I am a Big Player
Chapter 408 - 403, Can’t Stand it Anymore! (Second Update)_1

Chapter 408: 403, Can’t Stand it Anymore! (Second Update)_1

Mrs. Ren looked at Ren He and felt happier the more she looked. Her son was truly exceptional and always sided with his mom!

But Ren He’s younger uncle, his second uncle, felt somewhat frustrated. How had their entrepreneurial venture almost turned into a majority-owned subsidiary of their sister-in-law...

Could they accept it? Of course, they couldn’t! Yet, refuting it was an art in itself, and to this day, they still couldn’t figure out whether Ren He genuinely had their best interests at heart or was deliberately trying to annoy them.

If they thought Ren He was purposely trying to annoy them, they also struggled to believe it, especially since he was still so young and just a high school student.

Even though Capital Fourth Middle School had a great reputation, a high school student was still a high school student.

Could a high school student really come up with such an undermining strategy? So, the two uncles still suspected that Ren He was just causing more trouble...

They couldn’t outright refuse, because Ren He had already played the ’family unity’ card. If you disagreed, you were the one opposing family unity!

How much money would dozens of stores add up to? Tens of millions, okay? He was offering tens of millions to partner with you in business all for the sake of family unity, and yet you would oppose it!

The second uncle felt quite stuck, but the younger uncle was a bit quicker-witted. He laughed and said, "How could I take such big advantage of my sister-in-law? I dare not accept, no worries, we’ll take it slow."

Everyone knew this was just an excuse. If it were offered to him for free, he certainly would have taken it, but obviously the circumstances were different now...

The younger uncle knew one thing for certain: if they really collaborated, the financial director sent by his elder sister-in-law would definitely not be an average person. Forget about challenging her, he might not even be able to compete with this financial director...

Mrs. Ren didn’t press on either. After all, this was Ren’s own brother. Keeping family harmony was still a bit more important. She smiled and said, "Then you guys think it over, okay? Let’s eat first."

"Yeah, yeah, let’s eat!" The second uncle quickly agreed.

The younger uncle swiftly changed the subject. "My kid insisted on returning the favor after receiving a gift from his brother last year. Ren Qiang, quickly bring out the gift you have for your brother!"

Ren chuckled, "Oh, Ren Qiang is becoming so thoughtful now, not bad, not bad, he’s growing up. This is called reciprocation."

The whole family felt happy seeing the younger generation so harmonious. Family unity could indeed boost happiness. If relatives could be less calculating and more supportive of each other, treating no one as a fool, that would be wonderful.

In truth, people often feel that relatives with blood ties are not as good as friends with whom they had a chance encounter.

While everyone was in good spirits, Ren He’s eyebrows lifted. He had a bad feeling that the rascally kid was up to something!

The mischief-maker Ren Qiang struggled to carry a box over to Ren He, smiling as he said, "Brother, thanks for the gift last year. It helped my grades improve by leaps and bounds. This is a gift I’ve carefully selected for you."

"Haha, thanks," Ren He calmly took the box and opened it, and his face darkened at the sight: "Five Years of College Entrance Examination, Three Years of Simulation" tests!

A whole set of 9 books, covering Politics, History, Geography, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, English, Chinese, and Math...

No matter the subject field, not one was missing!

Alright, last year I sent you just two sets of winter holiday homework, but this year you’ve played a big one on me, well done indeed.

I wasn’t wrong about you; you’re a real man!

Little did they know, this brat truly had the potential to become a kingpin. Just now, while everyone was chatting, he had sneaked a peek into Ren He’s room, and only after seeing there were no gift boxes like last year did he finally feel relieved. Knowing both yourself and your enemy means never fearing a hundred battles.

If this had been the past, Ren He would have certainly returned the favor with several sets of winter vacation homework, but not now. With a mission from the Divine Punishment System on his shoulders, if he wanted to counterattack the brat, he would have to come clean to Mrs. Ren about his situation at the Juilliard School of Music. The problem now was that he didn’t want to reveal it yet!

And besides, retaliating with winter homework didn’t seem to have the same destructive power on the brat anymore. This kid, having endured humiliations to get to this day, had likely prepared himself to use this method of possibly hurting the enemy a thousand but damaging himself eight hundred to trap Ren He.

However, this set of "Five-Year College Entrance Examination, Three-Year Simulation" was far from lethal for Ren He! Although surprised that the brat dared to resist time and time again, Ren He’s heart remained calm...

"Thank you," he said cheerfully. "But brother attends Capital Fourth Middle School, and the Capital’s test papers are independent. We don’t use this stuff. You... thank you."

Ren He had intended to say you keep it for yourself, but then thought the phrase might also be categorized by the Divine Punishment System as a counterattack, so he forced himself to hold back from saying it.

This matter truly disgusted him. Ren He was never magnanimous. He would settle scores on the spot, and the Divine Punishment System had seized on this trait of his to disgust him thoroughly!

Although the brat’s impact on him wasn’t as strong as he had imagined this year, the issue was that Ren He didn’t want to indulge the brat’s arrogance!

So disgusting that it’s like opening the door to vileness, it’s totally repulsive!

The brat was stunned for a moment too. He hadn’t really considered that the Capital had its own unique test papers. Had his year’s planning been so easily neutralized just like that?

No way! If he didn’t avenge past grievances, he felt it would interfere with his healthy growth!

Ren laughed and said, "Ren He, just accept it. It’s your brother’s heartfelt gesture."

"Okay," Ren He laughed in response, figuring it didn’t really matter since no one was there to supervise him doing this stuff anyway. Whether to accept it or not was secondary.

But even though Ren He had accepted it, the brat felt uneasy about it. The feeling of not being able to vent that bitterness was agonizing.

Then, a light bulb went off when he remembered something he had seen under Ren He’s bed. His eyes lit up!

The brat sneaked back into Ren He’s room again. While everyone was chatting on the sofa a little while later, he walked up to Ren He with his hands behind his back...

Ren He, feeling something was amiss, suddenly saw the brat pull out a small water gun he had played with as a child and started shooting at his face—biubiubiu...

Good heavens, how could you dig out this thing?! Ren He’s athletic reflexes were unmatched by the average person, and with his guard already up, the brat had no chance of hitting him with the water gun.

But! Ren He was baffled. The brat was still a brat after all; lacking the means to outsmart, so he resorted to brute force?!

Such repeated provocations were simply unbearable!

Ren He turned to Mrs. Ren and said, "Mom, I have something to tell you."

...

As usual, have a bite to eat.