Monday.

Before reaching the school gate, Jiang Chen bumped into Shen Xu.

Shen Xu ran over like the wind, pulled him and began to run: “Hurry up! I didn’t go to sleep until after one o’clock last night, just for this moment!”

Jiang Chen was caught off guard by him and staggered. Seeing his anxious look, he had no choice but to adjust his pace and run with him.

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“Jiangzi, hurry up! The friends in front, please give way!” Shen Xu dragged Jiang Chen to the cultural corridor, and then squeezed into the crowd, but there were too many people and he was dragging a team member who was uncaring and wouldn’t move so he could only ask the boy next to him: “Brother, is the ranking out? Who is number one? Is it our school?”

It was very crowded in front of the bulletin board, and the boy who was pulled had just seen the big list clearly. At this time, when he heard Shen Xu’s question and was about to answer it, he saw Jiang Chen beside him. He paused for a second, and immediately raised his voice and shouted: “God Jiang is here!”

In a word, it was like pouring hot water into a frying pan, and it exploded in an instant.

“Jiang Chen!”

“Where?”

“God Jiang is here, give way!”

The students crowded by the bulletin board looked around, some people stretched their heads to look out, some people wanted to diverge a way, and the pushing and shoving made it even more crowded. Shen Xu anxiously looked at the separated and crowded students in front of him, and jumped up several times to try and look at the bulletin board, but he was not tall enough, so he could only grab the boy next to him and continue to ask: “Brother, did you see it? Where is Jiang Chen?”

Before the boy could answer, Luo Ze who had already seen the big list by virtue of his height, shouted: “F**k, Jiang Chen! You are number one! First in the joint exam of the three schools! The total score is 742! You damn devil!”

Shen Xu’s jumping motion paused, only to jump higher than before in an instant: “742! First in the midterm exam!” He pushed away the people in front of him, and jumped onto Jiang Chen: “Jiangzi! Number one in the joint exam!”

Jiang Chen leaned back, also smiled and said, “I know.”

Shen Xu hung on Jiang Chen’s body and shouted excitedly, “Ahhhhhhh! I’m so f**king happy! Hahahaha!”

Jiang Chen’s neck was strangled by Shen Xu, his back was squeezed by other people, and he almost suffocated. He tried to evade and said: “Let go of me, I will be strangled to death by you.”

However, there were so many people making noise, Jiang Chen’s voice was quickly drowned out in the crowd. Just a second before he was completely out of breath and about to use violence to flip Shen Xu down, the surroundings suddenly became much quieter, and the crowd also parted.

Jiang Chen was blocked by Shen Xu and couldn’t see what was happening in front of him. Just as he was curious, he felt his body lighten. Shen Xu screeched as he was torn off Jiang Chen’s body by the back of his neck.

“Ao ao ao——-” While being held up by the collar, Shen Xu waved his arms and shouted: “Who the f**k dare to sneak attack your master!”

Jiang Chen took a breath, straightened his school uniform and raised his head to thank the kind-hearted person. The next second, his grateful expression turned into astonishment: “Shi Fengyue?”

Shen Xu said at the same time: “Who are you?”

Shi Fengyue was wearing a long gray windbreaker, looked at Shen Xu with long eyelashes half lowered, and slightly parted his pale lips: “Get out of the way.”

Shen Xu tucked his neck in when he saw him, and carefully approached Jiang Chen, asking in a low voice, “Who is this guy?”

Shi Fengyue’s gaze fell on Jiang Chen’s messy hair, he paused for a second, and said calmly, “I have something to talk with you about.”

From the corner of his eye, he saw the classmates looking this way and a few girls huddled together, clearly yearning to move forward. Jiang Chen pursed his lower lip and said, “Let’s go over there and talk.”

It was almost time for early self-study, and there were the fewest people near the office building.

Jiang Chen stopped by the flower bed of the office building, and with anxiety in his eyes he asked: “Did something happen to my dad?”

Shi Fengyue stood one meter away from him: “No.”

Jiang Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed, with a smile on his face he then asked: “Then why did Dr. Shi come to the No. 1 High School to find me?”

Shi Fengyue’s eyes fell on the dimple on his left cheek, and the hand placed by his side moved according to his heart, raised and rubbed his head, and under Jiang Chen’s displeased expression, he said without changing his face: “Your hair is messy.”

Jiang Chen’s eyes were drawn to the ends of his slightly slanted eyes, and when the doubts in his heart had just surfaced he was asked, “Where is your junior high school section?”

As soon as Shi Fengyue finished speaking, Jiang Chen remembered the conversation in the ward not long ago. He put aside his doubts and said, “Are you looking for your nephew?”

“En.” Shi Fengyue’s hum came out of his nasal cavity, and don’t know what he thought of, he rubbed his brows a little irritably: “His teacher called the parents, but his parents are not in Yan City.”

Seeing Shi Fengyue’s irritable expression of one who was obviously impatient but had no other choice but to go, Jiang Chen was in a good mood for some reason, and his eyes slightly curved: “The junior high school section is just behind the high school, you go north, cross a road and you will see the gate of the junior high school. It’s not far away, just a few hundred meters.”

Shi Fengyue looked down at Jiang Chen’s harmless smiling face, and the hand he just put down twitched again. He looked away and around the surroundings: “Wait for me.”

The person who just threw down these two words walked away neatly and disappeared at the corner of the flower bed. Jiang Chen stood there thinking for two seconds whether to wait for him, but before he came to a conclusion, he heard the bell for self-study.

“Who is standing there?” Fu Jinyu came out of the office building, saw someone standing by the flower bed, walked over and said, “Didn’t you hear the bell for class? Standing there,…..Jiang Chen?”

Jiang Chen turned his head and said, “Hello, Teacher Fu.”

“What are you doing here?”

“I…..” Jiang Chen paused for a moment: “A relative of my family came to visit me at school. He just answered a call. I’m waiting for him.”

Putting aside his doubts, Fu Jinyu instructed: “Go to class after talking with your relative, and then come to my office after lunch.”

“Got it.”

Fu Jinyu turned around while looking at his watch: “I will help you take a leave with Teacher Yang later, but you must enter the classroom before the first class, don’t be too late…..Is that your relative?”

Jiang Chen glanced past Fu Jinyu, and saw Shi Fengyue walking towards this side at a leisurely pace with a plastic bag in his hand.

Shi Fengyue also heard Fu Jinyu’s words, and he stopped and turned to look at Jiang Chen.

Then, he nodded lightly and said, “Hi, I’m Jiang Chen’s brother, who are you?”

Fu Jinyu’s hesitant eyes lingered on Shi Fengyue’s face for a few seconds: “Hello, I am Jiang Chen’s math teacher, my surname is Fu.”

“I must trouble Teacher Fu to take care of Jiang Chen at school.”

“No trouble, it’s my duty to educate students, and Jiang Chen’s grades are very good. This time he took the first place in the joint exam of the three schools, and will represent the school in the mathematics competition in August. We all have high hopes for him.”

Shi Fengyue glanced calmly at the young man beside him, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened: “So impressive?”

Fu Jinyu nodded, paused in the middle of nodding, and looked at Jiang Chen suspiciously: “Jiang Chen, didn’t you mention your grades in school at home?”

“I haven’t mentioned the competition yet.” Jiang Chen evaded the matter and said lightly: “Teacher Fu, it’s my brother’s first visit to our school, and I’ll take him around the campus and then go to morning self-study.”

“Okay.” Fu Jinyu glanced at Shi Fengyue, and said to Jiang Chen: “Accompany your brother well, teacher will go up first, remember to enter the classroom before the first class.”

There were only two people left by the flower bed.

“Dr. Shi, you asked me to wait for you here, is there anything else you need from me?”

When Shi Fengyue lifted the plastic bag, Jiang Chen’s eyes fell on the bag.

“Thank you gift.”

“Snacks?”

