Chapter 59: I Married Ye Fanzhi

At this moment, a series of information lists about the host appeared on the system interface.
[Wealth: 34 million]
[Items: The Art of Being a Male God, Divine Facial Cleanser]
[Mission: Tears of Regret from the Ex-Wife (Incomplete)]
[Ex-Wife: Ye Fanzhi]
And finally—
[Name: Lin Ran]
What the hell! My name actually appeared! Wasn’t there a binding error?
What is going on?
Let me try again.
“Fanzhi~”
!!!
Ye Fanzhi sat in the driver’s seat, watching Lin Ran standing by the front passenger door, greeting her with a gentle, refreshing smile.
Ugh, that gave her goosebumps.
“You’d better take a taxi to the hotel yourself.”
Lin Ran got in, closed the door, and fastened his seatbelt. “Fanzhi~, I’m all settled, you can drive now.”
“Just call me Principal Ye.”
“All right, Fanzhi.”
…
Ye Fanzhi couldn’t stand this sudden change in Lin’s demeanor. She decided she’d better send him to the hotel quickly.
He called her “Fanzhi” twice, and the system reacted again…
[No matter how affectionately you call Fanzhi, she feels nothing. She only calls you ‘Little Lin’ like a stranger. What kind of wife calls her husband by his surname? Even after a divorce, that wouldn’t be the case.]
Case closed—Ye Fanzhi was the ex-wife mentioned by the system, and “Little Lin” was the ex-husband.
[At twenty-two, during the teachers’ team-building event at East Lake Park, you met the new principal, Ye Fanzhi. You had just graduated, and she was newly appointed—two rookies who hit it off immediately. You talked about poetry, music, and philosophy, watched the stars and the sunrise together—your feelings for each other began to blossom.]
[In the days that followed, you often went to the school under the pretense of visiting your mother, but really to chat with Ye Fanzhi in her office. One day, you opened the office door and saw the stern principal secretly embroidering—a bright red phoenix robe. Only later did you learn she was making her wedding dress.]
[At twenty-three, on August 20th, you confessed at her twenty-second birthday party and succeeded. You officially became the man behind Principal Ye.]
[That same year, you founded a gaming company. Lacking funds, Ye Fanzhi raised thirty million for you. Only later did you discover she had sold her Porsche, all her jewelry, and even her apartment in Shanghai.]
Holy… Ye Fanzhi was that bold?
Only someone madly in love would do such a thing.
[At twenty-four, your game went public and became a sensation. You earned hundreds of millions, bought a luxury apartment and a Ferrari for Ye Fanzhi, and successfully proposed.]
[At the end of that year, Ye Fanzhi put on the golden-embroidered phoenix robe she had been working on since she was eighteen, and you held a grand traditional wedding, pledging to grow old together.]
[At twenty-seven, your overseas gaming company was established in Los Angeles. On that midsummer night before you left, you spent a long night together until dawn.]
[At thirty, three years had passed without you returning home, obsessed as you were with work. In those three years, Ye Fanzhi often visited you in Los Angeles, only to find your heart was set on your career alone. The intimacy between you faded, and things could never return to how they were.]
[At thirty-one, she decided to let go and asked for a divorce. You argued over the phone—she felt you cared only about work, not your family. You believed a man should be ambitious. You agreed. The seven-year itch—your marriage of seven years came to an end.]
“So on this timeline, I’m the kind of workaholic who’s lost his mind?”
“I thought she cheated, but it turns out it was a choice between career and family, and I chose my career. The me on that line was crazy.”
[But putting aside the facts, was she entirely blameless?]
Fine, the system is picking a fight.
The system was extremely biased towards its host!
Lin Ran sorted out the situation. Without the system, he might never have met Jiang Shuyao or Jian Wei’an, but he would certainly have met Ye Fanzhi, as she was his mother’s boss.
With the system, he took the dog for a walk that day, and when the husky got into trouble with Bai Bai, that’s how he met Jian Wei’an and Jiang Shuyao.
Nevertheless, Lin Ran saw himself as living in the present. Whatever happened in the future—the marriage or the divorce—that was just one possible version. Whoever he married now, it would still be his first marriage. His future was in his own hands.
