Chapter 160 Extra
one
Today, Abandoned Star has been renamed Green City. Through everyone's efforts, Abandoned Star has long since left the ranks of abandoned planets and become a habitable planet. Although this planet is still relatively poor and backward, and its geographical location is relatively remote, the natives of Abandoned Star are already very satisfied.
At least they were now legal citizens of the Empire, possessing personal identification terminals and free access to the Star Network to learn about the outside world, just like on any other habitable planet. Furthermore, their current living conditions were unimaginable. The elderly who were lucky enough to survive the period wept bitterly when they spoke of their current lives, saying they felt like they were living in a dream. Whenever they spoke of the past with their children and grandchildren, they urged them to cherish their present and protect Green City's environment. Those days were like living in hell, and those who had experienced them would never want to experience them again.
Under Aowei's leadership, the slum where Wen Le once lived had become Green City's second-largest economic development zone, its annual tax revenue surpassing only that of the original central district. The chinchillas and sand rabbits raised by Aowei and his team had become Green City's specialties and a significant source of income for the residents.
With Wen Le's celebrity status, even the sandworms he once ate became a popular online snack. Aowei and his team saw a business opportunity and opened an online store on Star Online, specializing in processing these sandworms into dried insect meat in various flavors. The sandworms' unique taste was highly praised by netizens, and the online store quickly became an online sensation. The daily orders were so numerous that Aowei and his team were grinning from ear to ear.
Not to be outdone, the central district capitalized on Wen Le's success by creating a dedicated tourist route designed to give visitors a better understanding of Wen Le's upbringing. To enhance authenticity, the central district even recreated the weather and surroundings of the time. The road leading from the slums to the central district was particularly expensively recreated with a sandstorm. People joked about how the sandstorms they once dreamed of eliminating now cost them money to maintain. Life was becoming increasingly challenging.
It's true that this central area initiative has attracted quite a few tourists. Wen Le is incredibly popular right now, and anyone using his name is raking in the cash. After the central area launched this tourist route, many netizens flocked to check in, hoping to experience the journey of the youngest level-7 healer in the universe.
There's even a "Wen Le" craze sweeping the internet, and it's likely to take a while for this heat to cool down. Some parents are even sending their children to the same school Wen Le once attended, hoping to temper their own children with a little hardship.
Wei De College, now renamed Greentown College, also saw a surge in enrollment. However, Greentown College's faculty had greatly improved, and they had indeed produced a group of outstanding students, which in turn attracted even more students to enroll, thus forming a virtuous cycle. Of course, this is all a story for later.
As for Wen Le, after making money over the years, he found a reputable trust company and established a foundation. This foundation allocates a specific amount of money to Greentown each year to improve the environment and provide basic education for young people. Wen Le believes that it's better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish. Rather than donating money to support these children, it's better to educate them from a young age to fundamentally address the problem. Otherwise, if they can't read or write, they'll never be able to leave. Only through education can they truly move beyond Greentown and toward a brighter future.
Aside from the first two years when Wen Le invested money, the foundation was now essentially balanced. Besides mid-year and year-end reconciliations, Wen Le rarely had to worry about anything else. Wen Le felt comfortable and relaxed, eventually handing the foundation over to his personal financial management team, becoming a hands-off manager.
Wen Le didn't deliberately hide these things from anyone. As Mr. Hu put it, there's no need to conceal good deeds. You're not a thief, so why would you hide them? Haven't you seen some people who, after even the smallest good deed, are eager to hold a press conference to announce it to the world? This suggests that the noble act of doing good deeds anonymously isn't generally recognized.
So, on the day Wen Le attended the press conference, netizens dug up details about the foundation, as well as every donation he had made to other charities over the years. The release of these figures effectively silenced those who accused Wen Le of being ungrateful and disregarding the lives of those on the Abandoned Star after becoming wealthy. This is why Wen Le is so popular with the public.
