Chapter 277
Passing through the storefronts facing the street leads to the interior of the mall.
Liu Chang'an went inside, and someone came to greet him.
"Do I look like someone who can afford your stuff?" Liu Chang'an waved his hand and said.
"Mr. Liu, you're joking."
"Um?"
Liu Chang'an was a little surprised that the other person knew her. She glanced at her and saw that she was a sophisticated and clean-cut young woman. So she nodded and left.
Bai Hui quickly caught up with him, passed through, and followed Liu Chang'an's footsteps.
"Liu Chang'an!" Bai Hui called out. One of the main reasons she suspected Liu Chang'an liked An Nuan was that only An Nuan's legs were long enough to keep up with the length of his strides.
Although he often walked slowly and leisurely.
"You want my doll?" Liu Chang'an looked at Bai Hui suspiciously, then glanced at his five dolls, hesitated for a moment, and handed Bai Hui a doll that looked rather silly. "Here, it's for you. It suits you better."
Bai Hui glanced at it and saw it was an adorable doll. She took it, surprised that he would give her such a cute little doll. She couldn't help but smile and happily hugged it to her arms, bouncing around a bit.
"Wait a minute!"
Bai Hui was surprised that Liu Chang'an had given her the doll and was walking forward on his own, so she quickly called out to him.
"Don't be greedy, I won't give you another one." Liu Chang'an wasn't a stingy person, but he knew when to stop.
"I need to talk to you." Bai Hui pointed to a tea shop next door.
"I thought you just asked me to put Qian Ning and his girlfriend down," Liu Chang'an said with a smile.
"I'm not that bored." Bai Hui refused to admit that she actually enjoyed it, especially since Bai Rui was actually a fan of Liu Chang'an. Qian Ning's expression was truly... truly... relatable.
Liu Chang'an checked the time; there was still some time before the mall closed, so he sat down with Bai Hui.
Bai Hui ordered tea and some snacks. Looking at the four hundred yuan for such a small amount, she laughed self-deprecatingly, "I don't even feel the pinch anymore when I spend this much. No wonder people are overthinking it."
"That's true." Liu Chang'an nodded in agreement; that made sense.
"You..." Bai Hui said, of course wanting others to object and refute the idea that "if you have money, you must be a prostitute."
Bai Hui, furious, clutched her chest and took a sip of tea. Strangely enough, while Bai Hui Bai Rui and Qian Ning felt humiliated and saddened by Liu Chang'an's infuriating words, she felt no resentment. Instead, Bai Hui found him utterly detestable.
Bai Hui watched Liu Chang'an casually drinking tea and eating snacks, and she gradually calmed down and regained a fairly good mood.
Bai Hui looked around, lowered her voice, and gripped her bag tightly.
"You took another 200,000 and put it in your bag?" Liu Chang'an didn't think she would learn her lesson and not do it again. For fairies, the fault usually lies with others; they don't really learn from their mistakes.
Because the level of intelligence is fixed, it can't be increased.
"No!" Bai Hui still felt lingering fear when she thought about that incident. Growing up in the most prosperous era under the Red Flag, she rarely encountered something as terrible as being robbed. If she hadn't been with Liu Chang'an that time, it would definitely have been a shadow over Bai Hui's life. After all, not only would she have been robbed, but those robbers might have taken her to a cellar or some other place to be a slave for some purpose.
The reason she thought of such a wicked scenario was because of Liu Chang'an, who had scared her like that back then.
"Oh." Liu Chang'an continued drinking his tea.
He didn't even ask what was wrong! Talking to this guy was so frustrating, Bai Hui couldn't help but blurt out, "Following your advice, I sold all my shares at 250 yuan! Later, after the stock rose to 261 yuan, it just kept falling!"
"It seems my algorithm is quite scientific." Liu Chang'an nodded in agreement.
"I bought it for around 100 yuan!" Bai Hui hugged the adorable baby in her arms, overjoyed. There's nothing happier than making money.
It must be ten times, no, a hundred times, happier than when Liu Chang'an and An Nuan were dating at their sweetest.
"Impressive." So, in the era of national economic growth, talented, capable, and hardworking people often succeed, but many others also reap the benefits through luck.
A few years ago, Liu Chang'an read some urban novels, which always portrayed the rich and successful as very elite and wise. Now, there are fewer people who deliberately write like that. It's not that the elite class has become stupid, but that most people have more channels to obtain information and no longer imagine them with an attitude of looking up to them.
"I'll give you a share of the profits," Bai Hui said, wanting to give Liu Chang'an money again.
"No." Although Liu Chang'an acknowledged that his algorithm was very scientific, it was ultimately Bai Hui's own capital, luck, and her own judgment. Liu Chang'an had no intention of taking credit.
"You can't keep doing this. I've made my fortune twice thanks to you, and you don't take a single penny of it. I feel terrible about it," Bai Hui said resolutely.
"This tea is quite delicious." Liu Chang'an picked up his teacup.
Bai Hui was taken aback for a moment, then understood what he meant. He had helped her earn so much money, and all she got was a cup of tea?
"You're just a nobody, yet you dare ask me for bribes. I don't even care about billions or trillions, why would I take bribes from you? You're looking down on me." Liu Chang'an said impatiently, "Are you done? I'm leaving after I finish my tea."
