T City, Tianlong Hotel, 5th floor.

Teacher A said worriedly, “Teacher Chengyu, if you’re not feeling well, don’t force yourself. Just stay in the hotel and rest well tonight. Don’t worry about work.”

Teacher B asked with concern, “Teacher Fang, are you feeling better now? Are you still seeing black spots?”

Teacher C suggested, “There’s a hospital right next door, how about… alright, alright, I won’t persuade you. Then you rest well here, and please don’t go out casually.”

Fang Chengyu was held down in the hotel by them, his pale complexion making them extremely worried.

Teacher D pondered, “How about I stay behind to take care of Teacher Fang?”

Faced with the excessive concern from the circle of teachers, Fang Chengyu was very helpless. He thanked them one by one and politely declined their offers one by one.

Seeing his insistence, the teachers didn’t know what else to say and could only repeatedly remind him to take good care of himself before leaving the room.

Soon, the door closed. Lin Chen patted his face, and quickly, his complexion became rosy and full of vitality.

The system reported happily, “Reporting to host, He Wenyan finally wants to find you!”

Hearing this, Lin Chen took out his phone and switched to his Green Letter. Sure enough, a message from one person was displayed on it.

He Wenyan: [Mr. Lin, have you been busy with work lately? I have some personal questions I’d like to ask Mr. Lin. It’s not very clear to explain in text, so I’d like to visit you. Are you available recently?]

Lin Chen praised the system, “Timely report, not bad.”

He began to reply: [Not available.]

He Wenyan quickly asked: [When are you available? I’ll follow your schedule.]

Lin Chen: [For personal questions unrelated to work, you can use the following channel: Click link to jump]

He Wenyan clicked it out of curiosity.

【Lin Chen – Paid Consultation: 200,000 yuan/hour [Click to book]】

He Wenyan: “…”

He Wenyan: “Cough cough cough cough cough cough…”

Even though He Wenyan’s funds had become quite ample, he was still choked by a sip of water for a long time, almost choking out tears.

He Wenyan: [I have underestimated Mr. Lin.]

He Wenyan: [An inch of time is an inch of gold, but this is on another level.]

Lin Chen: [[Smile]]

He Wenyan stared at Lin Chen’s smile for two seconds, momentarily unsure whether the other party had sent the elderly version of the smile or the younger generation’s version.

He Wenyan: [(Screenshot.jpg)]

He Wenyan: [Half an hour. When are you free?]

Lin Chen: [In 3 minutes.]

He Wenyan: “…Damn.”

This is what he calls not available?

He laughed in anger and replied with a “1”.

He looked back at his room, which was a mess from preparing for the national finals of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, then at the reflection of his messy hair and pajamas on the dark screen of his phone.

He Wenyan: .

He Wenyan calmly rushed to the bathroom, first washed his face with cold water, then grabbed a can of hairspray, shook it twice with a clatter, and skillfully sprayed and styled his hair.

Then he rushed to his room at lightning speed, flung open the wardrobe, and without thinking, quickly grabbed a set of his most-worn shirt and jeans, hopping on one foot while putting them on as he hurried back to the study.

From the study, he skillfully flipped through and grabbed a notebook and a pen, then ran to the living room, swept all the clutter from the coffee table to the side with one hand, placed his phone down, opened the selfie camera to quickly adjust the angle, and after completely fixing his phone, returned to Green Letter.

Exactly three minutes!

On the other side, in the hotel.

After the system changed Lin Chen’s appearance from Fang Chengyu back to Lin Chen, it was quiet for a moment, then said proudly, “Done, host!”

“After connecting the video call, the background that appears will be at the CC Hotel in N Country, at 12:30 noon. Please take note, host.”

Lin Chen calmly replied “Okay,” then took out a new set of clothes from the inner pocket of his suitcase and changed into them. He also took out a few old newspapers he carried with him and spread them on the desk, then made a cup of goji berry tea and placed it on the top left corner of the desk.

