Chapter 68

Li Xiaoming clearly didn’t know that Lu Xin had taken Shen Yafang as his godmother. She smiled and asked, "Which leader's wife is your godmother?"

Lu Xin smiled slightly, "It’s Shen Yafang, the head of the publicity department of our Sanjiang Group. I saved her daughter Li Lu, and to show her gratitude, and seeing that I was a decent person, she took me as her godson."

Li Xiaoming widened her eyes and stared at Lu Xin in a daze, "It’s her!"

Li Xiaoming didn’t have much ill feeling towards her stepmother Shen Yafang. After all, the woman who caused her parents' divorce was someone else. Her stepmother Shen Yafang was actually a pitiful woman. Sometimes, Li Xiaoming even felt quite sympathetic towards her young stepmother. However, her stepmother had a baby face and well-maintained skin, making her look younger than Li Xiaoming, and only a few years older than Lu Xin. Taking Lu Xin as her godson, if this news spread, people would definitely say that Shen Yafang was keeping a young lover, which wouldn’t be good for the Li family’s reputation.

Li Xiaoming thought for a moment and then smiled at Lu Xin, "I haven’t seen Aunt Shen for a long time. I want to chat with her. I’ll go with you!" She wanted to remind Shen Yafang that taking a young man who was so close in age and so handsome as her godson was inappropriate.

Lu Xin knew that the relationship between Shen Yafang and the Li family, especially Li Zhonggang and Li Qiming, was very tense. However, he didn’t know how Shen Yafang got along with Li Xiaoming. He hesitated and said, "I don’t know if she will welcome you..."

Li Xiaoming smiled faintly, "I’m different from my father and brother. Aunt Shen actually likes me quite a bit!"

Lu Xin and Li Xiaoming walked side by side towards the ninth villa where Shen Yafang and Li Lu lived. Li Xiaoming glanced at Lu Xin and pointed to the beautiful platinum diamond necklace she was wearing, smiling, "Do you think I look good in this?"

Lu Xin smiled slightly, "You’re already very beautiful, and the necklace is also very pretty. They complement each other, making you even more charming."

Li Xiaoming’s smile grew wider, "I usually lack confidence in front of you, but now that you’ve said that, I feel more confident."

Lu Xin remembered that it was probably because he had said Li Xiaoming was harassing him in Chow Tai Fook that she felt insecure in front of him. He didn’t want to offend her further and said, "It seems you still lack confidence. True confidence comes from fully believing in yourself, not just from hearing compliments. With your appearance, you should be very confident when you smile."

Lu Xin wasn’t really interested in Li Xiaoming and didn’t want to flirt with her. However, his words, which contained both criticism and praise, stirred her emotions, aligning with the tactics of seduction, making her impression of him even deeper.

As they walked and chatted, they soon arrived at the door of the ninth villa. Lu Xin rang the doorbell, and Li Lu giggled as she opened the door. If she hadn’t seen Li Xiaoming standing next to Lu Xin, she might have thrown herself into his arms like a returning swallow.

Li Lu and Lu Xin had only known each other for a day, but she was deeply moved by him. This was the most adorable aspect of a young girl in the throes of first love. She didn’t require a man to have a house or a car; she just needed something about him to touch her heart, and she would love him passionately. This was pure love.

Reflecting on it now, during junior high, high school, and college, most teachers discouraged early romance, which was a form of destroying the purest and most beautiful feelings in life. Teachers and parents always said to wait until after graduation to fall in love, but is love after graduation still pure? Even if we don’t talk about houses and cars, just about chastity, for many male students in science and engineering, could they find a pure and kind woman after graduation, or more directly, a virgin? If a man is a virgin and his first girlfriend is not, how pure could their love be?

When Lu Xin first met Yang Xiaoli, although he never complained to her, he felt deep regret in his heart. Perhaps only after he had relationships with a few pure young girls could his mindset be balanced.

Among the women Lu Xin currently knew, Li Lu was a virgin, and Jiang Xueqing, who had always been picky and had never had a serious relationship, was likely also a virgin. Apart from them, the other women were not. In Lu Xin’s heart, women who had not given their first time to him did not deserve his full love. This mindset might seem despicable to women, but for many men, it was natural.

