201 I Don’t Want to Owe Him
Perhaps influenced by Pei Ningle, nowadays, whether it was to celebrate or comfort, Wang Heng’s first move was always a big meal.
And Ye Xun’s first reaction was also to agree. After all, recalling the noodle shop last night and the instant noodles at noon today, it was hard for her not to drool over delicious food. Even the most unacceptable hot pot seemed to have an attraction that could not be ignored.
But on second thought, remembering her father staying at home, the impulse to go out for a big meal disappeared immediately—she was eating happily outside, while her father was eating bread or instant noodles at home. That would be too terrible, right?
So the girl refused, “Thank you, Senior, but forget it. I’m embarrassed to make you spend money.”
“It’s not spending much, just a meal. It’s nothing to me.”
When saying this sentence, Wang Heng felt a secret thrill. From the beginning of his rebirth until now, he could finally say ‘just a meal’ to a restaurant with a per-person cost of three digits. Wasn’t this sense of freedom in the face of a commercial society what he wanted?
“I know Senior made a lot of money speculating in Bitcoin, but money doesn’t last long.”
Although she was just a girl with a childish face, Ye Xun’s tone had a sense of worldly vicissitudes.
Wang Heng shrugged. “If I could only make a profit from Bitcoin once, then it definitely wouldn’t last long. But I’ve made a lot in the stock market recently, and I’m also very confident in future investments, so spending a little is no big deal.”
Ye Xun couldn’t help but ask, “Stock market? How much did you make?”
Wang Heng didn’t want to say the specific number, but if he held it in completely, it would be like walking in brocade at night, lacking a sense of satisfaction. So he said, “The profit from this investment is seven figures.”
“Seven figures… over a million?” Ye Xun’s eyes widened in shock, her small mouth slightly open, speechless.
“About that. I personally feel that I have a knack for investment. If you have financial needs in the future, don’t worry, you can ask me for help.”
Before Wang Heng finished speaking, Ye Xun silently lowered her face, seemingly looking at her wrong question notebook.
A few seconds later, the girl raised her face, with a polite but slightly stiff smile on her lips: “I shouldn’t need it now. And at the beginning, I said I would pay you to tutor me. Now like this… not giving you tutoring fees is already too much.”
Wang Heng shook his head. “You teach me combat, I tutor you. It’s not too much. It’s fair.”
Ye Xun bit her lip lightly and whispered, “Yes, but financial difficulties… better not.”
Seeing the loneliness in the girl’s eyes becoming more and more obvious, Wang Heng’s mood was also a bit complicated.
He could see that Ye Xun would definitely not launch a fierce offensive against him in the short term. After all, the family affairs were too troublesome, plus there was huge academic pressure. But regarding this, he couldn’t tell whether he felt relaxed, relieved, or a little heartache?
But after all, since she stopped the offensive, Wang Heng felt that he probably didn’t need to hide from her so much and could do some things he wanted to do, for example…
“I’ll take you home now?”
After Wang Heng asked, he saw the girl stunned for a moment, seemingly a little surprised.
Then, she smiled. “Okay, thank you, Senior.”
**
Last night’s attempt to return to the kitchen failed completely, so today, Ye Kang made ample preparations, specifically searching for recipes online and learning how to make a few dishes.
Longjing shrimp, West Lake vinegar fish… were all dishes he used to be best at.
He could handle business deals worth hundreds of millions. Could a few shrimps and a fish cause trouble again?
However, on the way home from the vegetable market, Ye Kang saw his daughter—and the handsome boy beside her.
The middle-aged man carrying plastic bags in both hands immediately hid behind the square dance group quietly, staring silently at the young man and woman. His eyes were as sharp as a vulture that had been hungry for three days.
Where did this brat come from? What does he want to do? How far has the relationship progressed?
Three soul questions echoed continuously in this father’s heart.
He saw that the handsome boy walked his daughter to the entrance of the residential complex, and when there was still a short distance from the residential building, he waved goodbye politely.
Looking at it now, the relationship between the two shouldn’t be considered intimate yet. This made Ye Kang breathe a sigh of relief.
He chased after his daughter quickly.
The handsome boy passed by Ye Kang and seemed to notice him, his gaze lingering on his face for half a second longer—but this didn’t make Ye Kang think much. After all, they were strangers and didn’t know each other before today. Unless he coincidentally read those few business magazines with small circulation, it was impossible for this kid to know him.
When Ye Kang caught up with his daughter, they were already inside the house.
Ye Xun changed her slippers and was about to go into the bedroom when she heard the door open and turned around. “Dad, you’re back from buying groceries?”
Ye Kang put the plastic bag with vegetables aside and stared at his daughter solemnly. Obviously, compared to dinner, there was a more important matter to discuss now.
He considered his wording and asked, “Dad just saw you walking with a boy. Is he a classmate from school?”
Ye Xun shook her head. “No, he’s a university student, the tutor I found.”
Ye Kang: “Tutor…”
Ye Xun: “Yes, and don’t stare at me like that. I know what you’re thinking, Dad. Let me tell you, he has a girlfriend, and he told me too, so don’t worry.”
Since his daughter said so, what else was there to worry about?
Ye Kang breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Xun turned into the bedroom and closed the door.
Putting down her backpack, the girl sat in the chair, staring at the empty desk, dazed for a while. After struggling for a long time, she finally unlocked the bottom drawer and took out the diary.
Some words were really hard to hold back, but she couldn’t tell anyone else, so she could only do this.
Picking up the pen, she wrote:
【Next year’s college entrance exam, the goal is the English major at the University of Electronic Science and Technology. If I can’t do it, what face do I have…】
A few consecutive dots formed an ellipsis.
Ye Xun originally wanted to write some more serious oaths, such as ‘if I can’t do it, I’ll never look for him again’, but at this moment, she found that she couldn’t write those words.
Clenching the pen in her hand, hesitating for a moment, she continued to write:
【English majors can work part-time as tutors, or try to be translators. After going to university, I should be able to make money myself. In this case, Dad can also relax a bit, right?】
The girl who was still a sophomore in high school didn’t know much about university life, so she was naturally uncertain when writing about future plans.
However, one thought about Wang Heng was very certain.
She finally wrote: 【I don’t want to owe him. It would be great if he could owe me.】