Shi Fengyue nodded: “Don’t you kids all like to eat snacks?” He opened a bag of candies while talking, peeled off the candy wrapper and put one in his mouth. After a few seconds, he frowned, chewed and swallowed it, and then took out a few packs of snacks and looked at them, then clicked his tongue and said, “Antioxidants, preservatives, food colorings, thickeners…..children like to eat these things now?”

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, and was just about to refute the word “child” when he rubbed his head: “Forget it, I’ll make it up to you next time.”

A gust of wind blew, Shi Fengyue’s back was tall and straight, and his casual voice pierced through the rustling leaves: “I’m going first, go back and attend class obediently.”

When Jiang Chen returned to the classroom, it was almost time for morning self-study.

As soon as he sat down, Shen Xu moved his head over, covered his mouth and said in a low voice: “Who was that man just now? Why did he want to see you? Why haven’t I seen him before?”

Luo Ze, who was drowsy after reading the text, also regained his energy when he heard the words, and joined the topic: “Yeah, God Jiang, who is he, you didn’t see, when you left just now, those girls went crazy. Oh, the degree of exaggeration, as if they haven’t seen a man in hundreds of years, they have been discussing him all morning.”

Jiang Chen opened the textbook: “My father’s doctor, he is going to the junior high school section to look for his nephew, and when he got lost, he asked me for directions.”

“Is he the one who will perform the operation on Uncle Jiang?” Shen Xu raised his hand holding the book, and when he saw the language teacher looking over, he immediately covered his shocked face: “So young?”

“Doctor?” Luo Ze was even more surprised, and moved his head close to Jiang Chen’s ear, in disbelief: “A doctor with those looks?”

Jiang Chen tilted his head, pushed Luo Ze’s head away, and said calmly, “Don’t judge people by their appearance, and Teacher Li is coming this way.”

……

The day passed quickly, and as soon as the bell rang for the last class dismissal, Shen Xu quickly packed his schoolbag, ran to Jiang Chen’s desk and said, “Where shall we go to eat?”

Jiang Chen had promised to treat Shen Xu to a meal during the May Day holiday. It just so happened that today’s midterm exam results were good, and Yang Si had to go to the hospital to eat with Jiang Zhuo in the evening and couldn’t go home, so he set the time for today.

Jiang Chen got up: “Wherever you want.”

“I don’t know either.” Shen Xu struggled: “Xu Ji’s Cantonese cuisine is good, but I’m sure we won’t be able to get in line at this time, and I haven’t eaten the hot pot in Long Alley for a long time, but I don’t really want spicy food today. There’s also Huang Yun’s Sichuan cuisine, no, it’s also spicy, and the Huaiyang cuisine near the park…..”

Counting the restaurants from the classroom to the school gate, Shen Xu couldn’t choose the one he wanted to go the most, so he had to let Jiang Chen make up his mind in the end.

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Jiang Chen picked the one closest to the school among the ones that Shen Xu mentioned just now, and just after he finished speaking, he heard a somewhat familiar voice shout: “Big brother!”

The noble boy with a clean aura was wearing a Western suit-style school uniform, and in a group of students in loose blue tracksuits, waving his hand and walking towards this side quickly, he looked particularly eye-catching.

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After Yang Si knew the cause and effect and Jiang Chen’s plan, the follow-up matter also went smoothly.

During the remaining three days of the holiday, Jiang Chen first visited Shen Xu’s father at the Shen house. After talking with him in detail, he finally selected a storefront based on his memory of the future development of various areas in Yan City and through father Shen’s connections settled the contract.

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This was a shop facing the street with a height of nearly five meters and a total area of ​​70 square meters. The insider price was 7,500 yuan per square meter, and the total price was 525,000 yuan. Compared to the real estate price in Yan City now, this storefront’s price was quite higher.

But Jiang Chen knew that this place would become one of the most prosperous business districts in Yan City in less than two years, and the shop he chose was directly facing the busiest and liveliest street. Within five years, the value of this store would increase by at least twenty times. Even if Jiang Zhuo was unwilling to operate this store after it was refurbished, renting it out would also bring in a good profit.

The store was bought in the name of Yang Si, and father Shen was there to help, so the whole process from the selection to the loan to the down payment and signing of the contract was very fast, and all the procedures were completed before the end of the holiday.

After paying the down payment for the store and completing the final payment for Wugu Village, Jiang Chen used 20,000 yuan to buy and assemble a computer himself, and kept the remaining 260,000 yuan for Jiang Zhuo’s surgical treatment.

Most of the Jiang family’s affairs were settled, and the May Day holiday ended as scheduled.

After the week-long holiday, the atmosphere of Yan City No. 1 High School was relaxed except for the seniors in third year who were nervously preparing for the college entrance exam.

The same was true for year 2, class 1, but the substitute class teacher, Mr. Li, had always had a Buddhist attitude, and he didn’t reprimand them when he saw the noise in the classroom before lessons started. He just informed them with a kind smile: the midterm exam three days later is a joint exam, No. 1 High School, its attached secondary school and Chenghua would jointly create the exam questions, the ranking would also include all three schools. So everyone remember to check your approximate ranking in the entire Yan City.

As soon as this remark came out, there was wailing from the classroom, yelling that the teachers hadn’t mentioned the joint exam of the three schools in advance before the holiday, otherwise they would have studied hard during the holiday. Though they complained and said that, the learning atmosphere immediately returned to before the long vacation, as everyone wanted to work hard to squeeze in the forefront of the big joint ranking of the three schools.

The study atmosphere became stronger, and there were more people discussing subject problems during recess and self-study. Among them, Jiang Chen’s table was the most lively, and there was an endless stream of people with questions. Shen Xu was dissatisfied that someone took his throne, but Jiang Chen welcomed it. While tutoring on the topic, he also helped himself consolidate and review the information.

It was just that besides the questions, the people who came also had a lot of words of encouragement that made Jiang Chen dumbfounded.

——”Brother Chen, the hope of No. 1 High School, you must get the top spot!”

——”God Jiang, you are the best. We must show Chenghua and the secondary school this time what a real god of learning is. And wash away the shame of missing out on the number one spot in sciences on the college entrance examination last year, and the shame of having the second most admitted studentsto Hua/Yan Uni!”

——”Jiang Chen, you must take first place in the joint entrance examination this time. Last year, the first place in the science subjects of the joint examination in the second year was from the competition class of the attached secondary school. During the summer camp, those people’s noses were practically up to the sky. This year we must kill their prestige.”

There were countless things like this, and other than this there were also many people who were worried.

——”Jiang Chen, Li Xiao from the attached secondary high school had a total score of 738 in sciences at the end of last year. I heard that she is even scarier this year than last year. Do you think you can be stable this time…..”

——”Jiang Chen, apart from you, Chenghua’s He Qianjian and the attached secondary school’s Li Xiao are the most popular this time. They are also very amazing. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Just keep your level. I believe you will be number one.”

——”Jiang Chen…..”

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the joint midterm exam, which some people were nervous about and some were looking forward to, finally came.

Before the exam, Shen Xu threw an arm over Jiang Chen’s shoulders, and smiled gloatingly: “Jiangzi, as if the pressure is not too much, you are the hope of the whole school.”

Jiang Chen held his pen and paper, walked to the first seat and sat down, pursed his lips and said, “Since it’s hope, it won’t disappoint.”

Shen Xu made a hey sound, and held up his thumb: “God Jiang, cocky.”

There were two days of exams on Thursday and Friday, and the three schools would jointly mark the papers over the weekend, and the results would be released next Monday.

On the weekend, Shen Xu asked Jiang Chen to play basketball in the name of relieving Jiang Chen’s nervousness before the grades came out. But who knew that he was the one who showed the most anxiety. He couldn’t help asking the classmate next to him right after he arrived at the court: “Say, who will be the first in the midterm exam this time?”

The ones Shen Xu called were all the students who usually got along well in the class. Everyone naturally knew what he was worried about, and they were also very concerned about the ranking of this exam.

It was just…..the teenagers turned their heads and saw Jiang Chen who was not affected at all, dribbling and shooting not far away, and their expressions were a little exasperated.

