My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 438

Yu Qiao Qiao didn’t pose the question without reason.

She found it strange.

This QQ friend who was chatting with Chen Yan was obviously a woman, using such an intimate nickname for Chen Yan, which felt a bit peculiar.

After all, she couldn’t predict the future, so she didn’t jump to conclusions about Lu Man being the "bad woman" just because of the word "bad."

At that moment, Chen Yan, who had just picked up his phone, had a big drop of cold sweat trickling down his forehead.

Yu Qiao Qiao’s question had hit him where it hurt.

Even though he didn’t use the "Inner Headphones," Chen Yan knew that Yu Qiao Qiao must have misunderstood Yang Rou’s nickname for him.

He and "Yang Rou" actually had nothing going on!

But...

Could he explain that?

How could he explain?

Tell Yu Qiao Qiao his QQ nickname was "Number One Bad Woman in the World"?

That... would be better off saying this married woman author and Chen Yan had an ambiguous relationship.

While thinking, Chen Yan’s brain was whirring, figuring out how to smoothly handle the situation.

A scumbag must face every battlefield bravely.

While Chen Yan was thinking this, Yu Qiao Qiao turned her head, looked curiously at Chen Yan, and asked softly, "Chen... Yan? Are you okay? Why have you gone silent?"

Yu Qiao Qiao’s words interrupted Chen Yan’s thoughts but suddenly gave him an idea on how to resolve the issue.

That was to put himself in a desperate situation first to find a way out.

With that in mind, Chen Yan said with a smile, "No, it’s nothing. I just suddenly felt a bit panicked."

A question mark popped up in Yu Qiao Qiao’s tiny head: ?

"A bit panicked? Why?"

Chen Yan said, "Because I suddenly realized I don’t know how to explain this situation."

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Yu Qiao Qiao was first stunned, then started feeling anxious.

She stepped out of Chen Yan’s embrace, covering her still unclothed chest, and looked at him in shock, "No, it can’t be?"

"Could it be that you and this person....?"

Hearing Yu Qiao Qiao’s words, Chen Yan shook his head with a smile and said, "Of course not."

He logged out of the chat and then opened the account’s profile page of this particular QQ account, "I have nothing to do with this person."

"She calls me ’Bad Mister,’ and it’s not an intimate nickname; it’s a regular way of addressing someone."

Yu Qiao Qiao asked confusedly, "Why is that a regular nickname?"

Chen Yan swallowed nervously, pretending to be calm.

Then he said, "Because my QQ name is ’Number One Bad Woman in the World.’"

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Yu Qiao Qiao’s eyes widened, and a deeper surprise flashed through them.

She looked at Chen Yan’s phone screen.

Indeed, the QQ nickname clearly read "Number One Bad Woman in the World."

This explanation seemed indeed to clarify why that person called Chen Yan by his name.

After all, online, if using a formal address, it’s common to use the first character of the nickname followed by a title.

But...

This explanation wasn’t going to make Yu Qiao Qiao happy.

As an employee of Chen Yan’s company and as an actor for "Hidden Guardian," Yu Qiao Qiao had certainly followed the comments of fans online, thus she knew whom the phrase "Number One Bad Woman in the World" referred to.

It referred to Lu Man!

This phrase was a favorite among the game fans of Lu Man’s group during public promotions!

And now, Chen Yan had used this phrase as his QQ nickname.

How was Yu Qiao Qiao supposed to convince herself that Chen Yan had no feelings for Lu Man!

Moreover.

Previously, it was just some unknown woman having a close relationship with Chen Yan.

Now, it turned out that Sister Man indeed had a close relationship with Chen Yan.

Given a choice, Yu Qiao Qiao...

Would choose neither.

Especially since just before they were about to play music together, they had just had a disagreement about Lu Man.

No sooner had one conflict resolved than another appeared right away.

Yu Qiao Qiao felt as if she was engaged in an invisible battle with Lu Man.

Even without Lu Man’s physical presence, she felt exhausted.

This made her purse her lips in frustration once more.

Seeing Yu Qiao Qiao like this, Chen Yan wasn’t flustered. Instead, he brought out the explanation he had prepared.

He said to Yu Qiao Qiao, "Qiao Qiao, don’t feel aggrieved. It’s not what you think."

"I just said it’s hard to explain because... the situation is not at all what you’re imagining."

