Great Eastern's capital, Dongsi Street branch of Silver Merchant Bank, 4 p.m.
Li Peifeng, who finished the lottery draw, hurriedly managed to get to the bank before closing time to handle the gold purchase transaction, fortunately, the bank had already resumed normal operations on the fifth.
The process turned out to be simpler than Li Peifeng expected, finished within an hour.
Buying a certain amount of gold at the bank, establishing a gold storage account, signing a storage agreement, and then storing the gold in the bank vault—done!
From now on, Li Peifeng can withdraw these gold bars anytime, gift them to others, or sell them back to the bank depending on the current gold price, the latter only requiring a small service fee.
"All done, your storage account now holds 864 grams of gold, which amounts to 320,000 Great Eastern Coins."
The attractive bank receptionist's gaze didn't leave Li Peifeng's face the entire time, using her gentle voice as if she were in love, she said: "If you redeem them, the redemption service fee rate will not exceed 1.5%. Do you have any other transactions to process?"
"No, thank you."
Li Peifeng politely replied, casually rated a satisfactory score on the keypad, then picked up his bank card and receipt from the counter. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed something off.
"Hmm?"
Taking a closer look, he found a slip of paper tucked inside, with a name and phone number written on it...
Ordinary girl, really a turn-off, dreaming of adding me on WeChat without a five-billion net worth?!
"Take care!"
The bank's lobby manager was a woman in her thirties, dressed in a business suit, with well-defined features and neatly tied long hair, exuding some mature charm. She had guided the transaction process the entire time and quickly approached when she saw Li Peifeng leaving.
Hmm, her eyes were also glued to Li Peifeng's face, as if wanting to dive right in...
Li Peifeng had ample reason to suspect that the swift completion of this transaction had something to do with his recently transformed appearance.
"Please add me on WeChat; if there are any issues with the account or if I have any investment advice, I can contact you promptly."
Li Peifeng glanced at her name tag, which read "Cui Rong" under 'lobby manager', causing him to pause and smile nodding, "Alright, thank you, Manager Cui."
This smile even left Cui Rong dazed for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, a blush appeared on her face, she offered a modest smile, in actuality, the crow's feet at her eyes showed.
"No problem, it's my duty."
After adding each other on WeChat, Li Peifeng kept moving and exited the bank.
By then, the bank had already reached closing time; he was the last customer, and after he left, security locked the door while the bank staff started settling accounts and chatting excitedly.
"Oh my, he's so handsome! Can a person really look this perfect?!"
"Like a dream guy walking out of fiction!"
"Is he a celebrity or a model? Did any of you take photos, see if you can find him online?"
"He was so handsome that I didn't even dare to speak while near him..."
The only male employee at the scene, apart from the security guard, seemed sour as if he had eaten a lemon, commenting, "I give up, seriously, just because of his transaction, you all delayed billing for half an hour?!!"
Yet no one cared about his opinion.
"Xiaohui! Haha, I saw you secretly writing a note just now, what do you say?"
"What do you think?"
The bank receptionist who handled Li Peifeng's transaction gently patted her chest, breathing heavily with a rosy face: "Trying luck, probably won't get any response from him."
"Kudos to Xiaohui, not only did she not get swooned from close contact, she even dared to pass a note."
"Hey Sister Rong, you've added him on WeChat, hurry up, let us see his Moments!"
"What are you talking about?! Get back to work, that's customer privacy!"
Cui Rong firmly held her phone, saying defensively, "Wanting to see his Moments already? What's next, wanting me to push him to you lot? Then... I dare not even think further!"
"Don't be so stingy, let us have a look!"
"Exactly, if we can't get the handsome guy, can't we at least take a peek?"
A few employees came forward, seemingly to snatch, Cui Rong quickly dodged and ran into the bathroom, locking the door behind her to feel safe.
"A bunch of shameless! You all have families, and you still want this?!"
"Your kids even go to kindergarten for soy sauce, yet you hit on him?"
"I, I did it for business!"
"Tsk, fine, if we can't see, never mind!"
After a few comebacks, Cui Rong finally had a moment to herself. She took out her phone, opened Li Peifeng's WeChat page, her expression quickly shifted from anticipation to disappointment...
"Empty?"
Of course, it's empty, Li Peifeng generally decides whether to add women who hit on him based on their looks. If their looks don't pass, but it's hard to refuse, like with Cui Rong, even if he accepts the friend request, he will set his Moments to 'not visible to her', avoiding any unnecessary thoughts and protecting his privacy.
"Hey there, handsome..."
While walking home, Li Peifeng was approached yet again, the girl looked quite pretty, but unfortunately, he really wasn't in the mood now.
"Sorry, I'm in a hurry."
After bluntly refusing, Li Peifeng continued to stride home without looking back, yet he heard the girl's sad sigh and noticed the shocked yet slightly admiring glances from people around, as if saying...
"What a cool handsome guy!!"
Hmph, I'd rather brave the autumn wind and walk three kilometers home than choose to take a cab, aiming for just this kind of effect!
Mortals, I shall share with you, share my unparalleled beauty!
Ladies, please enjoy watching!
I just love how you covet, starved, eyes brimming with desire yet can't get me!!
While indulging in self-admiration, Li Peifeng couldn't help but marvel at the power of facial transformation, it enhanced his charm by at least fifty percent, a perfect addition!
Ordinary people might not know what it means for the most handsome guy in school to become fifty percent handsomer.
Typically, we'd use two words to describe such a person: City Grass!
"The vast capital of Dong, there's no one handsomer than me!"
"Loneliness!"
Li Peifeng felt so inflated that he walked horizontally, reveling in delight when suddenly the phone rang, the caller being Xu Manning.
"Damn, the creditor is chasing quickly, feeling like running away!"
Li Peifeng felt a rush of nerves, pressing the answer key...
"Are you at the hospital?"
Li Peifeng looked up towards the tall buildings nearby, smiling as he said, "I'm at the supermarket... next to the hospital, are you done with work?"
"Yes."
"Then come to my place, I'll treat you to dinner."
Xu Manning straightforwardly replied, "Stop talking nonsense, do you really have a disease or not?"
Li Peifeng's tone was elusive: "I often have diseases, but luckily, you always have the medicine."
Xu Manning remained silent for several seconds, then disdainfully said, "So cheesy, are you planning to use this cheesiness to cook for me? Gross!"
"So are you coming to eat or not?"
"I am!"
"..."