[Please complete the mission "Tears of Regret from the Ex-Wife" as soon as possible.]
[Details: Your ex-wife is so distant, which means she never really loved you. Make her realize how wonderful you are. When she sheds tears of regret for not being able to love you, the mission will be completed, and you’ll be rewarded with one hundred million.]
Lin Ran finally understood.
In other words, the Divorce Comeback System arrived too early!

The reason Lin Ran thought there was a binding error was because the system had loaded the date of the divorce—that is, half a month ago.
It was treating his current relationship with Ye Fanzhi as if it were already post-divorce.
Now Lin Ran knew how to play this.
Do the opposite!
Treat the divorce system’s mission as if it were a dating system’s!
First, he needed Ye Fanzhi to fall in love with him—if she never loved him, how could she ever cry for him?
August 20th was Ye Fanzhi’s birthday—wasn’t that tonight?
So she returned to Shanghai for her birthday.
He had to attend!
Soon, the car stopped in front of the Central Tower of Shanghai. Ye Fanzhi said, “My dad’s student is a manager at the J Hotel. I’ll take you up and see if we can get you a discount.”
Lin Ran replied, “That’s too kind.”
Ye Fanzhi said, “Come on, why be polite if you can save money?”
Lin Ran hesitated, “Uh… all right.”
They got out and entered the elevator.
Inside, a young man holding a box was on the phone: “Chen Qian, I’m in the elevator, almost there.”
Soon, the elevator stopped at the 98th floor, revealing a place called Golden Sands Beauty and Hair Salon.
The young man left with the box, and a man named Chen Qian received him: “Canwen, just find someone to deliver these shampoos.”
The elevator doors closed.
Lin Ran brushed his hair, “I’ll get my hair styled later.”
Ye Fanzhi teased, “Vain as ever~”
Soon, the elevator stopped at the 101st floor. Ye Fanzhi waved to a woman in uniform, “Xiaoyu~”
“Fanzhi~” Xiaoyu approached, giving Ye Fanzhi a teasing look. “Bringing a handsome guy to check in, not bad!”
Ye Fanzhi poked her forehead. “What are you thinking? My friend’s on a business trip. I’m just bringing him to support your business.”
Xiaoyu said, “No problem, I can give you the best deal. By the way, how are teacher and madam doing?”
“Very well. Your teacher mentioned you this morning.”
“Oh, please, that’s so embarrassing. I graduated with a Chinese degree, was an apprentice to a famous teacher, and now I’m a hotel manager. I can’t face him.”
“Don’t worry so much. You’re a manager now. There’s no shame in any profession.”
Chatting, they arrived at the front desk. The cheapest single room started at a thousand.
Ye Fanzhi asked, “What’s the discount?”
Xiaoyu replied, “Everything is 40% off. I think the Cloud Suite is the best deal—amazing river view, and after the discount, it’s less than three thousand.”
Ye Fanzhi considered this and agreed. “Little Lin, how about the Cloud Suite?”
“Fine.” Lin Ran handed over his ID.
The receptionist took it and began the check-in process but suddenly paused, looking up at Lin Ran. “Mr. Lin, do you want to cancel your previous reservation?”
Ye Fanzhi was surprised. “You already booked a room?”
Lin Ran explained, “I checked the layouts before coming—there was a nice river-view room. I was worried it’d be gone, so I booked it in advance. But since you’re so hospitable and even got your friend to offer a discount, I canceled mine for yours.”
“You’re really something. But since you already booked, just go with your original choice.”
Xiaoyu said, “Ke’er, give Mr. Lin a 40% discount on his room.”
The receptionist smiled awkwardly, “Sorry, Xiaoyu, I can’t.”
Xiaoyu was annoyed. With her friend here, not getting a discount was embarrassing.
“Why not?”
“Mr. Lin booked the presidential suite at 210,000 a night.”
What?
Xiaoyu was shocked.
If he’d said it was the presidential suite, she’d have been mentally prepared.
Here they were trying to save a few coins for him, and he’d already booked a 210,000-a-night presidential suite.
Even Ye Fanzhi and Xiaoyu, both Shanghai locals, were stunned.
