Volume 7: Mr. Love, Elite Lawyer, and Two Conjectures about Marriage Chapter 461 Yuan Xudong, Luo Yue, and Qiao Yilin
At two o'clock in the morning, Yuan Xudong drove Qiao Yilin to a somewhat old apartment building and parked the car near the entrance. He took the initiative to get out of the car and opened the door for Qiao Yilin. He also very gentlemanly held the top of the door with his hand to let the girl get out.
After running around for most of the night, the girl felt a little drowsy. She just looked up at Yuan Xudong, said thank you softly, and lowered her head to get off the car. Just as the girl had one foot out of the car and was about to lift the other foot to get off, she twisted her foot, screamed and fell forward, and was so frightened that she woke up instantly.
Fortunately, Yuan Xudong was quick to hug her and prevent her from falling on the concrete floor. Holding the soft girl, he could smell a faint female fragrance and elegant perfume. Smelling this fragrance, Yuan Xudong still held the still soft girl and said with concern:
"Are you okay? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Being held in Yuan Xudong's arms, Qiao Yilin felt a little embarrassed and blushed as she whispered:
"I think I sprained my ankle. It hurts a little, but it shouldn't be a big deal. Can you let me go?"
"Oh, I forgot in my rush, sorry!"
Hearing Qiao Yilin's soft and sticky voice, Yuan Xudong seemed to have just come to his senses. He told a lie that was not in line with his heart, and reluctantly let go of Qiao Yilin. He just supported her and let her get out of the car. She tried to walk two steps. Qiao Yilin limped with Yuan Xudong's support, frowning. She cried out after taking two steps and almost fell. Fortunately, Yuan Xudong had been supporting her. Seeing that she had such difficulty walking, and she had a heavy suitcase, and this old apartment building didn't seem to have an elevator, Yuan Xudong was happy in his heart, but his face showed concern:
"How do you feel? How about I take you to the hospital to see if you just sprained your ankle?"
"Don't bother with that. I'm just too tired. I accidentally sprained my ankle when I got off the car just now. It will be fine in a while!"
At this point, Qiao Yilin looked up at Yuan Xudong and said while enduring the pain:
"Just help me take the suitcase down and we can go back. Don't we have to go to work tomorrow?"
"It's okay, my work during the day is not busy, and I can take a break at noon!"
Yuan Xudong continued to support Qiao Yilin and said:
"It's already so late, it's not safe for you to stay here alone. If you trust me, I can take you back!"
"But, I..."
Without waiting for Qiao Yilin to finish her words, Yuan Xudong continued:
"How about this, I'll stay with you and chat for a while downstairs, and then I'll go back when your foot is healed?"
"You don't have to go through so much trouble. I often go to nightclubs and have never encountered any danger. This area is still very safe!"
"It's okay. I can't sleep if I go back. Just think of it as chatting with me, okay?"
"All right!"
Seeing Yuan Xudong's insistence, and Qiao Yilin also wanting to find someone to chat with, she agreed to let Yuan Xudong stay with her. Not far away were the recreational facilities in the community, including a swing for two children to play on. Qiao Yilin smiled and said, "I'm so happy.
"Let's go sit there for a while. Do you like playing on the swings?"
"I liked it when I was a kid, but I don't know about it now. I haven't played on a swing for a long time. Do you want to try it?"
"Uh-huh!"
Seeing Qiao Yilin's cute look eager to try, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but smile and said:
"Then go and try it, let's go!"
"good!"
At around two o'clock in the morning, there were very few pedestrians in the neighborhood. Occasionally, the windows of a few houses were still lit. The street lamps everywhere emitted a dim light, reflecting the other side of the big city. In addition to the bright lights and decadence, there were also the hard work of ordinary people. They got up early and went to bed late just to earn a meal. Yuan Xudong belonged to the former who had no worries about food and clothing, and Qiao Yilin naturally belonged to the latter. Although they were in the same night, their state of mind at this moment was completely different. Yuan Xudong wanted to experience life and enjoy life. He did not have to work hard for money. Qiao Yilin had to work hard to make a living, and it was rare for her to relax for a moment like she did now.
After helping Qiao Yilin sit on the swing, Yuan Xudong sat down on the swing next to her and smiled at her. Seeing him like this, Qiao Yilin also smiled and said:
"What are you looking at?"
"No, I just thought you were pretty and I was a little curious. Are you naturally beautiful or do you look better with makeup?"
