"Dude, was the exam that hard? You looked dazed in every exam."
Fatty Tang made his way to Lu Fan as he eyed him worriedly but Lu Fan could also detect a sliver of gloating.
Lu Fan could imagine Fatty Tang laughing his ass off; remembering how much he had been preaching to him about studying and using it as an excuse to tease An Xing'er.
"Get out of here. I will get the number 1 spot in this exam and every exam after that."
"Yeah, right. Even Classmate An does not believe that."
Lu Fan turned and saw An Xing'er looking at him strangely and that somehow hurt him more than Fatty Tang's words.
"My little Xing'er does not believe me anymore. It's all your fault."
Lu Fan turned to Fatty Tang and they started fooling around. He had to do it. If he paid An Xing'er too much attention, she would start hiding from him. It had already happened a couple of times now.
"Well, I need to hurry home and make some money."
"You always say that but I can't see the money. Where is the money? Your father, I, can give you an allowance if you can't handle it."
Looking at Fatty Tang who was puffing his chest, Lu Fan felt like pulling out his phone to show him his latest transaction. But he decided against it. He did not want to scare the kids.
"Who wants you as a father? Go to the side before you disgust my Xing'er."
"Ah! You got a girlfriend and now you don't want your brother anymore? It has always been bros before…"
Lu Fan had to shut this fatty up before he did more damage. But looking at An Xing'er's steaming face, it was quite the assist.
"Just shut up. Come, I will show you something fun."
Lu Fan did not wait for a response as he picked up his and An Xing'er's bag and made his way out of school.
It was the last day of exams, at least for regular students, and they had a five-day break. He wanted to introduce An Xing'er to his mother and intensify his offensive.
He had come to know that while this girl was a genius, she was clueless when it came to romance. At least Chen Lu might be able to get in a word for him. Even if she didn't, he still planned to teach Fatty Tang a thing or two.
His e-sports center was doing fine, but it was not doing as well as he had hoped. Fatty Tang was good for this. Besides eating, he indulged in gaming and he managed to put a team together for an E-Sport championship.
And there was also An Xing'er…
…
Lu Fan led the two to the META plaza as Li Lin had called it and they were shocked by how busy the place seemed to be.
Li Lin had somehow managed to attract talents from all sorts of places and was putting the ideas that Lu Fan had come up with to maximum use. Lu Fan even wondered if he could be able to do the same thing without Li Lin.
The answer was obvious. Just his lazy and easygoing nature was a problem. It was also not easy to put together such a company and to Lu Fan, it was better to use that effort on the stock market.
Lu Fan looked at the shocked face of Fatty Tang and could not help but feel proud. He owned this place, at least most of it. He had given Li Lin 30% Equity instead of rent and salary. She did not require money.
"This is where, I, your father make money. Now bow to me you pleb!" let's blame it on his regression.
His IQ seemed to have adjusted to fit his physical age.
"*Gasp* Hail the all father."
"…"
"Useless. Are you cursing me to die!?"
An Xing'er watched their antics and a smile formed on her lips. She did not understand why she was there, but Lu Fan was still hanging on to her bag. She could not possibly go back home without it now, could she?
Her life had gained more color since that day that Lu Fan had decided to talk to her for some reason. She could not understand why, but she did not think too much about it. There was nothing that he could get from her and that fact actually made her relaxed and she did not think that Lu Fan was up to something.
If anything, his presence had given her a reason to look forward to school more. Her dull and monotonous life had some… something special now.
She even started having fun for once.
"What are you daydreaming about? By any chance, are you thinking about me? I'll be straight with you, I only see you as my w- sister."
Lu Fan's voice suddenly sounded right next to her, giving her a fright. A deep blush covered her face as she started looking at her toes, not that she could see them.
'Awawaa, what did he want to say? He is bullying me again.'
"Come. You don't want to remain by the door forever."
…
Lu Fan first took Fatty Tang to the E-Sport section and he was instantly hooked. It was still early and gamers were not very popular but the industry had a lot of promise and was very attractive to young buys like Fatty Tang.
Lu Fan himself was not very interested, but he knew that this industry had a lot of potential. It was better to leave it to a hardcore fan like Fatty Tang. As for salary and all that… forget about it.
He was practically doing Fatty Tang a favor here, if anything, Lu Fan should be the one asking for a fee. As for exploitation and whatnot, he would just compensate by raising his and the teams he would form by raising their [Gamer] tags.
He had been doing that a lot lately.
"Let me show you a surprise."