NOVPUBThe five-year-old Chen Lu looked eagerly at his father.
He wished so much that his father could help his best friend, Su Xiaoxi.
But unfortunately, Chen Pingsheng would never shell out tens of billions to pay for the Su family’s real estate company just because of his son’s sympathy and childhood friendship.
In his eyes, that would be an overly foolish move.
Su Xiaoxi was also looking at him eagerly. If they couldn’t borrow the money, the Su family would go bankrupt, and she and her mother would be driven out from their home.
Chen Lu was her best friend; she had even helped him fight at times in the past. If only he were seventeen or eighteen, perhaps even his twenties, when he’d have the right to inherit the family fortune,
Maybe by then, he could personally use tens of billions to help Su Xiaoxi.
For now, it was simply impossible. Although Chen Lu was the only boy in the Chen family, he was still far from inheriting their wealth.
Su Xiaoxi was destined to leave disappointed. By the time she returned home, her mother had already been thrown out by the housekeeper, with the Su family members hurling particularly harsh insults at her.
Su Xiaoxi’s big and adorable eyes were filled with confusion. Why couldn’t she borrow the money?
Why was her mother being thrown out?
And why was she herself going to be driven away?
Su Xiaoxi’s mother, who was also very beautiful, now shed some tears but focused mostly on telling Su Xiaoxi: "Xiaoxi, you must remember, men can never be trusted. The richer they are, the less trustworthy they prove to be."
Mrs. Su looked at her daughter, and a wild idea involuntarily arose in her heart.
The Su family was doomed to collapse. Even if they didn’t, their future wouldn’t be promising.
The ones truly standing at the pinnacle of Magic City, and even in the country, were certainly not real estate families like the Su family.
It was the Chen family,
The true aristocracy. Using outsider terminology, they were akin to a palace in the clouds.
She had gained nothing from the Su family, and she departed without receiving any property, taking only some of her wedding dowry and luxury items purchased through the marriage.
After this thought took root in Mrs. Su’s mind, she was determined not to leave Magic City.
Regardless of the circumstances, she couldn’t take her daughter out of Magic City.
She planned to spend ten years, twenty years, or even her entire life to carry out this plan.
Undoubtedly, she staked everything on her daughter, Su Xiaoxi.
She was determined to prove to everyone that the Su family driving her away was the worst decision they’d ever made.
After leaving the Su family’s mansion, Mrs. Su pawned all her luxury items, including her wedding dowry.
She managed to sell them for over ten million, which seemed like a lot but was actually not even enough to buy a hundred-square-meter apartment in Magic City.
Of course, she wasn’t entirely homeless. Over her years of marriage, she had purchased a home in the city for her family.
It was intended to help her brother get married.
Now, she would have to move in there, and for the next ten years, she’d have to save and save even more.
All the money she saved would be poured into cultivating Su Xiaoxi.
She planned for her daughter to learn piano, dance, and an array of artistic skills.
She was determined that her daughter would master every aspect of the arts: music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
Additionally, her daughter must attend the best schools.
Elementary school wasn’t crucial, but for middle school, especially high school, she must once again be in the same school as the Chen family.
Whenever Mrs. Su thought about this plan, she found it unbelievably insane, but she was ready to sacrifice everything for it.
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Chen Lu had always been chubby and particularly adorable.
After crying at home for several days, he grew silent and withdrawn; he realized he couldn’t reach his best friend, Su Xiaoxi, anymore.
He felt heartbroken and deeply disappointed, and no amount of persuasion from others could comfort him.
Eventually, even his family stopped trying to console him and just let him be.
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Chen An’an was about to enter her first year of high school. Unknowingly, she had already turned fifteen. 𝚗𝚘v𝚙𝚞b.𝚌𝚘m
Her puberty was nearly over, and that summer she not only focused on her AR startup but also formed a teenage band of her own.
The band served as a tribute to her middle school years.
Though those three years of middle school were a bit naive, they were undoubtedly her teenage years—her most carefree and innocent time.
High school would require her to study hard and strive relentlessly to inherit the family business.
The teenage band had five members in total.
Not only was she a player of the erhu, but there was also a guitarist, a trumpeter, a drummer,
And, of course, a lead singer.
On July 21st, the small teenage band held a grand farewell ceremony for their adolescence at Jinshan Square.
Even Er Piya brought her massive company to join the event.
Chen An’an’s elder sister had spent a significant amount of time preparing for this musical event.
Not only that, but she had also arranged for Tengying Entertainment’s top-tier musicians to write lyrics and compose songs for the band.
From the moment the plan was proposed in middle school, the family had mobilized countless resources to support her.
By the day of the performance, the debut of the teenage band became quite a spectacle.
Countless online accounts across multiple platforms broadcasted the event live, while over ten thousand people attended it in person.
This crowd included Chen An’an herself, alongside numerous employees of Tengying Group.
Among the attendees were also ordinary residents from Golden Mountain who came for the festivities.
After all, it was a free concert, and just the array of musical equipment cost nearly two hundred million.
On stage, apart from Chen An’an herself, only the lead singer, Jiang Tang, hailed from an ordinary family.
The other band members all came from families worth billions.
At their age, to be able to perform like this was certainly not something ordinary people could achieve.
For them, the end of middle school marked the end of their adolescence.
Each of them wanted to commemorate the end of their teenage years with something special.
