CH 131

As it was a picnic, Di Xingchen cooked a simple meal this time. Apart from grilled fish, he made a fish soup, then cooked a big pot of it in a big mess, and cooked some bags of noodles and set the table.

Duan Yihua They found the sun too hot, so they put up the umbrellas too.

We all sat down around a small table, which turned out to be too small and too long for everyone's legs, so Yan Zhi and Pei Xu took a bowl and went to the side to eat.

The sun was getting higher and the wind was turning warm. After eating we all laid out the other mats and sat together in the sun chatting.

Di Xingchen looked at his phone and suddenly turned to Pei Xu and said, "It's up again today."

"What went up big?" Hu Ying asked.

" Pei Xu's fund."

"And you bought his fund?" Duan Yihua asked.

Di Xingchen says: "He has a superb track record."

Wen Nuo came over to look at Pei Xu's fund.

"I bought some funds too, and last month I made over 40,000, but last week I looked again and lost over 10,000, so I sold them all." Wen Nuo says, "It's a waste of time and energy to play for a year."

As one of the only two ordinary people on the show, Di Xingchen felt that since he knew this wealth code, he couldn't not tell Wen Nuo, so he said, "You can buy Pei Xu's fund, it's really stable, it's up another point today!"

Hu Ying came over and asked, "How much is a point? Only a few hundred dollars?"

Di Xingchen and Wen Nuo immediately looked at him, "Only?"

Hu Ying smiled and said, "I don't know anything about that."

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They all have their own professional financial management teams.

Wen Nuo and Di Xingchen got together to talk about money management and Wen Nuo felt he had found an opportunity at once.

He and Di Xingchen are both ordinary people, they have a lot in common!

Huo Cheng asks Pei Xu: "Do you take private orders?"

Pei Xu says: "Our company has a hard and fast rule against taking on private work."

"Brother Huo is talking about dedicated wealth management, right? They've just had a break-up in the fund world, and it's to do with fund managers taking private jobs." Lin Qingning said.

"It is difficult for fund managers to be fair and impartial if they take on private work, which involves many aspects such as firewall mechanisms and trading techniques, and once exposed, it very much affects the credibility of the company. The regulatory level of our major fund companies is now very much focused on this aspect. It is even more important for me, as the leader of our company, to lead by example."

Huo Cheng said, "It's a pity, I was hoping to get you to help me with my finances."

"Doesn't your company have a professional financial management team now?" Duan Yihua asks.

Huo Cheng laughs, "There is one, but it's a small company that can barely keep up with our company and I'm planning to change it after the year."

"I can introduce you to a friend if you need," says Pei Xu, "who specialises in specialised wealth management and has a lot of big clients on his hands and a lot of personal skills. You can talk about it."

Huo Cheng smiled when he heard this and said, "Yes, you have a good eye."

Hu Ying immediately asked, "What is the annual return that your friend can achieve? All the money I earn now is put into our family fund and I let them take care of it. I think they are getting lazy now, but they have a good relationship with my dad and the older generation, and my dad trusts them. I'm tempted to set up my own business."

The richer the person, the more concerned they are about their finances, and everyone soon surrounded Pei Xu and asked him, a professional, for advice.

Di Xingchen looked at the camera next to his and thought to herself that Pei Xu's expertise would finally have a chance to be shown in the show.

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Wen Nuo glanced at him, feeling as if all this financial talk, which could cost tens of millions of dollars, had nothing to do with these two ordinary people.

Wen Nuo plucked up enough courage to tap Di Xingchen on the arm.

Di Xingchen looked back at him and Wen Nuo whispered, "Let's go out for a walk."

Di Xingchen froze for a moment and then got up from the ground.

Hu Ying and the others were talking seriously, but when they saw Di Xingchen get up, they all looked back.

As Wen Nuo and Di Xingchen walked up the riverbank, Wen Nuo laughed and said, "They were talking about millions and millions of dollars, and it was infuriating."

Di Xingchen joked, "We are still young, we have plenty of opportunities!" Wen Nuo was very honest and couldn't think of anything interesting to say to Di Xingchen when they were alone, so the two of them chatted about it and walked to a hillock in the distance.

