Rebirth Starting as a Stock Market Enthusiast

Meanwhile, in the parking lot.

Like a thief, Li Yuanyuan covered her face and ran to her red BMW.

With trembling hands, she pulled the makeup mirror off.

In the mirror, her meticulously maintained face was swollen like a pig's head.

"ah--!!!"

Li Yuanyuan screamed, frantically pounding on the steering wheel: "Damn loser! Damn punk! How dare you slap me in the face?!"

Li Yuanyuan has been a prominent figure in the online celebrity circle of Anyuan County for so long. Whether it's the big shots in the live streaming rooms or the shop owners, everyone treats her with utmost respect. How could she possibly swallow this insult after being beaten up by a few young delinquents today?

Li Yuanyuan pulled out her phone with a venomous look in her eyes and opened the [Anyuan County Internet Celebrity Exchange Group].

This group was created by Li Yuanyuan, who has more than 2,000 followers and is considered a "big shot" in Anyuan County.

So she started messaging local internet celebrities one by one. She invited almost every one of them with more than 500 followers, just to show off her status.

"Waaaaah... Family, I can't live anymore... These scammers are so brazen these days..."

She first sent a voice message, followed by a selfie.

"Beware of Feiyu Media! The boss sounds very professional, but it's just a shell company. When he heard I didn't want to cooperate, he actually had his thugs beat me up! He even threatened me... Everyone, please don't be fooled by this company!"

"Holy crap? Yuanyuan, what happened to you? Your face is all bruised and battered like that?"

"Feiyu Media? Never heard of it. This looks like a scam! It's terrifying..."

Looking at the messages of comfort and condemnation in the group chat, Li Yuanyuan's cold smile grew stronger.

Shen Fei, right? A delinquent girl, right?

Let's see how you guys manage in Anyuan County!

Just as everyone in the group was blindly siding with Li Yuanyuan, a message suddenly popped up.

Song Ting: "Um...since none of us were there, isn't it a bit inappropriate to just call them a fraud ring?"

Upon seeing the name Song Ting, Li Yuanyuan's slightly calmed emotions instantly exploded.

Well, one who started the fight just left, and now this guy pretending to be a good person has arrived.

In this circle, the person she hates the most is Song Ting. Everyone is just out here to make money, so why does Song Ting have the right to act high and mighty?

"Oh, isn't this our pure and innocent goddess? Trying to play the saintly white lotus here?"

"Last time, your older brother sent you a thousand yuan and asked for your WeChat, but you wouldn't give it to him. Now he's sending me virtual rockets every day and asking me out to dinner. Are you jealous?"

"Who in the family would understand? People who pretend to be virtuous in public but secretly speak up for scammers are probably incredibly filthy!"

"Exactly, you can know a person's face but not their heart, so why pretend?"

Those online celebrities who fawned over Li Yuanyuan all turned their guns on Song Ting.

At this moment, Song Ting, who was resting in the kindergarten office, frowned deeply as she looked at her phone screen.

She has a gentle personality, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have a temper.

"Li Yuanyuan, please speak with respect. I don't add Brother on WeChat because I'm a kindergarten teacher and I have my professional ethics. As for your willingness to have dinner with Brother for the sake of the Rockets, that's your freedom, and I won't comment on it, but please don't use your standards to judge me."

Upon seeing this message, Li Yuanyuan instantly exploded: "What are you pretending for! You think you're qualified to lecture me? Get out of this group right now!"

"You don't need to kick me out. I've long since wanted to leave this group. Everyone, take care of yourselves!"

After sending that message, Song Ting left the group without hesitation.

She had long been fed up with this murky, vain, and competitive circle.

Song Ting has left the group chat.

Seeing Song Ting leave the group, Li Yuanyuan felt like she had punched cotton; not only had she failed to humiliate the other party, but she had also made herself look like a shrew.

"Pretend! Let's see how long you can keep up this act!"

Li Yuanyuan was so angry that she slammed her phone onto the passenger seat.

......

Rental housing.

Shen Fei was filming the corridor from a third-person perspective. As he walked forward, he muttered, "Today we're going to see what kind of life the legendary 'spirited young lady' is really living behind the scenes."

Upon opening the door, the camera pans through a dimly lit, cluttered room with trash scattered on the floor, accompanied by three heavily made-up young women dressed in tight-fitting clothes—a striking visual impact.

