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Chapter 409 - 404, Punishing the Naughty Kid Again (Third Update)_1

Chapter 409: 404, Punishing the Naughty Kid Again (Third Update)_1

The whole family had witnessed the scene where the unruly child shot Ren He with a water gun, and Ren He’s complexion was also looking very unpleasant. The rude parents, who were actually Ren He’s younger uncle, quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Ren He, you’re eight years older than your brother, don’t be mad at him, he doesn’t know any better!"

Ren He didn’t even bother with him and turned to Mrs. Ren instead, saying, "Mom, I have something to tell you."

Mrs. Ren was taken aback, and so was everyone else. What kind of plot twist was this? Mrs. Ren asked, "What is it?"

"Mom, you know I attend Capital Fourth Middle School, right?" Ren He started to lay the groundwork.

"Yes, I’m aware, I’m not like your dad, who can forget where his own son goes to school, you don’t know, last month he even went to No.13 Middle School to visit your homeroom teacher, and it wasn’t until he got there that he remembered you were at Capital Fourth Middle School," Mrs. Ren complained about how Ren had acted.

Huh, there’s even this incident? But he hadn’t finished his main point yet. Since he had already laid the groundwork, Ren He continued, "I’m saying I also hold a position as a piano professor at the Juilliard School of Music, what do you think?"

Having been provoked to the point of having no choice but to come clean, Ren He still didn’t want to just sit by helplessly. Whether to speak or not was his decision, and how to do so was as well. Even if he died trying, would he get a bad rating with no reward?

Mrs. Ren paused for a moment before asking, "Stop pulling my leg, you know how to play the piano? And become a professor? You finish school in No.4 Middle School during the day and fly to the United States to teach at night? Stop daydreaming, focus on your studies, don’t always think about useless things."

"Right! Mom, you are right, I will study hard! I won’t daydream!"

Yes, this was the effect he wanted. He had said what he needed to say. Mission accomplished!

Divine Punishment System: "Host has completed the task, rating is medium, no reward!"

As expected, there was no reward, and with that... Ren He instantly felt as if the shackles on him had disappeared!

The unruly child hasn’t even realized what was happening when the water gun was already in Ren He’s hand, he was that fast!

The younger uncle exclaimed when he saw Ren He’s move, "Ren He, you are eight years older than him!"

However, the person Ren He snatched the water gun to shoot with wasn’t the unruly child at all! In this situation, picking on the rude child and being a bully simply wouldn’t do; even your parents can’t help you with that!

So... Ren He turned the gun around and started spraying his younger uncle’s face biubiubiu...

Ren He’s younger uncle was befuddled, his face dripping wet, never having imagined things would turn out this way, it didn’t follow the script at all!

Ren He’s maneuver to turn the gun was decisive, firm, and suave, exhibiting the flair of a Western cowboy, and the atmosphere at home suddenly froze...

Yet, just a moment ago he had pointed out that Ren He was eight years older than the rude child, but he was way more than eight years older than Ren He, eighteen years at least!

A paradox emerged in an instant; he wanted to discipline Ren He, but being an elder and with both Ren and Mrs. Ren watching, the words he had just used to lecture Ren He were immediately applicable to himself!

The younger uncle fell into a complete stupor. Despite his quick thinking, he couldn’t figure out how to get back at Ren He at the moment...

It was unbelievably frustrating to hold in his anger!

All of a sudden, Ren He’s younger uncle stood up and walked over to the unruly child, grabbing him and spanking him hard, "For playing with the water gun! For playing with the water gun!"

The worldview of the unruly child collapsed... Ren He shot you with a water gun, why are you hitting me!

The rude kid immediately cried out, his beating was pitiful, almost as if hoisted up and thrashed. Ren He promptly stepped in to stop it, "Why hit him during such a festive occasion? Don’t beat him now, we can talk about it later!"

"We’ll talk about this later," thought the mischievous child, feeling that something about this conversation was off.

The spanking was stopped, but it was still too late, the child’s butt was swollen. Despite the farcical scene that had unfolded, the Spring Festival Gala must go on. Ren scolded Ren He lightly for shooting his uncle with a water gun, but things were much more relaxed now. Since Ren He turned 12, Ren hadn’t hit him, and it was now nothing more than a stern talking-to, which Ren He didn’t take to heart at all.

By now, Mrs. Ren had also realized that her son was indeed causing trouble on purpose. Earlier, he had dealt with his uncle using a scheme, and then he had turned the tables on the mischievous child with another strategy. Mrs. Ren couldn’t help but see Ren He in a new light...

As for the mischievous child, he was crying in a corner, feeling utterly dejected, still unable to untangle the cause and effect of the situation.

Logically, it should have been that he shot his cousin with a water gun, and then his cousin wanted to teach him a lesson, only to be stopped by his own dad, which is how it happens in other families, right?

But with his cousin, everything seemed to have changed; the adult world is just incredibly complicated! Is there no justice left?

Ren He felt that disciplining the rude child today was quite successful; he just didn’t know if the brat would actually reform. After sending off his uncle and the entire family that night, what surprised Ren He was that Mrs. Ren actually took the time to sit down with him to discuss some matters.

Mrs. Ren asked, "I heard that the owner of the very popular Qinghe Company is your deskmate?"

Ren He was a bit surprised at first, wondering if he had been exposed, but then was taken aback by the second half of her remark.

After thinking for a moment, Ren He replied, "Yes, not only is he my deskmate, but we also have a very good relationship."

Mrs. Ren pondered for a moment, "What do you think about mobile payments and online shopping malls?"

She was in the business of commercial real estate, and while she didn’t have much feeling for other things, she had become quite interested in the emerging payment methods and online shopping malls mentioned in the news reports. Her interest in online malls was not because she wanted to enter that industry—her experience was limited after all—but because she wondered if, as Qinghe Group claimed, everyone could do business online without paying rent, would it impact the sale of physical storefronts and their rents.

After all, her current model was to sell part of the properties as a return on investment while collecting rent from the storefronts as a steady cash flow.

Rent accounted for a significant portion of her income.

Ren He was quite surprised that his mother could so quickly grasp this point; she saw the interconnections within various industries very clearly. However, her speculation was not wrong. In a past life, when online shopping rose to prominence, retail stores took more than just a small hit. There was a time when the rent for physical stores in Guangzhou led the nationwide drop by 30%, with more than 5% of the physical stores going out of business!

Therefore, some people questioned online: did Alibaba create more jobs or cause more unemployment?

This was probably one of the most significant impacts that the internet economy had on the physical economy.

After some thought, Ren He said, "I personally think that there will definitely be an impact. It’s not necessary for commercial real estate to stick only to their patch of land; it would be better to consider cultural and entertainment developments. Of course, commercial real estate is the foundation and must not be undermined."

This was the first time he had seriously discussed business with Mrs. Ren; he didn’t know what impact his words might have.

But then Ren He suddenly thought of something. If Qinghe’s mobile payment system partnered with his mother’s commercial real estate, could it produce unexpected results? For instance, if all the stores in 67 commercial property centers owned by their company started using Qinghe mobile payments?

Without such corporate cooperation, just conducting field promotions would consume a lot of Qinghe’s manpower and resources. Although he had the concepts, the resources, and the capital, getting these internet industries off the ground was never easy.

A partnership between powerful entities, was that a possibility?

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