My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 365 - 366: Chen Yan and I Are Really Fated

A well-intentioned deed "wrongly placed," Chen Yan silently shook his head, then decided to read a novel and sleep, ignoring her.

Thinking this, Chen Yan opened the novel he often read and silently began to read...

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Unbeknownst to Chen Yan, right on the other side of the wall from him, a "young wife" writer who did not want to reveal her name was patiently retrieving pieces of paper from a trash bag and searching for clues.

Possibly because the search had been long and tiring, she bit her lip and continued to examine each scrap of paper while murmuring, "The time to trade those stocks the uncle gave me is the day after tomorrow."

"Tomorrow, I need to make a decision and transfer the money in advance."

"So tonight, I must determine if it is Chen Yan or not."

"If it’s not Chen Yan, and I lose that 30 million... how will I face Qiao Qiao..."

Thus, under the dim candlelight, Yang Nuannuan continued to search through the pieces of paper.

Half an hour, one hour, two hours...

Ever since she started trying to earn money for Yu Qiao Qiao, Yang Nuannuan had been going to bed late every night.

So staying up late didn’t bother her.

And so, she stayed up until three in the morning.

It was only then that Yang Nuannuan rubbed her slightly reddened eyes and stretched.

After stretching, she looked at the few remaining pieces of paper on the desk.

On those pieces of paper, there were a few numbers and some text.

On their own, they seemed unrelated.

But Yang Nuannuan felt they were already substantial evidence.

Because... the content written on those shredded pieces of paper was related to the information given to her by that uncle.

For instance, the numbers were the last two digits of a stock code, while the isolated characters and the half-broken radical components were part of a stock’s name.

She even found some pieces of paper with other numbers or characters on them, crossed out with pen strokes.

Yang Nuannuan looked at the information on the pieces of paper and, adjusting her glasses, pieced together the whole story.

She felt that Chen Yan must be a stock trading expert, or someone with insider information.

Recently, he had figured out or learned about certain stocks about to surge, so he decided to play the stock market.

Knowing she liked the novel and was in a predicament, he thought of giving her a hand.

So today, during his break at work, he wrote down two or three suitable stocks, further analyzed them, and finally decided which one to tell her.

Looking at the few clues on the desk, Yang Nuannuan ran through her deductions internally and felt it was almost certain!

Coupled with Chen Yan’s striking resemblance to that reader uncle, Yang Nuannuan was almost ready to confirm: Chen Yan was that uncle!

After confirming the identity of that reader uncle, Yang Nuannuan was not elated but rather... a bit lost.

’...Is that uncle really Chen Yan?’

Originally, Yang Nuannuan investigated this matter mainly to verify the accuracy of this information and be responsible for Yu Qiao Qiao’s 30 million.

But now that the investigation results were in front of her, she suddenly realized the significance of what she had uncovered...

"So... in the vast sea of books, Chen Yan not only read my novel and fell in love with it, but also... disguised himself as an uncle to teach me about stock trading?"

Yang Nuannuan’s expression was a bit strange.

She felt that she and Chen Yan had fate too extraordinary...

That in such a vast online world, they could encounter each other and become so deeply involved.

With this thought, Yang Nuannuan couldn’t help but remember that not only did Chen Yan disguise his identity, she herself had also pretended to be a thirty-something young wife...

Suddenly her face blushed.

This fate... was simply unbelievable.

...

The next day, Yang Nuannuan went to the company early and then, on some pretext, visited Chen Yan’s office twice in the morning: As Yang Rou’s assistant, she had many legitimate reasons to seek out Chen Yan.

Such as delivering documents. Or reporting on behalf of Yang Rou and so on.

Indeed, Chen Yan did not become suspicious and even reminded her again to persuade Yu Qiao Qiao.

During those two visits, Yang Nuannuan also sneakily glanced at Chen Yan’s computer screen a few times and successfully spotted that stock the uncle had recommended to her.

By then, Yang Nuannuan was almost one hundred percent sure that Chen Yan was the reader uncle.

This also made her completely put her mind at ease about buying and selling that stock.

But the meticulous Yang Nuannuan did not rush to buy the stock right away; instead, she began researching the stock Chen Yan had given her after returning to her office.

The stock Chen Yan gave her was an industrial one. With a high market value and a large volume.

It was a standard blue-chip stock.

Thus, the stock’s trend was very stable.

However, this stock had been consistently declining in the short term.

The main reason was that this company’s mid-year report was about to be published.

But the online opinion was pessimistic. Believing the industry was in a downturn and the market not so good, the company’s overall performance was expected to decline, possibly struggling in the future.

