I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Anyone who's ever stayed up all night knows that if you go to bed late, no matter how long you sleep, you can't make up for the lost sleep. You always feel dizzy and like you haven't slept properly.

After finding water, Chen Ya drank it while scrolling through his phone. He saw two missed calls, both from Gu Yuqing.

His heart skipped a beat, and he answered the phone.

"You finally called back! I was almost about to send someone to check on you at your house." Gu Yuqing's voice came from the other end of the line as soon as the call connected.

"Are you so concerned about me now?" Chen Ya glanced at his watch. "I've only slept for seven hours now."

"Hehe, it's not that I care about you, it's that I care about my money," Gu Yuqing said. "Want to have lunch together today?"

Are you treating?

If I invite you, will you come?

"meeting."

The person on the other end chuckled, left an address, and then immediately hung up.

Chapter 320 Let's elope, all tactics will turn to elopement

Gu Yuqing sent him a location in a residential building in a community, but the message she left was strangely written as "Dark Fragrance Private Club," and she also left a string of passwords that looked like martial arts slang, making it all very mysterious.

When Chen Ya arrived at the location, he found that it was indeed a residential community, just as the map software showed. It looked newly built, and the people coming and going at the entrance were all residents who seemed to be very genuine.

It doesn't seem like it's hiding any gang branches or guilds.

After parking the car in the underground garage, I arrived at the elevator entrance of Building 12 and chose the 22nd floor, the top floor. After the breastfeeding mothers and working-class people with babies went downstairs, only Chen Ya was left in the elevator.

The elevator doors opened, and the view outside was completely different from that of the usual floors.

The first thing that caught Chen Ya's eye was an abstract oil painting, the floor was covered with a Middle Eastern-style wool carpet, and the light was blue, like the color of an ultraviolet lamp. Chen Ya almost thought he had accidentally entered some kind of tanning room.

After a moment of stunned silence, he stepped out of the elevator.

Structurally, the location where he was standing should be the corridor after exiting the elevator in the residential building, but looking left and right, he could not see either the fire safety door or the drainpipe.

On either side were heavy, reddish-brown solid wood doors, exuding an antique charm. To the left, inside, was a row of sofas, where a man was sitting, holding a cigar and puffing away.

Peeking inside, I saw a large rear projection screen hanging on the wall of the next room, showing some kind of promotional video.

Originally, it was a building with 8 units per floor, but it seems that someone has booked the entire floor, combined all the apartments, and transformed it into what it is now.

Chen Ya was beginning to understand where the so-called "private clubs" came from.

“Are you surprised? I was a little surprised when I first came here,” Gu Yuqing’s voice came from behind. “The owner here is the developer of this building. This floor is his private property.”

Chen Ya turned around and saw that Gu Yuqing was wearing a light blue two-piece dress with a deep V-neck that went all the way to her heart. Her breasts were faintly visible, and a thin veil covered her stomach. Through the black veil, one could see her slender belly button.

But compared to her gorgeous clothes, her makeup today was very simple, as if she wasn't wearing any makeup at all, but her appearance was still exceptionally beautiful.

Chen Ya marveled at Gu Yuqing's figure for a moment, then calmly said, "I never knew you could do this."

“Yes, rich people have too many tricks up their sleeves,” Gu Yuqing laughed. “The capital doesn’t allow these kinds of private entertainment venues with high consumption restrictions, so they can’t get operating licenses. That’s why they use this method. To be precise, this place is not open to the public. We are just friends.”

She began to slowly walk deeper into the clubhouse, with Chen Ya following behind her, listening to her talk.

"But don't be fooled by the dim lighting into thinking this is a place for prostitution. The activities here are quite legitimate, including spa, golf, tennis, and private dining. The reason I brought you here today is because it's convenient to have a meal and play tennis here at the same time."

Chen Ya asked, "Did you send me here just to play tennis with me?"

Gu Yuqing turned around and looked at him with a bright smile: "That's right, didn't you say yesterday that you couldn't find a tennis court? I'll get you a membership here, so you can play here in the future, and I can be your training opponent."

Gu Yuqing led him to a tall bar, nodded to the expressionless man in a suit standing behind the bar, and said, "Give him a membership card."

The man didn't speak, but took Gu Yuqing's black card with both hands, which were covered by white gloves. After a few actions, he looked up and asked, "What's your name?"

Gu Yuqing turned her head and asked with a smile, "What's your name?"

"Chen Ya," he told the man.

Gu Yuqing blinked and said, "You can use a pseudonym. In fact, half of the people who register here use pseudonyms."

