Chapter 342: If I Can’t Keep Her Heart, I’ll Just Order One

Chapter 342 -266: If I Can’t Keep Her Heart, I’ll Just Order One

“Welcome, Chairman Gu!”

“Welcome, Chairman Gu!”

“Welcome, Chairman Gu!”

…

All along the way, every staff member they passed greeted him with a booming voice.

A crowd thronged around them, lining the path to welcome him.

The pageantry was comparable to an imperial procession; everyone bowed their heads wherever he went.

Zhang Mingwei, the general manager of the Platinum Association, personally led the way, guiding Gu Heng and the others into the VIC room that had been reserved in advance.

It was magnificent and opulent to the extreme.

The private room was nearly a thousand square meters. For karaoke alone, there were almost ten LED screens of various sizes, and it even had an indoor swimming pool.

A DJ booth, private bathrooms, a hidden suite for resting…

You could say that this VIC room had every entertainment facility an ordinary person could or could not imagine.

The scene before them was so staggering that it wasn’t just Wan Jiakai, who had never been to such a place, but even Wan Jiaze—who had traveled far and wide over the years and considered himself worldly—was profoundly shocked.

“Have the people come in.”

Gu Heng instructed Zhang Mingwei, then turned to Wan Jiakai and the others. “Everyone, make yourselves at home. Everything tonight is on me.”

“Hey…”

“Ah Heng, you already paid for dinner. How can we let you pay again?”

Wan Jiaze, still reeling from the shock, subconsciously tried to decline.

“Brother Ze, don’t argue with me.”

“If I don’t give the word here, you can ask them who would dare take your money.”

Gu Heng chuckled, his gaze sweeping over Zhang Mingwei and the others beside him.

“Mr. Wan, without Chairman Gu’s instructions,” Zhang Mingwei immediately spoke with deference, “we would never dare to accept your money. So please, don’t make things difficult for us later. Just don’t argue with Chairman Gu over the bill.”

“Alright…”

“Then I guess we’ll be shameless today and let you show us the world, Ah Heng.”

Seeing this, Wan Jiaze couldn’t help but give a wry smile.

“Come on.”

“Let’s go have a seat.”

Gu Heng smiled at Wan Jiaze and the others, then slung an arm around Wan Jiakai’s shoulder, just like when they were kids, and headed for the central sofa.

“Wait a minute.”

“I’m getting more and more confused.”

“Why do these people at the Platinum Association call you Chairman Gu?”

Wan Jiakai had kept his mouth shut to avoid looking like a country bumpkin and embarrassing himself. But now that he was close to Gu Heng, he finally couldn’t help but voice his confusion.

“That’s because I’m their boss, of course.”

Gu Heng led Wan Jiakai to the central sofa and sat down, replying casually with a smile.

“Huh?”

“You mean the Platinum Association is owned by that rich sugar mommy who’s keeping you?”

“The owner of the Platinum Association is a woman?”

Wan Jiakai was stunned, his eyes wide as saucers.

Gu Heng: “…”

Seeing Gu Heng’s expression, Wan Jiakai thought he’d guessed correctly and immediately showed a hint of concern. “If you’re bringing us here to have fun, and your sugar mommy finds out, won’t you be in for it when you get home?”

“Alright, alright.”

“Stop worrying about things that aren’t your business.”

“I’m taking you out to have fun, so cut the chatter.”

Gu Heng was a little speechless.

As the two were talking and Wan Jiaze’s group were finding their seats, the crisp, chaotic sound of high heels clicking on the floor came from outside the VIC room.

Gu Heng could clearly feel that as soon as the sound entered the room, Wan Jiakai, sitting beside him, instantly grew excited, clearly fidgeting in his seat.

“Music Business Social Club” was the modern business term for it.

In the past, it was just called a nightclub.

The so-called “music tutors” were what used to be collectively known as “hostesses.”

For a well-educated kid like Wan Jiakai, a place like this had always been shrouded in a sense of the forbidden.

Now that this former taboo was about to be broken, it was inevitable that he would feel a rush of excitement.

“Chairman Gu, may I let them in now?”

After the chaotic clicking of high heels outside had subsided, General Manager Zhang Mingwei, who had been personally waiting at the door, respectfully asked Gu Heng for permission.

“Let them in.”

Gu Heng nodded slightly and said calmly.

“Yes, sir.”

Zhang Mingwei replied before personally pulling the doors open.

“Chairman Gu is here in person! All of you, smile!”

“If anyone dares to pull a long face, I’ll personally teach you the meaning of ‘service with a smile’ afterward.”

Standing at the door, Zhang Mingwei’s voice was now filled with authority and dominance, a stark contrast to the soft, gentle tone he had used with Gu Heng just moments before.

CLICK, CLACK, CLICK…

All the girls, dressed in long, purple silk dresses, filed in from outside the VIC room. Each one was young and beautiful, a flock of diverse and stunning women of all shapes and sizes.

To Wan Jiakai, the open doors were like the gateway to a new world.

Ten, dozens, a hundred, hundreds…

Never in his life had Wan Jiakai seen so many young, beautiful girls, all wearing sexy, light dresses, appear before him at once.

In fact, it wasn’t just Wan Jiakai. Even Wan Jiaze and the others, who had been to many music business social clubs, had never seen so many high-quality, young, and beautiful girls standing before them, waiting to be chosen.

One had to understand, the room they were in was a full thousand square meters, yet this vast, spacious area was now packed to the brim with these girls. One could only imagine how enormous their number was.

