47: Chapter 47 Is today all about losing things?

Chen Sheng's brain worked frantically before he finally chose the safest plan. "Do you remember Wu Lang?"

An Xiaonuan thought for a moment and said, "I know him! Fatty Wu, who was in the same club as you back in school. I even joined your gatherings a few times!"

"Right, right, right, that's the one. He majored in finance and became a streamer after graduation, the kind that specifically teaches people how to trade stocks..."

As Chen Sheng spoke, he opened TikTok, found Wu Lang's account, and handed it to An Xiaonuan. "This is Fatty Wu's account, take a look first~"

An Xiaonuan took the phone, glanced through a few videos, and then returned it to Chen Sheng. "Hubby! Just say it straight!"

"It's like this. Fatty Wu got some inside information that international crude oil prices will rise soon. I want to try following along."

Chen Sheng thought to himself, 'Sorry, Fatty. Better you than me.'

"But hubby, I remember you don't know how to trade stocks?" An Xiaonuan asked in shock.

When she had noticed Chen Sheng acting strangely earlier, she had imagined countless possibilities, but Chen Sheng gave an answer that seemed absolutely impossible to her.

"I'm not trading myself, I'm just following the investment," Chen Sheng explained.

To An Xiaonuan, who was also a novice in the stock market, she didn't know the difference between trading personally and following an investment. Because of this unknown, she asked worriedly, "Does that mean giving the money to him?"

Chen Sheng explained patiently, "It's not giving the money to him. I'll open my own account and then invest my own money into crude oil."

However, because of this explanation, An Xiaonuan's worries didn't disappear; instead, they increased quite a bit.

In her view, operating it himself was worse than giving the money to the other person to operate and then paying a commission based on market rates.

That would be more reliable than Chen Sheng, who had never traded stocks, doing it himself.

"Hubby..." An Xiaonuan didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Wife! Don't worry. There are definitely risks, but I won't use leverage, so the risks are within a controllable range. If things look bad, I'll close my position and run immediately."

"Even if we lose money then, it won't be much."

"Of course, our capital is limited. Even if the news is true, we'll only earn some pocket money at most."

"But regardless, it's better than the returns from keeping it in the bank or buying wealth management products."

After a moment of silence, An Xiaonuan confirmed again, "Can we really not lose much?"

"Really. I'll keep an eye on the stocks at all times. As soon as something looks wrong, I'll run immediately."

An Xiaonuan sorted through Chen Sheng's words in her mind, and soon she made a decision. "Okay! Hubby, I agree to this."

"That's great!" Chen Sheng was overjoyed. He cupped An Xiaonuan's face in his hands and gave her a forceful kiss.

An Xiaonuan quickly pushed Chen Sheng away and said, counting on her fingers, "But I can only give you three hundred thousand. The rest of the money has to be kept for emergencies."

"Three hundred thousand is plenty." Chen Sheng was satisfied... no, very satisfied.

After all, in his imagination, An Xiaonuan would at most take out a hundred to two hundred thousand. Getting three hundred thousand now greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Hubby, when do you need it? I have to process the wealth management products first, and for large transfers, I might have to go to the bank counter."

"No rush, take your time. Just give it to me within a week." Anyway, since the price rise would last nearly three months, a few days late wouldn't lose much profit.

However, Chen Sheng still had a bit of expectation in his heart—expecting that during these few days before he entered the market, the system could be more helpful and provide a few more pieces of useful intelligence, so his principal could be even larger.

"Okay! I'll do it as soon as possible anyway."

With the topic finished, An Xiaonuan shrank back into the sofa and seriously watched her soap opera...

The Next Day

host: Chen Sheng

Level: Level 1

Experience to Level Up: 20/100

Unread Intelligence: 2

Clicking to open the unread intelligence:

[Daily Intelligence 1: At 9:43 AM today, a black plastic bag was left by the flower bed on the side near the bus stop outside the Provincial Hospital. The plastic bag contains 150,000 in cash. This cash belongs to Ms. Ma and is intended for her husband's surgery fees.]

[Remark 1: This intelligence is valid until 10:00 AM. After that time, the intelligence is void.]

Chen Sheng: "..."

To be honest, seeing that there was 150,000 in cash, he felt a moment of temptation, but when he saw that this money was life-saving money, he fell silent.

Temporarily suppressing the ripples in his heart, Chen Sheng continued to look at the second piece of intelligence.

[Daily Intelligence 2: This evening, a gold bracelet will be dropped near the Freedom Flight statue in Tianfu Park. This bracelet was lost by a certain Ms. Su while she was square dancing.]

[Remark 1: This intelligence is valid until 8:58 PM. After that time, the intelligence is void.]

Chen Sheng: "..."

He grumbled irritably in his heart, "Is today's intelligence somehow obsessed with lost items?"

Closing the system panel, Chen Sheng used the time it took to smoke a cigarette to think about whether or not to go to the Provincial Hospital.

And should he return the money he found?

Too many examples online of people being bitten by those they helped told him that there were both good and bad outcomes for doing it, but if he didn't do it, he couldn't go wrong.

After finishing the cigarette, Chen Sheng, still unable to make up his mind, simply took out his phone and opened the ride-hailing app.

Since he couldn't decide for himself, he would let heaven decide.

If, within the validity period, the passenger he picked up was located near the Provincial Hospital, then he would take care of this matter. If the passenger was far from the Provincial Hospital, then he could only say sorry.

Soon, along with the notification sound, the first order of the day was dispatched by the platform.

Start Point: West Gate of Jinxiang Garden Community Phase 2. Destination: Outpatient Building of the Provincial Hospital.

"This..." Chen Sheng couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Perhaps this was destiny.

System: Destiny my ass, this was my doing.

Since heaven had helped him make the decision, Chen Sheng no longer hesitated. He clicked to accept the order and drove the car according to the navigation toward the West Gate of Jinxiang Garden Community Phase 2, where the passenger's pickup point was marked.

After picking up the passenger and waiting for them to fasten their seatbelt, Chen Sheng set off again, driving through the stop-and-go traffic to arrive at the Provincial Hospital before 9:30.

As one of the famous hospitals in Shu City, although not as famous as West China Hospital, it still received a large number of patients from within and outside the province and even from overseas every day. This also caused the nearby roads to be synonymous with traffic congestion.

As a result, after the passenger got out, Chen Sheng had to circle to the next street before he finally found a parking space.

After parking, Chen Sheng walked back to the Provincial Hospital. By the time he reached the bus stop mentioned in the intelligence, the time was already 9:57.

Looking along the flower bed next to the platform, he easily spotted that black bag, and at the same time, he noticed a middle-aged woman whose gaze was also fixed on the black bag.

In fact, the middle-aged woman had been staring at the bag for a while. She wanted to use this method to distinguish whether the bag contained discarded trash or something else.

Unfortunately, the bag's handles were overlapped, making it impossible to see what was inside from the outside. However, looking at its outer contour, the middle-aged woman increasingly felt that it didn't contain trash.

As for what it was?

Wouldn't she know just by picking it up and looking?

So the middle-aged woman took action.

After glancing around, she started walking toward the black bag.

...