Chapter 97: 097 Risk Control After Failure
Ye Xun was not the kind of willful girl. After showing a bit of anger, she quickly apologized and changed the topic. Moreover, regarding property and family estate matters, Ye Xun completely avoided talking about them, making it impossible for Wang Heng to continue with his ‘sincere reminder’.
Afterward, the waiter brought steak and spaghetti. The two chatted about idle talk on Rongdu and campus life while eating, and this dinner passed without incident.
When it came time to settle the bill, Ye Xun readily took out her credit card. But just as she was about to swipe card for payment, she was stopped by Wang Heng.
Wang Heng pointed to a signboard next to the cashier and asked, “I just noticed that as long as you post a good review with pictures online, you can redeem a coupon, right?”
Waiter: “Yes, it can be used on the spot.”
“Okay, then wait for me a moment.”
Wang Heng picked up his mobile phone and started writing a good review on the spot—the environment and taste here were pretty good, and in his view, giving an enthusiastic good review with exclamation marks wasn’t against his conscience.
After a few seconds, Ye Xun couldn’t help but say, “Wang Heng Senior Male Student, you don’t need to do this, I’ll make the payment.”
“It’s exactly because you’re paying that I’m helping you save a bit.”
Wang Heng replied without looking up, still busy writing the review.
Ye Xun was momentarily stunned.
In that instant, she already understood Wang Heng’s meaning—since her father’s company couldn’t be saved, she was no longer that young lady from a wealthy family with boundless wealth, so her consumption habits had to change.
Before this, although Ye Xun had realized this point and thought she had sufficient awareness, only at this moment did she realize how superficial her previous awareness had been, to the extent that even when treating to dinner, she still maintained her old habit of paying.
Soon, Wang Heng finished the good review and showed the mobile phone screen to the waiter. According to the event rules, the waiter gave them a 10% discount.
At payment time, Ye Xun hesitated a bit, didn’t swipe the credit card again, and paid with cash.
Wang Heng silently watched the changes in the young girl’s expression from the side, feeling slightly gratified.
It seemed that this girl could probably adapt to the changes in her family situation.
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Another new weekend arrived, and the Penguin Building was already full of employees busy with overtime.
Meanwhile, Lu Qi, the technical director in charge of a team developing a new mobile game, encountered something quite unexpected.
“You want to resign? Why?”
Lu Qi sat behind her desk, staring at Wang Heng standing in front of her, trying to read a trace from that handsome face. But that face was clearly calm, like a still ancient well.
Wang Heng: “Because I feel that the work this project needs me to do, I’ve basically already finished. The rest is either not suitable for a temp worker like me, or not suitable for me…”
Lu Qi teased, “Overtime is basic for programmers, isn’t slacking off too? Although you’re not a formal employee, as long as you sit in this office one more day, you can get one more day’s salary. You’d rather forgo this salary than idle in the office? Your awareness is that high?”
Wang Heng: “After all, I’m a student, studies come first.”
Lu Qi: “Did I stop you from bringing books to the office to study? What’s the difference between self-studying at school and self-studying at the company?”
Wang Heng certainly couldn’t tell the truth—the biggest difference and danger at the company is you.
Before coming to the company today, he summarized the lessons from the previous cycle, the most critical point being not letting any older sister in the four-person group grasp his economic lifeline. So upcoming money-making activities had to avoid Lu Qi’s project as much as possible. Fortunately, this wave of Bitcoin profit would soon be safely in the bag, giving Wang Heng considerable confidence; he probably wouldn’t need to rely on work like writing code to accumulate wealth anymore.
Additionally, Lu Qi’s situation was different from Pei Ningle’s. The hamster only said not to refuse without reason, but didn’t say he couldn’t resign, right?
But in the current situation, how to get past this?
What kind of excuse could fob off Lu Qi’s questioning?
Wang Heng suddenly sighed, saying in a vicissitude and fatigued tone, “Actually, it’s because… I’m too tired.”
Lu Qi: “?”
Wang Heng: “Monday to Friday classes and homework, Saturday and Sunday running to the company—this life is enough. I don’t lack money as much now, so no need to force myself to work hard. My roommates all sleep in on weekends, I want to sleep in too.”
Lu Qi pursed one’s lips: “So it’s sleeping in, I thought you wanted to find a girlfriend so didn’t want to work.”
Wang Heng decisively said, “To be precise, I already have a girlfriend.”
“What?” Lu Qi frowned, sensing the matter was a bit unexpected, “When did you get a girlfriend?”
“It was a few days ago, a girl I knew before. Had feelings for her a long time ago, later found out she was in Rongdu too, so we got together…”
Using Han Yixuan as the template, Wang Heng deliberately spoke vaguely to avoid slip-ups later.
Lu Qi: “Dating costs quite a bit of money, and you’re still daring to resign?”
“No problem, like I said, I don’t lack money now…”
But at this point, he noticed that this older sister’s expression finally changed.
Lu Qi wrinkled her brows, slightly narrowing her eyes, a layer of gloom seeming to shroud between them. Her lips parted lightly, her still elegant voice carrying a hint of gloom:
“You can leave, but you must wait until the Bitcoin investment is recovered. Before returning the money to me, report here every weekend.
Wang Heng scratched his head: “You don’t trust me? Even if I don’t work here, you know which school I’m at, no need to worry I’ll run off with the money, right?”
Lu Qi gently shook her head: “Keeping you here makes me more rest assured.”
Seeing the other’s attitude firm, Wang Heng sighed: “Okay… since you insist on me staying here to slack off, fine, I’m not incapable of slacking.”
Negotiation failed, Wang Heng left the office somewhat melancholy. And just as he opened the door, a neatly dressed man in a suit flashed in—it was Qin Meng, the investment director of the venture capital department.
Qin Meng closed the door, came to the desk, and put on what he thought was a flawless smile: “Director Lu, I’d like to inquire about something.”
Lu Qi: “What is it?”
“About that Bitcoin you mentioned a few days ago…” Qin Meng adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose bridge, “Did you invest?”
Lu Qi stood up and counter-asked: “Is there a problem?”
Qin Meng shook his head: “If you did invest, I must express admiration. Though I hate to admit it, this time, I really misjudged.”
“Oh?” Lu Qi picked up her water cup and took a small sip, “You mean Bitcoin is going to rise?”
“It’s not going to rise, it already has! From a low of less than nine hundred yuan per coin, now up to over a thousand nearly two thousand!”
“That’s good, I did buy a little, might make a bit of small money.”
Qin Meng immediately gave a thumbs up: “Impressive, as expected of Director Lu, sometimes your instincts are sharper than us professional investors!”
Lu Qi said indifferently: “I don’t deserve your admiration, the one with sharp instincts isn’t me, it’s that kid who just left.”
Qin Meng was stunned: “What did you say?”
Lu Qi: “The Bitcoin buying matter, I completely left it to him. He sits at the workstation to the left outside my door, you can chat with him about investment insights later.”
Qin Meng was completely stunned—thinking he could flirt with girls using the Bitcoin topic, what’s this now? The girl suggests going to flirt with a guy?
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Gratitude for everyone’s recommendation ticket, gratitude for the rewards from classmates like Very Idle Pastime, You So Cold, Time and Winter Plum or Don’t Forget Me… That classmate who squeezed out milk tea money to reward, the author also wants to do extra chapter, but limited by work, temporarily can’t split himself… Heaven pity, manuscript reserves and such, is one drop （ crossed out ）, not even one chapter left.
