The returning Deng Bo saw several new faces at the table and brazenly asked, "Wow, I leave for a moment and you guys are already flirting with freshmen behind my back, huh?"
Just as he spoke, he noticed Qi Man looking up at him.
There was an audible gulp as he swallowed nervously.
Yi Yiyi, seeing Deng Bo's expression, covered her mouth with a giggle, then introduced Qi Man while holding her arm, "This greasy uncle with the level three helmet is Deng Bo. Although he's quite greasy, he's actually a good guy."
"I'm Qi Man, a roommate of Yiyi's. We happened to see an empty seat here, so we came over to join you."
The way she spoke was quite slow, giving off an elegant and intellectual vibe.
"No worries, no worries. I just bought drinks, everyone help yourselves."
With that, he placed the drinks from the bag onto the table.
The white-haired loli, not knowing the meaning of politeness, directly grabbed a bottle, snuggling up to Gu Bai, and sweetly said, "Oni-Chan, I can't open it, can you help me?"
Gu Bai finished his last bite, wiped his mouth.
"If you can't open it, then don't drink it."
"So straightforward!"
Yi Yiyi also knew Gu Bai wouldn't open it for her, but she just wanted to show off in front of him, so she had to open it herself.
"You freshmen, feel free to have some too."
After Deng Bo spoke, he handed each of them a bottle, including Qi Man and her friends.
"Thank you."
He hadn't expected Qi Man and her group to come over, so he only bought five drinks. Gu Bai looked at the last remaining bottle on the table and, ignoring Deng Bo's fiery eyes, took it over as if it were perfectly natural.
Even though he wanted to snatch it back from Gu Bai like before, he held back in front of the girls to maintain his courtesy.
So frustrated, yet he had to keep smiling.
Considering they'd known each other for five years in the past, one glance at Deng Bo's eye movements and Gu Bai knew what he was thinking, and seeing Deng Bo's expression suddenly made Gu Bai want to laugh.
As it turns out, trying to be a lapdog gets you no juice, not even a drink.
Gu Bai had no courtesy to uphold, and drank it down in big gulps.
Qi Man unintentionally turned her head and noticed the watch on Gu Bai's left hand. Her gaze flickered slightly, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she subtly took out her phone to search if it was the watch she thought it might be.
Everyone was quietly eating when Yi Yiyi suddenly blurted out.
"Sister Man, didn't you say we were going to experience a Shanghai nightclub tonight? How about we take Gu Bai and the others along? I heard nightclubs can get pretty crazy, so having some guys around would be safer."
Hearing this, Qi Man furrowed her brows, showing an unwilling expression.
She suggested going to a nightclub to bond with her roommates after all, since they're all young. It's not just the boys who can form bonds over drinks; girls can too. As for Yi Yiyi's point about safety, she hadn't considered it. It's 7102; it's a law-governed society. As long as they don't overdrink, who would dare to act forcibly?
Now that Yi Yiyi suggested going with Gu Bai and the boys, where does that leave her?
Seeing Qi Man's expression, Feng Yingying immediately got up, clinging to her arm coquettishly, "Please, Sister Man, let's just go together."
At this, Deng Bo couldn't hold it in anymore.
He cleared his throat.
"I think Yiyi has a point. It could be dangerous for you girls to go to nightclubs. Having some guys around would indeed be better. Besides, I'm local to Shanghai, so I know the area well and can be your guide. We can treat it like a dorm social event."
With Deng Bo saying that, Qi Man glanced at her roommates who didn't oppose, so she smiled and said, "I don't have any problem; if you have time, let's all go together."
"I knew Sister Man was the best!"
The white-haired loli exclaimed, drawing the attention of several tables nearby. Realizing she was getting a bit carried away, Yi Yiyi quickly stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and shrank back.
"Well, have fun then. I won't be going tonight."
"Gu Bai, aren't you coming?"
As she spoke, Yi Yiyi's Carzilan eyes began to sparkle.
It must be said, Yi Yiyi, like Zhang Yumeng, is quite the tea artist indeed.
"Not really interested in nightclubs."
Having run around various Shanghai nightclubs with Li Zhun and others, becoming a VIP at many, for Gu Bai to say he's not interested in nightclubs is absolute nonsense.
He was not interested in going to a nightclub with Yi Yiyi and her roommates.
That's the place to release hormones!
With Yi Yiyi and her roommates around, how could he have fun? He hadn't even set sail, yet by the next day the whole Shanghai Theatre Academy would know him as the nightclub prince or fisherman of the seas.
How would he flirt in the coming years?
"But I already told Sister Man, come on..."
Yi Yiyi's big eyes blinked pitifully at Gu Bai, her small hand tugging at the hem of his short sleeve.
Sidescanning her, he thought Yi Yiyi shouldn't have chosen directing; she should have gone for acting, being a born drama queen.
Seeing Gu Bai still not speaking, Yi Yiyi quietly whispered by his ear, "Besides, tonight I'll be wearing black stockings!"
"What time tonight?"
