Han Fei had actually made preparations when Old Man Xu asked him to come along. After all, Old Man Xu was meeting his grandson, and as an elder, Han Fei should present a decent gift to make it appropriate.

Han Fei took out a small gold monkey pendant. This year is the Year of the Monkey, and this little boy was born in the Year of the Monkey, so let's give him a Sun Wukong pendant.

"So you were prepared all along!" Old Xu exclaimed, moved. "You truly are my good brother!"

Han Fei didn't disturb Old Man Xu's reunion with his family. After delivering the gift, he made an excuse and ran away. On the way, he received a call from an unknown number. He hung up, but the number called back.

Han Fei then answered the phone: "Hello?"

"Hello, landlord, you have a house that is currently rented out. Someone wants to rent it, but they can't pay the deposit all at once and would like to discuss it with you."

"Are you a real estate agent?"

"I...actually, I used to be a real estate agent, we've met before, but I recently lost my job. The person renting the apartment is my classmate, and I happened to have your phone number."

"I understand. I'll go to the house now. You can come over for a face-to-face meeting."

"Okay, we're coming right away."

Han Fei had a vague recollection of the voice; it was indeed the voice of a young man from the rental center.

He had previously kept the young man's phone number, but this time the call came from an unknown number, possibly a private number.

An hour later, Han Fei arrived at the two-bedroom apartment he had bought. Since the apartment was only used for registering his household registration, he did not move in. He immediately went to the rental center to try to rent it out, but the apartment was too remote and no one had rented it yet.

Two young men were standing at the entrance of 101. One was a young man from the rental center whom Han Fei had met before, and the other was a stranger.

"Grandpa Han, you've arrived."

Han Fei nodded, opened the door, and invited the two in: "Come in and let's talk."

"Grandpa Han, this is my classmate from my hometown. He's now working here in our area."

“My apartment is far from the city center, and there aren’t even any office buildings nearby. I’m afraid it’ll be inconvenient for your classmate to get to work if he rents here.”

"He doesn't go to work; he does things at home."

"Working at home?"

"He makes money online by doing live streams, graphic design, game boosting, writing online novels, voice acting, and basically any job that can be done online."

"He's a real talent."

"Well, he's quite capable, but he only graduated from high school, so it's hard for him to find a good job. Some jobs don't even qualify him to submit a resume."

"Knowing so much stuff after only graduating from high school?"

"Sigh, he's had a tough life. Actually, he had excellent grades; getting into a top high school would have been a piece of cake for him. But his family wouldn't let him continue. He taught himself all these money-making skills; he's quick to learn!"

Han Fei sized up the young man the other boy had brought. The young man met Han Fei's gaze, immediately lowered his head, and his ears turned bright red. He was an extremely introverted boy; since they'd been inside, it had been Han Fei and his classmates talking the whole time.

Just as the young man shyly lowered his head, his collar was slightly open, revealing something that looked like a burn or a birthmark, shaped like a small fish.

Rumble! Thunder roared through Han Fei's mind.

The author of the book he traveled through seems to like using birthmarks and similar things as foreshadowing. For example, Xiao Qi's birthmark on her forehead looks like a small flower, while the birthmark of an important character in the book is shaped like a small fish!

Could it be...

Han Fei mentally estimated the age. He had just graduated from junior high school less than two years ago and was three years older than his eldest grandson. That was exactly him!

The real young master in the story of the real and fake young masters, the man who will become a gaming tycoon in the future!

Now that I think about it, what the young man said earlier—that he makes money online, can design, play games, write online novels, and do voice acting—was all preparation for him to make his own games in the future.

If you can design and hand-draw, you can work as an original artist and design the original artwork for game characters.

Anyone who plays games will have a basic understanding of them and know where the strategic points will tempt players to spend money. This is because game boosting services are typically used by players who encounter difficult points or obstacles and desperately need to pass a level.

If he can write web novels, then he can also design the entire game's structure, character design, and level system; these are not difficult for him.

If you can do voice acting, then you can do the voice acting in the game yourself.

If you can do live streaming, you'll probably be good at editing, so you can also handle things like game promotion yourself.

He can "build a platform" all by himself, creating everything entirely on his own, and personally handling the entire game!

Later, he did indeed achieve it, but it took him ten years.

Han Fei narrowed his eyes, wondering if investing in him earlier could shorten this timeframe.

"I like eager young people the most. Here's what we'll do: you don't need to pay a deposit. You can live in the house for now. Anyway, the house is in a remote area, and it's just sitting empty. It'll be hard for me to rent it out. You can pay me the rent when you have the money."

"Grandpa Han, are you serious?"

"Of course! I see that you are all very young. I think you can earn money at home, but you can't give up on your studies."

He focused on the shy young man: "He said you have excellent grades, so you can try repeating a year. The reason your family doesn't let you study is simply because they don't want to spend money on you. Since nine years of compulsory education are over, they hope you can earn money to support your family. You can go and earn money, and you can also be grateful for their upbringing. But after you've earned a lot of money, I hope you can still continue your studies."

The young man was surprised. His family didn't want him to study, but everyone he met outside told him that he should study.

Logically speaking, family members are the ones who are good to him and who genuinely care about his future.

But now he is becoming more and more confused. He gradually feels that his family is just endlessly asking him for money. They never ask him how he earned the money or whether he worked hard. On the contrary, his friends outside care about him a lot. They always say that working multiple jobs and staying up all night to earn money will cause him to die suddenly and advise him not to work so hard to earn money.

The reason he moved out this time was because his older brother's child was born, and he needed to vacate a room. In addition, the baby's crying sounds were always being recorded, which meant that he had to re-record his voiceovers and could not do live broadcasts. So, he finally decided to move out.

However, he had given all his money to his mother and couldn't come up with three months' worth of deposit right away.

"Here are the keys to the house. Contact me if you need anything."

The shy young man finally spoke: "Thank you, Grandpa Landlord."

Han Fei reached out and patted the shy young man's head: "My eldest grandson is two or three years younger than you, so you can call me Grandpa Han too."

"Thank you, Grandpa Han."

"You can come to me if you need anything. Just treat me like your own grandfather. I like studious kids like you the most. I'll have my eldest grandson come and play with you in the future."