Di Xingchen sat next to him and played with the weeds. Although he knew that Wen Nuo also liked him, perhaps Wen Nuo was just too cute and soft, and Di Xingchen really didn't feel any pressure or awkwardness with him, and he turned to Wen Nuo and asked, "How is business in your shop? I was going to visit your shop, but I didn't go because it was too crowded."

Wen Nuo says: "Now our shop is doing exceptionally well and my friend is already looking at a new shop."

Di Xingchen smiled and said, "See, I was right, maybe you'll be a big boss in the future."

Wen Nuo says: "It would be nice if I could open a few branches and hopefully buy a big house in South City. With another million dollars in savings, I'll have enough."

Di Xingchen smiled and said, "Definitely."

Wen Nuo sat up: "What about you? Do you have any dreams? What do you want to do when the show is over?"

"I'm staying in school," Di Xingchen says, "and I'll have to wait until after I graduate to see what happens further down the line."

"Don't you want to be a food blogger? You're so good at cooking!" Wen Nuo said.

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"But I've been learning to dance for so many years and I don't want to waste it, it's just that right now my strength is not enough to keep up with the fame, so when this show is over, I should be practicing more intensely and trying to dance a little better."

"But I think you're a good enough dancer," Wen Nuo says. Wen Nuo said, "Better than many famous masters."

Di Xingchen laughed and said, "I've never even won a trophy of any significance, whereas the best in our school has won two gold medals."

"But isn't beauty more important in dance? There are some dances that are super good and super difficult, but they don't look beautiful at all, they're done after watching them, so maybe I don't know much about it, I think it's most important for artistic things to move people. It's important to be remembered."

Di Xingchen says: "Like when you make desserts, it's not just about looking good, it's also about tasting good and preferably healthy, it's really good, customers like it and you feel more accomplished."

Wen Nuo was thoughtful and finally said, "Then let's work together and try to get better and better."

Di Xingchen nodded, "Good."

Wen Nuo then lay down again, looked at the white clouds in the sky and said, "Think about a few years from now, a dozen years from now, maybe I will have opened many, many dessert shops and you will be a great dancer and gourmet famous all over the world."

Hopefully, the two of them will still meet then.

When I think about it, Wen Nuo still feels touched.

They both stayed on the hillock for half an hour before coming down and when they came back Hu Ying they had put their tent away and were ready to go back.

"If you don't come down, we're all going to go up and shout at you." Hu Ying said with a smile.

Wen Nuo and Di Xingchen chat and he is not jealous.

He felt that Wen Nuo was not dangerous.

They are going to a nearby horse farm in the afternoon.

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"Is the programme too tight this time?" Lin Qingning said. Lin Qingning says, "We're running three places a day."

"It's like we're not a group activity from tomorrow." Hu Ying said.

The racecourse is ten kilometres away and is one of the more famous attractions in the area. Guo Bing was already waiting for them in the stable with the crew, followed by a couple of boys dressed as herdsmen, leading eight horses.

"Raise your hand if you can ride a horse." Guo Bing said.

As a result, all but Wen Nuo and Lin Qingning raised their hands.

"I can do a bit, not well." Duan Yihua said.

Hu Ying looked at Di Xingchen in surprise: "You know how to ride a horse?"

Huo Cheng and the others also looked at Di Xingchen with curiosity.

"I've ridden it before and now I don't know if the skills have deteriorated enough to try it." Di Xingchen said.

Guo Bing was also a bit surprised and said, "It's still dangerous to ride, we might have a PK competition later for those who will ride, those who don't ride very well can automatically forfeit, winning or losing this time won't affect much, we are mainly there to split the group."

Duan Yihua said, "We're here, let's give it a try."

Lin Qingning put his hand up at that, "I'll try it too, I've ridden it once or twice."

Wen Nuo was scared out of his wits because of the paragliding incident in the morning and chose to give up this time.

Di Xingchen listened while touching the big white horse he was given. Hu Ying smiled and looked at Di Xingchen: "Xingchen, be careful, do you want me to give you a sample first?"

