Chapter 8: 008 Gu Wanzhou’s Astonishment

“No, I won’t let you go, please stay in Wancheng and work, stay with me.”

Li Zhiyan firmly opposed. It had been 13 years since he had felt the warmth of a mother’s love again.

He absolutely wouldn’t allow any possibility of accidents happening to his mother.

“But, Xiao Yan, you’ll need money when you get married.”

“No, Mom, I won’t let you go.”

Li Zhiyan clung to Zhou Rongrong like a child; he missed the warm embrace of his mother’s love too much.

And Zhou Rongrong could only helplessly pat her son’s shoulder.

It seemed that her plan to go work in the Magic Capital was not going to happen.

“If Mom doesn’t go to the Magic Capital, what about your house in the future? You can’t live in a rented apartment in this old residential building forever.”

“No girl will be willing to marry you.”

“Don’t worry about that, I have found a way to make money.”

Li Zhiyan had figured it out, he had the system and could rely on the system’s tasks to make money.

If not, he could buy some virtual currencies. Although it might take a long time to make money, in ten years, it would be enough to make himself a billionaire.

Being able to be reborn and continue as a mama’s boy, Li Zhiyan truly felt very content in his heart.

Seeing her son, who seemed to have returned to the age of seven, Zhou Rongrong also felt somewhat helpless.

As for her son making money, she had given up hope, it looked like she would have to find a way to work more overtime and earn more money.

…

That night, after returning to her room,

Zhou Rongrong went to the dressing mirror to look at herself.

Her son’s praises were like honey, making her heart feel sweet.

This kid, does he really think she is pretty?

In the secondary bedroom, a small fan blew steadily at Li Zhiyan.

At this age of 18, his body was robust; he wasn’t afraid of the cold at all!

Li Zhiyan turned on the system, wanting to study it more thoroughly.

Except for the reminder to go to Xinyuan Grand Hotel tomorrow night to collect his 50,000 yuan reward, there was only a computer programming course in progress.

“My system, I’ll call it the Salted Fish System.”

Li Zhiyan named his system.

Just as he was planning to rest well, the system suddenly prompted him.

“Programming skills have been fully learned.”

Li Zhiyan felt like his brain had gained a lot of new information.

It seemed to be programming skills, and having mastered new techniques, Li Zhiyan became restless.

He turned on the old computer and tried writing a small program for auto-harvesting crops and found it came to him effortlessly.

“Incredible, I apologize to you, system.”

Li Zhiyan realized that his system wasn’t really salted fish after all; at least now he had acquired a skill. At this time, programmers were not as common as they would be later, and the technology he possessed was obviously very advanced. He could earn quite a bit of money doing part-time work in the future.

This was also a form of hidden wealth!

And who knows if the system would implant other rewards in the future, like being strong and healthy.

These things are much more meaningful than money.

Afterward, he wrote several more small programs. After indulging in playing the programmer for a while, Li Zhiyan watched the first season of Love Apartment that had aired just the year before.

It was past eleven when he finally fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Li Zhiyan woke up and saw his mother standing at the door, seemingly having waited for a while.

“It’s past eight, son; get up and eat.”

“Mmm, Mom.”

Leaping up, Li Zhiyan went to the bathroom to wash up. He felt as if every pore of his body was jubilant. Now, he had completely blended into the year 2010.

“Son, why do I feel that you’ve been acting strange these past two days? You’re so happy today.”

“Seeing you makes me happy, I just want to stay by your side and be a mommy’s boy for life.”

Zhou Rongrong touched Li Zhiyan’s face.

“Silly child, look at you, no ambition.”

“Mom won’t be able to follow you around for a lifetime. Alright, eat by yourself; Mom is off to work.”

“Remember to be careful of everything outside and don’t get into fights with others.”

“Oh, by the way, take this two hundred yuan for spending money.”

“Spend it frugally.”

In the past, such nagging would have irritated Li Zhiyan.

But now, he only felt immense happiness, for he had his mother’s love again.

“Mom, I can earn money, I don’t need yours.”

Zhou Rongrong didn’t take it seriously; after leaving the money on the table, she went to the door, changed into the high heels she bought from a street stall, and left.

In the afternoon, Li Zhiyan took a detour to the internet cafe.

Sure enough, there was Li Shiyu, using big cannons in the internet cafe to attack the New Year’s plaza.

“Stepdad, you’re here, come play a couple of rounds! I just learned how to exploit the underground BUG of the New Year plaza’s defender!”

“Not now, I’ve got something else to do this afternoon.”

“Do you want me to come with you?”

“No need, just enjoy playing games here. I’m just going to open an online bank account.”

As Li Zhiyan was about to leave, he added, “By the way, I think you should stop pursuing Wang Xinyue. She’s not a good person.”

Li Shiyu had a similar experience to his own, but his situation was even more miserable. He pursued his classmate Wang Xinyue from the first year of high school to the third year of university, for a total of six years.

In the end, he was played for a fool. In this era, the appearances of deceitful women seemed to have become the norm.

“I get it. Let me try a little longer. If it still doesn’t work out after school starts, I’ll give up.”

Although Li Shiyu didn’t know why Li Zhiyan suddenly brought up Wang Xinyue, he felt that his buddy had changed, not like before. He was sure there was no harm in heeding his words.

“Okay, in a few days, I’ll take you to the bath center to have some fun. I guarantee you won’t be hung up on Wang Xinyue anymore.”

Li Shiyu, who was exploiting the game bug and sniping from the B slope, said with confusion, “Isn’t it just taking a bath? What’s there to enjoy? It’s not like I haven’t been before.”

…

In the evening, Li Zhiyan glanced at the system notification time and arrived at Xinyuan Grand Hotel.

“Fifty thousand yuan, it’s really a huge sum.”

In the past, Li Zhiyan didn’t think much of fifty thousand yuan, but later he understood that in society, besides your parents, anyone willing to lend you that amount deserved to be treated as a close friend.

In front of money, nothing better tested human nature.

Thinking of the fifty thousand yuan reward, the lifeless Li Zhiyan inexplicably felt a bit excited.

Upon arriving at the Xinyuan Grand Hotel entrance, Li Zhiyan immediately saw a Mercedes-Benz E-class come to a halt.

Then, Gu Wanzhou, dressed in a black suit paired with flesh-toned stockings and high heels, got out from the driver’s seat.

Upon seeing Li Zhiyan at the entrance,

Gu Wanzhou was taken aback. She suddenly remembered the words Li Zhiyan had said to her.

“I always had this feeling, Aunt Gu, that we would meet again soon.”

She never expected to see this brave kid, who had once openly confessed to her, so soon again.

From the passenger side, Yu Sisi, who appeared as proud as a princess, also got out of the car.

“Li Zhiyan?”