Chapter 27 You Scumbag

Early the next morning, everyone who was already awake watched Xu Yuan and Lin Wan’er walk out of the tent together. Lin Wan’er seemed a bit shy.

Everyone was shocked! Even Xia Ke was shocked!
“Damn! Yuan’er, when the hell did you get here? What’s going on?!” Li Rui rubbed his eyes, feeling like he was still dreaming.

Didn’t Xu Yuan say before that the girl with glasses was his girlfriend? How come he ended up spending the night with the campus queen of the Imperial Capital Finance?
Seeing everyone’s shocked looks, Xu Yuan cleared his throat and explained, “Bro, sis, you get it?”

Everyone looked at each other; this explanation was a bit weak.

Zhang Long pointed at the two and said, “Surname Xu, surname Lin, really don’t get it!”

The explanation made no sense, so Xu Yuan simply stopped explaining and told everyone to quickly disperse.

However, the few boys from the Imperial Capital Finance kept staring at him, their eyes filled with a hint of grievance.

What a loss! At a single social event, the campus beauty was taken away by someone else.

  ……

“Coco, what should I do! I’m doomed!”

After moving away from the crowd, Lin Wan’er finally couldn’t hold it in, covering her face and repeatedly saying.

“That beast Xu Yuan, he didn’t do anything to you last night, did he?!” Xia Ke saw Lin Wan’er’s state and immediately panicked, ready to go confront Xu Yuan.

Lin Wan’er quickly grabbed her and said, “Where are you thinking? Last night… I confessed to Xu Yuan, and it seems… I even forcibly kissed him!”

Lin Wan’er crouched down, wanting to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

When Xia Ke heard this, her originally excited expression instantly turned into a knowing smile.

She just knew the story between the two definitely wasn’t over!
“So what did Xu Yuan say?” Xia Ke, somewhat eager for the follow-up, hurriedly asked.

“He analyzed for me from the perspectives of law, economics, biology, and philosophy why bigamy is illegal,” Lin Wan’er said, pouting slightly, her eyes carrying a hint of grievance.

Xia Ke chuckled softly. He had thought there could be a thousand reasons to either reject or accept the wish. Yet, he never expected Xu Yuan to start giving a science lesson.

Is this a rejection or an acceptance? And bigamy too! It’s surprising he even thought of that.

“Keke, what do you think he means? Am I a bad woman?” Lin Wan’er shook Xia Ke’s arm, feeling helpless for a moment, her mind completely blank.

“How would I know? I don’t understand. Sometimes I find Qi Wei’s simple mind kind of nice.” Xia Ke helplessly shrugged; this story was too complicated for her to analyze.

  ……

Xu Yuan rubbed his numb right arm; he was feeling overwhelmed right now.

“Yuan’er, you really deserve to die! Why didn’t you say anything? You just disappeared like a flash, and on top of that, you managed to win over the financial campus queen of the capital.” Li Rui looked at Xu Yuan with a face full of resentment.

“Get lost, I have a headache right now!” Xu Yuan didn’t want to deal with this guy.

“So it turns out having too many love interests is also a kind of trouble. Li Xinran, Lin Wan’er, plus Shen Yueshu from our school!”
“Foster father, do you have any tips?” Zhang Long looked at Xu Yuan with eager eyes.

“Get the hell out of here smoothly!”

  ……

“Should I tell Xinran?” Xu Yuan paced back and forth in the hallway holding his phone.

“Better to tell her,” Xu Yuan finally decided to tell Li Xinran about what happened last night.

Otherwise, keeping it a secret like this would sooner or later lead to a trust crisis.

Xu Yuan dialed Li Xinran’s number.

“Hello, Xinran… Do you have classes today? What do you want to eat for lunch? I’ll treat you.”

“Sure.” Li Xinran hadn’t seen Xu Yuan for a long time, and just hearing his voice made her inexplicably happy.

“I want to go too. We have to show off our achievements to him these days, right?”

On the other end, Ye Sisi’s voice came through intermittently.

