Lin Xiaowan's heart skipped a beat.
She felt both nervous and thrilled, a contradictory feeling.
"We're friends~!!!"
"Friends? Friends are good. Your dad has lots of friends too—businesspeople, officials, ordinary folks. So many, so many friends."
"Mm~!" Lin Xiaowan looked at Lin Guoqiang in confusion.
Lin Guoqiang looked at Lin Xiaowan's uneasy expression and felt deeply angry. But when he saw his daughter looking so pitiful, his heart nearly broke, and he no longer wanted to say many of the things he had planned to say.
The thought that his daughter had become like this because of some boy made him even angrier.
But what could anger do? Could he really scold his daughter? He couldn't bring himself to do that.
In order to become mayor, he had already neglected Lin Xiaowan far too much.
Lin Guoqiang waved his hand. "Go wash your hands and get ready to eat. When there's a chance, introduce him to me. I'd like to get to know your friend."
"Uh... okay, Dad."
As Lin Xiaowan cheerfully headed toward the bathroom, she thought that if it were Su Lin, he might really be able to win her father over.
Xiao Wan was amazing! Please give flowers and votes!
After returning home, Su Lin immediately summoned the system and prepared to draw a prize.
"System, I want to draw a prize~!!"
The host only needs to silently think of drawing a prize.
"Draw."
Wow~! Golden legend! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the skill—State Banquet Culinary Skill.
Wow~! Golden legend! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the skill—God-Tier Driving Skills.
With another two skills in hand, Su Lin was quite pleased. "System, your gold drop rate is way higher than Tencent's."
System: "..."
"What a pity. Cooking and driving are kind of useless to me. Why would a young master like me cook for himself? And there's even less need for me to drive. I have Uncle Liu. When will I get something actually useful?"
System: "..."
Su Lin knew the system would not respond to this kind of complaint, so he could only look forward to the next draw.
After getting a feel for his new skills, Su Lin found them rather uninteresting. He sent messages to the two girls to let them know he was safe, then began preparing for the first supermarket.
A new week arrived, and everyone discovered that Ye Feng, the recent center of attention in class, had not come to school.
For a while, all kinds of rumors spread.
Some said Ye Feng had gotten into a fight with some thugs outside school and ended up in the hospital.
Others said Ye Feng had dropped out and stopped attending school.
Some even said Ye Feng had committed a crime outside and was now in jail.
At Ye Feng's home.
Ye Weimin looked at Ye Feng, who was seriously reading, and nodded in satisfaction. "Xiao Feng, I got you three days off. Stay home and study properly for these three days. Once you can get out of bed after three days, get your ass back to school."
"Got it, Dad~!!"
"You can't entertain thoughts like starting a business anymore, understand? If you want to start a business, wait until after you graduate from college. Once you graduate, you can start whatever business you want, and I won't stop you. But right now, study hard and get into a good university. That's better than anything else."
Ye Feng fell silent.
No matter how unwilling he was, he could only placate Ye Weimin for now.
He would have to wait until summer vacation or college before starting his business plan.
Ye Feng looked at the books before him and felt another headache coming on.
He had discovered that ever since realizing his memory had declined that day, it had never recovered.
Memorizing texts was no longer as easy as before. He had to read an article many times before he could memorize it.
What frightened him even more was that the knowledge he had previously remembered through his extraordinary memory would slowly fade away if he did not review it.
In order to get into a good university, Ye Feng could only devote more time to studying.
"Sigh~! That's fine too. I'll get good grades first. If I surpass Su Lin, then during summer vacation, my dad and mom probably won't interfere with whatever I want to do."
Right now, he had neither freedom nor money.
In Class One, Senior Year Three at Jiangning No. 1 High School, Wang Yi entered the classroom carrying a math textbook. "Quiet down."
"Lin Xiaowan, make a note during attendance that Ye Feng is on leave."
Lin Xiaowan nodded. "Okay, Teacher Wang."
"While we're at it, let me say a few things. When you review at home, you should also take care of your health. Don't be like Ye Feng, studying day and night. If you get sick, you'll only lose more in the end."
When Su Lin heard Wang Yi's words, he nearly laughed out loud.
