Marrying the Short-Lived, Maniacal Eldest Miss for Good Fortune 80

Chapter 80

The handover of work was very smooth.

Although Zong Heng looked very unhappy, when she saw Fang Yi really leave, she leaned back in her chair and couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief, her fingertips tapping on the desk with great pleasure.

Although she disliked Fang Yi’s smug face, when Lin Shuxing asked about the overtime situation, Fang Yi stood behind the young lady, her hands clasped together in a silent plea, which was really funny.

Fang Yi’s superficial good temper seemed to have finally landed at this moment. From the details of her eyes and limbs, a hint of a living person’s aura was revealed, with joys, sorrows, and angers. Her whole cool and detached face became vivid.

Lin Shuxing and Wang Quan had a separate chat in the office about the stock market and investment. Jiang Qiye also came. Fang Yi didn’t understand, so she went out in boredom and wiped the first egg.

There were originally two first eggs. One black-faced white bear was given to Lin Shuxing, and the other was a white-faced black cat, which was kept for subsequent R&D.

A colleague from the art department had secretly said that every profession has its own specialty, and that in the future, this kind of thing should not be touched by the R&D department. A certain someone’s aesthetic was like half a bottle of ink. When it was poured down, it had poured out two strange little animals with complementary colors.

The black-faced white bear looked like a Siamese cat, and the white-faced black cat looked like a panda. A very strange design.

Would anyone really buy a prototype with this color scheme?

After chatting with Lin Shuxing, Wang Quan suddenly had an epiphany and felt a surge of clarity. She sincerely exclaimed that it was truly the new generation surpassing the old, and the old generation stealing a little of the new wave.

Wang Hejun’s rise was actually not too early. In her early years, she was just a small merchant who ran around doing business. Step by step, she had become the current nouveau riche cash king.

They had made their fortune in the real economy and were not very good at the virtual and volatile things like the financial stock market. But as a boss, she didn’t need to be well-versed in everything. Anyway, the advisory group would also provide advice, and they just needed to make the decision.

In the past, Wang Quan had also tried to trade stocks under the instigation of others, and had lost so much that her pants had flown off. She was so pitiful that she had run to Fang Yi in the middle of the night to get some instant noodles, paired with a bottle of watered-down industrial alcohol that sold for nostalgia.

From drinking from an Italian winery to this, she had poured it into the bottle cap and had taken small sips.

It wasn’t that she had any nostalgia in her predicament, but that this thing was strong enough, cheap, and she would fall asleep directly after drinking it. It was even better than sleeping pills.

At that time, she was very concerned about her face and couldn’t bring herself to say that she had no money. The first major failure of her life had been very tragic.

After receiving Fang Yi’s tip-off, Wang Hejun had smiled at her cunningly and had said earnestly, “Your mom has also stumbled on this. It’s not shameful, but remember this feeling of failure.”

Finance is different from the real economy. It’s a game of the heart, of information asymmetry, of all kinds of deception. Under the control of capital, even the smartest ordinary person is just a pawn when they enter the game.

It was also strange. Finance was not the Lin family’s main field. Lin Lan was not interested in it. Her wife, Wen Qianxue, had studied literature and had nothing to do with these things.

How could she have raised Lin Shuxing to be so smart?

Wang Hejun was relatively feudal. In the past, she had even suspected that their same-sex reproduction technology had secretly used genetic programming.

This kind of behavior was very terrifying. In the future, there was a probability that tech children would rule humanity, rule the earth. This was all a conspiracy of alien scientists!

She had seriously instructed Wang Quan, “You must not get too close to these people, but don’t offend them either!”

But later, when she had found out that Wang Quan also liked women, Wang Hejun had been struck by lightning. She had thought about it for a whole night, had drunk two bottles of white wine, and had suddenly felt that her X chromosome fragment would be passed on to the creatures that would rule the earth in the future, which seemed to be quite impressive, and not unacceptable.

Thank you, alien scientists, for at least letting their old Wang family have descendants.

After chatting with Lin Shuxing, Wang Quan knew why she had lost so badly in stock trading back then. Some people’s thinking was naturally different from normal people’s. Their meticulousness was even more terrifying than an AI large model.

Lin Shuxing had spoken of sniping and shorting as if it were a matter of course, her indifferent tone completely different from when she was in front of Fang Yi.

Even the most thrilling layout was light and airy between Lin Shuxing’s lips and teeth. Making money was as simple as breathing for her.

“Don’t let Fang Yi get too tired,” that pair of amber eyes raised a little. “Contact me anytime if there’s a problem.”

Before she had left, she had handed over a business card, but not to Wang Quan, but to Jiang Qiye.

To be precise, it was to be passed on to Wang Hejun through Jiang Qiye.

Doing business, doing business, endlessly. One cannot lack a partner.

Lin Lan had chosen the Li family, which had connections in Yanjing, and Lin Shuxing, as an independent individual, had chosen the Wang family.

