Chapter 68 - The Empress Secretly Plays the Stock Market

Recently, Lin Fan noticed a strange phenomenon.

In the past, as soon as her streaming time was over, Long Yue would end the stream immediately, without any hesitation, and then start studying or binging dramas and anime.

But recently, after ending her stream, she would be holding her phone and giggling foolishly all day, muttering things like "It's rising, it's rising again." It didn't look like she was watching a drama.

He had once asked her out of curiosity what she was looking at that was making her so happy, but she just gave him a mysterious smile and said it was a secret, and that he would find out later.

Although he was curious, he didn't press the issue, thinking that as long as she was happy, it was fine.

Until this day…

When it was time for lunch, Long Yue sat motionless at her computer desk, staring intently at her phone screen, her hands clutching her head, her face a mask of despair.

“Empress, time to eat.”

Lin Fan called out to her after placing the food on the table.

However, she remained unmoved, still staring blankly at her phone screen.

Usually, she was always very enthusiastic when it was mealtime. Why was there no reaction today?

Lin Fan felt it was strange and walked straight over to her side.

“Empress?”

“How is it still falling… Why isn't it going up? Hasn't it hit bottom yet…”

Long Yue didn't pay any attention to Lin Fan, her face ashen as she muttered something to herself.

“What's 'still falling'?”

Curious, Lin Fan peeked over her shoulder and saw the screen clearly displaying stock market data. Her chosen stock was a vibrant green, its trend line nosediving like a roller coaster on a steep drop.

“Empress, you really went and played the stock market?” Lin Fan asked in surprise.

“Mm…”

Long Yue nodded lightly.

Ever since hearing that day that playing the stock market could make money, she had searched for information about it online. While researching, she had unintentionally come across a short video of someone sharing their experience of making money in stocks.

In the video, the person described how they started from scratch, going from a penniless pauper to a multimillionaire in two years by playing the stock market. The story was told so fantastically it was truly tempting.

These words were like a seed planted in her heart.

As she delved deeper into understanding stocks, she was amazed to discover that this thing could really make money beget more money!

The more you invest, the more shares you hold, and the more you earn when the stock rises!

At that moment, an invisible force began to drive her…

And so, without Lin Fan's knowledge, she joined the world of stock trading, bought the same stock as that video blogger, and joined a stock-related group chat.

In the beginning, the stock rose for several days in a row. Every day, without doing anything, just by staring at the stock, she felt like she was continuously making money.

Watching with her own eyes as her money doubled, and then doubled again—this easy thrill of money begetting more money almost made her decide to give up streaming and throw herself wholeheartedly into stock trading.

However, starting from yesterday, her stock suddenly began to fall continuously, with people constantly selling it off.

At first, the people in the group chat comforted everyone, saying not to panic, that it was just a technical correction and would be fine.

Later on, they told them it was about to bottom out and to quickly add to their positions and go all in, because it would immediately shoot back up after it stopped falling, and then everyone would get rich together.

But when the market opened today, the stock was still a sea of green, with no signs of rising at all…!

“Empress, why did you actually go and play the stock market,” Lin Fan said helplessly.

He had warned her against it repeatedly, but in the end, she still went and did it secretly behind his back.

“This Empress just thought that this thing… seemed like a pretty good way to make money…”

Long Yue said dejectedly, her face full of sorrow.

On one hand, she had been too confident in her own wisdom as an Empress. On the other hand, she couldn't figure out why the shares of this company could be continuously sold off, to the point where it was like the entire company was being sold...

Shouldn't a publicly listed company work hard to maintain its stock's fluctuation...?

“Forget it. It's very normal to lose a little money in the stock market. Most retail investors lose money, so don't worry about it.”

“Sell it all off now while you can, get some of your principal back, and stop the bleeding.”

Lin Fan advised in a sincere and earnest tone.

Long Yue bit her lip, and her eyes couldn't help but well up with tears.

“It's too late…”

“Too late...? Empress, how much did you invest?”

Seeing Long Yue looking so sad and heartbroken she was about to cry, Lin Fan suddenly had an uneasy premonition.

Long Yue looked up at Lin Fan, wanting to speak but hesitating, unable to get the words out.

“Ten thousand…?”

Lin Fan guessed when she didn't speak.

Long Yue didn't respond, but the sad look on her face deepened.

Clearly, the amount she had invested far exceeded that number…

“Empress, don't tell me… you invested all of the forty thousand-plus you just received this month?!”

Lin Fan's face was a mask of disbelief.

“Mmm…”

Long Yue nodded guiltily.

Actually, at the very beginning, she had only invested five thousand to test the waters. Seeing the stock rise continuously and being able to make money just by sitting there, she couldn't hold back and invested another twenty thousand.

When the stock started to fall, she vaguely sensed that something was wrong and felt a bit uneasy. But by that time, it had already dropped a lot. If she sold then, she would suffer a massive loss, and she just couldn't bear to do it.

And so, seeing that other people were also adding to their positions, she decided to gamble on turning a bicycle into a motorcycle. She chose to believe them and invested her remaining twenty thousand in an attempt to save the situation.

However, her forty thousand yuan was like a stone sinking into the ocean; it disappeared into the stock market without creating a single ripple.

Just like that, her entire month's savings vanished into thin air overnight…

She had wanted to go back to the group chat to question those people, but she discovered that at some point, she had already been removed from the group…

At that moment, she finally realized she had been trapped. She wished she could follow the internet cable to find the manipulators behind the scenes and rip out their souls for refinement!

Thinking of how her month of arduous streaming had all been for nothing, Long Yue couldn't help but let 'little pearls' fall from her eyes as she began to sob silently.

She regretted it. Could they please give her the money back? Can't she just say she's not playing anymore…

“Sigh, forget it. It's only a few tens of thousands of yuan. Don't worry about it too much; life goes on.”

Lin Fan sighed and gently patted her shoulder.

As soon as he said this, Long Yue couldn't help but burst out wailing, her pretty face full of grievance.

“Wuwuwu, what do you mean 'only a few tens of thousands'? That was all of This Empress's savings! All of it!”

“It's gone. This Empress has nothing now…”

As she spoke, Long Yue suddenly stopped crying. Her eyes became vacant, her expression dull and wooden. Her entire being entered a state of 'great enlightenment' as she muttered to herself:

“This Empress suddenly feels that this world is just... like this. There's nothing worth holding on to. A mortal body will one day die and return to the heavens as a handful of yellow earth; it's only a matter of time. In the end, everything returns to nothingness…”

“Hey, hey, hey! Empress, don't get any funny ideas just because you failed at the stock market!”

At that moment, Lin Fan was genuinely worried that this Empress from the Immortal Realm might get a rash idea and decide to walk to the rooftop to 'feel the breeze'...

The great Empress of the Immortal Realm... if she really did something rash because she failed at the stock market, that would be truly lamentable…

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