Chapter 51: My Choice Was the Right One
Wu Ya did not hesitate for a moment.
He raised his head, strode forward, and went straight to the counter.
“I want to buy five hundred yuan worth of individual bonds!”
Boom!
A light, gentle sentence, not even loud.
Yet at this moment, when everyone yearned for collective bonds and madness had reached unprecedented heights, it detonated the entire hall!
“Whose child is this? Did he get kicked in the head by a donkey?”
“Ha, what kicking? I bet he’s thinking just like us earlier—seeing individual bonds turn to waste paper, hoping to pick up a bargain!”
“A bargain? If bargains were so easy, I wouldn’t have lost three thousand the moment I entered!”
The crowd reacted to Wu Ya’s move with shock and ridicule.
Going against the tide?
At a time when individual bonds had become worthless and collective bonds were still climbing?
That’s not bravery—it’s absolute foolishness!
“Huang Silu, I think your brains are clogged with lard!”
Seeing Huang Silu instruct Wu Ya to buy individual bonds in such circumstances, Qiao Ya couldn’t help but mock him again.
The market was set.
Even someone as ignorant of securities as she knew buying individual bonds now would only lead to a complete loss.
Yet he stubbornly held on, propping up his pride.
Going against the grain.
If it’s not a lack of sense, what else could it be?
Even if you’re shameless but know when to advance and retreat, I could at least look at you with some respect.
But you…
You’re utterly useless!
At this moment, Qiao Ya had lost all patience to stay.
If not for Liu Qian’s presence, she would have walked away a hundred times already.
“Huang Silu, call Wu Ya back! Let’s rethink this!”
Liu Qian was anxious too.
Five hundred yuan—if it’s gone, so be it. Huang Silu could afford it.
But if he really loses it, the little respect Qiao Ya had for him would vanish!
Knowing he will lose, yet still taking the risk—this isn’t courage, it’s ignorance.
Would Qiao Ya ever allow herself to date a man like this?
Impossible!
“I… this… no! Buy the individual bonds!”
At last, under the pressure from Liu Qian and Qiao Ya, Huang Silu came to his senses.
He glanced at the individual bonds, his face turning pale as ashes.
But in the end, he gritted his teeth and gave his answer.
Dry and crisp, resolute and forceful.
In truth, his heart was already a pile of nervous jelly!
“Wu Ya, Grandpa Wu, are you trying to ruin me?”
He regretted it, but dared not say outright it was Wu Ya’s idea!
Otherwise, the consequences would be even worse!
A grown man, chasing a woman but needing someone else’s advice—and letting success or failure hinge on another’s hand!
One can imagine Qiao Ya’s response to such things.
Better to stay tough.
At least he could still claim the image of a hard man!
“Ha, as the saying goes, fullness leads to decline, and extreme decline brings prosperity. I actually think, though Huang Fatty’s idea seems foolish, it might truly work wonders!”
As the three wore varying expressions and harbored different thoughts, Wu Ya, who had finished buying the bonds, walked over with a cheerful smile.
“Hmph, if he can work wonders, then this world would be full of miracles!”
But Qiao Ya, hearing this, delivered an even more biting remark.
Creating miracles—how easy is that?
With Huang Silu, a pampered scion who only flaunts his family background?
He’s suited for eating, drinking, and having fun!
“Alas, Huang Silu, I’ve done all I can.”
Liu Qian no longer supported Huang Silu.
This fool insisted on his own way.
If she kept defending him, it would only make her look foolish and damage her friendship with Qiao Ya.
Enough.
Helping others has its limits.
It can’t go so far as to harm her own interests.
“Oh? You all have so little faith in Huang Silu? Huang Fatty, I’m backing you! But let’s make a deal—if you make money, you have to split it with me!”
“No problem!”
At this moment, Huang Silu’s heart was cold and lonely, but Wu Ya’s staunch support moved him.
Whether Wu Ya had landed him in this mess or not, at least now he felt grateful.
In excitement, he agreed.
Besides, split it with you?
Split what? I’ve already lost everything!
“Ha, Wu Ya, not that I, Qiao Ya, have any hope in you two…”
Watching their camaraderie, Qiao Ya couldn’t hold back her sarcasm.
But just as she began to speak—
“Hey? Why have the collective bonds stopped moving?”
“Yeah! Damn, they were rising so well, why did they suddenly stop?”
“What’s happening? Has the red line gotten tired? Oh heavens, let the red line soar a bit longer!”
Several startled voices exploded in the hall.
The boisterous crowd fell silent.
Everyone stared at the big screen, their excitement replaced by tension.
Yet no one realized, no one believed—the explosive surge of collective bonds had finally reached its end!
Having spent all its strength, it was about to begin the journey from peak to decline!
So—
No one thought to sell their bonds.
To them, this was merely a brief pause in the soaring trend!
After the pause—
It would surge again, with more breathtaking jumps!
But—
“Ha, at last, it begins.”
As Wu Ya’s face lit with a faint smile, the scene on the big screen changed dramatically again!
“Oh no! Why are the collective bonds starting to drop?”
“Wait! Not just collective bonds falling, but why are individual bonds rising?”
“Individual bonds, rising? This is unheard of—how could it happen?”
The whole hall was stunned!
Staring at the big screen, faces filled with disbelief.
Collective bonds suddenly falling—this was beyond everyone’s expectations.
It caught them completely off guard!
But individual bonds, which had plummeted to the abyss and become worthless, now unexpectedly rising?
It made no sense!
“See! You all see it! Individual bonds are rising! That proves my choice was right!”
Excited, Huang Silu jumped and shouted at the three.
Wu Ya, that sly fox, had actually guessed right!
If this kept up, he’d finally get his moment in the spotlight!
Good family background, remarkable ability.
His looks might be mediocre, but for day-to-day life, isn’t it all about comfort and prosperity?
He didn’t believe Qiao Ya could hold nothing for him now!
But…