I was in my final year of high school, and my deskmate found out I was writing a novel!

"Come on, let's have a drink to celebrate Ye Feng and Su Miaomiao getting into university!"

The family sat around the table, with the eldest uncle at the head of the table, holding a wine glass, his eyes practically glued to the ground with joy.

"Xiao Heng, learn from your uncle from now on!"

"Yes, the university I go to in the future will definitely be better than the one my uncle goes to."

Children often have an air of superiority, and who hasn't worried about choosing between Tsinghua University and Peking University when they were young?

The whole family laughed, and Ye Feng didn't take it seriously; children say the darndest things.

As they talked, the topic shifted to the two of them, since they were the main characters today.

"You go to the same school?"

Aunt asked curiously, as she had only just found out herself.

"Yeah, we're in the same university, and even the same major. We might be classmates in the future."

"Oh, this is great, this is great! You must study hard in college, don't end up like your cousin, who went to college for three years and didn't learn anything. Look at her, how old she is now!"

You could tell that my aunt was really worried and wished her daughter would get married right now.

My cousin is already immune to it; she's eating and drinking as usual, and even put a piece of her chopsticks on Su Miaomiao's plate.

"My cousin is doing quite well now, isn't she? Her novel is also gaining popularity."

Ye Feng offered an explanation.

Only my uncle and cousin drank alcohol. They drank Wuliangye that Su Miaomiao brought. They shared a bottle, and they didn't drink too much. After all, they still had to work in the afternoon, so taking a nap was a good way to get back to work.

After finishing their meal, Ye Feng didn't rush back. Instead, he took Su Miaomiao and drove around the village in his little car.

"Look at this tree. I was talking to you on the phone right here during Chinese New Year. I was picking at the bark while I was on the phone, and I picked off such a big piece."

"You're picking at tree bark too! I was doing the same thing, I'm from our neighborhood. I'll take you to see it when we get back!"

"Haha, don't get caught by the property management, or you'll have to pay for the tree if it dies."

"Anyway, nobody knows."

Su Miaomiao had a lot of fun. When they passed a stream, she pulled Ye Feng to play in the water. She wasn't afraid of getting sunburned and took off her shoes to go in.

Playing in the water on a hot day is quite refreshing, it's so cool and refreshing.

"There are fish? Ye Feng, I see fish!"

"Isn't it expected that there will be fish?"

This is quite normal for Ye Feng. There are small fish fry in the irrigation ditches of the rice paddies. This stream, although not big, is more than a meter wide, just a bit shallow.

"Come on, let's see who catches the most!"

As she spoke, she bent down and started catching fish. Ye Feng didn't try to compete with her. These fish may look small, but they are very difficult to catch. When they were young, they used to catch them with nets.

I found a rock to sit on and watched Su Miaomiao catch fish.

"Ye Feng, you're here! I've been looking for you for ages."

"Just make a phone call, what's wrong, bro?"

"I want to discuss something with you. Please come up first."

Ye Feng ignored Su Miaomiao, who was still enthusiastically catching fish, since the water was shallow and right in front of him anyway.

"What's wrong?"

"The one you told me about before, it's called... a boarding school."

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

"I recently did some research, and it's really good. There are a lot of tutoring centers there, but there aren't any after-school care centers like this. And I think it's not just for evenings, but also for lunch. Although the school provides meals, I've heard a lot of parents complain that the food is bad and the kids can only sleep at their desks at lunchtime."

"You mean, they provide lunch and a place to sleep at noon?"

"Yeah, you see, they provide lunch at noon, then you can take a nap, and you can do your homework here in the evening with a teacher supervising and explaining the problems. But there are no extra classes; we definitely can't compete with those tutoring centers if we do extra classes. I heard that many teachers at the school..."

"Bro, if you think it's a good idea, just do it. I think it could make a lot of money if you do it well. Who did you contact?"

This was indeed Ye Feng's idea, but he just mentioned it casually at the time. Besides, he couldn't possibly charge a consultation fee, so why would he come to me for advice?

"Brother, this was just something I came up with on a whim. I don't really know the specifics. It's up to you to decide what to do, isn't it?"

"I know, I just wanted to get your advice, and also..."

As he spoke, his cousin glanced at Su Miaomiao, who was still having a great time, and continued, "I'd like to ask you to invest in me, or lend me some money. I don't have enough money here."

So it was about money! Goodness, what big business is my cousin planning to do?!

"Brother, how big are you planning to go?"

"It's not very big, just across from Xiaoheng School. The second floor is about 500 square meters. I think it's pretty good. The rent is also reasonable. It used to be a tutoring center, but it's closed down now. The renovation might cost more money because it's not the same as before and will require a major overhaul."

"Approximately how much will it cost?"

"Your sister-in-law and I did the math, and it's estimated to be around 400,000, considering we still need to hire people and do things like playing games."

This amount of money wasn't much for Ye Feng right now. He could borrow it, but Ye Feng thought he might as well invest it directly and consider it a support for his cousin. He didn't expect this investment to be profitable, since his cousin had never worked in this industry before, and the chances of losing money were very high!

"I initially planned to get some from your uncle, but he wouldn't give it to me. He insisted I was just messing around. But I wasn't messing around at all! I investigated several schools. This business is really shrewd!"

My cousin probably had no other choice, otherwise he wouldn't have asked me for help.

"How much more money do we need?"

"Your sister-in-law and I can only raise 300,000 yuan at most, we're still short 100,000 yuan."

"You didn't borrow all of these, did you?"

"There's no other way. I bought a house and renovated it, so I only have a little over 100,000 yuan left."

Actually, the house was bought by my uncle, and it was bought in full, for more than two million yuan!

However, they did the renovations themselves, and with all the other miscellaneous expenses, they were almost out of money.

My uncle has probably been ripped off too, so it's unlikely he'll support him anymore.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng didn't say anything more.

"Don't bother borrowing money. I'll give you 300,000. If you make a profit, just pay me back the principal. If you lose, forget about it."

"How can you do that! Consider it a loan from your brother."

"Forget about lending or not, how about this: when you make money, you can pay me back 200,000 yuan. The remaining 100,000 yuan was the investment you made back then. But let me make this clear first, I don't know how to run this store. I don't know either. You and your sister-in-law can decide what to do."

"Alright! Once we make money, you can have a share. Let me tell you, I think it'll definitely make money. My sister-in-law and I have been thinking about this lately. We'll be in charge of cooking and taking care of the kids, and then we'll hire two college students to tutor the students. Also, I'm planning to use cameras that can connect to the parents' phones, so the parents can see what's going on when they check in..."

With the money issue resolved, his cousin became more talkative, insisting on telling Ye Feng about his ideas, but Ye Feng really wasn't interested!

He took the money purely to repay his uncle's family, and it wouldn't cost him anything.