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Upon entering the hot spring pool, Su Chang's gaze unconsciously fell upon Yang Tao's graceful figure and delicate face. His heart began to race, and his throat felt dry. He tried hard to control his emotions and appear calm.

Yang Tao seemed to sense Su Chang's gaze, and a slight blush rose to her cheeks. She stole a glance at Su Chang and found him looking at her with a passionate gaze, a sweet feeling welling up in her heart.

"What...what are you looking at?" Yang Tao said coquettishly, but the smile on her face could not hide her inner joy.

Su Chang smiled awkwardly, scratched her head, and said, "No... I didn't see anything, I just thought you looked especially beautiful today."

Yang Tao felt a surge of joy. She gently bit her lip and said, "Really? Do you really think I'm pretty?"

Su Chang nodded quickly and said, "Of course it's true. You've always been beautiful. I've missed you so much since we last met."

A happy smile appeared on Yang Tao's face. She slowly approached Su Chang and whispered, "Actually...actually, I missed you too."

Su Chang felt a surge of excitement. He reached out and gently stroked Yang Tao's cheek, saying, "Peach."

Yang Tao's eyes were filled with tenderness as she slowly closed them, awaiting Su Chang's kiss. Su Chang's lips gently touched Yang Tao's, and their breathing gradually quickened.

In this small hot spring pool, the two were like a bolt of lightning striking the earth, their passion escalating uncontrollably. What followed was an 18+ passionate moment.

The next morning, Su Chang was sleeping soundly with Yang Tao in her arms at the club hotel when suddenly the doorbell rang urgently.

"Hmm... so early, who is it?" Su Chang said irritably, opening her sleepy eyes.

Yang Tao woke up at this moment and nudged Su Chang's arm: "Su Chang, why don't you go and see who it is?"

"Okay, sure." Su Chang replied, and seeing that the doorbell was still ringing, she called out to the door, "Wait a minute, I'll be right there."

Su Chang quickly found her clothes among the messy clothes on the floor and put them on. Then she put Yang Tao's clothes on the table by the window before slowly walking to open the door. When she opened the door, she saw Su Qing and asked with a puzzled look, "Sister Qing, what's the matter so early?"

Su Qing rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Still early? It's already past eight o'clock. Your and Taozi's phones are both off, and I can't reach you either, so I had no choice but to come and find you."

"Your phone is off?" Su Chang reached into her pocket, took out her phone, and found that it was indeed off. She realized that she had been so caught up in the fun last night that she forgot to charge it, so she laughed and said, "Sorry, Sister Su Qing, I forgot to charge my phone."

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to you guys. You should be more careful when you're young." Su Qing pouted in annoyance, and then said, "Oh right, I almost forgot about the important matter. Teacher Yao from Chunfeng Middle School called me this morning and asked you to meet at the coffee shop next to their school at 2 pm. Since you don't have time, if it's suitable, you can go directly to Chunfeng Middle School to complete the procedures."

"Oh, thank you, Sister Qing! Time is no problem, I'll go over this afternoon." Su Chang nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I'm going back now. Remember not to be late!" Su Qing said, then turned around and waved goodbye before leaving.

Su Chang closed the door and returned to the bedside. Yang Tao looked at Su Chang with a puzzled expression and asked, "Is that Sister Qing? What's the matter so early?"

"Gulp!" Seeing Yang Tao on the bed, Su Chang swallowed hard. Yang Tao looked so lazy and tempting that she pounced on her.

"Wait... Su Chang, I have to go to the hotel later today, you can't... Waaah..."

Yang Tao pushed Su Chang away forcefully, trying to stop him from doing anything wrong. Little did she know that her coy and inviting expression was fatally attractive to Su Chang, and so... (Readers, imagine it for yourselves.)

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Chapter 137 Onboarding

A few minutes before 2 p.m., Su Chang drove to the coffee shop where he had arranged to meet Teacher Yao. As soon as Su Chang entered the coffee shop, he attracted the attention of many women. He was just as handsome as the readers.

Su Chang saw a pregnant woman in her thirties with a large belly waving at him from the window. Su Chang knew that this was Teacher Yao, so he went over.

