227 Absolutely Cannot Relax Vigilance
“Lu Qi is almost here. What about you two? Are you ready?”
Wang Heng asked standing outside the bathroom.
Pei Ningle’s voice came from behind the door: “Almost, we’ll be ready soon!”
Then, Han Yixuan could be heard whispering, “See, I was right, wasn’t I? A straightener is great for styling bangs…”
“Mhm, mhm,” Pei Ningle agreed, “and the new lip glaze is also very nice.”
Listening to the voices inside, Wang Heng sighed silently.
Yesterday, after knowing that Lu Qi was going to treat them to dinner, these two girls had been muttering about how to dress up, and even went to a nearby mall to buy a lot of equipment, such as straighteners, liquid foundation, lip glaze, and so on. And this morning, they spent a lot of time getting ready, helping each other dress up… As for why they paid so much attention to appearance, Wang Heng could certainly guess their mentality.
That was to show the most impeccable posture in front of Lu Qi.
After a while, the two girls came out of the bathroom, and Wang Heng’s eyes lit up instantly.
One was a slightly taller girl. Her originally long straight black hair was now slightly curled inward at the ends, looking elegant and exquisite. The lemon yellow sweatshirt and plaid skirt showed the youthful vitality of a female university student. And this color combination made the girl’s skin look even fairer.
The other had a pure single ponytail, like a little girl in a middle school campus. The light-colored sweater with a jumper skirt, and white ankle socks, made her look even more like an underage girl.
Wang Heng looked at Han Yixuan on the left, then at Pei Ningle on the right, and suddenly felt a little terrified. He was afraid that one of them would ask that fatal question—which one of us looks better?
Fortunately, the two girls didn’t show any hostility, just holding hands like ordinary best friends and coming to him.
“Has Sister Lu arrived downstairs?” Han Yixuan asked.
Wang Heng: “Yes, let’s go down.”
Pei Ningle hesitated. “Did you tell her about that plane ticket…”
Wang Heng: “No one cares about such details. It’s fine, let’s go.”
With that, the three went out and walked out of the apartment building.
Then on the roadside at the entrance of the residential complex, they saw the blue BMW.
Lu Qi, dressed in a capable black women’s suit, leaned against the car, seemingly staring at the three people walking over—she was wearing black sunglasses, so it was impossible to tell where her gaze drifted.
Coming to the mature woman, Wang Heng said, “Sorry, are we late?”
Lu Qi took off her sunglasses, smiled and shook her head. “I just arrived too, it’s okay.”
Of course she wouldn’t say that she actually arrived twenty minutes early and drove around this residential complex three times as a preliminary investigation.
Han Yixuan smiled. “Hello Sister Lu, we meet again!”
Lu Qi: “Hello, Student Little Xuan, and our big star Little Le.”
Pei Ningle said timidly, “Hello Sister Lu…”
Wang Heng opened the rear door. “Let’s talk in the car. Aren’t you hungry?”
The three girls shook their heads in unison.
Wang Heng: “It’s fine if you two aren’t hungry, but Little Le, aren’t you craving food?”
Pei Ningle blinked and shook her head reservedly. “I’m okay…”
**
The location for lunch was a high-end Western restaurant.
After taking their seats, the two girls soon discovered that their previous preparations didn’t seem to mean much—Lu Qi didn’t rush to show her charm like them. The black suit with trousers made Lu Qi look more like a calm workplace elite than a girl who wanted to fall in love.
And the topic she discussed with Wang Heng had no ambiguity at all, completely centered on investment and financial management.
Stock P/E ratio, fund annualized rate… Pei Ningle couldn’t interject at all.
Han Yixuan could chat along, but after Lu Qi casually stated that she had millions of assets to manage, the girl from an ordinary family had nothing to say.
“Sister Lu, actually besides real estate, there is another good investment opportunity this year,” after some thought, Wang Heng decided to give some practical advice. “P/E ratio is actually not very safe for stock selection. As you can see, the rise and fall of some stocks compared to their P/E ratios is not scientific at all. But the stock market this year is indeed good, so I suggest buying index funds.”
Lu Qi: “Index funds? You mean the whole market is going to rise?”
Wang Heng nodded and said very confidently, “In my judgment, it can reach five thousand points.”
Han Yixuan beside them couldn’t help but be surprised. “Are you sure? Can it rise that much?”
Lu Qi narrowed her eyes slightly, thoughtful. “Your judgment is five thousand points… I understand.”
Han Yixuan: “Sister Lu, what do you understand?”
The corners of Lu Qi’s mouth curled up slightly into a smile. That smile seemed to have deep meaning.
After a brief silence, she looked at Wang Heng and asked again, “Then what are your plans? You have much more cash available than me now. You can’t just leave it in the bank to earn interest, right?”
Wang Heng looked around at the three of them and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
To talk about specific investment opportunities, it would be best to get some intelligence from the hamster. But to make the hamster loosen its mouth, his relationship with these three… it would probably be difficult to maintain the current calm state.
And without relying on the hamster, the next real money-making opportunity he knew was the World Cup in two or three months. He didn’t remember much about this World Cup, but he remembered the champion and runner-up teams clearly, which was enough.
As for before the World Cup?
Wang Heng considered for a long time and said, “I should also buy index funds.”
“Then how to choose index funds? Do you think…”
Lu Qi continued to chat with him.
And Pei Ningle took out her phone, opened WeChat, and sent a message to Han Yixuan: 【I feel that this sister doesn’t seem to have that kind of interest in him, what do you think?】
Han Yixuan was looking at her phone at this time. Seeing the message from Pei Ningle, she replied immediately: 【Absolutely do not relax your vigilance, she is not simple at all!】
Pei Ningle: 【Why?】
Han Yixuan: 【During the New Year, I had a confrontation with her. Trust me, she is very interested in him, and very shrewd!】
A certain word in this message made Pei Ningle scratch her head and think.
Then she asked: 【What does confrontation mean?】
Han Yixuan: 【A term in games, you can understand it as confrontation.】
Pei Ningle suddenly became wary: 【You play games too? Did you play with him?】
Han Yixuan: 【I haven’t played much, just did research on game projects with him during the winter vacation.】
Pei Ningle became even more wary: 【When did you do it? Why didn’t I know!】
Han Yixuan covered her face to avoid letting Wang Heng or Lu Qi discover her helpless expression—we were clearly discussing Lu Qi, how did the fire burn onto me? Why is this Little Le’s focus so strange?