Then, he sat down at the desk, positioned his phone, adjusted the angle, and replied with a:

The next moment, He Wenyan’s video call invitation rang.

Lin Chen rejected it.

Lin Chen: [?]

He Wenyan: [? The 200,000 yuan per hour price isn’t for a voice call, is it?]

Lin Chen: [It is.]

He Wenyan: […Your money-making methods are truly admirable.]

Lin Chen: [^ ^]

Lin Chen: [Forget it, for the sake of being acquaintances, I won’t charge extra for the video call. Call me.]

This time, the video call was connected.

He Wenyan sat properly in front of the coffee table, looking energetic and well-dressed, smiling at Lin Chen with a smile. “Good evening, Mr. Lin.”

He glanced at the strong sunlight peeking from the side of Lin Chen’s background. “But for Mr. Lin, it should be good noon. I hope this time isn’t disturbing your lunch break?”

Lin Chen looked strangely at He Wenyan’s attire in the video.

Lin Chen: “A little disturbing, but not much. Does Mr. He always wear hairspray and dress so formally at home late at night?”

He Wenyan’s expression didn’t change. “I was just busy at the company and just got back. I haven’t had time to change yet.”

Lin Chen didn’t have the heart to expose him. “Alright.”

He got straight to the point. “Go ahead. What personal matter could you possibly need to find me for?”

He Wenyan’s expression turned serious. He briefly summarized his relationship with He Mingliang and what he had heard about He Mingliang and the other party both being from A City.

He said, “Regarding my biological parents, I really can’t find any more clues. I have no choice but to bet on Mr. Lin’s extensive global network, hoping you might be able to provide me with some suggestions or clues.”

Lin Chen understood. “Oh, a fellow townsman. What a coincidence.”

He paused. “I do have some friends who are good at finding people. If you need, I can introduce you. Is there any known information about your parents? Names, birth dates, physical characteristics, occupations? Did they leave anything behind?”

He Wenyan: “No specific information, but they did leave this—wait, I’ll send you a picture.”

He Wenyan quickly sent a photo of a jade pendant.

Lin Chen opened the picture, his eyebrows furrowed. He suddenly grabbed a notebook from the side and began to flip through it quickly.

He Wenyan was shocked. “You’ve really seen this jade pendant?”

Lin Chen’s brows were tightly furrowed. Without looking up, he said, “Wait.”

He flipped through the notebook quickly, occasionally looking up at his phone.

He Wenyan was made a little uneasy by his posture and waited anxiously, pretending to be calm. Finally—

“Slap!”

Lin Chen closed the notebook heavily.

His gaze became uncharacteristically serious, and his voice was slightly deep as he said, “I can’t guarantee that the information I have is accurate, but—do not continue to investigate this matter.”

He Wenyan: “?”

He raised his eyebrows high. “This could be about my biological parents, and you want me to give up the search?”

Lin Chen said flatly, “I am speaking from the perspective of an investor, considering your financial and personal safety, and giving you this suggestion.”

He Wenyan’s lips drew into a straight line. He said, “Whether or not to continue investigating should be my own decision.”

Lin Chen said faintly, “No.”

He Wenyan stood up from the table with a blank expression, “swoosh”!

Just as he was about to speak, he heard Lin Chen continue, “I once heard a piece of gossip.”

He Wenyan paused. “?”

Lin Chen said slowly, “There was once a couple in A City who, because of a scam, fell into huge debt. The creditor was powerful and once chased them to their doorstep. Knowing it would be difficult to escape the creditor’s pursuit, and to prevent their newborn child from being implicated, the couple found an opportunity to abandon the child outside an orphanage.”

“I am not clear about what happened afterwards. Whether they survived, who this couple was, or who the abandoned child was, I know nothing. I only know that the huge debt they owed back then was not paid off. If their child does not have assets in the billions or a sufficiently strong backing, once they get involved in this matter, the next day they might…”

His words came to an abrupt halt. He lowered his eyes with a soft sigh and said no more.

