September has arrived, marking the annual beginning of the school year.
Gu Bai had unknowingly been in Shanghai for almost half a month, during which he had experienced countless high-end luxuries he never enjoyed in his previous life. His Confidence Value now reached 45%, nearly halfway to the system upgrade.
In front of Hu Shang University of Finance and Economics, Gu Bai was leaning against the door of his car, valued at over ten million, playing on his phone, seemingly waiting for someone.
After more than half a month in the world, Gu Bai's overall appearance had dramatically changed.
First, in terms of appearance, the ordinary clothes he once wore were completely discarded by Gu Bai. Now, he's dressed in the full set of LV's limited edition for this year, coupled with the Patek Philippe 6002G worth 18 million on his left wrist. Even those unfamiliar with brands can immediately see his extraordinary attire.
If some street shot program approached to interview him about his outfit value, Gu Bai could earnestly say it was worth 30 million.
Next is the aspect of aura.
During the past half month, regardless of where Gu Bai went, he was treated as an honored guest.
As the old saying goes, transitioning from modesty to luxury is easy.
Being treated like royalty for half a month, that slightly noble aura was cultivated.
The system's attributes panel thoughtfully provided a new attribute.
"Host: Gu Bai
Appearance Value: 92
Intelligence: 135
Physique: 81
Confidence Value: 45% (Level 1 System)
Godly Rich Aura: 1% (Level 2 System, not open yet.)
System Level: Level 1"
Firstly, the Appearance Value slightly increased from 91 points to 92. What perplexed Gu Bai the most was that the newly emerged attribute had only 1%. Could his Godly Rich Aura be just this small?
After a while, Gu Bai, bored, put away his phone; the short videos of 2017 were really monotonous, completely lacking in comparison to the blooming variety that would come in two years.
"Hey, are you waiting for someone?"
A girl dressed in a cool outfit, wearing a pink-blue skirt, walked towards him, her slightly sun-kissed skin appeared so healthy, and her jet-black hair cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall, her figure extremely captivating.
Gu Bai's gaze shifted from her figure to her face, instantly disappointed.
Even without utilizing the system panel on her, Gu Bai could estimate with his own judgment that her Appearance Value could only reach around 70.
Indeed, God is fair; giving her a perfect body would shut the door on her appearance.
Seeing this, Gu Bai's initially enthusiastic face turned slightly dull, returning to plain neutrality.
"Yes."
He responded blandly, sparing words as gold.
The girl seemingly did not notice Gu Bai's mood change and walked up to him, dragging a suitcase.
"I'm a freshman here at the Finance University, reporting today. Are you too?"
"I'm not from the Finance University."
Gu Bai raised his eyebrows, appearing slightly impatient, as a representative of those valuing appearance, he evidently found it difficult to muster enthusiasm over this girl.
Even if the girl's reaction was slow, she sensed Gu Bai's impatience but wasn't discouraged from flirting.
Upon first sight of Gu Bai, she was utterly captivated by his impressive 92-point Appearance Value, never expecting to encounter such a god-like guy just upon arriving at the school.
"Hey, my name is Song Xuling, mind if we get acquainted?"
Although Song Xuling was only 18, she was a focal point during high school. This girl's appearance might seem average to Gu Bai, but most people would reluctantly consider it excellent. And undeniably, her makeup and styling skills were top-notch.
In high school, constantly facing bloated uniforms and bare faces, a sexy and fiery classmate is definitely a goddess in the eyes of average boys.
However, this approach only works on those inexperienced chicks, but for Gu Bai, it didn't even give her a chance to become a RBQ.
Losing interest in wrangling with Song Xuling, Gu Bai spoke blandly.
"I'm waiting for my girlfriend, want to join?"
"Uh..."
The words entirely blocked all the initial thoughts in Song Xuling's heart.
Despite being worshiped as a goddess, Song Xuling initially thought of simply leaving, but seeing Gu Bai's face, she couldn't resist continuing, "Having a girlfriend doesn't prevent us from being friends, buddy. Don't overthink, I'm just new to Shanghai, unfamiliar with anything here; seeing you feels quite pleasant."
"???"
Gu Bai displayed an confused face.
Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Yumeng came over with a few other girls, heading straight to Gu Bai.
"Gu Bai!"
Today, Zhang Yumeng, with her long, flowing hair, displayed a pure pink style, comparing her with Song Xuling, most would probably think Zhang Yumeng looked younger.
"Name: Zhang Yumeng
Appearance Value: 91
Health: 86
Affection: 89"
After spending hundreds of thousands, Gu Bai finally successfully won her over.
Looking at Zhang Yumeng's attribute panel in front of him, Gu Bai couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Before his intimate relationship with Zhang Yumeng, her Health attribute was 90, but it dropped to 86, a decrease of 4 points.
It can even decrease one's health value?
Zhang Yumeng walked briskly to Gu Bai's side and expertly linked her arm with his.
