Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled

Mrs. Yang, the teacher, is quite forthright.

After a failed blind date, she’s still keen on treating everyone to a meal and asking for help to find a match.

Her requirements aren’t high; they just have to be acceptable.

It’s her lack of demand that turns out to be the biggest demand, otherwise, with her naturally elegant appearance and generous personality.

It’s unreasonable that she would fail so many times at blind dating.

"I say, Old Chen, you’re the only one here who hasn’t introduced a match to Mrs. Yang yet. Next time, it’s your turn!"

That could work... Chen Pingsheng thought about it and said, "Sure, the ones I introduce to you will definitely be decent."

There are quite a few eligible bachelors in Tengying Group, some of whom have income but no experience in dating.

Rather than letting them be lured away by those gold-digging women with ulterior motives in society, it’s better to introduce them to a reliable female colleague like Mrs. Yang.

"Speaking of which, Mrs. Yang, you should also mention your specific requirements, right?"

"Below 35 years of age, an annual income of at least five hundred thousand. I completely rule out divorced men with children. As for buying a house, we can do that together."

Mrs. Yang, munching on a skewer of lamb, quickly went through her requirements.

Her demands are actually quite reasonable.

"Okay, I’ll introduce to you some who make over one million a year and have their own house and car."

"Some!" Zhang Changwen exclaimed in surprise: "You can introduce ’some’? Old Chen, you’ve got quite a wide network, huh."

It’s not difficult to find those with an annual salary of one million, but it’s rare to find someone who is of that age and still unmarried.

"Just average, the third in the world."

Chen Pingsheng joked casually and then began thinking about candidates in his mind.

There was a news story that exploded in Capital City a while ago.

In just a few months, a woman had spent over ten million of a man’s money and drove the promising programmer to commit suicide by jumping off a building.

This incident was a big deal in the programmer community.

It was also somewhat well-known in the startup circle; nowadays, there are more and more opportunistic women.

They specifically target rich men, and there are even specialized training courses.

Mainly, to teach those girls how to fish for a wealthy husband.

For a leftover woman like Mrs. Yang, she is actually quite good.

She pursued learning and progress when she was young, and that’s what has put her in her current situation.

"Old Chen, let’s not say anything else, I’m going to toast to you right away."

Seeing her this way, Mrs. Yang indeed seemed pretty keen on finding a suitable partner for marriage.

Chen Pingsheng kept this matter in mind, and only after his courses ended in the afternoon did he go to pick up Er Piya from school.

Who is this Er Piya? She self-proclaims to be the Undefeated of the West, the Seeker of Challenges.

At under four years old, she already had an authoritative air about her, walking with her hands behind her back like she was inspecting something.

If you ask her why she does this.

She would just sigh and say, "Dad, do you know that being invincible is also a form of loneliness?"

Chen Pingsheng admits he doesn’t know.

Er Piya then tilts her little face up towards the window, "I’m just jealous of my sister, at least she has fifteen classmates she can surpass. But me, I will always be the unreachable dream of those little fellows in class, invincibility is truly a form of loneliness."

Is this what a child prodigy is?

You can’t say she’s putting on airs, she’s speaking the truth.

You tell her she should be humble, and she’ll say that modesty can’t hide her genius brilliance.

Chen Pingsheng coughs, "I say, Er Ya, once your sister gets in the car, you’d better not talk like that again, or you’ll be asking for a beating."

"I understand. My sister is just jealous that I’m too clever."

Er Piya chuckles, talking non-stop like a little chatterbox, recounting how she left her classmates in kindergarten dumbfounded again today.

Chen Pingsheng is genuinely proud of her, "Mid this month, the Group has a ’return to the countryside’ event, Er Ya, do you want to participate?"

"Is it fun?"

"It should be fun."

"Alright, I’ll go too."

Kids just love to join in the excitement, Chen Pingsheng thought, considering she wasn’t learning much in kindergarten anyway.

Might as well take her along to participate in the Rural Experience Program hosted by Southern Province.

Let her try catching some little crabs in the field and see if she’ll keep boasting about it.

The Volkswagen quickly made its way to her older sister’s international school, where Chen An’an was also working hard now.

Just not with the kind of photographic memory.

Her talents were all concentrated on a mishmash of hobbies, and she was also exceptionally strong in social skills.

Overall, both sisters had their own strengths.

As for Little Third, Chen Lu, who wasn’t even half a year old and was still at the stage of sucking on fingers.

What can you tell from that?

He had originally planned to take his wife to participate in the Rural Experience Program, but she’s been so busy that her feet hardly touch the ground.

She’s been flying around expanding the Water Cloud Space stores.

Once these expansions in the top-tier cities are complete, Water Cloud Space will become the highest-grossing flagship enterprise in their family fortune.

Next year’s ten billion in revenue is already in sight.

Chen Pingsheng parked the car at the entrance of Tenghui Department Store and went inside to buy some groceries.

He planned to cook a feast tonight.

Er Piya likes those Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs that weigh more than half a pound each, costing no less than one hundred fifty each.

She could eat five or six with her little plump hands in one sitting.

Chen An’an prefers lighter meals, so he also bought a variety of seasonal vegetables.

Without some means, they wouldn’t even be able to afford the big crabs that Erya likes. @@novelbin@@

He’s performing his duties as a dad quite diligently.

After returning to their neighborhood, Peng Ying and Liu Fen were still taking part in the senior activity center.

When they got back, they even mentioned a great opportunity to make a big fortune.

It was shared by those retired old men and women in the group.

Roughly, it involved purchasing financial products from a big conglomerate, not only boasting a 12% annual interest rate but also promising a yearly increase.

That conglomerate is said to have invested in gold mining overseas, with strength beyond imagination.

Many seniors in the group bought these financial products, and they’ve never missed out on the interest payments.

Word of mouth spread like wildfire.

Peng Ying and Liu Fen were also tempted to buy some.

Chen An’an immediately realized something was wrong, "Grandma, this must be a scam, no company’s financial product can have such high interest."

"It can’t be," Liu Fen remarked, "I see a lot of people in the group got their interest payments!"

"They got the interest, but what about the principal?"

Chen Pingsheng said, "If even your granddaughter can see through it, and you still get fooled, then there’s nothing I can do!"

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There are countless financial scams in the country, and with housing prices rising over the years.

These sham companies can still stay afloat, but once housing prices can’t be propped up, what will they use to pay customers such high interest?

Relying on corporate profits? That’s wishful thinking.

"Pingsheng, are you saying this kind of thing is a scam?"

"Absolutely. You’re being lured by a bit of interest, but they’re after your capital; how can it be the same?"

Alright then... Liu Fen didn’t push further and quickly dismissed the thought of investing to make a quick buck.

Her son-in-law was so capable, what he said couldn’t be wrong.

As for Chen Pingsheng himself, the only thing he could do was to stop his loved ones from getting involved.

To amass billions in illegal fundraising through these pseudo-financial products, the depth of trickery involved is extraordinary.