Looking at the information, Yang Nuannuan, holding her glasses, boldly speculated: Chen Yan might have known about the company’s mid-year report through certain channels, or perhaps he was optimistic about the company’s future, which is why he dared to make such a bet.

So the question was, did Yang Nuannuan dare to gamble with him?

Yang Nuannuan did not decide right away, but continued to collect information.

After researching for an entire day and until the stock market opened the next day, Yang Nuannuan finally made up her mind: she decided to take a gamble with Chen Yan.

Because, from the information she gathered, the stock didn’t fluctuate wildly. And given its high market capitalization, the likelihood of it being manipulated by market makers or institutions was low.

Plus, due to the commotion over the mid-year performance in the past few days, the stock price had fallen to a two-month low, so even if the mid-year report was poor, Yang Nuannuan believed it would not drop too much.

But if the mid-year report was positive, the stock very likely might rise against the trend, recovering the loss from the previous two months.

Yang Nuannuan believed that Chen Yan saw this and that was why he boldly bought into this stock.

So, with that, Yang Nuannuan decided to take the same gamble as Chen Yan.

Then, after the stock market opened, Yang Nuannuan locked herself in the office and, following the operational hints given by Chen Yan, gradually bought into the stock.

Thirty million was a significant amount, but for such a large-cap company, it was but a drop in the ocean.

So after her thirty million was invested, it only caused a slight upward curve in the stock price before being suppressed back down.

Watching the stock change hands in dozens and dozens of shares, Yang Nuannuan’s heart was filled with trepidation: success hinged on this one move...

If it really succeeded, she could fulfill her promise to Qiao Qiao.

If it failed... she wouldn’t be able to face Qiao Qiao again...

As for whether her actions would affect Chen Yan, Yang Nuannuan had studied it all day yesterday and thought: hardly at all.

Because the rise of this stock obviously wasn’t due to price manipulation by market makers or speculation. It was stimulated by mid-year report data and investors’ optimism about the future.

Even if she multiplied her capital by 100 times, she would only buoy the stock price a little, and it might slightly affect it, but not the overall trend. The stock market changes in the blink of an eye, who would notice such minute differences?

However... Yang Nuannuan was thinking of a normal scenario.

But Chen Yan wasn’t normal, was he?

He had data accurate to two decimal places provided by the system.

So when the stock price increased by 0.04 yuan that day, Chen Yan was left with several question marks above his head: What’s going on?

Why is the system not accurate?

Despite his confusion, Chen Yan did not stop his trading hands and still bought stocks worth hundreds of millions.

The next day, as if some rumors had leaked, that stock saw a slight increase.

The third day, the company’s mid-year report was released: The company had found new profit points, mid-year profits had surged, and the performance was expected to maintain growth in the second half of the year.

Suddenly, the stock skyrocketed, and although it didn’t hit the daily limit, it rose by 9.78%. Coupled with yesterday’s increase of 1.12%, the two-day gain was close to 11%.

Yang Nuannuan followed Chen Yan’s selling price and made a profit of over three million in two days. However, due to her "support," the stock’s increase was higher than initially projected.

As a result, after Chen Yan fully reconciled his account, he found that he had earned an extra 300 thousand more than expected.

Chen Yan was full of question marks: ??

Why was there a little extra?

So strange...

But he did not associate this oddity with the young wife novelist he knew.

After all, how could he imagine that the young wife would actually be a 20-year-old girl manipulating thirty million in cash to trade stocks!

After successfully trading stocks, Yang Nuannuan looked at the secure three million that evening and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

During this time, to fulfill her promise to Yu Qiao Qiao, she had been distraught, unable to focus on work or even eat or drink properly.

But now, she had fulfilled that promise.

All she had to do was return the thirty-three million to Yu Qiao Qiao tomorrow, and she would be unburdened.

Having lifted the weight off her shoulders, Yang Nuannuan naturally thought of the person who had helped her fulfill her promise: Chen Yan...

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Why was there a little extra?

So strange...

But he did not think to relate this matter to the young wife novelist he knew.

After all, how could he think that the young wife would actually be a 20-year-old girl managing thirty million in cash to trade stocks!

After the success in stock trading, Yang Nuannuan looked at the securely earned three million that night and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

During this period, she had been too worried to eat, sleep or work as she strived to fulfill her promise to Yu Qiao Qiao.

Now that the promise was done.

All she had to do tomorrow was return the thirty-three million to Yu Qiao Qiao, and she would finally be free from the burden.

And once the responsibility was gone, Yang Nuannuan also couldn’t help but think of the person who had helped her fulfill her promise: Chen Yan...