Chapter 199 The Last Day of April

It was the last day of April.

Little Nizi was leisurely following the film crew to Singapore for location scouting.

She was also planning to buy an expensive, limited-edition Hermès handbag, which was supposedly unavailable in Hong Kong but there was one in Singapore.

She invited Su Yehao to go with her.

However, Su Yehao had just returned from a trip, having spent a whole week in Hawaii, and just wanted to stay at home.

Since the film crew was only going for two days, Nangong Tian didn't insist. Ever since she had something to do, she was no longer clinging to Su Yehao all day like she had been before.

After the start of summer, the weather gradually became hot.

Thunderstorms in Hong Kong were unpredictable. It started thundering before he went to bed that night, and lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the courtyard. The rumbling sound seemed to be right above his head.

Su Yehao was sitting in his study, having just checked the recent trends of various stocks.

Since the announcement of the stock split, Yahoo's stock price had risen further. Not only had he made money himself, but the stock options he bought with Zhao Yimeng had also profited by about thirteen points, making money faster than expected.

Calculating the total assets he held, minus the loans from the bank, his wealth already exceeded sixteen hundred million Hong Kong dollars, not counting the value of tAt, tot, and other startups.

Having skipped the stage of accumulating initial capital, making money was really not difficult for him.

He spent more than ten minutes finishing today's work once again.

Turning his head to look at the lightning outside the window, Su Yehao thought for a moment, picked up his phone and sent a text message to Jiang Yu, typing, "Can't sleep? I'm not sleepy either. Want to watch a movie with me?"

Just as he put down his phone, it rang.

He opened it and saw that Jiang Yu had replied: "No, if I watch a movie with you as soon as she leaves, the maids at home will definitely gossip."

Su Yehao smiled and typed, continuing to send messages: "What are you afraid of? It's not like we haven't tried it before."

Considering the little story that had happened in the Su family mansion, this text message made Jiang Yu, who was in the guest room not far away, bite her lip and curse inwardly.

After all, with Little Nizi not at home, it inevitably felt like he was taking the opportunity to tease her.

Su Yehao sat in front of the computer and played the game "Red Alert." He knew how profitable the game industry was, so he had someone download many popular new products on the computer.

Koko Venture Capital had even set up a game investment department specifically, hiring several otaku who loved to play games to be responsible for keeping a close eye on industry trends, and to try out and comment on new works from Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea. They had to submit reports every week, and were also looking for startup teams worth betting on.

They hadn't found a suitable investment target yet. It was only 1998, and the development level of the online game industry was limited. tAt had just started developing the Dou Di Zhu (Fight the Landlord) game, and the project was handed over to the Pengcheng R&D center to be responsible for it.

Not waiting for Jiang Yu's reply, Su Yehao simply called Little Nizi and chatted with her for a while. Then, he contacted Yin Liuli and asked if she wanted to come to Hong Kong tomorrow to go shopping, eat, and have fun for a couple of days.

Having just returned from Hawaii, Nong Qingying had been fed, so she would probably be quiet for a while.

Anyway, they were both in Hong Kong, and he could see Nong Qingying every now and then. This girl had been relatively detached recently, and was developing into a "professional retail investor." She practiced yoga every day, went shopping, watched dramas, and followed Su Yehao's advice, cashing out some of her Yahoo stock and playing stock and index options.

Having not seen Su Yehao for a while, Yin Liuli inevitably missed him.

After agreeing to meet at the pier tomorrow morning, Su Yehao was just about to go to bed when he saw Jiang Yu push open the door to the study.

She blinked her eyes and pretended to ask, "Who were you on the phone with just now? I heard you. Nangong just left and you're already restless, you heartbreaker."

He was shocked.

Su Yehao thought for a moment and realized that he didn't seem to have said anything just now, so he smiled and retorted, "I was just chatting with her, don't try to frame me. At worst, I'll say you broke into my room in the middle of the night. Mutual destruction, who's afraid of who?"

Jiang Yu hadn't heard much, and had specially changed out of her pajamas, wearing jeans and a short sleeve before coming to the study to find him.

Shaking the box in her hand, Jiang Yu spat lightly and said, "I just bought Monopoly. Can you play a game with me if you can't sleep? Or should we go to the living room, so people don't gossip."

"It's late at night, when have the maids ever come upstairs? Stop being so guilty. You've been deliberately avoiding me lately, which is a little suspicious."

After Su Yehao finished speaking, Jiang Yu was immediately choked.

Always worried that Nangong Tian would overthink things, Jiang Yu had indeed chosen to distance herself from Su Yehao, not contacting him unless necessary, and always driving herself when going out.

Although they lived together, they actually seemed estranged. For example, when they went to Japan for tourism before the New Year, Jiang Yu really wanted to go along, but eventually found a reason to decline.

Her nose wrinkled slightly.

She found a chair and sat down, telling him as she opened the Monopoly game box, "It's all because you're always joking around, and even calling my dad father-in-law. If I don't stay away from you, everyone will think I'm going to be your mistress. Even my parents are looking at me strangely."

"...So you're ignoring me?"

"Yes, there's an idiom called 'avoiding suspicion,' if it weren't so comfortable living here, I would have moved out a long time ago," Jiang Yu said, nodding.

Su Yehao helped sort out the small cards, shrugged, and played the rogue, "I know I'm a playboy, but I haven't harmed you, have I? Besides, there are advantages to being a playboy, at least you don't have to suspect me of two-timing, because I definitely am."

"...What kind of twisted logic is that?"

Jiang Yu didn't give him a good look. Seeing the sudden flash of light outside the window, she decisively raised her hand to block her ears, and only lowered it after the thunder stopped.

Su Yehao didn't explain, and played Monopoly with her.

He was already a little sleepy, and he found this game quite boring. The fish pond was exposed too early, and the possibility of getting Jiang Yu to willingly enter the pond was extremely low.

Therefore, some thoughts were directly nipped in the bud by him. It didn't matter to satisfy his oral cravings.

At this time.

Su Yehao looked up at Jiang Yu and asked, "Last time I saw Zhao Yimeng, she said that you liked me in high school? If I hadn't been with Nangong at the time, and instead pursued you, would you have agreed?"

Jiang Yu's face was full of astonishment. She didn't know why he would ask this, and she was completely unprepared. Her face instantly turned red.

She stuttered and waved her hands, "Don't listen to Xiaomeng's nonsense...I...who likes you, I'd be crazy to agree."

"Tsk."

Su Yehao's lips curled up, and he said frankly, "I've always liked you too, but unfortunately, I like a lot of people, I'm afraid you'd be sad. And Nangong...she'd also be sad, but she's an optimist and can accept it a little more, so I can only be nicer to her usually."

Jiang Yu was silent for a moment, then nodded and said softly, "Indeed, she's very happy as long as she's with you. I probably can't accept it, I prefer something like my parents, wholeheartedly, together until old age, and you're more like your dad."

"Is that so?"

"?"

"Once when I went to sing karaoke, I saw your dad drinking with a young girl, he looked so happy, so free."

Hearing this, Jiang Yu was instantly struck by lightning, her eyes widened and she asked, "Really? Where?"

Su Yehao was drowsy, and replied calmly, "Just kidding, I'm teasing you."

"..."

Once again, there was lightning and thunder, and the sound was particularly loud.

The lights in the study suddenly went out...