14: Gu Wanzhou wants to be a godmother

"Don't worry, Mom won't work overtime anymore; I'll spend more time with you from now on."

Zhou Rongrong's heart was complicated as she stroked her son's head; this child had truly grown up.

It seemed he could become her reliance.

"Okay, Mom, pinky promise!"

Watching her son become more and more like a child, Zhou Rongrong also made a pinky promise with Li Zhiyan.

...

That night, Li Zhiyan watched "Love Apartment 1" for a while before falling into a deep sleep.

Holding ten thousand yuan, he slept very soundly.

The whirring sound of the small fan in the rented room also gave him a sense of security.

The next day, the first thing Li Zhiyan thought of after waking up was completing the task and Gu Wanzhou's fair, beautiful legs.

He was going to help Aunt Gu massage her legs today.

Bah, it was her neck; what was he even thinking about?

But in his dream yesterday, he seemed to have dreamed of something about a small horse and a large cart.

Pushing open the door, Li Zhiyan saw Wu Qingxian, his mother's best friend, who almost became his godmother.

"Good morning, Aunt Wu."

Wu Qingxian looked at Li Zhiyan with full appreciation; she had come to pick up Zhou Rongrong for work today.

Unexpectedly, she encountered Zhou Rongrong, who planned to deposit forty thousand yuan, telling her it was earned by her son learning programming.

This instantly made Wu Qingxian think of her own son.

Why didn't she have such an excellent son like Li Zhiyan?

"Little mama's boy, Auntie really didn't realize you had this skill."

Next, Aunt Wu praised Li Zhiyan profusely.

To earn forty thousand yuan at the age of eighteen.

It was indeed very impressive.

After his mother and Wu Qingxian left, Li Zhiyan finished breakfast, tidied up quickly, and returned to his room, taking two thousand yuan from the ten thousand.

The remaining eight thousand were tucked into the bottom of a cardboard box used for miscellaneous items.

This box contained many of his treasures.

Including marbles, toy guns, and slingshots from his childhood.

"Online banking is still not practical right now."

"Cash is still the mainstream payment method, and two thousand yuan is enough for me to spend for a long time."

Carrying the huge sum of two thousand yuan, Li Zhiyan left, determined to strive towards his goal of becoming a millionaire.

...

Upon arriving at the Internet Cafe, sure enough, Li Shiyu, that scoundrel, was playing CrossFire.

At this moment, he was stuck underground, playing enthusiastically.

Soon, he was forced to quit the game.

"Damn it!"

"Kicked again!"

Li Zhiyan casually laid a hundred-yuan bill in front of him.

"Go get a membership; otherwise, you'll be kicked every day playing with these bugs."

Li Shiyu was clearly surprised.

"Li Zhiyan, did you really go robbing? How did you get so much money? I really feel bad taking this money!"

Li Zhiyan showed a stack of red bills in his pocket.

"Don't worry, I've made some money recently, not by stealing or robbing; you can just pay me back when you have money later."

Li Zhiyan didn't intend for Bath Emperor to pay him back.

He only wanted Li Shiyu to feel at ease taking his money.

A best friend who would buy him a bottle of cola even when he had no money for food, and who would sell his car to lend him two hundred thousand even when he was penniless.

In this life, he definitely had to help him.

"Alright then..."

In the end, Li Shiyu couldn't resist the temptation of a CF membership and went to the counter to top up 30 Q coins.

Meanwhile, Li Zhiyan logged into his QQ and sent a message to Gu Wanzhou.

"Aunt Gu, are you there?"

Gu Wanzhou: "Yes, Li Zhiyan, you can come at noon."

"Don't worry, Si Si went to Wang Xinyue's house."

Yu Sisi and Wang Xinyue had a very good relationship, and both had enrolled in adjacent universities.

So, Yu Sisi would often go to Wang Xinyue's house to play.

Gu Wanzhou knew that her daughter and Li Zhiyan were now at odds.

So, this also avoided some awkwardness.

"Okay, Aunt Gu, I'll be there at noon."

Next, the two chatted about daily things, and Li Zhiyan suddenly heard the system's voice.

"massage skill learned."

After this skill appeared, Li Zhiyan felt that he would truly never be poor again; even if he specialized in massaging rich women, he could become wealthy.

Of course, it was better to focus entirely on the system's tasks, because according to the lazy system'shint, not completing system tasks would reduce the probability of new tasks refreshing later.

While chatting, Li Shiyu, who was nearby, also noticed Li Zhiyan's chat window.

"Holy cow, you're really chatting with Yu Sisi's mom? So passionately, did you seal the deal?!"

"How does a mature woman feel? Is it different from a young girl?"

"Doesn't it feel exciting knowing she's twenty-three years older than you?"

