Chen Wei and Lian Yingying sat down on a bench outside the emergency room.
The driver and the police officer also came over.
The officer first inquired about the situation with Chen Wei and Lian Yingying, took a statement, and then said to Chen Wei, "Mr. Chen and Miss Lian are both good-hearted people."
Lian Yingying felt pleased to be praised by the officer.
Chen Wei, however, couldn't shake off his concern for the injured woman, and he couldn't find joy in the situation.
Lian Yingying was a bit puzzled. She could sense Chen Wei's worry, but she didn't understand why he was so concerned about a stranger. She could only attribute it to his kind-hearted nature.
The driver was also very worried. The woman's condition directly affected his liability for compensation. How could he not worry?
The driver kept complaining to the officer, saying that the woman suddenly rushed out and he couldn't react in time.
The officer glanced at him indifferently and said, "Slow down at intersections. Don't you know? Stop talking nonsense. It's your responsibility, don't try to shirk it!"
The driver fell silent, wearing a mournful expression.
After a while, two employees from the insurance company arrived and talked to the driver and the police officer.
Chen Wei was not in the mood to pay attention.
A man rushed in with a five or six-year-old girl.
"Officer, how is my wife?" the man approached the officer, holding his hand and asked tearfully.
The officer could only offer some comfort.
When the driver wanted to apologize to the man, the man, upon hearing that the driver was responsible for the accident, immediately wanted to confront him.
Chen Wei and the officer quickly intervened and restrained the man.
The little girl started crying beside them.
The man glared angrily at the driver but eventually sat down with the girl, anxiously watching the emergency room.
After more than three hours of rescue efforts, the doors of the emergency room finally opened.
Several doctors wheeled the woman out.
The woman's husband rushed forward and asked, "Doctor, how is my wife?"
One of the doctors shook his head and said, "She survived, but her lumbar spine was fractured due to the impact. Recovery may be difficult."
"What... what does that mean?" the man asked in disbelief.
The driver, standing nearby, turned pale.
"It means that the patient may very well be paralyzed in her lower limbs!" the doctor said solemnly.
Upon hearing this, both the driver and the woman's husband collapsed to the ground.
"Oh no, this is... this is..." the driver sat on the ground, looking devastated.
Paralyzed for life! This would ruin him!
"How could this happen? How could this happen?" the woman's husband was also in despair, unable to accept the reality.
Chen Wei felt a lump in his throat as he stood there, silently watching the woman. His mind was in turmoil.
Lian Yingying tightly held Chen Wei's hand, her expression also filled with sadness.
A perfectly fine person had become paralyzed just like that. Even though Lian Yingying didn't know the woman, she felt a pang of sadness.
The officer, the driver, and one of the doctors left to attend to other matters.
Chen Wei and Lian Yingying followed them to the ward.
The nurse told the man that Chen Wei had kindly paid for the woman's medical expenses.
The man quickly came forward to express his gratitude.
Chen Wei shook his head, exchanged a few words of comfort with the man, and seeing that the man was feeling down, Chen Wei didn't linger any longer. He said he would come back to visit another day and left with Lian Yingying.
After leaving the hospital, it was getting late. Lian Yingying suggested they have dinner together.
Chen Wei didn't refuse.
They found a decent restaurant nearby and ordered a couple of dishes.
"That poor woman, such a tragedy for her to... sigh!" Lian Yingying sighed.
"Yeah! There's fate at work, whether we like it or not," Chen Wei sighed.
The woman was first hit by Lian Yingying, then Chen Wei intervened to save her from Lian Yingying's accident, but she couldn't escape the next tragedy.
Chen Wei couldn't help but wonder if it was all just coincidence or if it was predestined.
If it was coincidence, it was just too coincidental. But if it was predestined, then what was fate?
And what about his own system? Where did it come from? What was it exactly?
Chen Wei fell into contemplation.
Lian Yingying was also lost in her own thoughts, and neither of them spoke.
After a while, Lian Yingying put aside her worries and asked Chen Wei, "By the way, Chen Wei, how big of an office are you planning to rent? I'll have someone clean it up for you when I get back. There are already desks and chairs there, so you don't need to buy any."
Chen Wei came back to reality, smiled slightly, and said, "It doesn't need to be too big, just around a hundred square meters. Since we're just starting out with about a dozen people, we don't need a large space."
"That won't do! A hundred square meters won't be enough! Are you planning not to hire more people in the future? Anyway, that space is just sitting there idle. Why don't I have the whole floor prepared for you? I'll just let my dad know," Lian Yingying said decisively.
"Well, in that case, I won't be polite with you. It'll save you from accusing me of being petty. Consider me owing you a favor," Chen Wei smiled and stopped refusing Lian Yingying's kindness.
"What favor and no favor? Why do you still treat me like an outsider?" Lian Yingying complained, but after saying that, her cheeks flushed slightly.
Chen Wei noticed this and felt a little strange again.
After dinner, they chatted for a while longer and didn't leave the restaurant until it was nearly ten o'clock.
Chen Wei didn't ask Lian Yingying to accompany him; he just hailed a taxi and went home himself.
The next day was Monday.
Chen Wei woke up early, had breakfast downstairs, then came back up, turned on his computer, and checked the news for a while.
He paid particular attention to the data and information about copper, but there was no major news.
He also checked the overnight market trends, but there wasn't much fluctuation.
Chen Wei had a good idea of what to expect; he estimated that copper prices would likely range-bound today.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the futures market opened.
Copper opened high at 47,120.
After the opening, it immediately fell, quickly dropping to 47,050.
Then it rebounded, reaching 47,090 before falling again to 47,050.
Chen Wei entered a long position of over a hundred contracts at 47,050.
After entering the market, copper prices rebounded again, reaching 47,090.
Chen Wei had already placed his exit orders at 47,090 and quickly closed his positions. He then entered a hundred short contracts.
The resistance at 47,090 was strong, and copper prices fell again. However, this time, they stopped at 47,070.
Without hesitation, Chen Wei exited his positions at 47,070, making two trades back and forth and earning thirty thousand yuan.
Afterward, copper prices fluctuated between 47,070 and 47,090.
Chen Wei made several trades of a hundred contracts each back and forth, earning thirty to forty thousand yuan.