He cleared out all of Penguin's shares in Polaris in a relatively amicable manner, distributing them to a few long-time employees who had followed him all the way.

Secondly, although Liang Zhirou only mentioned it casually that night, he really did drag Liang Zhirou to open a coffee shop, which was located by the river.

That year, Chen Lu was twenty-six years old.

He can no longer be described as a young man; his appearance is still handsome, but his expression has become more composed and reserved, and he no longer has the naivety of the past.

Jiang Chao, who would be a middle-aged man in three years, stood in front of him, staring at him quietly for a long time, and then suddenly sighed softly.

"Our company has survived all these years, why do you suddenly want to quit?" Jiang Chao couldn't help but ask.

Although everyone in Polaris knows that boss Chen Lu is a professional remote worker, this guy has gone too far lately, and we can't even see him.

Chen Lu, who was sitting on the sofa reading a book, looked up when he heard this. "No."

Jiang Chao glanced at the various coffee beans in the book and couldn't help but frown.

A recognized genius in China's mobile game industry, and the only rising star in Hangzhou's startup scene, is actually holed up at home researching this weird thing?

“I haven’t seen you come to the company for the past two weeks.”

"The company hasn't been busy lately, so I've just been slacking off."

After finishing his sentence, Chen Lu continued with a slight smile, "Although I didn't have to go to work before, I had to use my brain all the time, which was really tiring."

"You've lost your motivation after achieving financial freedom, haven't you?"

"There's no such thing as enough money. Even if you only earn interest, you still have to worry about inflation. I just want to take a break."

Just as Jiang Chao was about to speak, Chen Lu's expression suddenly turned serious again.

You've always known that deep down.

“If I were to always take the lead, your father would never approve of you. It’s just that you don’t want to, and you can’t, do something like pushing me out.”

"Now is the perfect time. I'm handing over the development of Polaris' next game to you, so I can take a break."

The living room remained quiet for a long time.

Jiang Chao knew what Chen Lu meant.

He suddenly wondered if Chen Lu had thought about this day when he agreed to start a business together five years ago.

“Polaris is your life’s work, and I can’t bear to touch it.” Jiang Chao sighed softly. “How about this, just like our original Yaoguang Studio, I’ll set up another studio under Polaris and invest my own money in new projects.”

"sure."

Chen Lu responded softly; he had already guessed that Jiang Chao would say that.

He genuinely wanted to hand over Polaris to Jiang Chao, but he also knew that this guy would rather not pursue any dreams than ruin the hard work they had put in for five years, building it from scratch.

It's been five years already...

Chen Lu was somewhat dazed.

It's been so long.

By that calculation, he and Jiang Chao have been together for almost ten years.

Jiang Chao didn't say anything. He remembered that Chen Lu was always the one who skipped classes and slacked off when he was in college. He wished he could make a cup of tea and lie in a rocking chair all day.

During my freshman year, I was publicly criticized by the whole school for sneaking off to the playground to sunbathe during an open class.

He's famous for slacking off.

Starting a business is mentally and physically exhausting, which is naturally a kind of torture for this guy.

He had always known very well that Chen Lu's interests had never lay in this.

Every time he cheered with joy for Polaris's progress, Chen Lu would just smile at him faintly, as if he were happy because his friend was happy.

Jiang Chao clenched his fist, sniffed his slightly sore nose, and chuckled as he punched Chen Lu's chest twice. Suddenly, he said:

"Thank you for being with me these past few years."

"come on."

That's all Chen Lu said.

...

After seeing Jiang Chao off, he saw Chen Yunqi running around in the various rooms, so he quickly gave him some instructions before lowering his head to continue reading.

Liang Zhirou, being rather simple-minded, doesn't have the brains to study coffee; this is something that only her clever and capable Master Chen can teach her.

In the end, he carried it all alone.

It's just that Chen Yunqi is being a bit too noisy these days, constantly interrupting his thoughts.

Once children have fully adapted to the key bindings in Earth Online, they will naturally embark on a journey to explore the world.

Generally speaking, the starting village is your own home.

They'll scavenge for junk like players of The Witcher 3 or The Legend of Zelda, literally finding anything and everything.

Chen Muxue was a little older and no longer bit and nibbled at her brother like she used to. She slowly grew her hair out and became more aware of herself as a girl.

On the contrary, I especially like to imitate him, and now I am reading books with him, just like him.

Just as Chen Lu was about to reach out and pat her head, Chen Yunqi suddenly ran over clumsily with a blue plastic box in his hand.

"Dad, what is this?"

Chen Lu sat up straight on the sofa and leaned over to take a look.

Durex...

Chen Lu was stunned. This unlucky kid, he managed to find it even though it was hidden so deep!

Seeing that Chen Yunqi was about to open it himself, he quickly said, "This is a balloon, Dad will blow one up for you."

Fortunately, Chen Yunqi is easy to fool now, unlike him, who already knew how to read when he found this thing at home.

"I want to play too!"

Chen Yunqi reached out to take it, but seeing that Chen Lu had no intention of giving it to him, he obediently withdrew his hand.

"These are balloons that only adults can blow up. You can play with them when you're older."

Chen Lu slowly blew up the balloon until it was full, then held it out to him, saying, "You're not allowed to take it out."

Chen Yunqi nodded repeatedly, his young eyes filled with excitement and admiration.

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