If he could truly be with either Li Lu or Jiang Xueqing, Lu Xin would forget about Yang Xiaoli and Zhou Ya, and remain pure for Li Lu or Jiang Xueqing. However, Li Lu was only fifteen years old, and Lu Xin’s desires were growing stronger. It was hard for him to wait three years without any desires. On the other hand, the pressure from Jiang Xueqing’s parents and her four years of ignoring his charm made him lose confidence in winning her over.

He really wanted to have a pure, clean, and single-minded relationship, but unfortunately, he was already twenty-two and had graduated. Most of the women he knew had already had romantic experiences, and none of them could meet his pure requirements.

He often wished he could live in the world of certain urban romance novels, where unmarried heroines were virgins, and even married women could be virgins, and in the end, all were virgins. Unfortunately, he lived in the real world, where the last legal wife of a great leader had been with four or five men, the second wife of the greatest real estate entrepreneur in China was a socialite with many male friends, and the new girlfriend of a billionaire who owned the largest electronic shopping website in China had been with four or five boyfriends. Lu Xin, a mechanic with no background, even with his gold control superpower, could he have all virgins? His first time was already given to a non-virgin, and one wrong step led to many more. The dream of having all virgins was already an unattainable fantasy.

In summary, in terms of relationships, Lu Xin could only muddle through.

As Li Xiaoming had said, Shen Yafang and Li Lu had a much better impression of her than of Li Zhonggang and Li Qiming. Li Lu giggled at Li Xiaoming, "Sister, you haven’t been here for a long time. I’ve missed you!"

Li Xiaoming stepped forward and touched her half-sister Li Lu’s chubby, baby-like face, asking nervously, "Lulu, I’ve missed you too. Lulu, I heard from Lu Xin that he saved you. What happened? Are you okay?"

Li Lu led Li Xiaoming to the living room and recounted how Lu Xin had saved her.

Li Xiaoming turned and looked at Lu Xin in surprise, "You look so gentle, but you’re actually a martial arts expert and can use the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt techniques. That’s amazing! I need a bodyguard. Why don’t you come to our company and protect me? I’ll pay you 20,000 yuan a month, which is many times higher than your current salary!"

"Xiaoming, even if you offered me 100,000 yuan, I wouldn’t leave Sanjiang Group," Lu Xin smiled faintly. "I’m a mechanical engineer, and that’s my foundation!"

"Your skills are so good, staying as a mechanic at Sanjiang Group is really a waste of talent!" Li Xiaoming persisted.

This was also a question Lu Xin had asked himself: why, with such a powerful gold control superpower, was he still at Sanjiang Group?

On the night he gained his gold control superpower, Lu Xin had considered quitting. He thought he could use his superpower to find gold and silver mines and make a fortune. However, after careful consideration, he quickly dismissed this idea.

Mining, especially in China, required strong backing. Lu Xin had just graduated and had few connections. Even if he could easily find a mine with his superpower, without the right connections, he would be taken advantage of, and his efforts would be in vain. At worst, he might even lose his life.

However, if Lu Xin became the chairman of Sanjiang Group and used his influence to turn it into his own business, he could then use his superpower to mine without being easily taken advantage of.

Lu Xin still had some concerns. His gold control superpower was not yet strong enough. To find gold, silver, and other precious metals, he needed to further develop his superpower, and Sanjiang Group, with its extensive metal equipment, was the perfect place for him to do so.

Considering all these factors, Lu Xin was willing to endure various setbacks, work hard, and strive to become the leader of Sanjiang Group as quickly as possible, and to develop his gold control superpower to the level where he could detect metal mines.

Is being able to detect metal mines impressive? Indeed, it is. Many mine owners have been deceived by unscrupulous merchants, buying expensive metal detectors that often give incorrect readings, leading to huge losses. Even with proton and magnetic instruments, finding a mine in the vast mountains is like looking for a needle in a haystack. If he could use his superpower to accurately locate a mine, he could save at least half of the initial mining costs.