We agreed not to date, so why are you crying now that I've become the richest man?

Xu Jiao, wearing a light-colored trench coat and mid-heeled leather shoes, pushed open the glass door.

As soon as I stepped into the foyer, my initially reserved gaze swept around the room, and I gasped for breath twice before stopping in my tracks.

The air was filled with the scent of lemons, and the floor was covered with gray-black marble tiles. Behind the spacious reception desk, the sixty-square-meter circular water bar in the center of the lobby was particularly eye-catching, with several young girls in work clothes busy in front of the ice machine.

Opposite the bar, rows of dark brown leather sofas lined up, and a 24-inch LCD screen emitted a halo of light. There was no burnt smell of cheap cigarettes, no blackened keyboards, and the aisle was wide enough for three people to walk side by side.

This place was completely different from the smoky old internet cafes she remembered.

She knew Ye Chen had money, but seeing this scene with her own eyes, her fingers, which were gripping the hem of her trench coat, involuntarily tightened.

Xu Jiao looked past the crowd waiting in line and gazed at Ye Chen by the railing on the second floor.

He was wearing a black hoodie, with one hand on the railing, tilting his head to explain something to the person next to him.

Xu Jiao tidied her long hair and quickly went up the stairs to the second floor.

Zhao Peng was using his walkie-talkie to call the cleaning staff downstairs to clear the counter when he caught a glimpse of someone coming up. He was about to tell someone to get a number from the front desk when he saw who it was, and his throat tightened.

Her trench coat was well-tailored, she was tall and slender, and her makeup was exquisite, making her stand out in the corridor.

Zhao Peng leaned closer to Ye Chen, nudged him with his elbow, and swallowed hard in a low voice, "Chenzi, look! That girl coming up the stairs is so beautiful! She's definitely a campus beauty in our business school!"

Xu Jiao had already walked quickly to the two of them.

She looked at Ye Chen and said softly, "Ye Chen, is this... really an internet cafe? I was stunned when I pushed the door open. It's so nicely decorated, with a water bar and sofas. There are so many people queuing up. It seems like it's doing very well."

Standing to the side, Zhao Peng stared blankly, tugged at Ye Chen's sleeve, and stammered, "Holy crap... what's going on? Chenzi, is this beautiful girl your friend?!"

Ye Chen, with a frank expression, introduced, "This is my girlfriend, Xu Jiao, from the Foreign Languages ​​Department of Jiaotong University."

Xu Jiao took two steps forward, took Ye Chen's arm with both hands, leaned half her body against his shoulder, and called out to Zhao Peng, "Hello, I'm Xu Jiao."

Zhao Peng switched the walkie-talkie to his other hand, a broad smile spreading across his face as he nodded repeatedly: "Hello, hello! Sister-in-law, I'm Chenzi's childhood friend, my name is Zhao Peng, I'm in business school. Chenzi, you're really not a good friend of mine, finding such a beautiful girlfriend and not letting a word of it out!"

Xu Jiao blushed, smiled, and nestled close to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen patted Zhao Peng on the shoulder: "Alright, stop being so cheeky. Go downstairs and keep an eye on things. I'll take her inside for a bit."

"Alright, you take your wife to rest. I'll keep an eye on things outside, I guarantee nothing will go wrong!" Zhao Peng waved the walkie-talkie in his hand.

Ye Chen put his arm around Xu Jiao's waist and led her through the second-floor corridor.

Pushing open the door to the office at the far end, marked "Manager's Office," the sound of typing was shut out by the soundproof door.

The office is furnished with a black leather sofa, a large solid wood desk, and half-open blinds that offer a view of the traffic on the main road below.

The door closed, and Xu Jiao hung her trench coat on the hanger.

She walked behind the desk, straightened Ye Chen's hoodie collar, and slid her hand down his shoulder to his chest.

Ye Chen leaned back in his office chair, watching her survey the furnishings in the room.

Ye Chen reached out and put his arm around her waist, applying slight pressure with his wrist, and Xu Jiao sat on his lap.

"Did you go to Nanyang Boshi Xinju today? How's the shopping going?" Ye Chen asked, leaning back in his chair.

When talking about her own big house, Xu Jiao couldn't hide her smile. She leaned close to Ye Chen's ear and said, "I went there yesterday. I hired a cleaner to clean it, and I also bought a silk four-piece bedding set for the master bedroom. I added a few potted plants to the balcony, and the paintings in the second bedroom are all hung up. I'm just waiting for you to have time to go and take a look."

There was a sudden knock on the office door, and Ma Xiaodong pushed it open and walked in.

He was holding a stack of printed beverage sales slips when he looked up and saw Xu Jiao sitting on Ye Chen's lap. He stopped in his tracks.

Xu Jiao's ears turned red. She stood up from Ye Chen's lap, took two steps back, and pulled the cord of the blinds.

Ye Chen pointed to the table: "Just put it there, what's wrong?"

Ma Xiaodong coughed and stepped forward to put down the order form: "President Ye, it turns out that some people who come to the internet cafe actually buy coffee. In less than three hours since we opened, we've already sold more than thirty cups of coffee, and the iced lemonade at the water bar is also selling out very quickly."

"People come to internet cafes for the environment and quality." Ye Chen looked at the amount on the bill and tapped his knuckles on the paper twice. "Have Zhao Peng contact the supplier to replenish the stock. Tell the people below that the coffee beans and fresh fruit must be of high quality. Don't use inferior ingredients to save trouble. Drinks are our main source of profit in the future."

Ma Xiaodong nodded and noted it down, then turned and left.

The moment the door closed, the phone on the table vibrated; the caller ID showed Chen Wei.

Ye Chen pressed the answer button, and Chen Wei's somewhat hoarse voice came through the receiver: "President Ye, the underlying architecture is working! We tested the one-click installation protocol on more than fifty different Android devices. It does not require root access, is compatible with mainstream models on the market, has no security interception, and the data of the clean application library has been mounted to the server node."

Looking at the traffic outside the window, Ye Chen gave the instructions: "Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, the app store will officially launch on major core Android forums. Operations, get the pinned posts and promotional slots. Finance has approved the first batch of marketing budget. Your technical team, keep a close eye on the server load and make sure there are no crashes or lags."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Chen put it back on the table.

Xu Jiao, who was standing next to her, heard the conversation clearly. Although she didn't understand the architecture and app store, she heard "marketing budget" and "server" and realized that Ye Chen's businesses were not limited to the internet cafe downstairs.

She leaned close to Ye Chen's shoulder and said, "How are you so amazing? We're all the same age, and while others are still asking their families for living expenses, you're already running such a big business."

Ye Chen smiled, took the trench coat from the hanger and draped it over her shoulders: "Let's go, I'll take you to eat something delicious, and after we eat I'll take you back to your new house. I have to go to the company this afternoon."