Class monitor Tang Qixun rubbed his chin, shook his head and said, “It’s hard to guess, hard to say about Chenghua’s He Qianjian, we used to have different test papers from their school, but I heard that he has been the first in his year since elementary school, so it’s hard to tell. He has always been impressive and I think his results of the joint midterm examination will be quite good, but Li Xiao from the attached secondary school is a real genius. I went to the same elementary school with her. She only went to elementary school for three years before skipping grades, and she only went to junior high school for one year. She went directly to the attached secondary school in 1999, and now she is only twelve years old, but she is firmly ranked first in her year regardless of her age. You guys don’t know, but when she took the high school entrance exam, all the schools were throwing money at her and fighting over her. But she just chose the attached secondary school because her home is close to it, and I heard that she is also in the competition class. In short, she is a talented girl who can’t be described as just awesome.”

Luo Ze’s eyes widened: “Holy sh*t, so powerful? Is this still a human? How do ordinary people compare with geniuses?”

“Tsk, you are spoiling our own prestige by fanning others’ aspirations!” Shen Xu jumped up and slapped Luo Ze on the head: “When Jiangzi was in elementary school, those teachers also suggested that he skip a grade, it was Uncle Jiang and the others who refused to let him. And also, Jiangzi wanted to accompany me and Huo Bo to study step by step, so if there is really a comparison on this, Jiangzi will not lose.”

“I didn’t say that Jiang Chen will lose.” Luo Ze smiled and pressed Shen Xu down, wrapped his arms around his neck, raised his chin and gestured in Jiang Chen’s direction: “You are the anxious eunuch while the emperor is not at all worried himself, it’s useless to worry now, you will know the results tomorrow, so let’s go and play.”

Shen Xu kicked him, snatched the ball from his hand, turned his head and grinned triumphantly while dribbling the ball, ran to Jiang Chen’s side and said, “Come on, Jiangzi, let us start the era of the peak of the ‘double devils’ on the court again!”

Luo Ze was right behind him. Hearing his words, he laughed and said, “You’re always relying on Jiang Chen everytime, and you still have the face to call yourself “double devils”.”

“Don’t b*tch, let’s have a two-on-two match later?” Shen Xu shot back.

Luo Ze rolled his eyes and reached out to slap the ball in his hand: “Or just one-on-one.”

“You think I’m stupid.” Shen Xu dodged away, smiling smugly, but also naturally unreasonable.

The two of them fought together in an instant, and Jiang Chen watched while holding the ball on the side. He and Tang Qixun looked at each other and grinned.

It was mid-May, the weather in Yan City was still a bit chilly, but the teenagers on the field were only wearing thin short-sleeved shirts, and they were full of youth and vigor.

In the interstellar era in the last life, basketball had already become an ancient sport, and there were very few people who could play basketball. Moreover, Jiang Chen was preoccupied with completing his studies before he was twelve years old. After entering the Imperial University at the age of twelve, he was always in the laboratory. Although later when he joined the federal research institute he had to train like the soldiers. However, researchers and soldiers were different after all, and exercise was only to have a better health and physique for doing research, so after reaching the standard amount of exercise, everyone would race against time to get into the laboratory, and have no time to find other exercise hobbies.

Therefore, counting the later years of the first life and the previous life, Jiang Chen had not played for nearly thirty years.

When Shen Xu and the others were chatting just now, Jiang Chen practiced dribbling and dunking. From jerkiness to familiarity, he regained the feeling of playing before in a few minutes. This feeling was very strange. In memory, this body and he had been separated for a long time, but his body memory was not unfamiliar, as if he had always been in this body and never left.

After the game started, although Jiang Chen was familiar with basketball, he didn’t quickly regain the tacit understanding of playing with Shen Xu and the others. He made several mistakes in the first quarter, which caused the score to widen by a lot.

Before the start of the second quarter, Luo Ze teased: “Could it be that you got distracted with the girl who just walked past, becoming absent-minded? Do you want us brothers to catch up to her and help you ask for her number?”

Jiang Chen twirled the ball in his hand, raised his eyebrows and smiled, right before taking off to shoot a three-pointer.

“Your eyes are the one stuck on her, and you speak of Jiangzi.” Shen Xu rolled his eyes: “You shouldn’t have grabbed that rebound just now. But in order to show that you can jump like a monkey you still did it, the girl didn’t even look at you.”

“How do you know that she didn’t look at me?” Luo Ze threw the ball at Shen Xu: “Come on! Let me show you the charm of this big brother!”

After the first quarter, Jiang Chen had recovered the tacit understanding with Shen Xu. At the beginning of the second quarter, the suppressed situation of their team changed instantly. At the end of the quarter, the scores on both sides were already quite close.

“Jiangzi!”

Shen Xu yelled, Jiang Chen hardly hesitated, raised his hand to catch the basketball thrown at him, then bent his knees, and while jumping up, the basketball drew a parabola in mid-air, and when he landed, it was to the boys’ cheers.

“Three points!”

“Clean shot!”

“Awesome!”

The boys were equally happy, and they all ran over laughing, hugging each other one by one, regardless of the win or loss just now.

Jiang Chen was surrounded tightly, and the smell of sweat from the boys’ bodies mixed together, sweeping away his previous calm, and he resisted and dodged desperately.

While ducking, he laughed and said, “Stay away from me!”

“Tell you to pretend!”

“We’re all sweaty, who are you to feel disdain for?”

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“Come, welcome the blessing of this brother’s sweat, and you will be guaranteed first place in the midterm exam tomorrow!”

The teenagers laughed and wanted to surround him. Luo Ze winked at the left and right, everyone understood. They rushed up and lifted Jiang Chen up, throwing him into the air with cheers.

Under the sunshine of the end of spring, the boy who was thrown up had a clear, bright smile without any gloom or overcast.

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Of course the man would not refuse to earn an extra 10,000 yuan. It happened that Chen Fang also had the contract paper with him. The three hit it off and went to the neighborhood committee immediately.

Although it was a holiday at this time, there were many chatting residents gathered in the neighborhood committee area. Seeing acquaintances coming with two unfamiliar faces, they were all a little curious. After learning their purpose, they were quite enthusiastic and amiable about helping out as witnesses, and the process of signing the contract was pleasant and fast.

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After paying the deposit, Jiang Chen took out a bag of marshmallows from his backpack, opened it with a smile and handed it to the children playing around here. The children crowded over and accepted the candy with shouts of happiness. There was even a small child who hugged his legs coquettishly asking for candies.

The parents also laughed when they saw this, and their attitude was a little more kindly and familiar than before. An enthusiastic auntie pulled Jiang Chen and Shen Xu to chat, talking about the scenery here, saying which family’s fruit tree had the juiciest fruits, and which family’s vegetables were the most fresh, telling him to try it out sometime when he was free.

The children ran and chased each other playfully, and Jiang Chen quietly talked with a few aunties and grannies, thereby gaining a general understanding of Wugu Village. It was rare to see a boy of this age who was willing to talk with them. So the happier these aunties and grannies were, the more they insisted they stay with them for a meal at the end.

Jiang Chen came here to sign the contract in order to establish a good relationship with the nearby neighbors in advance, so naturally he would not shirk this invitation, and accepted it with an obedient smile.

After dinner, several aunties and uncles near Jiang Chen’s house got to know him. With Jiang Chen’s personality that was easy to please the elders and Shen Xu’s invincible sweet mouth, the uncles all have a good impression of both of them while the aunties and grannies almost recognized the two of them as their own sons and grandsons, and saw them to the entrance of the village before leaving.

Chen Fang facilitated a closing, and sent them back to the city center in a good mood. Before leaving, he left his contact information and made an appointment for the transfer procedures. He said with a smile that Jiang Chen and his friends could come to him if they wanted to buy or sell houses.

Shen Xu smiled and said: “Uncle Chen, not only Jiangzi, I will also look for you when I buy a house in the future, and then you have to give us a discount.”

