After contracting to have a child, the icy female CEO became addicted.

"I see..."

Liu Wan muttered something to herself, sighed into her phone, hung up, resignedly signed the documents in her hand, packed her things, and headed towards the Junlan Mansion villa.

4:50 PM.

Jiang Ran arrived at ParknShop supermarket by taxi ten minutes earlier than scheduled.

After getting out of the taxi, I didn't wait long at the door before I saw Xia Yunxi, wearing a white down jacket and camel-colored snow boots, walking briskly towards me from the street corner not far away.

Jiang Ran put away his phone and headed towards Xia Yunxi.

As he got closer, he noticed that her face was flushed and her breathing was much heavier, as if she was tired.

"Didn't you take a taxi?" Jiang Ran asked instinctively.

"No, it's not far from Junlan Mansion. I set off at 4:30 and arrived in half an hour!"

Xia Yunxi looked up at Jiang Ran, who was filled with concern, and her cheeks flushed even more. She smiled and explained, taking two White Rabbit candies from her pocket and handing them to Jiang Ran, "Just consider it a workout! Here, these are for you!"

"Huh? Thank you."

Upon seeing the milk candy, Jiang Ran smiled, thanked her, and took one of the candies.

After opening the packaging and putting the candy in her mouth, Jiang Ran pointed to the supermarket and said, "Let's go inside. The supermarket should have the heating on; it's too cold outside."

"good!"

Xia Yunxi nodded, opened another candy and put it in her mouth, then followed Jiang Ran's steps and walked quickly toward the supermarket.

As Jiang Ran lifted the heavy curtain on the supermarket door, a surge of heat rushed to his head, and he subconsciously reached up and unzipped the cotton coat around his neck.

"Wow, it's so hot in the supermarket! I felt warm all over as soon as I came in..."

Behind him, Xia Yunxi's voice rang out. Jiang Ran turned around and saw her untying her scarf.

It wasn't the weekend, so there weren't many people in the supermarket, but the nearby shopping district was open and had a decent amount of foot traffic, even quite lively.

Jiang Ran noticed a label hanging at the entrance of the gold shop at the main entrance of the supermarket: Today's gold price: 1143 yuan per gram.

He's been so busy looking for a job all these years that he never expected the price of gold to soar to over a thousand dollars!

Thinking back to last year when he was discussing buying hardware for their wedding with Qin Yiyao, even though they broke up later, wouldn't he have made a fortune if he had actually bought it back then?!

Clutching the untied towel in her hand, Xia Yunxi followed Jiang Ran's gaze to the gold price tag. She blinked, seemingly a little regretful, and said, "Wow! It's gone up so high!"

Jiang Ran was taken aback and asked her, "You know about this too?"

"yes!"

Xia Yunxi nodded. "I occasionally pay attention to it, but I thought marriage was still a long way off, and gold is a luxury for me, so I never thought about buying it. I didn't expect it to have soared to over a thousand now..."

Hearing this, Jiang Ran was silent for a moment, then said, "It should go up further..."

"what?"

"I feel that the price of gold should continue to rise, after all, it is a type of currency."

Jiang Ran explained, and seeing Xia Yunxi's confused expression, his eyes flickered. He then offered, "I don't have any cash on me to invest, but I think you could buy some. Didn't you say you're saving up for your brother's dowry? If you buy now, you should be able to make a profit."

Hearing this, Xia Yunxi's face stiffened. She gripped the scarf in her hand tightly and said, "I...I think it's better not to. I don't touch stocks or anything like that..."

"What are you afraid of! Even if it falls, it will never fall back to what it was before! Even if you buy and don't make a profit, you won't lose much. Why not try investing?"

Jiang Ran said very seriously.

It's not that he's meddling, but if he had noticed this earlier, he would definitely have invested money in it long ago!

Xia Yunxi is short of money.

A total of 28.

At her current salary, it would take her at least another six months to save up. If she could save up sooner, she could be free sooner, right?

This is simply an opportunity, that's what Jiang Ran thought.

However, Xia Yunxi looked at Jiang Ran with a questioning gaze: "Jiang Ran, why do you think it's profitable?"

"I didn't say you'd definitely make a profit; I just said that even if it falls further, it's unlikely to drop back to where it used to be at five or six hundred."

Why?

Xia Yunxi was still puzzled. She looked up at Jiang Ran, who was making a firm promise.

Thinking of the reason, Jiang Ran couldn't help but laugh: "What 'why' is there? Have you ever seen the prices of medicines that went up a few years ago subsequently drop?"

"......ah?"

"All businesses want their prices to rise, but they lack a suitable reason. Unjustified price increases would disrupt the market. Once a valid reason for a price increase is found, and the subsequent consumer base has already experienced the rise, these items will no longer be discounted, because businesses know we can afford them!"

Jiang Ran spoke calmly. Although this wasn't his major in college, he could still understand the basic market logic.

In other words, he has all the funds he has on hand ready to invest in short videos. If he had known in advance that the price of gold would rise, he would have allocated some of his funds to it.

Making a profit is certainly better, but if you do lose money, you absolutely cannot lose too much!

After hearing Jiang Ran's words, Xia Yunxi bit her lip. She hesitated for a moment, then firmly shook her head: "No, this isn't something someone like me should be playing with..."

As she said this, her eyes were dull and lifeless, filled with self-doubt and dejection: "When I have money in the future, and the cost of making mistakes, I'll definitely dare to try these things..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran was immediately reminded of Wen Ling.

Also!

If it were Wen Ling, he would probably just wave his hand and not even blink. But Xia Yunxi's family background was similar to his, so he could completely understand Xia Yunxi's hesitation!

Jiang Ran sighed and quickly changed the subject, "Okay, don't think too much about it, let's go inside and take a look around!"

"Um!"

Xia Yunxi nodded and quickly followed behind Jiang Ran.

However, just as they were about to walk past the jewelry store and onto the escalator, Xia Yunxi suddenly stopped and grabbed Jiang Ran's arm.

Feeling his arm being pulled, Jiang Ran stopped. "What's wrong?"

"that......"

Xia Yunxi looked at the jewelry displayed at the entrance of the gold shop, hesitated for a long time, and finally took the initiative to say, "Would you come with me to take a look at those silver bracelets?"

Jiang Ran had no objections since she was just browsing at the supermarket anyway: "Okay, let's go!"

Jewelry section.

Jiang Ran's gaze fell upon the various exquisitely crafted trinkets. The sales assistant at the counter greeted him warmly, "Sir, Madam, do you have any trinkets you're interested in?"

Jiang Ran didn't speak, but his gaze fell on Xia Yunxi.

Staring at the exquisitely crafted bracelets, Xia Yunxi remained silent for a long time before suddenly looking up at Jiang Ran: "Jiang Ran, I want to buy a bracelet... for you..."