14. Fight a turnaround battle

"Wake up yet? I'm all washed up!"

The next morning, still drowsy and yawning, Lu Jincheng heard the WeChat notification tone.

"I'm right across from the south gate of your school, waiting for you~"

After confirming that Lu Jincheng was also heading to the exchange, the sweet-tasting Zhou Sinin insisted on giving him a ride.

This was truly a god of wealth. Wouldn't it be fitting to be his driver?

So, for at least this period, Mr. Lu no longer needed to squeeze onto the bus when going to the exchange.

"Here, I brought you some breakfast, but don't eat it in the car."

Today, Zhou Sinin wore a black spaghetti strap dress that reached just to her knees, complemented by a pair of Jimmy Choo Alia high heels adorned with a small delicate flower on the tips, presenting a graceful figure with curvaceous lines.

For a beauty, attire is not just a simple combination of clothes and accessories, but a reflection of the inner world.

When heading to the stock exchange, Zhou Sinin dressed like a wealthy debutante of Shanghai, but with her best friends, she reverted to her youthful, girlish campus style.

Completely versatile, endlessly charming!

She handed Lu Jincheng a box of steamed buns. Clearly, the debutante was still not accustomed to Jiang City's early dining scene.

"Why aren't you eating hot dry noodles or tofu skins? You could also grab some soy milk."

Lu Jincheng stood beside her car, cheekily accepting the breakfast and teasing her a bit.

"The sesame paste and chili oil are too dry, I'm not used to it."

Zhou Sinin gathered her waterfall-like brown hair, her gaze drifting towards Lu Jincheng.

Tall and broad, he squatted by the roadside, one hand holding chopsticks, the other a steamed bun, as the early morning sunlight shone down. He ate joyously, one bun at a time.

"Puff puff puff~"

The bun was still very hot when he first put it in his mouth. Lu Jincheng puffed out his cheeks, blew on it vigorously, and then took big bites.

Zhou Sinin watched him eat his breakfast, finding it adorable, and couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of her mouth.

Lu Jincheng really was different from other men. In her presence, he seemed to have no inhibition about maintaining an image.

He had a carefree attitude, eating wherever he went without concern for others' views, truly liberated.

"Let's go, I'm done."

Lu Jincheng threw the box into a trash can, striding over to pull open the car door and sitting in the passenger seat. He casually pulled a tissue from the control panel, wiped his mouth, and spoke.

He sure wasn't shy.

"Do you prefer hot dry noodles?"

Zhou Sinin stepped on the gas, slowly driving along National Avenue.

"Not particularly fond, just haven't had them in a long time, kind of miss them."

In his previous life, he loathed hot dry noodles for being high in calories and dry in texture. Some vendors even heavily spiced them, making them a torment to eat early in the morning.

But after graduating and moving to other cities, he occasionally missed them, recalling the friends who used to eat breakfast at Cai Linji and his first taste of that dry flavor at eighteen.

Just like his fleeting youth.

One cannot possess youth and the feeling of youth at the same time.

Lu Jincheng briefly sighed inwardly, then adjusted the passenger seat to his most comfortable position.

"Hmm?"

He crossed one leg over the other, instinctively frowning and looking down.

Who else had sat in this seat?

"Yesterday, I was out shopping with Guan Guan! She isn't as tall as you are."

Zhou Sinin turned her head slightly, her earring tinkling.

Intelligent as she was, she saw through Lu Jincheng's thoughts with just a glance from the corner of her eye.

"Got it."

However, after explaining, Zhou Sinin suddenly felt a bit odd, her cheeks flushing involuntarily.

For the remainder of the journey, she focused intensely on driving.

I...

Why did I even explain that to him!

...

When they arrived at the Light Valley Exchange, it was exactly 9:30 AM, right at market opening time.

"You know what stock index futures are, right?"

Lu Jincheng asked his little follower after setting up his account, ready to make a big move.

"Um, I've read a bit about them."

Zhou Sinin eagerly nodded. Her account funds were below 500,000, not meeting the requirements for trading stock index futures.

"Using leverage in finance is really not much different from gambling, remember my words, don't mess with it."

Meanwhile, seated before a computer, he swiftly prepared to buy.

Now, Lu Jincheng's task was to observe market news and sentiment, predicting the indexes.

As he pondered, shares of Min Fu Fa A, he bought the day before, hit the upper limit within a minute due to aggressive buying, quickly locking at the upper limit with over 170,000 orders, becoming the first stock of the day to hit the upper limit.

"My God! I can't believe, in my lifetime... I hit the ceiling."

Zhou Sinin sat stupefied next to him, tightly gripping the edge of her dress, her fair skin showing veins.

"I told you, you could hold on to this stock confidently, don't worry."

Initially, she had doubts about Lu Jincheng's advice.

Why did you sell everything yesterday and still left my principal invested; what if it got stuck?

After solidly hitting the ceiling, Zhou Sinin's view of Mr. Lu changed.

"If you guessed these stocks would keep rising, then why did you sell?"

"Still, the vision was too limited."

Lu Jincheng smiled.