"Hello! You must be Su Chang. Just as Xiao Qing said, you're young and handsome!" Teacher Yao praised first.

"No way, that's all Qing-jie's nonsense. Teacher Yao is just like Qing-jie said, radiating maternal glow and full of charm." Everyone flatters her, and Su Chang also complimented her.

"Haha! Su Chang, you have such a sweet tongue! You flatter me! Please sit down and let me see what you'd like to drink." Teacher Yao pointed to the seat opposite her and quickly invited her.

“Okay, Teacher Yao, I’m fine with anything I drink,” Su Chang said casually after sitting down.

Seeing this, Teacher Yao ordered a cappuccino for Su Chang and then looked at Su Chang again and asked, "Teacher Su, let me tell you about my situation at our school."

Su Chang nodded, signaling her to continue. Teacher Yao then continued, "I'm currently teaching Class 3 of Grade 11. Because of my pregnancy, as you can see from my belly, my family hopes I can rest for a semester. So I won't be able to teach next semester, and I need someone to cover my classes."

"I heard from Xiaoqing that you graduated with a master's degree from Harvard, have a high school teacher's certificate, and are proficient in three subjects: Chinese, physics, and art. Is that true?"

"Yes, the original is still in Shanghai, so please check the information on the website first, and also my ID card." Su Chang handed over her phone and ID card together.

After checking the phone and ID card, Teacher Yao handed them back to Su Chang.

"Teacher Su, no problem. Let me tell you about the salary and benefits at our school. The base salary is 6800, and the bonus is uncertain. In addition to the teaching hours fee and various other benefits, you can take home about 17,000 a month. If you help me with the classes, all of this money will be yours. However, you will need to take care of your own food and accommodation. Is that okay? Or you can ask me any questions you may have."

"No problem, Teacher Yao." Is Su Chang someone who's short of money? He just wants to visit Chunfeng Middle School.

"Okay, since there's no problem, I'll take you to our school to complete the procedures." Teacher Yao visibly breathed a sigh of relief when Su Chang agreed.

Since the coffee shop was right next to the school, after paying the bill, Teacher Yao took Su Chang directly to her office in the school's teaching building.

As soon as Su Chang entered the office, he saw a beautiful woman with a scholarly air about her, busy at work, accompanied by a stylish and handsome man.

"Teacher Li, do you have time?" Teacher Yao knocked on the door and asked.

Teacher Li turned around and saw that it was Teacher Yao. She smiled and said, "Teacher Yao, what brings you here? You must be careful while you're pregnant."

"It's not that my family asked me to take a semester off; this is a substitute teacher I found myself—Teacher Su Chang. He's a Harvard graduate with a master's degree and has teaching certificates for high school Chinese, physics, and art. You're the grade head and also the homeroom teacher of Class 3, so I brought him here for you to check him out and help him with the paperwork," Teacher Yao said, pointing to Su Chang beside her. Then she introduced Li Meng to Su Chang.

"Ms. Su Chang, this is Ms. Li Meng, our grade director."

"Hello, Ms. Li Meng! I'm Su Chang." Su Chang extended her hand and introduced herself.

Li Meng then realized that the boy next to Teacher Yao was the substitute teacher she had found. At first, she thought he was a college student, mainly because Su Chang's face looked so young that people would believe he was a high school student.

"Hello! Ms. Su, I'm sorry, you look so young, I thought you were a new transfer student." Li Meng joked as she shook hands with Su Chang.

"Hello! Ms. Su, I'm the Chinese teacher for Class 5. Everyone calls me Pan Shuai." Pan Shuai reached out from the side and pushed Li Meng's hand away, his face full of jealousy.

Su Chang then remembered which TV series this was. Wasn't it "A Little Reunion"? Pan Shuai was Huang Zhitao's uncle and also Li Meng's (the "Iron Yam") simp.

Su Chang smiled and shook hands with Pan Shuai.

"Pan Shuai, he really lives up to his name, he's very handsome."

Seeing Su Chang's amiable demeanor, Pan Shuai, not wanting to offend someone who was smiling, shamelessly said, "Oh, not at all, you're not bad-looking either, you're just as good-looking as me."

