Chapter 103: Chapter 102: An Apartment and a Car

Li Yang said with a smile, “Of course it represents you! Haven’t you noticed how incredibly strong you are now?”

Jiang Banxia asked puzzled, “I’m strong? How did you see that?”

“Because if it were before, you’d definitely hold the small one and approach the big one saying: Master Li, you’re my rock, you’ve got to protect me…”

Jiang Banxia: “…”

Seems like… that’s right?

Li Yang put away the small one and said, “If I can’t afford food someday, I’ll definitely come to your house for a bite. Don’t pretend you don’t know me then.”

“Hahaha… By the way, come with me to school for a bit. I want to take a picture in front of the honor roll.”

“Let’s go!”

The two took a cab, and despite the slight traffic during the day, they arrived at the school in less than ten minutes.

As soon as they got out of the car, Jiang Banxia saw the banner hanging above the school gate.

“Warm congratulations to Li Yang and Jiang Banxia, two students of our school class of 2014, for being admitted to Jing University!”

Jiang Banxia: “?????, didn’t you apply to Qing University?”

Li Yang: “Maybe I accidentally filled it wrong back then.”

“Haha, it’s more like you know there are a lot of beauties at Jing University, especially our senior sisters from the finance department…”

“You guessed right, after I filled it out, I started preparing love letters. I’ve already prepared ninety-nine of them, so once at Jing University, you have to work hard…”

When Jiang Banxia heard this, she was still a tad unwilling in her heart, but she agreed with a smile nonetheless.

She now feels her life is very fulfilling, not as empty as it used to be.

Both of them took photos in front of the honor roll.

These were just put up today, very fresh.

So much so that many students stopped to watch.

As the two left school, Jiang Banxia secretly went and bought a small cake.

When Li Yang saw it, he said, “Master Jiang, you’re too stingy! Could you not buy more? It’s so small, it won’t fill my mouth.”

In the end, Jiang Banxia hid it behind her and said, “Adults don’t eat little cakes; this is for my brother. My mom won’t let him eat them, but he told me secretly, so I’ll sneak it to him later. Buying too big would be hard to hide.”

At this moment, a Ferrari pulled up beside them.

Soon, a young man got out of the driver’s seat and said to Jiang Banxia, “Hi, beautiful, could I get to know you?”

Li Yang glanced at him and said, “Get lost, if you want to show off, pick another place!”

This damn place is Aviation Road!

After speaking, he led Jiang Banxia away, and the young man looked at his newly acquired Ferrari, feeling for the first time that spending over two million for a car was pointless.

…

The 20th, Sunday.

Wu Tianqi said he wasn’t coming to play basketball.

Li Yang guessed he probably found other friends to play with.

After finishing lunch at home, Xue Ning said she had school matters to attend to.

In fact, she went to collect rent.

According to the agreement, Li Yang has to pay her five thousand yuan each month.

However, Li Yang didn’t pay last month, and this month it’s about time as well.

Even though Wu Tianqi didn’t come today, Li Yang made up an excuse, “A friend invited me to play basketball.”

Then, he prepared to leave.

Wang Cuiping called out, “You didn’t bring your basketball!”

“No worries, they have one!”

When Li Yang arrived at Xue Ning’s apartment, he found Xue Ning getting ready to drink.

He went in and said, “Can’t you drink less? Smelling of alcohol everywhere, are you coming back tonight?”

“Hmm, not coming back, just say I’m busy at school.”

“Busy my ass! This excuse can only be used once!”

“But I want to drink, I’m craving for alcohol…”

Seeing Xue Ning’s pitiful expression, Li Yang helplessly said, “Then what about your other cravings?”

Xue Ning immediately replied, “Want, want, want…”

Li Yang wrapped his arms around her and took her to the bedroom.

On to the second expedition, still returning victorious, the enemy defeated, disarmed and surrendered, to show sincerity, kneeling on the ground, licking the sword.

Unfortunately, this time there’s no bloodspill like the last time.

…

Some things inevitably can’t be hidden.

When Jiang Yaoting ran into Xue Ning at Qingshui Bay neighborhood, the families met each other.

Jiang Yaoting and Dou Ying were Xue Ning’s former guardians, while Li Likun and Wang Cuiping were the current guardians.

The interaction was quite harmonious, and during dinner, Li Yang even saw the little boy sitting next to Jiang Banxia.

Li Likun kept feeling it was too coincidental.

Wang Cuiping even, upon seeing Jiang Banxia for the first time, gave her grandson a name.

But soon enough, she also gave her granddaughter a name, after all, you can’t favor boys over girls.

Two students from Jing University, the same neighborhood, even considered the same family because of Xue Ning.

Jiang Yaoting formally invited Li Yang’s family to attend Jiang Banxia’s graduation party, scheduled for August 16th.

Li Yang, on the other hand, insisted on having his graduation party on August 18th.

After all, the date is auspicious—818, “fa yi fa” (meaning prosperity).

He couldn’t remember if there was another major event on that day, probably because of his weak grasp on literature, but it was all about him personally and not on a grander scale.

