Chapter Sixty-Four: Eldest Miss Xu, I Have Come to Ask You for Money

"Whoa, what's going on today? Another beauty, and a top-tier one at that!"

Suddenly, a male student let out an exclamation, drawing everyone's attention once again.

Xu Ye was no exception.

It was a young woman wearing a professional suit. Though her attire was relatively conservative, her curves were pronounced, and her whole body radiated the unique charm of a mature woman.

She was none other than Gu Qingcheng, the school's activities advisor.

At this moment, she had intercepted Xu Ruowei and other members of the student union, and seemed to be discussing something with them.

An activities advisor?

Xu Ruowei?

A playful smile curved the corners of Xu Ye's lips. After exchanging a subtle greeting with Su Zijin, he quickly strode over in that direction.

"Advisor Gu, is there something you need?"

Seeing the school's most beautiful advisor blocking their path, several male students from the student union instantly perked up and hurried forward with beaming smiles.

Gu Qingcheng said, "I'm looking for student Xu Ruowei."

"Advisor Gu, let's talk somewhere else," Xu Ruowei said hurriedly. She knew very well what the other woman was here for—it undoubtedly concerned the welcome gala.

Yet, when she had previously volunteered to cover the entire cost of the gala and even invite celebrities and top-tier superstars, it was because she had only to lift a finger back then, and Xu Ye would immediately have someone scramble to sort it all out.

Now that things had reached this state between her and him, she was supposed to count on him for help?

Simply impossible!

"No need, Ruowei. I won't take up too much of your time. I just wanted to ask when the twenty-six million in funding you promised for the welcome gala will arrive?"

Gu Qingcheng hadn't overthought it and directly stated her purpose.

She was here to talk about official business, not something shameful; why change locations?

Could the rumors in the office this morning really be true—that the identity of this wealthy young lady, Xu Ruowei, might actually be problematic?

"Twenty-six million?!" Xu Ruowei was dumbfounded. Wasn't it just about hiring a few minor stars? At most, adding King Liu and Queen Wang, how could it possibly cost this much?

"President Xu is truly as kind as she is beautiful. She kept it hidden from all of us and actually took the initiative to sponsor this year's welcome gala with so much money."

"Everyone, why aren't you applauding? Let's thank our campus belle together!"

Before she could finish, a voice abruptly chimed in. It was Xu Ye.

"Twenty-six million!"

"Miss Xu is truly awesome!"

"Ruowei, I love you to death!"

A group of student union members immediately began to shower her with flattery. Amidst the applause and the instigation of the onlookers, Xu Ruowei's expression instantly turned ashen.

"Advisor Gu, I..."

"Advisor Gu, don't you worry. What's twenty-six million? To our wealthy Miss Xu, that's just pocket change."

"It'll arrive in two or three days at most, right, Dea-r, Miss, Xu?"

Xu Ruowei looked at Xu Ye; she had been completely cornered.

After all, what Xu Ye said made sense. Given her identity as the "eldest daughter of the Xu family," could she possibly fail to keep her promise and not even be able to cough up twenty-six million?

Yet, twenty-six million!

Where on earth was she supposed to get that kind of money?

Had everyone lost their minds?

What on earth was she supposed to do now?

Before the crisis could even be averted, another student rushed over, breathless, and said to Xu Ruowei, "Ruowei, the professor sent me to ask if we're still holding the dinner party this weekend."

"If we are, we need to finalize the time and take a headcount in advance, so we don't end up not knowing how many students can't make it or how many are coming."

Xu Ruowei was stunned yet again. How could two such heavy matters collide all at once?

The crucial point was that, according to her previous standards, this dinner party wasn't going to be cheap either.

The twenty-six million from just moments ago was already giving her a headache, and now this?

She was genuinely about to lose her mind!

"Sun Yu, what kind of question is that? Of course the weekend dinner is happening."

"And it'll definitely be at the same old place, right? Friday night at six, the Supreme Private Room at the Cloud Pavilion Club. Am I right, Ruowei?"

Without waiting for Xu Ruowei to speak, several student union members directly made the decision on her behalf.

It had always been like this before; they were long used to it.

The Cloud Pavilion Club was the place Xu Ruowei frequented most often when treating guests.

This was the most exclusive club in all of Jiangzhou. Excluding alcohol, the minimum spending for the Supreme Private Room alone was 188,000.

And once drinks were added, there was simply no upper limit; millions were entirely possible—it was just a matter of a few bottles of Romanée-Conti.

The most they had ever spent in the past reached a staggering 8.88 million. Everyone had been eagerly looking forward to going back. They truly reminisced about the feeling of that meal.

"I..."

Xu Ruowei's face turned green, yet she couldn't utter a single word in defense.

How could she speak up?

If she said no, her carefully crafted persona would genuinely collapse.

Fortunately, at that crucial moment, Pei An stepped closer and whispered a few words into her ear.

Her pretty eyes lit up instantly. She hurriedly found an excuse to step aside and make a phone call, and upon returning, immediately agreed to both the gala funding and the dinner party.

She had almost forgotten that Xu Ye had previously given her an unlimited supplementary card.

Just now, she had called the bank to check—it hadn't been frozen, and her spending limit hadn't even been reduced.

Wouldn't this make things easy then?

Never mind these two matters today, when the weekend arrives... just watch how heavily I splurge using your money!

"I'm not going. Don't count me in."

Xu Ye dropped those words indifferently and turned to leave.

Pei An thought he was speaking in a quiet voice, but Xu Ye had heard every single word.

Still, thanks to the reminder, Xu Ye had indeed forgotten that he had given Xu Ruowei a card.

However, now... since he already knew the intentions of this pair of scumbags, they still wanted to use his money to resolve this mess?

Wishful thinking! What kind of daydream were they having?

Xu Ruowei let out a secret sigh of relief. It was better if Xu Ye didn't go.

Otherwise, if he happened to discover that she intended to use his card to solve the problem and demanded the card back on the spot, it would be a disaster.

Xu Ye walked over to the campus supermarket, bought a bottle of cola, and returned to the school playground.

Originally, he hadn't planned on this; he had only intended to catch a glimpse of Su Zijin from afar and leave to avoid disturbing or affecting her.

However, he had realized earlier that he actually knew the drill instructor—the man could even be considered his senior martial brother.

Since that was the case, he naturally had to secure some "perks" for Su Zijin.

"You brat!"

Sun Chengsheng recognized Xu Ye as well. He immediately clapped a hand on Xu Ye's shoulder, his dark face breaking into a brilliant smile as he said, "Six or seven years without seeing you, and you haven't changed much, kid."

Their families were true family friends. Before the age of fifteen, Xu Ye had always tagged along behind Sun Chengsheng, so seeing him now filled him with genuine happiness from the bottom of his heart.

"Monkey Bro, you haven't changed much either."