Xiaoxiao's Business Talent

The next morning, after Fu Yanzhi sent his younger brothers off to school, he returned home and opened his computer. Drawing on his memories of his previous life, he deftly typed line after line of code for the latest software project his company had been about to develop back then. He knew this was a crucial step toward his success.

He had to race against every second to finish the code. Only by mastering the core technology could he secure an invincible position in the software industry. He plunged into his work at the computer, his fingers flying across the keyboard...

From morning until his younger brothers returned from school, Fu Yanzhi stayed in his room writing code. At the very moment Huanhuan came in to call him down for dinner, Fu Yanzhi finally finished the first part.

Huanhuan looked at the strange jumble of numbers on his eldest brother's computer and asked curiously, "Big Brother, what are all those strange numbers on your computer?"

Seeing Huanhuan's curiosity, Fu Yanzhi explained them to him one by one. Downstairs, Bo Qing was waiting for his eldest brother to come down for dinner. When he still didn't appear, Bo Qing went upstairs to find Fu Yanzhi and opened his door.

He saw his eldest brother holding Huanhuan and teaching him to use the computer, guiding his hands. Huanhuan was very clever; he had learned most of what Fu Yanzhi had just explained after hearing it only once.

Bo Qing smiled and said, "Huanhuan, tell Second Brother what I sent you upstairs to do."

Huanhuan thought for a moment, then scratched his head in embarrassment. "Second Brother sent me upstairs to call Big Brother down for dinner."

"Then why aren't you coming down to eat? And you too, Big Brother. Brother Long told me you haven't been downstairs once since you came back today. You didn't eat lunch, did you? Come downstairs and eat," Bo Qing said sternly.

Fu Yanzhi smiled and nodded. "Coming down now." With that, he carried Huanhuan downstairs. At the dinner table, everyone ate and chatted.

Bo Qing suddenly spoke up. "Big Brother, when you finish the code, what are you planning to do next?"

Fu Yanzhi put down his bowl and chopsticks and said seriously, "Once I'm finished, I'll go to Mingsheng Company and have Lin Mo develop the company according to the software I've developed. That will let Mingsheng gain a firm foothold in Luo City's technology sector."

Feng Yunxiao said from the side, "Big Brother, I heard my da..." Before he could finish the word "dad," Feng Yunxiao thought of something and stopped.

Seeing that Xiaoxiao had something to say, Fu Yanzhi asked, "What is it, Xiaoxiao? Go on."

Xiaoxiao shook his head and pretended to eat, making himself look very busy to his eldest brother.

Seeing him like that, Fu Yanzhi smiled. "Xiaoxiao, do you want to play a game with Big Brother?"

With his mouth stuffed full of food, Huanhuan mumbled, "What game, Big Brother? I want to play too!" His adorable appearance made everyone laugh.

Xingxing joined in as well. "Big Brother, I want to play a game too."

Fu Yanzhi nodded with a smile. "Sure, all of you can play."

Xingxing asked impatiently, "Big Brother, hurry up and tell us! I can't wait. I want to play right now."

Fu Yanzhi raised an eyebrow and smiled. "In a little while, I'll give each of you four a hundred yuan. You can use the money to make more. I don't care how you do it. I'll give you three days, and whoever earns the most will get a reward from me."

Xingxing's eyes lit up at once, and he clapped his hands excitedly. "Great, great! I'll definitely earn the most!"

Not to be outdone, Huanhuan patted his chest and said, "I'm going to earn lots and lots of money too."

Feng Yunxiao said nothing, thinking about something. Yueyue was also thinking about how to use a hundred yuan to make money.

After dinner, Fu Yanzhi gave each of them a hundred yuan. Once they had the money, they all went off to plan how to earn more.

Fu Yanzhi returned to his room and began organizing the materials related to the software. Sitting in front of his computer, his gaze resolute, he began tapping on the keyboard again.

Three days passed, and Fu Yanzhi finally finished the entire software project. That day, after dropping off his younger brothers, he went straight to Mingsheng Company.

When he arrived at Mingsheng Company, Fu Yanzhi went straight to find Lin Mo. At the sight of him, Lin Mo hurried over to greet him with a smile. "Brother Fu, you finally came! I've missed you to death."

Fu Yanzhi smiled. "I missed you too, Brother Lin, so here I am."

Lin Mo pulled Fu Yanzhi down to sit and said eagerly, "Brother Fu, you have no idea. Our company's market value has already surpassed a hundred million yuan. It's all thanks to you."

Fu Yanzhi smiled. "That's nothing, Brother Lin. If we promote what I brought you today, we'll go straight into the top 500."

Lin Mo asked in surprise, "Brother Fu, is that software of yours really as impressive as you say?"

Fu Yanzhi smiled confidently, opened the computer he had brought with him, and demonstrated the software's various functions.

