Sometimes, it wasn't that the world was too full of coincidences, but that one's own circle was simply too small.
Shimen Agricultural University, the alma mater of Yang Genshuo and Cheng Bo, was where the first Mystery Murder Game shop had opened, on the commercial street outside the campus.
Yang Genshuo met Chen Wanting when his business was flourishing and money was pouring in every day.
She asked for his WeChat, then invited him out to eat several times. Too embarrassed to refuse, he went. To be fair, when a young, pretty girl took the initiative to ask out a single guy, it was hard to resist.
Women might have all sorts of requirements when choosing a partner, but nearly every man thought the same way.
After going back and forth a few times, they ended up in bed together.
"Brother Shuo~ Can I come see you at your shop later?"
"Brother Shuo, let's have dinner tonight. I'll treat you to Haidilao, okay?"
"It's my first time taking the initiative to ask a boy out for dinner~"
"Pay attention to me, okay? I'm really bored alone in the dorm. I super want someone to keep me company~"
A shy girl's voice played from Yang Genshuo's phone, as cloying as could be.
Chen Wanting's body instantly stiffened.
The others also stopped walking and turned puzzled looks toward the people behind them. They had all heard that it was Chen Wanting's voice.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
Yang Genshuo clapped his hands and stepped forward.
"What a thoroughly satisfying invitation! Isn't that right, Wan Ting?"
Everyone looked toward Chen Wanting, who had just been building herself a spotless image. Now the tables had turned completely, and her face was already flushed crimson.
How could Fei Yang bear to watch his goddess suffer such humiliation? He shouted angrily:
"Don't you have even the slightest sense of responsibility?"
"Don't you know a girl's privacy should be protected?"
"You played it so publicly and made her lose face. Can you still call yourself a man?"
Those words stunned not only Yang Genshuo but also left the other students thoroughly thunderstruck. Yet Fei Yang continued fighting for his goddess:
"No matter what you said before, Wan Ting doesn't want anything to do with you now. All she feels for you is annoyance. Delete it already, and stop bothering her!"
Though it was utter nonsense, Chen Wanting seemed to have found her footing as well and immediately chimed in:
"Yang Genshuo! Leave. Stop coming to school to find me. I told you yesterday that I've been busy lately and don't have time. Could you please stop deliberately pestering me like this?"
Her best friend beside her hurriedly added in a mocking tone, "Take a look at yourself. Do you think you're worthy of Wan Ting? She has so many suitors. Which one of them can you compare to?"
"See that Bentley? It belongs to the young master of Zhao Group. Yesterday, he was practically begging Wan Ting for her WeChat. Could you afford one even if you worked your whole life?"
The others all looked at Chen Wanting in surprise. Zhao Tianci's name was renowned throughout the entire agricultural university. He was generous and extravagant, and anyone who had become friends with him had never been treated poorly.
And his family's wealth... how should one put it? As long as he didn't lose his mind and go into investing or business, he could never spend it all even if he tried.
If someone like that was pursuing Chen Wanting, then she had truly flown up a branch and become a phoenix. Finding a job after graduation, taking civil service exams, pursuing graduate school—none of that mattered anymore. All she had to do was think about becoming Mrs. Zhao!
Looking at the Bentley, Chen Wanting gradually found her confidence.
"I didn't want to tell you, but that's the truth. Leave on your own. Don't humiliate yourself any further."
Chen Wanting's ambiguous words shocked the students even more. Especially the female students—the envy and jealousy in their eyes were practically spilling over.
Only one person stood there as if petrified.
Fei Yang.
Even if this person was driven away, the goddess still wouldn't be his?
He gathered his courage and said, "But not necessarily, right? After all, the most important thing is finding someone who can love and cherish you. Money can always be earned later, right? Hahaha~"
No one paid him any attention.
Yang Genshuo looked at the car they were pointing at.
"Are you talking about that Bentley Bentayga?"
Her best friend Xiaoxiao snorted. "So you do have a little knowledge. It costs four million!"
Gasp—
The students all sucked in a breath of cold air. The number alone terrified them, especially when the companies that had just come to recruit at the school only offered monthly salaries of four thousand.
They would have to save without eating or drinking for a thousand months to afford it!
"Oh? So the one getting out of the car is Young Master Zhao?" Yang Genshuo asked teasingly.
Chen Wanting looked at Zhao Tianci walking toward her. His steps were hurried, and he wore a somewhat ingratiating smile. She lifted her chin slightly and said reservedly:
"We're only friends for now. Don't say anything careless later, okay?"
She believed Zhao Tianci had come over because he saw her here. After all, among everyone present, she was the prettiest. There was no reason for Zhao Tianci to look at anyone else.
Everyone's attention shifted to Zhao Tianci.
Seeing a group of people staring at him ahead, Zhao Tianci rubbed his nose.
"Are you people crazy? Staring at someone in the middle of the night... never seen a handsome guy before?"
Then he turned with an ingratiating expression and said, "Brother Shuo, done with your business? I'll drive you home."
Chen Wanting's expectant expression turned to horror!
At that moment, seeing Zhao Tianci's careful, cautious posture before Yang Genshuo, she was so dazed that her mind went blank. Everything felt utterly surreal.
