Chapter 16: General Guide to Pursuing Women and Three-Front Operations

He came from an ordinary background,

his family's financial situation was average at best. After graduation, he married and had children, living a life where money was always tight.

His wife complained all day about the trivialities of daily expenses and his lack of ability to earn big money.

To alleviate the pressure of life and to shut his wife up,

he secretly took the private savings he had scraped together, and even the retirement money his parents had entrusted to him, and threw it all into the stock market.

The great bull market of 2014 to 2015 was like a grand carnival. He followed the crowd and made some small profits, getting a full taste of the sweetness.

Seeing his friends opening margin accounts and getting rich, his eyes turned red with envy, and he followed the trend by adding leverage.

At first, the numbers in his account skyrocketed every day.

He even thought he had cracked the code to wealth, dreaming of becoming rich overnight.

But the dream shattered faster than a bolt of lightning.

After June 12, 2015, the stock market plummeted off a cliff. Thousands of stocks hitting the limit down became the norm.

Countless people fell from the clouds of sudden wealth into the quagmire of bankruptcy, and he was no exception.

The pressure of leverage was like a mountain, weighing him down until he couldn't breathe.

In the end, he not only lost all his savings but also ended up buried in debt.

His parents' retirement money went down the drain, and his wife left him.

During those days, he lived like a stray dog.

Finally, he died of overwork in a grueling, thankless job.

"Tenfold in half a year..."

Lin Chen's fingertips lightly tapped on the desk, making a "da-da-da" sound.

The confusion in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by an unprecedented determination.

The painful experiences of his past life had now become his most precious wealth.

"One doubling stock per month is enough. As long as I maintain the right rhythm and grasp the buying and selling points, the power of compound interest will allow me to reach the goal in less than half a year."

Thinking of the faces of Xia Sisters, identical yet each with their own charm,

one spicy and bright, the other gentle and cute, Lin Chen couldn't help but curl his lips.

He thought to himself:

"With an opportunity like these twins, most people would be thanking their lucky stars just to catch one."

"If I take both, wouldn't that be double the happiness?"

"The feeling of four big spheres, what a buff!"

"Hehe..."

As his thoughts flowed, a buried memory suddenly became incredibly clear in his mind, as if etched into his bones:

Today is only the 9th. Tomorrow, a new stock will be listed: stock name!

He remembered clearly that after this stock was listed, it hit the daily limit for 14 consecutive trading days, staying at the limit price the entire time.

Only for a brief minute at the opening on the listing day was there a small amount of shares released.

The turnover that day was only about 1.2 million. If you missed that minute, trying to enter the market again would be as difficult as climbing to heaven!

This was his first opportunity, and a guaranteed profit!

Early the next morning, Lin Chen woke up with no intention of going to class.

After washing up, he took out his phone and opened the chat window for Counselor Su Qingran.

His fingertips paused on the screen. He had originally typed, "Teacher Su, I'm feeling a bit unwell this morning and would like to request leave."

But then he deleted it word by word and typed a new line:

"Qingran, I'm feeling a bit unwell this morning and would like to request leave."

No extra titles, intimate and natural.

Lin Chen looked at the message, a faint smile curling his lips.

After all, the two of them had multiple deep exchanges during that night at the hotel half a month ago.

With that kind of relationship established, calling her this way could close the distance, and he figured she wouldn't refuse.

On the other side, in the teachers' office, Su Qingran had just arrived when her phone suddenly vibrated on the desk.

Seeing the name "Lin Chen" in the sender column, her heart tightened suddenly, and her fingertips trembled slightly.

During this time, she had remained uneasy.

At night, she would even think of the madness of that evening. How could an elegant woman like herself have been so unrestrained?

That aphrodisiac was terrifying, yet it was so soul-stirring and bone-deep that it left one lingering in the memory.

She was also afraid that Lin Chen would use what happened before to blackmail her, forcing her into a relationship again.

She was only 24 this year, having just graduated with her master's degree and stayed at the school to work as a Counselor.

And Lin Chen was a student she supervised, only 18 years old. Such a relationship was already something that couldn't see the light of day, let alone the consequences if people found out.

At eighteen, it's the age when boys are most curious about the opposite sex and sex itself, with hormones at their peak.

She truly afraid that Lin Chen would take an inch and want a mile.

Su Qingran took a deep breath and opened the message with a hint of hesitation.

After seeing that the content was just a simple request for leave, her tense nerves instantly relaxed.

The stifling air that had been trapped in her chest for a long time dissipated quite a bit, and even her heartbeat returned to normal.

She leaned back in her chair, raised her hand to rub her brow, and thought silently:

It seems that when he said "all is well between us" in the classroom last time, he meant it; he hadn't thought about pestering me.

Thinking this way, her rejection and wariness of Lin Chen unknowingly faded a bit.

Her fingertips lightly tapped a single word on the screen:

"Okay."

Meanwhile, Lin Chen had just lain down on his bed, intending to take a short nap to recharge his energy.

A light blue system prompt box suddenly popped up in his mind, with a line of golden text that was particularly eye-catching:

[System detected an increase in Su Qingran's favorability toward the Host, Favorability +5.]

[Current Favorability: 25.]

"What the hell?"

Lin Chen sat up abruptly from the bed, looking stunned, his eyes wide.

"I just asked for leave, how did I gain favorability?"

He had originally thought that Su Qingran would reject him at every turn and avoid him because of what happened before.

He didn't expect that just changing the form of address to ask for leave would farm favorability.

"It seems this Counselor isn't completely impervious; there's a chance!"

Lin Chen rubbed his chin, a glint of interest flashing in his eyes, and the smile on his lips grew wider.

General Principles of Chasing Girls:

Chasing women—as long as you put in the effort, use the right methods, and grasp their thoughts, there's no one you can't catch.

But on second thought, he couldn't help but laugh:

"I've only been in school for a short while, and I've already started the scumbag route?"

"On one side are the spicy and cute twin sisters, and on the other is the gentle and intellectual Counselor Su Qingran."

"And then there's that independent young woman I met by chance, Li Sisi... This is already three-front warfare?"

Although he was joking, Lin Chen didn't feel any pressure in his heart.

In his past life, he lived too miserably, without even the courage to like someone. Later, he ended up as a patsy through a blind date.

Living this life over again, with a system and the memories of his past life, he didn't want to wrong himself anymore.

What he wanted, he would seize with his own hands.

At 8:00 AM, an hour before the stock market opened, Lin Chen had already arrived at the CITIC Securities branch near the University Town.

As the leader of the domestic securities industry, business here was exceptionally booming.

He was the first to arrive, but within a few minutes, a long line had already formed behind him.

Most were middle-aged people, along with some retired elderly men and women.

They were all investors rushing to open accounts, clearly drawn by the recent stock market trends.

Lin Chen walked straight to the counter and tapped on the surface. His voice was clear, with the unique cleanliness of a youth:

"Hi, could you help me with the account opening procedures?"

The young lady behind the counter looked to be twenty-three or twenty-four, with a pure appearance and a simple high ponytail.

Wearing black-rimmed glasses, she was usually so busy she didn't even have time to look up, her fingers tapping rapidly on the keyboard.

But when she saw Lin Chen's handsome face, her eyes instantly lit up.

Her movements slowed down by half a beat, and she couldn't help but steal a few more glances.