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

He pulled out his phone, ready to transfer money to Wang Lulu...

Sitting beside, Gu Heng was entirely flabbergasted...

He knew his childhood friend was a gambling addict, but he didn't think the addiction was that deep, and indeed, after his own demonstration over the New Year, the friend didn't gamble again...

But he never imagined Li Haibin was also a simp...

And it seemed he was hopelessly far gone...

There were always outrageous stories about simps online, like "Fat Cat", and because of their absurdity, Gu Heng had always thought such stories were scripted...

But now he realized, what script?

The simp was right beside him...

If Wang Lulu were some goddess, Gu Heng might have accepted Li Haibin's behavior...

But what kind of goddess was she?

Better-looking than Leizi, maybe, but any 20-something girl dolled up on the big street could match her looks. What was he getting out of all this fawning?

It was clear Gu Heng didn't understand the mindset of a simp...

Yet as Li Haibin was about to transfer the twenty thousand, Gu Heng suddenly snatched his phone away.

"Hengzi, what are you doing?!"

Li Haibin said, trying to take the phone back from Gu Heng.

Wang Lulu and her friend, seeing Gu Heng block the transfer, all looked at him with annoyance...

"I'm here in Yangcheng City, and you still need to pay? It's just a trip to Shenzhen, right? I'm going to be in Dongguang for a while anyway, so I might as well join in the fun. You're responsible for showing me around, and I'll handle the expenses."

As he spoke, he canceled the transfer interface on Li Haibin's phone.

Li Haibin instantly got excited: "You're going to Shenzhen too?"

"Does it matter where we have fun? Since you all have plans, we can't let me being there mess them up, can we?"

"Okay, let's go to Shenzhen together! As for paying, let's not talk about that. You've come all the way from Hang City, how could we possibly ask you to pay?

I can't arrange high-end places, but I can certainly afford the usual tourist expenses, as long as you don't look down on them."

After speaking, Li Haibin returned to his simp demeanor, saying to Wang Lulu: "Did you hear that, Lulu? My buddy's willing to come to Shenzhen, so I can accompany you!"

"Heard it!"

Wang Lulu responded impatiently before sitting back down...

Her twenty thousand yuan transfer was blocked by Gu Heng, which irritated her no matter how she thought about it...

The atmosphere at the table became awkward once again...

Only Li Haibin, oblivious like a frog in a well, chatted with Gu Heng about recent events while asking after Wang Lulu's well-being, almost wishing he could feed her by hand...

...

A few minutes later, during the order-taking, Song Hua pulled Gu Heng aside and said in a low voice, "Brother Heng, you saw it just now. Haibin's completely lost his mind. I've tried to talk to him several times, but he just won't listen.

If this keeps up, he'll be sucked dry and end up jumping off the Yangcheng Bridge."

Gu Heng frowned and asked, "What's his actual situation?"

Song Hua gave a brief rundown of Li Haibin and Wang Lulu's situation.

The more Gu Heng heard, the more ridiculous it seemed...
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It wasn't until Song Hua finished that Gu Heng couldn't help saying, "You mean he's already spent over a hundred thousand on this woman? And he's planning to sell his car to rent a house for her?"

Song Hua nodded helplessly: "I don't know what kind of love potion Wang Lulu gave to Haibin. Normally he's fine, but once it involves this woman, he goes crazy.

Me and a few coworkers keep trying to tell him she's just after his money, but he won't listen, even claims we don't understand Wang Lulu, says she's a good girl, and he's thinking of marrying her..."

"Alright, I got it. Leave this to me, don't worry about it anymore,"

No wonder they say a simp doesn't deserve sympathy...

It's an honest truth... after all, why sympathize with an idiot, right?

If this had happened to someone else, Gu Heng would have just watched for amusement, perhaps with a sneer, saying the fool got what he deserved...

But Haibin was a lifelong friend, making it hard for Gu Heng to respect another's fate and let go of his urge to help...

After all, a simp is just someone who has seen too few women,

If it had been the old him, meeting a purposeful gold-digger, he might have been shaped into a simp too, though not to the extreme degree of Li Haibin...

But the current him, after dealing with Fang Xun, Lin Jiayun, and those tender models at yacht parties, would never be associated with the word 'simp' in this lifetime...

When it comes to simping, it would only be others toward him...

So really, pulling a simp out of the hole can be hard or easy...

He was idle anyway, so he might as well give a helping hand...

Otherwise, like Song Hua said, he might end up drained of his essence and jumping from Yangcheng Bridge, and Gu Heng would likely regret it for the rest of his life...