Yang Genshuo pointed at Chen Wanting. "You two know each other?"
Zhao Tianci stared at Chen Wanting for a moment, seeming to remember something.
"Oh! You're the girl who asked for my WeChat in front of my car yesterday at noon, right? I'm face-blind, so I don't remember very clearly. Sorry. Are you friends with Brother Shuo too?"
Yang Genshuo said, "My ex-girlfriend."
"Then I'll delete her."
Chen Wanting's face went pale. At that moment, she felt as if a red nose had suddenly appeared on her face, and she vaguely heard Batman's voice by her ear.
"Get back to Gotham. I promise I won't hit you anymore!"
"Wuwuwu!"
Chen Wanting could no longer endure the humiliation of being publicly executed like this. Crying, she ran away.
Fei Yang, on the other hand, was delighted. It should be my turn now, right?
"Wan Ting, wait for me!"
The other students watched the magical scene unfold beneath the night sky. They felt like they had consumed too much gossip and were stuffed sick. They urgently needed to find a class group chat to digest it.
Yang Genshuo gave a cold laugh. He never wanted to look at someone like Chen Wanting again.
At that moment, he even felt a little fortunate—fortunate that his shop had gone bankrupt, allowing him to see just how shameless a person could be.
Zhao Tianci had long since grown accustomed to such situations.
"Brother Shuo, women are nothing. As long as you cure my kidneys and let me return to the peak Vitality a man my age should have, this Bentley is yours!"
"Lu Xun once said: When young and accomplished, drive a Bentley, and love will always be sweet!"
Yang Genshuo turned back. "By the way, wasn't it your friend whose kidneys were bad? How did it become first person?"
"..." Zhao Tianci said mournfully, "Brother Shuo, you can't do this to me."
By the time Zhao Tianci drove Yang Genshuo home, it was already eleven at night.
Taking out an Essence-Sealing Rejuvenation Pill from the study, Zhao Tianci merely sniffed it, and the refreshing fragrance of plants and herbs conquered him at once.
"Brother Shuo, my sense of smell tells me this is definitely top-tier stuff!"
He swallowed it in one gulp. A hot current flowed from top to bottom, stretching all the way to his kidneys, and Vitality burst forth in an instant!
Even Zhao Tianci, who had taken little pills for an entire year, felt his astonishing masculine vigor at that moment!
"Brother Shuo! It works!"
"Here are the Bentley keys. I'm going out to conquer the battlefield!"
"I'm terrifyingly powerful right now!"
Yang Genshuo said awkwardly, "Isn't this too valuable? And how will you get around?"
"I'll have my driver bring over my sports car."
"Alright, alright. Come back here in a week for the second pill."
"Done!"
Zhao Tianci left in high spirits, leaving a Bentley Bentayga in Yang Genshuo's courtyard.
"That was rather sudden."
Originally, he had only planned to sell Zhao Tianci a few pills and repay his two-hundred-thousand loan. Now, he had directly acquired a four-million Bentley Bentayga.
"Maybe this is what a truly rich guy is like... but I'll be richer than him in the future."
Returning to the study, he looked at the computer.
Only half a day had passed in the game. Yang Shi sat alone in the Safe House on the mountain, deeply absorbed in reading Thirty-Six Stratagems beneath the electric light, a satisfied smile on his face.
Yang Genshuo smiled. This was exactly what he wanted.
Yang Shi's education level was very low. During his twelve years as a beggar, he had only learned to read and write some common characters through the teaching of a few educated old beggars.
After Jiang Xiaobai arrived, she not only helped him sort out the teahouse accounts clearly but also often taught him cultural knowledge. Yang Shi had good comprehension and absorbed things quickly.
And Thirty-Six Stratagems, the crystallization of ancient wisdom, could also help Yang Shi improve his understanding.
"As the head of the Yang Family, since Yang Shi cannot embark on the path of immortal cultivation, he must rely on methods and strategy to lead the Yang Family's continuous growth until a cultivator emerges from the Yang Family."
Though Yang Genshuo could Manifestation and make decisions for Yang Shi at critical moments, during time acceleration, Yang Shi still had to rely on himself most of the time.
Time accelerated.
The Yang Family in the game developed steadily, without making any major moves.
Yang's Board Game Teahouse added ten sets of Three Kingdoms Kill cards and one set of Werewolf cards. Business became even more booming, and a queue actually formed outside the teahouse. Yang Shi bought the neighboring storefront and expanded the teahouse.
Yang Shi practiced martial arts by day and studied Thirty-Six Stratagems at night. His life was full yet monotonous.
Yang Genshuo grew drowsy watching him.
He checked the time. It was already midnight.
"Time to sleep. When I wake up tomorrow, the Spirit Rice Paddy should be ripe. Let's see how much I can harvest."
After yawning, he had just planned to briefly explain his 'seclusion' to Yang Shi when, in the night, a glowing horse galloped toward Yang Family Manor.
"Hm? A Spirit Beast?"
Riding the Spirit Horse was Liao Cao, the manager of Bluestone County's Treasured Goods Pavilion. Moving at incredible speed, he reached the gates of Yang Family Manor in just a few moments.
He shouted anxiously, "Brother Yang Shi, something terrible has happened!"
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