"Knock, knock, knock—"
While Yu Xiao and Yu Xiaofang's hearts fluttered, the villa door was knocked upon.
Hearing the knock, Yu Fei remembered that she was completely exposed before Shen Lang at this moment. Her pretty face flushed again. She picked up her clothes and ran into the room, closing the door.
Seeing this, Shen Lang strode to the door and opened it.
When the door opened, Shen Lang saw Liu Dongyang standing outside, with a sheepish smile on his face: "Mr. Shen, I apologize for disturbing you. Here is a check for 1.8 million. Please check it."
Liu Dongyang took out a check from his chest pocket and respectfully handed it to Shen Lang with both hands.
"Oh..."
Shen Lang took the check, glanced at it, and finding no issues with the amount or anything else, said impatiently to Liu Dongyang, "You can leave if there's nothing else."
"Understood."
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Liu Dongyang showed no anger. Instead, he ran off excitedly.
Shen Lang was too shameless. He felt a chill down his spine just by staying with Shen Lang for another second, and he didn't want to be fleeced by Shen Lang any further.
"Which scoundrel said making money is hard?"
Shen Lang held the check from Liu Dongyang in his left hand and took out the check from Yang Ce from his clothes pocket with his right hand, asking in confusion, "I've made over ten million in just half a day. Making money isn't hard at all, is it?"
However, speaking of making money, Shen Lang remembered the stock code Tang Wuzui had given him earlier, and his heart became even more excited.
He decided to deposit the ten million from Yang Ce into his bank card, open a stock trading account, and then double his wealth.
Shen Lang believed that the stock Tang Wuzui mentioned would soar. As long as he bought it as Tang Wuzui instructed, he would definitely make a fortune.
As for why Shen Lang believed Tang Wuzui, a woman he had only met twice, Shen Lang's explanation was simple: "intuition."
Yes, that's right, intuition.
Shen Lang's intuition had never been wrong, and this time would be no exception.
Shen Lang was a man of action. Thinking too much without doing anything was just daydreaming.
With this thought, Shen Lang immediately turned and walked back into the house, saying to Yu Xiao, "I need to go out and do something. Will you come with me?"
"Okay—"
Upon learning that she would have some alone time with Shen Lang, Yu Xiao was very excited and asked, "Brother Shen, what do you need to do?"
"Go to the bank to deposit money."
Shen Lang said, "I've used acupuncture twice in a short period, and my energy is too depleted. I won't be able to treat Yu Fei again within twelve hours, so I want to take care of my business first."
"Yu Fei can stand up again now. Theoretically, she should be allowed to go out and move around. But as you saw just now, even I can't resist her. If she goes out, who knows how many people will lose their lives. So, let her stay at home for now."
Hearing this, Yu Xiao suddenly understood, but her heart felt a little disappointed.
She thought Shen Lang asked her to go out alone because he wanted some alone time with her. Little did she know that Shen Lang also wanted to invite his sister Yu Fei, but gave up considering Yu Fei's condition.
Although she knew it was wrong to be jealous, and even more wrong to be jealous of her sister, Yu Xiao couldn't help herself.
As a girl, no one could tolerate someone they liked having someone else in their heart, no matter how magnanimous they were.
"What are you thinking?"
The hint of disappointment that flashed across Yu Xiao's face quickly disappeared, but Shen Lang caught it clearly.
He looked at the girl before him, who had captured his heart at first sight, and smiled gently, "Yu Xiao, I will only say the following words to you once. Remember them."
"Before you, I liked someone, but that was many years ago. Now and in the future, I will only like you."
As soon as he said this, Yu Xiao smiled, a smile brighter than ever.
What is love?
Love is the smile that blooms on your face when your eyes look at the person you like.
To see what you love, and to have you for a lifetime.
She didn't ask who Shen Lang had liked before because the word "before" said it all.
"Brother Shen, I am very lucky to have met you."
Yu Xiao had a thousand words in her heart, but only this one came out.
Hearing this, Shen Lang smiled with unprecedented gentleness, stepped forward, gently embraced her, and kissed her forehead, "Meeting you is also the luck of my life."
Feeling the real, flesh-and-blood Yu Xiao in his arms, Shen Lang realized for the first time that he would no longer think of that girl dressed in white as snow.
Bodhi was originally without a tree, and the bright mirror was not a platform.
Perhaps meeting was just a dream, an illusory dream.
Dreams finally wake up one day, and people must eventually return to reality.
After saying goodbye to Yu Fei, Shen Lang and Yu Xiao left the villa, took a ride-hailing car at the entrance, and headed to Zhongzhou Bank.
Zhongzhou Bank, Nanning's largest commercial bank, was established four years ago, formerly known as Heilong Bank.
The owner of Zhongzhou Bank is a twenty-eight-year-old woman named Ye Shishi.
Unlike Yang Ce's mystery, Ye Shishi's information from every stage of her life can be found online.
Ye Shishi was born into a scholarly family. Her grandfather was the head of the Nanning Education Department, and her parents were professors at Nanning University.
Ye Shishi was a child prodigy with an IQ of 160, on par with Einstein. She entered Oxford University at fifteen and completed her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at twenty-four.
After graduation, Ye Shishi took over Heilong Bank.
Heilong Bank was founded forty years ago and was once a giant that influenced Nanning. However, with the development of the times, its influence waned, and it was already on the verge of bankruptcy, squeezed by other banks.
After taking over Heilong Bank, Ye Shishi renamed it Zhongzhou Bank and carried out drastic, bloody reforms.
After largely cutting dozens of departments and laying off over a thousand veteran employees, Ye Shishi brought in a large number of fresh talents.
In just six months, Ye Shishi reversed the decline, not only covering all of Heilong Bank's losses but also making a profit of hundreds of billions.
According to the latest figures released this year, Zhongzhou Bank has assets of three trillion yuan internally and externally, with a deposit balance of 800 billion yuan. It is the largest taxpayer in Nanning, contributing nearly 20 billion yuan in taxes.
Ye Shishi's success story has been written into economics and modern enterprise management textbooks and is renowned worldwide.
Shen Lang and Yu Xiao entered Zhongzhou Bank. After taking a number, they sat in the lobby waiting to be called.
Shen Lang glanced at the queue number in his hand and found that over thirty people were waiting.
Waiting is the most painful and annoying thing in the world.
Even with Yu Xiao by his side, Shen Lang still felt tormented.
However, after an hour, the people ahead finally finished. Shen Lang heard his number being called and immediately stood up, walking towards counter number twelve.
But just as Shen Lang reached counter number twelve.
At this moment, a young man in his twenties suddenly cut in front of Shen Lang.