Chapter 441 - 227: My Superstar Girlfriend

Qi Sheng settled all the bills, and the sales associates began wheeling the clothing racks out.

They moved almost silently throughout the entire process.

"Miss, do you have any foundation? I’d like to borrow some."

Gu Pan called out to the LV sales associate, speaking with a hint of embarrassment.

A few hickeys were visible near her collar, and she wanted to cover them with foundation.

"Of course, ma’am."

The LV sales associate smiled without batting an eye.

From the small bag she carried, she took out foundation and a makeup sponge.

The LV sales associate held the makeup sponge, her movements incredibly gentle.

She dabbed foundation over the hickeys on Gu Pan’s collarbone and neck.

Then she took out a small mirror for Gu Pan to see the result.

"Would you like me to do your makeup?"

the LV sales associate asked politely.

"Yes, thank you."

Gu Pan was pleasantly surprised.

Given her current feelings for Qi Sheng, she naturally didn’t want to face him bare-faced.

"You’re welcome."

The LV sales associate applied a thin layer of earthy-toned eyeshadow for Gu Pan, concealing her slightly puffy, alluring eyes.

She then brushed some light orange blush onto Gu Pan’s full apple cheeks.

Finally, she coated her soft, pink lips with a layer of strawberry-red lip gloss.

Instantly, Gu Pan’s complexion looked much better.

"Thank you, miss. Your makeup skills are amazing!"

Gu Pan thanked her gratefully.

She even found herself looking forward to Qi Sheng seeing her with makeup on.

"You’re too kind. This is my business card. You can add me on WeChat."

The LV sales associate took out her card, shaking her head with a smile.

"That way, when new items are released, I can send them to you in advance."

"Okay, goodbye, miss."

Gu Pan accepted the sales associate’s card and watched her leave.

Once again, only the two of them were left in the suite.

Gu Pan turned her head and looked at Qi Sheng, full of confidence.

"Look at you, so pleased with yourself."

Qi Sheng looked over, amused.

He had to admit, he was rather stunned by this girl.

Gu Pan’s skin was a translucent white, perfectly complementing the color of the dress.

The shimmering silk dress made the already graceful Gu Pan look so beautiful she seemed to glow with an ethereal aura.

The matching light yellow silk scarf made her look so young and tender you could almost pinch water from her cheeks.

Right now, Gu Pan was in a period of transformation, transitioning from a girl to a woman.

She possessed both a girl’s innocent charm and a woman’s coquettish allure.

"Hmph! I refuse to believe you have any woman by your side more beautiful than me!"

Gu Pan lifted her chin haughtily, her mindset having already shifted.

She now wanted to change Qi Sheng’s status from a sugar daddy to a boyfriend.

Qi Sheng didn’t have the heart to crush her confidence.

’After all, she went to all this trouble to dress up just to please me, didn’t she?’

"What do you want to eat?"

"I want to have Western food. In the future, I might not have the chance to dine with you so openly like this."

Gu Pan was extremely confident in her looks.

And with a boyfriend like Qi Sheng, who had money to burn, backing her...

She couldn’t say for sure she’d become a top-tier superstar.

But becoming an A-list actress? Wouldn’t that be a piece of cake?

Becoming famous would certainly earn her a lot of money.

But it also meant her every word and action would be under public scrutiny.

The paparazzi would even track her relentlessly.

They’d be hoping to dig up more scandals and blackmail her for hush money.

While she wasn’t famous yet, she wanted to have a proper romance.

At the very least, she wouldn’t have any regrets later on.

...

Qi Sheng took Gu Pan to TRB Hutong, a French restaurant hailed as the best in Capital City.

To have been open in Capital City for nearly ten years and still hold the top spot among French restaurants, it naturally had to be something special.

The location was fantastic, situated inside the centuries-old Songzhu Temple.

Qi Sheng paid extra to reserve a window seat and had the restaurant prepare roses in advance.

The elegant dining atmosphere, the romantic roses...

...instantly made up for many of the small regrets in Gu Pan’s heart.

According to the normal dating process between a man and a woman,

there should be romantic dates first before things progressed to the final step.

But Qi Sheng had insisted on sleeping with her first and making up for the romance later.

But seeing the other girls looking at her with envy,

as if they would kill to trade places with her and be the one dining with a top-tier god like Qi Sheng,

Gu Pan’s heart felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

’Is this the trouble that comes with having a boyfriend who’s too handsome?’