Di Xingchen smiled and said, "Come on."

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Hu Ying immediately clamped his legs together, "Heave!"

Hu Ying rode the horse around, valiantly and beautifully. Di Xingchen has been riding horses for a long time, so he rode his horse carefully to familiarise himself with it and get a feel for it, and only took a few steps around the place.

"Here's how we're going to do this pk, you see that red flag in front of you, it's a bit far away, I don't know if you can see it, run there, come back around, the one who takes the shortest time is first, and so on, rank them." Guo Bing said.

"The director just said that winning or losing doesn't have much impact, does it?" Duan Yihua suddenly confirmed.

Guo Bing smiled, "Right."

"What does that mean?" Hu Ying looked to Lin Qingning next to his, "Is it better to win or to lose?"

Lin Qingning smiled and shook his head.

Hu Ying said, "Forget it, I don't care. I'm going to win first place this time!"

He said and looked at Pei Xu and Yan Zhi next to him.

From what he saw, Huo Cheng and Di Xingchen were both rusty riders, but Yan Zhi and Pei Xu, who seemed to be very calm and relaxed, clearly knew how to ride. This is his arch rival.

The seven of them were lined up in a row. Di Xingchen looked at the red flag in the distance, because it was a vast grassland and there was no reference point, the red flag did not look very far away, but it must be at least three or four kilometres. Guo Bing repeatedly stressed, "It's not important that we win or lose this time, we must be safe."

The head of the stable said, "We pick very docile horses and people just don't panic, there's usually no problem."

The person in charge gave them the safety instructions again. Guo Bing shouted, "Everyone get ready, I'm going to count to three to run ......"

Pei Xu glanced at Di Xingchen and saw that he was gripping the reins tightly, looking extremely serious.

"Three, two, one, go!"

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As soon as Guo Bing said that, Hu Ying rode out first and shouted, "Heave!"

Pei Xu and Yan Zhi, who were not slow to catch up, were soon pulled away from Hu Ying, who suddenly pulled back on the reins and lurched around to look over.

Di Xingchen laughed and with a slight clip of his foot, he picked up some speed on his horse, turning his head to look at Yan Zhi and Pei Xu next to him. Di Xingchen gradually relaxed and began to accelerate, going faster and faster, causing Huo Cheng to shout from behind, "Xingchen, take it easy!

Pei Xu and Yan Zhi were right behind him and Di Xingchen soon caught up with Hu Ying. Hu Ying turned his head around and ran after Di Xingchen: "You're not bad."

It was a surprise, he didn't even think Di Xingchen could ride a horse.

It was also a pleasant surprise for the crew.

Guo Bing said to writer Liu: "We may have underestimated Di Xingchen. You were worried earlier that he wasn't shining enough." Hu Ying was bad, this time running ahead of Di Xingchen, while Pei Xu and Yan Zhi were right behind him, probably because of the rules of the PK, and everyone felt it was safest to place next to him. Di Xingchen pursed his lips and the more he rode the faster he felt, so he ran even faster.

The gap between the seven was widening, with Duan Yihua and Lin Qingning being the first to be pulled away. Hu Ying was also excited, the sun shining brightly on his face, he twisted his head, smiling at Di Xingchen while competing with him, staying half a horse's length ahead of him, both of them gaining speed, surprising Yan Zhi and Pei Xu behind them. Pei Xu and Yan Zhi didn't dare to be careless, all four of them were almost at top speed and on the turn Di Xingchen caught Hu Ying in a flash.

Hu Ying is really excited about this.

"Heave!" He shouted.

He accelerates, Di Xingchen accelerates, the wind rustles his clothes, Hu Ying almost stands up, his body lurching and undulating with such sharpness, while next to him Di Xingchen, slightly flushed, gasps for breath and drives alongside him, his hair flying about, his eyes bright and heroic.

"Di Xingchen can do it!" Guo Bing said excitedly. Guo Bing said excitedly.

He wants Di Xingchen to take first place!

It's the contrast that makes this show so effective!

