A simple dinner.

Cauliflower stir-fried with ham, fish in pickled mustard broth, and a tomato and egg soup.

This kept Miss Vera, who was accustomed to the finer things in life, busy for over an hour.

She usually ate bread, sandwiches, or oatmeal with milk when she was out and about, just to get by, or she went to a restaurant.

It was indeed a little difficult for her to personally cook Chinese food.

Su Yehao gave her a lot of face, first scooping up a bowl of tomato and egg soup to try. Discovering that it tasted pretty good, he told her in surprise, "Wow, this is great! I was originally prepared to praise you against my conscience, but now I'm praising you sincerely."

Miss Vera wrinkled her nose and smiled, "Of course it's good. I didn't know how much salt to put in, so I tasted it over and over again. It took me a long time to find the right flavor."

"You don't cook often, so it's already very good that you can make something like this, far beyond my expectations."

After saying that,

Su Yehao tasted the fish in pickled mustard broth again. The seasoning packet had specific instructions, so as long as she followed the steps, it wouldn't be easy to make it taste bad.

Outside, the sky had already turned dark.

Suddenly, there was thunder and lightning, and soon it started pouring rain.

Rainwater flowed down the antique glazed roof, gurgling down outside the eaves, and gathering in the pool where the koi carp were kept.

Su Yehao looked at the courtyard lit by yellow lights outside the window and said casually:

"I used to think that European palace-style villas were elegant and grand, but now I think living in such an environment is more conducive to self-cultivation. I guess I'm getting older and prefer to listen to the wind and watch the rain like this."

Miss Vera stared out the window for a while and nodded, saying:

"I like it too. It makes people feel peaceful, so I wanted a piece of land here. Chinese gardens must be difficult to popularize, right? They are more expensive to build and require a large area of land. I feel that there are fascinating highlights in various cultures. I visited Mont Saint-Michel in France before, and it was so beautiful at night when it was covered in lights. Hohenzollern Castle in Germany is also great.”

"Mont Saint-Michel, is that the one built on the small island? I think I have a slight impression."

"That's right. It is said that the castle in the opening of the Disney movies was based on Mont Saint-Michel, but it must be scary to live in such a large building. I prefer natural scenery."

Vera said.

This girl had lived a carefree life since she was a child. She also went to a girls' school managed by a church in elementary and middle school, so her ideas were of course different from ordinary people.

Following the topic she was interested in, Su Yehao told her, "You can travel more while you're young, but don't see it all at once, or what will you do when you get old? You'll feel bored."

"That's a very reasonable suggestion. If you have time, I can wait for you. Let's go to Turkey together to ride in a hot air balloon then."

After Vera finished speaking, she added, "Actually, I had the opportunity to ride in a hot air balloon before, but I feel it's more meaningful with a lover."

"No problem. Speaking of going to the sky, when my wealth is so great that I have nowhere to spend it, maybe I'll plan a small base on the moon. Although I'm not sure how to do it yet, I should have some time to prepare. Before I get too old to go to the sky, there will still be opportunities to achieve this goal. I'll invite you up to play then."

Su Yehao wasn't joking about this.

In the foreseeable future, his assets would likely swell to a terrifying number. At that time, cooperating with the authorities to plan a grand goal didn't seem entirely impossible.

People always have to have something to look forward to in life. In addition to becoming the richest person in the world and shouldering some social responsibilities within his capacity, he was also a common man who hoped to do something meaningful and write his name in the history books.

Vera looked blank, widened her eyes, and asked, "Are you serious? The moon is desolate. It must be scary to live there. Will you come back?"

"...Nonsense. You also said it's desolate up there. Wouldn't living there all day be like being in prison? But although the moon is desolate, it has the most beautiful scenery in the universe. You can stand in the distance and look at the earth. How spectacular would that be?"

As soon as Su Yehao finished speaking, Vera had already chickened out. She replied:

"Spectacular to the point of... being scary. Even just imagining it is a little scary. I shouldn't be able to become an astronaut, and I don't have the ambition to conquer the moon."

"The moon has been stepped on several times... maybe. Of course, I'll wait until the technology is safe enough before I go. It's also possible that I'll become more and more afraid of taking risks as I get older. Anyway, this plan is beneficial to me. I'm too wealthy now and need to divert people's attention from me. For example, Gates, when people think of him, they often think of his charitable work. This will reduce people's vigilance and resistance towards me."

They were eating ordinary food, but the topics they were talking about were high-end enough.

Su Yehao still felt that he didn't have enough money to spend now, but that might not be the case in ten years. The profits earned back through cash cows might be so large that there was nowhere to spend them, which he could use to realize some ambitions that ordinary people wouldn't dare to think about.

When he had accumulated some experience, he would also have hope of trying to go to Mars, which was a place that no one had ever set foot on yet.

Because the future he described was too far away, Vera didn't worry about it. She joked, "It seems that the Earth can no longer accommodate your ambition. People can never be truly satisfied."

"That has its good and bad sides. People invented cars because they were lazy, and they continue to improve medical technology because they want to live. Civilizations without ambition have difficulty making progress."

Su Yehao changed the subject and smiled:

"The people I like are all here. Even if I really go on an adventure one day, I will come back. Unless I get some alien black technology, it will be difficult for our technology to continue to improve. The farthest adventure I can imagine is just setting foot on Mars."

Vera didn't like talking about business either, so the topic went astray.

At this moment, when the matter of Jiang Yu's pregnancy was mentioned, Vera was slightly tangled and said to Su Yehao, "Some people are suitable to be mothers, but I don't seem to like children very much. I can't even take care of myself usually, so I get a headache just thinking about it."

Su Yehao was stunned, thinking that she was giving him a heads-up, and said calmly:

"It doesn't matter. I already have many children and I have a headache myself. It's up to you whether you want to have one or not. Jiang Yu also said that she didn't want children at first, but later she was more active than anyone else. With our looks, a mixed-race child should be very handsome or very beautiful."

After Vera made up her mind, she smiled and said:

"That's right. Maybe I'll like children in the future. My mother told me that having me was also an accident. She was troubled by it for a long time. Fortunately, my father proposed to her, and she made up her mind to give birth to me."

After eating and drinking her fill,

Su Yehao hugged Vera and walked towards the bedroom in a puff of smoke.

When entering the door, she accidentally bumped her head on the door frame, and her eyes were filled with tears from the pain.

The atmosphere that she had managed to brew up dissipated, and she sat on the bed and watched *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber* for a long time...