MTLNOVEL Chapter 346 Night Chat at the Hotel
After getting on the car, Link checked his watch; it was past nine, and it was time for him to rest. He asked the two women where they were staying so the driver could take them back and they could talk more tomorrow.
Chris Liu said she was staying at the Four Seasons Hotel on Fuhua Third Road, not far from here, then asked which hotel he was staying in.
Link replied that he was staying at the Sheraton Hotel in the Central District, also a five-star hotel.
Chris Liu said she still hadn't had enough of a chat and asked if he wanted to go to their hotel so that everyone could have snacks, drinks, and a chat together.
Link agreed and then looked towards Jennifer Shu to see if it was convenient for her?
Jennifer Shu hesitated for a moment but then nodded and said it was convenient.
Link instructed the driver to head to the Four Seasons Hotel and Chris Liu added a reminder not to forget to buy some snacks and beer, to which Link also agreed.
Next to him, Jennifer Shu looked at Chris Liu and was speechless.
Link had already offered to send them back and that would have been the end of it for today, but Feifei had to complicate things by inviting a man back to their hotel room for drinks at night. Didn't she understand what it implied to invite a guy back to a hotel in the evening?
Alright, maybe Feifei was quite naive and really didn't get it, but the thought of spending the night in the same room with Link, a grown man, made her heartbeat quicken uncontrollably.
"Jennifer, what would you like to eat? Oh, your face is so red. Is it very hot?"
Chris Liu pressed the back of her hand to her smooth and fair cheek.
"It is a little," Jennifer Shu said as she moved Chris Liu's hand away and said she was fine with anything casual to eat. She saw Link telling his assistant to get out of the car to buy snacks, so Jennifer Shu took out her phone and typed a few words for Chris Liu to read.
"What are you doing, inviting Link to the hotel at night?"
Chris Liu blinked and took the phone to type some words as well.
"I haven't seen Link in two years. What's the problem with inviting him over to chat at the hotel?" Discover more content at My Virtual Library Empire
"A young and strong guy like him, and the two of us, girls, being together at night, do you think that's normal?"
"Why isn't it normal? Are you worried Link would take advantage of us? You think too much, Link is definitely not that kind of person."
"How do you know that? I've heard that foreigners are very open about these things, let alone that Link is a playboy. What if he makes a move on us?"
"Jennifer, are you having too bad an opinion of people? I don't know about others, but I can guarantee that Link is not that kind of person."
Jennifer Shu thought for a moment, considering that Feifei and Link were old acquaintances and friends and she probably knew him well. Since Feifei dared to say that, she chose to trust her this time. She continued typing on her phone, writing 'No alcohol allowed.'
"Alright!" Chris Liu replied, hugging her waist and pecking her blushing cheek.
Jennifer Shu pushed her away in disdain, and the car got back on the road.
Link and Chris Liu continued to chat about movies and music, with Link inviting Chris Liu to further her career in the United States.
Jennifer Shu listened for a bit and then pulled out her phone to search for information about Link. She had just heard him claim his movie investment "Scandal Plan" had made two hundred million, and she was curious if he was boasting.
After a quick search, she found that he wasn't exaggerating; "Scandal Plan" had earned 6.74 million US dollars in its fourth week in North America, with cumulative box office sales of 57.22 million US dollars, making it this year's biggest dark horse of the North American summer box office.
As one of the producers of "Scandal Plan," Palm Beach Films, was indeed Link's investment. Based on this calculation, he could indeed make two hundred million from one film.
Jennifer Shu also searched for news about Link's boxing matches and found it to be accurate as well.
His first match with the renowned champion Roy Jones brought in 48 million US dollars, and his next four world championship defenses nearly 120 million. The combined duration of the five matches was less than half an hour, but he earned 170 million US dollars, earning him the title of "Money Printing Machine" in the boxing world.
Seeing this, Jennifer Shu subconsciously covered her lips in shock. It was astonishing.
Business Week also claimed that Link had made several investments in the past two years, including new energy vehicles, the internet, music, and films. His net worth at the start of the year was 320 million, and now it had doubled, estimated to be more than 800 million US dollars, which translates to fifty to sixty billion in Huaxia currency.
Jennifer Shu blinked incredulously; Link was only 21 this year, yet his net worth was over fifty billion. According to this year's domestic rich-list rankings, he could be in the top two hundred.
Moreover, Link was different from the wealthy people she had met before.
Many domestic tycoons acted like emperors even with just tens of millions in net worth, putting on airs as if there was no end to their arrogance.
Link, with tens of billions in net worth, was casually strolling the streets with them, carrying their drinks and snacks, without showing the slightest hint of snobbery.
Jennifer Shu thought about how she had casually taken the snack from Link's hand earlier without even a word of thanks, and she felt her face burning up.
She couldn't help but steal glances at Link, noting his fair and handsome face under the light, his deep and bright blue eyes, high nose bridge, and the clean, sunny smile he always had when talking with Feifei, definitely not resembling a bad person.
As she watched him, Link glanced back, prompting Jennifer Shu to immediately lower her head, blushing, and busied herself with her phone.
"Is Jennifer also an actress?" Link asked in his clean, magnetic voice.
Without waiting for her to respond, Chris Liu draped an arm over her shoulder and said with a smile, "Yes, we are the same age. Jennifer has acted in more than a dozen TV series and is quite a star in our country."