Wen Le and Ao Wei have remained in touch over the years. Although Wen Le is too busy to return to Greentown, Ao Wei still mails Wen Le some local specialties every year and shares with him the changes in Greentown over the years. In return, Wen Le also sends back some new things not available in Greentown, sometimes food, sometimes things to use or toys. While this connection may have been mixed with other things at first, over the years, it has become a bond, a source of emotional sustenance.
two
After 30 years of courtship, Li Zhenzhen and Xu Dongdong are finally planning to get married. Wen Le initially thought they'd stay together forever, just like the popular online anti-marriage sentiment of dating without getting married. But they've actually gotten a marriage certificate and are planning a wedding banquet by the end of the year.
When Wen Le received the wedding invitation, he thought he had misread it and double-checked. He couldn't help but complain to Lily and the others, "I thought I had misread the name." It was surprising to see someone who was thought to be unmarried suddenly send a wedding invitation.
Lily was quite calm about this, and even thought Wen Le was making a fuss: "Isn't this normal?" No woman doesn't want to get married. Even if they say they don't want to marry and live a carefree life alone, they still look forward to having a romantic wedding with the one they love. This is a romantic and natural thing that only women have, but there's no need to explain this to a "straight man" like Wen Le, because even if you do, he might not understand.
Instructor Li, however, shook the child in his arms and said with the tone of an experienced person, "They're not young anymore. It's time to consider the issue of children."
Wen Le broke into a sweat at the mention of children. He truly admired Lily; her drive was incredible. Not only had she managed to get married and have a child within a year, but after her older child had been admitted to a prestigious university, she had a second child, who was now kindergarten-age.
Comparing things this way, Wen Le felt he had finally discovered the truth behind Xu Dongdong's yearly proposals. His childhood friend had a successful family, career, and children, while he hadn't even been successful in proposing. It was unbearable for anyone. Thinking about it this way, Wen Le felt he needed to consider taking on a disciple. Otherwise, his friends all had toys to play with, but he didn't, and the mere thought of it made him feel quite lost.
three
After decades of hard work, Wen Le finally became a nine-star healer. When the Healer Association announced this joyous news, everyone was stunned. They assumed this was the expected outcome, and they would be surprised if Wen Le suddenly stagnated or declined. Over the years, Wen Le occasionally made a splash, either developing a new history-changing potion, upgrading his mental power, or having his friends develop something groundbreaking.
The original four-person team is now a household name. Lily has become the youngest female general in the interstellar world, while Li Zhenzhen, heiress to the Li family chaebol, is frequently featured in financial magazines and even nicknamed the "female overbearing CEO" by netizens. As for Xu Dongdong, he's become a household name as a mecha builder, with reservations for custom mechas from him filling up until next year. Yunhua Mecha even worships him like a patriarch, fearing he'd abandon his duties if he got upset.
What people talked about most was the long-term love affair and the century wedding of Xu Dongdong and the domineering president Li Zhenzhen. Everyone loves gossip. The serious master may not attract so many people's attention, but there is only one master who proposes once a year but fails every time. He basically monopolizes the annual topic.
Such a unique master, everyone naturally treasures him.
As for the wedding of the century, it became a hot topic on Star Online. The extravagance of the wedding was nothing short of spectacular, right? The key point was that every guest was a celebrity, especially Lily and Wen Le, childhood friends. The moment they appeared, Star Online went viral.
Being alone is nothing, but having a childhood friend who is also a big shot is what truly makes you great. Together with Jin Da Miao, the four of them are nicknamed the Five Great King Kongs by netizens, meaning they are a group of unstoppable, unyielding individuals. Some netizens even joked that if these five formed a group and debuted together, those celebrities would probably have no chance.
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After Wen Le achieved a nine-star healer status, Master Hu finally gave him the nod, signaling his departure. His first act was to search the world for a successor, commonly known as recruiting a disciple. This caused a stir throughout the galaxy, with anyone with healing talent desperately trying to get close to Wen Le, hoping to become a successful healer. Even if he wasn't chosen, it would still be a good thing to show off to the master.
However, Wen Le didn't like any of these people, so he had to continue looking for people all over the galaxy.
Therefore, a betting pool was opened on Star Network to bet on when Wen Le would be able to find an "heir".
Netizens even ask this question every day: Did the boss accept any disciples today?
Answer: No.
This has also become an enduring national topic.
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