Redemption from the Abyss: The School Beauty Insists on Pulling Me Out of the Mire

At 5 p.m., people started packing up their workstations outside the office.

Xu You's phone rang. She glanced at the screen and whispered, "My mom is calling me home for dinner."

Shen Hao immediately stood up and packed his things.

"I send you."

Lin Lu stretched and collected the snacks and trash on the table into a plastic bag.

"I'm leaving too. Lu Wen said he'll come pick me up later."

Lu stuffed the half-finished test paper into his schoolbag and delivered his concluding remarks in the tone of a survivor who had just escaped from the battlefield.

"Today's volume has devoured a third of my inspiration reserves. I need at least twelve hours of sleep to repair my mental world ravaged by numbers."

Xie Wang leaned back in his chair.

"You haven't finished one side of that test paper."

Lu Yi had already reached the door.

"We'll talk about tomorrow's problems tomorrow."

He disappeared down the corridor without looking back.

The office fell silent, leaving only Xie Wang and Su Qinghe.

Su Qinghe closed the notebook in front of him, stood up and picked up the coat hanging on the back of the chair.

"I should go too, Uncle Chung will be here soon."

Xie Wang stood up, took the bag of teaching materials that had been mostly rummaged through, and followed her out of the office.

The two walked to the elevator entrance, and Su Qinghe pressed the down button.

During the wait, she turned to the side and looked at Xie Wang.

"Thank you, classmate."

"Um?"

Su Qinghe's eyelashes trembled slightly, her gaze shifting from his eyes to his collar, and then back again.

"Would you like to come over for dinner in a couple of days?"

When she said this, her voice was half an octave lower than usual, and she unconsciously tugged at the cuffs of her coat with both hands.

Xie Wang looked at her.

Su Qinghe's earlobes turned a thin layer of red at a visible speed. She shifted her gaze to the wall next to her, as if she was carefully studying the paintwork on that wall.

"My mom and dad really want to see you again."

She paused for a moment.

"Especially my dad, he kept talking about it for days after you left last time."

Xie Wang's lips involuntarily curled upwards.

"Is Teacher Su inviting me to visit, or is she inviting me to a second interview with my mother-in-law and father-in-law?"

Su Qinghe glared at him.

"If you don't want to come, then forget it."

"Come here." Xie Wang's reply was as quick as a conditioned reflex.

"You can go anytime, it's up to you."

Su Qinghe tucked a stray hair behind her ear, her voice returning to its usual cool tone, but the red on her earlobe betrayed her.

"By the way, my cousin also came to visit. He keeps asking his older brother to play King of Glory with him."

Xie Wang laughed out loud.

"Okay, let's help him rank up."

The elevator doors opened.

Su Qinghe went inside, turned around and looked at Xie Wang standing outside.

Xie Wang stood in the empty corridor, watching the elevator floor numbers jump from twelve to one.

He walked back to his office, sat down at his desk, and opened the Apocalypse Quantitative Trading System.

The cumulative net income column shows 31.47 million.

Xie Wang stared at the string of numbers for more than ten seconds.

He turned off the control panel and leaned back in his chair.

Let's buy a car. That way, we'll look good going to the Su family's house. We can't have Uncle Zhong pick us up.

He thought for a moment, scrolled through his phone's contacts, and then his finger stopped.

He doesn't have a driver's license.

Xie Wang rubbed his face.

His first thought was to call Kang Ping. Getting a driver's license should be as easy as drinking water for him, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.

You can't bother others with everything.

He flipped through his contacts again and found a number that Kang Ping had sent him a couple of days ago: Gao Zhiyuan, the newly appointed police chief of Jiangcheng.

"Hello, Director Gao, I'm Xie Wang."

There was a noticeable pause on the other end of the phone, followed by an overly enthusiastic voice from a middle-aged man.

"Hello, classmate Xie. Please feel free to tell me what's wrong, don't be shy."

The other party's attitude was so respectful, as if they were receiving a superior, which Xie Wang found a little unusual.

"Well, I'd like to ask you about driver's licenses. I need to get a C1 license as soon as possible."

The sound of keyboard typing came from the other end of the phone.

"No problem, that's easy. We can get it done in two days through the special talent channel. You can drive, right, Xie?"

Xie thought about it for a moment.

"I used to be pretty good at playing Horizon Zero Dawn."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a burst of hearty laughter.

"Xie, you're so funny, hahaha."

"Just kidding, just kidding, I'll do it." Xie Wang chuckled.

"I've touched my friend's car quite a few times before, so don't worry, Director Gao, it won't cause you any trouble."

"Okay, send me your identity information tomorrow, and I guarantee it will be processed for you by the day after tomorrow."

"Thank you, Director Gao."

"Of course, of course. Call me anytime if you need anything."

After hanging up the phone, Xie Wang found Lu Wen's name in his contacts.

Are you busy?

Less than three seconds after the message was sent, Lu Wen called.

"You fool, speak."

"I'm going to the Su family's house for dinner, and I want to buy a car."

Wow! That's great, I've picked up the car.

He was as excited as if he were about to buy a car.

"Wait here and don't move. I'm coming to pick you up right now. I know the best shop in Jiangcheng. You can choose whatever price you like."

Xie Wang leaned back in his chair, his tone indifferent.

"Don't be too high-profile."

"Don't worry, don't worry," Lu Wen assured him repeatedly.

"Keep it low-key, just the two of us, absolutely no one will know."

Twenty minutes later.

In the underground parking garage of Galaxy Science and Technology Park, a bright red Ferrari 488 drove into the parking lot with an arrogant attitude that seemed to want the whole world to hear the sound of its engine.

The roar of the V8 engine echoed through the underground space, causing the fire hydrants to tremble slightly.

The red sports car stopped right in front of the elevator entrance. The window rolled down, and a bright smiling face appeared in the driver's seat.

"Let's go buy a car."

Xie Wang stood at the elevator entrance, staring at the red Ferrari, and remained silent for a few seconds.

"You call this being low-key?"

Lu Wen patted the steering wheel with a straight face.

"This is my most understated car; the other two are much more flamboyant."

Xie Wang opened the passenger door and got in.

The carriage was filled with the mixed scent of leather seats and Lu Wen's bottle of cologne, the price of which was unknown.

Lu Wen backed the car out of the parking space and stepped on the gas, speeding up the exit ramp.

"Tell me, what's the budget?"

Xie Wang fastened his seatbelt and watched the underground parking garage wall rushing past outside the windshield.

"Don't make it too expensive."

Give me a number.

Xie thought about it for a moment.

"One or two million, I guess."