Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 276 - 188: Luo Yao Regrets It

Engage in some flirtation, or find a chance to trick the daughter into going to a hotel!

Another possibility is that his identity is entirely fake, and his family’s situation is not that well-off.

By comparison, Shen Yixiao’s background is well-known; just from the news reports alone, Shen Qiushan has earned 20 million by writing books.

For ordinary people, this means achieving financial freedom.

If my daughter stays with Shen Yixiao and eventually marries him, she wouldn’t have to worry about her life in the latter half.

But now, my daughter actually gave up a real, great future for a so-called "rich second generation."

This is simply stupid to the extreme!

If she weren’t thousands of miles away, Luo Meimei would have wanted to give her daughter a big slap!

Luo Meimei’s words hit the nail on the head, and much of it has been proven.

Indeed, Ma Xiaokun has many girls around him, and he might even be traveling with a girl right now.

Luo Yao was extremely upset but unwilling to admit defeat. She gritted her teeth and said, "Mom, I get along well with Senior Ma, and we vibe together."

"I think he really likes me!"

"You don’t have to worry about me. I just wanted to let you know that I’ve broken up with Shen Yixiao. Next time you see his dad, there’s no need to be as enthusiastic as before!"

"Mom, it’s getting late; you should rest early!"

After speaking, Luo Yao directly hung up the phone.

Luo Meimei sighed silently. Now all she could do was pray that what her daughter said was true and that she wasn’t being deceived.

On the other side.

After hanging up, Luo Yao opened her chat on WeChat with Ma Xiaokun. Their last interaction was a message she sent, but Ma Xiaokun, who was out of town, hadn’t replied.

However, though he didn’t reply, he did update his Moments.

Luo Yao bit her lip silently, then sent Ma Xiaokun another message: Senior, are you asleep?

Message sent.

She waited five minutes without any response.

Just then, her roommate, Chen Meijing, returned to the dorm after washing up. Chen and Luo Yao were typical fair-weather roommates, appearing to have a good relationship on the surface but secretly competing against each other.

"Yaoyao, I just saw Senior Ma’s Moments. It looks like he has a girlfriend now."

Chen Meijing said as she applied a face mask.

"Impossible!"

"I saw the Moments too, and it was just him!"

Luo Yao denied it.

"I saw it through the reflection in his sunglasses; the person taking the photo was a girl."

Chen Meijing remarked, "Boys like Senior Ma are too much of a player; ordinary girls can’t handle them!"

Clearly, she was implying Luo Yao.

"Maybe it’s a relative."

"Could be a sister or a cousin."

Luo Yao deceivingly defended Ma Xiaokun.

"Maybe."

"But I don’t think so!"

Chen Meijing sat on a stool and started scrolling through Weibo.

A moment later, she couldn’t help but exclaim, "Wow! 250 million! The film rights to ’Three-Body Civilization’ actually sold for that much!"

"Writing books is so profitable!"

"What?"

"Say that again??"

Luo Yao, holding her phone waiting for Ma Xiaokun’s reply, immediately sat up from bed.

"Haven’t you heard of ’Three-Body Civilization’?"

"It’s the sci-fi novel that won the Nebula Award!"

Chen Meijing exclaimed again, "The film rights for this book were bought by Pentium Film and Television for a sky-high price of 250 million!"

"The author instantly became a billionaire!"

"I’m so envious!"

"This..."

Luo Yao was completely dumbfounded. She quickly picked up her phone and searched for related news.

Sure enough, just 20 minutes ago.

Pentium Film and Television’s Weibo account posted a group photo of four people, the background should be some high-end restaurant, with classy and vintage decor.

The two center figures were Shen Qiushan and the president of Pentium Film and Television, Ma Weiguo.

Next to them were Lin Xiamo and Qiao Meng.

Luo Yao didn’t know Ma Weiguo or Qiao Meng, but she was very familiar with Shen Qiushan and Lin Xiamo since they’d had meals together several times before.

The caption for the photo was: Had a delightful conversation with Teacher Shen, reached a collaboration.

The Weibo post included a link to a news article.

Clicking on it revealed details about the cooperation between the two parties.

One sentence stood out: The transaction price of 250 million set a new record for domestic novel film rights deals.

Upon reading this, Luo Yao was completely stunned!

million!

Now Shen Yixiao became a true rich second generation.