Bai Hui pouted and looked at him sullenly. How could this person be so annoying? If he didn't want it, he wouldn't have said so. Everyone else would politely decline, and they would speak very nicely, creating a happy and harmonious atmosphere for everyone.
He was genuinely annoyed and didn't see her as having any good intentions towards him.
"My cousin said that when she first saw you, you were working on a construction site! You were earning two hundred yuan a day!" Bai Hui couldn't help but say.
It's usually embarrassing to have your past exposed. Bai Hui thought to herself, "This is bad. What if Liu Chang'an loses face and beats me up or something?" She knew that he could turn on her without any warning, Bai Hui had already witnessed it.
"I don't care about billions or trillions, but I can't earn two hundred yuan?" What kind of logic is that? Liu Chang'an shook his head, not feeling embarrassed as Bai Hui had expected. "I just discovered that bricklaying could quickly coordinate my body's restructuring through frequent repetition. As for the two hundred yuan, that was secondary. Although my financial situation is indeed not good, does that mean poor people don't have the right to treat money like dirt? Your mindset is too low."
Bai Hui didn't want to say anything more. As long as he didn't turn on her, that was fine. This guy really was good at making things that were completely unreasonable and lacked normal logic seem reasonable.
"How about this, you recommend a stock, I'll buy it, and we'll split the profits." Bai Hui was passionate about making money.
For women, proven facts, even superstition and divination, can be very important evidence. Bai Hui didn't care about any rational analysis. Liu Chang'an's suggestion this time was just a guess. Anyway, he made her money, so Bai Hui trusted his advice.
"2017 is almost over. Investing won't yield much profit in the short term. If we look to 2018, the Heavenly Stem is Wu (戊) and the Earthly Branch is Xu (戌), the year of the Wuxu Reform in history. This means the year's fortune hinges on one word: change. Things that surged in 2017 risk a sharp drop in 2018, like Bitcoin. Don't touch it now. According to the Eight Trigrams, the fire element is extremely strong in the Wuxu year, and fire melts metal, which represents wealth... In other words, if you want to invest cash in 2018, you're unlikely to have much luck. Stocks, bonds, funds, US dollars, gold, various cryptocurrencies, P2P lending... This year, only those who are adaptable will make money; otherwise, it's all unreliable. With your intelligence, if you still want to be a small-time rich woman, just put your money in the bank or buy a house." Liu Chang'an gave a scientific and reasoned analysis.
Bai Hui was a little confused, but she understood that Liu Chang'an wasn't optimistic about her investment prospects this year. So Bai Hui quickly hugged the doll in her arms tighter. If she couldn't be a rich woman, what was the point of living?
If she's not even a rich woman anymore, then compared to An Nuan, she'll have even less of an advantage.
"Okay, then I might buy a small house." Bai Hui thought for a moment, and seeing that Liu Chang'an's teacup was almost empty, she quickly poured him some more. A pot of tea is about four cups for the two of them.
Bai Hui drank one cup herself, but she decided to make Liu Chang'an drink three cups, since he himself said he would only leave after finishing his tea.
"I have something very important to ask you. I haven't decided what to wear to the comic convention yet." Bai Hui looked at Liu Chang'an with some difficulty.
"Anyway, you don't usually dress very casually, so just wear what you normally wear to the anime convention." Liu Chang'an originally wanted to suggest that she dress as sexily as possible for business reasons, but he decided to consider the young woman's feelings; after all, he was a kind person.
"I want to wear 'Spring of Peace' or 'Princess Xiangxiang,' but I'm worried people will say I'm showing off my wealth. Actually, 'Heavenly Maiden' is pretty good, and the price isn't too high. I also have some limited editions, but they're too glamorous; I don't think they're suitable for dancing." Bai Hui sat down next to Liu Chang'an and swiped some selfies on her phone screen to show Liu Chang'an. Both 'Spring of Peace' and 'Princess Xiangxiang' dresses cost around 20,000 yuan, which wasn't cheap for Bai Hui. However, 'Princess Xiangxiang' might be re-released, so Bai Hui planned to sell it while it was still in good condition and didn't want to wear it too much.
"Then let's go with Heavenly Maiden." Liu Chang'an frowned. "This design is somewhat similar to what I was planning to make... Sigh, it seems I need to change the color scheme, lest An Nuan wears it out and people say it's a knock-off of Heavenly Maiden."
Bai Hui turned her head to look at Liu Chang'an, then glanced at the photos on her phone.
Liu Chang'an drank his tea, he looked at the design and patterns of the teapot and gained some new inspiration.
"Please enjoy your tea." Bai Hui picked up the teapot and poured Liu Chang'an a full cup. "I'll be going now, goodbye."
Liu Chang'an watched Bai Hui leave in a huff and couldn't help but laugh. However, he didn't expect that after taking a few steps, she would come back even more aggressively, glaring at Liu Chang'an while swinging the silly doll she had just dropped around in her hand as she walked away.
Women are like dogs; they can turn on you in an instant.
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I recommend a book called "The Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty," written by a renowned history expert. It's already quite long and worth reading.
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