Chapter 254: Give Me A Smile
When Pei Ningle woke up, she found herself trapped in a dangerous encirclement—Han Yixuan and Lu Qi were standing right next to the sofa, looking down at her.
She rubbed her eyes and quickly sat up: “What’s wrong?”
Han Yixuan sneered: “We were about to ask you what’s going on…”
“When we woke up, we found the bed empty. You and Ye Xun were both gone. When we came down, Ye Xun and Wang Heng weren’t there, only you. If you don’t have the habit of sleepwalking, then you must have woken up once during the night, right?” Lu Qi’s tone was indifferent, but she was staring at her intently.
Pei Ningle thought for a moment and said: “When I woke up, he was still watching the game. I watched the first half with him, then fell asleep. I don’t know anything about what happened after that. Don’t ask me.”
Han Yixuan pressed: “Then while you were watching the game, did you do anything?”
Pei Ningle quickly shook her head: “What could I do? I couldn’t do anything!”
Lu Qi watched coldly from the side, already having formed a judgment—from Han Yixuan’s guarded attitude, this Pei Ningle really did like Wang Heng. After all, if Han Yixuan didn’t know that, she wouldn’t subconsciously show such strong vigilance.
Just as the three girls were in a standoff, there was a knock at the room door.
Lu Qi, who was closest, walked over and opened the door to see Wang Heng standing in the doorway, holding a plastic bag.
“You…” Lu Qi stared at him, momentarily speechless.
Wang Heng smiled and lifted the bag in his hand: “I brought you all breakfast. Not welcome?”
Pei Ningle immediately jumped up and ran over with big steps: “What did you bring?”
“Roujiamo, jianbing guozi, hamburger, steamed bun, and also soy milk and coffee,” Wang Heng walked inside the house, handed the plastic bag to Pei Ningle, and said while changing shoes.
Lu Qi teased: “If it’s not because there’s a Chinese-Western fusion breakfast shop nearby, then you must have run to more than one place?”
Wang Heng: “Yeah, I stopped by two places on the way. We have four people here, so I wanted to offer more choices.”
Han Yixuan suddenly asked: “Where’s Ye Xun? Why isn’t she here?”
Wang Heng shrugged and answered naturally: “I dropped her off at the subway station first, then bought breakfast.”
Han Yixuan nodded thoughtfully.
Wang Heng could guess what this girl was thinking from her expression. Nothing more than whether there was anything during the time alone with Ye Xun that couldn’t be shown to others. Of course he had a clear conscience, but if he deliberately explained, it would seem like there was no silver here three hundred taels.
So he clapped his hands and said: “Come on, everyone pick your own rations. What do you want?”
Pei Ningle grabbed the jianbing guozi and soy milk first and started munching on them from the side.
Han Yixuan hesitated between the hamburger and roujiamo, then picked up the roujiamo, which seemed to have slightly fewer calories—the chicken in the hamburger was fried, so probably higher in calories.
Lu Qi took the hamburger and elegantly took a small bite.
Wang Heng: “These two big steamed buns are mine…”
Lu Qi suddenly teased: “That’s really your style!”
Wang Heng was momentarily stunned, catching the older sister type’s innuendo.
Han Yixuan said nothing, but stood tall with her chest out, not intimidated at all.
Pei Ningle held the jianbing guozi in both hands, munching happily with “crunch crunch” sounds like a hamster cracking sunflower seeds. Hearing this, the young girl looked at these three people in bewilderment, clearly not understanding the implication in Wang Heng and Lu Qi’s conversation.
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After breakfast, once Lu Qi left for work, Wang Heng said goodbye and left.
Walking alone back to campus, he grabbed the hamster from his schoolbag and asked: “My performance this time was fine, right?”
The hamster thought for a moment and helplessly spread its front paws: “Not perfect, but acceptable.”
Wang Heng: “Then the result of the next competition…”
Hamster: “You don’t need me to tell you. Just bet according to the memory. If there’s an accident, I’ll definitely stop you in advance. I can’t predict the result now either; I can only see some different paths in the future.”
Wang Heng nodded and asked again: “Then if I’m not too sure about the result in the memory, it’s okay to ask you, right?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the hamster lay down and fell silent.
Just as Wang Heng was feeling baffled, he heard Lu Qi’s voice: “So caring, huh?”
He turned his head and saw that blue BMW parked by the roadside, only a few steps away from him.
It turned out that because Lu Qi had appeared, the hamster stopped talking…
Wang Heng countered: “Sister Lu, want to get one too?”
Lu Qi waved: “I’m not interested in pets. Get in, I’ll give you a ride.”
Wang Heng: “The school gate is only a few hundred meters away, no need…”
Lu Qi: “It’s fine, we can chat a bit.”
Unable to refuse the kindness, Wang Heng got into the passenger seat of the BMW.
Lu Qi stepped on the accelerator, and the car sped forward. At the same time, she asked casually: “I heard from Qin Meng that you resigned. Why?”
Wang Heng: “Because time and energy are limited.”
“Busy being Pei Ningle’s agent?” Lu Qi glanced at him, her eyes showing some doubt. “But being a part-time consultant in the investment department doesn’t require sitting in the office, so it shouldn’t take much time and energy, right?”
Wang Heng smiled: “Actually, the main reason is I have a new plan coming up soon, and it wouldn’t suit staying at Penguin Company.”
Lu Qi perked up and quickly asked: “Another new investment plan?”
Wang Heng considered for a moment and said: “I’m planning to start a company and do some investment and tech stuff.”
This answer startled Lu Qi.
In the silence, the car had already arrived at the school gate.
She pulled over to the side, turned her head to stare at him, and asked: “You’ve already decided to start your own business? Where will you get the investment?”
Wang Heng spread his hands: “I’m planning to do angel investment myself. Do I need others to invest?”
“Qin Meng did tell me you want to play angel investment, but the difficulty of that is huge…” Lu Qi recalled a previous guess, her brows slightly furrowed, but she didn’t know how to put it.
Can you predict the future? Or rather, are you from the future? Thinking about such questions in reality felt embarrassing, let alone asking them out loud.
After hesitating for a while, Lu Qi could only say: “I know a few big shots in the game industry. If you need, I can introduce you.”
Wang Heng nodded gladly: “That would be great. The tech I mentioned should start with the game industry. They say doing business needs noble help. Thanks, Sister Lu.”
Lu Qi rested her chin on her hand thoughtfully, then suddenly smiled: “Want me to support you a bit more?”
Wang Heng kept his expression neutral, secretly on vigilance: “How so?”
Lu Qi: “To be honest, I’ve been thinking about entrepreneurship too, and I’ve saved up some money these past couple days. If you agree to some conditions, I can put in money too, and we can start a company together?”
Wang Heng: “Of course that’s fine, but what conditions do you want?”
“Give me a smile.”
Lu Qi suddenly reached out and gently hooked his chin.
Wang Heng: “To be frank, this…”
“Hahaha,” Lu Qi laughed loudly. “Just a joke! Look how nervous you are! Starting a company requires thick skin, otherwise, how will you be the boss?”
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