[{"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-260":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},1120344,1451,"Chapter 260 - 148: Mom, I’m Not Coming Home Tonight, I’m Sleeping Over at a Classmate’s","super-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-chapter-260",260,"\u003Cp>A waiter led them to a luxurious private room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the regular private rooms outside, the atmosphere in here was leagues better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The waiter explained, \"President Xu, this is where our boss personally entertains his most important guests. It’s not usually open to the public.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please thank President Wei for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun smiled and said casually, \"We won’t bother with the menu. Just give us the same thing I had last night, but with smaller portions. There are only five of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, President Xu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the waiter left, Zhu Jingheng said with displeasure, \"Xu Yun, what was that all about? Didn’t we agree I was treating everyone today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Class President, it’s not often I get a chance to get together with everyone, so it’s only right that I treat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun smiled, trying to placate him. \"Don’t fight me on this. Just let me have this one, alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just let Xu Yun treat,\" Lin Xi said. \"He’s a rich man now. Who knows when we’ll get another chance to have him pay for dinner?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, let Xu Yun pay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wenwen chimed in with a smile, \"He’s obviously so rich, yet he’s trying to be all low-key. You’re breaking my heart, you know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you have it bad? Our class president is the one in the most awkward spot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi said jokingly, \"He absolutely has to be the one to pay for this meal. It’s the only way to soothe our class president’s wounded heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\" Zhu Jingheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’You guys are just rubbing salt in the wound on purpose, aren’t you?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ease the awkwardness and save face, he forced a smile and said with self-deprecation, \"See, Xu Yun? Now Zheng Yi is making fun of me, all thanks to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not between old classmates,\" Xu Yun said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the food and drinks arrive, I’ll drink a glass as an apology.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the food and drinks arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ate and chatted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun, Zheng Yi, and Zhu Jingheng split a bottle of Maotai, while Lin Xi and Gao Wenwen had some red wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soft drinks? What kind of adult drinks that stuff!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The private room was equipped for karaoke. Halfway through the meal, as spirits rose, Zheng Yi suggested they start singing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After talking with Xu Yun for a bit, Gao Wenwen felt that he was still the same old Xu Yun; he had just become rich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, she went back to being her usual self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She volunteered to go first, picking \"Courage\" by Fish Leong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Love truly needs courage, to face the gossip and whispers...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the song ended, Xu Yun thought Gao Wenwen had a nice voice and sang well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No wonder she was brave enough to go first,’ he thought. ’She’s actually got some talent.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a round of applause and another drink, Zheng Yi eagerly grabbed the mic to sing his signature karaoke song, \"It’s Not a Sin for a Man to Cry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was met with more praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wenwen teased, \"Zheng Yi, you must be thinking about your ex-girlfriend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I am. So what? I can if I want to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he finished, Zheng Yi turned to Xu Yun. \"You’re up. Sing one for us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll pass. I’m completely tone-deaf. I’ll just listen to you guys.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you’re great at singing Jay Chou’s songs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xi suddenly spoke up. \"I remember you sang one for me once, back in high school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was young and fearless back then. Not so brave anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine. If you don’t dare to go it alone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xi said with a smile, \"Let’s sing it together. I’ll join you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know Jay Chou’s songs, too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, I’m quite a fan. I listen to his music all the time by myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun smiled, his expression full of unspoken meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She knows I’m a fan of Jay Chou, so is she saying this on purpose to get on my good side? To close the distance between us?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Better not. I don’t want our esteemed Class President to hold a grudge against me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yun turned to Gao Wenwen and said with a smile, \"Teacher Gao, how about you? Will you sing with me? I’m afraid I’ll sound awful if I sing by myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wenwen glanced at the rejected Lin Xi, hesitated for a moment, then nodded. \"Alright then. But I’m not that familiar with his songs either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. If we both sing badly, then no one will notice how bad I am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi helped queue up the song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the familiar opening notes began to play, it instantly felt like they were back in high school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the very taste of youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the two of them began to sing Jay Chou’s \"Sunny Day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The little yellow flower of the story has been drifting since the year it was born...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[How much longer until I can be by your side? When the day finally clears, I might feel a little better...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Once upon a time, there was someone who loved you for a long, long time, but the wind, ever so slowly, blew you far apart...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But in the end, we still said goodbye...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the song, the spurned Lin Xi sat in her seat, watching the two of them sing their duet, her thoughts a mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The song was called \"Sunny Day,\" but the lyrics were all about rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that just like their own youth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one you loved was the one you couldn’t hold onto, and you ended up as strangers who knew each other all too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was involuntarily reminded of their own past, feeling the song resonate deep within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xu Yun and Gao Wenwen finished, Zheng Yi raised his glass again. \"Let’s drink to that! To the youth we all once had.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone drained their glasses again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, even Lin Xi finished the red wine in her glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Jingheng said, \"Lin Xi, what song do you want to sing? Why don’t we sing one together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, thank you. I don’t really like singing with other people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Jingheng: \"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Then why did you just offer to sing with Xu Yun?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xi took the microphone from Gao Wenwen, glanced at Xu Yun, and said, \"Zheng Yi, could you please queue up ’The Bird and the Cicada’ for me? Thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure,\" Zheng Yi said, casting a sympathetic glance at their class president.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This is just brutal!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You fly far away in your pride, I linger in my summer home, an unheard promise repeated over many years...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew that Lin Xi was a good singer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sang the song with all the helplessness and regret of two people who loved each other but could not be together, leaving everyone who listened feeling heartbroken and melancholic.\u003C\u002Fp>",1137,"2026-06-03T11:41:56.865Z","2026-06-03T11:42:08.162Z",1,"novelbin.me","c5a87b18eded30af816dfc7fe7c4c51195e11534497824c55e3de0a4a9d81134","super-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-chapter-261","super-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-chapter-259",284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsuper-rich-by-doing-as-you-please-cover.jpg"]