18. West Ridge Villa
In the next few days, my life was peaceful, neither Xia Qing nor Feng Yasong looked for me.
Every morning at six o'clock in the morning, I would be woken up by the bracelet, get up and wash, and after a simple breakfast, I walked from my home to the bookstore in the city center to read.
Walking and reading every day has improved my character value a lot.
Now I have more than 450 character points!
I tried to use my character value to redeem a "Ice and Snow Smart Sticker" in the mall, which cost 222 points. Soon, I realized that I had made a lot of money on this decision!
In the past, I only read books to prepare for exams, but since I got the bracelet, I feel that my mentality has quietly changed, and now I enjoy the process of reading.
I was like a sponge absorbing all kinds of knowledge, and when I arrived at the bookstore, I would stand down in front of a row of bookshelves, occasionally order a glass of water, and then soak in the bookstore and read a book all day.
Whether it's history, politics, economics and social sciences, as long as it's a book, I read it.
I used to read books and forget them, but now I find that those words that I skim through quickly are like being burned in my head.
"Ice and Snow Smart Sticker" seems to have made me smarter! Now the efficiency of reading a book in one day is even higher than in the past month!
I thought to myself, if I had the blessing of a bracelet during the college entrance examination, I would not be admitted to a second-rate university!
Ahem!
It's a pity that you can't turn back the clock!
But I have nothing to complain about. Since I got the bracelet, I got to know Feng Yasong again, and became the "boyfriend" of a goddess like Xia Qing, and now there is a huge amount of 3.9 million in that bank card.
It's just that I haven't figured out how to use this huge amount of money to play a greater value. 3.9 million is not much, if I don't think about how to use it, if I encounter currency depreciation, my assets will still shrink.
During this relaxing time, I read a lot of books, mainly on economics and investment. Although I was a graduate of business administration and had studied macroeconomics and microeconomics in school, I was completely prepared for exams.
Now, what I want to think about is how to make more value out of my money and increase the value of my assets.
Since I have such a strange fate, I can't waste it, and I have the impression that the old beggar said that this bracelet can only keep me safe for a year.
What about a year from now? I need to find a way to make money for myself in a year's time.
After reading the book for a few days, my biggest feeling was that I could try to make some investments. But where do you start? I haven't figured it out yet.
I thought that Xia Qing was a top student at Harvard Business School and had worked in the United States Investment Bank, so she should have a lot of practical experience, so I planned to ask her.
It's just that during this time, I don't know if Xia Qing was busy, or if he deliberately avoided me, and I didn't see Xia Qing for several days in a row.
This woman seemed to have evaporated from the world, and she couldn't see anyone for a few days.
Not only her, but Feng Yasong has been at school most of the time since she returned to school.
……
A week passed like this, and one day when I got home, I found Xia Qing sitting on the sofa in the living room with a heavy face. When he saw me come in, he nodded, said hello, and then began to stare at the picture on the TV again.
"What's wrong with you? Lost your soul? Looking at Xia Qing's dejected appearance, I asked with some worry.
Xia Qing didn't speak, and after a long time, she raised her head and said, "Accompany me to a place!" ”
"Now?"
"Yes." Xia Qing replied simply.
"Where?" I asked.
"You'll know when you go, you can drive?" Xia Qing asked as she went downstairs.
"Yes, not very familiar."
"You come and go to Xiling Villa." Xia Qing said, then leaned back in the seat and closed her eyes, as if she was physically and mentally exhausted.
I got a driver's license in college, but I never drove a car much, so I was a little timid. After all, this Mercedes-Benz SUV under the butt looks like it will cost one or two million.
Ignition, gearing, starting, and cautiously driving forward.
Fortunately, the rush hour has passed, and the road to Xiling Villa seems very empty.
I was a little nervous and sweating profusely while Xia Qing had been lying in the car as if she was asleep, and her heart was heavy.
The two of them were speechless for a while, and after more than an hour, we arrived at Xiling Villa.
Looking at the beautiful single-family villas in front of me against the mountain and lake, I thought that this is the legendary Xiling villa, a real Nima tyrant!
Xiling Villa is a magical existence for Longcheng people, and a villa here may be worth the income of Longcheng people for several lifetimes.
Does it clear to live here in the summer? I thought to myself.
When the car arrived at the door, the security guard did not stop it, probably because there was some electronic identification device on the car. After entering the villa area, Xia Qing raised her head, her eyes were brighter than just now, and her whole person was much more energetic.
Xia Qing sat next to him and commanded, and after entering the community, we went around for more than ten minutes before parking the car in front of a villa with the best view.