It was on this day that Li Yang found out, surprisingly, Dou Ying was a manager at Zhongyuan Securities.

And Xue Ning’s previous connection was indeed Dou Ying.

Luckily, he had opened his second account with Eastern Securities, otherwise, if he had accessed financing, Dou Ying could have dug into his entire financial history.

He got off six boards on Shanying Port, and in the end, he pulled out entirely.

Although the next day showed a higher opening, he didn’t regret it because Jiang Banxia didn’t catch the rhythm either. Xiangnu invested 20 million, after hitting five boards, on the sixth day, it opened high, but couldn’t get out.

According to Jiang Banxia’s instructions, she should have gotten out on the board today, but after opening high by seven points, there was no capital pulling up the board.

By the time Jiang Banxia realized what was happening, the stock price had already plunged underwater.

Xiangnu managed to run at the first opportunity, still profiting by five points.

But this operation still earned Xiangnu forty-seven points, since she didn’t fully invest on the first day.

A few days ago, Jiang Banxia brought Xiangnu to invest in Niezegu Industry, a stock picked by Li Yang.

Li Yang followed suit.

As of today, it’s been three trading days, yielding just an eight-point profit.

Jiang Banxia couldn’t quite analyze it; her thinking wasn’t fully fleshed out yet, after all, she had to participate in the trading battle of Green Water Group every day.

Xiangnu occasionally tricked Jiang Banxia’s transaction records over to Li Yang, and after Li Yang looked at them, he had just one word.

Master Jiang is amazing!

Truly amazing.

Maybe with guidance from Dou Ying, but her entire trading model is definitely correct.

She really made a small fund turn into a spectacle.

In the stock market, having a strategic mindset is already quite strong; many traders don’t even know what strategy is.

The stock market is essentially a casino, buying based on luck and intuition, so profit and loss naturally depend on luck.

What kind of board won’t open; what kind of board is a trap—these can be traced, but even the top experts aren’t that fine-tuned.

Human nature is bizarre, so the market will naturally display strange patterns; being able to enter the market precisely and exit at the peak, even if the process is not satisfactory, is impressive.

Strategy doesn’t mean the whole process, winning a part is also a success.

Li Yang hasn’t even started college and he’s already been beaten by geniuses.

Damn!

…

“Fellow Daoist Wu, if you don’t come play basketball, I’ll be off to college soon, and by then I’ll lead Jing University’s team to crush the Zhongzhou Team you lead… no wait, you’ll probably be a substitute, looking after the water, with no chance to compete against me.”

Li Yang thought basketball was great; he wasn’t interested in other types of workouts.

But Fellow Daoist Wu, for some unknown reason, hasn’t been in the mood lately and wouldn’t come no matter how hard he’s been called.

“If you really can’t make it, go find Wang Manqi for a game—she knows a bit about basketball too.”

“She’s not good!”

“Then I really can’t go. I’ve been shoved into a secret realm trial by the Nascent Soul Elder.”

“Since when does your family have a Nascent Soul Elder? Your parents are at the Foundation Establishment level, your grandparents are at the Golden Core level…”

“It’s my aunt…”

“She manages everything, but can she manage when you take a shit or fart? At best, she’s an external family member…”

“I won’t let you speak of her that way! This is her test for me, and as long as I can pass the trial, I’ll be able to meet Mei immediately.”

“You… they’ve thrown a hook with no bait and you still bite it?”

“No no no, it’s different this time, I called Mei. She’s now trapped with the Nascent Soul Elder, which is the final stage of the trial. As long as I pass, I can take her away.”

“So where’s the trial?”

“CBA training camp, the Nascent Soul Elder spent thirty thousand spirit stones to start this trial for me. I can’t let her down, nor Mei! So… I have to disappoint Fellow Daoist Li…”

Then, Wu Tianqi fell silent.

Li Yang wondered what Bai Qing was doing, spending thirty thousand to put Wu Tianqi into a training camp?

Wu Tianqi’s height determined he couldn’t enter any top-tier competitive venues; the school team was likely his limit.

Even Li Yang himself, who had honed his basketball skills for so many years, couldn’t break through the school team barrier—being a substitute in the CUBA would be considered lucky.

After practicing ball control for so many years…

Li Yang had talent in many areas, but none was high.

His gaming skills could only make him a tutor or gaming companion, not a pro.

His basketball skills could at most be played within school, not suited for official matches.

His writing talent earned him three to five thousand a month, barely enough for electricity and internet bills and takeout, not much of a surprise.

After reincarnation, he had some advantages in other areas, like having advanced strategic thinking in gaming and advanced concepts in writing topics.

But for basketball, it wasn’t the same. Basketball has been developed for so long, the system is too mature, and there isn’t anything new.

Shortly after chatting with Wu Tianqi, he suddenly received a text message.

Bai Qing electronically deposited 6,000,000.00 RMB (six million) into your Savings Card ending in 2687 on July 24th at 16:29. Available balance: 6,000,002.98 RMB. [Construction Bank]

Li Yang opened QQ and found the message from Bai Qing.

“I have nothing good to give you, so just take these six million. Consider it a house and a car.”

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