Yuan Xudong smiled and Qiao Yilin rolled her eyes at him. She swung on the swing and gently touched her face twice with her right hand and said with a smile:
"Of course I'm naturally beautiful, what do you mean by that?"
"That's not necessarily true!"
Yuan Xudong looked at Qiao Yilin's pretty face and smiled:
"Girls nowadays like to put makeup on their faces. It's more like disguise than makeup!"
"I'm not like that. I only wear light makeup and at most spend some money on some good skin care products to take care of myself!"
"Yeah?"
Looking at the somewhat coquettish Qiao Yilin, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Are you going to have to go out tomorrow night?"
"Yes, what do you want to do?"
"I don't want to do anything, why don't you just book me for the night?"
"ah?"
Looking at Qiao Yilin, whose eyes were wide open in surprise, Yuan Xudong quickly changed his words:
"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that you can rent my car for the night. I'll be your private driver for 200 yuan a night. How about you treat me to a midnight snack?"
"Explain yourself more clearly next time. You scared me to death!"
Giving Yuan Xudong a cold look, Qiao Yilin frowned and thought for a while.
"Are you sure it only costs 200 yuan? You'll be totally out of money then."
"It's not a bad deal. There's also a midnight snack. I'll tell you in advance that I like to eat crayfish, the spicy kind!"
Having said that, before Qiao Yilin could speak, Yuan Xudong added:
"It's like this, I like a more stable income, two hundred dollars a night, it's much better than running around everywhere!"
"Really?"
Qiao Yilin looked at Yuan Xudong who was talking nonsense seriously and said with a smile:
"You don't have any bad ideas, do you?"
"No, I'm a good person. How could I have any bad idea?"
After saying this, Yuan Xudong couldn't help laughing and said:
"Just tell me whether you agree or not. Two hundred dollars a night, plus a meal, it really can't be any cheaper!"
"Well, you can give it a try first. If I'm not satisfied, I can fire you at any time!"
"No problem, I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"
Seeing that Qiao Yilin agreed to let him be her private driver for the night, Yuan Xudong was delighted. In the middle of the night, a man and a woman working together, with his money, I believe that sparks of passion will soon come out. Then he can hold her and gallop freely on the battlefield. After chatting for a while, Yuan Xudong looked at Qiao Yilin and asked:
"What are your plans for tomorrow night?"
Hearing this, Qiao Yilin tilted her head and thought for a while before answering:
"Tomorrow night there is a brand promotion event at a shopping mall, and the organizer invited me to walk the runway. Can you pick me up at 8:30?"
"Of course, I'll wait for you downstairs then?"
"Well, I'll contact you then!"
After saying that, Qiao Yilin jumped down from the swing and said with a smile:
"Okay, it's late now. I'm going home to rest. You should go back and rest early too!"
"Okay, then you should go to bed early. I'll help you carry your suitcase downstairs before you leave!"
"Well, thank you for today. I've kept you for so long!"
"It's okay, it's what I should do!"
Seeing that Qiao Yilin's ankle had healed, Yuan Xudong took her suitcase from the car, sent it downstairs and said with a smile:
"Come on up. Can I see your windows from downstairs?"
"Sure, what's wrong?"
"It's okay, you go up first. When your window is lit, I'll see which floor you live on. Or you can tell me now?"
"Third floor. I live on the third floor of this apartment building, in the room on the left!"
After giving Yuan Xudong a blank look, Qiao Yilin took her suitcase from him and said with a smile:
"Do you want to go up and take a look?"
Hearing Qiao Yilin's words, Yuan Xudong immediately became interested:
"If you don't mind, I'd like to go up and ask for a cup of coffee. What do you think?"
"I don't feel good, bye!"
After giving Yuan Xudong a blank look, Qiao Yilin waved goodbye to him.
"Bye, see you tomorrow night!"
"See you tomorrow night. Go back quickly. Drive slowly on the road and be careful!"
"Okay, don't worry!"
After watching Qiao Yilin dragging her suitcase into the apartment building, she waited for the windows on the third floor to light up. Qiao Yilin opened the curtains and waved to Yuan Xudong downstairs. Yuan Xudong also waved back at her before getting in the car and driving away, speeding towards home. Luo Yue and her mother were still at home. It would be okay to go back later, but it would be hard to explain if she didn't come back all night.