Wen Nuo, next to him, was even more impressed. Di Xingchen is so handsome!

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A gallant young man!

Hu Ying is so sassy too, totally sassy in a way he hasn't been shown before!

They both left both Pei Xu and Yan Zhi far behind.

Behind them Huo Cheng looked directly at Di Xingchen and Hu Ying and laughed out loud.

The results are now in, he's fifth, Pei Xu and Yan Zhi are third and fourth, and Di Xingchen and Hu Ying are first and second!

Hu Ying turned to Di Xingchen and shouted, "No one is allowed to give way!" as the end was approaching.

"OK!"

Di Xingchen smiled and leaned down, almost on the horse's back, both horses were running at top speed, and with the finish line in sight, Wen Nuo and his team were already cheering, it was no longer a race of horsemanship, as they crossed the finish line at almost the same speed.

The two didn't stop after the dash, Hu Ying rode on his horse and laughed, it didn't matter if he won or not, what mattered was that he and Di Xingchen were having a great time!

Di Xingchen held out his hand on the horse and the two shook hands over the bumps, Hu Ying let go of his hand, turned back to the programme team with gusto and asked, "Who's first?!"

"Your horse crossed the line head first, but Xingchen's tail crossed it first, so you're tied!" Guo Bing said with a smile.

Hu Ying laughed out loud and glanced back at Yan Zhi and Pei Xu, who had crossed the line.

He thought at first that they were running slow on purpose.

Now I realise that they were both surprisingly average riders in the first place!

Blame it on the fact that both of these guys were so calm, he thought they were masters too!

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Finally, the day has come when he, Hu Ying, comes out on top! There's something Pei Xu and Yan Zhi aren't good at anymore!

Relief!

Yes!

Pei Xu and Yan Zhi jumped down from their horses, Huo Cheng and the three of them were a bit far behind. Hu Ying looked to the director: "Director, the results are in. What's next?"

He can't wait.

Guo Bing looks at Hu Ying: "Don't be too happy, I told you before, winning is not necessarily good, losing is not necessarily bad."

Hu Ying said, "If you're going to say I won and lost the right to date instead, I'll just pack up and go back to South City!"

Everyone just laughed.

Di Xingchen turned back to Pei Xu who asked, under his breath, "What did you get?"

"I'm tied for first with Hu Ying." Di Xingchen said with a smile.

Pei Xu smiles and gives a thumbs up. Di Xingchen raises an eyebrow with great amusement.

Pei Xu was not good at riding horses in the first place, he was not close to people and he was not close to animals, he was just amazed that Di Xingchen could ride his horse so well.

Di Xingchen on horseback was really cool, totally unexpected and stunning, even the way he raised his eyebrows in triumph just now was cool to Pei Xu and his heart fluttered with love. He walked up behind Di Xingchen and said in the chaos of the crowd, "Mr. Zhai is amazing, when do you have time to teach me?"

When Di Xingchen heard him call himself Mr. Zhai, he immediately remembered the times when Pei Xu had called him that at the ice rink and asked him to wash his hair.

Di Xingchen's heart was racing at Pei Xu's call, and he looked forward but pushed him with his back. Pei Xu took a step back and laughed.

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Huo Cheng and his team crossed the finish line right behind them, and there was a mess of people around, Hu Ying was the most excited and was shouting, " Brother Huo you still have to work hard."

Huo Cheng was clearly not a good rider and stumbled when dismounting, while Lin Qingning and Duan Yihua were both sweating nervously.

The surroundings were so chaotic, but Pei Xu felt that the world was so quiet that a strange aura connected him to Di Xingchen. The band-aid on his pinky was rubbed away and the wound was red from the reins, but when he saw Lin Qingning and the others coming to congratulate Di Xingchen, he withdrew his hand. Di Xingchen said, "Ask Dr. Zhang for a Band-Aid."

After that Di Xingchen was surrounded by Lin Qingning and the others. Pei Xu walked towards Dr. Zhang, Hu Ying saw his smiling face and wondered how strange it was, he had lost to fourth place and was still happy.

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