The bathroom was filled with the sound of running water.
Xia Dai was lazily sprawled on the bed when he accidentally caught sight of the clothes Shi Wangyue had just taken off, along with the items he had pulled from his pockets, laid out on the footstool not far away, and he was taken aback.
When Shi Wangyue finished his shower and ca out with wet hair, Xia Dai asked curiously, "Xiao Wangyue, why are you still using such an old phone?"
With a hairdryer in hand, Shi Wangyue looked up at him upon hearing the question and murmured an indistinct "Mm."
He quickly found the plug and started drying his hair.
Xia Dai asked sothing else in the room, but Shi Wangyue didn’t hear it.
By the ti Shi Wangyue finished drying his hair, Xia Dai had lost interest in asking further about the phone.
He was engrossed in a mobile ga.
Hearing Shi Wangyue erging from the bathroom, Xia Dai couldn’t even lift his head. "Xiao Wangyue, do you know how to play ’Mountains and Rivers Unstained’?"
Shi Wangyue looked at him and said plainly, "Yes."
Xia Dai was surprised, and his attention finally shifted from the phone to Shi Wangyue, "You actually know how to play ’Mountains and Rivers Unstained’?"
His voice was full of disbelief.
"Is it that strange?" Shi Wangyue raised an eyebrow.
"Of course it’s strange, weren’t you like Youyou before, not playing gas at all?" Especially such a wildly popular ga.
Xia Dai’s eyes widened.
"I don’t generally play gas." Shi Wangyue casually tidied up the clothes and items he’d left on the sofa and footstool. "But ’Mountains and Rivers Unstained’ is a ga product our company invested in."
"..." Xia Dai unintentionally felt outdone by Shi Wangyue again.
...
Downstairs, Ning Youguang was chatting idly with Xie Haitang.
Xie Haitang said, "Your sister-in-law called this morning, saying a new neighbor moved in next door. They seem completely inexperienced with city life. The couple and mother-in-law are so loud, making a huge commotion. Every day, relatives keep showing up to visit, turning the second-hand house into sothing like a museum, with a constant stream of visitors speaking loudly and spitting carelessly. They basically shout to communicate, often scaring their dog Budour into barking..."
Budour is the little dog raised by Xia Chen and his wife.
Last year, after Xia Chen got married, the young couple bought a new house and moved out.
"Did your sister-in-law say how she plans to fix this problem?" Ning Youguang asked.
"She said she’d wait with Chenchen for a few days, and if it continues, they’d ask the property manager to talk to them, as such loud talking is disruptive to the neighbors," said Xie Haitang.
"Then just wait and see," Ning Youguang concurred.
...
Upstairs, Shi Wangyue finished his shower and ca down with Xia Dai.
They were chatting too, but about topics related to their careers.
After being outdone by Shi Wangyue several tis, Xia Dai couldn’t resist his curiosity any longer and asked, "How did you end up becoming an investor?"
"The first ti I made money was when I was in the hospital and learned how to use a computer and got my online banking account. I bought a fund online and earned a significant sum—four hundred and ten yuan. At the ti, that was quite a lot for ... Inspired by this, I decided I wanted to earn money using money in the future," Shi Wangyue recalled.
It must be said, while dreams and passions are admirable, it’s often the reality that prompts us to take the first step.
So even now, Shi Wangyue clearly rembers, lying in the hospital, the happiest monts of his days were not just seeing his sister but going online to look at fund and stock information, then investing, buying, selling, and watching the amount in his account steadily rise.
"So what you’re telling is, you started playing with funds and stocks and making money from primary school?" Xia Dai was floored and couldn’t take another step.
"Mm," Shi Wangyue nodded softly.
He and Xia Dai both paused at the stairway landing.
"Indeed, I was right; effort without talent is futile. So, geniuses must be like the heavens putting food straight in their mouths. For those with talent, they can earn loads just by throwing so money around," Xia Dai felt particularly sour now.
How is it that everyone’s in their twenties, but so people are still unhappy with their jobs, while others have beco top in their field!
"Being an investor isn’t just about throwing money around..."
He has walked a long road to reach today.
Over the years, he’s constantly been applying what his sister once told him: "Xiao Wangyue, you must always cultivate yourself, reap your own rewards, nurture yourself, and be prepared at all tis."
Perhaps he did have so talent, but it was more about truly believing in soone and doing his own thing obediently.
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