Bai Yan was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Ji Bei and asked with a smile, "How much money do you have to invest in me?"

Ji Bei said, "I have 54.67 million. Is that enough?" This was the prize money he had accumulated from competing for almost five years, as well as all the endorsement fees he had earned from his high popularity.

Other esports players spend whatever they have, but Ji Bei's biggest expense is in-game purchases; he saves up all his other money.

The exact number of words warmed Bai Yan's heart. This silly guy, he always opened his heart like this...

Ignoring the cooperation details and the hundreds of millions of dollars in funding that the other party had sent over on the computer, Bai Yan closed the laptop.

“Okay.” She stood up and smiled at Ji Bei’s nervous eyes: “Then you’ll not only be my intern, but also my boss.”

Ji Bei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"So nervous?" Bai Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, you're guaranteed to make a profit by investing in me."

She extended her hand: "Then, Mr. Ji, it's a pleasure to do business with you."

Ji Bei also extended his hand, straightened his back, and deliberately lowered his voice: "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you."

She smiled at him, and Ji Bei felt his heart pounding even harder.

He didn't care about making or losing money, as long as she could always smile at him like that.

...

"No, even if you like Teacher Bai, you can't joke around with your money, can you?" Shen Cong advised, "You know what kind of person your stepmother is."

"She'd love to give all her assets to your little brother. What will you do if you don't keep your bonus?" Shen Cong didn't want to say anything harsh, but what if Ji Bei needed to be hospitalized in the future? Would his stepmother take care of him?

Ji Bei said, "Professor Bai needs my help now. If no one provides funding, she won't be able to do her research and will be dismissed. I have to help her."

Well, I'm hopelessly in love.

Shen Cong couldn't dissuade him and wanted to go to the research institute with him. Since they were going to cooperate, they should sign a contract to prevent this love-struck fool from ending up with nothing. However, Ji Bei refused.

Shen Cong didn't believe it, but he knew what kind of person Teacher Bai was, and he couldn't wait to be tied to her.

Ji Bei went there happily with his card, but before he even entered the research institute, he overheard Professor Bai chatting with the girl he had met that day.

"Why waste your time here? The institute won't invest, how much money can you come up with yourself?" Sun Qianqian wanted to get into the lab as soon as possible, so she came to persuade Bai Yan: "Let me tell you the truth, even if you can make something, Professor Lin will never approve it for you."

Bai Yan ignored her, but she wasn't discouraged at all.

Do you know why?

Sun Qianqian said, "Professor Lin and Senior Yan Qi had a past conflict, and you got into Professor Lin's program through Senior Yan Qi's arrangement. Do you think he'll let you pass?"

Bai Yan paused for a moment upon hearing this, then a look of understanding flashed in her eyes: No wonder Yan Qi went to great lengths to make the original owner lose her social life and livelihood.

"Have you said enough? If you have, then leave," Bai Yan said coldly, urging the guest to leave.

"Can't you understand human language?"

"I've already told you, don't waste my time. Is this any fun?" Sun Qianqian was a little angry and raised her hand to smash something, but Ji Bei took two steps forward and pushed her out the door, saying in the same cold voice, "Get out!"

Ji Bei wasn't wearing a mask today, and Sun Qianqian recognized him after looking at him for a while: "You...you're Ji Bei!"

"Are you going to get out or not?" Ji Bei had no good feelings towards the person in front of him. She had come to cause trouble, and if she didn't leave, he would lose his gentlemanly manners and take action.

Sun Qianqian gritted her teeth: "Fine, no wonder you go to B University so often. I didn't expect you, Senior Bai, to be so good at seducing men, even though you're not good at research. Don't forget, you're a married woman."

"If you don't leave the lab, I'll tell Senior Yan Qi!"

Marriage...what marriage? She got married?

Before Ji Bei could even process what was happening, he had already ushered Sun Qianqian out. Then, he turned around, stunned, his eyes fixed on Bai Yan, his mouth agape, wanting to ask but not daring to.

After a long pause: "Teacher Bai, are you married?"

Bai Yan nodded: "I've been married for almost two years." It was a fact that the original owner was married, and she didn't want to hide it from him.

Ji Bei's face turned pale instantly. The immense pain and jealousy in his heart made him unable to stand up straight... He wanted to say, how could she get married?

But what gives him the right to say that? She's an adult woman, getting married is perfectly normal, and they've only known each other for a short time.

"Xiao Bei, what's wrong?" Bai Yan frowned slightly. "You look terrible."

Ji Bei tried to suppress the pain in his heart. "It's okay, Teacher Bai. I... I just got the money from the bank." After handing her the card, Ji Bei added, "I've been busy lately, so I might not have time to come and help."

Without waiting for her reply, he turned and left.

His expression was very strange, and Bai Yan was worried, so she immediately chased after him, but he ran too fast.

When she chased after it, she only saw a puff of exhaust fumes; the car in front of her had already disappeared from sight.

She looked in the direction he left, and this wasn't how she should react... She knew him; he would never abandon her alone.

Bai Yan already had a guess in her mind. She called Ji Bei, but he didn't answer. Soon, Bai Yan found the contact information of his friend Shen Cong, and learned from Shen Cong that he had been admitted to the hospital as soon as he left.

...

"He had a deficient immune system. I don't remember the technical term, but he couldn't handle big emotional fluctuations. Later, he encountered some problems while playing professionally, and he couldn't take the stress, so he retired."

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