Chapter 20: Invitation to High Society
Fu Haoyao looked at his brother who suddenly appeared at the door of the study, and the doubts in his heart grew little by little.
"Brother, have you finished your work?"
I've never seen him mention sending a tutor before; it was always Secretary Feng who took care of it. Of course, that was partly because those tutors were fired on the first day.
But Fu Haoyao always felt something was strange.
However, Fu Haoyao didn't think much about it. Now, Fu Liangxia was just an ordinary classmate and tutor to him.
At most, you can add that you have better gaming skills and are prettier than others.
As for how much he liked her, Fu Haoyao didn't have any feelings for her. He was born with a weak sense of emotion. If he found someone annoying, he would ignore them. If he found someone pleasing, he would make friends with them.
And now Fu Liangxia can barely be considered a friend to him.
At least he wouldn't give her the same evaluation of "boring, like those people" as before.
And it was impossible for his brother to have any other thoughts about his friend. It was probably because he rarely expressed any objection this time, so he wanted to take the opportunity to send her to find out the situation.
After thinking it through, Fu Haoyao turned on his computer, leaned lazily on his gaming chair, and waved casually at Fu Liangxia: "See you tomorrow. Let's play games together when you have time."
His attitude was much better than when he brought her here, as if he had chosen her out of the group of people to be ignored.
Fu Liangxia: "...Okay."
She stood up and walked towards the door, looking at the young man standing there. He was about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, with a handsome face and a pair of deep blue eyes that looked a little affectionate as he looked down at her.
What a pair of affectionate eyes that look at a dog as if it were a lover.
Fu Liangxia blinked slightly, as if she suddenly understood why she didn't feel the sense of superiority that belonged to the top class from him.
It’s not because Fu Langshu is really kind, it’s more because of his natural appearance.
She couldn't read his true expression.
Fu Liangxia smiled at him as a token of gratitude. During their previous discussion, they had agreed that the Fu family would be responsible for picking her up, but at the time she just thought that Feng Qian had just sent a driver. She didn't expect that Fu Langshu would come in person.
She vaguely felt that this was not what Feng Qian had meant before, and Fu Langshu might have decided to give it to her on a whim.
But, because of what?
Fu Liangxia followed Fu Langshu out, somewhat unable to guess his intentions.
But Fu Liangxia always felt that the other party sent her there specially, as if he had something to say.
Perhaps because he felt that the outside was not a suitable place for conversation, Fu Langshu just casually asked about her age, why she didn't go to school at Saint Lander last year, and some basic information.
Fu Liangxia answered all the questions obediently. She behaved like an ordinary good student with good upbringing. She was neither humble nor overbearing, and her wording was flawless when she asked and answered the questions.
Two minutes later, she followed him into a silver-gray Porsche, a low-key color but a not-so-low-key license plate.
On the surface, Fu Langshu's preferences seemed to be very different from Fu Haoyao's. However, even though she didn't know much about cars, she could see some subtle similarities in the appearance of this car and the supercar that Fu Haoyao drove.
But Fu Liangxia couldn't tell exactly how they were similar. It might just be someone's personal preference, so she just took a quick look and then looked away.
Instead, Fu Langshu next to her noticed her gaze, his eyes darkened slightly, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
There was a barely perceptible sound, and the headlights above his head came on. Fu Liangxia looked up and watched the car slowly drive out of the underground garage.
"Teacher Fu, you surprise me."
Fu Langshu's slender fingers gripped the steering wheel, and the sound rang out in the small space, like a slowly flowing vinyl record, with a charming texture.
Fu Liangxia was not confused by his voice and said with a smile: "Wait until I improve Fu Haoyao's grades, then you can be surprised."
Fu Langshu's expression paused slightly, he glanced at her through the rearview mirror, and raised his eyebrows: "You are really interesting, but that's not what I mean."
Fu Liangxia turned around and looked at him.
"I heard that you found the R&D personnel for the new project that the Fu family invested in and said you wanted to fund them."
Fu Liangxia's expression changed. This was indeed another reason why she stayed in the lower city. In addition to recuperating, she also had to submit a letter of allegiance to Fu's father to prove that she was qualified to be the heir.
