Dragon Raja: I practiced Naruto ninjutsu next to Lu Mingfei.

"Ah."

"Our first formal meeting was at the interview session at Kassel College."

"Correct."

"When we first met, who did you think was the prettiest among me, Liu Miaomiao, and Chen Wenwen?"

“…Of course it’s you.” Gu Ran said, her eyes wide as she stared at the computer screen.

"Why did you pause?" Su Xiaoqiang immediately stood up, leaned close to his face, and stared at his expression. "I could feel that you were a third of a second slower in answering just now."

Gu Ran smiled bitterly to himself.

Are you a cesium-13 atom? How can you perceive a second so accurately?

(Note: In physics, the precise duration of one second is the time required for a cesium-13 atom to oscillate 8846157280 times.)

Seeing that Gu Ran didn't answer, Su Xiaoqiang got angry: "Tell me, do you also think Chen Wenwen is the prettiest?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Mingfei's comment, "Chen Wenwen is prettier than you," had a significant impact on her back then.

"Of course not," Gu Ran said, looking at her. "I have no interest in sentimental, artsy girls."

"So you think Liu Miaomiao is the prettiest?"

"Her legs aren't as long as yours, her breasts aren't as big as yours, and her butt isn't as perky as yours."

"Oh, I didn't expect that, Gu Ran," Su Xiaoqiang seemed to have caught him red-handed, "You've been observing Liu Miaomiao quite closely!"

"..."

I never expected this to be a trick question!

Gu Ran put down her laptop: "This is so obvious, there's no need to observe carefully. Anyone with eyes can see who's the prettiest!"

As he spoke, he cupped her delicate face and gently pecked her forehead.

Su Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and leaned shyly into her arms again.

"You bastard, you just like to bully me," she muttered under her breath. "You kissed me before I was even ready."

She pouted, then suddenly noticed the strange screen on Gu Ran's computer and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Mining."

"Mining?" As the daughter of a mine owner whose family owns many mines, Su Xiaoqiang stared at the computer screen and asked in confusion, "You can mine cryptocurrency online?"

Gu Ran smiled and explained Bitcoin to her.

Bitcoin was first mined by Satoshi Yamamoto at the beginning of this year, and now it's the time when mining pools have the most Bitcoin.

He had previously obtained permission to use Norma, but since he had not enrolled in the school, he could only use a small amount of Norma's computing power.

In theory, Norma could temporarily mobilize the computing power of supercomputers and servers worldwide.

These computing powers are allocated according to their level.

For example, Lu Mingfei, who is at the S-level, can mobilize the world's computing power to serve him when needed.

Gu Ran doesn't need such exaggerated computing power. It's only June 2009, Bitcoin is still unknown, and only a few blockchains have been activated.

He only allowed Norma to provide a small amount of computing power, while Norma hacked into Google's servers in several regions and allocated surplus computing power to him.

More than enough for mining.

After some time, once he was abroad, he asked Norma to help him acquire Bitcoin.

Bitcoin has been incredibly cheap lately.

How cheap is it?

In 2010, a programmer used 1 Bitcoins to buy just two pizzas.

Gu Ran knew that Bitcoin would definitely become an important settlement currency in the underworld in the future.

He wanted to strike first before anyone could react.

Gu Ran glanced at the time, closed his laptop, and pinched Su Xiaoqiang's cute nose in his arms.

"It's getting late, let me take you home."

"Hmm." Su Xiaoqiang nodded, then added, "How about I move in with you?"

Gu Ran stared at her, making the back of her ears turn red.

He then shook his head: "I'm afraid your dad will throw me into the mine and bury me."

Su Xiaoqiang grinned: "You know what, my dad might actually do that."

Going down into the garage, Gu Ran looked at Su Xiaoqiang's luxury car parked there and said:

"Have your driver take all the cars back tomorrow. It's not good to keep them here for maintenance. I only need one car when I go out."

“Then I’ll leave one car here… Your Q7 is too big and too tall, I don’t like driving it.”

As Su Xiaoqiang spoke, she took out a Maserati car key from her bag.

"Let's take this one!" she said to Gu Ran. "Let's drive this one today; it's been sitting in the garage all moldy."

Chapter 42 Lu Mingfei's Working Diary

It's true that rich people have a lot of worries; they even have to worry about their luxury cars getting moldy.

Gu Ran smiled and took the car keys from Su Xiaoqiang's hand. The two of them got into the red Maserati GT together.

Gu Ran's home is about a 20-minute drive from Su Xiaoqiang's home, requiring a drive on an elevated highway.

Before entering the elevated road, Gu Ran took a special look at the road sign.

It's not Elevated Road No. 0.

In other words, his current strength has not yet grown to the point that Odin should be alarmed.

"How about we get some fresh air?" Gu Ran asked Su Xiaoqiang, who was standing next to her.

"it is good."

He rolled down the car window to let the cool breeze in.

Su Xiaoqiang's long, flowing hair was blown by the wind; she really enjoyed the feeling of driving in the wind.

Especially, going for a drive with someone you like.

After exiting the elevated highway, Gu Ran quickly drove to a villa area.

The car was registered to the Su family, so they just scanned the license plate number and let it pass.

Gu Ran drove all the way to Su Xiaoqiang's house.

Su Xiaoqiang got out of the passenger seat and saw that Gu Ran was still in the driver's seat. She pouted slightly, looking somewhat unhappy.

"Aren't you going to get out of the car and hug me before you leave?" she said, pouting.

What a clingy little goblin.

Gu Ran smiled, unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the car door, and got out.

Then, he opened his arms and gently embraced that slender, soft body.

After cuddling for a while, Su Xiaoqiang finally let him go.

"Drive carefully on your way back."

"Ah."

"Call me when you get home."

"it is good."

"Then...see you tomorrow?"

"Ah."

Upon hearing Gu Ran's agreement, Su Xiaoqiang skipped excitedly and happily walked towards her home.

Gu Ran looked up and waved to Su's father on the second-floor terrace.

"Sigh! Daughters grow up and leave home." Su's father turned around somewhat dejectedly, not wanting to pay any attention to Gu Ran, this pig who was trying to steal the cabbage.

Gu Ran didn't care. She thought to herself that if she had a daughter in the future and saw her being intimate with another man, she would probably feel a mix of emotions.

He returned to the driver's seat, ready to drive home.

However, before he could even fasten his seatbelt, he received a call from Lu Mingfei.

"Hey, Brother Lu, you're calling me at this hour, are you trying to treat me to a late-night snack?" Gu Ran said.

"Um, Gu Ran, uh..." Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, then sighed deeply before saying, "I have something I'd like to ask you for help with?"

"what happened?"

"Can we meet in person to talk?" Lu Mingfei seemed a little hesitant to ask.

"Okay, where are you?" Gu Ran started the car.

“I’m on Binjiang Road…” Lu Mingfei gave an address by the river.

"Okay, wait for me a moment."

……

Twenty minutes later, Gu Ran arrived at the designated location and met Lu Mingfei, who was sitting on a bench in the riverside park.

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment when he saw the red Maserati.

"I remember... isn't this Su Xiaoqiang's car?"

Gu Ran said, "You have a really good memory."

Lu Mingfei explained:

"The main reason is that her family usually drives an Audi A8 to take her to and from school. This car was a gift from her father after she got her driver's license when she was eighteen. She was very happy at the time and immediately invited the members of the literary society to a gathering. Then she drove out and showed it off in front of everyone."

Gu Ran thought for a moment and asked, "What's her birthday?"

“She’s a Leo, born in late July…” Lu Mingfei said. “She started school a year later than me.”