Seeing Gu Bai's attitude change so quickly, the three people sitting opposite were stunned.
Gu Bai glanced disparagingly at them.
No man can resist black stockings, and if there is, just add letters to them.
On the other side, Qi Man also finished searching for the information she wanted on her phone. Looking at Gu Bai calmly drinking water beside her, she took the initiative to ask, "Senior Gu Bai, the watch on your wrist is a Patek Philippe, right?"
Gu Bai glanced at her breathtakingly beautiful face and nodded.
"A 6002G, with the blue dial. I heard it's been out of stock for a while. It must have been hard to get this watch, right?"
Hearing Qi Man's subtle probing, Gu Bai felt like laughing but casually responded, "It's fake, just wearing it for fun."
"Oh."
After hearing Gu Bai's answer, she didn't think he was lying. Although a bit disappointed, she covered it up well and no one noticed.
No wonder there were so many bad rumors about Qi Man in the past life. As the saying goes, where there's smoke, there's fire, and this saying is indeed apt.
As for his watch, unless someone deliberately looked into it, most people wouldn't know about it. But Gu Bai observed Qi Man's outfit; though trendy, it wasn't anything branded, indicating she probably wasn't from a wealthy family. Yet, she knew so much about luxury goods, suggesting she had studied them specially.
As for why she studied them, that's up for everyone's own interpretation.
But now Gu Bai felt that the rumors about Qi Man that circulated in the Shanghai Theatre Academy in the past life might not have been just rumors.
At this moment, Deng Bo said casually to Qi Man, "Don't listen to his nonsense. That Lamborghini parked at our school gate is his. How much can a watch be worth? Could Gu Bai be wearing a fake?"
Lou Xun and Wen Cunming already knew about Gu Bai's supercar, so they weren't particularly surprised. However, Qi Man's expression flickered when she heard it and couldn't help but look at Gu Bai again.
"Really?"
"Of course it's real, over ten million yuan."
Gu Bai shook his head helplessly. Deng Bo's personality didn't resemble someone from Jiangnan at all; instead, he was like someone from the Northeast—open and unable to keep secrets.
"This watch is a 6002G, known as the king of blue dial watches, with a market price of over twenty million yuan."
Qi Man listed all the data she knew.
Hearing Qi Man, Deng Bo was also unsure and asked Gu Bai hesitantly, "White Pieces, is your watch real or fake?"
He rolled his eyes at him and then said blandly, "Real, but not as expensive as Qi Man says."
"Then how much is it?"
"1800."
Deng Bo naturally knew Gu Bai didn't mean 1800 yuan and shrank back, playfully slumping in his chair.
"Don't persuade me anymore, I want some peace..."
Deng Bo was just clowning around. Although somewhat envious, he didn't have any other thoughts, considering his family's condition was quite good.
Yet, when Lou Xun and Wen Cunming looked at Gu Bai again, there was indeed a change in their eyes.
As for Gu Bai, he didn't have any intention of hiding his wealth. He was wealthy—though it was from the system, it was legitimate and nothing to be ashamed of.
As for pretending to be weak and then surprising everyone, sorry, that wasn't his style.
He couldn't do things like being crazy low-key and then suddenly amazing everyone; he just liked being high-profile.
"Didn't expect Senior Gu Bai to be such a tycoon."
Qi Man, visibly enthusiastic, reacted with newfound zeal.
As for Yi Yiyi, she still seemed like a carefree face-oriented person, lifting Gu Bai's right hand to have a good look at the 6002G on his wrist, then disinterestedly pouted.
"This thing is worth that much? It's not as practical as a figurine; with 18 million, I could fill a house with figurines!"
Seeing Yi Yiyi's reaction, Gu Bai felt he had a slightly different feeling towards this big-eyed, white-haired, twin-tailed lolita. Being face-oriented was normal, and materialism was normal too.
But it's the first time he'd seen someone like Yi Yiyi who was so purely face-oriented.
Saying this, Gu Bai opened the attribute panel again.
"Name: Yi Yiyi
Favorability: 70."
"Name: Qi Man
Favorability: 70."
Yi Yiyi's favorability remained the same as when they first met, 70, showing no increase.
But Qi Man's favorability towards him genuinely shocked him.
It was only 20 a moment ago, but suddenly it skyrocketed to 70.
Was this favorability riding a rocket?
These two really were two extremes.
One was purely face-oriented.
One was purely materialistic.
Qi Man ignored Gu Bai's 92 points of looks and had only 20 points of favorability until she learned that he wore a watch worth over ten million. Her favorability shot up by 50 points.
The most puzzling thing to Gu Bai was how Qi Man, who was so materialistic, maintained a Health Value of 92.
With the experience of Zhang Yumeng and Luo Yaqian, Gu Bai had already grasped the system's assessment of Health Value. Above 90 points meant having never had any intimate experiences with the opposite sex.
Above 80 points meant there were some experiences, but not many.
Below 80 points, the seafood starts going stale, and lower means poisonous.