Ye Chen grinned: "Your son is now someone with over ten million in assets."
Hearing Ye Chen's words, Father Ye and Mother Ye exchanged glances.
Mother Ye hurried over and felt his forehead: "Son, you're not running a fever, are you?"
Father Ye added worriedly: "Son, is the study pressure getting to you lately? Are you feeling stressed?"
Mother Ye was almost in tears: "Son, don't scare your mom; I won't force you to get into a top-tier University anymore."
Ye Chen: "..."
Left with no choice, Ye Chen took out his phone and opened the banking app.
When they saw the balance on the screen, Father Ye and Mother Ye were stunned.
Mother Ye even used her trembling finger to count the digits.
"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands… millions, ten millions!"
Father Ye and Mother Ye stared blankly at the balance on the phone.
Both felt as though they were dreaming.
Mother Ye: "Son, how could you have so much money? You haven't done anything illegal, have you?"
Father Ye: "If you broke the law, come with me to turn yourself in; maybe they'll go easy on you."
Both of them panicked.
An eighteen-year-old High School student with over ten million in the bank—something was clearly off.
Where did this money come from?
Ye Chen's monthly allowance was only a dozen yuan—he didn't even have seed capital for business.
Father Ye and Mother Ye had worked at a State-Owned Enterprise with decent pay, but after a recent restructuring they were laid off. Their attempt at starting a business not only failed to earn money, it cost them quite a bit.
If even adults like them found making money so hard, how could an eighteen-year-old kid manage it?
The moment they saw the sudden ten million in Ye Chen's account, the first thought that crossed their minds was that their son must have done something illegal.
They knew full well Ye Chen had no capital for business and went to school every single day.
So where did the ten million come from?
Besides breaking the law, how else could a High School student earn that much?
Ye Chen was speechless.
"Mom, Dad, your son's a law-abiding citizen—how could I do anything illegal?"
"Besides, could you two have a little faith in your son?"
With a wry smile, Ye Chen said: "You know Li Sitong, the girl who comes to our place for tutoring, right?"
Father Ye slapped his thigh: "Son, you didn't con the poor girl out of her money, did you? Hurry up and return it while there's still time."
Ye Chen: "..."
Left with no alternative, Ye Chen explained how he helped Li Sitong buy stocks and bitcoin for investment.
The two elders were dumbfounded.
"Son, impressive—you actually understand investing."
After listening to Ye Chen, the couple felt as though they were dreaming.
In one month he'd pulled off a ten-million-plus profit out of thin air and kept tricking the little girl into coming over to secretly drink lemonade.
Their son was too capable—he'd secured both the girl and the money.
Seeing their shocked expressions, Ye Chen smiled: "Feel better now? Your son is just that outstanding."
But Mother Ye frowned: "Xiaochen, Mom's telling you, Yingluo is a good kid. If you dump her for some rich man's daughter, how could you face that girl?"
Ye Chen was speechless—turned out Mom was afraid he'd become a scumbag.
Mother Ye went on: "With Si Tong's family background so well-off, do you think they'd ever let her be with you?"
After all, if a girl already has over a million in savings during Senior Year of High School, her family must have at least a hundred million in deposits.
On one hand Mother Ye worried Ye Chen might let Yingluo down; on the other she feared the girl might get hurt if she couldn't match up to Ye Chen.
Father Ye chuckled: "Who says our son isn't worthy of a rich, pretty girl? Making over ten million in Senior Year—how many can pull that off?"
He added: "If he's already earned ten million now, our boy's bound to be a billionaire in the future."
Mother Ye thought it over and realized he had a point.
Father Ye continued: "And our son's so handsome—even if her family's rich, so what?"
As he spoke, he patted Ye Chen: "As expected of my son, Ye Zheng—carrying on your dad's glorious legacy. Back then there were two girls in our class, I…"
Father Ye was gesticulating excitedly when he suddenly noticed his wife watching him with a seemingly chilly glint in her eyes.
"Ahem!"
Overjoyed by their son's windfall, he'd blurted out something he shouldn't… Seeing Father Ye fall silent, Mother Ye smiled sweetly: "Keep talking—what happened with those two girls?"
Father Ye: "Nothing! Soon after I met you, and your breathtaking beauty captivated me—how could those vixens compare to you?"
Mother Ye said gently: "Ye Chen, finish your porridge and go to bed early."
Then her face darkened; she gave a cold humph and glanced at Father Ye: "You—come with me to the room."
Ye Chen watched his dad in sympathy and shook his head.
"Sigh, people really shouldn't get carried away when they're on top."
After finishing his porridge, Ye Chen returned to his room and took a hot shower.
Just then his phone rang.
Si Tong: "Ye Chen, what are you doing?"
Ye Chen: "Just got out of the shower."
Si Tong: "Oh, oh…"
Ye Chen: "By the way, I told my parents about my earnings."
Si Tong: "Ah, they must be shocked."
Ye Chen: "Pretty much, though I guess Dad's in for a rough night."
Si Tong: "Why…"
Ye Chen: "It's the tale of an old man's first love…"
He could faintly hear Father Ye's howls from the next room.
Clearly undergoing brutal interrogation!
Si Tong: "What do your parents think of me?"
Li Sitong lay in bed, feeling restless.
Ye Chen: "They think you're great—said you're well-behaved."
Seeing Ye Chen's reply, Li Sitong heaved a long sigh of relief.
Hearing her relieved tone over the phone, Ye Chen found it amusing.
This girl—already worrying about future mother-in-law relations?
She's thinking way too far ahead.
They haven't even graduated High School yet—this is moving too fast.
"I keep feeling that Auntie prefers Yingluo; the way she looks at her is different from how she looks at me," Li Sitong said worriedly.
Ye Chen laughed: "All right, stop overthinking. You've got something to tell me this late?"
Li Sitong: "Yeah, I've decided to come clean with my Old Li tomorrow—can't wait to see Dad's stunned face."
"By the way, Ye Chen, do you have any more investment projects?"
After tasting profit for the first time, Li Sitong couldn't help wanting more.
That's why she asked Ye Chen if there were better opportunities.
"Oh, Ye Chen, I've got another sum of money for you."
"Yu Weiwei's dad made two million from bitcoin and sent me one million to pass on to you—but he wants to be informed of any future investments."
Yu Weiwei's father is a shrewd man; seeing Ye Chen profit from both stocks and bitcoin convinced him of Ye Chen's brilliance.
He immediately handed over half the profit as a bonus to Ye Chen and gave his daughter 100,000 in pocket money.
Naturally he had his own little calculations.
After years in the investment game, he knew the value of information.
Ye Chen had helped him once, twice—but couldn't keep making money for him forever.
If he wanted continued gains, he had to play by the rules.
So once the profit was in, Yu Weiwei's father unhesitatingly transferred half to Ye Chen.
Only then could Ye Chen take him along on the next money-making venture.
You have to admit—Dad Yu has an excellent eye!