I was born and listened to my neighbor's older sister talk about her family of origin.

"I want to buy computer programming tutorial videos and a few sets of math olympiad problem sets."

Faced with his parents' questions, Jiang Ye remained calm and composed, appearing as a model student who loved learning.

Jiang Cheng turned off the hairdryer, a look of satisfaction on his face: "Buy it! Studying is a good thing, Dad will pay you whatever it costs!"

It's good that there's a legitimate reason, and the parents even pay for it.

Jiang Ye immediately asked for money without batting an eye: "Then I'll take another five hundred."

He was worried they'd ask too many questions if he asked for too much, so he pointed to the mooncake box and added, "I also have some money of my own, but I'll need a bank card to buy online."

His gaze turned to Jiang Chengcai.

"Dad, take your ID card and this cash, go to the China Construction Bank across the street to open an online banking account and link your Alipay account."

Jiang Cheng wiped his hands, leaned over, and lifted the lid.

His eyes widened when he saw the thick wad of cash inside: "Wow, you've been keeping quiet all this time, how did you manage to save up so much?"

"New Year's money".

Hao Mei glared at Jiang Cheng: "What are you standing there for? Our son needs to study, so hurry up and take the money to deposit! Can you afford to ruin our son's future?"

Under Hao Mei's bloodline suppression, Jiang Cheng obediently carried the mooncake box out the door.

The older brother standing to the side was dumbfounded.

I thought to myself, this couple is really carefree, letting a ten-year-old kid spend so much money at will.

He was lost in thought.

Perhaps this is the secret to their raising a genius son?

Should I go back and try it on my own son?

Jiang Ye never expected that his action would inadvertently lead to a tragic situation of mixed-gender beatings within the family not long afterward.

Half an hour later.

Jiang Cheng ran back, covered in sweat, and slapped a brand-new China Construction Bank card and a black U-shield into Jiang Ye's hand.

"Your password is your birthday, so spend it wisely and don't let anyone fool you!"

"Know."

Jiang Ye took the things, turned around and went back into the house, locking the door behind him with a "click" to prevent the two from suddenly coming in.

He then took out his phone and called Zhou Xiao.

His piano performance at the graduation party was uploaded to QQ Music by Zhou Xiao. Thanks to his reputation as a musical prodigy at the age of ten, the tireless promotion by Zhou Xiao, and the behind-the-scenes efforts of Zhou Xiao, the number of downloads has now exceeded 100,000.

They even sold the copyright for a whopping eight thousand yuan.

In the decade since then, pop music has been more popular, so it's quite an achievement for a piano piece to sell for this price.

Over the phone, Jiang Ye said to Zhou Xiao, "Teacher Zhou, I have an online banking account now. You can give me half of the copyright fee; I need it."

"OK."

Zhou Xiao agreed very readily.

Soon, another four thousand yuan arrived in my account.

Jiang Ye now has a full 8,500 yuan in his pocket, which is enough.

Jiang Ye sat back down in front of the computer and plugged the USB key into the USB port on the computer case.

Refresh the Taobao page and purchase the exclusive link that costs a total of 8,000 yuan.

Redirected, enter password, confirm.

"bite."

A message came from Wangwang.

The seller acted very quickly and sent a compressed file.

"Bro, I've received the money. Here's the Bitcoin Core wallet installer and key files for 17,000 coins. Just import them after installation."

Finally, the seller added, "Good luck."

Jiang Ye did not reply, but directly downloaded the compressed file and disconnected from the network.

Unzip, install, all in one go.

An icon with a yellow "B" appeared on the screen.

Double-click to run and import the key file.

When the balance column displayed the number "17000", Jiang Ye leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh.

That's it.

This money was the first springboard for him to leverage his future.

But he didn't relax for long. His gaze fell on the dilapidated computer case again.

This crappy computer has extremely low specifications, and the hard drive may fail at any time.

If the file is corrupted, or infected with an ancient virus like Panda Burning Incense, these 15,000 bitcoins will become complete digital junk, and there will be no way to find them.

The carrier for the cold wallet must be determined immediately.

Jiang Ye stood up, opened the door, and went out.

Hao Mei, the receptionist, looked up from the Spider Solitaire game on her phone and asked Jiang Ye, "Son, are you home? Bring in the clothes from the balcony for me; they're not good to leave out in the sun."

"I'm going to buy stationery, I'll be back in a bit."

Jiang Ye ran out of the barbershop without looking back, went straight to the ATM on the street corner, withdrew several hundred yuan in cash, and then ran to an electronic consumables store that had been open for ten years not far away.

Pushing open the glass door, a strong smell of cheap plastic hit the nose.

Behind the counter, the shopkeeper was playing Red Alert while smoking a cigarette.

"Boss, give me three of the most expensive USB drives. They need to have large capacity, good quality, and be waterproof and shockproof."

The boss obviously recognized him, since he often went to Chengmei Hair Salon for haircuts.

He chuckled: "Hey, isn't this the little genius from our street? He can even buy USB drives by himself now?"

"Is it for the school?"

"yes."

The shopkeeper tucked the cigarette between his fingers and bent down to search under the counter.

A moment later, he tossed out three USB drives with metal casings: "Kingston, forty-one, three for one hundred and twenty, no bargaining."

Jiang Ye immediately bid 120, grabbed the USB drive, and turned to leave.

Ten minutes later.

Hao Mei and Jiang Cheng saw Jiang Ye rushing back, carrying a notebook and a pen.

The door was closed again, and Jiang Ye copied the Bitcoin key file into three USB drives and pulled them out.

He planned to go home and put the three USB drives in three different places.

He shouldn't put all his eggs in one basket; he had to be prepared for any eventuality.

This could amount to tens of billions in the future!

Jiang Ye couldn't be said to have been poor his whole life, but he had never been this rich either.

When a poor person suddenly becomes rich, even if they are reborn, they cannot maintain a stable mindset at this moment.

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Having secured his future financial freedom, Jiang Ye felt completely relaxed.

He doesn't want to work hard anymore; he just wants to lie down and enjoy life.

Seeing his lazy appearance, Ji Xiaoxiao, who had been busy all summer, finally couldn't stand it anymore and ran to Jiang Ye's house to drag him out of his room.

Jiang Ye was awakened by a weight pressing down on him.

He opened his eyes groggily and saw Ji Xiaoxiao's round, flushed face.

She still carried the damp heat of July outside, which even the air conditioner in his room couldn't dispel.

The girl was wearing a pure white martial arts uniform, with short hair that reached her ears. She had cute features, and it was unclear what she had been doing these past few days, but her originally fair and rosy skin had become quite tanned, turning into a healthy wheat color.

Seeing that Jiang Ye was awake, Ji Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up. She yanked off his air-conditioned blanket, her crisp voice reaching his still-unconscious ears.

"Eno!"

"Come with me to fight!"

Jiang Ye reached out and wiped the sleep from the corner of his eye, looking completely bewildered.

"what?"