It took Zhou Xuan almost an hour to complete the bank account procedures, and the commercial bank shares wouldn't be processed until tomorrow, according to Wei Haihong. But Zhou Xuan didn't care; Wei Haihong had been pushing him to do these things. He had no idea what to do. Anyway, he still had over 20 million, almost 30 million, in cash in his bank account, which he hadn't spent yet. He used to be very poor, never having enough to spend, but now he had too much money. He didn't know how to spend it, and he was always busy, traveling domestically and internationally, constantly on the go. He never really had a moment to calm down!
After the bank staff left, Wei Haihong felt very tired and told Zhou Xuan to go to bed early so they could go out for a walk the next day.
Zhou Xuan still slept in the first room on the third floor. After taking a shower, he lay in bed for a long time, unable to fall asleep; the old man's illness kept swirling in his mind. He also had a headache.
Moonlight streamed in through the window, but it fell directly in and didn't reach the room. Zhou Xuan suddenly thought of Fu Ying. Back in America, he and Fu Ying had watched the stars and the moon together.
Zhou Xuan could no longer fall asleep. He got up, quietly opened the door, and went up the stairs to the top floor. He opened the door to the top floor and walked onto the rooftop.
The moonlight was like a poem. Zhou Xuan sat on the ground looking up at the sky. The stars were still, but the moon was moving. He remembered that he had never looked at the moon so carefully when he was in his hometown. He wondered if the moon in his hometown was the same as the one in Beijing.
At this moment, Zhou Xuan missed Fu Ying, missed home, missed his parents, and missed his younger siblings!
After gazing into the distance for a while, the moon began to set in the west. Zhou Xuan simply lay down on the rooftop, facing the sky. There were some dark shadows on the moon. When he was a child, his parents said that they were the osmanthus tree that Wu Wang had cut down. Under the osmanthus tree was a jade rabbit, and next to the jade rabbit was Auntie.
But as I grew up, I learned that those were just craters on the moon. There was no Jade Rabbit, no Auntie, and no osmanthus tree.
As Zhou Xuan was lost in his reverie, he suddenly saw a barefoot girl in a white dress standing in front of him. Her long hair reached her shoulders, and her skin was pure and beautiful, like a fairy who had never touched the food of this world.
Could it really be that Auntie came down from the moon?
"What are you thinking about? Why did you sneak up to the rooftop all by yourself?" the fairy said.
Zhou Xuan focused his mind and realized that the fairy was actually Wei Xiaoqing. He sat up. Wei Xiaoqing seemed to have just taken a bath; there were still some water droplets dripping from her long, black hair, which cascaded down to her shoulders. The moonlight shone on the water droplets on her head, reflecting a crystalline glow.
"If I can't sleep, I come up to the rooftop and sit for a while. I almost fall asleep while watching the lights!"
Wei Xiaoqing chuckled, "What's so interesting about looking at it? Do you think you'll find gold just by looking at it?" "Gold?" Zhou Xuan was taken aback, then suddenly remembered something and exclaimed with delight, "Gold! How come I didn't think of that? How come I didn't think of that!"
I'm writing this at 3 PM today! Brothers, if you have any monthly tickets, please give me one! The tenth place on the monthly ticket ranking doesn't have many votes. There's still half a month left, maybe Luo Xiao can break into the top ten with your support. Earning a thousand silver dollars, hehe, "dream"...
Volume 1, Chapter 64: Ability Test
The two got excited about something they had just thought of and scrambled downstairs. Jian Xiaoqi didn't know what was wrong with him and was in such a hurry. It seemed like he couldn't see any gold in anything he said. Could it be that this guy suddenly had a dream of wealth and was stimulated by the mention of gold?
But that's impossible. My uncle transferred money to him last night. I heard that although this guy looks a bit rustic and simple-minded, he actually has hundreds of millions in assets. Money shouldn't be a problem for him, right? I've never seen him worry about money before!
Although Wei Xiaoqing was suspicious, she still followed.
Zhou Xuan rushed down to the living room. One of the old man's two guards was sitting in the living room watching TV, while the other was probably sleeping. Upon seeing Zhou Xuan come downstairs, he stood up and respectfully greeted him, "Mr. Zhou, hello!"
"Hello, hello!" Zhou Xuan replied, then looked around the hall. At that moment, Wei Xiaoqing also came downstairs, looking at the strange-looking Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan looked around for a while, then saw a large fish tank on the right side of the hall. He walked over to the glass tank, which was at least five meters long and two meters high. Inside, there were small artificial rocks and algae. Dozens of fish species swam around inside.