When the car drove away, the smile on Shen Xu’s face disappeared, and he asked, “Jiangzi, tell me the truth, where did your money come from? I don’t believe that Uncle and Aunt Jiang would really let you go to the countryside to buy a house at this time.”

Jiang Chen lowered his eyes and smiled lightly. His two friends, Huo Bo, seemed to be meticulous in methods and thoughtful, but in fact he was somewhat absentminded in many aspects, while Shen Xu seemed to be thick in many ways, but in fact he was quite observant, and because of his keen intuition, he almost never made an error in judgment.

Moreover, Shen Xu could be said to be one of the people who understand him best in this world.

However, Jiang Chen had no intention of hiding it. Except for changing the purpose of going to Donghua Village to relax, he told Shen Xu truthfully everything that happened afterwards.

Shen Xu’s eyes widened, and he said in shock: “No way? That child was actually playing house with a banknote printed in the 30th year of Guangxu? A real rich family! What was the identity of the child’s ancestors before they came to Yan City? And being able to possess four at once, even in the past, is rare.”

In fact, Jiang Chen was also curious. When he first saw old Mr. Miao, he was no different from any ordinary farmer. But after communicating with him, he found that he seemed simple and honest on the surface, but in fact he had quite the wisdom and foresight, and he handled things calmly and properly. If not because of this, even if he was temporarily short of money he would not accept a silver banknote from old Mr. Miao as a thank you gift, because they both understood that this banknote was more about establishing a cooperative relationship than thanking him.

He could probably guess that apart from helping find a house in the city and Miao Miao’s school admission, old Mr. Miao had other things that he wanted him to help with. Although he didn’t know what it was, that he would ask him, a student whose background he did not know, to help him, it likely wasn’t something too troublesome, but something old Mr. Miao couldn’t do himself.

Just what this was, he would naturally know when the time came, and while towards the identities of old Mr. Miao and Miao Miao he was quite curious, he wouldn’t do things like deliberately pry into other people’s privacy.

Shen Xu didn’t think much about it either, and after mentioning it casually, he put the matter behind him and felt happy for Jiang Chen: “In this way, Uncle Jiang will not have to worry about the operation fee.”

Jiang Chen smiled: “Yes, so I will be a little busy during this time, and I won’t be able to accompany you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I will treat you to lunch when we go back to school.”

“No way.” Shen Xu’s face fell instantly: “What are you busy with? Still buying a house?”

“That’s right.” Jiang Chen said, “I’m planning to buy a store for my dad. When he’s ready, he can open a store and sell the toys he made himself.”

“That’s awesome!” Shen Xu clapped his hands and said excitedly: “Even now I am reluctant to throw away the toys that Uncle Jiang made for me when I was a child. The little brats among my relatives would look for these toys as soon as they came over for a house visit. It doesn’t work hiding them even in the cabinets, and it doesn’t work to buy new toys for them either. After all these years, half of them were wheedled away by those rambunctious children. And this is the result of me trying my best to outwit them. If Uncle Jiang opens a toy shop it will definitely be popular.”

Jiang Chen could imagine this scene. When he was a child, the children in the community loved to come to his house to play. A large part of the reason was because of his toys. At that time, most of his toys were handmade by his father, which were novel, interesting and unique, so occasionally children wanted to take away his toys and staged crying scenes.

Because of this, a few days ago, when he accidentally found a childhood toy, this idea suddenly popped into his mind. Since his father could no longer work normally, wasn’t letting him do what he was most fond of before as his future career the magic weapon that could rekindle his confidence the fastest?

Shen Xu thought for a while, and said: “If you want to buy a store, I’ll ask my dad for you. It seems that there are storefronts to be sold in the new real estate opened by their company. If you don’t buy there, he also has more information channels. Wait for me to ask, then you can go buy.”

“I was just planning to trouble Uncle Shen.” Jiang Chen said with a smile, “When Uncle and Aunt Shen come back, I’ll visit your house.”

“My parents will be at home tomorrow, so you just come on over.” Shen Xu said with a smile and lowered his voice, “If my dad makes up for you the red envelopes for the Chinese New Year, you just keep them, and we’ll split it fifty-fifty.”

Jiang Chen glanced at him, and Shen Xu immediately raised his hands in surrender.

When he got home, it was past ten o’clock in the evening.

Not long after, Yang Si also came back from the hospital. When she saw Jiang Chen coming in, she smiled and said, “It’s rare to see you playing out so late, where did you go with Xiao Xu? Next time if it’s too late, just call and you can stay directly at Xiao Xu’s home, or let Xiao Xu come to sleep over.”

Jiang Chen glanced at his watch, and said, “Shen Xu and I went out to do business in the afternoon, not for fun, and also Mom, it’s already ten o’clock, you should go to bed early, it’s not good to stay up late, I’ll tell you something when I wake up tomorrow morning.”

“What is it?” Yang Si immediately stood up, pulled Jiang Chen to sit down on the sofa, and said curiously, “Tell Mom quickly, it’s only ten o’clock, so tell Mom what you want to say now, otherwise Mom can’t sleep at night.”

Ever since there was hope for Jiang Zhuo’s legs, Yang Si had returned to her previous personality, which made Jiang Chen happy but also a little helpless. For example, now, a certain Ms. Yang was curious and won’t go to bed until she got an answer.

Jiang Chen opened his backpack, took out the contract and bank card, and handed them to Yang Si.

Yang Si took the contract and opened it for a look, her expression shifted a little bit, and finally settled on being puzzled: “This is a contract for buying a house? But son, where did you get the money, and you are not yet eighteen years old. Who would sell a house to you?”

“Mom, you forgot that they made a mistake when you did my household registration and birth certificate, and put me one year older?”

Yang Si was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered: “That’s right, I even forgot that you are officially an adult on your ID card.”

Jiang Chen smiled helplessly, and without waiting for Yang Si to ask again, he recounted what happened in the past few days, the same as what he said to Shen Xu, other than the purpose of going to Donghua Village being changed, everything else was described truthfully.

“Seven, seven hundred and forty thousand yuan?” Yang Si repeated the number in disbelief, and only came back to her senses after a few seconds. She thought about it, hesitated a few times, and then organized her words: “Chen Chen, you picked up the grandpa’s money and recognized the value of the money, which is very amazing. If Mom saw it, I wouldn’t recognize it, and you also took the money to the grandpa’s house and told the grandpa about the money’s value, this is even more worthy of praise…..but Mom wants to ask you, why did you accept the money from the grandpa? Can you tell Mom what you thought at the time?”

Facing Yang Si’s puzzled expression, Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly understood her doubts at this time.

If it was Jiang Chen in the first life, even if the family faced such a situation, even if they were really desperate, he would not accept the money.

“Mom, Grandpa Miao and I made a transaction.” Jiang Chen looked at Yang Si and said, “What he needs is information on various aspects of Yan City, and I can help him turn his banknotes into actual spending money, as well as buy a house and transfer to another school, etc. Towards this series of follow-up things, I am currently the most trusted partner with the most suitable time for him, and I also happened to need a sum of money, so we reached a deal.”

“In other words, if the other party was not Grandpa Miao, I would not accept the 740,000 yuan, and if it was not me, Grandpa Miao would not entrust others to help with this matter. Our transaction is based on our initial understanding and trust of each other’s character, each taking what we need.”

Yang Si paused, and remained silent for a long time. She raised her hand to touch Jiang Chen’s face, and said with some melancholy: “It seems that Mom’s baby Chen Chen had grown up before I even knew it……” As she spoke, she puffed out a laugh: “However, that serious appearance when talking is exactly the same as that little child trying to speak reason with Mom in a high and milky tone. Both are so cute!”

Jiang Chen sighed helplessly: “Mom…..”

Yang Si smiled and pinched Jiang Chen’s face: “You are still as shy as you were when you were a child, but no matter what Chen Chen does, as long as you have your own reasons and you have a clear conscience, Mom will support you.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes and met his mother’s smiling gentle eyes, and the tip of his nose suddenly stung a little.

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No matter what life it was, no matter what he was like, his mother would always be like this, telling him gently and firmly: Mom will support you.

