[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-super-rich-by-doing-as-you-please":3,"chapter-super-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-super-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-chapter-128":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Super Rich by Doing as You Please",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1120496,1451,"Chapter 128 - 104: You’re Forcing Me to Be a Nouveau Riche, Right?","super-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-chapter-128",128,"\u003Cp>\"Let’s check out the jewelry store first, then go look at bags at the Hermes store.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun thought for a moment. Ning Qian needed a necklace, and Li Jinshu’s handbag was getting a little old and ought to be replaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they headed to the jewelry store first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun didn’t know anything about jewelry, nor could he appreciate it. Following the sales associate’s recommendation, he bought a diamond necklace worth 18,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that Xu Yun was being cheap; any bigger and it would look tacky hanging on her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xuan was incredibly envious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m done with my shopping. Now it’s your turn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun smiled at Chen Xin and said, \"There’s a saying: ’Everyone who’s here gets a share.’ Go ahead and pick something out for yourself in the store. I’ll pay. Consider it a gift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Yu Xuan, who was standing to the side, felt a pang of envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called \"everyone who’s here gets a share\" didn’t include her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, don’t mind if I do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin was delighted. She pulled Yu Xuan over to a counter on the other side and started browsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, a nearby sales associate immediately began introducing various expensive pieces of jewelry to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With nothing else to do, Xu Yun wandered around the store by himself, tailed by another sales associate ready to assist him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Chen Xin, with Yu Xuan’s help, had made her choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun walked over, expecting she would have picked something of some value, but she had only chosen a gold bracelet with a Lucky Bead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It cost 1,300 yuan in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is what you picked?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun smiled. \"This is a one-time offer. Are you sure you don’t want to change your mind?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin said with a smile, \"I just want my luck to turn this year so I’m not a struggling author anymore and can earn lots of royalties.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s a girl like you going to do with so much money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Save it up for my dowry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin said, \"That way, when I meet someone I like in the future, I’ll have the confidence and financial security to stand on my own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, we’ll get this one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun said to the attendant, \"Wrap it up. We’re checking out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the card payment went through, he went to the Hermes boutique. On Chen Xin and Yu Xuan’s advice, he bought a beige handbag for Li Jinshu and a black one for Su Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They cost 72,000 yuan in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xuan saw all of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spending the past few days with them, she knew that Chen Xin wasn’t Xu Yun’s girlfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant the things Xu Yun bought today were most likely gifts to take back to his girlfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He goes on one trip and brings back so many gifts for his girlfriend. She must be so happy.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If only my own boyfriend could love me like that.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But he’s just a regular office worker, making a little over 10,000 yuan a month. He can’t even scrape together the down payment for an apartment in Shanghai.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’We have to struggle together, pinching pennies every day.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Forget about buying luxury goods like these.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After buying everything, Chen Xin asked curiously, \"Aren’t you going to buy anything for yourself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was actually thinking of buying another watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Su Mu gave me one last time, but hey, how can a man have only one watch?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I should buy another one to rotate.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he ruled out Rolex. He already had one, so he didn’t need another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun thought it over. The brand that stuck in his mind the most, the one most talked about online, was Patek Philippe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when he had no money, he often heard people talk about it and would fantasize that one day, when he was rich, he would buy one for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the brand seemed to have a good reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a high-end Swiss watch brand, founded in 1839, and is one of the world’s top watchmakers, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship, exceptional quality, and unique design style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their slogan said that a Patek Philippe watch is not just a timekeeper, but a work of art and a treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It might be a bit expensive, but if I’m buying it for myself, I should get the best.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said to Yu Xuan, \"I’d also like to buy a Patek Philippe watch. Can you take me to see them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, they don’t sell Patek Philippe here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xuan thought for a moment and said, \"I think I heard their Maison is at Bund Source Building No. 2, No. 33, Zhongshan East Road in the Huangpu District. There are only two in the entire country: one here in Shanghai and one in the Capital.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the trio arrived at their destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun looked at the villa before him, finding it hard to associate it with a boutique. Rather than a Maison, it seemed more like a local landmark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Located where the Huangpu River and Suzhou River converge, it inherited the classic style and tradition of the Patek Philippe Salon in Geneva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Maison was formerly the official residence of the United Kingdom’s Consul-General in Shanghai, originally built in 1882.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The building features Victorian-era Romanesque architecture. It’s a two-story brick-and-wood structure with a floor area of 1,227.5 square meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time Patek Philippe had created a venue outside of Europe with a status and function comparable to its Geneva Salon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of the Stern Clan, the Maison was like a second \"home\" for the brand outside of Geneva, carrying on its history and values.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Patek Philippe Maison has two floors, each with a VIP room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first floor displays and sells current production timepieces from Patek Philippe’s eight major collections, including the Calatrava, Nautilus, Aquanaut, Gondolo, Golden Ellipse, and Twenty~4 series.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second floor focuses on showcasing the Grand Complications series, high-jewelry watch series, and other limited-edition timepieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun led the two women inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was everyone’s first time here. Aside from Xu Yun, who appeared relatively calm, the other two women felt a bit intimidated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were afraid they wouldn’t be able to buy anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there were many rumors online about buying a Patek Philippe—things like needing to have your assets verified, or having an interview with the company president, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, the gist was that even if you had the money, you weren’t guaranteed to be able to buy one.\u003C\u002Fp>",1105,"2026-06-03T11:41:56.865Z","2026-06-03T11:42:08.161Z",1,"novelbin.me","5b6f980897f077baf33b60bfb245792f70004420a7510e9155a6be0a8b3f015d","super-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-chapter-129","super-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-chapter-127",284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsuper-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-cover.jpg"]