Chen Ya thought for a moment and said, "Bai Yujing."

Gu Yuqing blinked, seemingly interested in his alias, but didn't say anything.

The man looked down and operated the tablet for a while, then looked up and handed it to Gu Yuqing along with a gold card.

Gu Yuqing casually handed the gold card to Chen Ya, saying, "Keep it safe. You can come and play anytime within a year."

After saying that, she stretched her shoulders and said, "Let's go eat first, I'm starving."

Chen Ya followed behind her, while Gu Yuqing continued her incessant chatter:

"This place is membership-based. The annual membership fee is 20 yuan. Regardless of whether you come here or consume anything, you need to pay 20 yuan to maintain your membership. That's why it's so secretive. Otherwise, imagine how much public outrage there would be if it were exposed?"

Chen Ya said, "You just spent 20 on me?"

"Well, consider it a treat," Gu Yuqing said casually.

Chen Ya was somewhat flattered.

It wasn't that 20 was a lot, but he couldn't understand why Gu Yuqing was suddenly being so nice to him.

Could it be that after that deep French kiss yesterday, she finally decided to take care of me?

"Don't worry about it, it's just a small amount of money. I have some bad news for you later," Gu Yuqing said with a smile.

The two sat down in a small private room, facing each other, and soon a waiter brought over various tableware.

This place truly lives up to its reputation as a place frequented by the wealthy; everything was exquisite, giving Chen Ya a small glimpse into the world. Gu Yuqing, on the other hand, seemed to be observing his reaction, occasionally chuckling to herself.

Since yesterday, although Gu Yuqing finally made it clear about the difference in their social status and subtly cut off any possibility of a romantic relationship between them, she had still given away her first kiss.

No matter how she pretended to have blacked out from drinking last night and didn't mention it, the way she looked at Chen Ya and her actions made it seem like she was "looking at the person who had kissed her."

These things cannot be hidden.

After a few dishes were served, Gu Yuqing finally got to the point: "Today my family gave me an ultimatum. If I continue to act recklessly and do anything improper, I'm afraid I'll be sent to get married."

Chen Ya picked up a piece of pickled vegetable with his chopsticks: "Who are you marrying? The one from yesterday?"

"Not necessarily, but I will get married anyway. My family has quite a few options because I have many suitors."

"Okay, I got it. You have a lot of suitors." Chen Ya repeated the key point, indicating that he was genuinely impressed. "But what does that have to do with me?"

“It’s somewhat related to you. I can’t say it’s very related, but it’s definitely related,” Gu Yuqing said. “In short, if you want me to avoid being sent to just anyone, your company must achieve a 115% profit within six months.”

"Six months?" Chen Ya tilted his head and asked, "Is achieving such high profits so quickly forcing me to open a casino?"

"Running a casino is illegal."

"I know running a casino is illegal, but Miss Gu, how did your conflict with your family get me involved?" Chen Ya was speechless.

What left him speechless was—this is what you call "having some connection"?

“So, we’re in this together now,” Gu Yuqing said, a cherry between her lips, looking very tempting. “Six months from now, either you fail to achieve this goal and return my $1 million, becoming a deadbeat and I end up crying and getting married, or we elope.”

"Both of your 'either/or' options have resulted in terrible outcomes?"

Gu Yuqing continued, "If we elope, we'll be a poor couple, penniless, working in restaurants to make a living. I'll be heavily pregnant and still have to go to work. After a few years, we'll have three kids and worry about making a living every day..."

"So you have no other entertainment but making babies all day long, right?"

"Yes, the poorer they are, the more they squander. Every night in the dark, they go wild, making a complete mess of things, and both me and the bed are screaming and yelling..."

She seems genuinely desperate, so desperate that she's started spouting nonsense, telling raunchy jokes nonstop, which seems to carry a hint of retaliatory emotional venting.

However, Chen Ya sat properly the whole time and didn't dare to make any moves.

He was terrified that two burly, dark-faced men would suddenly jump out and knock him unconscious with a stick, then shout, "Haha, caught red-handed!"

……

Chen Ya said, "If you felt that this goal was unattainable, then you shouldn't have agreed to the family's condition in the first place."

Gu Yuqing shook her head, slammed her hand on the table with a loud "bang," and said angrily:

"That's the problem. My family never intended to negotiate with me. The so-called conditions were just a show of democracy."

Chen Ya said, "With so much money, why do you still need to listen to your family? Even if you quit your job now and deposit the money in the bank, you'll never be able to spend it all in your lifetime."