This kind of silent trust and support had accompanied him for twenty years, and after they left, it had supported him through every difficult, dark and lonely time. Whenever he wanted to give up, he would just look behind him, and there still standing were two figures, telling him silently: Mom and Dad will always be by your side.

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On May 4th, the holiday had already passed halfway.

Jiang Chen promised to accompany Shen Xu for three days, and at this time he had no choice but to make good on his promise.

Early in the morning, Shen Xu arrived at the Jiang’s house, ate the breakfast made by Yang Si with Jiang Chen, praised her cooking so sweetly that Yang Si went to the hospital with a smile on her face, and immediately took Jiang Chen to accompany him to his house to play video games.

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“Come on, come on!”

As soon as he took off his shoes, Shen Xu couldn’t wait to run to sit in front of the TV, pick up the game control and turn on the TV.

Jiang Chen passed him, walked straight to the study, and said as he walked, “I have some things to deal with, I’m gonna use your computer, by the way, accompany me to go out later in the afternoon.”

“Ah?” Shen Xu put down the controller, and followed Jiang Chen with a bitter face: “Where are you going? Ice rink? Play ball? Don’t tell me it’s the library!”

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, and replied, “Go shopping, buy something.”

Shen Xu relaxed, as long as it was not the library.

After lunch, the two went out together.

“Where shall we go first? Why take 812? I have never taken this bus before.” On the bus, Shen Xu leaned on the railing and asked curiously as he looked out of the window.

The familiar yet unfamiliar street scene passed by, and Jiang Chen looked away: “The northern suburbs.”

“Mountain climbing?” Shen Xu raised his head and drooped instantly, his whole body was like a cabbage beaten by the frost: “There are a lot of people in Kong Mt. on holidays, aren’t we just asking to be crowded to death by people?”

“Don’t worry.” The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth had a slight curve, and when he turned his head to look at Shen Xu, the curve deepened, and the dimple next to the corner of his left lip was faintly visible: “It absolutely won’t be crowded.”

Last night, he made a plan for the money in his hands, and after finding the information he wanted on Shen Xu’s home computer, he already made a preliminary decision in his mind.

It was now 2004, and his memory of the first life in 2004 was somewhat blurred. Most of his memories were concentrated on family and school, and he had almost no impression of economic development and investing in stocks. Fortunately, he still remembered the basic development process and general direction of future years.

This year was no longer the best year to invest in real estate, but compared to later years, it was still considered a golden time, especially since the demolition boom that started in the past two years had made many people worth millions overnight.

Among them, the one that impressed Jiang Chen the most was a small village close to the scenic area outside the fifth ring road in the northern suburbs. It was just an ordinary small village, and thus remote and lacking in people.

But at the end of this year, it would welcome development because of the live hot springs, retaining the original forest vegetation and original scenery of the village, and building a national 5A scenic spot. While attracting countless tourists, it would also usher in a period of rapid development for that small village. So no need to say more about its investment prospects. Countless people would flock over there for the hot springs and the benefits that the fresh and clean air brings to the body.

It was just because of the government’s protection policy, after the development, except for the original residents before the development, only a very small group of people could own their own houses there. It would be more than half a year before the news of development came out and this was Jiang Chen’s opportunity. Whether it was waiting for the demolition money or living there in the future, it was a sure profit deal.

The car wobbled towards the north, from the bustling urban area to the crowded scenic spots, passed the scenic spots, and drove to the outermost suburbs of Yan City, where the population gradually became less and less dense.

Shen Xu woke up after a nap, saw that the bus had yet to stop, and yawned: “How long has it been?”

“It’s almost two hours, and the next stop is ours.”

“Kong Mt. is that far away?” Shen Xu yawned, looked out the window in a daze for a while, and then came back to his senses: “Wait, where is this?”

At the same time as he finished speaking, the station announcement sounded: “The Wugu Village stop is here, passengers getting off…..”

“Wugu Village?” Shen Xu looked blank: “Where is Wugu Village? Is it still in Yan City?”

Jiang Chen got up: “Come on.”

Standing on the asphalt road with a few other people, an old man carrying a burden passed by them. Shen Xu belatedly said: “Wugu Village, isn’t it the countryside? Jiangzi, you aren’t here for shopping, are you? And shopping…..what is there to buy here? Vegetables?”

Jiang Chen threw an arm over his neck, smiling brightly: “You will know later.”

The two walked along the asphalt road, and a man in a suit was waiting not far away. When he saw them coming, he was a little surprised and hesitant. After the two stood still, he tentatively asked, “Mr. Jiang?”

“Hello, I’m Jiang Chen.” Jiang Chen stretched out his hand, smiled and nodded.

“Hello.” The man glanced at Jiang Chen and Shen Xu behind him, and his smile became a little forced in an instant: “You are Mr. Jiang who wants to buy a house in Wugu Village? Excuse me, but are you a legal adult yet?”

Jiang Chen took out his ID card: “This is my ID card. Don’t worry, I’m buying the house this time for the sake of the elders in my family. There will be no problems whether it’s signing a contract or payment.”

The man relaxed a lot after hearing the words, but he still doubted: “Can such a big matter really be left to you to decide?”

“Mr. Chen, although we are here just to see the house first to confirm our intention, we can pay the money and sign the contract immediately if we are sure, but no matter what, I will not let you make this trip in vain.” Jiang Chen took out a paper envelope and handed it to the man, saying, “This is the hard work fee for this trip. If the contract is signed, in addition to your commission, I will give you another part of the hard work fee.”

Chen Fang looked at Jiang Chen whose expression remained calm and steady, and moved his eyes down to the paper envelope in his hand. He hesitated for a moment, took it, opened it and looked at the amount inside, and his expression improved a lot in an instant: “Mr. Jiang Chen, sir, you are too polite. I have already made an appointment with the seller. I will take you there now. Besides that one, there is another owner in Wugu Village that is going to sell their house. If you want to see it, I can also take you there for a look….”

Chen Fang led the way, while Jiang Chen and Shen Xu walked behind, listening to his eloquent introduction of the scenery and future development of Wugu Village.

Shen Xu’s eyes were full of confusion. He wanted to ask but didn’t know how to ask. Even if he was beaten to death, he would never have thought that Jiang Chen came here to look at housing. It was even an exaggeration to say that this was even the city outskirts as it looked more like the countryside instead. It didn’t make any sense at all why he would buy a house here.

Could it be that in order to treat Uncle Jiang’s legs, the Jiang family had no money and could only sell their house in the city center and come to the countryside to buy a house?

Shen Xu’s face was full of hesitation, but he couldn’t hold back in the end. He leaned into Jiang Chen’s ear and said, “Jiangzi, you really came here to buy a house? No way, right?”

Jiang Chen looked at the woods on the hillside not far away, pointed to the creek and wild flowers at his feet, and asked with a smile, “Don’t you think the air here is good? My dad needs to recover for a while after the operation, and if he lives at home he will have to keep going up and down the stairs. It’s inconvenient, and the city center is also noisy, and it’s not suitable for recuperation, so buying a house here, once he is discharged from the hospital and moved here, he can have a good rest.”

“Mr. Jiang is right.” Hearing the conversation between Jiang Chen and Shen Xu, Chen Fang was more relieved, and he said with a smile: “Wugu Village may not be as good as the city center in regards to other factors, but the scenery is really worth mentioning. Moreover, there are many live hot springs in the mountains, the only disadvantage here is the remoteness, otherwise, if it was developed, there will definitely be more tourists than over at Kong Mt., but if it is for health care and retirement, the tranquility and scenic atmosphere here are definitely the most suitable.”

“And this is not really considered a rural area. Real rural houses are not allowed to be listed for sale. Wugu Village is divided into the Wugu District. It is considered a town and has a real estate certificate. It’s just that most of the people living here are villagers and few will sell their house.”

The three of them talked and walked to a bungalow. A middle-aged man was standing by the wall. When he saw them coming, he rubbed his hands and smiled honestly: “Mr. Chen, you are here, these two are looking at the house, right? I’ll take you inside to have a look.”