Two hundred ten thousand was the price of a square meter in a luxury apartment next door.

Ye Fanzhi stared at him. “You booked the presidential suite? And you were worried someone would snatch it? Who’s competing with you for a 210,000-a-night suite?”
Lin Ran replied honestly, “There are so many rich people in Shanghai. What if someone took it? So I asked my bank manager to book it for me.”
As a VIP, Lin Ran could have his bank manager reserve anything as long as he was willing to pay.
…
Ye Fanzhi was at a loss—they weren’t operating on the same wavelength.
Lin Ran said, “Fanzhi, give me a bit of a discount. I’ll use the money to buy you candy.”
Ye Fanzhi laughed, “You’re in the presidential suite. Do you really care about that?”
Lin Ran replied, “Why not? I have money, but I’m not a fool.”
Ye Fanzhi burst out laughing, “All right, I’ll see what I can do. Xiaoyu, you’re the manager—what do you say?”
Xiaoyu said, “I’m just the manager for standard rooms, not the presidential suite. Uh… Ke’er, give my friend a discount, or he’ll take the Cloud Suite, and you’ll lose more than two hundred thousand.”
“One moment.” Xiaoyu called the manager and soon returned, smiling, “Mr. Lin, since it’s your first time in our J Hotel presidential suite, our manager is offering the biggest possible discount—fifty thousand off, so it’s 160,000 a night. You booked three nights, which totals four hundred eighty thousand…”
Xiaoyu whispered in awe, “Three nights, that’s four hundred eighty thousand. Fanzhi, where did you meet such a wealthy and handsome man?”
“In Shudu,” Ye Fanzhi replied.
Xiaoyu had no idea Lin Ran was actually Ji Bochang, the internet’s hottest rich second-generation at the moment. Ye Fanzhi didn’t elaborate.
Thinking it through, Lin Ran was truly understated in his luxury.
Even Ye Fanzhi was impressed.
The receptionist added, “Mr. Lin, actually, the manager mentioned another way to save an extra thirty thousand, if you’re interested?”
Lin Ran asked, “What is it?”
The receptionist answered, “If you share our hotel’s Douyin promo video so more of your friends can see our presidential suite, we can discount another thirty thousand.”
Why refuse a discount?
Lin Ran agreed, “Sure.”
The receptionist asked, “Thank you, Mr. Lin. What’s your Douyin handle? I’ll send you the promo in a private message.”
Lin Ran replied, “Ji Bochang.”
“Oh… Ji Bochang… what?”
The receptionist and Xiaoyu looked at Lin Ran in shock. The receptionist pointed at the account with 190,000 followers. “This one?”
“Yes.”
This—!
The receptionist was thrilled—he’d been following Ji Bochang for a long time.
To think this handsome man booking the presidential suite was Ji Bochang himself. Suddenly, Lin Ran seemed even more attractive—wealth really did make a person glow.
Xiaoyu stared at Ye Fanzhi, wide-eyed. “He’s that rich second-generation?”
Ye Fanzhi replied, “Uh, yes.”
Xiaoyu said, “He spends millions on Bentleys and furniture, and you’re trying to save him a few coins?”
Ye Fanzhi replied, “Business is business. You didn’t send him private messages and photos, did you?”
Xiaoyu blushed, “I… I didn’t! I’m not that kind of woman.”
Soon, Lin Ran reposted the promo video, saving another thirty thousand—for a total of four hundred fifty thousand.
“All right, you can rest now. I’ll be going. Bye, Xiaoyu~”
Ye Fanzhi walked briskly towards the elevator.
Lin Ran called after her, “Isn’t today your birthday?”
Ye Fanzhi paused. “How did you know?”
“I noticed on your resume at the school last time—it says August 20th.”
Ye Fanzhi nodded, “Yes, that’s today.”
“My mom called this morning and said you recommended her for Teacher of the Year. Here we are, meeting again in Shanghai, and it’s your birthday. Let me treat you to dinner.”
“Thank you for the invitation, but I’m already having dinner with family and friends tonight.” She thought for a moment and added, “Tell you what, I’ll send you the address later. Come and join us this evening. It’s all friends, the more the merrier.”
“I’ll be there tonight.”