Preparation

"What's wrong with you?!"

"Why did you hand in a blank paper?!"

The report cards had come out in the end, and the school teachers had called Wang Pan's home to ask what was going on.

In the living room, Wang Pan stood there obediently and took the scolding, while Wang Hong beside him was nearly furious enough for his lungs to explode.

Hadn't he promised perfect scores in all three subjects?

Cao Ju's expression was none too friendly either. Her eyes kept roaming over Wang Pan, as though she were considering where to start.

"Well... I just wanted to take this opportunity to tell you that people need to be honest. If you promise someone something, you can't go back on your word."

Seeing that a beating was imminent, Wang Pan quietly edged backward and stood behind his grandmother, Zhong Guifang.

"People do need to be honest, but where's your honesty? Why does it sound so awkward coming from your mouth?"

Wang Hong felt a faint pain in his chest. He plopped down on the sofa and simmered in silent anger by himself.

That Little Bastard was too clever. Just as Wang Hong was about to teach him a lesson, he hid behind his grandmother, leaving Wang Hong with nowhere to start.

"You've had your own ideas since you were little. I don't know why you handed in a blank paper this time, but we'll let it slide just this once."

With a sigh, Wang Hong felt exhausted. His son was too outstanding; even as his father, he had little confidence when it came to disciplining him.

At twelve, you broke your word. Your ability to draw a big picture puts others to shame.

Life Simulation Event settlement in progress...

Because of your outstanding performance, this event's evaluation has risen substantially. You have received 780 Simulation Points.

"Great, another 780 Simulation Points in the bag!"

Overjoyed, Wang Pan dashed out of the house in a flash.

More often than not, what you missed was not the summer of your childhood, nor the people in that summer.

What you missed was your younger self!

No one stayed young forever, but there were always people who were young.

Wang Pan completely let himself go. Following his heart, he did whatever he wanted to do.

Tall and with money always in his pockets, Wang Pan naturally became the king of the village children.

Wang Pan led a pack of children his age, clutching fifty-cent packets of firecrackers as they ran wild through the village, leaping and scrambling about until chickens flew and dogs jumped everywhere.

After entering middle school, Wang Pan began absorbing knowledge again, holding textbooks in his arms all day long.

Middle school knowledge covered a much broader range, forcing Wang Pan to spend considerable time memorizing it all.

Memorizing it alone was not enough; he also had to understand it thoroughly.

Fortunately, it was only middle school knowledge. With the talent Extensive Knowledge, Rote Memorization, Wang Pan learned quickly.

Nor had Wang Pan ever neglected physical training. A healthy body was the foundation for enjoying life in the future.

It could be said that academics and athletics blossomed together, with both his body and studies firmly in hand.

In Wang Pan's words;

"I rack my brains coming up with ideas, and my parents work day and night making money. If I don't enjoy it, who's going to spend all that ever-growing money?!"

Wang Pan was now first in the entire grade, the teachers' precious darling.

Above him, he had the teachers' golden token of immunity from death;

In the middle, he had formidable money power;

Below, he had a strong and powerful body.

Under such circumstances, it was already a good thing if Wang Pan did not bully other students. How could anyone possibly bully him at school?

At fourteen, you were high-spirited. You could remain silent, but no one could ignore you.

You have received 40 Simulation Points.

At first, Wang Pan had cared greatly about Simulation Points, but this time, he merely glanced at them and paid them no more attention.

Flowers could bloom again, but people would never be young a second time.

Yet Life Simulation allowed you to start over again and again, experiencing entirely different lives. That was what was truly precious!

Having understood this, Wang Pan no longer deliberately tried to complete Life Simulation Events.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Pan was fifteen and about to graduate.

Although Wang Pan had not deliberately tried to complete Life Simulation Events, the settlement still came.

At fifteen, you spent lavishly and were as handsome as Pan An. You possessed priority mating rights.

You have received 150 Simulation Points.

"The next Life Simulation Events are when I get married at twenty-eight, and when I get fired at forty."

"Neither of those is difficult. Whether I get married depends on the circumstances, and as for getting fired, that's even more impossible. It'll be more like me firing other people."

"The most important event in this Life Simulation is that I'll get Alzheimer's at seventy-two, then go fishing without a helmet at eighty-seven and get crushed to death by falling rocks."

If he could change those two events, then when this Life Simulation was summarized at the end, his rating would definitely rise by a huge margin.

"I still have fifty-seven years."

Wang Pan pedaled his bicycle home.

Over the years, the family had accumulated more than a million in savings, plus a storefront.

That was a huge sum of money nowadays. Even property in the city center only cost 1,500 per square meter!

But to Wang Pan, this little money was nowhere near enough.

If he wanted a higher rating, there was no way around Alzheimer's.

Once Wang Pan reached seventy-two without finding a solution for Alzheimer's, if he developed it, then what happened afterward would no longer be under his control.

Medicine was a bottomless pit!

Especially when, under the influence of certain factors, you stubbornly poured resources into a single project!

If you were lucky, investing several billion would bring returns. If you were unlucky, you could throw in hundreds of billions without even hearing a splash.

Wang Pan had never considered studying medical knowledge himself.

Perhaps, with Extensive Knowledge, Rote Memorization, Wang Pan could memorize countless medical facts.

But even if he remembered them, what he did not know was still what he did not know!

Taken separately, he recognized every word; put together, they recognized him, but he did not recognize them.

So he still had to make money!

Time flew.

Wang Pan was admitted to the best high school in the city with outstanding grades, while the family business continued to grow larger and larger.

High school was already somewhat strenuous for Wang Pan. He had to devote more energy to keeping his grades from slipping.

But even so, he still fell short compared to true geniuses.

The farther he went, the greater the gap between Wang Pan and genuine geniuses would become.

Wang Pan was not discouraged. Whether his brain understood it or not, he would memorize it first and worry about the rest later.

All this knowledge was Wang Pan's accumulation, his foundation.

When Wang Pan one day acquired a talent that increased intelligence or something similar, this accumulated knowledge would erupt and propel him forward!

By university, Wang Pan had faded into the crowd. He attended an unremarkable university and buried himself in the library every day.

Over four years, Wang Pan absorbed countless amounts of knowledge. Only when he felt that even the talent Extensive Knowledge, Rote Memorization was starting to reach its limit did Wang Pan stop and shift his energy toward making money.

Of course, talents were fixed, so there was naturally no possibility of them reaching their limit.

What could not hold on was Wang Pan's body.

After graduating from university, Wang Pan officially took over the family business.

In just twenty years, Wang Pan built a trillion-yuan conglomerate!

Panwang Building, a landmark of Jiangxin City and the headquarters of the Pan Wang Group, stood 428 meters tall.

"Chairman, is the group really going public?"

On the top floor of Panwang Building, Wang Pan pressed his female secretary against the floor-to-ceiling window. Her face was flushed red, her eyes soft and alluring, and she asked between gasps.

"Of course we're going public. How else are we supposed to raise money?"

Wang Pan answered with his mouth, but his body did not stop. Exercising was a good habit, beneficial to both body and mind.