This villa is located on the mountain and faces the lake, and the villa built on the mountain is surrounded by thick trees, and the surrounding lawn is obviously carefully cared for, so that people want to lie on it and sleep on it.
"Here we are." Xia Qing said.
"...... this?" Staring at the low-key luxury three-story villa in front of me, I asked.
"My home." Xia Qing said lightly, paused, and then added: "My father's house." ”
If you don't go back to live outside, are rich people so willful? I thought to myself.
But what is Xia Qing taking me back to his house? Is it because you want to meet your father-in-law and mother-in-law?
But Xia Qing didn't say it, and I didn't have to ask, the agreement said that when I was with her, everything would be under command.
As a hired worker, what I need to do is: don't say more, don't do more, everything is transferred by the will of Comrade Xia Qing.
……
"Xiaoqing is back?"
Ringing the doorbell, a servant dressed in white opened the door, and then a beautifully dressed woman stepped forward and greeted Xia Qing.
The woman looked to be no more than forty, dressed in fine clothes, white and beautiful, and very well maintained.
Could this be the "mother-in-law"? I thought to myself, but I just seemed a little younger.
"I'm coming to see my dad." Xia Qing said that she was about to go upstairs.
"Your dad, your dad is resting, why don't you sit down for a while and then go up?" The woman turned to look at me and asked, "Who is this?" ”。
"This is my boyfriend, Gao Chao." Xia Qing said simply, not much, and was about to go upstairs.
I followed Xia Qing upstairs a little helplessly, thinking as I walked, the woman in front of me didn't seem to be Xia Qing's real mother, because Xia Qing just called her "aunt". But this "aunt" seems to be more enthusiastic.
I took a rough look at the room, and it was the same as the chandelier the size of a millstone used to mill rice in the village when I was a child, and the floor was covered with soft and thick carpets, and the whole room looked spotless and imposing, but it was somewhat lacking in life.
Xia Qing gently pushed open a door on the second floor, the lights inside were dim, and the room with a size of 100 square meters was extremely simple and elegant, and in the middle of the room was a large pear blossom wood bed, and a middle-aged man was lying in the center of the bed.
Presumably this is Xia Qing's father, but this man is lying motionless on the bed, as if he is dead, obviously seriously ill.
Xia Qing walked lightly to the bed, stared at it for a long time, squatted down, and whispered in the middle-aged man's ear: "Dad, Xiaoqing is back, Dad...... Xiaoqing won't leave again, but are you awake? How long are you going to sleep? ”
Whispering and sobbing, large crystal teardrops slipped down her cheeks and fell to the ground.
It's just that no matter how Xia Qing shouted or cried, she could only hear the heavy breathing of the middle-aged man on the bed. I stood behind and looked at the man on the bed, only to see that he was no longer human, and I felt a trace of black gas lingering on the man, if it wasn't for a slight breath, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a dead man.
"Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing." At some point, the richly dressed woman was standing behind them.
Seeing the woman come in, Xia Qing wiped the tears on her face, then stood up and said, "Why did you take Dad out of the hospital?" ”
"This, the doctor said that your father's illness can't be found out at all, we found the best doctor in the entire Dragon City, and transferred senior experts from the imperial capital. All the tests were done and there were no results. Your father used to leave a message, saying that he had to go home in case he had a three-long and two-short time, so he ......"
"Auntie, why don't you discuss such a big matter with me?" Sunny in summer.
"Your father said he didn't want to interfere with your work." The woman said, "Besides, what can you do when you come back?" ”
"I'm his daughter!" Xia Qing couldn't help crying as she spoke.
"You just remembered that you were his daughter, why did you go earlier?" The woman said, with a more uncertain look on her face.
But when she said this, Xia Qing didn't know how to respond, she was stunned for a long time before saying: "I still hope that Dad can go back to the hospital, after all, there are more complete facilities, in case ......"
"No, I can't. You have to respect your father for this, he doesn't want to die without dignity, he wants to die in his own house! The woman said, not allowing Xia Qing to refute, turned around and walked towards the door.
"My dad isn't dead yet!" Xia Qing shouted loudly behind the woman.
The woman didn't answer, turned around and went out, slamming the door with a bang, but Xia Qing's father, who was lying on the bed, didn't react in the slightest.
Maybe as Xia Qing's mother said, Xia Qing's father is really not far from death, I saw him lying on the bed with his bones in shape, and his intake is not as good as his outgas.
Just, what kind of strange disease is it? Can doctors all over China be helpless? I couldn't help but think.
Suddenly remembered that there was a "disease and disaster elimination sticker" in my bracelet? Will this thing do something?