My best friend is here, and the trial is being conducted online.
Last night's "non-trading life-saving" event ended with Yu Jinli falling asleep by the bedside, while Feng Jinxuan arrived unharmed in the morning.
She was awakened by the aroma of food.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Assistant Wang directing the servants to place breakfasts, each one as exquisite as a work of art, onto the table.
Feng Jinxuan was already dressed and sitting at the head of the table, holding a financial newspaper in his hand. His expression was no different from usual, as if the person who had been weakly murmuring in his nightmare last night was just a hallucination of Yu Jinli.
He didn't even glance at her, simply saying, "Come eat when you wake up."
Yu Jinli rubbed her numb arm, thinking to herself: "Those evil capitalists! They exploit their employees and don't even say thank you."
But for the sake of those steaming hot crab roe buns and soup dumplings, she decided to forgive him for the time being.
These past few days, Yu Jinli has been living a very comfortable life.
It seems that Feng Jinxuan has incurred a lot of "unlucky KPIs" because of that piece of imperial green jade. Recently, things have been calm and nothing strange has happened.
She was happy to have some free time, spending her days either accompanying him to and from get off work or exploring life in this spacious mansion.
Today I'll study a million-dollar home theater, tomorrow I'll go for a swim in a heated pool, and the day after tomorrow I'll cultivate my mind by gazing at the world-famous paintings covering the walls.
Life couldn't be better.
She was sprawled on the enormous sofa in the living room, big enough for ten of her to sleep on, eating imported cherries and watching a show on her tablet, when the doorbell rang.
The maid went to open the door, and a moment later, a figure rushed in at top speed.
"Yu Jinli! You brat! Get out here right now!"
Yu Jinli almost spat out the cherry she was eating.
She sat up abruptly, staring dumbfounded at the girl in front of her, who was wearing ripped jeans and Doc Martens, had her hair in a high ponytail, and exuded an aura of "I'm not someone to mess with."
"Fei...Feifei? What brings you here?"
The person who arrived was none other than her college roommate and best friend, Lin Feifei. A staunch materialist and a sharp-tongued queen who could debate with anyone for eight hundred rounds at any moment.
Lin Feifei ignored her and instead, like a lioness surveying her territory, looked around the magnificent, feudal, capitalist, heartbreaking, and... sugar-coated living room that was irresistible.
Then, she rushed to Yu Jinli, put her hands on her hips, and asked him with a pained expression:
"Tell me! Are you being kept by this guy surnamed Feng? You've fallen! You've betrayed our proletarian revolutionary friendship!"
Yu Jinli: "..."
What is all this nonsense?!
"Let me explain..."
"I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear it!" Lin Feifei interrupted her, pointing to the obviously expensive silk nightgown she was wearing. "Look at yourself now! You're addicted to the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism! Do you still remember the nights we ate instant noodles together in the dorm and talked about our ideals? Do you still remember saying that you would build your own world with your own hands?"
Yu Jinli was in a real bind.
She knew she couldn't hide this from Lin Feifei. Just a few days ago, she used her salary card to pay back the huge sum of five thousand yuan she had owed Lin Feifei for three years. With Lin Feifei's intelligence, she would definitely notice something was wrong.
"Sit down, have some water, and calm down." Yu Jinli pressed her down on the sofa, then took a deep breath and decided to confront her.
Of course, the part about the metaphysics of fortune needs to be packaged in a more scientific way.
“I’m not being kept.” Yu Jinli said seriously. “I’m… conducting scientific research on the interaction between the human biomagnetic field and environmental energy.”
Lin Feifei had a "keep making this up" look on her face.
Yu Jinli had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue: "Simply put, our CEO Feng has a rather special constitution. His body has a particularly strong 'negative energy field,' which can easily trigger various accidents. On the other hand, I happen to have a constitution with a lot of 'positive energy.' When the two of us are together, we can create an energy counteraction, achieving a dynamic balance, thereby reducing the accident rate."
She racked her brains to translate metaphysical theories into physical terms.
"This isn't a wedding to bring good luck, it's 'hedging.' Do you understand? It's a financial term, hedging risk."
Lin Feifei fell silent.
She stared at Yu Jinli for a full minute, then suddenly laughed.
"Keep making things up. You might as well say he's Voldemort and you're Harry Potter, and one of you has to die."
She clearly didn't believe a word of it.