The largest fish was over a foot long, while the smallest was only an inch or so. Apart from a few golden goldfish, Zhou Xuan didn't recognize any of the other species. He stood in front of the large fish tank for a while, then looked around, trying to find something to stand on, since the fish tank was taller than him.
The guard came over and asked, "Mr. Zhou, do you need any help?"
Zhou Xuan nodded, delighted, and said, "Okay, okay, help me catch a few fish, and I'll go to the kitchen to see if there's a bowl for them."
Wei Xiaoqing and the guard were both puzzled. Why would they be catching fish in the middle of the night? And these fish weren't edible.
However, the guard still found a chair. Standing on it, he could reach his hand into the fish tank, but the tank was so big. The fish wouldn't swim right up to his hand and wait to be caught; how could he possibly catch them!
Wei Xiaoqing didn't know what Zhou Xuan was up to, but she thought that although Zhou Xuan was eccentric, he wasn't absurd and had never done anything outrageous. After thinking for a moment, she went to the nearby storage room and found a fishing net with a two-meter-long handle. The handle was made of aluminum alloy, and the rod end had a round net the size of a washbasin. This was the one Wei Haihong used when he went fishing to catch fish. Now it came in handy.
With this, the guard could catch fish with ease.
Zhou Xuan found a transparent glass jar in the kitchen. It looked like it could hold ten pounds of water, so he filled it with more than half water and brought it out.
The guard asked him, "Mr. Zhou, what kind of fish do you want to catch? Big or small?"
Although he didn't know what to do, the guard knew that the old man and the owner of the place, Wei Haihong, treated Zhou Xuan as the most honored guest. He could just do whatever Zhou Xuan wanted without asking why.
Zhou Xuan thought for a moment, then pointed to the goldfish and said, "Let's catch these few; the ones that are too big won't fit in this tank." The guard took a pole and fished in the tank for a few days. He caught three goldfish in the net. These goldfish were very beautiful, about thirty centimeters long. They were golden yellow, with many tails spread out. They were extremely pretty.
Zhou Xuan picked up the small fish tank, smiled at the guard, and said, "Thank you!"
Wei Xiaoqing followed him upstairs to Zhou Xuan's room on the third floor. Only then did she ask, "Zhou Xuan, what are you doing? You're not going to eat fish, are you? This fish is expensive! I remember my uncle bought it for tens of thousands of yuan two years ago—it's a rare breed!"
Zhou Xuan was taken aback. He asked, "So expensive? Then, I'll go down and ask that guard to get a few more cheaper ones."
Wei Xiaoqing chuckled and said, "What's this about cheap or not? The others are much more expensive. There are several arowanas, and my uncle spent 500,000 on the biggest one. Forget it. Let's just take these few; they're the cheapest ones!"
Zhou Xuan was startled. Was it worth spending hundreds of thousands on a fish? If it died, those hundreds of thousands would be gone. It wasn't worth it at all. It would be much better to buy a house with that money. Of course, the things that rich people do are unimaginable for ordinary people.
However, Zhou Xuan did not expect that he was actually a rich man himself!
The money came too suddenly, and I had never experienced it before, so I couldn't relate to it. I still saw myself as the Zhou Xuan I used to be. But thankfully, my mindset has changed a lot.
At this moment, Zhou Xuan was focused on what he had been thinking about, and glanced at Wei Xiaoqing. He couldn't help but be a little stunned!
Wei Xiaoqing sat on his bed with her legs rolled up, her hands supporting her chin, her bright eyes looking at him.
"It's the middle of the night, why aren't you a girl at home sleeping? What are you doing here?" Zhou Xuan said irritably.
Wei Xiaoqing blinked and said, "What do you think? You seem to be acting strangely, so I'll just watch. Whatever you're doing, go ahead and do it. I won't bother you."
"What am I supposed to do here?" Zhou Xuan thought to herself. She snorted and said, "I have nothing to do, I just can't sleep, so I caught a few fish to play with in my room. Go back to your room, it's not good if people see this, you're a girl. You should be mindful of your image."
Wei Xiaoqing spat dismissively, saying, "Pretentious! You were just bluffing in the child's room. What about the consequences? The child was sleeping, and you, a grown man, were waking up in the child's room. What about the impact that would have?"
Zhou Xuan blushed and protested, "I... I thought the rooms next door were unoccupied. If I had known, I wouldn't have gone in."
"Hmph, do you care?" Wei Xiaoqing snorted, and finally got out of bed, put on her slippers, and left.
Zhou Xuan closed the door, then locked it from the inside before returning to the table.