Lin Mo's eyes widened further and further, his face full of delight and astonishment. "Brother Fu, if this software hits the market, it'll definitely whip up a storm!" he said excitedly.

Fu Yanzhi nodded. "Brother Lin, I believe Mingsheng has what it takes to promote it. As long as we follow my plan, Mingsheng will have no trouble gaining a firm foothold in Luo City's technology industry."

Lin Mo slapped his thigh. "All right, we'll do as you say! I'll arrange the manpower right away and prepare for development and promotion."

Fu Yanzhi smiled. "Sorry for the trouble, Brother Lin."

Lin Mo immediately waved a hand. "Brother Lin, what are you saying? Oh, right, there are fifty million yuan on this card. Take it and spend it for now."

Fu Yanzhi didn't stand on ceremony with Lin Mo. He accepted the card and thanked him with a smile.

Just then, Fu Yanzhi's phone rang. It was Huanhuan. On the other end, Huanhuan shouted excitedly, "Big Brother, our game is over! I earned lots of money. Come back and see!"

Fu Yanzhi agreed with a smile. After a brief word with Lin Mo, he hurried out of Mingsheng Company, looking forward to seeing the results of his younger brothers' "money-making game."

When Fu Yanzhi got home, Xingxing and Huanhuan ran straight over and surrounded him, chattering nonstop.

Fu Yanzhi told them to speak one at a time. Huanhuan then ran over and said, "Big Brother, I earned thirty yuan. That makes a hundred and thirty altogether."

Huanhuan pulled out the crumpled bills. Fu Yanzhi patted his head and said, "Great job, Huanhuan. How did you earn it?"

Huanhuan said proudly, "At first I thought about buying some snacks to resell, but after walking around twice, I found that most of the kids in the neighborhood already had treats from their parents. Nobody was willing to spend extra money to buy any."

"Later, I saw a grandma carrying fruit, so I went to the wholesale market and spent eighty yuan on ten jin of fresh strawberries. I sold all but two boxes. Then I worked out the costs and found that not only had I not spent all of the hundred yuan, I'd made another thirty."

Xingxing came over then and said, "Big Brother, I earned more than Huanhuan. I earned thirty-five yuan."

"How did you earn it, Xingxing?" Fu Yanzhi asked with a smile.

Xingxing lifted his head and said smugly, "I earned it selling little fish. I sold them at the square and made thirty-five yuan. Yueyue sold little turtles and earned twenty-five."

Fu Yanzhi patted their heads. "You all did well. Great job."

Then Fu Yanzhi noticed that Xiaoxiao had been silent the whole time and asked, "What's wrong, Xiaoxiao? Did you not earn any money?"

Feng Yunxiao pressed his lips together, took a small bag from behind his back, and handed it to Fu Yanzhi. "Big Brother, I earned five hundred yuan."

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise. Fu Yanzhi was also very surprised. He took the bag, counted the money, and asked with a smile, "Xiaoxiao, how did you do it?"

A trace of pride flashed in Feng Yunxiao's eyes. "I noticed that a lot of office workers near our neighborhood didn't have time to look after their pets. So I used the hundred yuan to buy some pet supplies and set up a temporary pet-boarding spot at the neighborhood entrance. Lots of people left their pets with me, and I earned this much in three days."

Fu Yanzhi nodded approvingly. "Xiaoxiao has a good head for business. The winner of this game is Xiaoxiao."

He took an exquisite little box out of his pocket and handed it to Feng Yunxiao. "This is your reward."

Feng Yunxiao opened the box. Inside was a uniquely designed smartwatch. His eyes reddened with excitement. "Thank you, Big Brother."

Although the other younger brothers hadn't won, they were all happy for Xiaoxiao.

Fu Yanzhi smiled and said, "Xiaoxiao, you have such a good head for business. Would you be interested in taking over Big Brother's company someday?"

Feng Yunxiao answered without hesitation, "I don't want your company, Big Brother. I know my place. If something isn't mine, I won't meddle in it."

Long ago, Feng Canghai had told Feng Yunxiao that everything belonging to the Feng Family was his older brother Feng Yunshuo's, and that he had no right to compete with him for it.

Fu Yanzhi pulled Xiaoxiao into his arms and said, "Then tell Big Brother, Xiaoxiao, what is your place in this family?"

Feng Yunxiao listened to his eldest brother but said nothing, simply letting Fu Yanzhi go on.

Fu Yanzhi smiled and said, "All of you brothers are my treasures. My dream is to raise every one of you into someone who can stand on his own someday."

Feng Yunxiao kept his head down and remained silent, as if thinking about something.

Watching him, Fu Yanzhi continued, "Xiaoxiao, look. Your second brother wants to become a doctor, and Third Brother wants to be a criminal investigator. Yueyue has a talent for the piano and can become a pianist. Xingxing already said he wanted to be a big star. And Huanhuan—I can see he has a talent for computers, so I can train him to be a hacker. And as for you, Big Brother has discovered that you have a real talent for business."

