Starting Check-in Reward: Tomson Riviera Chapter 51 - 50: I’m a Family Man (2)

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for a successful sign-in. You’ve triggered a Great Luck fortune and obtained a 20% stake in Character Jumping."

"The share certificate has been sent to the system’s storage." The system’s voice echoed in Ye Ling’s ear.

A new day had begun, and Ye Ling had once again received a Great Luck reward from his sign-in.

"What the heck is Character Jumping?"

Hearing the na, Ye Ling couldn’t help but feel a bit baffled. He didn’t seem to have ever heard of this company. Was it so kind of small-ti business?

But would a twenty percent stake in a small-ti business really be enough to trigger a Great Luck reward?

Half-doubting, Ye Ling searched for it online. A mont later, he let out a gasp of surprise.

Although the company called Character Jumping wasn’t particularly famous—at least, he had never heard of it in Xia Country—one of its software applications was currently taking the world by storm!

He even had it on his own phone.

It was the Douyin short video app!

"This ti, I’ve really hit the jackpot."

A smile crept onto Ye Ling’s face.

As the parent company of Douyin, Character Jumping’s current strength was imnse. It had even expanded overseas, becoming a ’unicorn’ of Xia Country!

Even with just a twenty percent stake, it was an incredible fortune—worth even more than the sixty percent stake in Shengding Group he had previously acquired!

After all, Shengding Group, for all its power, was only a dostic top-500 enterprise, while Character Jumping was a world-class company still in its growth phase!

In other words, its potential was limitless.

Just then, Ye Ling’s phone vibrated lightly. He glanced at it and saw a voice call invitation from soone nad Su Yun.

The na seed unfamiliar to Ye Ling. After a mont of thought, he suddenly rembered: it was the beautiful woman who had helped him get his VIP card at the Construction Bank.

Ye Ling casually answered the call, and a sweet voice ca from the other end.

"Excuse , is this Young Master Ye?"

"Yes, it is."

Ye Ling was filled with questions.

’Why is this woman calling so early in the morning...’

’Could it be... she’s after my body?’

"Young Master Ye, I apologize for bothering you so early. I was wondering, are you free this afternoon?"

Su Yun’s voice drifted through the phone.

For so reason, her voice had a naturally seductive quality to it.

Upon hearing this, Ye Ling imdiately said, "My apologies, but I’m already spoken for..."

The mont the words left his lips, the voice on the other end of the line clearly faltered for a second.

’I’m already spoken for?’

As Ye Ling’s words echoed in her ears, she suddenly snapped back to her senses. It seed her own words just now could have been interpreted as her asking him out...

At this realization, Su Yun’s entire face instantly flushed red.

"Young Master Ye, you’ve misunderstood . It’s like this: our bank is holding an auction this afternoon at the Celestial Immortal Pavilion, and I wanted to ask if you had ti to attend."

Su Yun hurriedly explained, trying her best to keep the panic out of her voice.

anwhile, her heart was pounding in her chest.

’How could I have said sothing so ambiguous? It’s mortifying!’

"Ahem, so that’s what it was... My apologies, I misunderstood."

Ye Ling felt a bit awkward himself and quickly changed the subject. "But, banks hold auctions?"

"It’s like this. Every year, so individuals or companies who take out loans with our bank run into cash flow problems and can’t make their repaynts. When that happens, we auction off the items they used as collateral to recoup the losses..."

Hearing this, a look of understanding dawned on Ye Ling’s face.

He had never experienced such things himself, but he seed to recall scrolling past stories about it online... things like a tycoon’s company going bankrupt and their multi-million dollar mansion being auctioned off.

To put it bluntly, it was liquidating assets to cover debt!

Ye Ling did a quick ntal calculation. Ning Ruoxi had arranged his eting with Ning Tianliang for this evening, so an afternoon event wouldn’t create a conflict.

Of course, it wasn’t like he was so bored he had to stick his nose in everything.

The main thing was, he had over a hundred million on hand and was looking for a place to spend it. Attending an auction like this wouldn’t hurt.

"So, can I bring soone with ?"

"As one of our bank’s Gold-level VIPs, you are naturally welco to bring family or guests to the auction," Su Yun replied, her composure now restored.

"Alright, I’ll be there this afternoon."

"Then I look forward to seeing you this afternoon."

Without any more pleasantries, Su Yun hung up the phone.

anwhile, Su Yun was sitting in a large office with floor-to-ceiling windows. She was pouting, her pretty face slightly flushed, Ye Ling’s words still echoing in her ears: ’I’m already spoken for...’

"Still, I wonder if that handso guy already has a girlfriend?"

A look of disappointnt crossed Su Yun’s face.

’She had been thinking about trying to see if sothing could develop with Ye Ling. After all, it wasn’t every day you t a guy who was so handso and rich...’

...

Ye Ling hung up the phone, freshened up, and headed to his gym.

Even though his physique was already incredibly powerful after the ten-fold enhancent, the workout habit he’d built over many years was hard to break. So, he still did so exercise every morning after waking up.

After running for half an hour on the treadmill and doing a few sets of anaerobic exercises, Ye Ling felt a light sweat break out over his body and went to take a bath.

"Ruoruo, there’s an auction this afternoon. Want to co with ?"

Wearing a bathrobe, Ye Ling walked downstairs. He saw Ning Ruoxi playing on a tablet and spoke up.

"An auction?"

Upon hearing him, Ning Ruoxi was taken aback for a mont.

"Yes, at the Celestial Immortal Pavilion."

Ye Ling nodded.

"Okay!"

Ning Ruoxi, of course, didn’t refuse. A sweet feeling blossod in her heart.

The fact that Ye Ling wanted to take her with him even to an auction gave her an imnse sense of security.

"I want to go too!"

Seeing her chance, Luo Yue, who was sitting nearby, imdiately raised her hand.

"What are you going for?"

Ye Ling gave the little troublemaker a speechless look.

’Why is she always in the middle of everything...’

"I don’t care! I want to go with Sister Ruoruo."

Luo Yue, completely unfazed by Ye Ling’s glare, hugged Ning Ruoxi’s arm and pleaded, "Sister Ruoruo, please take with you~"

She looked as if she were competing with Ye Ling for favor.

"Alright, alright, we’ll take you with us, okay?"

Ning Ruoxi gave Luo Yue a helpless look and had no choice but to agree. Then, she shot Ye Ling a slightly apologetic glance.

’I knew I shouldn’t have let this girl move in,’

Ye Ling pursed his lips.

’He felt that Luo Yue had now beco a major obstacle to the further developnt of his relationship with Ning Ruoxi!’

’He had originally intended for her to be a human shield, but now it seed she was completely useless. Hadn’t Ning Tianliang found him anyway?’

"Nyah nyah nyah!"

But Luo Yue just gloated in front of Ye Ling, like a little general who had just won a great victory.