223: Chapter 219: Windfall?
223: Chapter 219: Windfall?
Bai Xiaohang’s and Tian Mingjian’s rooms were right next to Chen Hai’s.
After pressing the doorbell of Bai Xiaohang’s room, several minutes passed before the door finally opened, revealing Bai Xiaohang, his head poking out, wrapped in a towel.
“Boss…” Upon seeing Chen Hai at the door, he chuckled dryly and quickly greeted him.
“We’re checking out at noon, heading to Haizhu City in the afternoon.
Are you ready?” Chen Hai asked nonchalantly, nodding.
“I don’t have much to prepare, as long as you say the word, I can leave at any ti!”
After responding to Chen Hai, Bai Xiaohang chuckled and added, “Please wait a mont, don’t rush in just yet.”
He closed the door and went back inside.
Five or six minutes later, he reopened the door, now dressed neatly in a black suit, with several beautiful won following him.
“Bai Xiaohang, next ti you co to Hao River, you must notify us sisters.”
“The woman who marries you, Bai Xiaohang, is truly blessed.”
…
As they were leaving, so of these beauties hugged Bai Xiaohang.
One of them, not minding Chen Hai’s presence, directly gave Bai Xiaohang a passionate French kiss in front of him.
In Yanhuang Country, won are still sowhat reserved, quite a contrast to the openness of the won in places like Hao River.
During his stay here, Bai Xiaohang had been quite unrestrained in his enjoynt.
Chen Hai felt sowhat speechless about this, but he didn’t comnt further.
After all, Bai Xiaohang wasn’t forcing anyone; if there were many won with him, it was all consensual.
Seeing the expressions of those three girls as they left, each of them seed happier than Bai Xiaohang himself.
What could Chen Hai say in such a situation?
As long as Bai Xiaohang didn’t neglect his duties, it’s not like he could demand the man to beco a monk or a eunuch!
After the won left, Chen Hai entered Bai Xiaohang’s room and sat down on a chair near the coffee table.
There seed to be an indescribable scent in the room.
Sniffing, Chen Hai opened the curtains and the window.
As the cold air from outside flowed in, he finally felt the air in the room beco sowhat fresher.
Tian Mingjian was in another room.
Chen Hai didn’t bother to inspect closely, he simply made a phone call to summon Tian Mingjian.
“Boss, are we heading back this afternoon?” Tian Mingjian, his vest and neck visibly marked with lipstick.
So things, if continuously suppressed, aren’t really an issue!
Under Bai Xiaohang’s influence, the intoxicating allure of capitalism soon imrsed Tian Mingjian deeply.
With his life chart, a devil already lurked in his heart.
Seeing his current deanor, it was clear he had let go of his principles and begun to degenerate.
“What?
Mingjian, are you reluctant to leave, lost in the pleasure and unwilling to return?” Chen Hai glanced at him, half-jokingly.
“No, I rember you ntioned before about coming here to Xiangjiang and Hao River to make a quick fortune…”
Scratching his head, Tian Mingjian seed a bit embarrassed as he cautiously brought it up.
“Hadn’t I already given you and Xiaohang about a hundred thousand each before?”
“Given the conditions in the country back then, that was no small amount.”
“Mingjian, you suddenly bringing this up, don’t tell you’ve already spent all that money?” Chen Hai asked with a aningful glance.
This guy had been following him for a while.
Chen Hai had always intended to fully win him over.
Having desires, seeking sothing from him was not necessarily bad; on the contrary, it was sothing Chen Hai was quite pleased to see.
Otherwise, if he had no desires, like a saint, Chen Hai would have no idea where to begin to make him his own.
“I still have about half of that money left.”
“Boss, you had ntioned before about saving to buy a flat in the capital and bringing my wife over.”
“I think that makes sense.
The money I have now is still short so for buying a house.”
“If I can truly make big money by following you, then in the future, I’ll serve you faithfully and at ease…”
After hesitating for a while, Tian Mingjian finally seed to co to a decision, and spoke up.
During these days in Hao River, following Chen Hai around and seeing how easily he made money, it was inevitable for Tian Mingjian to feel envious.
However, he was aware of his own limitations, lacking both the capability and the kind of status that would make the bosses of those gambling dens wary.
Due to his extre desire for money, Tian Mingjian’s mindset had unconsciously undergone no small transformation.
