79: Hanging Sleep

While pondering, Jiang Ye walked to the bathroom with his phone in hand and casually asked Yaoyao on the other end of the line:

"By the way, Yaoyao, do you know how this Girl Group works? I heard... you can just Drop In?"

Yaoyao's heart immediately leaped into her throat, and the alarm bells rang again.

Oh no, oh no! Brother Ye is really being tempted! He's starting to ask about these things!

"Oh, Brother! They're all so ugly! You definitely wouldn't like them!"

Yaoyao began frantically disparaging her rivals: "They all rely on beauty filters and special effects! They look terrible in person! Their makeup-free faces would scare you! Really!"

While brushing his teeth, Jiang Ye mumbled vaguely: "Huh? With so many Girls, surely there are one or two pretty ones?"

"No! They're all uglier than each other! You can't pick any!"

Yaoyao firmly denied, so anxious she wished she could crawl out of the phone and shake him awake: "Brother, believe me! Would I lie to you?"

"It can't be that bad, can it?"

Jiang Ye spat out the foam in his mouth and rinsed: "Then I'll look into it myself later."

"Oh, Brother~~"

Yaoyao dragged out her words, coquettish yet slightly annoyed: "What's there to look into? What's so good about them?"

While washing his face, Jiang Ye teased with a smile: "What? Getting jealous? I already said I won't shortchange your tickets, why are you guarding them so tightly?"

Yaoyao quickly defended herself: "I'm not jealous! I'm afraid you'll be deceived! They're really! Really! Really ugly! I guarantee it with my character!"

She tried to strengthen her persuasion with triple affirmation and a character guarantee.

"Then what do you suggest? You won't let me meet others, and when I want to meet you, you say I have to wait two months..."

Jiang Ye dried his face and clicked his tongue: "How about this, let's meet tomorrow, so I won't keep thinking about those 'ugly' ones outside."

Yaoyao on the other end of the line immediately fell silent, sinking into quiet.

She knew very well in her heart that as long as she met this big brother offline, as long as he wasn't short, ugly, old, or unattractive, given the wealth he'd shown and his 'investment' in her, she probably wouldn't be able to refuse.

The subsequent development was almost predictable—being posed in various positions she had or hadn't imagined before... She wasn't fully mentally prepared for that yet.

Hearing the silence on the other end, Jiang Ye smiled, guessing what inner struggle this Girl was going through right now.

On one hand, she feared losing the favor of her Sugar Daddy; on the other, she hesitated and felt uneasy about meeting offline.

But honestly, before his assets stabilized at a million, he really had no intention of meeting Yaoyao offline.

Maintaining the status quo, keeping a sense of mystery and distance, was more conducive to 'sustainable cashback'.

Women's minds are hard to figure out; once you enter her body, she might feel she's completed the 'ultimate sacrifice' and stop actively 'giving gifts' afterward, which is a very normal and logical reasoning.

Right now, both Ye Cheng and Yaoyao were stable cashback channels; losing either would hurt.

But... that didn't stop him from laying the groundwork early, managing expectations for 'Offline Meetings', and teasing her along the way.

Jiang Ye turned off the light, lay down on the bed, and placed his phone by the pillow.

Faint breathing sounds and ambient noise came from Yaoyao's side through the phone, transmitted via radio waves on this quiet night, creating a strange, slightly intimate sense of companionship.

This 'Sleeping on Call' method, whoever genius thought of it, really had some effect in maintaining the intimacy built on a virtual relationship.

After a while, Yaoyao softly broke the silence: "Brother... are you asleep?"

"No, just lay down."

"Oh... Brother, let me ask you something, do you have a girlfriend?"

Jiang Ye curled his lips: "Counting you?"

Yaoyao inwardly snorted, predicting this man's next move: if I say yes, he'll definitely say 'then I have one'; if I say no, he'll definitely say 'then I don't'.

Hmph, smooth talker!

However, his next sentence directly fried her CPU.

Jiang Ye: "If I count you, I have two; if I don't, I have one."

Yaoyao: "???"

She was instantly choked up, stunned for several seconds before helplessly complaining: "Brother... you're so fickle! How can you be like that!"

Jiang Ye justified himself: "If I weren't fickle, would you even be in the picture? What? Don't want to be one of them?"

Yaoyao quickly denied: "No, no! I do, I do!"

After saying it, she felt something was off—what exactly did she agree to?

Could this man really be planning to date several girlfriends at once?

This... although it didn't seem unusual to her, it felt weird when it actually happened to her.

To shift away from this awkward topic and learn more about this 'potential boyfriend', Yaoyao continued asking:

"Then... Brother, what do you do for work? You seem to have a lot of free time, available day and night."

Jiang Ye once again brought out that lofty and slightly mysterious profession: "I deal with Forex and Funds, so my time is relatively flexible."

Yaoyao said "oh" and nodded to herself.

No wonder he's so rich and has so much time—he plays Forex. I heard that makes money super fast.

For a while after that, Yaoyao lightly asked questions here and there, like a curious little cat, cautiously probing, trying to piece together more of the man on the other side of the screen.

And Jiang Ye answered half-truthfully, picking what he could answer, mixing truth and falsehood.

Amid the Girl's soft whispers and even breathing, the day's fatigue gradually surged, and Jiang Ye's drowsiness began to spread.

"Brother, how old are you?"

Jiang Ye closed his eyes and curled his lips: "18, like it?"

"Pfft~ I don't believe it, Brother, be serious, what year were you born?"

"What year? You're asking my age?"

"Yes, then what you said about 18... huh?"

"Mm, guessed it, like it?"

Yaoyao: "..."

She immediately blushed deeply and coquettishly said: "Oh, Brother! You're annoying! I'm asking about age! Age!"

Jiang Ye chuckled: "Oh, age? 22."

Hearing this, Yaoyao was instantly delighted: "Really? I'm 22 too! Brother, when's your birthday?"

Jiang Ye pursed his lips, about to continue with that seemingly impressive birthday of "January 1st, 00:01", but Yaoyao went on by herself:

"My birthday is December 31st! End of the year!"

Jiang Ye: "..." He instantly swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.

What about Ye Cheng?

Come over here and learn properly from me!

Look at her emotional intelligence!

Her conversational skills!

So considerate... eh...? Wait! No!

December 31st? Isn't that coming up soon?

This woman... is she trying to trick me, hinting at a birthday gift in advance?!"