How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?

The time was five in the evening...

As twilight deepened...

The neon lights of Hong Kong Island flickered to life once more, and the crowds who had toiled away all day had just gotten off work, ready to enjoy the most relaxing moments of their day...

A grand party was taking place four kilometers out from the land, and ironically, as the indirect "benefactors" of this party, they didn't even have the privilege of knowing about it...

Gu Heng had already succumbed to the extravagance of the party, lying on a deckchair and watching over a dozen drenched ladies frolicking and playing in the yacht's swimming pool, their delicate laughter piercing the air... He also had a few eager models tending to him at his side...

He never ran out of fruit to munch on...

Hand-fed with fruit, and they didn't even do it properly...

For instance, right now, a model art-named An Qi'er was lightly biting a cherry stem with her pearly whites, bringing the ripe, red cherry to Gu Heng's lips...

The scent of the young woman lingered at the tip of his nose, and Gu Heng, not one to play coy, bit into the tender cherry, softly chewing as the sweet juice exploded in his mouth...

"Gu Heng, can you swim? Want to race?"

The speaker was Wu Yifeng, who had boarded the yacht half an hour ago...

Seeing Gu Heng enjoying himself so much, he couldn't help but laugh and shake his head...

He'd been to plenty of parties like this one, and had experienced things even more outrageous than Gu Heng, so naturally, he felt no envy...

If there was anything to envy, it was the Entourage yacht that Gu Heng had rented...

After boarding, he had found out the actual rental price of the yacht...

650,000 Hong Kong dollars a day...

Which was almost 600,000 RMB.

He had originally thought the 500,000 a day mentioned by the redhead was outrageous and had considered renting it for 200,000 a day sometime later, to put on airs for a few days...

But this price was enough to completely dissuade Wu Yifeng. 600,000 a day, just renting for a few days would cost millions, and he couldn't afford it. Let alone himself, there weren't many rich second-generation kids in China who could afford such extravagance, even the once-famed Principal Wang seldom splurged to this extent...

Gu Heng had no idea what Wu Yifeng was thinking, but upon hearing his invitation to swim, he too rose from the beach chair...

As someone from inland...

He rarely got to see the sea...

Let alone swim in it.

His swimming experience was limited to splashing around in rural ponds with friends when he was a child...

Even without Wu Yifeng's suggestion, he had the same idea.

With this thought, Gu Heng immediately responded with a smile, "Sure, how do you want to compete?"

"Let's not compare anything else, just see who can stay in the water longer, how about that?"

"Okay."

By then, Gu Heng had already changed into his swimming trunks and, after listening, went straight to the edge of the deck, looking out over the blue expanse of sea and communicating with the system in his mind...

"System, buy me a swimming skill."

[Swimming Mastery: Price 1 million, acquire expert swimming skills upon purchase.]

"Purchase."

[Purchase complete. Current balance: 15,590 million RMB.]

If you had asked Gu Heng to spend 1 million on a swimming skill right when he acquired the system, it would have been harder than killing him...

After all, expenditures within the system did not earn rewards, they were final; spending 1 million just for a swimming skill seemed like a huge loss...

But now, things were different...

Life had gotten better...

1 million was no longer a big number, and splurging occasionally was nothing to fuss about...

Gu Heng himself knew how to swim, but there was a difference between swimming in the sea and in a river; this was for his own safety...

Indulgence aside, safety wasn't something to joke about...

Although there were several lifeguards arranged by the yacht nearby, Gu Heng didn't want to leave his life and fortune in other people's hands, so spending 1 million for peace of mind was worthwhile...

The aft deck was only a few dozen centimeters above the sea, and after testing the water temperature which was still a bit cool but bearable...

He dove in with a splash...

Gu Heng's dive wasn't particularly graceful, but the watching models on the deck acted as if they'd never seen such a feat before, screaming from the edge...

Some of the models familiar with water hesitated only briefly before jumping in after him, making an effort to get close to Gu Heng...

They were very clear on their strategy, with more than twenty of their peers on the yacht...

Unless Gu Heng was iron-man, keeping even five of them around would be quite an achievement...

When it came to looks, body...

These models were self-aware, there wasn't much difference...

If they couldn't stand out in those aspects, of course, they had to find another way...

First of all, they had to make a strong impression on Gu Heng...

And they knew exactly how to do that...

Once they swam up to Gu Heng, they swarmed around him brazenly...

On the surface, they might have retained some shyness, not daring to go too far...

But in the water, they were uninhibited...

Gu Heng, initially enjoying his swim, was just about to tell the girls not to hinder him when he felt an attack on his sensitive spot...

With the water temperature barely in the teens, Gu Heng, who had acclimated to the chill, felt a warm grip on his lifeblood... Stay tuned to empire

The abrupt change in temperature made him shiver involuntarily...

The words he'd been about to express about not wanting to be disturbed were swallowed back down...

The boldest of the ladies, noticing that Gu Heng didn't resist and even seemed to enjoy it, looked even more daring, casting him a sultry glance...