Chapter 182 Guild Benefits
"Normal?" Zhao Chen chuckled, stopped at the red light, and looked sideways at her. His eyes behind the glasses were frank:
"Lingling, I just don't have to pretend anymore that I'm just an 'ordinary employee' who can only write code and rent an apartment. When I need to pick my wife up from get off work, I use a convenient car. When I need to support my wife, I use an appropriate identity."
He paused, his tone serious, "But making breakfast for you, putting on your apron, grabbing your blanket at night... these were real in the past and will remain real in the future. What has changed is... the tools."
Tool? Yu Ling was speechless as she looked at this "guild tank" that was worth half a starlight. This tool was too hardcore!
"What about...'Wow Group'?" she asked tentatively, her heart in her throat.
Zhao Chen was silent for a second, the green light came on, and he started steadily.
"Lingling, that world is very complicated and dirty. I don't want it to pollute you."
His voice was low. "You just need to know that it exists, and it will stand between you and any danger, just like it did when it crashed into the out-of-control car that night. Leave the rest to me, okay?"
He reached out and gently covered the back of Yu Ling's hand on her leg, his palm warm.
"I promise you, I will be absolutely truthful to you. I won't lie to you about your feelings or your safety. As for those... um, specific details about the 'guild assets,' let's keep them as a little surprise?"
Surprise? Yu Ling looked at his bony hand, feeling the warmth from the back of it. Okay, at least he acknowledged the "guild assets." That's... progress?
The car did not return to Genting Highlands, but drove to the top private shopping mall in Haicheng.
Zhao Chen led Yu Ling directly into a top-tier jewelry store that only accepted customers by appointment. The manager, dressed in a tuxedo, personally greeted them with a perfect smile. "Mr. Zhao, Ms. Yu, welcome. Your collection is ready."
Yu Ling looked at the set of shimmering, extremely simple and elegant diamond jewelry on the velvet tray - necklace, earrings, bracelet. The main diamond was of astonishing weight and the cutting process was so perfect that it looked like broken stars.
"This is..." Yu Ling was a little confused.
"A little gift." Zhao Chen picked up the necklace. The streamlined pendant, inlaid with diamonds in an arrangement... vaguely resembled an abstract Shiba Inu with its head held high?
"To celebrate my wife...she's accompanying me to next week's charity dinner for the first time as the 'wife of the vice president of Morning Star Group.'" He spoke naturally, as if he was talking about buying a cabbage.
The manager added with a smile, "This 'Star Guardian' series set was custom-made exclusively for Mr. Zhao by our chief designer. It's the only one of its kind in the world."
Yu Ling: “…” Exclusively customized? Guarded by the stars? Could this Shiba Inu element be any more obvious?!
"It's too expensive, I..." Yu Ling wanted to refuse.
"It's not expensive." Zhao Chen interrupted her, having already picked up the necklace and walked around behind her naturally. The cool diamond pressed against the skin of her neck, his warm breath brushed against her ear, and his voice was low and full of laughter:
"'Guild Benefit', won in the annual meeting lottery. I'm lucky."
Yu Ling: "..." She looked in the mirror at the gleaming necklace around her neck, the faint outline of a Shiba Inu visible through it, then glanced at the manager's face beside her, struggling to hold back a smile. Annual meeting raffle? Zhao Chen, can you please be more careful with your lies?!
At night, Genting Highlands 16:01.
When Yu Ling came out of the shower, she found Zhao Chen not in the study, but in the kitchen! Wearing that silly Shiba Inu apron, he was wrestling with a piece of top-quality Wagyu beef. The pot was sizzling, and the aroma was fragrant.
"Isn't there a chef?" Yu Ling walked over while wiping her hair.
"The chef is on holiday today because of the 'guild dinner'." Zhao Chen didn't even turn his head. With a flick of his wrist, the steak was perfectly flipped.
"Try my husband's cooking and see if it has deteriorated." He picked up a seasoning bottle nearby, which had a small Shiba Inu chef holding a spoon printed on it.
Yu Ling looked at him as a good family man, then looked at the expensive custom-made knife set on the kitchen counter, and suddenly remembered something.
She walked over to the huge double-door refrigerator and opened it.
Top shelf: A variety of premium ingredients, categorized and beautifully packaged. Bottom shelf: Full of Wangcai's imported dog food, snacks, and nutritional paste. The packaging is printed with a silly Shiba Inu head.
She then went to the wine cabinet. Among the dazzling array of fine wines, were a few bottles of fruity sparkling drinks with pixelated Shiba Inu prints? The label read, "Ark Special: Stamina Recovery Potion."
Yu Ling held her forehead in her hand. This man had seamlessly integrated the "Shiba Inu Guild" into every aspect of his life! She even wondered if there was a "Shiba Inu Guardian Shield" tucked under the pillow in the master bedroom.
"Let's eat!" Zhao Chen brought over a sizzling steak and placed it on the table. Then, like a magic trick, he pulled out a velvet box.
"What kind of 'guild benefit' is this?" Yu Ling raised her eyebrows.
"Open it and take a look." Zhao Chen smiled mysteriously.
Yu Ling opened it. Inside wasn't any jewelry, but a sci-fi electronic car key. Hanging from the keychain was a cute-looking Shiba Inu doll in a pilot's uniform.
"We're going on vacation to South Island next week." Zhao Chen said casually as he cut into a steak. "The Guild just got a new plane, and the interior has been renovated. I'll take you to try the in-flight meals at the Guild Canteen."
Airplane?! Yu Ling, holding the Shiba Inu key, was completely speechless. Jewelry draws at the annual meeting, airplane purchases for joining the group? Aren't these "guild" perks too extreme?!
Just then—
"Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong!"
Yu Ling's phone was vibrating like crazy again and again! Su Xiao's video request was full of "I won't give up until I answer" momentum!
Yu Ling had no choice but to answer the call.
“Reiko!!! Holy shit!!! Holy shit!!!” Su Xiao’s scream was accompanied by the roar of propellers?! “Look outside your window!!!”
Yu Ling and Zhao Chen looked at the huge floor-to-ceiling window at the same time.
Outside the window, against the backdrop of Haicheng's dazzling night sky, a Bombardier Global 8000 private jet, completely black with lines as smooth as a ghost in the dark, is slowly lowering its altitude and landing on the private helipad on the rooftop of Genting Highlands!
The most amazing thing is!
On the side of the plane that cost hundreds of millions of dollars, there was a huge, arrogant, and arrogant-looking Shiba Inu head painted with dazzling fluorescent paint!
There is also a line of fluorescent cursive words below:
「Ark of Doom - Shiba Inu Guild Mobile Base No. 1」
"Look! Look! Did you see that?! Your Zhao Chen's 'Guild Canteen'!!! Ahhhh! And there's a dog head sprayed on it!!" Su Xiao was so excited in the video that he almost fainted:
"Lingzi! Quick! Ask President Zhao! Is your guild still hiring sweeping monks? The kind that can yell 666!!!"
Yu Ling held up her phone, watching the Shiba Inu One slowly descend outside the window. Then she glanced at Zhao Chen, who was beside her, his steak-cutting movements still as graceful as ever, his face aghast.
She silently put down her phone, picked up her fork, and stabbed the expensive Wagyu beef on the plate.
"Zhao Chen."
"Um?"
"Your guild..." Yu Ling gritted her teeth, "...is it still in need of a house-destroying Husky?"
Zhao Chen paused, a smile flickering in his eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses. He elegantly raised his red wine glass, the reflection of the giant fluorescent Shiba Inu outside the window reflected on the glass wall.
"Wangcai said...it approved. Welcome aboard, ma'am."
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