Qiu Yunxin and her classmates only borrowed Guan Baiyu's chemistry and physics class notes, and didn't borrow any more after that.

Guan Baiyu didn't care about this at all, so he didn't know that someone at school had seen it and was furious.

Sun Qiqi's grandmother's surname is Fei, and her name is Fei Ping. She is related to Teacher Fei, and it is because of this that the two families have become closer.

Recently, Sun Qiqi injured her hand and no longer lives at school. Fei Ping takes Sun Qiqi to school every morning and picks her up in the evening.

Early in the morning, Fei Ping prepared breakfast and then went to wake Sun Qiqi up.

“Just let her set an alarm to wake herself up. Why do you have to wake her up every day?” Sun Pingfu sat down, reading the newspaper and drinking porridge.

"I can yell if I want, it's none of your business." Fei Ping disliked Sun Pingfu. This man did nothing at home, yet he wanted to control everything.

Sun Pingfu shut his mouth and stopped talking.

Fei Ping called Sun Qiqi down and peeled an egg for her.

"Grandma, I don't like eggs." Sun Qiqi felt depressed whenever she saw eggs. From childhood to adulthood, the breakfast she ate most often was porridge and eggs... She had no problem with porridge, but she really disliked boiled eggs.

"Eggs are nutritious," Fei Ping urged her granddaughter to eat.

Sun Qiqi pouted, then used a spoon to mash the egg whole, mixing it into the porridge, creating a large bowl of yellow and white...

"What kind of mess is this? You've ruined a perfectly good porridge like this!" Sun Pingfu couldn't stand it anymore.

Fei Ping objected: "What's wrong with Qiqi? She's willing to eat it!"

Sun Pingfu said, "She's just living too well. When I was a child, I could only eat an egg on my birthday."

"Is this when you were a child?" Fei Ping retorted.

Sun Qiqi's parents only have her as their child, and they usually have high expectations of her. But she is not afraid of her family. At this moment, she ignored her grandfather, mixed some pickled cowpeas into the porridge, stirred it, and ate it mouthful by mouthful.

After finishing her porridge, she took a fried dough stick and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, let's go!"

Upon hearing this, Fei Ping immediately grabbed Sun Qiqi's schoolbag and followed Sun Qiqi out the door.

"How old is she? You're still carrying her schoolbag!" Sun Pingfu couldn't stand it anymore.

Fei Ping was also annoyed with her old man. His granddaughter was injured, so what was wrong with her helping to carry her schoolbag?

Her Qiqi is good enough. She used to be willing to do a lot of chores around the house. The boy next door, who is in high school like Qiqi, has never washed a single piece of clothing and doesn't even know how to turn on the gas stove! That's the one who should be criticized!

At least her daughter Qiqi can cook things like fried rice and instant noodles. After starting high school, she stopped letting her family do her laundry.

Fei Ping took Sun Qiqi on foot to the No. 1 Middle School. Only when they arrived at the school gate did Fei Ping put the schoolbag she was carrying on Sun Qiqi's back.

"Goodbye, Grandma!" Sun Qiqi waved her bandaged hand at Fei Ping.

When Fei Ping saw this, she couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

Her granddaughter really suffered this time!

Fei Ping turned to leave, but was stopped by a young boy: "Hello, are you Sun Qiqi's grandmother?"

"Who are you?" Fei Ping frowned as she looked at the boy in front of her, her heart pounding again.

What does this guy want with her? Is it related to her granddaughter?

"Hello Grandma, my name is Li Dongchen. I'm here to talk to you about something concerning Sun Qiqi," Li Dongchen said.

"What do you want to say?" Fei Ping asked.

“Grandma, you need to keep an eye on Sun Qiqi, lest she get scammed… It’s that Guan Baiyu, I’ve seen her talking to Sun Qiqi quite a few times, and they even exchange gifts,” Li Dongchen said.

Li Dongchen had a lot of opinions about Sun Qiqi.

He had been pursuing Qiu Yunxin, but Sun Qiqi and Cheng Tian always blocked him and gave him the cold shoulder.

As for Guan Baiyu... it's one thing for Qiu Yunxin to like him, but he also sees that Sun Qiqi and Cheng Tian seem to like him too.

Especially Sun Qiqi, he had seen Sun Qiqi give money to Guan Baiyu before!

Fei Ping had been observing her granddaughter these past few days, and only felt relieved after seeing no signs of trouble. Now, Li Dongchen's mention of it has made her anxious again.

But why is Li Dongchen so concerned about her granddaughter?

Fei Ping looked at Li Dongchen suspiciously.

"Grandma Sun, what I said is true. Guan Baiyu is extremely poor and always mooches off other people at school..." Li Dongchen said a lot of bad things about Guan Baiyu to Fei Ping, basically saying that Guan Baiyu was leeching off Liang Qinxuan.

He had actually wanted to tell Qiu Yunxin's parents about this for a long time.

However, Qiu Yunxin warned him that if he dared to say it, she would never speak to him again.

