Super Rich: Starting the game by going back ten years to buy Bitcoin

The streetlights at the alley entrance came on at that moment.

A dim, yellowish light blanketed the ground.

Li Yichen stopped in his tracks.

"I'll take you back."

Xue Shanshan waved her hands repeatedly, took a half step back, and the strap of the canvas bag slipped from her shoulder to her arm.

"No need to trouble you, Brother Li."

She pulled the bag strap back up and held it in her hand.

"I can take the subway myself. It only takes two transfers and a short walk to get there."

Li Yichen raised his left hand.

I glanced at the watch face.

The hands stopped exactly at 7:10.

"It's still early."

He put his hand down and walked towards the Yangwang U8 parked by the roadside.

"Anyway, I'll have nothing to do if I go back at this time."

He opened the passenger door and turned to look at Xue Shanshan.

"I'll give you a ride, and kill some time on the way."

Xue Shanshan stood there hesitating for a few seconds.

He picked at the edge of the canvas bag with his fingers, scraping the rough fabric back and forth.

"Then... I'll have to trouble you, Brother Li."

She jogged over, climbed into the passenger seat, and fastened her seatbelt.

Li Yichen closed the car door.

I walked around the front of the car and got into the driver's seat.

Start the car.

The motor emitted a faint hum.

The car turned and entered the main road, heading towards Chedun Town in Songjiang District.

The car was very quiet.

The neon lights along the street occasionally swept across the windshield, casting alternating light and shadow on the two people.

Li Yichen held the steering wheel with one hand.

His other hand rested on the center armrest.

"Have you applied for and submitted your application for the company's hardship assistance fund?"

Xue Shanshan turned her head.

"I submitted it this afternoon."

She placed her hands on her knees and rubbed them back and forth.

"General Manager Ji said the review would take three business days, and the results should be available in a couple of days."

She paused for a moment and bit her lower lip.

"I just don't know... if it will pass."

"It will definitely pass."

Li Yichen looked at the traffic light ahead and stepped on the brake.

The car came to a steady stop behind the stop line.

"The materials are complete and the facts are true; there's no reason not to approve your application."

Xue Shanshan nodded vigorously.

"With this money, my dad can get on the waiting list for a kidney transplant."

She counted on her fingers.

"The cost of a kidney transplant, plus the subsequent medication to prevent rejection, will require at least several hundred thousand yuan. I never even dared to dream of that before."

She looked up, her eyes sparkling.

"If the surgery is successful, he won't have to go to the hospital three times a week to suffer anymore. My mom will also be able to relax a bit, instead of staying up all night watching over him."

The green light comes on.

Li Yichen stepped on the electric switch.

The car restarted and merged into the traffic ahead.

"It will be alright."

Li Yichen looked straight ahead and spoke slowly.

"This money is for saving lives. The company will approve it quickly. Have your mother contact the attending physician in advance and schedule the surgery."

Xue Shanshan nodded again.

"I've already inquired, and the doctor said that as long as the funds are available, we can arrange for a matching test immediately."

She leaned back in her chair, tilting her head to look at Li Yichen.

"Brother Li."

"So, what kind of person is our company boss?"

Li Yichen's fingers on the steering wheel paused for a moment.

"Why are you suddenly asking this?"

"It just feels unbelievable."

Xue Shanshan continued counting on her fingers.

"They treat their employees so well. No, this can't be called good; it's outrageously good."

She got more and more excited as she spoke, leaning her body towards the center.

"Other companies try to squeeze every last bit of value out of their employees. But at Future Technology, we offer top-notch benefits."

"After becoming a full-time employee, you will receive 17 months' salary per year, and social insurance and housing fund contributions will be made at the highest rate."

"Even cleaning ladies can earn eight or nine thousand a month, and they also enjoy the same 17th-month salary. There is absolutely no discrimination."

Xue Shanshan clapped her hands together, making a crisp sound.

"A boss like that deserves to be rich!"

Li Yichen listened to the barrage of praise from the person next to him.

A feeling of comfort welled up inside me.

I didn't realize I was so highly regarded by my employees.

Xue Shanshan, of course, had no idea that the person sitting next to her was the main character, and continued to spout off.

"Brother Li, since you work on the floor with the CEO's office, you must have met the boss, right?"

Li Yichen reached out and picked up the mineral water bottle on the center console.

Unscrew the bottle cap.

"I've met him a few times."

Xue Shanshan moved even closer.

"I heard from the veteran employees in the group that the boss is very young, only twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and super handsome."

She blinked, her eyelashes fluttering.

"Brother Li, give me a heads-up, is the boss really as handsome as everyone says?"

Li Yichen had just swallowed half of a mouthful of water.

That sentence made him choke.

"cough--"

He coughed violently, spraying water all over the steering wheel.

I quickly grabbed a few tissues and wiped myself haphazardly.

Xue Shanshan was startled and quickly pulled out a few sheets of paper from the box and handed them over.

"Brother Li, are you alright?"

"fine."

Li Yichen threw the soaked paper ball into the car's trash can.

How was he supposed to respond to that question?

To say he's handsome is just self-praise.

He couldn't get over the mental hurdle of saying he wasn't handsome.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xue Shanshan assumed that he had been too busy coughing to hear her clearly.

"Brother Li, I just asked, is the boss really that handsome?"

