Qing Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, unable to believe her own ears.
Does Shen Yue want to make money? How could his family lack money?
Qing Xiaoyu still remembered the things she saw when she visited Shen Yue's home. That guy didn't live in a house; it was as big as a palace.
Shen Yue didn't seem to restrain himself when using his meal card to pay for food. Why would he suddenly want to make money?
Qing Xiaoyu thought of a possibility and looked at Shen Yue in disbelief. She moved closer and whispered, "Why do you suddenly want to make money? Don't tell me you were scammed?"
Maybe he was tricked into giving away a large sum of money and decided to make money himself to fill the hole without his family finding out! That's how it went in the youth romance dramas she had been watching these days!
Shen Yue shook his head again and said, "Having money will allow me to sleep on a more comfortable bed."
Now Qing Xiaoyu understood.
Turns out Shen Yue wanted to buy a new bed, but his family wouldn't buy one for him, so he wanted to earn the money himself.
How cute! My darling.
Qing Xiaoyu pushed up her glasses and started pinching Shen Yue's face.
Shen Yue was quite used to Qing Xiaoyu's antics and let her pinch away.
After Qing Xiaoyu was done satisfying her urge, she coughed lightly and started giving Shen Yue serious advice, "If you want to make money, I have a good method."
Shen Yue's eyes lit up. She knew listening to Qing Xiaoyu at school was never wrong!
She also moved closer to Qing Xiaoyu and whispered, "Tell me more."
Qing Xiaoyu had a mysterious look on her face. She leaned close to Shen Yue's ear and whispered, "There are quite a few competitions at the municipal and national levels that offer high prize money. I always enter some when I need more pocket money."
Shen Yue pondered for a moment and asked an important question, "How much money can you get?"
Qing Xiaoyu started counting with her fingers, "The municipal ones usually give a few thousand, up to ten thousand for the bigger ones. But if you win a national gold medal or something, you can get several hundred thousand."
As Shen Yue listened, she began calculating the cost of living in Building 1.
No, several hundred thousand is not enough.
So Shen Yue stared at Qing Xiaoyu and said seriously, "Several hundred thousand is not enough. I need more."
Qing Xiaoyu: ?
What kind of bed does Shen Yue want that several hundred thousand is not enough?
Qing Xiaoyu suddenly felt some sympathy for Shen Yue's big brother. Although Shen Yue was cute, she could also be quite unruly when she wanted something.
If several hundred thousand was not enough... Qing Xiaoyu racked her brain but couldn't think of anything. She could only ask for help from Ye Yin, who was always smarter than her. "Ye Yin! Come over quick, I have something to ask you!"
Ye Yin was reading a book. When he heard Qing Xiaoyu calling him, he looked up and saw Shen Yue was also looking at him. His face couldn't help turning slightly red.
Even so, he still walked over and awkwardly said while maintaining an appropriate distance, "What do you want?"
He had felt embarrassed about facing Shen Yue ever since he lost to Shen Yue's brother.
He thought he would only bravely greet Shen Yue again after improving his own skills and truly defeating Shen Yue's brothers. But now Qing Xiaoyu had ruined it all!
Qing Xiaoyu! Can't you read the atmosphere!
Haven't you noticed I've been avoiding Shen Yue for over a year now!! Why are you calling me over!
Qing Xiaoyu was quite capable of reading the atmosphere, but she ignored Ye Yin's feelings and directly asked, "Ye Yin, if you had an initial capital of 500,000 yuan, how would you use that money to make even more money?"
When Ye Yin heard this question, he didn't immediately answer like in the past. Instead, he looked at Qing Xiaoyu warily and asked, "What are you trying to do?"
They couldn't do anything illegal. Qing Xiaoyu was so young, why would she need so much money? Something was fishy. He had to be careful! What if she was tricked by a shady man and needed money to support him!
He knew those four popular husbandos online had drained many young girls' wallets. What if even Qing Xiaoyu had fallen!
Seeing Ye Yin's expression, Qing Xiaoyu knew what he was thinking. She couldn't help but roll her eyes before explaining, "Shen Yue wants to buy a comfortable bed. It's a bit expensive."
As soon as he heard Shen Yue's name, Ye Yin was no longer sleepy. "What kind of bed do you want? I can cover the extra cost if it's not enough."
Over the years, Ye Yin had participated in competitions big and small domestically and amassed quite a fortune.
His mother said spending money on a girl he liked bought happiness for himself, so he shouldn't be too calculative about it.
Just as Ye Yin was prepared to offer all his savings over the years to Shen Yue, he saw Shen Yue shake her head and say, "I want to earn it myself."
Only money earned by oneself truly belonged to oneself. It was renewable and could be brought into prison for use.
Ye Yin's eyes darkened slightly, but he didn't insist further. "There's a kind of virtual currency that's very popular abroad recently. You can try investing a small amount if you just want to earn some pocket money. As for how to profit from the ups and downs of virtual currencies, ask Ye Fei. He's been researching supply and demand relationships and the financial and cryptocurrency policies of Country X lately."
Shen Yue nodded in understanding and summarized, "So as long as I get some seed money, I just need to give it to Ye Fei?"
Ye Yin: ...
That wasn't what he meant, but...
Ye Yin's eyes met Shen Yue's gaze. His heart started beating very quickly.
Well, it's not exactly wrong either.
"Alright, I'll talk to Ye Fei. How much capital do you have now?"
Qing Xiaoyu looked at Shen Yue. Shen Yue confidently said, "0."
Ye Yin fell silent.
Qing Xiaoyu smiled and started mitigating the situation. "That's just for now. Once we enter some competitions, we'll have money. Do you know of any competitions with big prize pools coming up?"
"There's a Three Provinces Math Competition. First prize is 50,000 yuan."
Shen Yue's eyes lit up and her fighting spirit was ignited again. "Let's do that one."
She had to get the 50,000 first, give it to Ye Fei, and then she could get more money.
With more money, she could use some to pay her big brother back for spending so much on her over the years, and save the rest to pay rent in prison.
Of course Shen Yue knew there were faster ways to make money. She had learned those methods at Building 8.
But she didn't want to go that route.
She remembered someone once told her gambling made people succumb to their most primal desires and become slaves to money.
One should be in control of money, not controlled by it.
Gambling could be a whetstone, but never the means.
...
That day, when Shen Yue returned home, she found her bed had been replaced with a bigger, softer one.
Shen Yichen acted like it was only natural and said, "You wanted a new bed right? So I got one for you."
That night as Shen Yue lay in her new bed, she contemplated the feasibility of bringing the bed with her to Building 1.
The conclusion was, it would be possible if she became the person in power.
