Through Thick and Thin

Lu Chuiqing was stunned for a while, this matter was not at all because of how good he was or how unique his vision was, it was purely because he knew in advance that this stock would be short-sold, so he went to investigate.

A sense of guilt for cheating rose in Lu Chuiqing's heart, and she said in confusion: "Mr. Xiao, that... I'm sorry, the Qifu food incident is actually... I heard from my friend, I didn't discover it by myself. .”

He paused, his expression darkened, and he said in a low voice, "I'm not as insightful as you imagined...I've let you down."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhan did not show any surprise, but asked calmly and indifferently: "Really? Which friend of yours?"

"It's... a senior in the same industry."

Xiao Zhan stared at him: "That investigation was also done by your friend?"

"This... I did it." Lu Chuiqing replied honestly, "But Mr. Xiao, if I hadn't heard about it, I wouldn't want to do it either."

Xiao Zhan gave a low laugh: "Why, do you think shorting a stock is mainly based on vision? Every day there are hundreds of so-called insider information and rumors predicting who the next diving stock will be. Who do you listen to?" It’s not important at all. There are many people who hear it, but very few people are willing to work hard to prove it.”

Lu Chuiqing's heart was pounding, and he suddenly realized that Xiao Zhan was encouraging him.

Lu Chuiqing's mind went blank for a moment, before he could come up with a reason, Xiao Zhan said suddenly, with a low and indifferent voice: "You have the smell of Alpha pheromone, is it perfume?"

Some Alphas are very sensitive to pheromones, even more sensitive than Omega, especially they will repel pheromones of the same sex.Same-sex pheromones give an Alpha a sense of territorial repulsion, even artificial pheromone perfumes.

Lu Chuiqing's cheeks became hot, and she subconsciously stretched out her hand to cover the back of her neck, and her ears were powdered: "...Yes."

Xiao Zhan: "Susceptibility period?"

After all, this is still a very private topic, Lu Chuiqing gently covered her face, and began to feel a little regret for talking to Xiao Zhan rashly: "Yes."

Xiao Zhan slightly raised the corner of his mouth, raised his hand, and the palm of his hand fell on the top of Lu Chuiqing's hair.Lu Chuiqing was stunned by the sudden temperature, and held her breath involuntarily.

Xiao Zhan's palm lightly stroked Lu Chuiqing's hair for a while, and his fingers brushed the hair on the nape of his neck indistinctly, making Lu Chuiqing's body tremble for a moment as if electrified.

Xiao Zhan's voice was low and gentle: "You should have some confidence in yourself, no matter what it is."

Lu Chuiqing raised her head and stared blankly at Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan put down his hands, ended the topic without warning, and asked instead: "Do you want me to take you back?"

Lu Chuiqing's thoughts were still stuck on Xiao Zhan's sentence "No matter what aspect", he knew that maybe he was thinking too much, maybe he was too self-righteous——

But, is it possible, can he think that Xiao Zhan's words are not only encouraging him, but also answering the question he asked at the beginning?The one who asked if Xiao Zhan had him, would there be other people around him?

Although her thoughts were not on the line, Lu Chuiqing still heard Xiao Zhan's question, and replied blankly: "No need..."

Xiao Zhan didn't insist either, and directly unlocked the car, signaling Lu Chuiqing to get out of the car.

When Lu Chuiqing reacted, he was already standing in the parking lot, watching Xiao Zhan drive away in the car.

The night wind in early May still carried a hint of the coolness of the end of spring. Lu Chuiqing stood there for a while, and was blown by the wind soberly. He felt that he might have thought too much, and began to think about whether he had forgotten just now. Say goodbye to Xiao Zhan.

Lu Chuiqing patted her cheek, and walked towards home, her steps became lighter and lighter.

Xiao Zhan didn't express any substantive opinions on his refusal, and Lu Chuiqing didn't even see how he felt.However, after speaking his heart out, the uneasiness in his heart has been completely let go.