Chen Fang greeted the man, and then introduced him to Jiang Chen: “This is the owner who plans to sell the house. Their family will move to the south. This house was built by himself when he got married, and it is only three years old. It’s very new, and there’s a big yard at the back, the whole house including the yard is nearly 500 square meters, and most importantly, the backyard of his house is connected to a hot spring, you can go and see it.”

Under Chen Fang’s lead, Jiang Chen looked over the house, and after seeing the hot spring in the backyard, he immediately made a decision in his heart.

However, during this period, except for asking some small questions, he did not show the slightest intention to buy it. It was not until he returned to the main room and sat down face to face that he asked unhurriedly: “Uncle Yang, your house is really good. The area of ​​the house along with the yard is not small, but the property area does not include this yard, right?”

“This…..” The man was not good at fooling people, he nodded honestly and said, “That’s true, but even though there is no real estate certificate, every household circles the yard like this, and everyone acknowledges it.”

Jiang Chen said: “Your house has two floors, with a total area of ​​168 square meters. The price you gave is 1,800 yuan per square meter, plus the packing price of the backyard, and the total price is 334,800 yuan. If you can go to the neighborhood committee now, and then sign the contract with me under the witness of the town’s residents, I can pay 350,000 yuan.”

“This…..” The man was a little puzzled, and looked at Chen Fang who was on the side.

Chen Fang understood the meaning of Jiang Chen’s actions in the blink of an eye.

If Jiang Chen bought this place for recuperation, there was a high probability that he would not move here immediately, and he might not live here long term in the future.

When a house was left empty, it was easy to attract troubles, such as a small but very likely issue to happen here: the neighbor next door repaired their walls and moved a few meters towards your area. Once you move over they have already finished building. The house lease stated that land belonged to you, but you couldn’t use the law to argue with them, and it was not like you could forcibly tear down the other person’s walls, right?

Although it was classified as an urban area here, the folks in the village recognized favors and relationships more than contracts. In such a small circle that was xenophobic and had been neighbors for decades, even if you had reason on your side, the possibility of others helping you was not too big.

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Now Jiang Chen intended to pay more money, and sign the contract under the noses of the neighborhood committee staff who have some weight in the hearts of these residents, not only to guarantee he had witnesses, but also to use the owner of this house to bring him into the circle of these people, so that the people here were more likely to accept him.

Looking at Jiang Chen who showed almost no emotion during the whole process, yet hit every nail on the head directly when he opened his mouth, Chen Fang couldn’t help being impressed. Was this meticulous attitude really that of an eighteen year old boy? When he was eighteen years old he ran away from home and was foolishly cheated out of two hundred yuan.

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Jiang Chen gave Zeng Fei an answer that night, and Zeng Fei gave him a faster answer. At that time, he told him on the phone that the old customer was willing to buy together his ancient currency at a price of 780,000 each.

Such a high price was somewhat unexpected by Jiang Chen. He originally thought that if they were bought together, a single silver banknote would be at most 750,000 yuan, but he did not expect that after deducting the handling fee, one silver banknote would still earn about 740,000 yuan. It could be seen that Zeng Fei’s old customer was really generous indeed.

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The procedures and money transfer were fast. On the third day of the holiday, Jiang Chen left Shiyang Auction House with two bank cards and took a taxi to Donghua Village.

Old Mr. Miao held more than two million yuan worth of money in bank cards and couldn’t react for a while. Jiang Chen smiled and said: “If you are used to using deposit books, we can go to the bank to change it now. Getting a deposit book requires you carrying out the process yourself.”

“No, no need.” The old man shook his head, and then returned to his senses: “I believe in you, Xiao Jiang, thank you, you are the great benefactor of our Miao family!”

“This is your ancient currency. I’m just helping you, and I also get a quarter of it as commission. No matter what, I benefitted, and I can’t be your benefactor.”

“Why aren’t you a benefactor?” The old man smiled and pulled over Miao Miao, before saying to Jiang Chen, “Your appearance has changed our family’s Miao Miao’s life. When she grows up, she must repay you well.”

Jiang Chen lowered his head and saw the blinking little girl, rubbed her head with a smile, and hugged her when she opened her arms: “Grandpa Miao, there is no repayment relationship between us, you are planning to take Miao Miao to school in the city? And to buy a house, have you decided on an area yet?”

“No.” The old man shook his head with a wry smile: “Our family fled to this Donghua Village and stuck our roots here. We haven’t gone out the village to see the city much, and I don’t know what districts there are in the city.”

Jiang Chen introduced the various districts of Yan City and the supporting schools in each district to the old man, and then said: “I suggest that you buy a house in either Yannan, Zhonghai, and Huyang districts, these districts are very well developed, and the most important thing is that the schools covered by these districts have good teaching quality from kindergarten to high school, and Yan Uni and Hua Uni are also in these districts.”

Old Mr. Miao nodded again and again, and then asked, “Xiao Jiang, which district is your home in?”

“Zhonghai.” Jiang Chen smiled: “The houses near my house are very good, not far from the park or hospital as well as the school and large commercial areas.”

“I want to live with Big Brother!” Miao Miao hugged Jiang Chen’s neck: “I want to live with Big Brother!”

Old Mr. Miao smiled and said: “Okay, let’s live with your big brother.” He looked at Jiang Chen: “Xiao Jiang, are there still houses for sale over there?”

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said, “Our community should not have any left. If it’s nearby, I can help you find out.”

“Okay, okay!” Old Mr. Miao laughed and said: “It is said that Feng Shui nourishes people, and when Miao Miao lives by your side, she will definitely have a good future when she grows up.”

After rejecting old Mr. Miao’s invitation to stay for lunch, Jiang Chen left Donghua Village and went straight to the hospital.

Jiang Zhuo was talking to the patient in the next bed, and when he saw him, he immediately laughed: “Didn’t you go out with Xiao Xu? Why did you come back at this time?”

Jiang Chen sat down on the chair beside the bed, and the person on the next bed teased: “Aren’t you happy with your son coming to accompany you? Which child of this age is always away from home all day long, not to mention that it is still a short vacation now, and only your family’s Jiang Chen is filial and will accompany you every day for three consecutive days.”

Jiang Zhuo shook his head: “It’s not that I don’t want him to accompany me, but that such a big child should go out to play more, what’s the point of sitting dully at home studying or accompanying me in the hospital all day.”

The person in the next bed smiled and said, “You are in the midst of happiness and do not know happiness. If my son was half as sensible as Xiao Jiang, I would have woken up laughing in my dreams. By the way, Xiao Jiang, your father said that you are in the second year of high school in Yan No. 1 Hugh School, how are your grades?”

Jiang Chen smiled and said, “Not bad.”

The man asked: “By not bad, what number is it?”

An auntie who had not spoken also asked: “That’s right, is Xiao Jiang’s grades good?”

Most adults, when they see a child of school age, like to inquire about their academic performance, generally not with malicious intentions, but just making casual chit-chat. That they asked today was because Jiang Zhuo and his wife did not like to show off. Apart from saying that their child went to school in Yan City No. 1 High School, they never talked about Jiang Chen’s grades. So others in the ward who saw him being sensible and filial and coming to the hospital every day to report, carrying books with him at any time, naturally couldn’t help but wonder about his grades.

“First in his year.”

The man who walked in from the door had a low voice, a folder in his hand, his pace calm and unhurried as he headed towards Jiang Zhuo’s bed. He opened the folder and looked at it, taking time to glance at Jiang Chen, his eyelashes like thick inky feathers. When half lowered, they softened the sharpness of his features: “Right?”

“Yes.” Jiang Chen curved his eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly pulled upwards to show his neat white teeth, which deepened the single dimple on his left cheek, giving off the uniquely clean and handsome aura of young people: “How did Dr. Shi know?”

The people in the ward were surprised for a moment, but they also smiled when they saw his smile. Someone praised: “Old Jiang, you have given birth to a good son. Filial, sensible, obedient, and also with grades that good.”

