050 Shot Even While Lying Down
Fu Hanwen’s self-introduction, as expected, won unanimous praise and applause from the girls.
“You’re so cute!”
“Then I won’t buy a ticket for next week’s movie. I’ll be waiting for you, okay?”
“Student Fu Hanwen, your name sounds very charming.”
The responses from several girls made Fu Hanwen’s face turn red. Tang Hexing’s reaction next to him was envy—why didn’t I think of a line like that?
Next, it was Wang Heng’s turn for the self-introduction, and he unequivocally showed the most aloof side among all the boys in the class, forming a stark contrast with Fu Hanwen.
“My name is Wang Heng. I like programming. That’s all.”
With that, he sat down and continued to look at his phone.
The scene was a bit awkward for a moment.
Reality is not a Mary Sue novel. The so-called aloof male god is not that popular. Or rather, that kind of heart-stoppingly aloof male god would be more popular if he adopted a warm or gentlemanly style. If the first impression you leave on others is that you are unapproachable, and you don’t show any stronger plus points, then being ignored by others is a natural consequence.
This was exactly what Wang Heng wanted.
The coffee was served, and everyone gradually started to chat. But he was still looking at his phone, struggling with a problem.
Wang Heng had discovered that among the current major traders of Bitcoin, many were from the black market. All kinds of illegal businesses, such as hiring assassins, illicit drugs, and arms smuggling, used Bitcoin for settlement because they couldn’t use conventional banking channels. And the most prominent marketplace among them was a website called ‘Silk Road’.
In his memory, Silk Road wouldn’t last long, and when this website was taken down by the US federal government, Bitcoin would fall again due to the negative public perception it attracted. But soon, a new website would replace Silk Road and become the new black market exchange, and some speculators hidden behind the scenes would take advantage of the public’s attention being drawn to it to quickly raise the price of Bitcoin.
Of course, those behind-the-scenes speculators could never have imagined that the purchasing power of Chinese aunties would be so terrifying, and the final increase would be beyond anyone’s control. But that was a story for later.
What Wang Heng was considering at this moment was whether to sell the Bitcoins he had hoarded before this drop, and then buy them back when the price bottomed out.
If he operated properly, he would make some short-term gains, but he wasn’t very confident in this judgment. What if he sold them and couldn’t buy them back in time, and Bitcoin just soared all the way up?
“Speculation is really not easy…” he couldn’t help but mutter.
At this moment, a girl’s voice sounded in his ear:
“Are you considering speculation?”
Wang Heng was startled. He looked up and saw a face with exquisite makeup in front of him. He quickly remembered that this girl was named Sun Ruimin. She was a student union officer from the University of Finance and Economics, a sophomore majoring in finance. And she was Sun Xingsi’s cousin, the female organizer of this mixer.
She had shoulder-length straight hair that gave off a professional vibe. Her appearance was good, and her makeup made many of the boys’ eyes light up. The expression on her pretty face was filled with strong confidence.
Sun Ruimin glanced at Wang Heng’s phone and was slightly surprised. “An all-English website. You can understand it?”
Wang Heng retorted, “If I couldn’t understand it, what was I doing just now?”
Sun Ruimin: “And it’s news about Bitcoin… Are you interested in this?”
At this moment, Fu Hanwen, who was beside him, tried to interject, “Senior sister, he’s not just looking at the news. He’s also bought several Bitcoins!”
Sun Ruimin’s eyes instantly lit up. “So rich?”
For first and second-year university students, being able to spend several thousand yuan to play with Bitcoin was undoubtedly a very extravagant act. It was a good thing that Wang Heng had been more conservative when he told Fu Hanwen before and hadn’t truthfully told him that he had actually bought 50 coins, a full fifty thousand yuan. One could imagine that if he had told the truth, it would have probably scared them.
Wang Heng simply replied, “Since I said I was optimistic, I’ll prove it with my actions.”
Sun Ruimin praised, “Impressive. Junior brother, you’re so young, but you’re very bold.”
Fu Hanwen: “He’s not just bold. The three of us in our dorm all call him Teacher Wang.”
Sun Ruimin: “Oh? Why is that?”
Fu Hanwen really wanted to participate in the conversation, but he couldn’t think of a better way to put it at the moment, so he could only continue to talk about Wang Heng.
So he ignored Wang Heng’s pleading gaze and said, “Because before his freshman year even started, our Teacher Wang received an offer from Penguin Company and became their special employee. We haven’t even attended a single professional class, but he’s already a programming master.”
Sun Ruimin only glanced briefly at Fu Hanwen before staring at Wang Heng again and smiling. “So when you said you liked programming, you meant this kind of like… What we say are just hobbies. What you say is a specialty.”
Wang Heng: “You flatter me, you flatter me.”
Sun Ruimin asked again, “Then the money you used to invest in Bitcoin, was it all earned from programming?”
“Yes.” Wang Heng took a sip of coffee, suddenly feeling a little confused. He found that two other girls opposite him seemed to be staring at him, probably because of the popularity brought by Senior Sister Sun Ruimin?
Another girl chimed in, “You’re already earning your own money as a freshman. That’s so amazing! So can you cover your own living expenses?”
“It’s okay…” Wang Heng really didn’t want to say more and wanted to shift the topic to his roommates. But looking over, Wang Ke was even more silent than him, and he couldn’t find any talking points on Tang Hexing and Fu Hanwen.
And what was this pig teammate Fu Hanwen doing? If you want to pick up girls, then do it. Why drag others into it?
Sun Ruimin was suddenly a little curious. “Are you usually like this, not willing to say an extra word?”
Fu Hanwen answered for him, “He’s usually quiet, but a little more talkative than now. During class, he occasionally talks to us, and we chat a lot in the dorm.”
Sun Ruimin nodded but still stared at Wang Heng.
Wang Heng concluded, “Yes. Boys actually have more common ground with other boys.”
The girl next to Sun Ruimin couldn’t help but retort, “So, you came here today to have a mixer with boys?”
At this point, Tang Hexing finally found an opportunity to join the conversation. “Actually, he didn’t plan to come. We dragged him here. Teacher Wang knows a lot of girls. That night, there were two who called him. We all heard it.”
Wang Heng secretly gave Tang Hexing a thumbs-up.
Now that’s more like it. Exposing my shortcomings is the right way to go. If you want to chat up a girl, then step on your roommate’s shoulders. Don’t learn from that oaf Fu Hanwen!