While recording, Shen Fei began to steer the conversation: "Sister Mei, isn't the instant noodle soup cold? Why haven't you poured it out yet?"

Li Mei paused for a moment, then subconsciously replied, "I'll save it for rice porridge tonight, it'll be so delicious!"

Shen Fei shifted the camera's focus to Wang Shuyun and casually asked:

"Hey, Shuyun, you three are so quick and efficient, why don't you find a proper job? Even working in an electronics factory, tightening screws, would be better than eating instant noodles here every day, right?"

Wang Shuyun, who had been grinning foolishly, turned pale instantly. She instinctively hugged her knees, buried her face in them, and her voice trembled noticeably:

"No... I'm not going. I'd rather die than go to an electronics factory."

"What's wrong? Are you too tired to handle it?" Shen Fei asked.

"We have hands and feet, why should we be afraid of being tired..." Wang Shuyun raised her head, her voice choked with emotion:

"We used to work in an electronics factory, but we ran away after less than three days. That line manager... that line manager saw that I was new and had no one to back me up, so every time he patrolled the line, he would... deliberately brush against me and touch my waist... I said I quit, and he even confiscated my ID card, saying that if I didn't rest with him, he wouldn't pay me my wages..."

"If Sister Mei hadn't led her men to rescue me, I... I might have been killed by him..."

She didn't dare say the rest, but Shen Fei understood.

For a girl with no connections like this, the only way to protect herself is to present herself as a tough, assertive young woman.

It's not that they chose to become "spiritual girls," but rather that they had no other choice but to follow this path.

......

Feiyu Media Office.

Shen Fei was editing a video, with three energetic young women nervously crowding behind him.

"Brother, is that... all done?"

Li Mei felt a little guilty watching Shen Fei's dazzling maneuvers.

"Not adding a beauty filter? Or slimming the face or something?"

Shen Fei didn't speak, focusing on editing the video. The entire video was only fifteen seconds long. Douyin wouldn't allow applications for videos longer than 60 seconds until October 2018, and applicants needed more than a thousand followers to apply.

The video content is very simple. It begins with Li Mei in that dilapidated rented room, wearing loafers, smoking a cigarette, and shouting "What are you looking at?" at the camera with a fierce look. The background music is the most popular and upbeat social dance DJ version.

The scene cuts to a close-up of Liu Ting eating instant noodles. There is no background music, only the slurping sound of eating instant noodles and the occasional car horn sound from outside the window.

Then came Wang Shuyun's trembling voice: "That line manager saw I was new... and deliberately touched my waist..."

The video ends with a freeze-frame of three girls huddled together on a narrow mattress. Despite the mess of trash around them, they chat, their faces beaming with genuine smiles.

At the bottom of the screen, a line of white text in bold slowly appeared: "I also want to be a good person, but life didn't give me a ticket."

The video's title is simple: [If life hadn't pushed them into a corner, who would willingly live like a hedgehog?]

"Alright, the video is all posted."

Shen Fei tossed his phone onto the table, stretched, and looked out the window at the darkening sky: "Let's go, I'll take you guys out to eat."

"Huh? Bro, we had Shaxian snacks for lunch, so we're not hungry yet."

The three young women exchanged glances, looking a little embarrassed.

The boss not only treated them to a meal at Shaxian Restaurant today, but also arranged jobs for them, and they did all the work themselves.

They just hung on the wall all day, doing nothing.

Now I have to treat them to dinner again, how can I possibly accept this? How am I ever going to repay such a huge favor?

We've only met by chance. If Shen Fei were really a tycoon, that would be one thing, but looking at this empty office, he doesn't seem like someone who would support them for nothing.

Isn't the boss being a bit too generous?

Shen Fei couldn't help but laugh when he saw their shy yet touched expressions.

These silly girls, who slapped Li Yuanyuan twice in the morning without batting an eye, have been completely controlled by just one dinner.

They're so easy to raise.

"Alright, stop being so dramatic."

Shen Fei grabbed his coat and draped it over his shoulders, his tone leaving no room for argument: "I'm the boss, what I say goes. Let's go to the barbecue stand downstairs!"

"Well... okay then. Thanks, bro!"

Li Mei gritted her teeth and stopped refusing, following after them with her two sisters. She secretly vowed: if anyone dared to bully Shen Fei, she, Li Mei, would be the first to crack their skull open!