Mei Lan just thinks her current job pays too little, so she wants to go into business for herself. Are you two planning to partner up"Su Cun was taken aback by this news. According to his memories, it...Chapter 96 Accumulating Strength

Since Zeng Na left, the family rarely gathered at Zeng Quanming's house for meals as they used to. However, today's atmosphere was even more lively than before.

Yin Shuying mentioned that whenever Zeng Na went to Medical University, she would call back almost every day and chat with her parents about funny stories for over an hour each time. This made Zeng Yuan chuckle sarcastically: "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't be able to do that; it's too embarrassing!"

Uncle Zeng Zhaoding pinched his ear, saying, "You're definitely not going to call your dad, right"

Zeng Yuan rubbed his reddened ear and retreated to a corner with a resentful expression, glaring at his father but dared not argue further.

Uncle Zhaoding sighed and said to Zeng Yuan, "Look at you. Your sister has already been accepted into Medical University's dental program; do you know how famous the university is It's one of the best in the world! Given your poor performance on the middle school exams, I had to pay a lot for you to enter Overseas High School. To be honest, although the educational quality at Overseas might not compare to No. 1 Middle School, its discipline is undoubtedly much better than No. 1's! Your brother will also go to No. 27 Middle School soon; what kind of concept is that Students from all over the province and city want to get in there. Seventy percent of those who graduate become university students at prestigious institutions. If you can't get into a good college, after your brother and sister leave home, you'll have to come with me to Xia Hai!"

This is no ordinary situation; under normal circumstances, younger brother Zeng Yuan and Su Chen would be the targets of everyone's criticism in the family. But now that No. 27 Middle School welcomes Su Chen's transfer warmly, he will attend a key high school at the national level, plus his academic performance, the family naturally couldn't continue criticizing him.

Consequently, all the attention turned to Zeng Yuan, who felt extremely wronged for the first time. He realized that Su Chen, once suffering with him side by side, was now standing on the other side of a great divide. Before, there was still his older brother shielding him; whenever the flames of war burned onto him, he would simply say, "My brother taught me!" So under Su Chen's protest, everyone’s attention switched back to him.

Zeng Yuan had completely learned from his father Zeng Zhaoding's tactics. In the past, he was undoubtedly an expert at playing hard to get. But now, he was struggling with no leverage or means of maneuvering.

The only shield that could protect him was leisurely drinking a soft drink and watching him in a relaxed manner. Zeng Yuan felt that his older brother was really not being nice.

Needless to say how frustrated he felt inside.

"Actually, without saying it, we were quite handsome back then," Ceng Ah reached out and scratched the top of Ceng Yuan's head.

"Yes! Yes!" Ceng Yuan chuckled nervously.

Ceng Quanming順勢said, "Handsome You should go see those people pedaling tricycles or pushing coal carts; none of them are as handsome as you at a pound!

The two eyebrows of Ceng Yuan curved downwards like an eagle falling from the sky after being shot down with a rifle. Forming an expression of bitterness, he said, "Uncle Da, it seems that you've already said this before, to my older brother last time..."

Ceng Quanming raised his brows and took a sip of wine, then turned towards Su Licheng, saying, “In your line of work, when the Star Sea Square was completed and the ribbon-cutting ceremony was held, I was there too. Your projects received great reviews, and Daxiang Construction is well-established. When Zhang Changgui sent you over this time, what did he say to you

Ceng Yuan's face twitched noticeably; it was evident that he had been completely ignored.

He could only add on, "Brother," you're leaving soon, so just focus on developing yourself there. You have good grades and Shiyang No. 27 High School is supposedly the school with the highest ratio of beauties—try to win over as many beautiful girls as possible for me in the future... Then I'll be able to move into Jiacheng."

The back of his head was slapped hard by his father, Ceng Zhaodong. With a stern face, he couldn't help but chuckle seriously, "Girls! You guys are still young now and talking about love! Wait till you start working; if you don’t have the skills to make it in life, which girl would even look at you

Seeing Ceng Yuan's pitiful expression with tears welling up in his eyes, Su Can couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Ceng Yuan rubbed the top of his head where he had been hit, extremely resentful towards his brother who was enjoying his misfortune. But at present, he could not help but show some respect; the ghost story that his brother told him still gave him chills when thought about it now. In Waishang High School, he often heard classmates talking about things happening in No. 1 High School, and occasionally hearing "Su Can" made him subconsciously feel a sense of awe.

Duo.

These two characters naturally hold extraordinary significance for him.