Chen Yan quickly pointed to the personal profile on the screen, the QQ account’s level: two stars.

Chen Yan said, "See? It’s a new account. I only registered it not long ago."

"At that time, I didn’t think much bout it, just happened to be browsing our game forum and saw this phrase, so I used it."

Looking at Chen Yan, Yu Qiao Qiao didn’t believe him completely.

Seeing Yu Qiao Qiao’s expression, Chen Yan clicked the screen a few times, exited the account profile page, and then opened the friends list, saying, "See? I’m not lying to you. This really is just a small account."

This small account was initially registered by Chen Yan to contact a married woman author, so there was only one friend on the entire account—the married woman author.

Seeing there was only one person on this small account, Yu Qiao Qiao was stunned for a moment.

Her mind began to somewhat believe Chen Yan’s words.

’Could it really be just a small account?’

’But... an account with only one person? This feels even weirder now.’

She weakly asked, "Is that person you were chatting with Sister Man Man?"

Chen Yan couldn’t help but cry and laugh, saying, "Of course not."

He said, "Look."

Saying that, Chen Yan opened the chat history with "Yang Rou" and began showing it to Yu Qiao Qiao. freёweɓnovel.com

While doing so, Chen Yan explained why he registered the small account and why he added that married woman author.

Even more, Chen Yan opened the novel app, taking out the help-seeking single Chapter posted by the married woman author to show Yu Qiao Qiao.

Hearing that Chen Yan liked the author and when the author faced difficulties, Chen Yan created a small account to help her, Yu Qiao Qiao finally understood Chen Yan.

Moreover, probably because of this, she also somewhat believed that Chen Yan really wasn’t registering a small account to express his affection for Lu Man.

After all, the registration time of this small account exactly matched the author’s single Chapter.

After understanding all this, Yu Qiao Qiao pouted her lips and weakly said, "I’m sorry, Chen Yan. I misunderstood you again."

Chen Yan smiled and embraced her, saying, "It’s also my fault."

"I used a nickname that made you overthink."

Speaking of this, Chen Yan continued, "I didn’t think much about it either; just registered the QQ while browsing our game forum."

"Saw that phrase and just used it."

Chen Yan winked, saying, "Don’t forget, my main QQ’s nickname was also scouted from the forum."

Hearing Chen Yan say this, Yu Qiao Qiao felt a bit aggrieved and said, "You’re still saying...."

"What the hell is that ’Chunzi Sauce yyds’?"

"It sounds creepy~"

Chen Yan burst into laughter.

The reason netizens chose this name was because Chen Yan in the game once squashed the character played by Yu Qiao Qiao into a pulp, hence such a wickedly interesting name.

Regardless, with Chen Yan’s explanations, whimsical ranting, and jokes, the matter was played down.

Because Yu Qiao Qiao, with the mindset of a normal person, thought it over many times.

A casually registered small account could be named anything.

It simply didn’t represent any specific meaning.

Especially since the small account was only to contact an author without revealing Chen Yan’s identity.

That made it even less significant.

So Yu Qiao Qiao didn’t dwell on it any longer.

And with that, the couple had a moment of tenderness.

Yu Qiao Qiao then left Chen Yan’s office: she wanted to go home to clean up, otherwise staying sticky felt uncomfortable.

After Yu Qiao Qiao left, Chen Yan tidied up the office, returned to his desk, and opened "Yang Rou’s" QQ, planning to chat with Yang Rou.

After all, when discussing managing futures with "Yang Rou," Chen Yan didn’t know that this "incubation period" would be so long.

Originally, he thought it would be like before—quick in and out, many operations.

And because the system didn’t list the subsequent rise of gold futures,

Chen Yan didn’t know whether the futures were suddenly going to spike or explode on a specific day.

So, after buying, he just informed her.

This also caused "Yang Rou" to be fearful and anxious for a week.

Chen Yan, as expected, needed to chat with her, to reassure her.

Thinking this, Chen Yan reopened QQ and started chatting with "Yang Rou."

"Yang Rou," [Bad Mister. Gold futures seem to have been quiet this whole time. Is this normal?]

Chen Yan, [It’s normal. This is a medium-term position. It should take about a month to see any movement.]

...

Yang Nuannuan had actually been doing pretty good these days.

Although the futures she bought following Chen Yan hadn’t risen yet, ...having already practiced with tens of millions, she really didn’t care about a few million.