“Sisi is coming too.”

Xu Yuan frowned. With Ye Sisi here, how could he even start to explain? But knowing Ye Sisi’s personality, even if he disagreed, she would definitely come anyway.

“Alright, I’ll send you the location later.”

  ……

“Sisi, it seems like you have a lot of issues with Xu Yuan.” Li Xinran also noticed that Ye Sisi seemed especially eager to compete with Xu Yuan.

“Quite a point of contention! He’s only a freshman in college and already making multi-million level investments.

Regardless of profit or loss, having such an opportunity, how could I not be envious?” Ye Sisi’s tone carried a hint of jealousy.

“Is it possible to lose money?” Li Xinran heard this and couldn’t help but tap her fingers.

“Of course, investment carries risks. Nine out of ten projects fail; business investment is very normal.

I’ve been by my dad’s side and have seen many people lose everything due to failed investments, some even losing their families.

But sometimes it has nothing to do with investment insight; it’s simply bad luck.

Take the old days of the PHS and pagers, who could have predicted how fast things would change? Those who hoarded stock all lost money,” Ye Sisi said, shrugging her shoulders.

“Bad luck?” Li Xinran bit her lip tightly, constantly picking at her fingers, lost in thought.

  ……

Xu Yuan didn’t pick any fancy place; he just chose a Chinese restaurant not far from the school.

“Xu Yuan, guess how much money I helped Xinran earn?”

As soon as Ye Sisi sat down, she eagerly took out her laptop, wanting to show off the results.

Unfortunately, Xu Yuan didn’t have the heart for that, continuously rubbing his hands, looking at Li Xinran and thinking about how to start the conversation.

“Xu Yuan, do you have something you want to say?” Li Xinran seemed to notice Xu Yuan’s hesitation and asked with a smile.
“Yesterday…”

Xu Yuan didn’t dare to meet Li Xinran’s gaze. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly noticed the stock trend chart on Ye Sisi’s computer.

“Qiye Food? You bought this stock?” Xu Yuan hurriedly grabbed the computer. Wasn’t this the stock with a very strange trend that he saw at Song Qiming’s house?
“Impressive, right?”

Ye Sisi saw Xu Yuan’s somewhat shocked expression and thought he was surprised because of the profit.

“Xinran’s thirty thousand yuan has already turned into more than ninety thousand. This young lady’s investment talent is really something.”

Who would have thought that Xu Yuan suddenly looked up and said seriously to Xia Ke, “Sell it immediately!”

Seeing Xu Yuan’s serious gaze, Ye Sisi was first stunned, but soon she said angrily, “Why? It’s doing so well right now!”

“This stock has problems. I’m afraid it will plummet soon, and most likely it will crash in your hands!” Xu Yuan said very seriously.

Ye Sisi hurriedly grabbed the computer. She didn’t believe Xu Yuan’s words. She bought it because Ye Hao bought it, and she definitely wouldn’t think Xu Yuan was better than Ye Hao.

Watching the two of them at a stalemate, Li Xinran thought of a way to mediate.

“Si Si, Xu Yuan, stop arguing.”

“Xinran, trust me, hurry up and fold, there’s still time!” Xu Yuan said anxiously.

This money was very important to Li Xinran; he didn’t want to see Ye Sisi lose it all.

“Xu Yuan, don’t go too far. How do you know this stock will definitely plummet? My dad bought quite a lot. Do you think my dad’s judgment could be wrong?” Ye Sisi held her head high and confidently brought up Ye Hao.

Xu Yuan took a deep breath. He didn’t know why Ye Hao bought it, but it was definitely not because he expected the stock to soar.

Xu Yuan didn’t want to argue with Ye Sisi any longer, so he directly called Ye Hao, putting the phone on speaker.

“How do you have my dad’s number?” Ye Sisi furrowed her brows, looking at Xu Yuan with some surprise.

“Hello? President Xu.”

A puzzled voice came from the other end of the phone—it was Ye Hao.

