Chapter 19

Ye Bufan hung up the phone and stood there for a moment, a self-mocking smile spreading across his lips.

All along, he had believed that the love he possessed was pure and untainted, immune to the materialism of society. He never expected it to end like this.

The most ridiculous part was that Zhu Linlin had broken up with him for money. As the inheritor of the ancient medical school, how could he possibly lack money? Making money was just a matter of minutes.

He took out two million-dollar checks from his pocket, one intended for his mother and the other for Zhu Linlin. But now it seemed that the one for Zhu Linlin was no longer needed.

After a while, he came to a realization: this was actually a good thing. It allowed him to see the true face of this gold-digger early on, which was much better than being in the dark.

Feeling much better after this realization, he took out the kitchen utensils he had bought and began to refine the Foundation Building Pill.

Using kitchen utensils to refine pills was far inferior to using a pill furnace, but fortunately, the Foundation Building Pill was not a high-level pill, so it could still be completed.

Two hours later, three black Foundation Building Pills appeared in his palm. Although they looked rough and uneven, not as beautiful as those refined in a pill furnace, their efficacy was not much different.

He took one of the pills and began to circulate the Chaotic True Qi.

The pill dissolved as soon as it entered his mouth, and soon his dantian began to react, boiling like a pot of boiling water.

The True Qi grew stronger and more powerful, continuously washing over his seven meridians and eight vessels. Guided by Ye Bufan's divine sense, the surging True Qi surged through his limbs and hundreds of meridians like a mighty river.

As time passed, his body gradually filled with increasingly pure True Qi, until he felt as if his body was about to burst.

Just when he felt he could no longer hold on, the pressure suddenly eased, and a small drop of water appeared in his dantian.

Ye Bufan's divine sense clearly saw the changes in his dantian. The True Qi had transformed from a gaseous state to a liquid state, a characteristic of the Foundation Building stage. This meant he had successfully entered the Foundation Building stage.

After practicing for a while, the surging True Qi in his body was completely refined, and three drops of liquid True Qi appeared in his dantian.

A little while later, Ye Bufan slowly opened his eyes. At this moment, he could already feel his own strength, which had increased by more than ten times compared to his previous Qi Refinement stage.

At the same time, his divine sense had also greatly improved, increasing from two meters to five meters. He could even see everything happening in the next room clearly.

He went to the bathroom and took a cold shower. Seeing that the time was about right, he left the hotel and went to a bank downstairs to cash the two million-dollar check.

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He deposited the cash into his card and then headed to the Drunken Jiangnan Restaurant, as Qin Chuchu had said.

The Dong family had unique expertise in the restaurant business, and the Drunken Jiangnan Restaurant had quickly become a new noble in the Jiangnan City dining scene, with a booming popularity.

The entire restaurant was built in a retro style, looking magnificent and grand, both simple and luxurious.

The waiters inside were all tall and had high beauty standards, and their qipaos accentuated their slender and charming figures.

As soon as he entered, a waiter immediately came up to him, "Sir, do you have a reservation?"

"VIP Room 1."

Ye Bufan revealed the room number Qin Chuchu had booked.

"Sir, please follow me."

The waiter respectfully led him to the VIP room on the top floor. Qin Chuchu had not arrived yet, and the waiter poured him a glass of water before leaving.

Ye Bufan sat on the leather sofa and looked around. Although only two people were dining, the VIP room was about thirty to forty square meters in size, luxuriously decorated with leather sofas and silver tableware.

He had grown up in extreme poverty, and this was his first time in such a high-end place. He couldn't help but marvel at how the rich truly knew how to enjoy life.

At this moment, his phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID; it was Dong Tianda.

After answering the call, Dong Tianda politely said, "Doctor Ye, where are you? I mentioned giving you a restaurant, right? The procedures have just been completed, and I will deliver it to you now."

"I'm in VIP Room 1 at the Drunken Jiangnan Restaurant."

Dong Tianda said, "Really? What a coincidence. The restaurant we want to give you is this Drunken Jiangnan Restaurant. I'm nearby, so I'll be there in a moment."

Ye Bufan hung up the phone, feeling a wave of emotion. This luxurious restaurant must be worth tens of millions, and he never thought it would soon become his.

A few days ago, he was a penniless young man who couldn't even come up with a hundred dollars, and now he was about to become a multimillionaire.

And just a few hours ago, his girlfriend had kicked him out for money. Life was truly full of twists and turns.

Thinking about these things, he became slightly distracted and accidentally knocked over the glass of water in front of him.

Normally, in such a high-end place, he wouldn't need to clean up himself; he could just call a waiter to do it.

But he had grown up poor and was not used to troubling others. He reached for a paper towel and began to clean up the water on the table.

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At this moment, the door to the VIP room opened, and two people walked in.

He thought it was Qin Chuchu, but when he turned around, he saw a young couple standing at the door.

The man was about 30 years old, wearing a well-tailored suit and a flashy gold watch, looking like a successful person.

The woman beside him was even more alluring, wearing a pink dress, carrying a burgundy LV bag, and wearing a green jade bracelet.

"It's you, why are you here?"

Ye Bufan said in surprise.

He didn't recognize the young man, but the woman was his ex-girlfriend, Zhu Linlin. He never thought they would meet so soon after breaking up.

"I'm here to eat, of course. What about you, how did you end up here?"

Zhu Linlin was also dining in a high-end place for the first time. As soon as she entered, she was stunned by the luxurious decoration of the restaurant.

She had just been thinking that if she stayed with Ye Bufan, she would never be able to enter such a high-end place, but now they had unexpectedly met here.

"Isn't it obvious? He's clearly a waiter here." The young man spoke before Ye Bufan could, "Lingling, do you know this person?"

Zhu Linlin said, "Darling, this is the ex-boyfriend I told you about, Ye Bufan. But I've already kicked him out."

She then said to Ye Bufan, "Let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend, the young master of the Ma family, Ma Wenbo."

Ma Wenbo glanced at Ye Bufan with disdain and said, "Ex-boyfriend, Lingling, I really don't understand what you were thinking. How could you choose such a poor guy as your boyfriend?"

Zhu Linlin sighed, "I was young and naive back then, and I was foolishly deceived by this poor guy."

Ye Bufan said coldly, "Zhu Linlin, I have no problem with you breaking up with me, but let's part on good terms. When did I ever deceive you?"

Zhu Linlin said, "If you hadn't talked me into it with your sweet words, how could I have fallen for you, a guy with an empty pocket?"

Ye Bufan felt a surge of anger and said, "When did I ever talk you into it with sweet words? It was you who pursued me, wasn't it?"

"Enough, what are you, to dare speak to my woman like that?"

Ma Wenbo said arrogantly, "The past is the past. Aren't you a waiter at this hotel? My shoes are dirty; clean them for me."