The three words "tall, rich, and handsome" were the perfect description of Qi Sheng.

And you even had to add the prefix "top-tier" to it.

...

The defining characteristic of French cuisine is that it looks beautiful but the portions are tiny.

Gu Pan held her steak knife, cutting into the mere three slender pieces of steak on her plate.

A portion this small was only a few bites for her.

Gu Pan secretly glanced across the table.

Qi Sheng’s dining etiquette, on the other hand, was exceptionally elegant.

Although she was trying her best to control her knife, it still scraped against the plate.

But when this man cut his steak, he didn’t make a single sound.

Watching Qi Sheng’s movements, they seemed utterly casual.

Yet every gesture was filled with a noble elegance.

"You eat this one first."

After cutting his steak, Qi Sheng pushed his plate across to her and took hers in exchange.

"Thank you."

Gu Pan really hadn’t expected Qi Sheng to be so considerate.

It even left her feeling a bit overwhelmed by the favor.

"Waiter, please add a tomahawk steak for us."

Qi Sheng glanced at the portion sizes of the two steaks and ordered another dish.

As Gu Pan ate the pre-cut steak, her taste buds were instantly amazed.

The top-quality Wagyu had no gristle, and the meat was astonishingly tender.

One bite filled her mouth with rich, abundant juices.

The smoothness of the fat glided across her tongue.

The sensation of the meat juices and marbled fat bursting together,

left Gu Pan, who was eating an M12-grade steak for the first time, utterly stunned.

Sprinkled with a little rose salt and paired with black truffle sauce,

Gu Pan ate the entire portion of M12 steak until there was nothing left.

She had "exercised" all night yesterday and had been starving until noon today.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say she was eating like a reincarnated hungry ghost.

"I’m not that hungry. You can have my portion first."

Qi Sheng watched Gu Pan devour one steak, still looking like she wanted more.

He pushed the other cut-up steak over to her as well.

"Mm, thank you."

Gu Pan thanked him, embarrassed.

But the hunger in her stomach made it impossible for her to refuse.

Qi Sheng watched with great interest as Gu Pan ate.

It didn’t quite match her persona of a cool and aloof beauty.

Gu Pan’s coolness was all for outsiders.

In front of him, her sugar daddy and boyfriend, why would Gu Pan need to worry about her image?

Gu Pan noticed Qi Sheng’s gaze.

At first, she felt a little awkward and shy.

But when she remembered that she was only this hungry because Qi Sheng had "bullied" her,

Gu Pan couldn’t be bothered to care what Qi Sheng thought and focused on savoring the high-end French cuisine she had never tasted before.

By the time the tomahawk steak was ready and brought over by the waiter,

Gu Pan, on the contrary, had lost her appetite. She rested her chin on her hand and watched Qi Sheng eat.

Although Qi Sheng wasn’t very hungry, he still easily polished off the tomahawk steak.

The dessert was a honeydew melon mousse.

The outside was a dense foam made from cantaloupe, and the small cake inside had a particularly soft texture.

Gu Pan quite liked it and ended up finishing Qi Sheng’s portion as well.

Gu Pan let out a small, satisfied burp.

She would give this French dining experience a perfect 100 out of 100.

"Should I take you back to school later, or will you continue staying at the hotel with me?"

Qi Sheng casually tossed the wet wipe he had used to clean his hands onto the table.

"I definitely have to go back to my dorm. Xiaobai will be worried otherwise."

Gu Pan cursed inwardly.

’Now he decides to ask for my opinion.’

’Why didn’t he let me off the hook last night?’

"Fine, you can go back, but what about all those clothes?"

Qi Sheng began to set his trap for Gu Pan.

"Er..."

Gu Pan froze for a moment.

She had indeed forgotten about the clothes, which were worth hundreds of thousands.

But she couldn’t take them back to her dorm.

Otherwise, how would she explain it to Dong Bai?

Dong Bai might seem easy to fool, but she wasn’t actually stupid.

"Then what should I do?"

Gu Pan instinctively turned to Qi Sheng for help, already treating him as her rock.

"How about this? I’ll buy you an apartment."

"That way, when you finish filming in the future, you’ll have a place to stay."

"Just think of it as a dorm arranged for you by the company."

"B-Buy an apartment?"

Before Gu Pan could even process it, Qi Sheng was already dragging her around to look at properties.