"I can see it; both of you are very beautiful," Link said, looking at the two girls, reminiscent of sister flowers—one a refined lady and the other a delicate beauty, each with their own charm.
"Link, do you really think we are beautiful? Online it's said that Westerners prefer Asian women with high eye corners and high cheekbones, but our eye corners aren't high at all," Chris Liu said, gesturing to her pretty phoenix eyes with her slender index finger.
"I don't know how they see it, but I think both of you are beauties."
"Haha, Link, Jennifer doesn't have a boyfriend yet, would you like to date her? I can help you."
Chris Liu draped her arm around Shu and laughed.
Blushing, Shu lowered her head and pinched her slender waist with her hand, signaling Chris not to talk nonsense.
"Shu Shu, don't be shy. Link is a foreigner; you can say whatever when chatting with him, don't feel burdened. He doesn't mind these things," Chris Liu persuaded.
Despite Chris's words, Shu still couldn't help but feel her face heat up at the thought of dating a foreign hunk and tycoon like Link, something she had never even considered.
And Feifei was right, she didn't have the looks and figure to compete with those Western women, and to someone like Link, who had dated many foreign girls, she might not be of interest. This made her lack confidence around Link and even feel a little envious of Feifei's carefree attitude.
"Chris, you said Jennifer is single, what about you? Do you have a boyfriend?"
Link looked at the blushing girl and then at the peach-cheeked Heavenly Immortal.
"No, I want to be in a relationship, but my mom doesn't allow it. In her eyes, there are no good men in the entertainment industry, and I hardly know any guys outside of it. How can I even date them? I think with my mom controlling me like this, I'll end up an old maid no one wants," Chris Liu said cutely, frowning.
"So what kind of boyfriend are you looking for?"
Chris Liu glanced at his face, a smile creeping on her lips.
"Like me?"
"No, you're too perfect. Being your girlfriend would be too stressful, always worrying about other women stealing you away. That's too difficult for me. I hope to find someone a bit less perfect than you; as handsome as you are but not as formidable," Chris Liu said, pointing at his face with a smile.
"Is that so? I didn't realize that being too perfect could make me less attractive," Link said with a light smile, his thoughts drifting to Taylor.
Taylor had said something similar before leaving him, talking about feeling too much pressure by his side and likening him to a towering tree, overshadowing her growth.
After leaving him, Taylor became a tree herself, stepping into the ring to challenge him. From Taylor's point of view, leaving decisively and cutting her losses was indeed a good choice.
But compared to a strong woman like Taylor, Chris Liu and Jennifer Shu were more like small flowers, ivy vines that grew better in the shadow of a large tree.
The car arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel on Fuhua Avenue. Link asked for Chris Liu's room number, directed Wallace and a few bodyguards to book two rooms on the same floor to rest, and to notify him if they decided to leave. He then stepped out of the car with two bags of snacks and beer.
Seeing him with the bags, Shu proactively reached out to take one, carefully following beside Link.
Their rooms were on the 16th floor, neither too high nor too low.
The interior of the Four Seasons Hotel was rather luxurious. Just like the Hilton Hotel, it was also part of a global luxury hotel chain, headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Bill Gates and Saudi Prince Alwaleed were major shareholders, and there were currently eight hotels in Huaxia.
While waiting for the elevator, Chris Liu's phone rang. It was her mother, asking where she was and if she had gone to sleep?
Reluctantly, Chris Liu said she had gone to bed and was about to fall asleep but got woken up by the call.
Ding!
The elevator arrived.
Her mother immediately noticed the sound of the elevator, scoffed, and asked how there could be an elevator chime if she was in bed. Where was she going so late at night?
Chris Liu helplessly explained that after the concert, she and Shu were out on the streets having snacks, just arriving back at the hotel.
Her mother asked if Shu was beside her and wanted to speak to her.
Rolling her eyes adorably, Chris Liu handed the phone to Shu, took the bag from her, bumped Link's shoulder, and asked him, "Don't you think my mom is annoying?"
Link shook his head, saying, "Your mom must love you a lot."
Chris Liu made a "yeah right" face.
On the other end, once Shu answered the call, her mother inquired whether after the concert, Feifei had gone to find Link.
Shu confirmed she had.
Her mother asked what they did and whether they spent time alone.
Shu glanced at Chris Liu and said no, she had been with them the whole time.
Her mother tried to ask more, but Chris Liu snatched the phone back and said into the receiver, "Mom, can't you stop nagging? I just met with Link and am heading back. Why do you ask so much? If you don't trust me, then fly over here yourself. Shu Shu isn't your supervisor."
Her mother swore on the phone, calling her a damned fool or something of that sort, demanding she return home early tomorrow or she'd break her legs if she was late.
Chris Liu replied, "I know," and hung up, then turned off her phone. She also told Shu to turn hers off, not wanting to be disturbed while drinking.
While they were waiting for the elevator, a young man with a devil-may-care attitude, who was with a woman, looked at Link in his baseball cap then at the two masked beauties with great figures and presence beside him.
He gave a quiet thumbs up and said, "Bro, you're awesome!"
Link glanced at him. The young man hesitated for a moment, and after Link and his companions entered the elevator, the man cursed behind them, "Damn, it's a foreigner!"