200 yuan diamond ring

"What are you panicking about?"

Although Chen Xiao said that, his heart sank. The floating information on his computer and phone had already changed yesterday.

[May 24th, Hetan Dairy's maximum increase is 10.00%]

The information updated. Hetan Dairy will hit its daily limit tomorrow?

Whether the news is reliable depends on whether Luyuan Wood Industry can rise to 6.7% today.

Chen Xiao and Liu Xin just stared at the market all morning.

By the time the market closed at 11:30 AM, Luyuan Wood Industry, whose stock price had been very stable until yesterday's close, had a performance of -2.3% today.

"Xiao Ge, let's sell it while we're only down two points. This isn't something we can play with."

Chen Xiao comforted him, "Don't worry, let's at least play until today. If we lose, we'll withdraw tomorrow and never touch it again."

Liu Xin saw that he was as stubborn as he had been in the past, and like an old father, he sighed heavily, already beginning to think in his mind about quick part-time jobs to pay off debts.

The two decided to go downstairs for lunch.

Ji Yuzheng had been secretly waiting for this opportunity for a long time.

"Going down to eat? Can you bring me a plate of rice with toppings?"

Liu Xin was annoyed and said grumpily, "I'm going straight to class after I eat, I won't be back."

"Oh, if the teacher calls attendance, can you answer for me?" Ji Yuzheng then said.

Liu Xin: "..."

Chen Xiao didn't say anything, secretly smiling as he left with Liu Xin.

Once they were further away, Liu Xin started his usual complaining mode.

"He's so shameless, he owes me over three hundred for food last semester and doesn't even mention it, yet he has the nerve to ask. It's really..."

Chen Xiao listened with a constant smile.

After Liu Xin had vented enough, he questioned, "Hey? Why aren't you cursing him with me?"

Chen Xiao smiled and nodded, "Mm, Ji Yuzheng is an asshole. Are you satisfied now?"

Liu Xin pouted, "Are you just going to humor your dad like that?"

"Get lost!"

...

After the two ordered their food, Liu Xin thought for a moment and decided to speak, "Xiao Zi, sell it. Dad will bear half of the money you lose for you."

Chen Xiao felt a little touched. He only realized how precious this pure emotion was after graduating in his previous life.

"Get lost, if you keep blabbering, do you believe I'll use all your money to buy ST stocks?"

"Damn! You're a hopeless idiot."

Liu Xin cursed and then stopped trying to persuade him.

He understood Chen Xiao very well, because he had experienced it: once a person's eyes are clouded by desire, they must suffer a painful setback before they can truly wake up.

Talking is useless.

He only hoped that Chen Xiao would, as he said, not touch it again if he lost money on the first day.

Never think about getting your capital back, that will only drag you deeper.

After eating, Liu Xin was too lazy to go back to the dorm and went straight to the teaching building to sleep.

Chen Xiao, on the other hand, ordered a plate of rice with toppings and leisurely walked back to the dormitory.

As soon as he stepped onto the stairs, someone suddenly called from behind.

"Hey, student, student."

Chen Xiao turned around and saw that it was Tan Cheng.

"What's wrong, beauty? Is something wrong?"

Tan Cheng: "..."

"Um... the erhu your friend found... is it the same as the one I sent you?"

Chen Xiao was startled, only then remembering about the erhu.

But after he got the call, he immediately forgot about it. As for the pictures Tan Cheng sent to his email, who knew what they looked like.

"I'm sorry, it's not the same. Otherwise, I would have called you."

"Oh." Tan Cheng was a little disappointed. "Well, thank you anyway."

"You're welcome. If there's nothing else, I'll go up now?"

"Goodbye."

Chen Xiao nodded, turned around, and went upstairs.

At the moment, nothing and no one was more important than verifying the hidden information floating on the screen.

It could be said that the authenticity of the hidden information was second only to life and death in importance.

Having lived another life, Chen Xiao deeply knew that once a person had money, they could solve over 90% of their troubles.