Gu Yuqing smiled wryly: "You underestimate the Gu family. Do you think I can disobey you?"

"If you can accept eloping and having three kids while worrying about making a living every day, can your family persecute you any worse than that?"

Gu Yuqing took a big bite of the cherry: "It's fake. The only thing I can accept is having babies every day. I've never been poor since I was a child, and I've never experienced what poverty is like. I never want to know what it's like."

She glared fiercely at Chen Ya, her eyes seeming to say, "You better not let me experience what poverty is like."

Chen Ya spread his hands in frustration, as if to say—what does this have to do with me?

"So, has your company's project started yet? If not, you can give up now," Gu Yuqing said. "I still have a few ways to make a profit in the short term. Let me take over completely now."

Chen Ya initially wanted to shake his head and refuse, but then he thought about it and asked curiously, "What are your thoughts?"

"Let's trade cryptocurrencies," Gu Yuqing said.

For a moment, Chen Ya thought she was making another dirty joke.

But then he understood what she meant.

"What year is this? Still trading cryptocurrencies?" Chen Ya laughed. "The crypto world is in such a mess, isn't getting involved in crypto trading just gambling?"

Gu Yuqing said, "No, let's create our own cryptocurrency. I have a way to drive up its price and then cash out at the peak."

"How desperate are you? Aren't you afraid of being arrested and going to jail?"

"No, I've already bought my plane ticket and am going straight abroad. If you don't like the food at the prison, you can come with me."

"Isn't that still eloping?" Chen Ya smiled wryly. "So all tactics have turned into eloping, right?"

"This is the only way now," Gu Yuqing said helplessly.

The term "virtual currency" is not limited to Bitcoin; there are countless others like the inexplicable Dogecoin.

In 2023, the original Earth timeline, there were more than a dozen mainstream cryptocurrencies, including BTC, ETH, BNB, DOT, ADA, and USDT.

There may be hundreds or even thousands of non-mainstream cryptocurrencies.

Many reincarnation novels feature the idea of ​​going back in time to buy Bitcoin and then waiting to get rich.

If the cryptocurrency world were really that simple, everyone would have become rich long ago.

The cryptocurrency world is a financial casino; trading cryptocurrencies is essentially gambling, and many people have lost everything overnight.

The most basic way to play is mining, while a slightly more advanced way is to buy and sell, go short or long, and monitor the market.

A more sophisticated approach involves using large sums of money to guide market trends, with bulls attacking bears and bears attacking bulls; or taking advantage of time differences to profit from small price fluctuations during trading intervals.

What Gu Yuqing said is the most advanced way to play – speculating on cryptocurrencies.

On Earth in the original timeline, something like this once happened: a young talent in China created a currency, and some time later spent a huge sum of money to buy a dinner with Warren Buffett, the stock market guru.

He invested heavily in hyping up the upcoming dinner, and his cryptocurrency became incredibly popular, with its price soaring. Those who bought his cryptocurrency at a low price made a fortune.

Then, on the day he was supposed to have dinner with Buffett, he stood Buffett up and cashed out his coins at the peak.

Then the price of his cryptocurrency collapsed, and he made a profit by shorting it.

It's unknown how much money they made from all that, but Buffett was so angry that he announced on the spot that he would never eat with Chinese people again.

Gu Yuqing's approach might have succeeded in another China, but in this world, this way of making money has been blocked by law. If you dare to do this, someone will come knocking on your door for tea in no time.

The fact that Gu Yuqing could even come up with such a risky method shows that she is indeed under a lot of pressure right now.

Gu Yuqing held her head in her hands, her heavy chest resting on the table, under immense pressure.

Seeing her desperate state, Chen Ya felt a little sorry for her for a moment.

“No need to elope. I’ll adjust my strategy and make enough money for you within six months,” Chen Ya said with a wry smile. “I give up. Just don’t get me thrown in jail.”

Gu Yuqing looked up: "Can you guarantee that?"

"can."

"That's a 115% return in just six months," Gu Yuqing said seriously. "Nearly 10 billion!"

"Just 10 billion." Chen Ya's attitude was somewhat nonchalant.

Have you ever earned 10 billion?

“No, but making 10 billion is indeed not difficult,” Chen Ya slowly took a sip of water. “My original plan was to directly expand the battle line and directly obtain hundreds of billions or trillions in profits after a year. But since the investors have requirements, I have to change the strategy and make some small money first.”

"Hey, you're exaggerating a bit. The mobile game market is only making a few hundred billion in profit right now," Gu Yuqing couldn't help but complain.