After rejecting Xiao Zhan, Lu Chuiqing felt disappointed.Yes, he likes Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Zhan at least recognizes his potential, but his current ability is not enough for Xiao Zhan.

Lu Chuiqing is a person who has experienced marriage. He understands that if he really wants to be independent in a relationship, he must at least make himself a person who is recognized and equal by the other party economically and personally.

At worst, wait for three to five years at most, and he really has the ability to prove himself. If Xiao Zhan is still single at that time, and he still misses Xiao Zhan, then Lu Chuiqing will take the initiative to pursue Xiao Zhan!

However, three to five years... Mr. Xiao, at that time, the children were all in kindergarten, right?

Lu Chuiqing sighed deeply, and strengthened her determination to work hard.

Xiao Zhan drove home alone. He lived in a high-end community about 10 minutes away from the company. In addition to him, he also had a housekeeper at home. Although he didn't often eat at home, his cat needed someone to take care of him.

Xiao Zhan opened the door of the house, and a golden shorthair kitten ran down the stairs, meowing softly, coquettishly around his ankles, and its fluffy tail gently swept Xiao Zhan's shoe.

Xiao Zhan returned to his bedroom, and the kitten followed him in. After Xiao Zhan sat down at the desk, he jumped onto Xiao Zhan's lap and rolled on his lap.

Xiao Zhan fiddled with the kitten's chin, turned on the computer with one hand, and the phone on the table rang, and the caller was "Xiaoqiu".

Xiao Zhan glanced at it, gently rubbed the cat's ears with his fingers, and let the phone ring, but didn't answer it.It didn't take long for the screen to go dark, but it soon turned on again. The other party kept calling him, it seemed that Xiao Zhan would not stop until he answered.

Finally, Xiao Zhan picked up the phone and connected it.

"Mr. Xiao..." The boy's sour and sad voice came from the other end of the phone, "You haven't contacted me for a few months... I want to see you, please meet me... Please..."

Xiao Zhan stroked the cat's back unhurriedly: "Why are you seeing me?"

The name of the person Xiao Qiu noted as "Xiao Qiu" by Xiao Zhan was Qiu Nai, and he was the boy who followed Xiao Zhan to the annual meeting of the Zhongming Foundation at the beginning of the year.Qiu Nai didn't have any interest in studying. After graduating from high school, he dropped out of school and worked in a movie theater in a neighboring city for several months.

Xiao Zhan's college friend worked in the film studio, and Qiu Nai happened to be playing a role in his friend's film crew at that time. His friend saw that he was cute and cute, and asked him to come and drink with him a few times, but he didn't do anything else.

Not long afterwards, a friend invited Xiao Zhan, who was on a business trip in a neighboring city, to have dinner with him. He wanted to ask Xiao Zhan for help, so he introduced Qiu Nai to Xiao Zhan.

Qiu Nai has been with Xiao Zhan for seven or eight months. Before that, he didn't have a stable job, and he couldn't earn much money by playing tricks. His family didn't care about him. He could only rent a house with four or five people with some migrant workers. The house I live in, I struggle to repay the money I borrowed last month every month, and I don't have a decent life at all.

After following Xiao Zhan, Xiao Zhan gave him enough money to live comfortably.After paying off the debt, Qiu Nai immediately moved out of the cramped place, rented a spacious house with Xiao Zhan's money, and stopped thinking about ways to make money, and stayed at home every day playing with his mobile phone When playing games, the only hope is Xiao Zhan's phone call.

"President Xiao, I'm sorry, don't be angry with me..." Qiu Nai's voice trembled slightly, as if any light words from Xiao Zhan were enough to overwhelm him, "You can't want me... Please... Already! Without you I really..."

"I'm not angry with you." Xiao Zhan lowered his eyes, stroking the soft and fluffy fur on the cat's back, "Have you spent all your money?"