The remaining ten percent that couldn't be solved was likely because you didn't have enough money yet.

Moreover, it was Tan Cheng, who had left a grudge in his heart.

He had been a 'dog licker' for four years, but he couldn't compare to a scruffy-looking boy who offered a bouquet of flowers with a diamond ring.

That diamond ring was only a little over 9,000 yuan.

And later, he heard that 9,000 yuan was just the tag price, and that boy actually only spent 200 yuan to date her for a semester.

As for whether it was true or false, Chen Xiao had no way of knowing. That happened during his freshman year.

Back in the dorm, Ji Yuzheng, who was hungry as a dog, saw the rice with toppings in Chen Xiao's hand, and his eyes seemed to light up.

"Holy cow, thank you, Xiao Ge. How much is it? I'll give it to you tomorrow."

Chen Xiao smiled. Ji Yuzheng's 'tomorrow' probably existed in another dimension, not in reality.

"No need to pay, I just brought you one casually." After saying that, Chen Xiao threw over a few cigarettes. "Is that enough for the afternoon?"

Ji Yuzheng's face, covered in grease, was filled with smiles.

"Enough, more than enough! Xiao Ge is awesome."

As he spoke, he forcefully pulled his bean bag chair to his side, making more space for Chen Xiao opposite him.

Chen Xiao smiled, lit a cigarette, and sat in his spot, quietly waiting for the market to open.

He had long since lost any childish competitive spirit. A pack of cigarettes for seven yuan, a plate of rice with toppings for five yuan, could make a person fawn and be subservient. He felt it was simply too cheap.

In later generations, to enjoy this feeling, one needed extraordinary strength, which 99% of people did not possess.

At 1 PM, the stock market reopened.

Luyuan Wood Industry's trend continued to decline at the open.

Chen Xiao frowned. Could the hidden information he saw just be an illusion?

In less than an hour, Luyuan Wood Industry's performance for the day had already reached -5.5%.

It had fallen by 5.5 percentage points.

Liu Xin sent a text message.

[Xiao Ge, sell it. I'll treat you tonight, two cases of beer]

After reading it, Chen Xiao closed his phone, stared for a while, then set all 11 lots of stock to automatically sell at 10.64.

Converted to a percentage increase, that was the maximum increase of 6.7% shown in the hidden information.

With only 20 minutes left until closing, Luyuan Wood Industry had already fallen by 6 percentage points. Liu Xin hadn't received a reply from Chen Xiao, and his heart was in turmoil. Taking advantage of the teacher's inattention, he slipped out the back door.

He ran all the way back to the dorm, panting, and said, "Sell it quickly! It's down 6 points today. If it hits the daily limit tomorrow at the open, you won't even have a chance to get out!"

Liu Xin paused after speaking, because Chen Xiao was sitting on the chair, calmly chatting about games with Ji Yuzheng.

"Don't panic, I already sold it."

"Phew!" Liu Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that you sold it. It's okay, just consider the loss a lesson learned. Withdraw the remaining money. Dad will treat you to vermicelli soup tonight."

Chen Xiao spread his hands, "Withdraw? I can't withdraw it. I bought Hetan Dairy with all of it."

"What?" Liu Xin was shocked. "You lost 6 points on Luyuan Wood Industry, and you went all-in on Hetan Dairy again? Chen Xiao, stop playing! You'll get deeper and deeper!"

Chen Xiao pulled out a cigarette and directly put it into his mouth.

"Getting deeper and deeper is probably right, but I didn't lose 6 points, I earned 6.7 points."

Liu Xin looked at the news on the phone in front of him, showing Luyuan Wood Industry's highest increase of 6.7% today, and he was completely stunned.

"Wh-what's going on? In the 20-plus minutes it took me to run back, it turned a loss into a profit? And you even cashed out at the highest point and ran?"

Chen Xiao nodded, "Yes, just like you said."

Liu Xin took a deep puff of his cigarette and sat on the chair for a long time without reacting.