Jiang Zhuo smiled shyly, but his tone couldn’t hide his gratification and pride: “Everything else is good about him, except he doesn’t like to move around, so I always urge him to go out to play. It’s better for boys to make more friends and do more activities.”

“This is your child’s filial piety, to accompany you…..”

The patients and their family members complimented one by one, and only Shi Fengyue saw Jiang Chen’s probing expression under his smile. His knuckles curled up, his fingertips flicked the folder twice, and then he said lightly: “My nephew is in the junior section of Yan No. 1 High School.”

Jiang Chen retracted his gaze, and Shi Fengyue also shifted his gaze to discuss the surgical plan with Jiang Zhuo in a low voice. The two sat on both sides of the hospital bed, one was calm and indifferent, the other was relaxed and unclouded, as if two worlds were separated.

Shi Fengyue left after he finished talking about the operation plan. Jiang Chen sat for a while and waited for Yang Si to come over before leaving the ward. While waiting for the elevator, he happened to see Shi Fengyue coming out of the office, and the female doctor following him also looked familiar.

The female doctor had her hands behind her back as she looked up at Shi Fengyue and was saying something. Probably getting ready to get off work, Shi Fengyue had changed out of his white physician’s coat and wore a simple creamy white sweater and black jeans. He looked a little more indolent than when he was at work, and less aloof and unapproachable.

The two walked side by side, Shi Fengyue walked slowly and unhurried, but he was tall and had long legs so if the female doctor wanted to follow him step by step, she had to speed up her footsteps, but she didn’t show the slightest difficulty on her face, still raising her head with a smile on her face as she talked to Shi Fengyue.

The two were about to approach, so Jiang Chen politely retracted his gaze. Just as the elevator door opened, he took a step and entered the elevator.

At the same time, Shi Fengyue paused and stopped less than three meters away from the elevator, avoiding the female doctor who almost walked into him. As Jiang Chen pressed the button to go downwards, that indolent and cool voice traveled the air and accompanied its owner inside: “I have no obligation to satisfy your curiosity.”

The slowly closing elevator door obscured the female doctor’s changing expression.

In the enclosed space, one person was standing beside the elevator buttons, the other was leaning against the other side with his hand tucked in a pocket. Neither of them spoke, both of them were the picture of calm stillness.

It was not until the elevator reached the first floor and the two walked to the hospital entrance one after the other did the silence break.

Jiang Chen nodded and said, “Dr. Shi, goodbye.”

Shi Fengyue nodded lazily and turned to leave.

Jiang Chen walked in the opposite direction. While waiting for the bus, he suddenly remembered that he had promised Shen Xu that he would lend him the book that he brought to the hospital today when they met tomorrow, but he forgot the book in the hospital, so he could only go back and get it now.

A few minutes later, as soon as he walked out of the ward, he saw a somewhat familiar figure approaching him. The thin boy had his head lowered, and a middle-aged woman in plain clothes was saying something to him. The two gradually came closer and he could vaguely hear the conversation:

“…..Your mother entrusted you to me, and I will take good care of you.”

“You don’t have to worry about tuition fees, just study hard. Auntie has money. As long as you can study, Auntie will definitely support you to go to college. When your mother’s affairs are settled, you can move to…..”

The boy kept his head down and his face was unable to be seen clearly, but Jiang Chen had already recalled who he was. He hesitated for a moment between avoiding temporarily or pass by, when he saw the boy passing an open window. The sun was falling straight down on the ground, there was a band of light that shone down vertically. He no longer hesitated, and turned on his heel to step back behind the safety door.

Unexpectedly, just as the door closed, he bumped into someone.

Jiang Chen took a half step back, and immediately apologized: “I’m sorry, I accidentally bumped…..” Seeing the person behind him, his voice paused and his eyes widened slightly.

“This is the second time.”

The man had his arms crossed over his chest and wore a creamy white turtleneck coarse knitted sweater. The collar was half gaping, revealing his slender and fair neck and perfectly curved jawline. He had a candy in his mouth, but his eyes were still sharp, and those pale lips made his face appear a little more lazy and cold.

Shi Fengyue looked down at him, his slender index finger with defined knuckles tapping his pale lips, and after a few seconds, he asked suspiciously, “Didn’t you go back? Now you deliberately turned back just to step on me again?”

The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth twitched indistinctly, but he thought of how he had bumped into the other twice, so he could only apologize again: “I’m sorry.”

Shi Fengyue raised his eyes and glanced at the door of the safe exit: “Are you hiding?”

Jiang Chen: “Not really.” He thought for a while and said, “It’s a junior brother from my school. I’ve only met him once. He didn’t seem to be in a good mood just now and should be reluctant to meet people from the same school.”

Shi Fengyue lowered his eyes to look at him, Jiang Chen raised his eyes, and the two gazes collided, seemingly indifferent, but both seemed to want to figure out something from each other’s eyes.

The ringing of the phone interrupted their gaze, Shi Fengyue took out his phone and glanced at the incoming call. After pressing the phone, he stuffed it back into his pocket, and when he pulled it out again, there was more candy.

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Jiang Chen then felt that someone had rubbed his head, and soon a piece of candy was placed in his palm. When he came back to his senses, the man had already climbed a few steps, and his languid voice echoed in the empty stairs: “A reward for a good child.”

AN: He Qianmin, whose head was touched: I am not a child! Don’t touch my head!

Jiang Chen: You are a child.

Jiang Chen, whose head was touched: ? ? ?

Shi Feng Yue: Child.

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Jiang Chen nodded firmly: “Seven hundred thousand.”

“Seven hundred thousand…..” The old man murmured, and he didn’t regain his senses for several minutes, “With seven hundred thousand, does that mean we can live in the city, Miao Miao can have an urban household registration and go to school in the city?”

Jiang Chen didn’t know about the household registration, but the rest he was sure of: “You can buy a house and go to school.”

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“Buying a house and going to school, Miao Miao can go to the city to study…..she can study well and be as smart as her parents…..Young man, thank you, thank you for telling me this.” The old man grabbed Jiang Chen’s hand and shook it: “Thank you so much.”

“No need to thank me.”

The old man wiped his face, reigned in his excitement, and shoved the ancient currency he had saved into Jiang Chen’s hand with embarrassment: “Young man, this money is for you, please accept it.”

Jiang Chen was stunned. He looked up to see the sincere and kind face of the old man, was surprised for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, “I can’t accept it.”

“Why not?” The old man insisted on giving it to him and said, “You can take it, if it wasn’t for you, Miao Miao might have been scratched by the cat, and without you, the money would just be waste paper with me. I’m old, Miao Miao hasn’t studied for many years, and may never know the value of this money for the rest of her life. That you can tell us this, it has changed our whole life.”

“Sir…..”

The old man interrupted him, with a kind smile in his upright eyes: “Just outside, you immediately saw the value of the money in Miao Miao’s hand at a glance, if you wanted, you could have taken the money directly, or coaxed it away from Miao Miao, but you didn’t. Not only did you not take it, you even brought Miao Miao back, and told me the value of the money without reservation, just for these things, you are deserving of this ancient currency.”

“Also, I’m old, I haven’t been out of the village for more than ten years, and I’m not a native of Yan City. Even if I know the value of this ancient currency, I can’t turn it into cash. I’ll give this to you, not only to repay you, but I also hope that you can help me turn this ancient currency into cash, so you can think of it as your middleman fee.”

Jiang Chen was curious: “Aren’t you worried that I won’t come back after taking your money?”

“What am I worried about?” The old man smiled and said, “I’ve lived for so long, I might not be able to do anything else, but I believe in my own judgment of people. From the things you’ve done, it’s enough to see your character, you are a trustworthy person. Child, I believe in you.”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen no longer refused: “I will not betray your trust.”

The next afternoon, Jiang Chen brought the ancient currency to the largest auction house in Yan City.

The receptionist at the front desk smiled brightly. Even in the face of Jiang Chen, who was dressed simply, she was still friendly and welcoming. She put the glass of water on the small coffee table in the sitting room and said, “Student Jiang, may I ask what you want to put for your auction item?”