The sky-high prices, often hundreds of thousands per square meter,

were like a bucket of cold water dumped on Gu Pan, who had just started to feel rich.

Qi Sheng first looked at two famous luxury residential complexes in Capital City: Diaoyutai No. 7 Courtyard and Wanliu Academy.

Diaoyutai No. 7 Courtyard was too old a complex.

Although it was next to Yuanyuan Lake, the buildings were over 10 years old, so the value for money was just average.

Wanliu Academy had issues with its developer, making it impossible to get the property deed directly.

The property could be mortgaged at any time, which wasn’t very reliable.

After looking around, Qi Sheng brought Gu Pan to Embassy No.1 Courtyard in Dongzhi Gate.

Located on the Second Ring Road, the surrounding amenities were, needless to say, top-notch.

"President Qi, the unit you’re looking at now has a four-bedroom, two-living-room, three-bathroom layout, designed with dual master suites."

"The property area is 274 square meters. It’s configured with two elevators for two units per floor, with a private elevator entrance. The owner is asking for 42 million."

"The owner has only lived here a few times since it was renovated."

"He’s in a hurry to go abroad, so he’s specially lowered the price to sell."

The female real estate agent showing them the apartment was naturally desperate to close this huge deal.

She wouldn’t even hesitate to use her looks to do it.

But with an otherworldly beauty like Gu Pan by his side,

why would Qi Sheng be interested in some common weed he could trample on the roadside?

"Go talk to the owner. I can pay in full, but the highest I’ll go is 40 million."

Seeing the unconcealable love for the place in Gu Pan’s eyes, Qi Sheng decided to buy it without hesitation.

"Okay."

The agent hurried off to consult the owner, who was indeed in a rush to sell.

The sales cycle for a luxury property in the 40-50 million range was not short.

Encountering a big shot who could pay in full was no easy feat.

If they missed out on Qi Sheng, there was no telling how long they’d have to wait.

Soon, the agent returned, beaming, to report back.

"Mr. Qi, the owner has agreed to your offer."

"A total price of 40 million, with two parking spaces included. Taxes and agent fees will be split."

"Mm, that’s fine."

Qi Sheng nodded, very satisfied with this price.

After all, this was a top-tier luxury property on the Second Ring Road.

A price of 40 million was very reasonable.

Compared to his purchase price, the owner was at most making a slightly smaller profit.

But he definitely wasn’t losing money.

Qi Sheng felt not a shred of sympathy for someone who was about to flee the country.

The owner paid to pull some strings and rushed the transfer process through.

After receiving the enormous sum of nearly 40 million, he was content to flee abroad.

Qi Sheng deliberately spent 500,000 in the system.

to change Gu Pan’s household registration location to Capital City.

Only unmarried individuals with a Capital City household registration were eligible to purchase property.

As Gu Pan watched in stunned silence, Qiu Lei handed her a bright red booklet.

"Miss Gu, from now on, you are the mistress of Embassy No.1 Courtyard, Building 1, Unit 1, Apartment 1701!"

"Thank you."

Gu Pan subconsciously accepted the red booklet.

She saw her own name clearly written in the "rights holder" column.

A Capital City household registration and a priceless luxury home on the Second Ring Road—things countless girls who moved to the capital to make it dreamed of...

...she had just obtained them so easily.

When she came back to her senses, Gu Pan looked at Qi Sheng and gave him a dazzling smile.

The last bit of gloom in her heart completely vanished into thin air.

[Gu Pan’s favorability +5. Current favorability: 100 (Obsessed)]

Although this feeling of being moved might only last for a moment,

for the system, a moment is an eternity.

Qi Sheng finally relaxed completely, smiling as he opened his arms to Gu Pan.

"Thank you!"

Gu Pan flew into Qi Sheng’s arms like a swallow returning to its nest.

She was no longer so fixated on her dream of becoming a star.

If Qi Sheng just said the word, she would be perfectly willing to become a housewife from now on.

"Now that you have a house, it’s time to prepare to join the film crew. I’m looking forward to the day you become a huge star!"

Qi Sheng, on the other hand, was very supportive of Gu Pan trying to make it in the entertainment industry.

He also wanted to experience the joy of having a superstar girlfriend.

With him paving the way for her, Gu Pan naturally wouldn’t have to attend drinking parties to beg for resources.

’As for sugar daddies, I’m the only one she’ll ever need!’