Li Yichen cleared his throat.

He gripped the steering wheel again with both hands and sat up straight.

"My colleagues at the company have sharp eyes."

He looked straight ahead and began to speak in a serious tone.

"I completely agree with everyone's point of view."

Upon hearing this answer, Xue Shanshan cupped her cheeks in her hands, her face full of longing.

"I wonder when I'll be able to see my boss."

She leaned back in her seat.

"I want to see for myself if she really has such divine looks."

Li Yichen didn't respond and focused on driving.

A few minutes later, Xue Shanshan turned her head again.

"Actually, Brother Li, you're quite handsome too."

She scrutinized Li Yichen's profile.

"Seriously, he's even better looking than the most handsome guy in our university. And he's such a nice person too."

Li Yichen turned the steering wheel with one hand and made a turn.

"Don't flatter him."

He looked straight ahead.

"I can't give you a raise."

Xue Shanshan was amused and covered her mouth to laugh.

"I wasn't flattering anyone, I was just telling the truth."

She leaned against the car window, watching the night view rushing by outside.

"Having been in Shanghai for so long, today is the happiest day of my life."

Her voice softened.

"I used to feel so much pressure that I couldn't breathe. Every day when I opened my eyes, all I could think about was money, money, money."

"Now I suddenly feel like there's something to look forward to in life."

Li Yichen stepped on the gas, and the car accelerated.

"Life is bound to get better and better."

"As long as you are willing to work hard, the company will not treat anyone unfairly."

The car drove all the way to the suburbs.

Skyscrapers are gradually decreasing, and streetlights are becoming sparse and dim.

More than an hour later.

Looking up, U8 turned onto a bumpy cement road.

Both sides are lined with low-rise self-built houses and old family apartment buildings.

The walls were covered with all sorts of little GG stickers, the trash cans smelled sour, and a few stray cats were rummaging for food nearby.

The car stopped in front of a drab five-story building.

Xue Shanshan unbuckled her seatbelt.

"Brother Li, we've arrived."

She opened the car door.

"Come up and have a glass of water before you go. You must be thirsty after driving for so long."

Li Yichen originally wanted to refuse.

But after glancing at the dark stairwell, he swallowed his words.

"OK."

He pulled out the car keys and got out of the car.

The hallway was dark, with no lights.

Xue Shanshan took out her phone, turned on the flashlight, and walked ahead to light the way.

The steps were piled with miscellaneous items: cardboard boxes, broken bicycles, and coal stoves, squeezing the already narrow passageway into just a crack.

The air was filled with a mixture of musty smells and the stench of sewage.

Li Yichen followed behind her, carefully avoiding the debris on the ground.

The two climbed to the fourth floor.

Xue Shanshan took out her key and inserted it into a rusty security door.

He twisted it twice and then pushed it hard.

The door opened, making a screeching sound.

She reached out and felt around on the wall, then pressed the switch.

A low-wattage energy-saving light bulb lit up.

Li Yichen followed him inside.

The sight inside the room made him stop in his tracks immediately.

The space is extremely small.

It's only about ten square meters.

A single bed took up half the space, with a simple cloth wardrobe and a small square table with a missing corner squeezed next to it.

There is no private bathroom.

Most importantly, it was surrounded by walls on all four sides, without even a single window.

The room was stuffy and humid, with a lingering musty smell.

A large section of the wall plaster had peeled off at the corner, revealing the gray cement underneath.

Xue Shanshan put down her canvas bag and hurriedly stuffed the few pieces of clothing scattered on the bed into the closet.

He then wiped the table twice with a rag.

"The place is too small and a bit messy."

She took a disposable paper cup from under the table.

I walked to the water dispenser in the corner and filled a cup with about half a glass of warm water.

He turned around and handed it over.

"Brother Li, have some water."

Li Yichen took the paper cup.

He looked around at the mottled walls and then at the yellowed light tube on the ceiling.

"Shanshan".

He took a sip of water and placed the paper cup on the table.

"Payment will be paid in a few days, on the 15th."

He pointed to the small, dark room where it was difficult to even turn around.

"Once the rental subsidy comes through, you should find another place to live as soon as possible."

Xue Shanshan stood by the bed and nodded obediently.

"It's not safe for a girl to live alone in a place like this."

Li Yichen continued.

"There weren't even any lights in the hallway just now. If you'd run into some bad guy, you wouldn't have had anywhere to run."

"And commuting for several hours every day is too much of a hassle."

Xue Shanshan took the keys out of her bag and placed them on the table, making a crisp sound.

"I've been contacting real estate agents and looking at apartments for the past two days."

She didn't feel wronged at all, and smiled brightly.

"I found a one-bedroom apartment with a private bathroom that I like, located about two kilometers from the company."

She gestured.

"Although it's not big, it has large windows that let in sunlight."

"I'll sign the contract and move in a few days after I get paid."

Li Yichen nodded.

"Once you've found it, that's fine."

He turned and walked towards the door.

"It's getting late, you should get some rest. I'm going back now."

Xue Shanshan followed her to the door.

"Brother Li, drive carefully on the road."

She stood by the door frame and waved to the outside.

Thank you so much for today.

Li Yichen did not turn around.

He raised his right hand and waved it twice in mid-air.

Go down the dimly lit stairs.

Leather shoes stepped on the cement steps.

It made a dull, rattling sound.