At this moment, Grace Carter had already put in about ten thousand in chips. The gamblers around, confident in their own hands, all kept calling, but in the end, it was Grace Carter who couldn’t take the pressure first and went all-in—just her own bet alone now reached over thirty thousand, which meant more than thirty thousand yuan! At this rate, she was sure to succeed in squandering her fortune tonight!

Then David Hamilton completely broke down—Grace Carter’s bottom card was an “A”! Three Aces and two Kings swept the table, and in one round, Grace Carter won over a hundred thousand in chips.

This can’t go on!

David Hamilton could already see the task progress displayed by the system in his mind, and the big characters nearly gave him a heart attack: “Current squandering value: -125,500 yuan.”

Who would have thought! I came here to squander money, not to make money! Without another word, David Hamilton grabbed Grace Carter and left, grumbling as he walked, “Why are you so clueless? We’re here to squander money, not to win it! Things were going fine until you messed it all up. How am I supposed to squander money like this?!”

Faced with David Hamilton’s complaints, Grace Carter wasn’t the least bit angry. She walked along, smugly saying, “You want to squander money while hanging out with me? Not so easy!”

“Fine, you win, okay?” David Hamilton yanked at his hair in frustration. “Let’s go somewhere else to squander money! No more games of chance! If we’re going to play, let’s do something where we’re guaranteed to lose!”

Having just dominated the table and disrupted David Hamilton’s squandering plan, Grace Carter was in a great mood and joked, “Other ways to squander money? That just means shopping, but it’s so late at night, most luxury stores are closed. I doubt you’ll manage to squander anything.”

Given the purchasing power of RMB in this world, plus the over 120,000 yuan from the casino chips, David Hamilton now had to squander at least 230,000 to complete the task. If the luxury stores were closed, and he went to a supermarket or something, he could probably buy out the whole place.

The problem was, before being reborn into this body, David Hamilton had been a good kid—he could save money like nobody else, but had zero experience in squandering it. In his mind, the most extravagant thing was probably treating classmates to a meal for a few hundred yuan. But this was over 200,000—how could he possibly spend it all? Especially if he couldn’t find the most luxurious restaurant in the city, he’d definitely blow his cover. Besides, it was so late, there wasn’t even time to eat!

What to do, what to do?

With less than two hours left, David Hamilton, out of options, suddenly remembered seeing a pretty upscale nightclub on the way, something called “Ye Lai Xiang.” Judging by the fancy entrance, the dazzling neon lights, and the extravagant building, it had to be the perfect place to squander money!

“Let’s go!” David Hamilton snapped his fingers. “We’re going to Ye Lai Xiang to squander some money!”

“Ye Lai Xiang? A nightclub?!” Hearing that David Hamilton wanted to go to a place like that, Grace Carter’s dark, lively eyes went wide: “What are you going there for? You’re only eighteen, and you want to go to a place like that?!”

“What else? Of course to squander money!” David Hamilton replied matter-of-factly. “I’m a prodigal son! As a prodigal with power, influence, and money, don’t you think something’s missing?”

“Miss… missing what?” Grace Carter was completely stunned by David Hamilton’s overbearing words. “What else are you missing?”

“Obviously, I’m missing some lackeys! Don’t you get it? How are you going to squander money with me in the future?!” David Hamilton led the way downstairs, dreaming aloud as he went, “Look at these stairs—right now it’s just the two of us, so we have to go up and down step by step. But with lackeys, it’s totally different!”

“H… how is it different?” Grace Carter was completely defeated by David Hamilton. “What’s the difference?”

David Hamilton explained proudly to Grace Carter, “With lackeys, I can have people carry me upstairs, or piggyback me downstairs. How could that be the same?”

“……” Grace Carter was utterly exasperated. After a long moment, she finally shouted, “You… you prodigal!”

“Wrong,” David Hamilton snapped his fingers again. “I’m a super prodigal!”

……

The Hong family villa.

David Hamilton’s parents sat on the sofa in the living room on the first floor. The father took a sip of the world’s finest Tieguanyin tea and asked in a deep voice, “Honey, what do you think about Richard Carter coming to our house to propose?”

David Hamilton’s mother thought for a moment and smiled, “It’s a delaying tactic. That girl Grace really doesn’t like our David—I can tell. And I’ve heard that Richard Carter’s company is having serious cash flow problems lately. From what he said today, he was hinting that he wanted to borrow some money from us to tide things over. So I think today’s proposal was at least eighty percent a desperate move on his part.”