In the past few months, Xiao Zhan didn't look for him, and naturally he didn't give him any more money.Xiao Zhan is indeed Qiu Nai's only source of income now, but this is not the only reason why Qiu Nai begged Xiao Zhan.

This is not the first time that Qiu Nai contacted Xiao Zhan proactively in the past few months, but Xiao Zhan did not answer the previous few times.He has long been used to the life of Xiao Zhan. When Xiao Zhan called him, he would happily dress up and go out. Without Xiao Zhan's phone, he could play games all day at home. what to do.

Of course, Qiu Nai knew in his heart that Xiao Zhan was not the only one around him, but he didn't care, and knew that he was not qualified to expect Xiao Zhan to be alone. Qiu Nai didn't even dare to think about such a thing.

As long as Xiao Zhan is still willing to have him, that's enough.

Qiu Nai asked Xiao Zhan to mark him several times, or simply not to take contraceptive measures. If he had a child, Xiao Zhan would not ignore him no matter what—but Xiao Zhan never agreed.

"No..." Qiu Nai choked up, "Mr. Xiao, just let me see you..."

"Xiaoqiu," Xiao Zhan's voice was low and calm, but it was such a voice that opened the coldest crack, "Be obedient, and don't contact me again in the future."

Qiu Nai's voice stopped abruptly, and the last slumped cry was cut off amidst the hangup, like a dying canary.

The fund manager of Zhongming Fund will announce the position structure and shareholding ratio every quarter. Generally, when the closed-end fund expires or at the end of the quarter, a small amount of position adjustment will be carried out, but no large-scale adjustment will be made to ensure that the stock market and customers The stability of capital income.

At the end of June, fund managers began to plan to adjust their positions, and they would use some stocks with better performance as candidates for adjustments in the next quarter. Researchers ushered in another busy period.

Lu Chuiqing's research this time mainly covered three stocks, two were selected from the list given to him by Xiao Zhan, and the other was one he had been paying attention to all the time. All three stocks were fully and detailedly researched.

A week after the report was handed in, the department issued an announcement about the proposed position adjustment. Lu Chuiqing had two stocks selected into the pool, one was recommended to him by Xiao Zhan, and the other was found by himself.

Not only that, Deputy Manager Qian had a talk with Lu Chuiqing, intending to let him serve as the group leader in the next important group research project.

Although it was just an announcement about the planned warehouse adjustment, and there might be revisions in the future, Lu Chuiqing was still secretly happy for a while.

For nearly two months, Xiao Zhan hadn't contacted him, but Lu Chuiqing saw him once in the company.At that time, Lu Chuiqing just watched from a distance, and did not attract Xiao Zhan's attention.

Lu Chuiqing himself felt very strange. Although he rejected Xiao Zhan, seeing Xiao Zhan made him feel full of motivation. Many troubles at work seemed to stop him from being distracted.

After getting off work on the day the announcement was made, Lu Chuiqing returned home in a happy mood. While waiting for the elevator, her cell phone rang.The call came from an unfamiliar number, saying that a certain flower shop was delivering flowers, please come down and sign for it.

"Flowers?" Lu Chuiqing asked in surprise, "I didn't order flowers, did you make a wrong call?"

The delivery man reported Lu Chuiqing's mobile phone number, and said that the recipient did write Lu Chuiqing's name.Lu Chuiqing thumped in his heart, and was stunned for a few seconds. In disbelief, he quickly asked the other party to wait, and he went down immediately.

Lu Chuiqing came to the door of the downstairs unit, and a delivery man was standing there holding a square box of roses.The dark red soft box, the golden ribbon, and the red petals are still stained with dew. Just by seeing the flower box for the first time, Lu Chuiqing can think of someone.

Lu Chuiqing saw a light yellow card in the box, with two simple words written on it in a handwriting he had seen before: "Congratulations".

This is Xiao Zhan's handwriting.