Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

Song Yi was clearly taken aback. She had only been being polite, so why was she being asked for help? Besides, she was just a freshman, so what help could she possibly offer?

However, since she had already said it, she was too embarrassed to take it back, so she could only pretend to be calm and ask with a smile, "What is it? Tell me, and if I can help, I definitely won't have a problem."

Wang Feiyang smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's like this, it's really inconvenient not having a cell phone, so I want to buy one, but I'm a little short on cash. If you have some spare cash, could you lend me some first? My family will be coming to the provincial capital next week, and I'll be able to pay you back then."

He doesn't want to miss any opportunity to "make" money!

Logically speaking, although he and Song Yi were high school classmates, they weren't very close before, and they weren't even that familiar with each other. So it would be a bit impolite for him to ask her for money now.

But there's no other way. Face and politeness have to be put aside for now. If I have two extra dollars today, they can become three hundred dollars tomorrow!

Although he didn't say it aloud, Wang Feiyang had already decided that anyone who lent him money today would be rewarded when he became successful!

Song Yi and Wang Yan looked at each other, unsure how to respond.

If it were any other kind of favor, they could find an excuse to decline, but when it comes to borrowing money...

Even if you're a freshman, you can't say you have no money, right? Besides, even if you don't have a lot of money, you must have some...

Therefore, they had no idea how to refuse, after all, they were young girls and were quite shy.

Wang Feiyang simply looked at the two of them with a smile, without urging them on.

For some reason, Song Yi didn't hesitate for long and quickly nodded, saying, "Perfect timing! I withdrew some money from the bank yesterday. Since you need it urgently, I'll lend it to you. But it's only two thousand yuan in total, is that enough?"

To be honest, Wang Feiyang never expected Song Yi to be so generous, lending him two thousand yuan at once!

For college students these days, this is roughly three or four months' living expenses. Even though Song Yi's family is relatively well-off, it's still a considerable sum.

Wang Yan, standing nearby, was also surprised. She looked at Song Yi in astonishment, but couldn't say anything in front of Wang Feiyang, so she could only say softly, "I don't have that much... I only have a little over two hundred in my wallet right now, can I borrow two hundred from you?"

This made it seem like she owed Wang Feiyang something, especially compared to Song Yi's "huge sum" of two thousand yuan. Wang Yan herself felt that lending Wang Feiyang only two hundred yuan made her seem rather stingy...

"Of course! Two thousand yuan is no problem, two hundred is no problem either. I only need it for a couple of days, and I'll pay you back next week. To show my gratitude, I'll treat you two to a big meal then, you can choose any place you like." Wang Feiyang waved his hand generously and laughed heartily.

He borrowed another 2,200 yuan from the two women, so Wang Feiyang now has quite a bit of money on him.

He had more than 1450 yuan left for his own living expenses. Hu Xiaoyun lent him 1000 yuan, Zhang Liang 600 yuan, and now Song Yi has 2000 yuan. With Wang Yan's 200 yuan, he has a total of more than 5250 yuan!

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Watching Wang Feiyang's carefree departure, Wang Yan frowned and said with a hint of complaint, "Xiao Yi, you're so bold! You dared to lend him two thousand yuan all at once!"

Song Yi sat down and said with a smile, "They'll be international students soon, they don't need our money, so what are you worried about?"

"But... but what if he's just lying to us? He's just saying it all himself, and there's no proof." Wang Yan retorted dismissively.

Song Yi chuckled and playfully retorted, "So, Wang Feiyang went to all this trouble just to swindle us out of those two thousand yuan?"

Wang Yan was speechless. That was indeed not the case. After all, when they met today, it was the two of them who first saw Wang Feiyang eating in the corner and then came over to recognize him.

It's not like Wang Feiyang came to them on his own initiative and then made an outrageous demand to borrow tens of thousands of yuan; that would be truly suspicious.

"If what Wang Feiyang said is true, then lending him money today will be doing him a favor. Who knows, maybe he'll make it big in the future and help us out. But if, and I mean if, he really did lie to us, then we'll only lose a little money. Two thousand yuan is the maximum I can afford. Actually, if he had said that two thousand yuan wasn't enough and he wanted to borrow more, I probably wouldn't have lent it to him."

Song Yi explained calmly, her bright, clear eyes sparkling. Clearly, she wasn't stupid; she had weighed the pros and cons before lending money to Wang Feiyang.

"If you're not afraid, what's there to be afraid of if I only borrowed two hundred yuan?" Wang Yan stamped her foot and said helplessly.

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Wang Feiyang had no idea what the two girls were talking about behind his back; he was busy with important business at the moment.

He planned to exchange all his money for lottery tickets, leaving no money even for food!

Anyway, the lottery draw will be tonight, and I can claim the prize tomorrow.

Actually, there were lottery outlets on the street outside the school, but Wang Feiyang didn't rush to buy any. He first spent a lot of time walking around the nearby streets, writing down the address of each lottery outlet in his notebook.

These days, the lottery is at its peak, and there are plenty of lottery outlets of all sizes. Almost every street has at least one shop, not to mention the area near the University of International Business and Economics is very lively.

He kept going like this until four or five in the afternoon, and he wrote down the addresses of about ten lottery outlets. Then he went straight into the last one he found.

This store is in a rather remote location, a convenience store outside a residential area. A woman in her fifties was sitting there eating sunflower seeds and watching TV, and she didn't even notice Wang Feiyang when he came in.

"Boss, I'd like to buy a lottery ticket," Wang Feiyang said decisively.

The older woman reluctantly turned her head and casually asked, "What numbers, how many bets?"

Wang Feiyang took out a small piece of paper from his wallet. "This number is worth eight hundred yuan."

"How much? Eight yuan?" The old lady thought she had misheard.

"Eight hundred yuan."

The older woman looked up at Wang Feiyang, hesitated for a moment, and then said earnestly, "Young man, judging from your age, you must be a college student. While many people win the lottery and become rich overnight, that's a minority. Most people just do it for fun, spending two or ten yuan at most each time. Even if they don't win, it's fine. But you…"

Wang Feiyang interrupted the old lady's nagging with a smile, "It's nothing, I'm just doing this for fun. Help me buy lottery tickets."

As he spoke, he took out a bulging wallet from his backpack, counted out eight hundred-yuan bills from a thick stack of them, and handed them over.

The older woman took one look and exclaimed, "Oh, so he's a rich kid!"

That's fine.

However, she still carefully checked the eight hundred yuan several times with a money detector before she felt at ease...