When He Lianchen and Qi Chen returned home, there was only He Lianshan in the living room. Dad didn't say anything when he saw He Lianchen bringing a friend back, but he paused for a moment when he saw the injury on Qi Chen's face. However, he still let He Lianchen treat him with medicine. How could He Lianchen not know what his dad was thinking? "This is my friend. He got into a fight and didn't dare to go home."

"Oh, I see. Is it serious? Should we go to the hospital?"

Qi Chen quickly expressed his gratitude, "It's not serious. Thank you, Uncle, for your trouble."

He didn't appear to be pretending, and after a few more instructions, Helian Shan also left. It was only after everyone had left that Qi Chen had the chance to assess the place. The two-story villa was adorned in a style that screamed luxury from every corner. Qi Chen hadn't expected Helian Chen's family to be so wealthy, especially compared to himself, a struggling college student who couldn't even make ends meet. However, he wasn't one to hold a grudge against the rich; after all, having money doesn't necessarily make someone a bad person.

"Qi Chen, forget it. Should I still call you Qi Ge? Is that okay?"

"Sure, you... seem to be in your third year of high school."

"In fact, I'm in my second year of high school. Qige... Let me take you to the guest room." Heliann Chen had originally intended to talk about money, but the words didn't come out of his mouth. It would arouse suspicion if he said it like this.

"Okay."

The items in the guest room were complete, and Qi Chen rested after freshening up. However, He Lianchen couldn't fall asleep as he lay on the bed. After considering for a moment, he decided to give Shen Qinghan a phone call.

"What's wrong again? Classmate, why are you bothering the teacher so late!"

"What do you mean by harassment? I just miss you."

"Pah, Helian Chen, if I were a woman, would you still hit me so late?"

"That won't happen."

"So, it means the teacher is easy to bully?"

Who said so? If it were a woman, I would refuse to hit her.

As soon as the words were spoken, Helian Chen felt like he had said something wrong. He quickly explained, "This girl, well, she's, kind of, easily irritated. And..." Unable to continue, he trailed off, "You know what I mean, she's just not someone you want to mess with."

Finally returned full circle.

"Understood..."

Ahem," Helián Chén felt a little embarrassed, so he changed the subject. "Um, teacher, do you make money?"

"I am currently earning money, isn't that considered struggle? It's both exhausting and challenging. As for other things... I don't know." Shen Qinghan answered honestly.

"Then, Teacher, when I become a boss in the future, would you come and be my assistant?"

"What did you say? Say it again."

Huo Lianchen thought he really didn't hear clearly, so he really said it again.

"Helian classmate, you are the teacher's assistant?

"Yeah, isn't this great? The student surpasses the teacher, the following generation surpasses the previous one! How good."

"...Alright, you've got some skills now. I'm going to sleep. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

After this playful and flirtatious interaction that made Helian Chen feel extremely delighted, his mood improved a hundredfold. Then, he happily went to sleep. However, halfway through his sleep, he suddenly remembered that he actually wanted to ask Shen Qinghan for some advice regarding stocks... How did he inexplicably drift off topic? Nevermind, he would ask another day.

The next morning, Qi Chen got up early. He glanced outside and saw that Helian Chen seemed to still be asleep. It wouldn't be good for him to go out like this. Just as he was about to turn around and go back inside, a child suddenly called out to him.

"Who are you?"

At this moment, appearing here in pajamas, Qi Chen pondered for a moment and concluded that this person should be the younger brother or relative of He Lianchen.

"Hello, my name is Qi Chen, I am a friend of He Lian Chen."

Helian Siyu's expression turned cold. His brother had never brought anyone home before. Noticing the child's gaze, Qi Chen paused for a moment before smiling again. "Hey kid, how old are you? What's your name?"

Helian Siyu had an emotionless expression as he replied, "I'm 11 years old, not a child."

Afterwards, Qi Chen took a glance and left. Qi Chen's face was filled with embarrassment. He shrugged his shoulders and then entered the house.

After another few hours, Heliàn Chén leisurely got up from bed. As Qí Chén went downstairs, he noticed that the child had transformed as if into a different person and was smiling innocently at Heliàn Chén. Their eyes met, and he too smiled back. This child...

