Chapter 228: Never Let Your Vigilance Slip
“Lu Qi is almost here, what about you two? Ready?”
Wang Heng stood outside the restroom and asked.
Pei Ningle’s voice came through the door: “Right away, we’ll be ready soon!”
Then, he could also hear Han Yixuan speaking softly: “See, I told you right? The hair straightener is super great for bangs…”
“Mm-hmm,” Pei Ningle agreed, “and the new lip glaze is pretty good too.”
Wang Heng listened to the voices inside and sighed silently.
After learning yesterday that Lu Qi was treating them to a meal, these two girls had been muttering about how to dress up, and they even went to a nearby shopping mall to buy quite a bit of equipment, like hair straighteners, foundation, lip glaze, and such. And this morning, they spent even more time getting ready, helping each other with makeup… As for why they cared so much about their appearance, Wang Heng could of course guess their mentality.
That was to show the most impeccable posture in front of Lu Qi.
After a while, the two young girls came out of the restroom, immediately brightening Wang Heng’s eyes.
One was a slightly taller young girl; her originally black long straight hairstyle now had a slight inward curl at the ends, making her look elegant and refined. The lemon yellow hoodie and plaid short skirt gave her the youthful vitality of a female university student. Moreover, this color pairing made the young girl’s skin appear even fairer.
The other had tied up a pure single ponytail, like a little girl from middle school campus. The light-colored sweater paired with a suspender skirt, along with white short socks, made her look just like an underage young girl.
Wang Heng looked at Han Yixuan on the left, then at Pei Ningle on the right, and suddenly felt a bit apprehensive. He was afraid that one of these two would ask that fatal question—which of us two looks better?
Fortunately, the two young girls showed no hostility, just holding hands like ordinary best friends and coming before him.
“Sister Lu is already downstairs?” Han Yixuan asked.
Wang Heng: “Yes, let’s go down.”
Pei Ningle hesitated a bit: “Did you tell her about that airplane ticket…”
Wang Heng: “No one cares about that detail, it’s fine, let’s go.”
With that, the three of them went out the door and walked out of the apartment building.
Then at the roadside by the residential area doorway, they saw that blue BMW.
Lu Qi, in a capable black women’s suit, was leaning against the car, seemingly staring at the three approaching— she was wearing black sunglasses, so it was impossible to tell where her gaze had drifted.
Coming before the older sister type, Wang Heng said, “Sorry, are we late coming down?”
Lu Qi took off her sunglasses, smiled, and shook her head: “I just arrived too, no problem.”
Of course she wouldn’t say that she had actually arrived twenty minutes early, driving around the residential area three times as a preliminary check.
Han Yixuan smiled: “Sister Lu, good to see you again!”
Lu Qi: “Hi, Xiao Xuan classmate, and our big star Xiao Le.”
Pei Ningle said timidly: “Sister Lu, hi…”
Wang Heng opened the rear car door: “Let’s get in the car first, aren’t you guys hungry?”
The three girls all shook their heads together.
Wang Heng: “You two not being hungry is one thing, but Xiao Le, you’re not tempted?”
Pei Ningle blinked, still shaking her head reservedly: “I’m okay…”
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The lunch spot was a high-end western restaurant.
After sitting down, the two young girls quickly realized that all their previous preparations seemed to have little meaning— Lu Qi wasn’t rushing to show off her charm like they were. The black suit paired with long pants made Lu Qi look more like a calm workplace elite, not a girl wanting to date.
Moreover, the topics she discussed with Wang Heng had no ambiguous color at all, completely centered on investment and wealth management.
Stock price-to-earnings ratios, fund annualized rates… these things left Pei Ningle completely unable to join in.
Han Yixuan could follow along a bit, but after Lu Qi casually mentioned having millions in assets to manage, the young girl from an ordinary family had nothing more to say.
“Sister Lu, actually besides property, there’s a great investment opportunity this year,” after some contemplation, Wang Heng decided to give some practical suggestion, “Price-to-earnings ratio isn’t very reliable for stock picking, as you’ve seen, the increase and decrease of some stocks compared to their price-to-earnings ratios isn’t scientific at all. But the stock market trend this year is indeed good, so I suggest buying stock index funds.”
Lu Qi: “Stock index funds? You mean the entire stock market is going up?”
Wang Heng nodded, very confidently saying: “In my judgment, it can reach 5000 points.”
Han Yixuan beside him couldn’t help but say in surprise: “You sure? Can it rise that much?”
Lu Qi narrowed her eyes slightly, thoughtful: “Your judgment is 5000 points… I see.”
Han Yixuan: “Sister Lu, what do you understand?”
Lu Qi’s mouth curved slightly, forming a smile. That smile seemed to carry deep meaning.
After a brief silence, she looked at Wang Heng and asked again: “So what are your plans? The cash you have available now is much more than mine; you can’t just leave it in the bank earning interest, right?”
Wang Heng looked around at the three, suddenly feeling some difficulty.
To talk about specific investment opportunities, it would of course be best to get some intelligence from the hamster. But to get the hamster to talk, his relationship with these three… would probably be hard to keep in its current calm state.
And without relying on the hamster, the next real money-making opportunity he knew of was the World Cup in two or three months. He didn’t remember much about this World Cup, but he remembered clearly the champion and runner-up teams, and that was enough.
As for before the World Cup?
Wang Heng pondered for a moment, then said: “I should also buy stock index funds.”
“Then how to pick stock index funds? You think…”
Lu Qi continued chatting with him.
Meanwhile, Pei Ningle took out her mobile phone, opened WeChat, and sent Han Yixuan a message: 【I feel like this older sister doesn’t have that kind of interest in him, what do you think?】
Han Yixuan was looking at her phone at the moment and immediately replied to Pei Ningle’s message: 【Absolutely do not relax vigilance, she’s not simple at all!】
Pei Ningle: 【Why?】
Han Yixuan: 【During the winter holiday, I had a confrontation with her, believe me, she has a lot of interest in him, and she’s very scheming!】
A certain word in this message made Pei Ningle scratch her head and think.
Then she asked: 【What does confrontation mean?】
Han Yixuan: 【A gaming term, you can understand it as standoff.】
Pei Ningle immediately became vigilant: 【You play games too? With him?】
Han Yixuan: 【I haven’t played much, just did some research on a game project with him during winter holiday.】
Pei Ningle was even more vigilant: 【When did you do it? How come I didn’t know!】
Han Yixuan covered her face to avoid letting Wang Heng or Lu Qi see her helpless expression— they were clearly discussing Lu Qi, how did it backfire? Xiao Le’s focus is so strange?
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