Jiang Chen took out a math textbook from his schoolbag. The receptionist did not change her expression, but the two assistants behind her looked at each other. After exchanging a glance, they looked subtly at Jiang Chen who was flipping through the book.

The pages pierced flipped through the air, revealing the contents of the pages under the sound of slipping pages.

“This is…..” The receptionist widened her eyes slightly: “…..Hubei Official Money Bureau Silver Banknote?”

Jiang Chen nodded, the corners of his mouth curved slightly: “This is what I am going to auction at your auction house.”

The receptionist put away the expression she just showed, and smiled: “Just this one? Or does Mr. Jiang has other auction pieces?”

“More than one silver banknote.”

“Please wait a moment.”

The receptionist looked at the people behind, one of them nodded and went out with his mobile phone.

A few minutes later, a young man in a suit walked in. He stretched out his hand with a smile: “Hello, Mr. Jiang, I’m Zeng Fei, the manager of Shiyang Auction House.”

“Hello, Manager Zeng.”

Zeng Fei glanced at the young man in front of him subtly, and said with a smile: “Please have a seat, I heard that you have a double-image silver banknote printed in the thirtieth year of Guangxu?”

Jiang Chen withdrew his hand, sat down opposite him, and pointed at the ancient currency in the pages of the textbook: “There are four in total, this is one of them. If you want to check the authenticity, you can look at this first.”

Zeng Fei didn’t hesitate. As soon as he raised his hand, a man with a full set of tools behind him stepped forward and carefully examined it with white gloves and a magnifying glass.

It didn’t take long for the man to straighten up and nod to Zeng Fei.

Zeng Fei smiled and said to Jiang Chen: “Mr. Jiang, forgive me for taking the liberty, but I want to ask if this silver banknote is your family’s collection or…..It’s not that I want to inquire about the privacy of our customers, it’s just that you are underage, if you have taken a family possession without permission to auction here we would not be able to explain it to your family.”

Jiang Chen’s brows raised slightly. It turned out that Zeng Fei regarded him as a second generation rich kid who had taken his elder’s collection for auction. This could explain the reason why the receptionists just now were so polite and appropriately enthusiastic when they first saw him. Although he didn’t know why they would misunderstand this way, it was not disadvantageous for im.

Jiang Chen promised vaguely: “Don’t worry, I have the approval of the owner of the silver banknotes. If not, I would not have gone ahead with auctioning four pieces at a time.”

“Then I can rest assured.” Zeng Fei smiled. Anyway, once the things are in their hands, the exchange of money and goods were clear-cut, and if someone came to make trouble for them, they would also be on the side of reason. In fact, if the boss did not come here on a whim today, and happen to come across this scene and wanted to come and see, he would definitely not have bothered asking this much.

“To tell you the truth.” Zeng Fei continued: “Actually, there is an old customer here who loves to collect ancient currency. If you are in a hurry, you don’t have to wait for our auction on the 15th, and we will directly take the lead and help you contact the collector. If he has intentions of buying it, it is very likely that he will buy all four silver banknotes together.”

Jiang Chen: “I want to know Manager Zeng’s estimate, auction price and transaction price.”

“In the case of an auction, I personally estimate that the highest transaction price will be around 850,000, but the premise is that a single silver banknote is auctioned at a time, as the more rare the more expensive things are. I believe Mr. Jiang understands this as well, but I can guarantee that we will help you sell these four silver banknotes within half a year.”

“If it’s a private transaction, that old customer has always been generous. I believe that if you want to sell all four together, it will be the most cost-effective to find him.”

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and said, “I need a little time to discuss the options. If it is a private transaction, how will you calculate the commission the auction house will take, as well as the time the transaction will require.”

“Five percent, three days at the latest.”

“I’ll give you an answer tomorrow.”

After sending Jiang Chen to the door and watching him leave, Zeng Fei turned around and got into the elevator and stopped at the top floor.

He knocked on the door: “Boss, young master Li.”

“Come in.” The man who opened the door had a pair of peach blossom eyes, the top three buttons of his burgundy shirt undone, and stylishly messy hair: “Xiao Pang, how many times have I said it, you must be louder when knocking on the door. Seriously, only this guy Shi Fengyue can hear your knock on the door.”

Zeng Fei nodded with a smile, and walked past him to the man in black who was lounging on the couch with his eyes closed.

“Boss, the young Mr. Jiang downstairs wants to auction Hubei Official Money Bureau Silver Banknotes, which are in the 30th year of Guangxu’s reign. He has four in total. It doesn’t look like he needs money urgently, but according to my observation, he may be more inclined to a private deal.”

Shi Fengyue didn’t open his eyes, just grabbed a pillow and held it in his arms, saying with a lazy voice: “If there is no problem, accept it.”

“OK.”

Li Nanfeng sat down on his armrest, pulled out the pillow in his arms, and asked before he lost his temper, “Who is that kid? You got off at the hospital gate last time because of him. Looking at him, he doesn’t seem much different in age from Shi Aonian, which family is he from?”

Shi Fengyue pulled back the pillow and hugged it loosely in his arms, his slightly hoarse voice full of weariness: “A patient’s son.”

Li Nanfeng shook his head while tsk tsk tsking: “I didn’t know that our great Dr. Shi actually possesses a warm and caring heart for a patient’s family member, but…..”

“If you continue to bother me from sleeping again——” Shi Fengyue’s slender fingers grabbed Li Nanfeng’s neck, and his misty eyes opened suddenly, saying sinisterly, “I’ll really let you experience my warm and caring heart.”

“Come on!” Li Nanfeng opened his arms and fell in the direction of his arms: “Brother is willing to sacrifice myself to you.”

Shi Fengyue couldn’t help laughing, turned over and kicked him off the sofa: “Get lost.”

“Okay, I’m going to get lost.” Li Nanfeng stood up rubbing his buttocks, and said with a smile, “Let’s eat out at night. You have a good night’s sleep, and wait for this big brother to pick you up.”

Shi Fengyue threw the pillow, Li Nanfeng dodged with a laugh, and went out with Zeng Fei.

As soon as the door was closed, the man on the sofa closed his eyes. He was lying on the sofa despite his height and long legs so he could only curl up and hug the pillow to sleep. He soon began to breathe evenly in a few minutes.

When he woke up again, the sun was already setting.

Shi Fengyue couldn’t be bothered to get up, so he just lay on the sofa, half-drooping his eyes to watch the orange twilight outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

The sound of knocking on the wooden door was barely audible, his eyelashes flickered, and his voice was a little hoarse: “Come in.”

“Boss.” Zeng Fei walked in, stopped three steps away from the sofa, and reported: “Mr. Jiang’s ancient currency if of no problem, but it doesn’t match my guess. He received it from an old man in Donghua Village. Apparently, he went to Donghua Village for an outing, and accidentally encountered the old man’s grandchild playing house with the ancient currency, so he sent the child home, and by the way, also told the old man the value of the ancient currency. In order to thank him and at the same time in order to turn this ancient currency into usable cash, he entrusted it to Mr. Jiang. Which led to the scene this morning.”

Shi Fengyue raised his hand, his elegant fingers covering his eyes, blocking the orange sunset, and his voice was low: “Zeng Fei, you have a habit of digging out everything when encountering new things, you have to change it.”

“I thought Boss would be interested.” Zeng Fei smiled, without the strict restraint just now, leaning on the sofa and said: “Young master Li said that you treat the young Mr. Jiang differently, of course I am also curious, and since you want to buy it privately, it is natural to know everything about the other party in this transaction.”

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Under the slender fingers, his eyes slowly opened, and Shi Fengyue suddenly remembered the conversation between the mother and son that he overheard when he was in the hospital, and the image of the young man’s moon bright smile while backdropped in a sea of flowers could still emerge in front of his eyes now. He narrowed his eyes: “Let me warn you, Jiang Chen is not as harmless as you think, it is best not to play tricks on him.”

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