Still, this was a rare spice in her otherwise cold life.

So, after a week with no rise, Yang Nuannuan couldn’t contain her curiosity and contacted Chen Yan to chat, to see if there was any issue.

After sending the message to Chen Yan, Yang Nuannuan waited a long, long time, almost an hour before she received Chen Yan’s reply.

Seeing Chen Yan’s estimation of about a month, Yang Nuannuan didn’t doubt it.

After all, Chen Yan had proven his foresight and ability many times.

But... without doubt, that didn’t mean she wasn’t curious.

During these times, following Chen Yan making waves in the financial derivatives, Yang Nuannuan grew increasingly fond and curious about these financial operations.

So, she couldn’t help but ask, [Bad Mister, what are you basing your judgment on? I’m a bit curious.]

...

Actually, these days, other than buying futures, Chen Yan had been constantly checking various data on gold.

Not because he suddenly became studious. It was entirely because the system alerted him that there might be media coverage.

So, Chen Yan considered looking at these materials in advance.

By then, if I absolutely had to do an interview, I could also say some useful stuff and avoid creating "an embarrassing situation where a songwriter doesn’t even know the chords."

So, seeing "Yang Rou" ask this, Chen Yan immediately decided to start pretending!

He slowly explained everything he learned during this time about macroeconomics, the financial value of Gold, the global situation’s impact on Gold, and the cyclical laws of Gold.

In reality, Chen Yan knew that what he was talking about actually had no substantial content.

But... those media people, readers, including "Yang Rou" who was listening now, didn’t understand either!

So, Chen Yan just needed to sound sophisticated and somewhat vague, and that would be enough.

After all, everyone was a layman, listening for fun.

Could they actually follow along and apply it?

...

Meanwhile, Yang Nuannuan had already taken out a pen and paper, diligently noting down everything Chen Yan was talking about.

Chen Yan talked a lot.

He digressed a lot, too.

But Yang Nuannuan was very serious in her notes.

When the two were done with their conversation,

Yang Nuannuan looked at her notes, feeling somewhat perplexed.

Because... during this time, she taught herself finance and futures and developed some understanding of these topics.

But... it seemed like what Chen Yan said was not the same.

Moreover, when she seriously analyzed Chen Yan’s words, she discovered... his fundamental logic was all wrong.

His many reasons and logics were clearly based on the assumption that "Gold will rise," and only then did he arrive at those conclusions.

Could such obvious issues really come from a financial genius?

Yang Nuannuan was momentarily hesitant.

Had she overestimated Chen Yan?

The moment this thought emerged, Yang Nuannuan felt something was amiss.

After all, she had personally witnessed Chen Yan pull off miracles time and again.

If someone succeeds once, it could be chalked up to luck.

But it can hardly be luck every time, right?

And Yang Nuannuan had also doubted once whether Chen Yan actually had no skill and merely had insider information.

But she had dismissed this idea long ago.

After all, following Chen Yan in trading stocks and futures, Yang Nuannuan had noticed that Chen Yan had dabbled in very varied types of stocks and futures.

If it were one stock, or a field of stocks, one might say Chen Yan had insider info.

But now, Chen Yan had bought so many stocks and futures.

Who could possibly know so much insider information about so many listed companies or futures?

Therefore...

After eliminating so many possibilities.

Yang Nuannuan felt that there was only one answer: it must be that Chen Yan felt he actually didn’t understand finance, so he was just brushing her off casually!

Thinking this, Yang Nuannuan felt everything made sense.

Moreover, she tried to step into his shoes and felt it was normal.

After all, if it were her, dealing with an online friend who helped her make money, and yet asked all sorts of questions, she’d probably brush them off too!

However, even though she knew the "reason," Yang Nuannuan didn’t want to lose the opportunity to learn.

So, after careful contemplation, she felt: maybe, only if she showed her own capabilities would Chen Yan seriously consider her and teach her something actually useful!

With this in mind, Yang Nuannuan weighed her words, rephrased her language, and then replied,

"Bad Mister, actually... I’m very interested in finance in private."

"I think your analyses are very correct, so, I also want to share some of my views."

After saying this, Yang Nuannuan shared the results of her research from the past few days, sending one message after another to Chen Yan.

She hoped that Chen Yan, seeing her serious research and her keenness to learn knowledge, would share some real knowledge with her.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side of the phone, Chen Yan.