"This is truly the best revenge on Yu Sisi!"

"You ignore me, so I'll take down your mother!"

"If Yu Sisi were to hear this next door, tsk tsk..."

Listening to Li Shiyu's barrage of nonsense, Li Zhiyan felt a bit helpless.

As expected of Bath Emperor, his imagination was truly rich.

"Alright, stop guessing; I have to go soon."

"Tonight, I'll take you to the bathhouse to relax."

"Let's spend some money."

He couldn't stand by and watch his brother get strung along by Wang Xinyue again this time.

As long as he awakened his Bath Emperor Martial Soul True Body in advance.

Then he would rather die than be a simp again.

Li Shiyu was dismissive.

"It's just taking a bath, at most adding some milk, rubbing some salt, and getting a back massage; it's boring."

Li Zhiyan: "Stop talking so much nonsense; come play Dungeon and Fighter with me for a while."

"I want to train an Asura."

Li Shiyu didn't waste words and logged in directly.

"Perfect, my alt account wants to run a DNF icon quest; let's go together."

...

At 11:30, Li Zhiyan took a taxi to Yu Sisi's house.

Yu Sisi's apartment was bought in recent years, 140 square meters.

In a place like Wan City, this was already considered a high-end community; in 2010, those who could drive a Mercedes-Benz were truly wealthy.

"Aunt Gu!"

After knocking on the door, Gu Wanzhou's pretty face quickly appeared in Li Zhiyan's sight.

Today, she was wearing a black shirt paired with a black pleated skirt.

Under the short skirt, her pair of fair, beautiful legs, without stockings, were very eye-catching.

Thinking that he was going to help Aunt Gu massage her legs.

Li Zhiyan felt an elusive itch in his heart.

"Guaiguai, you're here."

"Come in quickly, Auntie is cooking for you."

Gu Wanzhou decided to have a good talk with Li Zhiyan today about the Oedipus complex.

To tell him that it was impossible for them to be together.

However, if Li Zhiyan was willing to acknowledge her as an elder, she wouldn't mind even being his godmother.

But they just couldn't be in a romantic relationship.

A young boy with an older woman, that was too absurd, too childish.

As long as she had a shred of clarity, she wouldn't let Li Zhiyan pull her into that.

"Aunt Gu, let me help you."

Li Zhiyan also followed her into the kitchen, which made Gu Wanzhou feel a little heartache; children from poor families mature early like this.

Because of poverty, they had to know everything; unlike her own daughter, who was eighteen years old and had never even entered the kitchen.

"Li Zhiyan, are you willing to be my god..."

Just as Gu Wanzhou was about to ask Li Zhiyan if he was willing to acknowledge her as his godmother.

A call came in; she answered it, feeling a bit annoyed, chatted for a few sentences, and then hung up.

"What's wrong, Aunt Gu?"

Li Zhiyan asked with some confusion.

"Nothing, it's just that Auntie has some spare money, and I looked into buying a house a while ago."

"But after thinking about it, if I paid the down payment, I would only have a few hundred thousand in cash left, so I put it aside for now."

"Recently, real estate agents keep calling me, and I'm a bit annoyed."

Li Zhiyan thought for a moment and advised, "Aunt Gu, I actually think you should buy this house."

"Because it's a good opportunity to make money."

Gu Wanzhou had always been good to him, both in his past and present lives.

And he also wanted to pull her into his 'cart'.

It was no trouble to tell her this.

"Why, Guaiguai?"

"Because housing prices will continue to skyrocket in the future; there might be a small surge in the next few months."

After a pause, Li Zhiyan added, "I'm guessing."

Gu Wanzhou looked at Li Zhiyan with some surprise.

This child, he even understood real estate?

"You're guessing?"

"Yes, ever since the US subprime mortgage crisis in 2007 swept the globe."

"The whole world was forced to pay for the US, and even Lehman Brothers, one of the five major US investment banks with a 78-year history, collapsed in this disaster."

"The country also increased a large amount of currency, and these currencies flowed into the market in large quantities."

"Leading to the rapid expansion of real estate, but I think the speed of this expansion is far from over."

Li Zhiyan hadn't paid attention to these things before, but after being reborn.

He had crammed a lot of knowledge, and with his foresight of future major trends, he could deduce many things.

Anyway, buying a house now was definitely a huge profit.

Gently putting down the bowl in her hand.

Gu Wanzhou looked at the child beside her with some disbelief.

How did he know so much!

She had never even heard of these terms; the string of words left Gu Wanzhou a bit bewildered.

"Guaiguai, what are the five major investment banks?"

"And the subprime mortgage crisis, what does that mean?"

At this moment, Gu Wanzhou deeply felt her own ignorance.