At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

A 100-square-meter four-person suite, although both the rooms and the living room are quite small, has everything that's needed and follows the same blueprint as the suite Lin Xinyue and her friends rented.

What pleased Gu Yu the most was the presence of a small kitchen, which would make it very convenient to prepare some simple meals later on.

"How is it, the room is not bad right? Since you are all students, the monthly rent will be calculated at six hundred per person, but the utilities will be a bit more expensive, charged at commercial rates."

"The room is great, I'm well-informed about the prices, thank you, sis!"

Gu Yu nodded, very satisfied with both the environment of the room and the price.

"Ah, young man, you have such a sweet tongue, I could be your aunt and you're still calling me sis! How about this, I'll bring you a new broom later!"

The manager auntie grinned broadly, her triple chin shaking non-stop.

"Thank you, sis!"

"What do you think about this room? Uh, what are you hiding over there discussing?"

Gu Yu smiled slightly and turned to ask the others for their opinions, only to see the four of them conspiring in a corner in whispers.

"Ah? Hahaha, I think it's very good!"

"Yes, yes! The rent is not expensive either, let's move in tomorrow!"

Caught by Gu Yu, they quickly laughed sheepishly to cover their embarrassment and tried to mislead him.

Gu Yu looked at them suspiciously, feeling like they were plotting something behind his back.

But unable to guess what it was, he decided to just let it go.

"Okay, sis, since they all say there's no problem, shall we finalize it today? How is the rent paid here?"

Gu Yu turned his head to inquire with the manager.

"Alright, you can choose how to pay the rent. Normally it starts at six months, but since you are all students, the school allows you to start at three months, which means a deposit plus three months' rent in advance."

The manager auntie gave her quote.

Gu Yu estimated in his mind: a deposit plus three amounts to four months of rent, which for four people is two thousand four hundred per month, totaling nine thousand six hundred.

For the four of them, it wasn't much.

So he followed the manager downstairs to make the payment.

In the manager's office, as Gu Yu who had calculated the cost and signed the contract was about to pay with his phone, a line of text suddenly flashed in his mind.

[Detected that the current payment environment is applicable to company employee benefits expenditures, this payment can be deducted from the company account!]

Gu Yu, with his phone camera already open to scan the code, was stunned.

He hadn't expected that this expense could be deducted from the company account.

There was no money in the company's account yet, only the initial one hundred thousand Yuan provided by the system. So didn't this mean he was essentially exploiting a loophole in the system's benefits?

This was good news!

Gu Yu was pleased and immediately chose to deduct the money from the company (system) account.

Of course, to avoid suspicion, he still needed to use his phone to make the payment.

"Beep!"

The sound of a successful scan rang out, and sure enough, Gu Yu found an unexpected corporate account among the payment options.

Selecting this account to pay, the nine thousand six hundred was successfully deducted!

And not a single penny was reduced from his Alipay!

There's such a trick!

Gu Yu was surprised, realizing there were more system loopholes to exploit that he had yet to discover.

Meal subsidies for employees are benefits, right? Travel subsidies as well, and also medical check-up subsidies, parental subsidies, child care subsidies...

All of these are perfectly legitimate!

Thinking of how he would exploit all of the system's "loopholes" in the future, a sly smile appeared on Gu Yu's face.

Making money is hard, but is spending it hard too?

"Young man, you seem so happy to be moving out of the school dorms. Makes sense, it's much more convenient for going clubbing and inviting your girlfriend over!"

The manager auntie handed Gu Yu the copy of the contract that had been stamped and signed.

"Thank you, sis!"

Gu Yu laughed without a word, took the contract, carefully folded it, and put it in his pocket.

Boss Pu and the others were waiting at the door.

As Gu Yu came out, they all asked anxiously, "How did it go? Did you pay the rent? Do you have enough money with you?"

When they were at Old Mr. Chen's place before, they had given him all the cash they had on them.

Seeing them ready to take out their phones to chip in for the rent, Gu Yu smiled slightly and stopped them with a gesture.

"Boss, Second Bro, Third Bro, I've already paid the rent, and there's no need for you to share the burden!"

"All of the rent is covered by the company's benefits and compensation!"

After Gu Yu spoke, Boss Pu and the others looked at each other in dismay.

Those benefits sounded too good to be true, right? A rent of nearly ten thousand, just deducted from the company's accounts like that?

"Is it really okay to have such good benefits?"

Boss Pu was the first to voice his doubts. It was unheard of to include employees' rent in the benefits package, especially at the start-up phase of a business!

"There's nothing inappropriate about it! The mission of Ideal Paradise is to let everyone work with peace of mind!"

Gu Yu patted Boss Pu's shoulder as he spoke.

His voice left no room for doubt, and Boss Pu and the others could only exchange glances before tacitly accepting Gu Yu's decision.

Somehow, they had gradually stopped questioning Gu Yu's decisions.

Because many of Gu Yu's decisions, though they seemed illogical at first, turned out to be very good.

Besides, Ideal Paradise wouldn't run into any financial trouble over just a bit of rent.

Shengda hadn't even paid out the earnings from the "Life Restart Simulator" release yet!

Soon they expected a substantial sum of money to flow into the company's accounts.

Looking at the current situation, finances were definitely not going to be Ideal Paradise's Achilles' heel.

"Hmm, then remember to send me the company account statements, I need to keep the books, which will come in handy for later tax calculations."

Lin Xinyue suddenly spoke up.

She was now a part of the company, and although she was currently only in charge of business management, the company didn't have a finance person yet, so she naturally took this responsibility upon herself.

Gu Yu nodded at her, "Sure! Thank you for taking this on~"

Of course, Gu Yu was aware that the company was still in dire need of staff specialized in various fields, but there was nothing he could do, with two more weeks to go until the next system assessment.

Only after that could the company expand further.

Now, with the addition of Kang Jia, they had reached the limit of five people.

One should eat one bite at a time just as a company must grow step by step; for now, Xinyue would have to bear the slight inconvenience.

Lin Xinyue smiled and shook her head, then stepped forward to take her boyfriend's arm proactively: "It's okay, I'll always support you."

Gu Yu gently pinched her nose, "And I will always be the man in front of you!"

Lin Xinyue hurriedly turned her head away, "Eh! Why do I feel like you're treating me like a child?"

Boss Pu watched the couple's public display of affection, one eye bigger than the other in amazement.

"You guys... how can you flaunt your affection so naturally?"

Qin Shan: "Exactly! It feels like a million-hit critical strike to someone who just had a breakup like me!"

Yu Shutong: "Actually, I think it's not a problem for the three of us to share a room, and you two could live together!"

"Agreed!"

Boss Pu and Qin Laosan immediately nodded in agreement, ready to oust Gu Yu from their dorm.

However, Gu Yu ignored them and walked past with Lin Xinyue as if they were invisible.

"Why aren't you paying attention to them?"

Lin Xinyue asked curiously. Gu Yu glanced sideways at Boss Pu and the rest, smirking, "Maybe it's because my eyes only see you~"

"Pfft—"

Boss Pu and the others clutched their chests. They had never suffered such a grievous wound!

What a comeback from Laosi!