Having exhausted all other options, Yu Jinli had no choice but to pull out the shocking "Annual Fortune Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement" and hand it to her.
When Lin Feifei saw the monthly salary, benefits, and personal accident insurance with a coverage of 100 million yuan listed above, she fell silent again.
This time, the silence lasted even longer.
After a long while, she finally raised her head and looked at Yu Jinli with an extremely complicated expression.
"Lili, tell me the truth." Her voice was serious for the first time. "How...how did he treat you? Did he bully you?"
Yu Jinli's heart softened instantly.
She knew that although Lin Feifei seemed sharp-tongued, she actually cared about her more than anyone else.
"No." She shook her head, but the image of Feng Jinxuan holding her in his arms kept flashing uncontrollably into her mind.
She looked away somewhat awkwardly and explained, "It's just a normal employment relationship. He pays me, I provide the service, it's a fair trade."
"A fair trade?" Lin Feifei sneered. "He's giving you money, but you're giving him your life, you lucky koi! Your life in the literal sense! If your energy clash fails one day, he might lose an arm or a leg, but what about you? You might just be reduced to ashes!"
"It's not that exaggerated..." Yu Jinli retorted verbally, but she felt a little uneasy inside.
"Alright, I'm too lazy to deal with your superstitious nonsense." Lin Feifei sighed, took out a small brocade pouch from her bag, and stuffed it into her hand. "This is a talisman I got for you from the temple a few days ago. It's said to have been blessed by a master. Keep it close to your body. It's better to believe it than not."
Yu Jinli clutched the small brocade pouch, still warm from Lin Feifei's touch. A warm feeling welled up from the bottom of her heart.
"Thank you, Feifei."
"No need to thank me, we're like family." Lin Feifei waved her hand, then reverted to her sharp-tongued queen demeanor. "But speaking of which, this mansion is truly huge, this sofa is incredibly soft, and these cherries are incredibly sweet. Is this how corrupt the lives of those evil capitalists are?"
The two were laughing and joking when they heard a noise coming from the gate.
Feng Jinxuan has returned.
He seemed surprised to have guests at home, and when he saw Lin Feifei, he paused almost imperceptibly.
The atmosphere in the living room instantly shifted from a relaxed girls' tea party to a cold business meeting.
Lin Feifei immediately stood up, like a mother hen protecting her chicks, and shielded Yu Jinli behind her.
She raised her chin and looked Feng Jinxuan up and down with a scrutinizing, critical gaze, like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.
He looks decent enough, but unfortunately he's a walking disaster zone.
He has a good temperament, but unfortunately he's a cold-blooded capitalist.
Her figure is alright, broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs...
Pah! What are you thinking!
Feng Jinxuan ignored her gaze and simply said to Yu Jinli, "A guest?"
"Yes, this is my friend, Lin Feifei," Yu Jinli quickly introduced.
Feng Jinxuan nodded as a greeting, then walked straight upstairs without saying another word.
Lin Feifei watched his retreating figure until he completely disappeared around the corner of the stairs.
She turned her head and said to Yu Jinli with a serious expression, "Lili, this man is not simple."
"How so?"
“His eyes,” Lin Feifei said in a low voice, mysteriously, “The way he looked at you just now, on the surface it seemed calm, but I bet that beneath that calm surface lies a whole active volcano! The way he looked at you wasn’t how you look at a business partner, or even a subordinate!”
Yu Jinli asked curiously, "What is that?"
Lin Feifei leaned close to her ear and said, word by word, "It's about watching... the prey."
“Most importantly…” Lin Feifei said solemnly, “If a man can remain unmoved by a beautiful girl like me with fair skin, long legs, a slim waist, a perky bottom, and a high ponytail, he’s either gay or has ulterior motives. This man is something else.”
After saying that, she made a gesture of pointing to the universe, patted Yu Jinli on the shoulder, and said goodbye earnestly.
As she reached the door, she turned back, still feeling uneasy, and sent Yu Jinli another WeChat message.
[Warning! Warning! This iceberg is looking at you like a wolf that hasn't eaten meat in eight hundred years has spotted a piece of pork belly! Be careful, or he might swallow you whole!]
Yu Jinli looked at the WeChat message, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
She looked up and glanced at the second floor, feeling a vague and inexplicable wavering regarding this so-called "cooperative relationship."
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