From Wage Slave to Tycoon

"Oh~" Su Chen’s spirits instantly deflated.

After taking stock of the New Year’s goods, Chen Shufen clapped her hands in satisfaction. "This should be enough for all our relatives. We don’t need to buy anything else."

With that, she glanced at Su Chen, who was lounging on the sofa, and said, "I’m heading to the card room downstairs to play mahjong. If I’m back late, make your own food!"

"Huh?" Su Chen immediately sat up on the sofa, his eyes wide. He looked at Chen Shufen and said, "You’re going out to play mahjong?"

"What else? I was just about to leave when you happened to come back!" With that, she headed for the door.

With the THUD of the closing door, Su Chen shook his head helplessly.

His mom didn’t have many other hobbies, just playing a bit of mahjong and gossiping with the neighbors.

’Well~ I’m all alone again!’ Su Chen couldn’t sit still at home either. He decided to go for a stroll and see how Fuzhou had changed in recent years.

He hadn’t had a good look around since he got back, so this was the perfect time to wander about before the New Year.

He was a man of action. He’d originally planned to take the car for a spin, but after searching everywhere, he couldn’t find his dad’s Volkswagen keys. He even made a special call to Chen Shufen, only to find out his dad had driven the car to the main city.

’Maybe I should buy a car?’ It wasn’t that Su Chen had money to burn, but he considered that the New Year was just around the corner. He would definitely have to run errands and buy things for the holiday. He had no idea when his dad would be back, and he couldn’t just take taxis everywhere, could he? How inconvenient would that be!

Su Chen wasn’t the type to dilly-dally. Once his mind was made up, he grabbed his phone and keys and headed out the door.

This time, he didn’t go to the Volkswagen dealership. The main reason was that he was used to luxury cars, and ordinary vehicles just didn’t feel comfortable to him anymore.

He hailed a taxi on the street and headed straight for the Mercedes-Benz dealership.

What could he do? Fuzhou was a third-tier city, after all. Of the most famous luxury brands—BMW, Benz, and Audi—it only had a single Mercedes-Benz dealership. The other two were basically absent, or you’d have to go through a reseller, which meant waiting at least half a month for your car.

"Twelve yuan!"

Su Chen scanned the QR code handed over by the taxi driver, entered his password, and got out of the car, all in one smooth motion.

Just as he was about to walk into the Mercedes-Benz dealership, a Volkswagen Touareg pulled up in front of him. The window rolled down to reveal a young man in sunglasses. He was chubby, with a thick gold chain around his neck and a gold ring on the fat hand resting on the window frame.

The sight made the corner of Su Chen’s mouth twitch. ’Isn’t this the stereotypical minor villain from a novel?’

"I told you it was Su Chen, honey! And you didn’t believe me!"

Hearing this, Su Chen, who had just been about to walk on, froze. His gaze shifted to the chubby man who had spoken.

Just then, another small head popped out. She was exceptionally pretty and delicate. Next to the chubby speaker, they were a perfect picture of Beauty and the Beast from the fairy tales.

Su Chen found the woman looked familiar. As her face slowly merged with a memory, he called out tentatively, "Zhang Ting?"

"Long time no see, old classmate!" Zhang Ting waved and said with a smile.

"What’s the big idea, Su Chen? You recognize Zhang Ting but not me?" the chubby man said, his tone carrying a hint of complaint.

His words truly stumped Su Chen. He studied the chubby man carefully but still couldn’t place him at all.

"Sorry, my mistake. I really can’t figure out who you are!"

"Hahaha, that’s hilarious!" Zhang Ting clutched her stomach, roaring with laughter.

The chubby man shot her an annoyed glance, then opened the car door and got out.

"It’s me! Huang Hao! Take a good look. Ring any bells?"

"Huang Hao?" Su Chen’s jaw dropped when he heard the name.

Huang Hao and Zhang Ting were his classmates from elementary and junior high school—from the same class, even. They could be considered old acquaintances. But in his memory, Zhang Ting was a well-behaved top student who, after the middle school entrance exams, went on to a prestigious high school in Fuzhou.

And Huang Hao had been his deskmate in junior high. The two had gotten along pretty well. Back then, Huang Hao’s grades were terrible; he was a well-known troublemaker at school.

But the most, most, most crucial thing was that back then, he had been a normal weight—a completely different person from the chubby guy he was now. Su Chen visually estimated he had to be at least two hundred jin.

What Su Chen hadn’t expected was that these two people, who had practically traveled in different orbits, had somehow ended up together. And from the way they talked, it seemed they were already married.

’Could it be that old saying was true? Good girls always end up with bad boys?’

He circled Huang Hao, then said with a sigh of emotion, "You’ve really hit the jackpot, haven’t you? When did you two get married?"

Huang Hao lifted his head, his face beaming with pride. "You’re forgetting who you’re talking to!"

It turned out that after junior high, Huang Hao had dropped out of school to start his own business. He happened to open a small snack and bubble tea shop near Zhang Ting’s high school. One thing led to another, and their relationship quickly heated up...

Thanks to Huang Hao’s shameless and persistent nature, he managed to win over Zhang Ting during her second year of high school. And maybe it was because they were dating, but Huang Hao’s snack shop business started booming. Soon, he had opened branches near other junior and senior high schools.

Even though she was dating Huang Hao, Zhang Ting didn’t let her studies slide. She later got into a top-tier university, where she specifically chose to major in Economics and Management to help Huang Hao grow his business. From that first little snack shop to a full-fledged restaurant chain, he was now a young millionaire with a net worth in the tens of millions.