Furthermore, he didn't want Qiu Yunxin's parents to know about Guan Baiyu... He had to admit, Guan Baiyu was good-looking and did well in school. As for Sun Qiqi... he'd heard that Sun Qiqi's family had some connections and was quite wealthy; they definitely wouldn't be interested in Guan Baiyu.

Of course, he said all this not because he expected Sun Qiqi's family to do anything to Guan Baiyu, but simply because he couldn't stand Guan Baiyu.

"What is your relationship with Qiqi?" Fei Ping asked.

Li Dongchen said, "I am Qiu Yunxin's boyfriend."

Fei Ping's face immediately turned cold. She knew that her granddaughter had a good friend named Qiu Yunxin, but she never expected that Qiu Yunxin would be in a relationship so early!

Her daughter Qiqi has definitely been corrupted by her!

And then there's Guan Baiyu, I wonder what he's up to!

Fei Ping was thinking too much for a moment, and her face looked very unpleasant when she got home.

"Why do you always have such a long face?" Sun Pingfu said.

“You’re always smiling,” Fei Ping retorted.

Sun Pingfu was a little unhappy, but he couldn't do anything about Fei Ping now.

Ever since he retired, Fei Ping's attitude towards him has gotten worse and worse, but his son and daughter both side with Fei Ping...

With that in mind, Sun Pingfu decided to go out for a walk.

But before he could leave, Fei Ping called out to him, "Do you know that Guan Baiyu?"

“Yes, I know him. I’ve met him before.” Sun Pingfu talked about Guan Baiyu for a while, then added, “I’m not familiar with him. Lao Fei told me about him. But he’s a really good kid. When Qiqi had her accident, he was the one who took her to the hospital and even paid for her medical expenses.”

“Isn’t his family very poor? Where did he get the money to pay for the medical expenses? It was the Liang family’s car that took Qiqi to the hospital,” Fei Ping said.

Changxi City is so small. Before Fei Ping retired, she worked at the tax bureau and was very familiar with Liang Qinxuan's father.

She felt that Guan Baiyu had taken credit for Liang Qinxuan's work.

Those Guan family members are like persistent ghosts, they're so annoying!

She really wanted to talk to her granddaughter, but with final exams approaching and her granddaughter busy, she couldn't very well disturb her granddaughter's studying, so she had to hold back for now.

She'll definitely take care of this after the exams!

“Speaking of the Liang family… that young man from the Liang family has really made something of himself.” Sun Pingfu changed the subject.

"That guy who's still in high school? What happened to him? Wasn't he always said to be a bit of a slacker?" Fei Ping asked.

“He was immature before, which is why he was so irresponsible. Now that he has a lot of things to do at home, he has suddenly grown up and even started his own company,” Sun Pingfu said.

Fei Ping also knew about the Liang family's affairs. Many of them had discussed it privately, and the general consensus was that Liang's father was confused.

They're so old, they might not even be able to function anymore, but they still have a lot of tricks up their sleeves.

What kind of company did he start?

Sun Pingfu said, "It's called Huaguang Stationery. All those pencil cases on the market recently are produced by their company. They've also recently started producing ballpoint pens, and his dad is giving them away everywhere."

"That fancy ballpoint pen you brought back yesterday?" Fei Ping asked.

“That’s the one,” Sun Pingfu said.

After chatting for a while, the two concluded that they could only believe half of the story about the Liang family's child starting a company.

Without Liang's father, that kid definitely wouldn't have been able to get the job done.

But they're only in high school. Even if they've only done half of it, it's still quite remarkable.

Liang Qinxuan also felt that he was extraordinary.

Their company's first batch of ballpoint pens has been produced!

Although the pen refills are imported from abroad and the pen barrels are manufactured by a factory, every pen is printed with "Huaguang"!

It's already the end of June, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Students living on campus sometimes even wake up in the morning because of the heat.

Guan Baiyu woke up very early. When he got up, some people in the dormitory were still sleeping.

Going to wash up would easily wake others, so Guan Baiyu took her books and quietly went out to the playground, memorizing English words as she walked.

There were already other people on the playground, and some were even clinging to the fence, waving money to buy fried dumplings from people outside the school.

A pan-fried bun and dumpling shop recently opened near their school. Although the food is expensive, it tastes much better than what's served in the school cafeteria. Some students ask their classmates to bring it in for them, or they simply buy it from people across the fence on the playground.

Guan Baiyu glanced at it once and then looked away.

He had never tried that fried dumpling shop, but the price of five dumplings for one yuan had already made him lose interest.

Although the fried dumplings were quite large, and many girls could eat five, he estimated that it would cost him two yuan to fill his stomach.

After walking around for a while, Guan Baiyu saw... Liang Qinxuan was also there, hawking his wares.

Guan Baiyu: "..."

Liang Qinxuan had already bought the fried dumplings. When he saw Guan Baiyu, he greeted him, "Baiyu, would you like some fried dumplings?"

"No need," Guan Baiyu said. Liang Qinxuan only bought one serving, and he wouldn't eat it.

Liang Qinxuan bought ten fried dumplings and started eating them as soon as he got the plastic bag.

