I sat in the low place, looking up at Nicole standing opposite me... My heart was filled with mixed feelings. I didn't need Ye Zhi to help me with anything, but she still stood behind me and did all this. Could I still treat her with a grateful heart?

"Bang……"

Accompanying the explosion was a dazzling display of colors... All the tourists stopped in their tracks, tiptoeing as they gazed into the distance towards Dali University.

I was stunned for a moment before I realized that this must be fireworks to celebrate the successful completion of the cherry blossom festival.

I stood up from the ground, leaning on my cane, and then, amidst the rising and falling gasps of amazement, I looked in that direction as well…

I had a feeling that these fireworks were like a magnificent bridge, reflected in my eyes and in Ye Zhi's eyes as well... Unfortunately, our bodies were in different places, one in the ancient city and the other at Dali University... Separated by National Highway 14 and countless houses, shops, and the endless stream of vehicles on the road.

It's a feeling of being both near and far. When the fireworks explode, it feels like I can hold her hand at any moment. When the fireworks fade, she's at the ends of the earth, and I'm at the ends of the sea.

Gradually, a strong sense of loss filled my heart. The world was still noisy and bustling, but I, standing in the middle of the street, felt so lonely that it felt like I was all alone.

"Michael, what are you thinking about?"

I snapped out of my daze and met Nicole's gaze, who was waiting for my answer. After a long pause, I said, "I feel like I'm dreaming, and I really want to wake up."

"Don't you really want to give yourself and Ye Zhi another chance?... Maybe if you can get through this period, your future will be bright!"

“You really shouldn’t tell me these things… You can’t understand how I feel as the person involved… I will return the money she paid for the promotion on my WeChat official account to her, based on the market price.”

Why would you do this?!

"This has always been my principle: if two people can't be together, they must settle all grievances and owe each other nothing... I will make it clear to her face to face, and we must not do anything like this again."

Nicole was about to say something when Chen Jin, who had come over, interrupted her. Chen Jin excitedly said to us, "Guess how much revenue we made today."

I forced myself to change my mood before replying to Chen Jin, "Twenty thousand?"

"That's too conservative. Are you trying to be more optimistic?"

I doubled the initial figure from 20,000 and then said the number 40,000.

Chen Jin laughed and said, "If we double the 40,000, it'll be almost 80,000... Just now, two Porsche club members came down and got two membership cards. One recharged 10,000 and the other recharged 20,000... We've already made 50,000 in business with individual customers. I estimate that by the end of the day, breaking the 100,000 mark will be no problem at all!"

Not only me, but Nicole also looked surprised. She said to Chen Jin, "Unbelievable!"

"You guys have done the work of my entire month's worth of business in just one day!!"

Chen Jin was overjoyed and laughed loudly as he replied, "That's right, the input is different, and the output is different too... Our bar has an investment of three million, while you women spent less than three hundred thousand. They're not even in the same league!"

"Look how smug you are... But I'm still really happy for you guys. After suppressing your feelings for so long, you've finally turned the tables!"

Chen Jin put his arm around my shoulder and replied, "I dare not take credit for this... Ninety-nine percent of the credit belongs to Mi Gao... Believe in Mi Gao, and you will live forever... Hahahaha!"

I forced a smile and smiled along with Chen Jin, then looked up again in the direction of Dali University... The fireworks display seemed to have ended, so I hadn't seen any fireworks exploding in the sky for a long time...

...

At 1:30 a.m., the bar finally closed for the day. For us, the biggest gain was the group of Porsche owners. At An'an's urging, half of them bought membership cards at our bar, so the revenue from top-ups alone reached an astonishing 180,000 yuan. However, I am not inclined to include this revenue in today's turnover. Even so, the business from individual customers alone was more than 76,000 yuan.

This is absolutely a miracle, because we revitalized the bar's revenue in just one day.

...

After closing time, I held a brief meeting with Chen Jin and the others. I gave them a heads-up beforehand, hoping they wouldn't get too carried away with today's revenue and become overconfident; because the revenue would definitely drop precipitously later. The reason we achieved such a high revenue today was because we used countless resources to build it up, and we couldn't possibly invest so much money in promoting the bar every day... Based on this, I set a goal: I hoped that the bar's daily revenue would stabilize at over 10,000 yuan before the peak season of the Chinese New Year.

After the meeting, I kept Chen Jin and ia, the two major shareholders, behind separately. I explained to them that Ye Zhi had helped us purchase advertising resources, and I wanted to return the money to Ye Zhi at the current market price.

Chen Jin and IA gave me their full support for my decision, so I was able to withdraw 100,000 yuan from the bar's accounts without any problems.

...

I didn't know how long Ye Zhi would stay in Dali this time, so as soon as I got back to my place, I called her.

She wasn't asleep yet, because she sounded very awake. She asked me softly, "Is something wrong so late?"

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