Wang Hejun was straightforward, had an excellent reputation, and was very enthusiastic to everyone. But in fact, she was very strict in her selection of cooperative partners.

She had struggled at the bottom for decades and was exceptionally experienced and ruthless in judging people. Her greatest strength was being able to choose the right person for the right position.

Lin Shuxing had not contacted her directly, but had handed over her business card through Wang Quan.

“So scary. She’s only eighteen…”

Jiang Qiye stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the young lady leave, and exclaimed with an unknown meaning, “She’s also surnamed Lin.”

“If all of this, including Fang Yi, is just her layout…?” As a veteran in the workplace, she was inevitably a conspiracy theorist.

Wang Quan took a sip of tea and exclaimed loudly, “Sigh, if only someone could come and lay out a plan for me. I also want to talk! I’m ready for good luck! I’m ready for a girlfriend!”

“…”

How can the difference between people be so great?

Jiang Qiye turned around and teased, “Big Wang arranged a blind date for you, but you didn’t go.”

“That’s different. I long for a fated, home-invasion-like love!”

Jiang Qiye: “You mean, you don’t pursue it yourself, but expect to get it without working for it, and for a wife to fall from the sky and fall in love with you?”

Wang Quan clenched her fists in forbearance and said with grief and indignation, “We are just colleagues. You have crossed the line.”

**

Downstairs, the red-haired young lady, who Jiang Qiye was worried was “scheming and deep,” was riding a bike with someone, swaying forward.

She had insisted on riding a bike to pick up Fang Yi and go home, to experience the plain youth of an ordinary person.

So amidst the chirping of the cicadas, Fang Yi’s long legs could only be pitifully curled up, half-suspended in the air, her hands wrapped around the young lady’s slender waist, ready to “foot brake” at any time.

Two bodyguards, one driving a car behind, and the other riding a motorcycle to protect them from behind.

Except for Lin Shuxing herself, everyone was quite nervous, even more tired than if they were riding a bike themselves.

Fortunately, the house Fang Yi rented was quite close to the company. Before her shirt was completely soaked with sweat, they had finally arrived safely.

They happened to catch a neighbor who had just finished shopping at the supermarket, and she waved at them enthusiastically from a distance.

“Little Yi is back. I haven’t seen you for days.”

“Auntie,” Fang Yi narrowed her eyes, her hands wrapped around the young lady’s waist, not willing to let go. Only when they had ridden closer and stopped, and she had seen the person’s face, did she slowly call out, “It’s Auntie Long. You’ve lost weight. I almost didn’t recognize you.”

This was Fang Yi’s usual polite remark, including but not limited to: you’ve lost weight, you’re glowing with health and good things are happening, you’re so energetic… a few sentences used over and over again. Lin Shuxing was tired of hearing them, yet no one suspected anything.

Many people in this residential area were familiar with Fang Yi. When they greeted her, Fang Yi would reply, and she seemed to have a very good relationship with them.

Polite, good grades, a child who had worked hard from a small town to a big city. With all these buffs, the older aunts and grandmothers looked at Fang Yi with a kind of love.

But Lin Shuxing knew that Fang Yi rarely called others by their names. At least half of the people who greeted her, she didn’t even know who they were.

So enthusiastic yet so cold, like an NPC. If you talked to her, she would answer, but as soon as you turned your head, she would forget.

Lin Shuxing thought of her first meeting with Fang Yi again.

At that time, to Fang Yi, she was just an ordinary passerby, right?

Fang Yi seemed to have no curiosity at all. She didn’t ask for her name, nor did she ever inquire. Anyway, her eyes were serious and cool, with an occasional gentle concern, and her gaze looked particularly deep.

But when the person left, through a piece of floating light glass, her dark eyes would lose their focus, and the bottom of her eyes would be empty, with nothing, as if she were not interested in anything.

This Auntie Long had probably interacted with Fang Yi a lot, which was why she had stood out from the perfunctory and polite address and had been given a more intimate surname.

Auntie Long was about fifty years old, and her hair was fashionably permed. She cheerfully took out a bag of old-fashioned chicken cakes. Seeing that Fang Yi had a friend with her, she specially stuffed in a few more snacks and specially instructed:

“I remember you like to eat this. The big supermarket in front is having a sale. If you’re missing anything, go and buy it early. There won’t be any good things left if you’re late.”

“The vegetables and fruits were just delivered at noon. They’re very fresh. Look, I also bought a lot of these eggplants and baby cabbages. They’re cheap!”

“Don’t always eat instant snacks, especially that instant noodles and compressed biscuits. I saw you always buying a lot of flavors before. No matter how delicious they are, it’s not good. Eating too much is not good for your stomach. You have to take good care of yourself when you’re working outside alone.”

Just as Fang Yi was about to stand up, she was caught off guard by an acquaintance who exposed her. Her mature and reliable image in front of the young lady was on the verge of collapse. She was so embarrassed that her face burned, and she waved her hands repeatedly. “No, no. You can take it back for your younger sister to eat.”