If Shen Yixiao’s "rich second generation" status was tenuous before,

now he was genuinely a rich second generation!

Most crucially, Shen Qiushan’s net worth now exceeded the rumored assets of Ma Xiaokun’s family.

Which means Luo Yao dumped a rich second generation with 250 million, potentially approaching 300 million in assets,

to pursue Ma Xiaokun, who purportedly had assets worth over a hundred million!

If she had succeeded, it would’ve been okay.

The problem is, there’s no progress in their relationship now, and Ma Xiaokun isn’t even replying to her WeChat messages.

In light of her mom’s earlier words, Luo Yao was truly starting to regret it.

She scrolled through her WeChat contacts, and Shen Yixiao was no longer there...

Hospital.

Room 605.

After signing a sky-high contract worth 250 million, Shen Qiushan returned to the hospital to relieve Shen Yanran, staying overnight with Shen Yixiao.

At this time, the lights in the ward were already out.

But Shen Qiushan and Shen Yixiao, the father and son, were still awake, chatting casually.

"Dad, what did you and Aunt do? Why so late?"

"Of course, for something important!"

"What important thing?"

"A film company bought the film rights to ’Three-Body Civilization.’"

"Ah? It’s been sold!"

Shen Yixiao was surprised: "Isn’t it a bit too fast?"

"Wouldn’t selling now be a loss?"

"Then when do you think it wouldn’t be a loss?"

Shen Qiushan asked back with a smile.

"Uh..."

Shen Yixiao was stumped by the question and only mumbled after a long pause, "Who knows when’s the best time for this kind of thing!"

"So, no one knows when they’ll get the highest price."

Shen Qiushan continued: "It’s actually much like the stock market; no one knows when the highest point is, and wanting to sell at the peak is almost unrealistic!"

"So, when you feel it’s appropriate, you sell!"

"Uh, that sounds quite reasonable!"

Shen Yixiao curiously asked again, "Dad, so how much did you sell it for?"

"250 million!"

Shen Qiushan replied calmly.

"Holy crap!"

"That much!"

Shen Yixiao couldn’t help but curse, never dreaming that one day his dad would become a billionaire.

And he could become a rich kid in other people’s eyes!

Three days later.

In front of the hospital.

A group of people prepared to depart back to Sanjiang.

To ensure Shen Yixiao’s comfort, Shen Qiushan rented a business vehicle.

The second row had zero-gravity seats, and Shen Yixiao could almost lie flat in the car, very comfortably.

"Yu Fei, do come to Sanjiang when you have time, I’ll take you to eat delicious food!"

Over these three days, Shen Yanran was always with Lin Yufei, sometimes at the hospital caring for Shen Yixiao, sometimes going out shopping and having fun together.

Their friendship unknowingly took root and sprouted.

"Mmm, definitely will."

Lin Yufei nodded repeatedly, then looked at Shen Yixiao, who was already in the car fiddling with the zero-gravity seat, a silly smile on his face.

Childish!

Lin Yufei silently mocked in her heart.

"Boss, can we go now?"

"It’s over 1000 kilometers, better to go early!"

The hired driver said to Shen Qiushan.

"Yes, let’s go."

"Yanran, get in the car!"

Shen Qiushan waved to Shen Yanran, who was still standing by the car.

"Goodbye, Yu Fei!"

"Bye bye!"

"Mmm, keep in touch on WeChat."

Lin Yufei waved to Shen Yanran.

Then she looked at Shen Yixiao again, only to find he had already reclined.

The car door closed.

The business vehicle slowly drove off.

At that moment, Shen Yixiao suddenly sat up inside the car, turned his head to look out the window.

Lin Yufei was still standing by the roadside waving, and Shen Yixiao stared at her until her figure got smaller and disappeared as the car turned the corner.

Shen Yixiao lay back down, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

He felt as if he had fallen in love again.

But maybe not!

He subconsciously reached up to touch his right cheek, where Lin Yufei had once stuck a national flag sticker.

It’s long gone now.

However, the scene from that morning was deeply etched in his mind.

"Such a poser!"

"Didn’t even say goodbye to Yu Fei earlier!"

Sitting beside him, Shen Yanran remarked critically.

"I was adjusting the seat earlier."

Shen Yixiao responded perfunctorily.

"Tch!"

Shen Yanran snorted disdainfully, "Truly cowardly!"