This represents the days when Zhuo Jing and his brother went out to play tricks together, placing stink bombs made of niter and sulfur at people's doors. It symbolizes setting off large firecrackers by the roadside during New Year celebrations, causing fecal debris to fly about, making nearby vehicles give way. It embodies all sorts of mischief they got up to in this city while sniffling their runny noses, during those carefree days when there was no need to think too much. Yet at that moment when classmates brought it up and many people were debating over it, he dared not tell them that the student from No. 1 High School whom they were discussing was actually his brother.

Sometimes he felt it interesting to look at his own brother from a third-person perspective, giving him a sense of familiarity mixed with strangeness. This feeling somewhat compensated for the loss of intimate moments since Su Cen grew up; those times when they shared a blanket and slept on the same bed, chatting till the wee hours until their father would come in to interrupt them several times before resuming their animated conversations. But now such closeness was no longer there.

Now that his older brother was leaving, discussions about him would gradually fade away, eventually to be replaced by another batch of people at school.

Upon thinking this far, Zeng Yuan very “ambitiously” told Su Cen, "Big brother, you must study hard. In the future, you should establish a huge enterprise and have a family business. Get me a Lamborghini and give me shares in two companies so I can experience what it’s like to be a second-generation rich kid."

After the meal, Zeng Quanming called Su Cen into his study; everyone knew it was “Zeng Quanming time.” All were chatting or watching TV outside in the living room and dared not come in to disturb.

The room had a faint scent of tobacco from Zeng Quanming and soil odor from many potted plants by the window. In the middle hung a plaque that read “Stay Calm, Reach Far.”

Seeing Su Cen sit down, Zeng Quanming said, "I heard you dropped several places recently"

"Yes, probably because I was preoccupied with something," Su Cen scratched his head. Uncle Zeng surely cared most about his studies; however, Su Cen wanted to tell him that grades did not mean much outside the domestic education system where there were plenty of capable people, but Zeng Quanming remained fixated on studying and academic achievement.

"That won't do," Zeng Quanming shook his head. "Your sister is at No. 1 High School in our city; her best performance was tenth place in class, not as good as your top-five ranking. However, she still got into Medical University, which is my highest expectation for her. But you're different; you have the capability to choose better universities domestically with more options. Twenty-seventh Middle School is a great start, but there's always someone higher up and stronger out there. When you enter Twenty-seventh Middle School, you might understand what real competition means."

Su Cen thought that, in fact, he didn't have any grand ambitions to shock the entire school. He just wanted to maintain a top ten rank in his class and even if his school ranking fell behind the hundred mark, as long as he wasn’t deliberately harassed by his homeroom teacher when skipping classes occasionally.

High school foundational learning was necessary; there were indeed many things that weren't used in various aspects of society, but it couldn't be denied that this education had a significant impact on personal development.

The most basic道理was like if a person had never learned the nine-nine multiplication table or practiced addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division operations, they would find handling money transactions awkward. Such individuals would undoubtedly struggle to survive in society.

For Su Cen, he didn't have big plans to delve into art forms such as vocal music, string instruments, painting, sculpture, drama, architecture, or film

He had no grand ambitions in these fields and did not intend to become a film master, an architect, or a playwright. Therefore, there was no need for him to deliberately develop along these lines; the more he saw, the larger the world he knew became, and the deeper he felt the profundity of these cultural treasures. If someone wanted to achieve excellence in any particular field, both insight and necessary effort were indispensable. Su Cen was only at the stage of understanding and entry-level knowledge in these areas.

Expressing extreme interest in any one of these fields could be very dangerous because it would easily lead to obsession, possibly leading to discovering that much time had passed and he had grown a beard, all while contributing his lost years to "great progress in human civilization." This was unsettling to think about.

Thus, such interests should only remain as hobbies; delving into professionalism wasn't necessary for him.

Su Cen being a reborn soul, what he lacked the most might be time, but it was precisely this precious time from his two lifetimes that he valued highly.

The principle of maximizing benefits from rebirth was akin to walking the path of power or money. Clearly, both these paths had limitations and bottlenecks for Su Cen in reality; achieving these things wasn't impossible but required a stepping stone. His father's transfer to the headquarters and Wang Ming overseeing Dunhuang in Xia Hai indicated that the business route would be easier for him since the path of power required certain capital resources which he lacked.

Like Wang Bo, a third-generation red descendant could easily fall into political hell with one misstep. If Su Cen tried to enter officialdom, wasn't it underestimating his opponent's intelligence and methods

Relying on his foresight alone Even the opposing political group wouldn't consider him worth addressing.ment, though they still maintained smiles from earlier jokes; however, this action had a significant impact on everyone's hearts.Chen Lingshan was also startled by her own actions. She acted out of im...