“President Ye, I heard from Ye Sisi that you bought shares of Qiye.” Xu Yuan didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the point.

“That’s true. Did that girl brag to you? Hah… I originally didn’t want to warn her, wanted her to suffer a bit.” Ye Hao roughly guessed that Ye Sisi must have boasted to Xu Yuan about her profits, and Xu Yuan had spotted the problems with this stock.

“President Ye wants to educate his daughter, I have no objection, but she’s using my girlfriend’s money.” Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows, this old Ye is really tricky!

Hearing this, Ye Hao looked stunned for a moment, then after a long pause said, “Well… I’m not really sure about that. It’s good you found out early. Otherwise, I’d owe you a favor.”

“Dad, what do you mean by that?” Ye Sisi immediately became a bit anxious. Ye Hao’s words seemed to imply that Qiye’s stocks really had problems.

“You think I didn’t know you asked my assistant to tip you off? It was on purpose—I just wanted you to take a hit. You really think the stock market is a game?”

Hurry up and get rid of it, the fur hasn’t even fully grown yet, and you’re already worrying about someone else,” Ye Hao scolded.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Sisi was completely flustered.

“Now do you believe me? Hurry up and ditch it.” Xu Yuan rolled his eyes at Ye Sisi; this girl was really bold. She dared to use someone else’s money to speculate in stocks—if she lost, who would be responsible?
With such a reckless personality, no wonder Ye Hao never intended to let her into this business.

Li Xinran looked at Xu Yuan with a hint of admiration. Although she sensed something was off, she wasn’t as certain as Xu Yuan.

What Ye Sisi was thinking now was that she absolutely had to shut Old Ye’s mouth later.

“Damn, could I be this unlucky? The computer crashed!” Ye Sisi said anxiously.

Li Xinran watched the scene, frowning slightly. Was she starting to have bad luck again?
“Sorry, Xinran. Next time I’ll make sure to get accurate information before buying. I’ll go fix the computer first and help you operate it as soon as possible, then I’ll settle the score with Old Ye!”

Ye Sisi had no mood to eat this meal either. After greeting Li Xinran, she hurriedly left.

  ……

“This stir-fried green pepper with pork is so delicious, you should try some.” Li Xinran picked up a big piece of meat for Xu Yuan, looking very happy, as if the little incident just now hadn’t affected her at all.

Xu Yuan obviously had no appetite, continuously rubbing his plain white rice. Seeing Li Xinran enjoying her food so much, he really didn’t know how to start the conversation.

“I’m full.” Li Xinran rubbed her small belly, which had no trace of fat, and let out a satisfied burp.

“Xu Yuan, just say whatever it is. Seeing you so conflicted, it must be something that will make me angry.”

“It’s nothing, I’ll try my best not to get angry.” Li Xinran smiled sweetly as she leaned on the table, then stiffened her expression and said.

Seeing Li Xinran’s adorable look, Xu Yuan, as usual, couldn’t help but reach out and flick her smooth forehead.

“Wan’er confessed to me last night.”

Xu Yuan finally spoke.

Hearing this, Li Xinran’s smile gradually faded, and she unconsciously sat up straighter, her fair little hand instinctively clenching into a fist.

“Xu Yuan… you! You scumbag!” Li Xinran looked pitiful, covering her mouth with both hands.

Xu Yuan immediately panicked, stood up, and didn’t know what to say.

Li Xinran kept sobbing, but as time passed, the sobbing gradually turned into light laughter.

Xu Yuan was a bit confused. Was he being laughed at out of anger?
Li Xinran put down her hand, revealing her adorable tiger teeth, her eyes squinting with laughter.

“How do I look? Do I act like it?” Li Xinran winked at Xu Yuan and said with a bit of pride.

“Ah?” Xu Yuan tilted his head, this reaction was not what he had imagined.

Li Xinran looked at Xu Yuan’s confused expression, and surprisingly reached out her little hand to give him a light tap on the head. Although not very skillful and not very forceful, she still said proudly, “Hehe, got you, didn’t I?”