Rebirth Starting as a Stock Market Enthusiast

She rested her chin on her hand, her fingertips unconsciously tapping lightly on her smooth cheek, staring at Shen Fei with great interest, her eyes filled with a certain meaning.

"Honestly, sometimes I really want to crack open your head and see what's inside."

"Want to pry it open and take a look? Sure!" Shen Fei smirked, "But you'll have to pay extra."

"Tch, you stingy guy." Chen Xi was amused by him, rolled her eyes at him, and exuded charm.

She stood up, stretched, revealing her perfect curves, and said, "Let's go, Boss Shen. It's rare for you to come to Shanghai, so I'll treat you to dinner."

"That's great," Shen Fei replied, not wanting to dwell on the topic any longer. "But I don't eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes."

"..."

Meanwhile, Li Cheng and Guo Feng, who had just left, sat down at a restaurant.

The two were still reeling from the shock they had just experienced.

"Boss, what's the background of this junior brother?" Guo Feng lowered his voice, his previous flippancy gone. "Even the vice president of Douyin came to see him personally..."

Li Cheng glanced at him and said calmly, "Now you know to ask this? Weren't you quite capable at Starbucks just now?"

Guo Feng blushed and said awkwardly, "I...I didn't know. Boss, don't tease me. Tell me quickly, what's this junior brother's background?"

Li Cheng said slowly and deliberately, "I don't have any special background. I'm a local from Anyuan County, and my parents are both ordinary wage earners. I quit my job after graduating from university and returned to my hometown to start a business, which has been open for less than half a year."

"No connections?" Guo Feng's eyes widened. "No connections that would make the vice president of Douyin personally come to see you? Boss, are you kidding me?"

"Why would I tease you?" Li Cheng glanced at him. "Why do you think Ning Wei would give up everything to go to that small county town?"

Guo Feng fell silent.

After a long pause, he muttered, "Then... then he won't hold a grudge against me for talking back to him like that, will he?"

......

Shen Fei and Chen Xi came out of Starbucks at around 4 p.m.

The streets of Shanghai are bustling with traffic, and the early spring sunshine shines on the glass curtain walls of high-rise buildings, reflecting a dazzling light.

Shen Fei and Chen Xi walked side by side on the sidewalk, neither of them speaking for a moment.

"Where to next?" Chen Xi asked first, her tone as casual as if she were discussing what to eat today.

Shen Fei thought for a moment: "How about we find a place to sit? Or would you like to take a walk?"

"What are you shopping for?" Chen Xi rolled her eyes at him. "My company has a ton of messes to clean up, I don't have time to go shopping with you. But... since you're already here, I should at least show you some hospitality."

As she spoke, she took out her phone to check the time: "Okay, I'll treat you to dinner tonight. Authentic Shanghainese cuisine, I guarantee you've never had it before."

Shen Fei raised an eyebrow: "Since Miss Chen is personally accompanying us, I'll have to treat her to a good meal."

"Let's fleece them," Chen Xi put away her phone with a smile on her lips. "Anyway, I'm so poor I only have money left. The company is about to go bankrupt, so I might as well spend it."

Shen Fei sensed the self-deprecation in her words, smiled, and didn't reply.

The two strolled slowly along the street, occasionally exchanging a few words.

While waiting at a red light at an intersection, Chen Xi suddenly turned her head and looked intently at Shen Fei.

"Shen Fei, I have a question for you."

"Um?"

"How come I didn't realize you were this talented back in college?"

Shen Fei was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "Back in college? Back in college I only knew how to study hard, unlike you, running a bubble tea shop and being the campus beauty, living a very glamorous life."

"Come on," Chen Xi snorted, "What I was doing was just messing around, it's nothing compared to what you're doing."

The green light came on, and the two continued walking.

"Actually," Shen Fei said as he walked, "I didn't know what I wanted to do in college. After graduation, I got a job, and I got a taste of life's harsh realities, and slowly I learned. People have to go through something to grow."

Hearing this, Chen Xi felt that something was off. It sounded strange that someone who had only graduated half a year ago would say that he had been beaten down by society.

But she didn't ask any further questions.

Some things become meaningless if you ask too many questions.

At six o'clock in the evening, Chen Xi took Shen Fei to a local Shanghainese restaurant hidden in an old Western-style house.

The shop is small, but the decoration is exquisite. The wooden stairs creak when you step on them, and there are old black and white photos of Shanghai on the walls. Zhou Xuan's "Night Shanghai" is playing from a gramophone.

"This restaurant has been open for over 30 years, and my dad loved eating here when he was young," Chen Xi said while ordering. "The owner is a friend of my dad's, and it's usually impossible for ordinary people to get a reservation."

Shen Fei looked around and laughed, "Thanks to Miss Chen, I've really broadened my horizons today."

"Stop being so cheeky." Chen Xi closed the menu, said a few words to the waiter, and then turned to Shen Fei, "Try their braised pork later, I guarantee you won't want to leave after you finish it."

The dishes arrived quickly, and they were indeed exquisite and authentic.

The braised pork belly is a bright red color, rich but not greasy; the stir-fried eel in hot oil is fragrant and melts in your mouth; the crab roe tofu is sweet and tender, every bite is a delight.

The two chatted over their meal, their conversation ranging from food to their respective university lives, and then to their experiences after graduation. Chen Xi spoke of the hardships of starting her own business, her father's lack of understanding, and the brand's predicament, her tone tinged with a hint of melancholy, but even more so with an unyielding stubbornness.

This was the first time the two of them had sat together so quietly just to eat and chat.

Shen Fei listened quietly, occasionally interjecting a word or two, but mostly just nodding.

This was the first time Chen Xi had talked to someone so much. There was a faint smile in her eyes, not very obvious, like the moon hidden in the light clouds.

When we came out after dinner, it was already late at night.

The streets of Shanghai are brightly lit, and neon lights illuminate the entire city with dazzling colors.

"Are we meeting again tomorrow?" Chen Xi asked.

"What's there to make plans with?" Shen Fei laughed. "I have important business to attend to tomorrow, and I need to talk to Li Cheng again."

"Alright," Chen Xi didn't insist. "Then be careful and call me if anything happens."

Chen Xi called a private car and left the Maybach with Shen Fei.

Soon, a black Mercedes drove up from a distance.

Chen Xi opened the car door and was about to get in when she suddenly turned around and looked at Shen Fei.

"Shen Fei".

"Um?"

"I forgot to tell you," she said, a beautiful smile curving her lips, "I had a very happy day. Thank you for dinner."

Shen Fei chuckled: "You were the one who treated me to dinner."

"I'll treat you, you pay?" Chen Xi blinked and then closed the car door.

Shen Fei watched the black Mercedes disappear around the street corner and shook his head.

This woman is really...

Perhaps because his career has recently taken off, Shen Fei has started to think that dating after being reborn might be a very interesting thing.

......

The next day, Shen Fei did not go to see Li Cheng.

Yesterday afternoon, Shen Fei received a phone call from someone who claimed to be Chen Xi's elder and wanted to meet him privately without Chen Xi knowing.