It's Different Now

In the hospital, Zhuang Xin lay on the bed, no longer feeling any pain.

He had previously activated the Background System, which not only granted him four backgrounds but also a gift package. This package rewarded him with something called 'Ultimate Fighting Technique' and coincidentally strengthened his physique.

After all, without a robust body, it couldn't be considered the Ultimate Fighting Technique.

Feeling the warm current within him, Zhuang Xin sensed a special change in his body.

He quickly tried to sit up and saw a nurse standing beside him. She was beautiful with a tall figure, easily an eight out of ten – someone he would have never dared to dream of before.

However, this beautiful nurse now smiled gently, "Young Master Zhuang, you're awake? My name is Ning Jing, you can just call me A Jing. Miss Nie Han'er instructed me to stay here and look after you personally. If you need anything, you can tell me."

"Nie Han'er..."

Among the four backgrounds, one seemed to be his fiancée, 'Nie Han'er'. She was a renowned miracle of the business world, under twenty years old, yet she managed a vast commercial empire.

Her background was also rumored to be extraordinary, though Zhuang Xin, at his previous level, couldn't possibly find out the details.

"I'm a bit hungry, can you bring me something to eat?" Zhuang Xin asked tentatively.

Ning Jing smiled gently and hurried out to inform someone.

In less than ten minutes, someone arrived with various bird's nest congee, seafood congee, and dishes cooked with expensive ingredients that were rarely seen. They were clearly meant to be highly nourishing; a normal person eating all of it might even get a nosebleed.

But these expensive items, which couldn't even be bought outside, were now placed before him.

"This is real..." Zhuang Xin finally believed that he had truly activated the Background System. His life seemed to be taking a different turn.

"Of course, it's real! And it's the freshest. We had a five-star restaurant nearby prepare it on the spot. This restaurant is also Miss Nie Han'er's property," Ning Jing said with a smile as she brought the food in and placed it on the table.

Zhuang Xin casually picked up a bowl of congee and took a sip...

As it entered his mouth, he narrowed his eyes. It was incredibly delicious.

The lives of the rich were truly different.

Eating this, he felt like everything he had eaten before was pig slop.

Thanks to the system's modifications, Zhuang Xin, whose body had basically recovered, cleared everything on the table... Ning Jing watched in surprise as Zhuang Xin ate all the food meant for five people by himself.

Did this guy have a bottomless stomach? He could eat that much?

Seeing Ning Jing staring with her mouth agape, Zhuang Xin coughed awkwardly to cover his embarrassment.

"I need to go to the restroom, can you step out?"

"How can I do that?" Ning Jing quickly bent down and used her small hands to support Zhuang Xin, allowing him to use her as leverage to stand up. This meticulous service, which Zhuang Xin had never experienced before, made him sigh with emotion.

Fortunately, he was too lazy to get up himself and let Ning Jing help him into the restroom. After he stood up and Ning Jing went out to close the door, Zhuang Xin straightened up and looked at the private bathroom, which surprisingly had a mirror.

In the mirror.

Zhuang Xin had changed significantly from before.

Previously, he was only about 1.69 meters tall. After the system's enhancement, he was now at least 1.8 meters. Even more miraculously, his face had become much fairer, giving him the appearance of a handsome young man. However, perhaps due to the 'Ultimate Fighting Technique,' his eyes held a sharper aura.

Compared to the pretty-boy type, he now leaned more towards a tough guy. Coupled with the defined muscle lines on his body, he looked like a perfect fitness coach. Even Zhuang Xin himself was stunned.

"Holy crap! This change is too drastic, I almost didn't recognize myself." Zhuang Xin swallowed, then after 'taking care of business,' he left the bathroom. Ning Jing was already waiting outside and helped him back to bed.

An hour later, a doctor arrived to examine him.

"How is this possible?"

"When he returned half a day ago, his waist bone was clearly fractured. Now the wound is almost healed?" Wu Nan stared blankly at his waist, as if he were hallucinating.

"Doctor, am I alright?" Zhuang Xin asked with some concern, afraid his secret would be exposed.

"N-no problems..."

If it were anyone else, Wu Nan might have asked them to cooperate with some examinations to figure out what was going on.

But this was Young Master Zhuang. How could he dare?

Whether it was his identity as Nie Han'er's fiancé or his sworn brother Zhu Zuo's close friend, these were not people he could afford to offend.

"Young Master Zhuang, your... your physical condition is almost completely fine. However, for safety's sake, I still request your cooperation with some examinations. Otherwise, I can't rest assured, as this is too abnormal," Wu Nan said sincerely.

"Alright."

Zhuang Xin had no choice but to follow them for the examinations. They were busy all afternoon, and it wasn't until dusk that everything was concluded.

"Can I be discharged now?"

"As long as Young Master Zhuang wishes, you can leave anytime," Wu Nan said with a slight smile.

"Then thank you all. As for the medical fees..."

"You don't need to worry about that. Miss Nie Han'er has already paid everything. Besides, this is your family's property. If you don't pay, do you think they'd dare to ask you for it?"

"My family's property?"

"Did you forget? Oh, right, the Zhuang family hasn't notified you yet, have they?"

"The Zhuang family..."

"Yes! Actually, your father is an illegitimate son of the Zhuang family. The current Zhuang family... perhaps because the older generation did too many bad deeds, they've only been having daughters. The Zhuang family desperately wants an heir. It's a pity they just can't give birth to a boy. If a daughter marries, and the family fortune falls into the hands of an outsider, the old fossils of the family wouldn't agree..."

"So, they found out about my father?"

"That's right. A while ago, they obtained your father's blood sample and did a paternity test. Your father is a legitimate member of the Zhuang family, no mistake. Your father is getting old now, and his thinking is deeply entrenched, making him unsuitable to inherit the position of family head. As his son, you are young and can be trained, naturally becoming the last hope of the Zhuang family."

"Then I'm very curious, how much... how much property does the Zhuang family have?"

"The Zhuang family's property?" Wu Nan paused, then gestured to the world outside the window, "Everything you can see, the entire Juncheng, except for real estate, fifty percent of it belongs to the Zhuang family... As for real estate, that's the business of your sworn brother, Big Brother Zhu Zuo. Your brother is no simple person; he has formidable backing, which is why the Zhuang family hasn't encroached on it."

"So that's how it is..." Zhuang Xin licked his dry lips and slowly broke into a smile.