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

She couldn’t treat him like a canary, nor could she take responsibility for him. They were just dragging this on...

But now that everyone knew he had come to Shanghai, if he avoided seeing her, she would probably never contact him again with her cleverness...

Tugging, tugging.

You pull a little, I tug a little, maintaining stability is what tugging is all about...

If you break the line all at once, what’s the point of tugging?

Before Lin Ran could reply, Lin Ran switched the call to video mode...

The environment Lin Ran was in suddenly appeared on the phone screen...

Looking at the decor style, it seemed to be a hotel too...

Before Gu Heng could get a clear view, he saw Lin Ran directly aiming the camera outside the window...

It was still broad daylight where he was, but Lin Ran showed him a pitch-black night...

The image then shifted, and Lin Ran’s delicate face appeared in front of Gu Heng...

Though makeup-free, she was still prettier than most made-up internet celebrities, making Gu Heng involuntarily swallow his saliva...

Such a goddess, unreachable in the eyes of ordinary people, and yet each time he would stand up and even avoid her...

It did seem a bit excessive...

Lin Ran, unaware of Gu Heng’s indecent thoughts, said, "It’s past one in the morning here, are you sure you want me to grace you with my presence for dinner?

But well, if you are sincere, it’s not impossible. Buy me a ticket from the United States back to Shanghai, and I will come back directly, how about that?"

As he listened to Lin Ran’s reply, Gu Heng was immediately delighted...

He almost laughed aloud...

Lin Ran caught every expression on Gu Heng’s face through the phone...

"I’m not in Shanghai, and you seem quite happy?"

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"How could I! It’s truly regrettable; I actually wanted to treat you to a good meal, to thank you for your generosity. Now that you are not here, my heart is tormented..."

"Alright, spare me the exaggerated acting...

With that kind of acting, you could only play a traitor even in an anti-Japanese drama."

After finishing, without waiting for Gu Heng to retort, she yawned, "Alright, just enjoy yourself in Shanghai, have Xinran go to my office and take out a red box, it’s a gift I bought for you. I was planning to mail it, but since you are here, you might as well take it yourself.

I have a meeting tomorrow, better get some sleep."

The video abruptly ended, just as Gu Heng had expected...

But honestly, the fact that Lin Ran wasn’t in Shanghai didn’t seem to make him feel particularly happy...

Instead, he felt a bit of loss...

This contradictory emotion was indeed befuddling...

The main issue was that as an ordinary person, he truly couldn’t choose between desire and morality...

It was unfortunate that the system only gave him money and did not provide him with the same imposing aura as other magnates...

If only he could display that imposing aura, even the most outstanding women would willingly join his harem...

...

Lin Ran, on the other side of the ocean, also felt quite complicated...

She was very aware that Gu Heng was avoiding her...

She even knew the reasons why Gu Heng was avoiding her...

If this had happened when she was twenty, she might have already deleted Gu Heng completely...

But she was almost thirty now...

The relentless pressure from her family to marry had already affected her mindset...

Plus, the days she spent with Gu Heng were indeed pleasant, causing her to have quite a fondness for him...

This fondness did not arise because Gu Heng was particularly outstanding...

She had met many men who were better than Gu Heng, and she had seen many who were wealthier too...

But none of them had made her feel the way Gu Heng did...

If it hadn’t been for that crazy night in Wuzhen...

There probably wouldn’t have been any entanglement between them...

She probably wouldn’t be feeling agitated over a man right now, right?

The more she thought about it, the more annoyed Lin Ran became, punching her pillow several times...

Cursing Gu Heng as a bastard, and feeling regretful.

Why had she acted like a rebellious teenager playing at a one-night stand after drinking a bit of alcohol, when she was a woman in her thirties...

If it had just been a one-night stand, that would have been somewhat forgivable; she would only feel slightly guilty towards her future husband...

But what about the outcome...

He left after one night, entering her body but not her life...

She was even worse...

He entered not only her body but also her life, and if this continued, she might even end up spending the rest of her life with him...