They all came to a stop and then bowed in unison.

“Good evening, Chairman Gu!”

“Good evening, distinguished guests!”

The sound of several hundred young girls greeting them in unison was crisp and pleasing to the ear.

“Chairman Gu, the girls you see before you include not only those who work at the Platinum Association but also some who have been temporarily transferred from our other three Xiyue Clubs.”

“All the girls were born after 2000; none of them are over the age of 23.”

After all the girls had finished their greetings, Zhang Mingwei stepped forward at the right moment to give Gu Heng a brief introduction. And as he spoke, many of the girls present sized up Gu Heng with curiosity in their eyes.

They gazed at the legendary Chairman Gu standing before them, at his handsome yet inscrutably authoritative young face, and an irrepressible hint of anticipation and desire flickered in their eyes.

“Additionally, I’ve also called in all the female university students who work part-time at the Platinum Association. Their average age is around 20. They are the ones squatting right in front of you.”

Gu Heng’s gaze swept over them, and he noticed that these girls, compared to the ones standing in the back, indeed had much less of a world-weary air about them.

“You’ve been very thoughtful.”

Gu Heng offered a quiet word of praise, acknowledging Zhang Mingwei’s meticulous arrangements, before turning to Wan Jiakai beside him.

“Pick whoever you like and have her come sit with you.”

“Pick as many as you like.”

Gu Heng watched Wan Jiakai’s slightly flushed face and his right hand that was unconsciously rubbing his knee, and a faint, amused smile touched his lips.

As soon as Gu Heng said this, the eyes of every girl in the room converged on Wan Jiakai, which only made him even more nervous.

Sitting elsewhere, Wan Jiaze, Sun Ye, and the others couldn’t help but chuckle at Wan Jiakai’s state. It reminded them of their own first time in a place like this; they probably hadn’t been much better off than Wan Jiakai.

Besides, their first time hadn’t involved a spectacle of this magnitude. This scene was so stunning that it wasn’t just a first-timer like Wan Jiakai who was overwhelmed—even they were deeply shaken.

“That one, I guess.”

Wan Jiakai felt completely overwhelmed, and with every girl in the room looking at him, he forced himself to look calm under the pressure and pointed to one of the girls squatting in the front row.

She had long, straight black hair and a delicate, fragile appearance—the type of girl who easily inspires a protective instinct in others.

“What?”

“Picking one who looks like Xu Ruo’s type?”

“Your main thought process is, ‘Since I couldn’t keep her heart, I’ll just order a substitute?'”

Seeing the girl Wan Jiakai picked, Gu Heng’s lips curled up. He leaned in and teased him in a low voice, “I see a girl over there who looks a bit like Sun Yanyan. Why don’t you pick her to come over too~”

Sun Yanyan was Wan Jiakai’s first love. They got together during the summer after high school graduation, but then they broke up just as quickly after starting university in different cities.

“Fuck off!”

“They look nothing like Xu Ruo or Sun Yanyan, okay?!”

Wan Jiakai was getting tilted by Gu Heng’s teasing, but after hearing that last part, he couldn’t stop himself from glancing in the direction Gu Heng was pointing.

“You…”

“You come over too.”

Wan Jiakai glanced over again and again, realizing that Gu Heng had a damn good eye for people. The girl really did bear a strong resemblance to his first girlfriend.

When Gu Heng saw that Wan Jiakai couldn’t resist picking that girl after all, he almost died laughing. ‘He really didn’t know what to make of Wan Jiakai anymore.’

‘Is he hopelessly devoted? He’s here at a nightclub ready to indulge. But is he a player? Yet here he is, in a nightclub, picking two girls who each bear a strong resemblance to his two ex-girlfriends!’

“Just two?”

Gu Heng continued to tease him. “Is it because you’ve only had two girlfriends in total, and there’s no one else here who looks like an ex?”

“You son of a…”

Wan Jiakai’s eyes widened. “I only have two seats next to me! If I pick more girls, where are they supposed to sit?”

“*On* you.”

Gu Heng said in a low voice, stressing the word.

“We’ll… talk about that later.”

“You guys pick. I’ll just watch for now.”

In that short time, Wan Jiakai had gotten so nervous that he was sweating all over. He even felt that the alcohol from earlier had completely worn off due to his anxiety.

“Fine.”

Gu Heng didn’t press him further. He turned to Wan Jiaze on his other side and said with a smile, “Brother Ze, you all go ahead and pick. Choose as many as you want.”

“No, no, no.”

“Ah Heng, you should go first.”

Wan Jiaze waved his hands dismissively. Gu Heng and Wan Jiakai were like brothers, so Wan Jiakai could afford to be informal, but he himself couldn’t be ignorant of the proper etiquette.

Hearing this, Sun Ye, Gao Wei, and the others quickly agreed.

Gu Heng knew what Wan Jiaze and the others were concerned about, so he didn’t insist. He raised his hand and casually picked two girls from the part-time university students in the front.

After Gu Heng had made his choice, Wan Jiaze and the others no longer hesitated. Each quickly picked a girl they liked, and that was it.

The other girls who weren’t chosen all looked slightly disappointed.

This was such a high-stakes gathering, attended by none other than the most powerful figure in their corporation, Chairman Gu. Naturally, they all wanted to stay and experience it, even if it was just to serve the other guests.

However, just as the many girls in the room were looking dejected, Gu Heng’s voice echoed through the room once more…