He glanced at the time, ignoring He Wenyan’s shocked and speechless expression, and said, “I’m a little tired. I’m going to take a nap. I will refund you the money for the remaining time on a pro-rata basis. Good afternoon.”

He Wenyan instantly came back to his senses, his expression changing. “Wait, you—Lin Chen! Wait—”

The video call ended.

The video call duration was exactly: 10:00.

He Wenyan was baffled and angrily grabbed his phone to type in the input box.

However, before he could finish composing his message, his phone rang with a notification for a transfer of 66,667 yuan.

Heh, he even rounded it up!

He Wenyan laughed in anger and sent a barrage of messages to the other party.

However, at this time, Lin Chen was not waiting for his follow-up messages and had already switched off his Green Letter.

He unhurriedly took a sip of goji berry tea, savored it for two seconds, and gave his conclusion: “The goji berries are no good. Remind me to switch to another brand next time.”

AC9999: “Beep beep, already entered into the life memo!”

Lin Chen then got up, poured out the goji berry tea, put away the newspapers, put away all the props, and put this set of clothes back into the inner side of his suitcase to hide them again.

…

For the past six months, Fang Ji had been saying that he was preparing for his “jewelry music,” but in reality, just learning composition and choreography had taken him a long time.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to hand these tasks over to professionals.

It was just that when faced with the unfamiliar concept of jewelry music, even the professionals were stumped. After changing several professionals, none of them were able to produce the effect he wanted.

Feeling that he couldn’t rely on them, Fang Ji decided to learn it himself and personally choreograph each piece of music and dance.

The first piece of jewelry music had not been completed to this day.

In fact, this didn’t mean that he hadn’t been able to advance any piece of jewelry music to the later stages.

It only meant that every piece of jewelry music he had attempted to create so far had been eliminated or suspended at some stage.

Some were because the theme was uninteresting, some were because the existing jewelry couldn’t match, and some were because the effect of the music and dance design was not satisfactory…

But in the final analysis, the pieces that were abandoned or eliminated were not that appealing to him in the first place.

At least, they failed to attract him to the point where he “absolutely had to complete it perfectly.”

Until recently.

During the days his brother was away, Fang Ji hugged the rainbow-colored bell hat his brother had personally knitted every day, and suddenly, a brilliant inspiration struck him.

He wanted to write a piece of jewelry music with the theme of “New Year’s Eve” and give it to his brother as a return gift for the hat on this year’s New Year’s Eve!

Once this idea popped up, it became unstoppable.

He excitedly felt that he had finally found the chosen theme that made him “absolutely have to complete it perfectly”!

He immediately put aside all other theme choices and focused on selecting sounds, selecting jewelry, and composing for the “New Year’s Eve” theme.

The whole process was still difficult, but compared to those themes with average inspiration, Fang Ji obviously had a more firm and surging passion for this theme’s music!

This greatly encouraged him, and he decided that this time, this piece must be composed to perfection, to be a perfect gift in return for his brother.

But now it was already the end of December, and the winter vacation was about to begin. There was less than a month until New Year’s Eve.

Fang Ji was a little anxious for a while and could only try his best to invest more of his time to push forward the completion of this piece.

This feeling of wholeheartedly preparing for something was somewhat unfamiliar to Fang Ji. He found it difficult to extricate himself from it. For a time, the time Fang Ji spent on his company and with his parents, brother, and sister was significantly reduced.

One day, the butler’s wristband suddenly buzzed.

He stopped his work and glanced at the notification on his wristband. It turned out that it was almost time to go out and pick up the Eldest Young Master.

The butler looked up at the Little Young Master’s room in confusion. Normally, the Little Young Master would have already been dressed in his jingling decorations and running out to urge him to hurry up and leave. But why was there no movement at all today?