"Alright, Pan Shuai, you go ahead and do your thing. I need to take Su Chang to complete the formalities, so I'll be leaving now." Li Meng said irritably when she saw Pan Shuai's shameless appearance. After saying that, she led Su Chang and Teacher Yao to complete the formalities.

Su Chang took advantage of this break to mentally sign in and received two good skills: one was mastery of high school mathematics knowledge, and of course, he was also given a high school mathematics teacher qualification certificate.

In addition, he also learned full mastery of driving fully mechanized vehicles from Pan Shuai, which means that he can operate any vehicle that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, or swims in the water.

Su Chang was secretly pleased; she felt incredibly lucky. Her gaze towards Pan Shuai softened a bit. However, Pan Shuai sensed that Su Chang seemed a little abnormal. Could she be attracted to men? So he quickly made his escape.

Less than ten minutes later, Su Chang arrived at a high-end residential area. The security, landscaping, and buildings here were significantly better than those of Shuxiang Yayuan. Upon entering, Su Chang and Manager Chen were asked to register their information, which was something Su Chang found very satisfactory.

As soon as you enter the residential area, there are two buildings about six stories high in front of you.

Manager Chen explained, “Mr. Su, the two buildings in front are large single-level apartments, with a duplex attached. I have two units here. The ones behind are townhouses and detached villas. I have three more units here. Would you like to see the large single-level apartments or the townhouses and villas in the back?”

"Let's go straight to the back and look at the detached villas." Su Chang didn't think the houses here had any investment value, so he only planned to look at the detached villas. It would be nice to stay here on weekends when he wasn't working or when Yang Tao came over.

"Okay, Mr. Su." Upon finally hearing Su Chang's definite answer, Manager Chen was overjoyed.

After driving for another seven or eight minutes, Manager Chen directed Su Chang to park the car outside a three-story luxury villa.

“Mr. Su, this villa No. 8 is the best building in the community. It has a total area of ​​more than 1300 square meters and a total price of 8.5 million yuan. It is a brand new house. However, if you want to view the house, you need to verify your funds. We are just an intermediary. I wonder if you can accept that?” Manager Chen asked cautiously.

“Okay.” Su Chang nodded and said. To be honest, he fell in love with this villa at first sight. After all, it’s easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Having gotten used to living in a luxury villa, it would take some getting used to going back to living in an apartment building. Besides, is 8.5 million a lot? Su Chang said it was nothing.

"Okay, Mr. Su, please wait a moment, I'll contact someone right away." Seeing that Su Chang agreed, Manager Chen immediately got out of the car to make a phone call.

Less than five minutes later, an electric sightseeing vehicle pulled up. As soon as it stopped, a middle-aged man jumped off and rushed to Manager Chen, asking excitedly, "Xiao Chen, is what you said true? Your client wants to buy our penthouse?"

“Brother Wang, my client’s surname is Su. He’s in his own car. Whether he buys it or not will only be known after we’ve seen the house,” Manager Chen said, pointing to Su Chang’s Bentley Bentayga.

Manager Wang glanced at the Bentley Bentayga. Although it wasn't a top-tier luxury car, it was still considered top-tier among SUVs. He felt a little relieved and quickly apologized, "Xiao Chen, I'm sorry. The company has been focusing on performance lately, and I'm a bit anxious. Please understand. Don't worry, if this penthouse is sold, the company will give you a 0.1% rebate personally. How about that? Pretty generous of you, bro?"

"Brother Wang is really kind. Let's hurry up and entertain Mr. Su, otherwise all our talk will be in vain," Manager Chen urged.

"Yes, yes, look at my brain." Manager Wang slapped his forehead, and then walked with Store Manager Chen to Su Chang's car.

Seeing the two approaching, Su Chang got out of the car. Manager Wang quickly came forward, took out a business card from his pocket, and handed it to him.

"Hello, Mr. Su! I am the property manager of Rose Garden. This is my business card."

Su Chang took the business card, nodded slightly, and said, "Can I go look at houses now?"