When he saw "Yang Rou" had sent such a long string of messages, Chen Yan was momentarily stunned.

Then he browsed through all the content, somewhat surprised he looked up, "Wow! Sister Rou is so awesome, huh? She even understands finance?"

Although just a beginner, since Chen Yan had also checked some data in the last few days.

So, at a glance, Chen Yan felt that "Yang Rou"’s analysis was much stronger and more sensible than his!

"Copy that, copy that!"

Always worried that his lack of knowledge in finance would be exposed during media interviews, Chen Yan felt "Yang Rou" was really a godsend!

Just what he needed!

Absolutely thrilled.

...

So, half an hour later, Yang Nuannuan only received a message, "I think what you said is very correct. Keep it up."

This left Yang Nuannuan sweating coldly and feeling that Chen Yan was being too stingy, she was so eager to learn yet he was so tight-lipped...

...

So, in this back and forth of "you ask, I copy" between Chen Yan and Yang Nuannuan, half a month passed.

During these half a month, Gold futures remained dead still, as if non-existent.

Originally, many in Hong Kong thought Chen Yan might have really made some predictions or gotten insider info, but now they had lost hope.

Even casual chit-chats after meals no longer mentioned Chen Yan.

The world moves fast, every day bringing new developments, new topics to discuss.

Lately, the hot topic in Hong Kong’s financial circle was that a well-known international venture capital firm might go bankrupt.

This scoop was much more significant than Chen Yan’s investment failure.

Chen Yan was like being forgotten, no one remembered he still had bought Gold futures, desperately hoping for a surge in Gold prices.

And just when there was no noise, some well-informed big capital holders began to quietly buy Gold all over the world.

The Gold prices also started to stabilize from a steady decline, then slowly began to rise.

These moves did not catch the majority’s attention, not even the sensitive financial institutions noticed.

And then another week passed.

Suddenly, the Federal Bank of the Beautiful Country held a short press conference.

During the meeting, apart from discussing a few major issues, there was also a minor piece of information that was particularly noteworthy.

The spokesperson claimed that in the morning meeting, participants proposed that to stimulate the economy and domestic demand of the Beautiful Country, the Federal Bank should consider easing interest rates.

That is, the Beautiful Country was about to pump money into the economy.

Once the interest rates were cut, it would lead to increased liquid capital, bringing a certain inflation worry, and at this time, due to the need for value preservation, the demand for Gold would increase, and its price would rise.

This news had never come before.

It was said that it was a last-minute proposal during the Federal Bank’s meeting this morning.

Typically, such proposals are often denied, which is very normal.

But this time, it was mentioned in a press conference.

The entire direction suddenly changed.

Meanwhile, the financial circle of Hong Kong, having received the news, was suddenly a bit confused.

Because they couldn’t help but think of Chen Yan who had heavily invested in Gold futures a month ago...

This scoop was much more significant than Chen Yan’s investment failure.

Chen Yan was like being forgotten, no one remembered he still had bought Gold futures, desperately hoping for a surge in Gold prices.

And just when there was no noise, some well-informed big capital holders started to quietly buy gold all over the world.

The Gold prices also started to stabilize from a steady decline, then slowly began to rise.

These moves did not catch the majority’s attention, not even the sensitive financial institutions noticed.

And then another week passed.

Suddenly, the Federal Bank of the Beautiful Country held a short press conference.

During the meeting, apart from discussing a few major issues, there was also a minor piece of information that was particularly noteworthy.

The spokesperson claimed that in the morning meeting, participants proposed that to stimulate the economy and domestic demand of the Beautiful Country, the Federal Bank should consider easing interest rates.

That is, the Beautiful Country was about to pump money into the economy.

Once the interest rates were cut, it would lead to increased liquid capital, bringing a certain inflation worry, and at this time, due to the need for value preservation, the demand for Gold would increase, and its price would rise.

This news had never come before.

It was said that it was a last-minute proposal during the Federal Bank’s meeting this morning.

Typically, such proposals are often denied, which is very normal.

But this time, it was mentioned in a press conference.

The entire direction suddenly changed.

Meanwhile, the financial circle of Hong Kong, having received the news, was suddenly a bit confused.

Because they couldn’t help but think of Chen Yan who had heavily invested in Gold futures a month ago...