Chapter 865 - 597: True or False
Just as Xia Liang was about to return to his room to video call someone, Fourth Aunt received a WeChat message, and upon opening it, she excitedly jumped up.
"Wow! My son, Liang Yong, is here, and he brought his girlfriend! He drove back! Haha! That's great, Xia Liang, you all study outside, you can look out for each other."
Xia Liang rolled his eyes, looking out for each other? Clearly, she just wants to brag about her son in front of an audience, with someone to compare against, right?
Meanwhile, Xia Liang wasn't in a hurry and smiled as he sat down.
Soon, a flashy blue Porsche pulled up downstairs!
"Wow! My son's new car!"
Looking down from the windowsill, Fourth Aunt's accent even turned into that of the Yue Province's "yayaya," making Xia Liang's skin crawl.
Fourth Aunt, you're an old-school Versailles act! You're a drama queen,possessed as if by a drama queen's spirit in an instant.
A cocky man got out of the Porsche.
This man was Liang Yong!
Fourth Aunt's child, three years older than Xia Liang, currently works as a programmer at an IT company in the Imperial Capital, reportedly earns an insignificant amount monthly, is valued by his boss, holds original shares, and is quite boastful.
A beautiful woman stepped out from the passenger seat!
Liang Yong's girlfriend.
Dressed very fashionably.
With a sweet face, gentle, she hooked onto Liang Yong's arm and walked towards the building entrance.
Fourth Aunt was smiling like a chrysanthemum flower.
"Haha, look, my son and his girlfriend are such a great match! A talented man and a beautiful woman, it's wonderful."
Luu Juan glanced over and casually said,
"Yeah, indeed, very nice."
"Xia Liang, you need to pay more attention too!"
Fourth Aunt immediately turned around to lecture Xia Liang, with her well-practiced Versailles style.
"I know you don't earn as much as your brother, but you need to be ambitious too? At your age, you don't even have a partner, your parents are very anxious, you know?"
Before Luu Juan could argue, Xia Weiguo quickly waved his hand.
"We're not in a hurry. Let Xia Liang choose whoever he likes, no rush!"
Hearing this, Fourth Aunt felt bored.
"Yayaya... Is my son here with his girlfriend?"
Fourth Aunt put on a full show, joyfully opening the door to welcome her son and his girlfriend while giving a provocative glance at Xia Liang's parents, raising her eyebrows as if to say, "Aren't you envious?" Xia Liang found it amusing and exasperating, thinking Fourth Aunt is just too into showing off and competition; isn't living like this tiring? Being so mindful of others' opinions every day?
Liang Yong came in cocky as ever, but he greeted Xia Liang's parents very politely.
"Second Uncle, Second Aunt, let me introduce!"
He presented his major highlight of this return with pride—his beautiful girlfriend!
"This is Jiu Xuechen, my girlfriend. Xuechen, this is my Second Uncle and Second Aunt."
Liang Yong's speech was eloquent and composed, with quite an aura, and his 172-cm-tall model girlfriend Jiu Xuechen was also impressive, casting shy but not lacking warm smiles, nodding to Xia Liang's parents.
After all, they're the hosts, so they stood up and greeted warmly.
"Good, good, what a beautiful girl, Liang Yong is lucky."
No matter what, formalities shouldn't be skipped, but while talking, they looked at Xia Liang.
The hint was clear, why not bring Qingxue back as well? If you brought her back, how could they continue showing off?
Liang Yong sat down, energetically and warmly chatted with Xia Liang.
"When did you get back? What are you doing these days? How many days off?"
The questions initially were typical cousin exchanges.
But gradually~~
Fourth Aunt started to veer off course.
Fourth Aunt noticed that the conversation wasn't hitting a crucial topic and began to get anxious.
"Liang Yong, I heard you bought Bitcoin a couple of years ago?"
Jiu Xuechen's eyes also lit up.
"Bitcoin? You have Bitcoin? How come I didn't know?"
Liang Yong looked helpless, as if he hadn't wanted to mention it but got exposed, and laughed.
"Indeed, I bought some."
"Wow!"
Jiu Xuechen reacted the most, with a teasing tone, pulling Liang Yong and looking at him worshipfully.
"That's so impressive? I didn't even know~~"
Xia Liang found it strange. It didn't make sense. Given Liang Yong's penchant for showing off, if he had bought Bitcoin, he would want the entire family to know, so why would he keep it a secret from his girlfriend?
Furthermore, from the moment they got out of the car, Xia Liang felt— their display of affection was too deliberate.
It felt like acting, as if they were afraid people wouldn't know they were a couple.
But this pretty girl, Jiu Xuechen, always kept a certain distance from Liang Yong, never really letting him take advantage, and yet gave Xia Liang a feeling of worldliness, not resembling a sincere girl. This feeling left Xia Liang, with his keen observational skills, thinking it was odd.
Thinking of Liang Yong's pretentious nature, Xia Liang smiled.
Could it be?
Going to such lengths just to show off?
Showman, is that you?
Liang Yong acted completely indifferent.
"Oh, I just happened to buy some."
Fourth Aunt, with a face full of pride, asked.
"How much did you buy?"
"Not much! Just over 120."
Liang Yong tactically coughed!
"Wow~~"
Jiu Xuechen was full of admiration, her voice trembling.
"I heard Bitcoin is skyrocketing now? Each is worth over forty thousand Eagle Coins! Doesn't that mean you have more than twenty blocks now?"
Fourth Aunt's eyes sparkled, with a proud face, but still feigned humility with her words.
"Liang Yong, just hit the jackpot. Haha, but it's alright, in life, seizing that one crucial opportunity can lead you to soar!"
Liang Yong, looking down on Xia Liang, pretended to be modest.
"Luck, hahaha just luck!"
But the pride on his face was hard to hide.
Meanwhile, Xia Liang glanced, then opened the system to check Bitcoin.
????
One yuan = 1000 Bitcoins.
????
Is virtual currency this worthless? Xia Liang clicked, deducted one yuan.
Soon, 1000 Bitcoins arrived, Xia Liang pretended to check WeChat but secretly logged into the blockchain's public distributed ledger.
Following the system's hint, he peeked inside!
At this moment, Liang Yong was spraying bragging saliva everywhere, boasting about his foresight and determination to purchase Bitcoin against family opposition - a "legendary investment."
"Tsk tsk, you guys don't know, back then when I spent a few cents to buy these Bitcoins, there was a lot of resistance from the family. None of my friends supported my purchase, but I, being a tech nerd, just believed in Satoshi Nakamoto's philosophy, and followed him unconditionally. These days, only the fanatics can survive! And succeed!"
Motivating words poured out of his mouth.
Fourth Aunt and Jiu Xuechen had already turned into Liang Yong's fangirls, eyes shining.
"Haha, my son is amazing. I was against it back then, wouldn't have expected my son to be wise, resolute, and achieve today's success."
Fourth Aunt praised with her Versailles style endlessly.
Jiu Xuechen's eyes sparkled.
"Wow, dear, you're so awesome, nothing's more manly than a successful career."
"Son, did you drive a Porsche back? When did you get that car?"