"Big brother, come and eat."

It turned out to be my younger brother.

Helian Chen didn't pay much attention to him. Whenever he saw his younger brother, he would get a headache. "You go ahead and eat," he turned around and started cooking next to Qichen, saying, "Qige, come and have this..." Neither of them noticed Helian Siyu's expression.

After having breakfast, the two of them left. Qi Chen usually stayed at school during the weekends but he was going back this time, yet Heli An insisted on seeing him off.

On the road.

"Thank you for your hospitality. It was a pleasure to meet you."

"Why go through all the official channels? Actually, I do have a purpose," Helián Chen confessed. "I want to start my own business, but I don't have the funds or the education at the moment. I was thinking of asking you to join me."

"Me? I don't have any money either, and I'm just a freshman. I probably won't be able to help you with anything..."

"No, you can. Actually, I still have some money here, but it's not enough for starting a business. I want to give you the money to buy stocks or make investments. We can split the profits equally. Since my college days, I've entrusted the company to you."

Qi Chen couldn't help but feel a bit incredulous. They had only known each other for less than a day, yet He Lian Chen already had such deep trust in him. "Why...why do you believe in me so much?"

Helian Chen chuckled lightly and then spoke seriously, "No reason, anyway, I believe you have the ability."

Sometimes, trust is established within a single moment.

"Okay, I'll help you."

After expressing their gratitude, the two continued walking towards the school. Qichen took this opportunity to ask the doubts in his heart.

"Heh..., I'll still call you Achen."

"Um."

"A-Chen, I have a question to ask you. It's about your younger brother..."

"Helian Siyu? What's the matter?" Helian Chen's brow furrowed in all sorts of ways at the mention of this person.

After pondering for a moment, she still didn't say it out loud. "It's nothing, I just find it quite interesting."

"What's interesting? What's interesting about him anymore?"

"He seems quite nice to you. How do you feel about him? Do you dislike him?"

Thinking of the scene from his past life, Helian Chen nodded honestly.

"So, your younger brother is quite interesting. You treat him badly, yet he can treat you well."

Heli An believed that Qi Chen was praising Heli Siyu. With a snort, he didn't continue the conversation on this topic.

When they reached the school gate, they exchanged phone numbers and after setting a time for the next meeting, Qi Chen left.

Helian Chen felt a little bored and, after some thought, decided to go to Shen Qinghan's house to find him.

As I walked to a place not far from Shen Qinghan's house, preparing to call her, I suddenly saw a man grabbing Shen Qinghan's arm and pulling her out forcefully. Shen Qinghan had a reluctant expression on her face.

Helian Chen restrained his tremendous strength and dashed over with a swift stride, pulling Shen Qinghan close to his side.

Helián Chen had yet to speak, but that man was the first to speak up.

"Xiao Shen, who is he!"

Without waiting for Shen Qinghan to speak, the jealous jar immediately shouted at the man, "Who do you think you are? Do you really think you can control me?"

The man had a serious face and said, "Excuse me, no matter who you are, could you please move aside? We have things to do."

Hélián Chén sneered, "Is that so? We also have something to attend to. Will you leave on your own, or shall I send you off, Dad?" With that, he cracked his fingers and glared at him fiercely.

The man grew impatient. Judging from his physique, he probably did not have a chance of defeating this person. "Xiao Shen, say something."

"Not necessary."

"...This, today, ends like this. I will come again." Then, without looking back, he walked away.

After waiting for everyone to leave, Helian Chen pulled the person closer and looked them over, saying, "Teacher, are you alright?"

Shen Qinghan was touched. The first sentence was not an interrogation, but genuine concern. It was worth it to have a student like this, no matter what they did.

"Just now, that person was my college classmate, insisting that I go to a gathering, but I didn't want to..." However, there are some things that I can't tell Helian Chen.

Listening to Shen Qinghan's somewhat far-fetched excuse, Helian Chen couldn't bear to expose him. "Oh, I see. If you encounter such a classmate, there's no need to waste words with him. Just beat him up! But, are you okay?"

Shen Qinghan smiled relievedly and said, "I'm fine. Are you here to mooch off me now? Come upstairs, I'll cook for you."

"Okay, let's go."