The project developer she chose was none other than the tech upstart who later soared to the top of the rich list in the original book. Just three months ago, she was just a down-and-out old lady in a nursing home who could barely afford the cost of her medical bills.
If Mrs. Xu's research and development results were not good, it would be impossible for her to impress Father Fu and make him willing to gamble and lend a huge sum of money for subsequent research and development. Nor would it make Fu Langshu notice this one among the many project books and decide to meet with Father Fu.
However, Fu Langshu did not think about cooperation at first. As the leader of the semiconductor industry, his first instinct was to keep it all for himself rather than sharing a piece of cake with others.
But to Fu Langshu's surprise, he was just investigating to see if there was any possibility of poaching Xu Yuan and her R&D team, but he unexpectedly discovered an interesting result.
A high school student, even one who spent over a year in a nursing home due to poor health, had such a keen eye for identifying such a great project. And her most clever point was that her relationship with Xu Yuan wasn't just one of investor and investee, but a debt of gratitude that rivaled a life-saving gesture, with genuine appreciation and support like a timely help.
He learned that three months prior, Xu Yuan's research had yielded no results, a bottomless pit of money burning through with no end in sight. Xu Yuan had risked her entire fortune and was struggling to even afford her hospital bills.
Fu Liangxia appeared at this time. She not only paid Xu Yuan's medical expenses, but also solved her research funding problem.
After learning this, Fu Langshu realized that he would never have the chance to kick the Fu family out of this project.
——I can’t pass Xu Yuan’s level.
However, this discovery made him even more curious about Fu Liangxia. He wanted to know what kind of monster this high school student was who could make such a decisive and experienced decision.
Contrary to his expectation, the other person was thin, with bright and clear eyes, and looked like a girl who was just prettier than an ordinary person.
It doesn't seem to be anything special.
But nothing special in itself means it is special.
Fu Liangxia still had that good student look on her face. She wasn't flustered even after being exposed. She said softly, "I'm just lucky."
Fu Langshu remained noncommittal and continued, "Not everyone has this kind of luck, and in the business world, sometimes what you need most is a little luck."
Fu Liangxia was silent.
Fortunately, Fu Langshu didn't intend to dwell on this point. He changed the subject and said, "There's an exchange meeting in Hai City at the end of this month. You can ask your father to take you there."
The exchange meeting that Fu Langshu specifically mentioned couldn't be just any ordinary one. Fu Liangxia knew without even thinking that it must be filled with bigwigs, and that ordinary people wouldn't be able to get in without an invitation.
Anyway, with the Fu family's wealth and qualifications, it is definitely out of reach.
However, since Fu Langshu said so, it means that he will give Fu's father an invitation letter.
And his "look" is naturally not just a simple "look", it may be to attract investment or look for new business opportunities.
Perhaps it also means to bring the Fu family into the upper class.
In short, although Fu Langshu gave the invitation to the upper class, the Fu family had to seize the opportunity themselves.
And Fu Liangxia happens to be the best at seizing opportunities.
But speaking of it, at the end of the month in Hai City... Fu Liangxia recalled that if she could pass the selection smoothly, she would also go to Hai City to participate in the preliminary round of the competition at about that time, and they happened to be held at the same time.
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Fu Langshu sent her to the door, politely declined her polite invitation to "come in and sit down", and drove away.
When Fu Liangxia entered the house, Fu's father was standing in the yard watering the flowers. The star lights dotted around him were emitting faint light.
He looked up at the sound and said, "Xiao Xia is back. How do you feel?"
She nodded: "It went better than expected."
Fu Liangxia paused and said, "By the way, Fu Langshu also said that he would give you, father, an invitation to the Hai City Exchange Conference, which will be held at the end of this month."
Father Fu was indeed very happy to hear this. He patted her shoulder and said, "Well done. Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoxia. Go back and rest today."
There was no mention of whether to take her with me.
However, Fu Liangxia guessed that Fu Langshu would definitely give her a hint. She could sense that he was more interested in her than in Fu's father.
Fu Liangxia didn't say anything after hearing this, and went straight into the house and returned to her room.
It was not yet ten o'clock. Fortunately, Fu Haoyao was in the same grade as him, so tutoring him could also consolidate her knowledge. Now she just had to review what she had learned during the day.
