086 Rise, It Must Rise
Wang Heng walked into Lu Qi’s office, closed the door, and his first sentence was, “I’ve already bought in with my full position, 210 coins.”
Lu Qi was taken aback. “That many?”
Wang Heng explained, “Because I sold at the high point a few days ago and then bought in at the low point, of course I could get more chips. But the 210 coins I just mentioned is your money plus my money. One-third is mine, two-thirds is yours.”
Lu Qi did a quick mental calculation and mused, “I have one hundred and twenty thousand, and you have half of mine, which is sixty thousand… Your entry price was less than nine hundred yuan.”
“That’s right. Less than nine hundred yuan per Bitcoin. This is the lowest point.”
“It won’t go any lower in the future?”
Wang Heng said with absolute certainty, “At least before 2020, it will absolutely not go any lower!”
Lu Qi stared at the young man in front of her. Unlike Director Tan Meng, he wasn’t wearing a suit and tie, no brand-name watch, nothing that could mark him as an elite. A simple thin jacket, T-shirt, and jeans, seemingly cheap goods from a supermarket. Besides his handsome appearance, he looked like an ordinary university student in every way.
One was a young brat like this, the other was an investment director with a brilliant track record. Who to believe was self-evident.
Lu Qi shook her head with a self-deprecating smile. Although she had always prided herself on being rational and logical, even the most rational person would have impulsive moments. Lu Qi knew she had no reason to trust Wang Heng; coding skills and investment prowess were two completely different things.
But she still said, “This sum of money is completely in your hands.”
“Thank you for your trust.”
Just as he finished speaking, Wang Heng was about to slip away.
But unfortunately, Lu Qi called him back. “Want to have lunch together?”
Wang Heng glanced at the instant noodles on the desk. “Aren’t you having instant noodles?”
Lu Qi took out another cup from the drawer. “This one can be for you.”
Wang Heng wanted to refuse, but thinking of his agreement with the hamster a few days ago, he hesitated for two seconds and finally gave in.
There was a hot water kettle in this office, so there was no need to go outside to get hot water. The two of them soaked their noodles in hot water and used their keyboards as lids.
While waiting for the noodles to cook, Lu Qi pointed to the other side of her desk. “Just sit here. Pull up a chair yourself.”
Wang Heng pulled the only empty chair in the office to the front of the desk and sat down. This way, he and Lu Qi were face to face across the desk.
In this short time, Wang Heng had also thought things through.
Lu Qi was different from Han Yixuan and Pei Ningle. She had never had a secret crush on him, and their interactions in the office were not ambiguous at all. In theory, Lu Qi’s feelings for him were at most a slight good impression, far from the level of liking him.
So, there was no need to panic at all.
If he panicked too much and took the initiative to distance himself from Lu Qi, it might instead give that hamster an opening… Thinking this, Wang Heng’s heartbeat stabilized.
Lu Qi suddenly moved her keyboard, and the paper lids of the two cups of instant noodles were immediately pushed open by the rising steam. The aroma of Old Altar Pickled Cabbage quickly spread throughout the room.
Lu Qi picked up a small plastic fork and tore off the paper lid. “It’s really been a long time since I’ve had instant noodles. What about you?”
Wang Heng: “I just had some two days ago.”
“Then I’m really sorry. It seems a bit willful of me to make you have instant noodles with me. You’ll get tired of it, right? How about I order some takeout for you?”
As she spoke, Lu Qi tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and winked at him.
This gesture was extremely feminine, and on Lu Qi, who almost never showed herc harming side, it was extremely rare.
But Wang Heng just pursed his lips and didn’t stare blankly. After all, no matter how rare the charming look was, he had seen it on Lu Qi before.
Lu Qi picked up some instant noodles and took a bite, chewing and swallowing unhurriedly, then glanced at the silent young man opposite her.
Then she took another bite of noodles and glanced at him again.
Wang Heng couldn’t help but ask, “Is something wrong?”
Lu Qi took a tissue, wiped the corner of her mouth, and said with a smile, “Has any girl ever told you that you’re cute when you’re being clumsy?”
Wang Heng: “…Huh?”
Lu Qi’s lipstick color was already quite light. After eating instant noodles and wiping her mouth with a tissue, it was almost the original color of her lips. Her upper and lower lips were both relatively thin, and with her smiling expression, they appeared quite elegant. But the words that came out of those lips at this moment were not elegant at all.
“You look pretty good when you’re working seriously, and you’re also great when you’re confidently persuading others. But I think you’re more interesting when you’re in a daze. Maybe this is the contrast. A smart person looking silly occasionally is cute.”
What kind of experience is it to have a mature woman smile and call you ‘cute’?
Wang Heng didn’t know what others thought, but the hairs on his arms stood on end. Didn’t they say her affection wasn’t that high? What was going on now!
Wang Heng buried his head in his noodles, took a big bite, and said while chewing, “Thank you for the compliment…”
As if casually, Lu Qi threw out another question, “Have you ever been in a relationship?”
Wang Heng was instantly choked, and two strands of instant noodles came out of his nostrils. He didn’t need to look in a mirror to know how pathetic he looked at this moment. So, would this pathetic look disgust the mature woman in front of him? Or would it make her find him even more ‘cute’?
Just then, a slender hand handed him two tissues.
“Thanks.” Wang Heng took the tissues and properly wiped his nose and mouth.
After this scene, he really didn’t have much of an appetite and just placed the instant noodles on the table.
Lu Qi rested her chin on one hand and asked with a smile, “Not eating anymore?”
Wang Heng sat up straight and answered, “Yes, I eat pretty fast. I’ve almost finished the noodles.”
Looking straight into Lu Qi’s playful eyes, Wang Heng thought things through.
Unlike Pei Ningle and Han Yixuan, Lu Qi was older than him, the older sister type. She wouldn’t be as hesitant and roundabout as the young girls. She was more spontaneous. She didn’t need a high level of affection; just a little was enough for her to make a probing move.
Then, what about after the probe?
Putting himself in her shoes, a twenty-six or twenty-seven-year-old mature woman, still single, with no men around who interested her. She had finally found one, and he was a relatively obedient and easy-to-control ‘little brother’, such an interesting existence… Then she would definitely continue to probe, accumulating mutual affection in step-by-step probes until they achieved a positive result.
Unlike the young girls, a mature woman was much more predatory! When she met a suitable target, she would take the initiative to attack!
Boys can be lolicons, so why can’t girls be shotacons?
In that case, he couldn’t be an obedient shota, couldn’t let her probe him—Wang Heng made a decision.
Then he said solemnly. “Sister Lu, I can see you’re teasing me. I hope you won’t do this in the future.”
Just stating a serious attitude, this shouldn’t count as a ‘direct rejection’ in the hamster’s book, right?
Lu Qi narrowed her eyes, staring straight at him.
