Chapter 158: Not Simple
Closing the bedroom door, Wang Heng turned around and looked at the two girls in the room. They stood facing each other, only two steps apart, their expressions calm, revealing no clues.
Wang Heng introduced, “Xiao Xuan, this is Sister Lu, the one I mentioned to you before. Sister Lu, this is my girlfriend, Han Yixuan.”
Upon hearing the three words “Han Yixuan,” Lu Qi lowered her gaze and silently processed the storm of shock in her heart.
The rival in love who appeared in that night’s dream—wasn’t it this name?
The face from the dream was hard to recall clearly after waking up, but Lu Qi remembered this name clearly. And the more she carefully observed now, the more she felt that the young girl in front of her looked familiar… Since she had never seen her in reality, it must have been in the dream?
The question was, could a dream really predict reality?
Realizing this issue, Lu Qi couldn’t help but associate it with Wang Heng—this guy said he had no ability to predict the future, just got lucky. Now it seemed, had he also had a similar precognitive dream? And her own special dream seemed related to Wang Heng too; was there some deeper reason behind it?
Pondering these questions, Lu Qi became a bit absent-minded. Until Han Yixuan’s voice rang out, pulling her attention back to the reality in front of her.
“Hello, Sister Lu. I’ve heard Heng Heng mention you several times. Thank you very much for taking care of him.”
Han Yixuan’s tone was quite natural and very polite. But Lu Qi raised her eyebrow slightly, sensing that things were not simple.
Glancing at Wang Heng’s expression, that “Heng Heng” seemed to make him a bit uncomfortable—would a couple in the heat of romance feel unaccustomed to each other’s nicknames?
Recalling the details of getting along with Wang Heng in Rongdu before, Lu Qi increasingly felt that this Han Yixuan was more likely just a shield, not a real girlfriend.
But the current question was, what was Han Yixuan’s attitude toward Wang Heng? How willing was this shield?
“No need to be polite,” Lu Qi said leisurely, “Although Wang Heng is not a formal employee under me, he is more important to me than a formal employee.”
Han Yixuan blinked.
Lu Qi noticed that although this girl’s expression didn’t change, her pupils contracted slightly.
Expressions can be faked and forcibly controlled. But changes in pupils under strong emotions are hard to control with willpower. From this, Lu Qi could judge that her previous words had indeed impacted Han Yixuan’s state of mind.
However, Han Yixuan’s tone remained flat: “Why?”
Lu Qi: “Of course because his work ability is very strong, performing better than other programmers. And considering his age, considering he’s only a first year university student, his potential is simply too great. So when he graduates in three years and prepares to find an internship, I will definitely hire him. Not just hire him, but offer double the price!”
Han Yixuan said with a shallow smile: “That’s great. Sister Lu favors him so much; it seems my boyfriend won’t need to worry about job opportunities in the future.”
Lu Qi: “Even if I don’t have the authority to hire people in the future, he won’t need to worry about work.”
Han Yixuan: “Eh, why?”
“Don’t you know?” There was some hard-to-discern genuine-or-fake surprise in Lu Qi’s expression. “This time with the Bitcoin investment, Wang Heng made quite a lot.”
Bitcoin? Investment? Wang Heng?
Han Yixuan was immediately stunned.
Her major was finance, and the professor had discussed it more than once in class, so she was of course familiar with that hot topic at the end of last year. But she had never thought that Wang Heng had also made money in this wave of market trend!
Where did he get the money to invest?
“Cough cough,” Wang Heng explained, “I mainly helped Sister Lu invest, and then she shared a lot of profit with me. Xiao Xuan, I didn’t tell you mainly because I was still hesitating before…”
He certainly couldn’t say that he just forgot to tell Han Yixuan about it. After all, their real relationship wasn’t close, and with the principle of not revealing wealth, he hadn’t told his roommates the truth, let alone reveal it to Han Yixuan.
So at this moment, this small oversight became exceptionally fatal.
Han Yixuan couldn’t help but ask: “So how much did you exactly earn…”
Wang Heng: “Several hundred thousand.”
A university freshman, several hundred thousand?
Han Yixuan felt the magic of this world, finding it hard to accept for a moment.
Happy because he earned money? A little bit; sad because he kept it from her all along? A little bit too. The young girl’s mood at this moment was so complex it couldn’t be summed up in one word.
A moment later, she came back to her senses and turned her head to glare at Wang Heng: “You didn’t tell me, why? Afraid that I’d be with you for your money!”
While acting coquettishly annoyed, the young girl secretly gave him a look.
Wang Heng got the message, raised his hands in surrender: “Sorry, Xiao Xuan, I just never knew how to bring it up to you…”
Watching this scene, Lu Qi couldn’t help but want to applaud Han Yixuan.
After exposing this key point about Bitcoin, logically, pretending to be the girlfriend couldn’t continue, since a boyfriend earning several hundred thousand while his girlfriend knew nothing was too implausible. But Han Yixuan didn’t give up; instead, she forcefully smoothed it over.
This wit, this depth, and this thick-skinned persistence were truly rare among eighteen- or nineteen-year-old girls.
From the motive alone, Han Yixuan’s willingness to act so hard showed her intention toward Wang Heng. And beyond motive, her ability was not to be underestimated.
Lu Qi could finally confirm—this girl was not simple!
Facing Lu Qi’s gaze that seemed to contain quite a bit of meaning, Han Yixuan felt a tingling scalp.
The young girl didn’t dare relax at all, secretly reminding herself—this Sister Lu was very not simple!
Wang Heng on the side sighed, his face full of helplessness, but he wasn’t panicked at all inside.
Lu Qi’s attention was now all on Han Yixuan, and Han Yixuan was the same. This way, he himself was much more relaxed. It was like on a battlefield where red and blue sides were in a standoff, a third party—the green side’s army—suddenly barged in. Then green and red fought fiercely, while blue could withdraw, just needing to monitor the battlefield at any time to ensure the situation didn’t escalate too much.
He couldn’t help but secretly marvel—I really am a little clever one!
Wang Heng suddenly said: “It’s mealtime. Let’s go for dinner. There’s a barbecue restaurant with good food; I’ve been there with friends before. How about we head out now?”
Lu Qi: “Classmate Xiao Xuan, what do you think?”
Han Yixuan: “Sister Lu, you’re the guest. You decide.”
“Why be so polite here? Listen to me, let’s go!”
Wang Heng secretly felt smug—this was reclaiming the dominant position after introducing the third party.
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