Chapter 116: Lu Qi’s Trump Card
The seafood buffet restaurant they went to was not far from the school, in the nearby business district, and it was one of the most expensive places there. At 150 per person, it was a bit too expensive for most students. But with Wang Heng and Sister Lu there, it didn’t matter.
As soon as they entered the shop, the rich aroma made everyone drool uncontrollably. Charcoal-grilled oysters, salmon sashimi, fan scallops, pan-fried steak, pepper-salt crawfish… there were too many delicacies to take freely.
So, the four boys quickly got into action. By the time they returned to the table with their various hauls, Sister Lu was back too. But she hadn’t taken any food, just carried a tray with five beers.
“You can’t just eat without drinks.” Saying this, Sister Lu distributed the beer to everyone.
Wang Heng, Wang Ke, and Fu Hanwen exchanged a glance, then Wang Heng reached out, took the wine cup from in front of Tang Hexing, and set it aside.
“Sister Lu, Xiao Tang can’t drink.” Fu Hanwen reminded her very seriously.
Sister Lu was a bit confused: “Not even one cup? And this is just beer.”
“What happened to him the last time he had one beer, we recorded it…”
As Fu Hanwen said this, he took out his mobile phone. But before he could open a certain video inside, the phone was snatched away by Tang Hexing.
“Eat properly, don’t expose my shortcomings!”
In front of the beautiful and generous older sister type, Tang Hexing didn’t want to ruin his image.
Sister Lu guessed that the phone probably had a recording of this little boy making a fool of himself, so she lightly changed the subject: “No drinking is fine too, there are beverages and Häagen-Dazs over there to cut the greasiness.”
Tang Hexing breathed a sigh of relief: “Okay, okay, thanks sister!”
Beside them, Wang Heng picked up his chopsticks, clamped an oyster, and silently ate it.
The other roommates also quickly quieted down and buried their heads in the battle.
There were plenty of topics to discuss among the boys normally, but with such a pretty older sister sitting in front of them, they were a bit nervous. Whenever they managed to chat a few sentences, the topics all revolved around Wang Heng.
After a good while, Tang Hexing, Fu Hanwen, and Wang Ke went together to get new dishes, and only while queuing for Häagen-Dazs did they finally chat freely.
Fu Hanwen suddenly asked: “What do you guys think the relationship is between that Sister Lu and Teacher Wang exactly?”
Tang Hexing nodded in agreement: “I think so too.”
Wang Ke looked confused: “What are you talking about? What kind of relationship exactly?”
Fu Hanwen: “Are you dumb? Of course it’s adulterer and mistress!”
Tang Hexing reminded him: “Xiao Fu, be more elegant, this is a high-end restaurant.”
Fu Hanwen coughed twice: “Sorry, my fault. It should be said they have a consensual man-woman relationship.”
Wang Ke sighed: “And here I thought we hit it off at first sight, who would’ve thought he likes this kind of old woman…”
Tang Hexing didn’t like hearing that, and immediately retorted: “Sister Lu isn’t old at all, she looks just like a senior female student from our school!”
“That’s your problem, Xiao Tang,” Fu Hanwen reminded him, “In Xiao Ke’s eyes, even a classmate girl like Feng Jia Miaomiao is an old woman.”
Tang Hexing: “……Yeah, true.”
Fu Hanwen continued: “Actually, whether she’s old or not doesn’t matter, didn’t you notice? That sister seems like she has a lot of money!”
Tang Hexing: “……If I say I’m not envious, would you believe me?”
Fu Hanwen: “Heh, what’s the use of envying? Hurry up and learn from Teacher Wang!”
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While those three were chatting, the two at the dining table also began verbal exchanges. However, compared to the leisurely chat between roommates, the words between this man and woman were full of sharp edges…
Wang Heng couldn’t hold back first and asked: “How did you find me?”
Sister Lu: “I was hesitating at your school gate, whether to ask someone for your dormitory location or just call you directly. But just as I was hesitating, I happened to run into you guys, very coincidental…”
Wang Heng’s feeling was quite complex. Clearly, today he couldn’t escape Sister Lu’s visit no matter what, the only difference was the location of the visit.
Sister Lu stared at him and continued softly: “I’ve received the money. According to our previous agreement, you can resign and leave anytime.”
Wang Heng clamped a piece of salmon, chewed it, and said: “That’s good.”
But after a few seconds of silence, Sister Lu said: “But I don’t want you to go.”
Wang Heng swallowed the salmon in his mouth and asked: “Why?”
Sister Lu looked serious: “Because I believe the miracles on you definitely aren’t just these. Besides writing code and speculating on Bitcoin, you can definitely bring me more surprises.”
Wang Heng: “……You should believe in science and stay away from superstition.”
Sister Lu shook her head: “No, it’s not superstition at all, it’s trust. Just like we said before, I believe in you, and you’ll definitely bring me more profit in the future.”
Wang Heng carefully reminded her: “The trust we talked about only refers to Bitcoin investment, nothing else.”
Sister Lu: “But I want to invest with you in the future too. Same old rules, I give you the money, you get one-third of the profit. The more I earn, the more you earn, I won’t shortchange you.”
Wang Heng struggled: “Sister Lu, you don’t need my help, investing is simple. Buy houses, new houses with good locations and full amenities, buy as many as you can, whether in Imperial Capital, Magic City, Shencheng, or here in Rongdu, as long as it’s houses in big cities. Buy while you can afford them now, investing is that simple.”
But Sister Lu countered: “You have over 800,000 now too, you could buy a small unit in Rongdu, so would you buy?”
“I…” Wang Heng was immediately stumped.
Of course he wouldn’t buy. Though buying houses these past two years was definitely a sure profit, he knew more than one way to earn even more.
Observing Wang Heng’s expression, Sister Lu said leisurely: “You have better projects but don’t want to bring me along, that’s not okay.”
Wang Heng gritted his teeth: “Sister Lu, as long as I resign, you can’t order me around. Whether it’s okay or not isn’t up to you.”
As soon as he said this, Sister Lu’s face stiffened. After a moment, her eyes suddenly reddened a bit.
Wang Heng immediately panicked.
This usually calm older sister type rarely showed a vulnerable side. Her lips trembled as she softly said: “Please, okay…”
From childhood to now, from the first playthrough to this one, what Wang Heng couldn’t stand most was girls looking pitiful and teary-eyed, it was even more intimidating than a knife to his neck. Especially pretty girls, though he’d experienced it more than once, he still couldn’t build resistance.
Sister Lu suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist — the force was light, just gently pinching, but in his mind it was no different from a battleship cannon blasting.
Wang Heng completely panicked.
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I wanted to list all the recent rewarding classmates’ IDs, but the computer side doesn’t display them fully, and on mobile… copying and pasting takes several steps, too much trouble. No way around it, can only update early to show gratitude.