Because teachers at Saint Land rarely assign homework, students are required to learn independently most of the time, which is indeed in line with Saint Land's consistent elite education philosophy.
She spent some time reviewing her lessons, then packed her schoolbag, washed and showered, and finally lay down on the bed in her soft pajamas.
Fu Liangxia could feel that being caught in the rain and catching a cold today still had some impact on her. She had been forcing herself to stay alert while tutoring Fu Haoyao, but as soon as she relaxed, fatigue came over her.
She wanted to fall asleep like this, but suddenly she remembered that she seemed to have not yet replied to Su Xingshu's message.
Is it necessary to reply to this message?
Fu Liangxia asked himself.
She was sleepy and tired, and didn't want to lift her hand at all. However, thinking that she still had to raise Su Xingshu's favorability to 60 to save her life, she had no choice but to resign herself to her fate and began to grope around, looking for where she had thrown her phone.
At this moment, her cell phone vibrated. Fu Liangxia thought that Su Xingshu had sent another message because she didn't reply. However, when she clicked on it, she found that it was Xu Cai who sent her a friend request.
Fu Liangxia clicked "pass". In order to be able to study comfortably at school, she didn't want to make too many enemies. She just wanted to get along with standard Saint Lander students like Xu Cai on the surface.
After adding, Xu Cai's side showed that it was inputting, and then Fu Liangxia waited for two minutes but the other party did not send any message.
She lost her patience and opened the dialog box with Su Xingshu.
Fu Liangxia: [Not bad.]
After a while, she received a reply from the other party: [That's good. Those two people today... have been dealt with.]
Fu Liangxia: [Oh.]
She couldn't reply too happily, otherwise it would seem like she was a very vicious girl.
But Fu Liangxia still couldn't help but feel sorry in her heart that she couldn't deal with them personally.
At this time, she didn't know that the opportunity to take revenge with her own hands would come so soon.
Of course, this is all later.
After Fu Liangxia replied with a short monosyllable, she saw that the message "inputting" was displayed again, then it stopped for a while, and after a few seconds it showed "inputting" again.
What? It's so confusing.
It just so happened that Xu Cai sent a message.
Xu Cai: [Liang Xia, what is your relationship with Master Fu?]
Xu Cai: [Cat peeking out.jpg]
Fu Liangxia thought for a moment and replied, "There are some business dealings at home."
She deliberately spoke vaguely, making Xu Cai deliberately think that her family was capable of becoming a partner of the Fu family.
In a way, this is the best way to avoid trouble.
As expected, after seeing the reply, Xu Cai did not ask any more questions. Instead, she said warmly that since she had not attended class for a day, she could lend her her notes, and then asked her to go out to sea together on the weekend.
Fu Liangxia declined.
On the other side, Su Xingshu sent a message.
Su Xingshu: [By the way, do you know Cheng Xingzhou? He's the one who carried you to the infirmary today.]
As if he knew that his voice was nice, he sent a voice message very thoughtfully. When he clicked it, he heard a magnetic whisper in the ear, which made Fu Liangxia feel numb on half of her body instantly.
I have to admit that there is a reason why Su Xingshu can form a band.
It is indeed very capital-intensive.
And when he wants to seduce someone, he is indeed very skilled and knows what girls like.
Normally, it is very offensive to send voice messages to people you don't know well, but when he did it, it was not noticeable at all, but instead added some vague ambiguity.
Fu Liangxia was sure that Su Xingshu wanted to seduce her.
I can’t say I’m that serious about it. Just like my previous girlfriends, I mostly treat it as a toy.
It's all technique, no sincerity.
Fu Liangxia was very familiar with this kind of signal. She had seen too many of them in her previous life. The more romantic second-generation men would pursue someone they liked for a while, give her gifts, and say some skillful but not greasy love words, looking very serious.
But if the other party does not respond, they can quickly and easily change their target.
Fu Liangxia certainly didn't want to be such a prey. If she took the bait, her favorability with Su Xingshu would only be 30.
This won't work.
So she also sent a voice message, and her voice sounded particularly gentle because she was lying in bed.
She said, “Well, I liked him.”
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