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

Chapter 428 - 197: Is it Gu Heng? It’s Gu Heng!!!

Xiaoshan Airport was quite a distance from the Hangcheng District, and it took He Jing over an hour to finally arrive at the company’s building.

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"Gu Heng, we’ve arrived."

He Jing gently nudged the sleeping Gu Heng and softly woke him with her voice.

Rubbing his eyes, Gu Heng glanced at the familiar scenery outside the window and lazily said, "That quick?"

He Jing rolled her eyes helplessly and replied, "Not quick at all. There was a traffic jam in the district, and I’ve been driving for over an hour, okay?

You’ve been sleeping since you got in the car, of course, it feels fast to you!"

Listening to He Jing’s complaining tone, Gu Heng smiled a bit awkwardly, "Sorry, after more than ten hours on the plane, I really was a bit tired, so I fell into a deep sleep."

No matter what, He Jing was still a friend, not his personal chauffeur. She had come all this way to pick him up, so he needed to show the right attitude. It’s not like he could just start thinking the whole world owed him service because he was wealthy, right?

So Gu Heng’s apology was completely heartfelt, with no pretense.

He Jing was silent for a moment upon hearing Gu Heng’s words...

She realized she had misunderstood...

She had thought that Gu Heng, having become so rich, might distance himself from an ordinary old friend like her.

But that wasn’t the case...

Just a few months ago, he’d been one of them, even at the bottom level; and in just a few months, he’d become a person from a completely different world. The thought still brought some strange feelings.

Seeing the smile at the corner of Gu Heng’s mouth, He Jing asked in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing much, just feeling a little sentimental. Let’s go up."

"Okay."

Seeing that Gu Heng did not go into detail, He Jing did not press further and led him toward the elevator.

...

...

Minutes later, the elevator reached the floor housing Galaxy Media. Gu Heng and He Jing stepped out side by side. Once the elevator doors had completely closed, Gu Heng waved away the lingering bad smell from his nose and took a deep breath of fresh air.

It wasn’t that he was being fussy.

Lately, wherever he went, he always took the VIP route, and that included using elevators. Suddenly cramming into an elevator with over a dozen people, especially in the heat of summer with that unbearable mix of body odors, it was a bit too much to handle...

That he managed to wait until the elevator closed before showing how affected he was spoke to his good manners...

He didn’t know how his past self endured such scenes every day, squeezing into buses and subways with a crowd, living in cramped and tiny rented rooms, but if the system disappeared now and he had to go back to experiencing the life of an ordinary person, he probably wouldn’t be able to survive...

The old saying that it’s easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to return to frugality, was vividly embodied by Gu Heng...

He Jing was unaware of Gu Heng’s internal struggles. Though she too found the smell in the elevator unpleasant, she had grown accustomed to it with daily exposure, assuming it was just Gu Heng not being used to it anymore. She said nothing about it and led Gu Heng through the doors of Galaxy Media.