The contempt and disdain in Yan An's eyes were practically spilling over. He held his head high and looked at Jin Xia arrogantly.
He laughed to himself. This Jin Xia really is stubborn as hell. She says she doesn't want a ride in my car, but she must be dying of envy inside!
Jin Xia took a step forward. The next second, Yan An quickly opened his door and hurried toward her. "Get in. I can let what happened before slide."
He turned, walked over to the back seat, and reached back to open the door.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Liu Yan felt thoroughly embarrassed. She glared at Yan An indignantly. "Yan An, what do you mean by this? If you let her in, I'm getting out right now."
"Wait a moment."
Yan An glanced at Jin Xia, then quickly turned and walked to the passenger side. Leaning against the door, he murmured to Liu Yan, "The younger student hasn't seen much of the world. She's probably never seen a Bumblebee before. I'm only letting her have a ride. Why make such a fuss?"
"But..."
Liu Yan wanted to say more. The words were already on the tip of her tongue, but before she could get them out, he spoke again.
Yan An added, "Liu Yan, we've known each other for so long. You should know I don't like petty women."
"I..."
Liu Yan stammered, staring at Jin Xia with fury in her eyes.
Just as Yan An was about to turn around and open the door for Jin Xia, an ink-black Alphard unexpectedly sped up from nearby and pulled to a stop in front of the Bumblebee.
Alphards were uncommon, especially at a university entrance.
Yan An instinctively assumed some important figure had come to the university. He craned his neck to look toward the car.
The next second, the door opened, and Jin Xia got in without looking back. The ease of her movements was an incredibly jarring sight to Yan An.
The instant Jin Xia pressed the window button, she instinctively glanced outside the car.
An He, who was driving, happened to notice the movement. Deep creases formed between her brows. "Xia, did you run into trouble? Do you need me to teach him a lesson? I've studied judo and sanda."
"You've studied judo and sanda too?"
Jin Xia's eyes curved as her lips lifted into a smile.
Compared with teaching that idiot outside a lesson, An He's hidden fighting skills drew her attention more.
An He nodded and swung the steering wheel with effortless flair. "My dad said that since I was a girl, he worried about me going out into the world on my own, so he sent me to learn when I was little."
"That's good."
Jin Xia lowered her eyes, a trace of sadness passing through them.
Children who grew up with their parents' care were born with a greater right to find happiness easily than she had.
Standing by the road, Yan An scratched his head and muttered to himself, "Can you get such an amazing car on Didi these days?"
Liu Yan flung open the door and got out in a fury. "What exactly is your deal? I saw people online saying you were harassing Jin Xia, and I didn't believe them. Now it looks obvious that you're more interested in her than she is in you!"
"What are you thinking, Liu Yan? You've known me for so long. Don't you understand me yet? What kind of person am I, Yan An? If I want a girl, all I have to do is crook my finger. What kind of woman couldn't I take my pick of?"
Yan An grabbed his car keys and quickly climbed into the driver's seat.
He floored the accelerator without so much as asking Liu Yan to stay.
Even so, Liu Yan remained where she was, looking guilty and blaming herself. She muttered, "Was what I just said really too much? During the three months we've been dating, Yan An has always behaved himself..."
Far from the "battlefield" at the university entrance, Jin Xia was enjoying the air conditioning and lounging leisurely in her seat. She reclined it until she was practically lying down.
A huge screen in front of her scrolled through the day's stock market movements.
The A-share market had completely crashed. Those hailed online as stock market gurus now looked utterly wilted.
Not long ago, some people had still clung to wishful thinking, believing it was only a temporary technical correction.
By today, the stock market had plummeted, and some people had even jumped off buildings.
An He glanced at Jin Xia through the rearview mirror, deeply concerned. "Xia, I heard people trading stocks have lost a lot of money lately. Didn't you invest in the stock market before? How's that going?"
"I'm fine."
Jin Xia answered succinctly, then seemed to suddenly realize something. "An He, you haven't secretly invested on your own, have you?"
"Xia, you do like to joke. I didn't have a penny to my name. It's only thanks to you that I managed to save a little, and I used that money to buy a home. How would I have that much money left in my pocket?"
An He smiled, looking thoroughly content.
That's good...
Jin Xia turned off the screen, still working out when to buy and sell Bitcoin next.
What she hadn't expected was that Song Ming had already drawn up an investment plan for her.
"President Jin, I think if you really intend to take a large position in cryptocurrency, we could put the money in in batches rather than buying the entire position all at once. That way, if there are any fluctuations, we'll still have a chance to add to our holdings. After all, you're buying with a large amount of capital. It's hard to say whether that might affect Bitcoin."
Could fifty million affect Bitcoin?
Jin Xia couldn't help shaking her head. She hadn't expected the fifty million she held to have such enormous purchasing power in this era.
An He drove to the foot of Gemini Towers, the most luxurious office complex in the city. Looking up at the buildings towering into the clouds, she couldn't help remarking, "Every inch of land here is worth a fortune. I heard even the cleaners who sweep the floors here need a bachelor's degree."
"Really?"
With one hand braced against the car door, Jin Xia cast a sidelong glance outside.
In this luxurious office complex, whose rent per square meter seemed extravagant to outsiders, Jin Xia rented a two-hundred-square-meter office after spending just ten minutes inside.
It wasn't really that she was being extravagant...
Two hundred square meters was the smallest space available to rent in the complex.
Jin Xia was very satisfied with the amenities here. It was convenient for reaching anywhere in the city, and there were direct bus routes too.
More importantly, this place could also help them expand their network and learn about business in the future. The environment mattered a great deal.
Even though her company currently had only two people: herself and Song Ming.
Jin Xia sent Song Ming a text. "I've arranged the office. Check when that accountant you found is free to come for an interview."
He replied almost instantly. "That fast?"
Even through her phone screen, Jin Xia could sense Song Ming's shock.
Then Song Ming sent another message. "I'm with him right now. We'll take a taxi over."
Jin Xia sat in the boss's office, looking around the room, which measured over fifty square meters. It was large and empty.
She parted the blinds and looked outside. So this is what being the boss feels like?
Just then, Song Ming came in with someone.
Jin Xia spotted the young man following Song Ming at once. Hu Junyi-it was actually him!
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