After hearing him out, Feng Yunxiao still shook his head. "Big Brother, I can't do it. Dad said I couldn't."

Fu Yanzhi patted Xiaoxiao's head. "Xiaoxiao, don't listen to your dad. He's blind and doesn't understand anything. I've seen our Xiaoxiao's talent. Listen to Big Brother on this."

Hearing how resolute his eldest brother was, Feng Yunxiao finally had no choice but to nod and agree. "Big Brother, I'll work hard. I won't let down the trust you've placed in me."

Fu Yanzhi smiled. "I believe in our Xiaoxiao."

Bo Qing and the others came over and said, "We believe in Xiaoxiao."

Fu Yanzhi was happy to see his younger brothers getting along so harmoniously.

Just then, a phone call broke the peace. Fu Yanzhi answered it, and Xiao Yuelan's voice came through.

"Hello, Xiaozhi, what have you been busy with lately? You haven't even thought of your sister and called her," Xiao Yuelan teased.

Fu Yanzhi smiled. "I've had quite a lot going on lately, Sister Xiao. Surely you didn't call me this late just to catch up?"

Xiao Yuelan turned serious. "Xiaozhi, you haven't forgotten, have you? The match against Shui Miao Club is in three days."

At Xiao Yuelan's words, Fu Yanzhi remembered that he still had a match against Shui Miao. He hurriedly said with a smile, "Don't worry, Sister Xiao. Don't you trust my skills? Our club is guaranteed to win."

"Of course I believe in your abilities, Xiaozhi, but you should still be careful, just in case," Xiao Yuelan said.

Fu Yanzhi said confidently, "It'll be fine, Sister Xiao. I believe the championship is ours. I'm still confident in my abilities."

Xiao Yuelan smiled. "All right, then don't forget, Xiaozhi. Come to the club in three days, and we'll go together."

"Okay, Sister Xiao." After Fu Yanzhi said that, the call ended.

Hearing that his eldest brother was entering some kind of match, Bo Qing hurriedly asked, "Big Brother, what kind of match are you entering? Is it dangerous?"

Fu Yanzhi raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Don't worry, Second Brother. What danger could there be in a little match? With my skills, even ten people couldn't take me down. What are you worried about?"

Hearing his eldest brother say that, Bo Qing felt reassured. After exchanging a few more words with him, he went upstairs to study.

Third Brother and Xiaoxiao also went upstairs to do their homework, while Xingxing and Yueyue went to practice singing and piano.

Huanhuan took Fu Yanzhi's hand and said, "Big Brother, I want to learn more about computers from you. They're so interesting."

Fu Yanzhi smiled and picked Huanhuan up. "Come on, Big Brother will teach you upstairs. This time I'll teach you my special skill."

Huanhuan waved his arms and legs happily in Fu Yanzhi's embrace. "Big Brother is the best! Long live Big Brother!"

When Fu Yanzhi turned the laptop screen toward Huanhuan, the green code flowing across it looked like the densest cluster of stars on a summer night. Huanhuan rose onto his tiptoes. There wasn't a trace of apprehension in his round eyes; instead, they shone as though ready to catch those leaping characters.

"Watch this port carefully." Fu Yanzhi's fingertips tapped lightly on the keyboard, each keystroke as precise as if he were unlocking an invisible lock. "It's like the combination lock on a building's back door. We need to find the gap where it hasn't been shut tight."

He entered a string of commands, and a new window popped up on the screen. Huanhuan immediately pointed to one of the lines. "It's here, right? When you said 'scan' just now, this string of numbers jumped faster than the others!"

Before Fu Yanzhi could nod, Huanhuan had already reached out and pressed the enter key. The screen briefly went black, and then, sure enough, the target server's basic information appeared.

Fu Yanzhi raised an eyebrow and pushed the keyboard toward his younger brother. "Try using the 'disguise packet' I taught you to send it a 'visitor request.'"

Huanhuan's little hands flew over the keyboard. Though his movements were still somewhat unpracticed, he remembered the sequence of commands perfectly. He even added a small delay in the code himself. When he looked up, his eyes were full of excitement. "This way it won't notice we're 'guests,' just like hiding behind a curtain during hide-and-seek!"

When the target file's icon lit up on the screen, Fu Yanzhi ruffled his younger brother's hair. Huanhuan stared at the code window and murmured, "Big Brother, can you teach me 'tracking'? Like when detectives in cartoons look for bad guys."

Fu Yanzhi smiled and nodded. "All right, Big Brother will teach you now."

Outside the window, moonlight fell on their overlapping shadows. Huanhuan sat in Fu Yanzhi's arms, and everything felt so warm and peaceful.