When Yuan Xudong returned home, it was already past four in the morning. Luo Yue and her mother were still asleep. Yuan Xudong walked quietly into the bathroom and took a hot bath. After he finished his bath, he was about to go back to his room for a good sleep when Luo Yue suddenly popped up from the sofa in the living room, scaring Yuan Xudong so much that he said unhappily:
"What are you doing late at night? Do you want to scare someone to death?"
"It's almost five in the morning. Why is it so late at night?"
Luo Yue glared at Yuan Xudong, who had been out all night, and complained to him with a somewhat aggrieved look on her face:
"Tell me, what did you do this evening?"
"Are you mad at me, or are you jealous?"
Seeing Luo Yue with a wronged face, Yuan Xudong walked up to her, hugged her in his arms, caressed her and comforted her:
"Something happened at the company and I was under a lot of pressure, so I went out to drive an online ride-hailing car all night to relax. I lied to you that I was a puppy!"
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Really, you don't believe me?"
Yuan Xudong hugged Luo Yue and looked into her eyes and said seriously:
"If I lied to you..."
Seeing that Yuan Xudong swore to only say half of it, Luo Yue rolled her eyes at him and said:
"What's wrong with you?"
"Whatever you want me to do, what do you want me to do if I lie to you?"
Looking into Luo Yue's eyes, Yuan Xudong kicked the ball back to her and said:
"If I lied to you, what punishment would you like me to receive? Hell?"
"I didn't say that, don't talk nonsense!"
Rolling her eyes at Yuan Xudong, Luo Yue asked worriedly:
"What happened in the company? Didn't you say it was no big deal?"
"Hey, I don't want to talk about the company right now. At most, I'll lose some money. It's no big deal. Don't worry about it!"
"How can I not worry? Tell me the truth, how much did you lose?"
Looking at Luo Yue's anxious face, Yuan Xudong pondered for a moment and said:
"Okay, I'll tell you the truth. I didn't lose much money. I just bought some stocks and lost about 100 million!"
"What?"
Hearing that Yuan Xudong had lost 100 million, Luo Yue was so surprised that she almost cried out. Fortunately, Yuan Xudong covered her mouth in time, so as not to wake up her mother. Looking at Luo Yue with her eyes wide open and her mouth still whimpering, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Don't worry, it's just a floating loss of 100 million, it will be back soon!"
In fact, Yuan Xudong did not lose that much money. He just wanted to scare Luo Yue. He did not expect her reaction to be so strong that she almost screamed and woke up her mother.
If he had no money, Yuan Xudong would choose to invest in stocks to make money, but now that he is financially free, he will only make some safer investment plans instead of blindly investing in stocks.
The water is too deep here and you might get swallowed up by the big sharks if you are not careful. In Yuan Xudong's opinion, the biggest function of the domestic stock market is to make money, reap profits, and redistribute the hard-earned money of the people to the richer people. To put it bluntly, it is gambling. How can ordinary people know the true situation of a company? Don't they rely on all kinds of information on the Internet?
Black swans are hard to guard against. A policy, an internal corruption case, financial fraud, etc., any black swan event can cause a company's stock price to plummet, or even delist, and countless shareholders will lose their money. Besides, new companies are listed every day, with valuations of tens or hundreds of billions. The founder becomes rich overnight. Does he still need to work hard to manage the life and death of the company?
In a word, even though he has already achieved financial freedom, Yuan Xudong will not invest in stocks easily, especially in companies whose names he only knows. Compared with those new high-tech companies, he would rather invest in stocks of the four state-owned banks. At least the latter are at the top of the food chain in China, have the support of the country, and the sincere love of the vast majority of mortgage slaves in the world. They are excellent companies that rank at the forefront of the Forbes Global 500 list every year.
Yuan Xudong hugged Luo Yue and comforted her for a while. At this time, Luo Yue was only wearing a white pajamas with the collar slightly open. Yuan Xudong could see a touch of snow-white and deep milky white cleavage when he lowered his head slightly. He couldn't help but think of the scene when Qiao Yilin changed clothes.
Stimulated by this, his breathing gradually became rapid . He could not help but roughly press Luo Yue on the sofa in the living room, untied the bow tied around her waist, and then bent over...
Being pressed hard under Yuan Xudong's body, Luo Yue frowned, clenched her teeth , suppressed her groans and said:
"No, not here, go to my room, okay?"
Different from the past, Yuan Xudong ignored Luo Yue and said nothing. He just pressed her harder on the sofa...
