The girl, seeing Su Yi, was also stunned for a moment.
"What's wrong, do you know her?"
Lin Minghui noticed the change in Su Yi's expression and couldn't help but look in the direction of Su Yi's gaze.
Su Yi's eyes were fixed on a girl wearing a white low-cut dress, with fair skin, an outstanding figure and face, whose expression at the moment was clearly a bit flustered and awkward.
Su Yi nodded slightly, but didn't explain much.
Lin Minghui chuckled,
"It's even better if you know her, then I'll choose for you."
With that, Lin Minghui picked another girl he found pleasing to the eye, and waved for the girl Su Yi knew to stay as well.
Afterward, Lin Minghui waved his hand, and the manager discreetly led the other girls out of the private room.
The girl chosen by Lin Minghui knew that the man in front of her was a VIP client.
A smile instantly appeared on her face, and without any hesitation, she lightly laughed and sat directly into Lin Minghui's arms.
As for the girl Su Yi knew.
She stood still, hesitated for a moment, then smiled and sat down next to Su Yi.
Su Yi looked at the girl's face, and for a moment, found it hard to connect her with Liang Chuxue from his memory – the sweet-smiling, pure, and beautiful girl with a single ponytail and school uniform from high school, who was once the "white moonlight" in the hearts of many boys.
"Boss, let me have a drink with you."
Liang Chuxue reached for a glass, deliberately avoiding Su Yi's gaze.
Su Yi smelled the perfume on her, said nothing, asked nothing, and nodded slightly.
Liang Chuxue handed the filled glass of wine to Su Yi, then poured a full glass for herself, smiled and clinked glasses with Su Yi, said a word or two of good wishes, and then drank it all in one gulp.
After drinking, fueled by the alcohol, her demeanor became much more natural.
"Young lady has a good tolerance for alcohol,"
President Lei said, his arm around the girl beside him, squinting in praise after seeing Liang Chuxue finish the full glass.
His gaze then quickly turned to Su Yi,
"Junior, it seems you have good help tonight. Since that's the case... let's continue drinking and discussing the issues we didn't finish during dinner earlier."
As President Lei spoke, the girl beside him was already discreetly helping to pour wine.
Meanwhile, Lin Minghui was eating grapes peeled by the girl in his arms and had already started requesting songs.
As for President Deng and President Lu, they were exchanging business tips while their hands roamed on the girls' legs.
Su Yi felt Liang Chuxue gradually lean against him after drinking.
The whiteness of her chest and the white stockings on her slender legs made him feel restless.
So, he could only pretend to be calm.
He continued to drink with President Lei and discuss the future development of commercial real estate with him.
However, a boss who has been in the business world for a long time ultimately has a drinking capacity that he, who doesn't drink often and usually has few business engagements, cannot compare to.
As the two continued to drink, President Lei remained sober, while Su Yi had already become hazy.
After getting hazy, Su Yi couldn't quite remember how he left, only recalling the faint, elegant scent of perfume that lingered around him.
When he woke up again from his daze.
He found himself lying on a hotel bed, and outside the hotel's floor-to-ceiling windows was the bustling Lujiazui Financial City.
Su Yi glanced at the time; it was already 8 AM on July 1st, a full night had passed since he left 'Golden Sunshine' yesterday evening.
He still felt a bit groggy, likely from drinking too much last night.
He thought of getting up to wash up, then going downstairs to the hotel restaurant to eat something and sober up a bit more.
But to his surprise, when he subconsciously reached for his clothes on the bedside table, he touched a girl's white skirt suit and underwear.
The calm expression on his face instantly turned to astonishment.
But before he could recall exactly what happened after leaving 'Golden Sunshine' last night, Liang Chuxue emerged from the adjacent bathroom wrapped in a bathrobe, her wet hair clinging to her smooth skin.
Her delicate face, in the faint glow filtering through the curtain gap, was bright and dreamlike.
"You..."
Liang Chuxue saw her skirt and underwear clutched in Su Yi's hand, and her face also showed obvious surprise, thinking Su Yi had some special fetish.
"If you want them, I... I'll give you a new set next time."
"No, I..."
Su Yi wanted to explain but didn't know where to start, so he quickly handed the items back to her.
Liang Chuxue took the clothes and returned to the bathroom.
Ten minutes later, she came out again, dressed and with her hair dry.
"Last night... what happened?"
Su Yi asked, unable to resist, after getting dressed and quickly washing up.
Liang Chuxue pulled open the hotel's floor-to-ceiling window and stood by it, facing the morning sun.
She gazed out at the prosperous and magnificent Lujiazui Financial City, her eyes full of envy and longing, and said without turning her head,
"It's just as you think. Your friend, 'President Lin,' gave our manager 100,000 yuan to have me accompany you for a night."
"100,000 yuan?" Su Yi was stunned.
"Yes!"
Liang Chuxue finally turned her head at this moment.
"It would take me almost a year to earn that much just by serving drinks and singing. I originally thought I could hold out, could save my first night for a future boyfriend who loves me, or my husband, but... I couldn't hold out."
"But, giving it to you... isn't bad,"
Liang Chuxue smiled.
"It's better than giving it to those customers I don't know and dislike, just for money."
"Are you very short on money?"
Su Yi asked.
"Who isn't?"
Liang Chuxue continued,
"I don't have your education, nor your abilities. If I want to earn more money, the resources I can use are very limited."
Su Yi was silent, offering no response.
Everyone has the life they want, and everyone has their own life choices.
He neither pitied Liang Chuxue's choice nor felt there was anything to persuade her about.
Even if there might be some unavoidable reasons involved, it had nothing to do with him.
Before and after his rebirth, more than ten years of social experience and countless struggles.
Had already taught him to let go of helping others and to respect their destiny.
"This hotel's check-out time is 2 PM, you can rest here a bit longer,"
Su Yi said, watching her pull off the sheets from last night and carefully fold them.
"The hotel offers free breakfast. As for lunch..."
Liang Chuxue turned back and smiled at him, saying,
"I remember when you were in school, you didn't talk much or interact much with people. How is it that now that you've become successful, you've become so chatty?"
"People always change."
Su Yi looked at her, smiled, said no more, and left the hotel directly.
(End of chapter)
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