Seeing that she was embarrassed to accept it, Auntie Long directly waved her hand and stuffed it into the car basket.

“Don’t be polite. In a while, Nan Nan will get her scores. I’ll have to ask you for advice on filling out her application! We don’t understand these things. Please don’t be polite.”

She had come in a whirlwind and had left like a whirlwind. Even though Fang Yi was agile, she was still no match for her.

The lively chatter was gone, and the faint chirping of the cicadas surged up. The old street suddenly returned to its silence.

The scores are coming out soon… so soon. Fang Yi touched her nose.

The chirping of the cicadas was too noisy, and it always gave one the feeling that summer was being infinitely extended. The scorching sun was a new day, and every day was like a cycle.

It had felt like half a lifetime had passed, but it had actually only been a dozen days.

Fang Yi lowered her head and saw Lin Shuxing staring at her with a smile.

Lin Shuxing’s smile was too brilliant, and it made Fang Yi’s relaxed and happy mood a little low, and also a little nervous.

“You like to eat this,” the young lady reached out her hand. The chicken cakes in the car basket were still hot, fresh out of the oven, and there was a faint layer of mist on the plastic bag.

“It’s alright. I’ll buy some on the way.”

Lin Shuxing liked to see Fang Yi’s slightly embarrassed look when she was with her elders. She narrowed her eyes, turned her eyes away guiltily, or touched her nose, her gaze lowered, all of which were particularly cute.

Lin Shuxing held up the woman’s chin, and her light-colored eyes were completely filled with her shadow.

“Fang Yi—”

Under the young lady’s gaze, Fang Yi felt her palms start to sweat. The weather was really getting hotter and hotter every day.

Her mind was filled with the chicken soup she had prepared long ago, things like “don’t be nervous,” “it’s okay,” “the college entrance exam doesn’t really mean anything…”

Lin Shuxing was so proud, so hardworking. If fate had to make her efforts in vain and let her miss her dream school, it would be a very cruel thing.

A few hours before the exam, Lin Shuxing was still having a high fever.

Thinking back now, what they had done that night was really crazy. Transferring illness and warding off disaster, even Fang Yi herself was not 100% sure.

In the original world line, Lin Shuxing’s illness had not been cured. She had almost risked her life to persevere, but the ending she had gotten was just a light “failed the exam, evil has its evil reward.”

Fang Yi just stubbornly wanted her to take the exam safely and get a relatively fair admission ticket. Even if the ending still couldn’t be changed, even if her persistence was meaningless.

At least, there would be no regrets.

The young lady’s soft fingers pinched Fang Yi’s face.

She watched as Fang Yi’s dark eyes dimmed a little. Because she had been staring at the computer for a long time, the red blood vessels had not completely disappeared. At this moment, with a little less sharpness, they looked a little gray.

Like a solidified cloud before a sudden downpour, it contained an incomprehensible emotion, heavily pressing on the horizon.

She was always like this.

Although a few years had passed in a flash, Lin Shuxing felt that the whole world had undergone a earth-shattering change, but Fang Yi hadn’t changed at all. She was still standing there, separated by a layer of glass.

“Fang Yi! Look at me.”

“Hm?” After she came back to her senses, the dark clouds dispersed a little, and the woman’s obscure gaze became very gentle again.

Fang Yi took a deep breath. Under the young lady’s gaze, which seemed to be able to see through everything, she unconsciously pinched her fingertips.

She was worried that she would ask some questions she didn’t want to answer, but she could no longer lie to her with a straight face.

The two looked at each other for a long time, so long that the chirping of the cicadas also faded in the deep green grass, and their chests were filled with something else.

Crystal clear beads of sweat slid down the protruding bone joints of her wrist and into their clasped palms. The lifeline, the love line, the messy and clear lines were firmly pressed together.

The young lady’s hands were still a little cold. The term “ice skin and jade bones” seemed to be tailor-made for her.

But in Fang Yi’s hot temperature, she was the one who was more forceful. Her wrist was slightly raised, forcing the woman’s long, slender knuckles to curl up a little in pain.

Outside the mottled wall, the sound of a horn sounded again on the asphalt road, startling the wildflowers on the railing. Only then did time begin to flow again.

Her senses revived. It was not yet dinner time, but someone’s rice was already cooked. A variety of fragrances gradually floated in the air, star anise, cooking wine, soy sauce and vinegar…

Under the warm yellow sunlight, the young lady didn’t ask anything. She just pressed the woman’s long, slender neck, suddenly stood on her tiptoes, and very, very lightly kissed her eyes.

Lin Shuxing was no longer smiling. Her expression was even a little serious, tinged with a golden halo, a very immature touch and a separation.

The dark eyelashes’ reaction was half a beat slow, like a clumsy butterfly that had drunk too much. Only after the petals had left did it flap its wings in palpitation, swaying, and savoring the sudden kiss just now.

“I’ve been wanting to ask you for a long time. Are you a little… unable to see clearly?”