After they finished having hot pot, those who wanted to drink started drinking, and those who wanted to play games went to play games. Those young people from the studio were playing in the dining room. In the living room, Qiao Jing Jing was playing with big sister Ling's daughter on the sofa, while listening to A Guo chatting with Yu Tu on the other side of the sofa.
They first chatted about gaming for a while and then continued to chat about the gaming companies' shares. Then the topic led to a discussion about Hong Kong and US shares. Yu Tu was quite insightful about this, which made A Guo rather curious. "Teacher Yu, what do you do?"
He heard Yu Tu answered: "I'll be going to Zhong X next month."
"Oh, investment banking. No wonder."
Qiao Jing Jing was surprised.
The two chatted for a while. Then A Guo was pulled over to play Texas Hold'em. Yu Tu tactfully declined the invitation, took a glass of wine, and went out to the balcony.
The city under his feet was shining with bright lights.
Qiao Jing Jing gave the cute little girl back to big sister Ling. She walked over to him and tilted her head to the side to look at him. "Are you really planning on going into investment banking?"
"Yes."
"When I was in high school, I had always admired you." Qiao Jing Jing suddenly said.
Yu Tu looked at her.
Qiao Jing Jing appeared calm: "Because you always scored full marks in mathematics and physics. At that time, I thought, this classmate will probably become a very amazing scientist in the future. If that's, I'll also bask in his glory.
"… as your classmate." Qiao Jing Jing quickly added that.
Yu Tu smiled, "I'll probably disappoint you."
"No, investment banking is also very good." Qiao Jing Jing did not let herself show any expressions of regret. She said in an especially brisk tone, "I feel that you'll be awesome in whatever you do."
He was afraid he likely would not be as awesome as that Mr. Su when it came to the field of finance. This thought suddenly flashed through Yu Tu's mind, and then he paused. His heart could not help feeling shocked.
Why did he even think about comparing himself to that other person?
Yu Tu took a sip of wine and suddenly said, "Someone once said I am very selfish."
Qiao Jing Jing looked at him with question marks in her eyes.
"I obviously have the ability to let my family live a better life, but I selfishly let my family sacrifice for my so-called dream."
Qiao Jing Jing frowned. "You should tell him, 'I'm sorry, I really do only have this ability.'"
Yu Tu raised his eyebrows slightly.
Qiao Jing Jing said, "You should think about it this way. What if you weren't like you are now, where you are able to do everything well, and you're only able to do one thing well? In fact, according to popular standards, that's also very good. Would someone still say you're selfish? That person said you are selfish, because you have too many types abilities that are outstanding. But how can you be blamed for being outstanding?"
After Qiao Jing Jing finished speaking all this in one breath, she also thought for a moment and nodded. "I think my logic is sound."
Yu Tu suddenly smiled.
He felt that he simply must be sick. He had deliberately said those words just now. Indeed, someone did say those words to him six or seven years ago. He once took exception to them, but sometimes, he too, would get confused.
He inexplicably wanted to know what Qiao Jing Jing would think.
In the end, her reply was so ... fallacious in reasoning and absurd?
"That's not right?" Qiao Jing Jing tilted her head to look at him.
"It's right."
Yu Tu moved his glance from her face. Suddenly a sentence, one that he did not even know where he had seen it before, popped up in his mind. "You look so good, so anything you say is right."
Qiao Jing Jing said with feeling, "I didn't think there would be a day that we could talk about these things."
Yu Tu said, "In comparison, it's even more strange for me to be teaching you how to play games."
"I deceived you." Qiao Jing Jing turned his words back on him. Then she remembered that there was something to ask. "You said you'll be going over to investment banking next month. So when exactly will that be?"
"Probably in the middle third of the month."
"Then you can continue to teach me until the exhibition match?"
"Yes, I can." Yu Tu replied succinctly and firmly.
Qiao Jing Jing felt a little happy.
The warm breeze blew on her hair. She was leaning on the balcony railing and happily thinking, they were already considered friends now, right?