He started eating the dumpling from the bottom, skin and all, and then stopped eating the pleats on top.

These handmade pan-fried dumplings had thick, dry pleats and weren't very tasty.

That's why, after eating ten, Liang Qinxuan was still a little unsatisfied: "I want to buy fifteen next time!"

Guan Baiyu was already used to Liang Qinxuan's behavior, but he still reminded him, "We should save food."

Liang Qinxuan knew he was wrong, but he was just being picky... so he could only chuckle and change the subject: "Bai Yu, a lot of people at school are using our ballpoint pens now, have you seen them?"

"I saw it," Guan Baiyu said with a smile.

“Your method works quite well,” Liang Qinxuan said. “My dad had some ‘Huaguang’ stationery signs made and replaced them with free ones in the city’s stationery stores. He also wholesaled the pens to them at low prices, so they started selling our pens!”

Large stationery stores in the city certainly have plenty of signs, but many of the small stationery stores located near schools don't have signs at all.

Even if I had one, I would just make one myself out of a wooden board, and it wouldn't look good at all.

Now they've made the signs and are giving them away for free, and not one of them has refused.

The name "Huaguang Stationery Store" sounds nice, doesn't it?

As for their Huaguang ballpoint pens, they are supplied directly by the manufacturer, so the purchase price for these stores is much lower than that of other ballpoint pens!

Low purchase price means high profit. When someone comes to buy ballpoint pens, the first brand they recommend is Huaguang.

This ballpoint pen has only been on the market for half a month. He doesn't know about other places, but in Changxi City, many people are already using it!

There are already more than ten "Huaguang Stationery Stores" in Changxi City, making many people think that "Huaguang" is a big brand.

By the way, the first "Huaguang Stationery Store" in Changxi City was opened by Shi Zhen's parents. They've started selling Huaguang ballpoint pens there now, and they stock up on quite a few every time they restock.

“Next, we can distribute the goods like this throughout the entire J city… Of course, there’s no rush, we can take it slowly,” Guan Baiyu said.

"Yes!" Liang Qinxuan said cheerfully, "By the way, my cousin said that our company can apply for a loan to open a factory!"

The two chatted for a while before parting ways. Guan Baiyu first ate breakfast, then went back to his dorm to wash up, and then... he went to take the exam.

Today is the day of the final exams.

The exam room had been set up long ago. Guan Baiyu entered the exam room, looked around, and found that there were about ten people in the class, all holding Huaguang ballpoint pens.

He was the same. When the sample of the ballpoint pen came out, he and Liang Qinxuan each got a pack. Some people in the class even bought their pens from him.

Calming down, Guan Baiyu began to work on the questions seriously.

The exam lasted for two days.

On the second day of the exam, the teachers were already grading the papers from the first day. After the exam, they would only have one day off, and then the results would be announced and the final evaluation would be conducted.

With only one day off, Guan Baiyu decided not to go back home and instead went to visit Liang Qinxuan's factory.

The day after the exam, Guan Baiyu left the school early in the morning. He and Liang Qinxuan first went to the company to take a look and finalize the style of the pens to be produced next. Then, they went to the department store in Changxi City.

Guan Baiyu wanted to buy Shi Zhen some nice clothes.

His brother has already started taking on construction projects, and he's already taken on several. He's become a small business owner, so he should have some decent clothes and a few pairs of high-end shoes.

His company, which he co-owns with Liang Qinxuan, is still in its early stages. Although it has already made money, he has not received any dividends.

But when Shi Zhen made money, he would give him a hundred or two hundred yuan. In addition, he was usually frugal with his money and always ate with Liang Qinxuan... so he had more than a thousand yuan in his hands.

Guan Baiyu went straight to the men's clothing counter after entering the department store to look at all kinds of men's clothing.

His brother has a good physique, so he can just buy clothes according to his height without worrying about them not fitting... Guan Baiyu picked out two T-shirts, two short-sleeved shirts, and also dress pants, a belt, and leather shoes...

All these things combined could have spent all his money, but he was in a very good mood.

After buying the items, Guan Baiyu asked for an invoice and then went to the entrance to pay. He had already chosen his items but hadn't paid yet, waiting for Liang Qinxuan. Just then, he ran into an acquaintance—Sun Qiqi's grandmother.

Guan Baiyu wasn't familiar with the person; they had only met once. Now that they met, he smiled and nodded as a greeting.

Just then, Liang Qinxuan came out of the fitting room: "Guan Baiyu, do I look good in this outfit?"

“Not bad,” Guan Baiyu said.

"I don't think it'll work... I'll try something else."

"Does it take this long to pick out clothes?" Guan Baiyu was speechless.

“I’m not like you, buying things after just one glance… Are you really going to buy so many?” Liang Qinxuan asked, looking at the clothes Guan Baiyu was holding.

"Yes." Guan Baiyu said with certainty, a gentle smile on his face.

Fei Ping noticed this and frowned once again.

Isn't Guan Baiyu supposed to be poor? Why is he buying so many clothes? Is he expecting Liang Qinxuan to pay for them all?