The middle-aged butler put down his work and went upstairs to knock on the door.

Butler: “Little Young Master. The Eldest Young Master is landing in an hour and a half. Are you planning to leave now?”

He waited for a while but received no response.

The butler frowned and knocked on the door again. “Little Young Master?”

Still no response.

The butler pressed the handle worriedly and pushed the door open to see—

Fang Ji was holding two necklaces, one in each hand.

He had his eyes closed, tapping the one on the left, then the one on the right, seriously comparing their sounds, muttering something like “still not crisp enough.” After scribbling a note in his notebook, he reached for another two necklaces, closed his eyes, tapped, compared, and noted.

Oh, so the Little Young Master was tinkering with his new jewelry music.

The butler went forward and gently touched the Little Young Master’s shoulder.

Butler: “Little Young Master?”

The Little Young Master did not react.

The butler shouted loudly, “Little Young Master!”

The Little Young Master did not react.

The butler was extremely helpless and had a headache. For a moment, he thought he was seeing the Second Young Master and the Eldest Young Miss when they were young.

He knew he couldn’t get through to him, so he had no choice but to ask, “Little Young Master, then I’ll take the driver to pick up the Eldest Young Master myself?”

The Little Young Master did not react.

The butler shrugged. “You have given your silent consent.”

The butler quietly left the room, called the driver, and went out to pick up Fang Chengyu.

This was the first time Fang Chengyu hadn’t seen Fang Ji immediately after landing.

He looked at the butler, a little surprised, and asked, “Is Xiao Ji busy today?”

The butler said helplessly, “Yes, Eldest Young Master. The Little Young Master was too engrossed in composing today. I called him for a long time, but he didn’t hear me.”

Fang Chengyu tilted his head and imagined the scene, smiling. “Then Xiao Ji’s piece this time should be better than the previous ones.”

The butler didn’t care about the music, only worrying, “I don’t know how long the Little Young Master’s state will last. When the Second Young Master and the Eldest Young Miss were boarding at school, they often forgot to eat at mealtimes because they were too focused, and their stomachs were bad for a long time after they grew up.”

Just then, an older teacher who hadn’t said goodbye yet saw the butler.

He couldn’t help but say, “Are you Teacher Chengyu’s family? Aiya, if you have time, you should quickly take Teacher Fang Chengyu to the hospital for a good check-up. His body is too weak, he needs more nourishment.”

The butler was stunned for a moment, then was grabbed by this teacher and told a long story about “what happened to Teacher Chengyu that night…”.

Fang Chengyu, on the other hand, was the first to laugh in embarrassment. “Aiya, Teacher Chen, how can you tattle like that? It’s not a big deal.”

He lightly brushed off the issue, smiled and said goodbye to the teachers, and quickly left with the butler.

Seeing the Eldest Young Master’s reluctance to go to the hospital for a check-up, the butler had a headache. “Eldest Young Master, it’s not that I’m nagging, but your heart is not good. You should be more sensitive to both big and small problems. Otherwise, if something happens to your heart one day, it will be difficult to handle!”

Fang Chengyu smiled helplessly. “My heart is really fine. It was just low blood sugar that day, and I felt a little dizzy.”

The butler’s face was expressionless. “Having low blood sugar not long after eating a full meal, isn’t that even more reason to get a check-up?”

Fang Chengyu held his forehead and lamented, “…Uncle Li, I already get checked every month! I just had a check-up in the first two weeks of this month. It’s really nothing, no need to make such a big fuss. Don’t let me be annoyed to death by these countless check-ups before my heart even has a problem.”

The butler thought about it and felt it seemed to make sense.

He sighed helplessly. “Alright, but Eldest Young Master, if you feel uncomfortable anywhere, you must tell me. Get it checked in time, get treated in time.”

Fang Chengyu smiled gently. “Definitely, definitely.”