Otherwise, having spent tens of thousands within just a few days was sothing he could never have done before.
“Brother Jian, the money the boss gave , I basically lost it all in the casino.”
“You ca with to the casino to have fun, but you didn’t gamble, just stood by watching.
Did you spend all those thousands on won?”
“You’re not good at this, man.
Do you want to teach you a few tricks?”
“I’ll have you know, last night, three girls were with —I didn’t spend a di, and each of those girls even gave a red envelope.”
“There wasn’t much money in the red envelopes, just a hundred or eighty bucks, but that’s just my skill…”
Arm in arm, one hand resting on Tian Mingjian’s shoulder, Bai Xiaohang chuckled weirdly and teased.
“Learn from you?
You should be called a gigolo.”
“I’m a real man who spends money on won— it’s only right and proper.
You want to beco a gigolo like you?”
“Even if you kill , I’d never agree to it!”
Pushing Bai Xiaohang’s arm aside, Tian Mingjian rolled his eyes and responded annoyedly.
Although the two of them had been strangers before, during their ti with Chen Hai, they had beco quite familiar with each other.
Joking around and teasing each other had long beco normal.
“What gigolo?
I earn money not with my looks, but with real skill.”
“If you don’t want to learn, it’s fine.
I’m not eager to teach just anyone.”
Grinning, Bai Xiaohang replied to Tian Mingjian, then his gaze returned to Chen Hai, “Boss, if there’s any unexpected fortune to be made, you totally can’t forget Jian and .”
“Just leaving us so soup and water when you’re eating at would already satisfy us!”
Following Chen Hai was all about living better for Bai Xiaohang!
To tell the truth, the money he could earn each month working with Yan Jing might not have been much less than what he could make with Chen Hai.
However, things were much easier with Chen Hai as there was virtually nothing to do.
Whereas with Yan Jing, he had to be on constant alert, risking his life, to maybe earn a substantial sum.
“You two want to make a fortune too?”
“Such fortune doesn’t just fall into your lap in the streets.”
“To do this, you’ll have to take so risks.
You up for it?”
With a aningful glance at the two, Chen Hai smiled to confirm.
“Boss, you know what I used to do.
As long as there’s big money involved, a little risk is nothing,” Bai Xiaohang shrugged nonchalantly and replied.
Chen Hai, however, didn’t look at him.
After all, this guy was tough as nails—if there was a fortune to be made, he’d follow through with anything, not blinking an eye.
Chen Hai’s attention was mostly on Tian Mingjian.
“Boss, I’ve thought it through these past few days.”
“In this day and age, being poor is the original sin.”
“As for making a fortune, as long as it doesn’t cross my moral bottom line, taking a bit of risk is okay with , I can accept it.”
Compared to Bai Xiaohang, Tian Mingjian hesitated only slightly but similarly looked determined and nodded in agreent.
“Alright!
Wait here; I need to perform a divination first.”
“Let’s see if, without compromising my principles, there’s any fortune to be made in Hao River in the coming days.”
Tilting his head, pondering for a while, Chen Hai took out the special copper coins he used for divination.
Wanting to divine more accurate information this ti, he couldn’t afford to skimp on the process and needed to enhance the sense of ritual.
After washing his hands thoroughly, he sat cross-legged facing south in the middle of the room.
With a solemn face, he repeatedly inford the unknown cosmic forces about what he intended to divine.
Chen Hai placed the copper coins in his palm, put his hands together, and began the divination process.
The first Gua, the Old Yang Gua.
After collecting the copper coins, he continued the divination.
Soon, after six attempts, the Gua had taken shape.
This Gua was a Hexagram of change, made up of Lower Kan above Kun.
The seventh Gua among the sixty-four Gua, the Dishui Shi, the Shi Gua, risk-taking and smooth sailing.
Shi refers to the army, Kan signifies water and risk, Kun represents earth and smooth sailing, symbolizing militancy integrated with agriculture.
Military action is dangerous, a recourse only when the Saint has no alternative, yet it can resolve conflicts smoothly because it is tily and justified, hence transforming danger into fortune.
“Generals receive orders to march, riding fierce horses and drawing strong bows, striking accurately from a hundred paces, arrows bringing money and joyful vibes.” Recalling the Gua he had just ford, Chen Hai silently repeated the deciphering several tis.
In just a few breaths, snippets of information appeared out of nowhere, flooding into his mind.
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