"Um... I'm sorry, Mr. Su, according to regulations, we need to verify your funds before we can view the property. What do you think... Gu?"

“No problem.” Su Chang took out a black card and handed it over. This card was the one Zheng Fangxiu had specially made for him last time, a card with 2 billion. Although he had used some recently, there was still at least 18 or 1.9 billion left in it. This was for him to use normally, since always using that cashback card could easily give people bad ideas.

“Okay, Mr. Su.” Mr. Wang’s eyes lit up when he saw the black card. Even if Manager Chen didn’t recognize it, wouldn’t he? This kind of card is only a supplementary card, but it still requires more than one billion in cash flow. The main card even needs to exceed one hundred billion. What is there to worry about? He already regarded Su Chang as the young master of some wealthy family.

In less than two minutes, Manager Wang handed the card back to Su Chang: "Mr. Su, the verification of funds is complete. Now, let me take you to see the house."

Chapter 138 Buying a House

Su Chang nodded lightly, and then toured the villa under Manager Wang's guidance. He had originally thought it would be a bare shell, since most villas are bare shells, but this penthouse was actually fully furnished, and the furnishings could only be described as luxurious. Moreover, all the amenities were complete, including a swimming pool and basketball court in the city.

Manager Wang seemed to notice his surprise, so he explained, "Mr. Su, this penthouse was originally intended for our boss to live in himself, but later our boss needed funds for some projects, so this apartment was put up for sale. But don't worry, no one has lived in this apartment yet, and all the furniture, appliances and facilities are brand new."

Su Chang could tell, since the film hadn't been removed yet; how could anyone have used it?

"Alright, tell me, what's the lowest price for this house?" Although Su Chang wasn't short of money, he didn't want to be ripped off, and since he wasn't planning on using the cashback card, he naturally had to haggle.

"Well... Mr. Su, 8.5 million is really not a high price. If the boss didn't need the money urgently, he wouldn't be willing to sell it. After all, you can see that the interior decoration of this house has cost more than a year to complete." Manager Wang said with a troubled expression, but in fact he was very excited. As long as Su Chang asked about the price, it meant that he had the intention to buy, unlike those who would just look and leave.

"Don't talk to me so much, just give me the lowest price. If I think it's right, I'll buy it; if not, I'll just turn around and leave." Su Chang was too lazy to drag things out. The main reason was that he still had to go back to Shanghai. There were still a few beauties there he hadn't won over yet, and he also had to explain things to the beauties he had won over. He also had to talk to Taozi. Time was very tight.

"Well... Mr. Su, since you want it, I'll use my full authority to sell this house to you for 8.4 million, a direct discount of 1000 million. Isn't that sincere enough?" Manager Wang of 680 said, feigning heartache.

Su Chang scoffed. They were treating him like some clueless rich kid. Without saying a word, he turned and left.

Su Chang turned around nimbly, leaving Manager Wang bewildered. Wait, the price is high, shouldn't you be negotiating? What does it mean to turn around and leave? But he quickly recovered and jogged after her.

"Mr. Su, please wait a moment."

Su Chang really liked the villa, so she stopped to see what Manager Wang had to say.

"Mr. Su, you see, I'm just a property manager. Here's what I'll do: I'll call my boss right away and see what the minimum he wants is. Is that alright?"

"Okay, but this is the last time I'll accept an offer. If the offer isn't right, I'll turn around and leave."

"Okay, Mr. Su, please wait a moment." Manager Wang could tell that Su Chang was telling the truth, so he didn't dare to try anything clever and immediately went to make a phone call.

Two minutes later, Mr. Wang rushed back: "Mr. Su, our boss said that if you pay in installments, the minimum price is 8.15 million. If you pay in full at once, you can take the entire 8 million. We will take care of all the paperwork and taxes. The property certificate will be delivered to you within three days. Are you satisfied with this offer?"

Su Chang thought about it and agreed that the price was indeed acceptable, so he nodded and said, "Okay, go and get the contract ready. We'll pay in full."

“Okay, Mr. Su, let’s go directly to the property management office to sign the contract,” Manager Wang said immediately with delight.