell on the topic and changed the subject, “How have you guys been lately?”
“Just as planned, Peipei is preparing for her postgrad exams, and as for me, you know, my dad wants me to take over the family business, so I’m prepping for the bank exams…”
With the conversation starting, Li Cheng and Zhou Wang resumed their dorm-room camaraderie, chatting and laughing with their arms around each other.
Zhou Wang showed them around the presidential suite. Yu Peipei took several photos, and then the three of them returned to the living room to continue chatting.
Throughout this time, Yu Peipei mostly stayed quiet, sipping her champagne and smiling as she listened, chiming in occasionally when the topic was shared.
After a while, Yu Peipei’s phone rang. She stepped aside to take the call and then turned back, “Li Cheng, we need to go. Ding Yi has sent the location for the next stop!”
“Alright… Zhou Wang, are you coming with us to keep drinking?”
Not quite satisfied yet, Li Cheng asked Zhou Wang one more time.
“I won’t go. I’ve got things going on during the day these days, gotta sleep early.”
“Sure you don’t want to see Ding Yi? I kinda feel like you still have a chance!” Yu Peipei teased with a smile.
“I’m really not going. I’ll catch up with you guys after I finish up with things,” Zhou Wang replied.
“OK, we’re heading out then.”
Knowing each other’s personalities, Li Cheng didn’t press further and took Yu Peipei to say their goodbyes.
As they left the presidential suite and waited for the elevator in the corridor, Li Cheng shook his head with a grin, “A raffle win for ten days in a presidential suite, seems like Brother Dog’s really hit a lucky streak…”
“You really believe that?” Yu Peipei raised an eyebrow at him.
Li Cheng was taken aback.
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After seeing Li Cheng and Yu Peipei off, Zhou Wang sat down at the table, planning to finish the champagne before going to bed.
Unlike other alcohols, champagne goes bad quickly once opened. Leaving it till tomorrow would ruin the taste.
This bottle of champagne from Chateau Lafite costs 3900, not much to Zhou Wang now, but he was never one to waste anything.
Chatting earlier kept him occupied, and now Zhou Wang had time to pick up his phone again. In just half an hour, over a dozen unread messages had piled up.
Did having more money also boost his social presence?
Amused by the thought, Zhou Wang chuckled and unlocked his phone.
Surprisingly, the first message he saw wasn’t from Ding Yi, but from Miao Xiaoling, whom he hadn’t heard from in ages.
“Zhou Wang, you’ve changed๑乛v乛๑”
A simple five-word message with an emoticon, yet it somehow eased the long-silent gap.
Zhou Wang casually sent back a questioning emoji, then exited the chat and scrolled down to find Ding Yi’s messages.
“Thank you, Mr. Zhou, for the hospitality. I really liked today’s gift!”
Attached was a photo showing three nearly empty plates, Ding Yi subtly letting him know she finished them all.
“Wanna join us for the after-party? We’re heading to H PARTY~”
Then there was a location pin.
Zhou Wang repeated what he told Li Cheng, adding a “Let’s grab dinner sometime,” but just as he sent it, the phone buzzed with Ding Yi’s instant response,
“When’s ‘sometime’?”
“Uh…”
With a wry smile, Zhou Wang could only set a definite date with Ding Yi, who then sent a “I’m very pleased” emoji.
After replying to Ding Yi, Zhou Wang noticed more messages from Miao Xiaoling, and Jiang Mo seemed to have sent something but retracted it before he could see.
Instead of replying to Miao Xiaoling right away, Zhou Wang opened another chat.
He had no choice, because there was a “photo” here!
“Whoa, this Ranran is getting bolder!”
Glancing at the photo from Su Yajing, Zhou Wang immediately leaned forward.
Still the dorm backdrop, surrounded by opaque green mosquito nets, Su Yajing lay in bed and took a selfie for him. The thing was, she was in a tank top and shorts.
That deep line aside, this cunning girl even drew a small heart in pink watercolor below her collarbone on the fair skin.
“Brother, your personal customization, good night!”
“Can that signature content be customized too?”
Zhou Wang felt himself tempted again, almost sending that message several times.
But checking the time, to avoid sleeplessness later, Zhou Wang steadfastly resisted starting this wicked conversation.
Ahem, I’ll wait until I get my house to tame this little devil!
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