He could guess why Ye Feng had not come to school without being told.
With eighty thousand yuan being such a huge matter, there was no way Ye Feng's parents had not given him a serious beating.
He was most likely lying at home right now.
"March has already passed, and April is about to begin. Students, if we count it all up, you only have a little over two months left to review. Don't think two months is a long time. It will pass very quickly, and then you'll be facing the college entrance examination."
"Some students are already prepared, but some of you, from what I can see, are still muddling through. You need to work harder."
"In this regard, I suggest everyone learn more from Ye Feng..."
After a round of the usual lecture, Wang Yi finally began the actual lesson.
After class, Su Lin, Chen Yang, Xia Shiyu, and Lin Xiaowan officially gathered together.
Chen Yang no longer cared what the others in class thought, because the business venture had officially begun.
The students in the class did not understand when Chen Yang had become so close to Su Lin and the others, but since they were not familiar with Su Lin, they were too embarrassed to go over and listen.
After formally introducing the three of them, Su Lin looked at Chen Yang. "Yangzi, in a while, I'll officially register a company. After that, your expenses will go through the company accounts. If you have any questions, just ask Xiao Yu directly."
Chen Yang knew what Xia Shiyu and Lin Xiaowan meant to Su Lin.
Although the three had not yet reached that stage, Chen Yang knew that with Su Lin's methods, it was only a matter of time.
So he kept a very low profile and nodded. "Brother Lin, I know what to do."
"Mm. Once Xiao Wan's side has been finalized, construction will need to start. Yangzi, you'll have to prepare for the college entrance exam while also handling the supermarket's opening. Can you manage it all by yourself?"
"There'll be some pressure, but it won't be more than I can handle."
"That's good. If you run into difficulties, make sure to say so in advance. Don't wait until the last minute. By then, I won't go easy on you."
"Mm, Brother Lin, don't worry. As long as it's something you arrange, I'll definitely do it well."
Su Lin nodded in satisfaction.
This was exactly why he had brought Chen Yang in to manage the company. The guy was capable, and he would strictly carry out his assignments.
Talent like that was hard to find.
After speaking with Chen Yang, Su Lin looked at Lin Xiaowan. "Xiao Wan, how much longer do you think it'll take on your end?"
Lin Xiaowan held up two fingers. "Five days at most. It should be settled in five days."
"Oh? You can persuade them in five days? Is it convenient to tell me what method you used?" Su Lin asked curiously.
"You want to know?"
Su Lin found the look in Lin Xiaowan's eyes rather amusing.
She kept staring at Su Lin as though she were saying, Ask me, ask me. If you ask me, I'll tell you.
Su Lin naturally would not let such an adorable Lin Xiaowan down, so he played along. "Xiao Wan, I'd really like to know."
"Hehe~! The method is actually very simple. You just need to identify the pros and cons, then prescribe the right remedy."
"For example?"
"For example, they use water from a well they dug themselves instead of tap water, but the city prohibited private wells last year. Also, they have two sons, both old enough to get married. Buying a home in Zhongjiang isn't exactly expensive, but it isn't cheap either."
"They can't possibly use that one building as a marital home for both sons. So selling it and buying other homes would be the best outcome."
"What else?"
"The location of their building isn't good either. It's between Zhongjiang Avenue and Happiness Avenue. If it were used for business, it would definitely be prime real estate, but if people live there, it's so noisy every day. Especially at night, with all the dump trucks and cement mixers. And also, also..."
When Su Lin heard Lin Xiaowan list so many problems, he was completely stunned.
That location could be considered one of the best in Jiangning District, yet when Lin Xiaowan described it, it sounded utterly worthless. Su Lin felt that if it were him, he would want to sell it immediately.
"Xiao Wan, after hearing you put it that way, I feel like living there would be practically criminal," Xia Shiyu said with a shiver.
"Hehe, that's exactly the effect I was going for. Xiao Yu, if it were you, would you move?"
Xia Shiyu nodded fiercely. "If it were mine, I'd definitely move."
Su Lin gave Lin Xiaowan a thumbs-up. "Xiao Wan, you're amazing."
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