"These are my roommates."
Hearing Zhang Yumeng's introduction, Gu Bai glanced at the young ladies.
"Wow! Yumeng, this is your boyfriend? He's so handsome, even more than my idol,"
one of the petite girls exclaimed dramatically.
"Her name is Shi Jingjing, she's a fan girl, always like this, just ignore her,"
Zhang Yumeng introduced Shi Jingjing, and the other girls started to introduce themselves.
"Hello, handsome, I'm Rong Yunlan."
"Hello, brother-in-law, I'm Yao Pei, just call me Sister Pei Pei."
"..."
Gu Bai nodded politely with a smile to greet them.
He checked the attributes of the girls using the system, none exceeded 90, most were in their 70s, only Yao Pei achieved 85, just barely meeting the criteria to be called beautiful.
Actually, Gu Bai initially had no plans to go to Finance University. After all, before his official girlfriend was confirmed, he didn't want anyone to know he had a close female friend.
People would call him a jerk!
Although it's only been half a month since his rebirth and Gu Bai had already reached the achievement of spiritual and physical exchange with two girls, he didn't admit being a jerk. A jerk is someone who juggles multiple girls at once.
He's different; he just spreads love on earth.
But he couldn't resist Zhang Yumeng's persistent begging. After all, she was a materialistic girl, and with such an excellent boyfriend in her eyes, of course, she wanted to show him off.
Finally, after Zhang Yumeng's endless pleading, and even after practicing the "Sea Tide Raising Song" with Gu Bai all night at the Shangri-La, Gu Bai agreed to her.
Song Xuling saw a large group of girls coming over, the prettiest among them being so close to Gu Bai, likely his girlfriend as he mentioned. She stood there awkwardly, unsure whether to leave or stay.
"Gu Bai, who is this?"
Zhang Yumeng looked at Gu Bai with a puzzled expression.
"Oh, this is your junior, here to register today."
Zhang Yumeng, being smart, had already roughly figured out the situation and gave Song Xuling a bright smile.
"Oh, it's a junior, I'm your senior in third year. Do you need any help? You can tell me."
As she said this, she clung even more tightly to Gu Bai's arm.
Song Xuling looked at Zhang Yumeng's sweet smile, then glanced at Gu Bai, who didn't even look her way, her face flushed with embarrassment, as if wishing she could dig a three-bedroom apartment with her toes out of the ground. She quickly said nothing, pulled her suitcase, and left in a hurry.
In essence, her confidence developed over three years of high school let her shamelessly stay and chat up, but if she had known Gu Bai's "girlfriend" was this pretty, she wouldn't have stayed to humiliate herself.
"This junior is really strange."
Zhang Yumeng muttered, pretending to be innocent.
Gu Bai glanced at her, knowing her habit of tea ceremony was acting up again.
Seeing Gu Bai's gaze, Zhang Yumeng reined in her tea ceremony habit.
"Alright, let's not worry about her, just an ordinary and confident girl.
Give me your things, I'll help you carry them to the dorm and show you the way."
"Okay."
Zhang Yumeng gave a sweet smile.
"By the way, can cars go near your dorm? You seem to have a lot of stuff, it might be hard to carry it all."
"Yes, we can."
With that said, Zhang Yumeng took her roommates' personal luggage.
Gu Bai opened the front trunk of Night Shadow. Many people mistake this kind of supercar for having no storage space, but not only does it have space, it's quite spacious.
After a flurry of activity, they finally managed to squeeze the luggage into the front trunk. Although the front trunk had a significant capacity, it was still incomparable to a regular family car, just barely fitting some personal items.
"Wow! Sister Meng Meng, is this car Gu Bai's?"
Shi Jingjing exclaimed again.
Hearing Shi Jingjing's timely exclamation, Zhang Yumeng replied with an unconcealable smile, "Yes, this car was bought with my help, 15.8 million."
Zhang Yumeng looked proud, although the car wasn't hers, it belonged to her "boyfriend," which was no different than it being hers.
After Zhang Yumeng's introduction, all the girls looked at Gu Bai with changed expressions.
After all, they were already in their third year, almost halfway into society. They weren't as naive as someone like Song Xuling who only looked at looks, they understood what 15.8 million represented.
Even though they had been sisters for years, a feeling of jealousy began to grow in their hearts.
They had accepted that Zhang Yumeng was prettier than them, but this was never too apparent in daily interactions, at most, she had better interactions with the opposite sex. But now she found a boyfriend as handsome as a male god and so wealthy, it left them feeling unbalanced.
No one was more aware of her girlfriends' thoughts than Zhang Yumeng, but she enjoyed this kind of jealousy.
"Alright, let's chat back at the dorm, it's too hot here."
Gu Bai called Zhang Yumeng to get in the car.
"See you later!"
Amidst Zhang Yumeng's farewells, Gu Bai stepped on the gas pedal and drove off, heading towards the girls' dorm at Finance University.