Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled

"Grandpa, Ji Ye bought some ice cream to see you."

It's only March, yet all those small roadside stalls already have ice cream for sale.

Little Ji Ye is very well-behaved and chubby, and because he doesn't like washing his hair, he still keeps a small bald head.

"Ji Ye... Why aren't you at home and came specially to see Grandpa?"

"Of course, I wanted to invite Grandpa to have ice cream."

Little Ji Ye has probably inherited An'an's nature; he's been quite sensible since he was young.

He even knows how to care for his grandpa.

Chen Pingsheng felt very gratified, "Ji Ye, be good. After Grandpa gets off work, I'll buy a big grass carp to make soup for you."

"Okay then, Grandpa. Didn't you say my parents are bankrupt? Wouldn't the big grass carp be too expensive? A smaller one would be fine."

Having memories of wealth from childhood, Chen Pingsheng simply told little Ji Ye that his parents were completely bankrupt and had to rely on him, the grandpa, working as a security guard to support them.

Little Ji Ye really believed it without a doubt.

"No need. We'll buy a big one. Did you forget Grandpa gets paid today? That's a full six thousand yuan."

Little Ji Ye laughed heartily. After Chen Pingsheng finished the handover with the others after work, he immediately took little Ji Ye to the vegetable market.

A place Erya and Chen Lu rarely visited, and little Ji Ye would even bargain with people.

He's three years old now and will be starting kindergarten in September.

"Ji Ye, besides wanting fish soup, what else would you like to eat?"

"I want to eat grilled chicken wings."

"Sure, then we'll buy grilled chicken wings."

Each family has its warmth, and the rich have their own difficulties.

Chen Pingsheng really enjoyed an ordinary life like this, taking his grandson to and from work and cooking meals for him.

Because both parents work during the day, the family has a nanny.

This young nanny is exceptionally capable, a twenty-three-year-old graduate of Qingbei.

Born into an ordinary family, she became famous in her village after overcoming numerous obstacles.

She was chosen from among thousands of top students to become the family nanny during a group recruitment.

Firstly, her education is very good, and secondly, from a young age, she lived in poverty, supporting herself through school while caring for her family with her grandmother.

A girl like this is a gift from heaven for an ordinary family.

Such talent is rare, and it's more thanks to heaven's favor than family upbringing.

With good education, good character, and three months of training, she was able to work in families like theirs as a nanny.

Of course, her role is positioned more as Ji Ye's little aunt.

In addition to taking care of him, her main responsibility is to tutor him.

Teaching him basic academic knowledge.

"Auntie Qingqing, my dad bought a lot of vegetables today."

Little Ji Ye showed off the groceries in front of Liu Qingqing, his little tiger teeth on display were hard to ignore.

"Ji Ye is going to eat well today."

"Hmm... Grandpa got paid today, and my mom is coming too."

Bankrupt An'an parked her luxury car outside and came in on a broken bicycle.

Her clothes still weren't whole, patched here and there.

She now played the role of a bankrupt mother who had to rely on her grandpa every month.

Whenever Grandpa got paid, she'd come to take advantage of the meal.

Incidentally, she also took away half of Grandpa's salary; this broken family was supported by their unrenovated big house.

"Ji Ye, your mom's here to see you."

"Mom... Have you worked hard today?"

"I sure have."

"Mom... Maybe you should work less hard!"

"What do you mean?"

"The harder you work, the more Grandpa seems to suffer."

Little Ji Ye wanted to say, Grandpa's few thousand a month isn't enough for your frequent spending, is it?

Sigh… My mom will probably have to rely on me to save her in the future.

An'an's mouth twitched a bit. If your grandpa hadn't instructed me, I would surely show you my real strength.

"Ji Ye, your mom suffered because she didn't study. So, you must study hard, you got it?"

"Hmm… I will work hard."

Little Ji Ye nodded earnestly; his look was genuinely impressive.

Chen Pingsheng went to the kitchen to cook, and An'an also went to help, talking to him about recent events.

The first, she didn't dare tell her mom; Su Xiaoxi's mother is actually planning to remarry.

For more than ten years, she hadn't remarried mainly out of fear; she knew her daughter was targeted by her brother. If she remarried and brought in a stepfather for Su Xiaoxi, An'an was sure her mom would never agree to Su Xiaoxi marrying Chen Lu.

Now that her daughter's top priority was perfectly resolved, Mrs. Su conceived the idea of a reorganized family.

This idea was supported by Su Xiaoxi, too.

The person she's considering isn't wealthy, just a colleague who has pursued her for many years.

Su Xiaoxi is very filial and doesn't want her mother to waste a lifetime because of her.

Chen Lu had just married Su Xiaoxi shortly before; their relationship remained very good.

Su Xiaoxi devoted herself entirely to that Xiangjiang Tenghui Capital that Chen Pingsheng gave her, trying to promote this long-established investment fund.

Erya was different. She chose a father for her child, one who, like her, was a rich second-generation with exceptionally high intelligence.

But Erya never brought anyone home and didn't mention marriage at all. In her view, no one deserved for her to marry.

No one was worthy, so she'd rather go for "father keeps the child," and getting married was impossible. She intended to remain Old Chen Family's Second Princess for life.

An'an tried to persuade her several times, but it was useless. Erya was adamant about not getting married.

Her current wealth was also frighteningly huge, and if she were willing to spend just a little more time and energy on work, Erya's future achievements would be limitless.

This is the advantage of high talent.

As for Chen Lu, July would mark the end of his junior year. He didn't have much talent in investment nor much entrepreneurial drive.

Once he finished his junior year, he'd probably go to Tengfei AI Group and start from scratch.

In the next ten years, if he could manage to be a vice president there, it would be considered heaven's favor.

Given his background, as long as he performs slightly better, his path will be smooth.

No one would block this absolute majority shareholder.

If he couldn't achieve anything, then even Chen Pingsheng couldn't help him.

In this world, no financial group would risk giving a technology company worth over five hundred billion US dollars to a completely incompetent second-generation.

Even with plenty of shares, internal small shareholders would oppose him collectively.

External shareholders, upon seeing a group second-generation taking over, would sell off all their shares in an instant if they had any sense.

Even someone as powerful as Chen Pingsheng couldn't prevent this.

If Chen Lu took over without enough ability, the moment he rose to power would be when the stock price plummeted.

Unless Chen Pingsheng could afford to spend trillions taking over all the shares others dumped, there's no halting this situation.

So, if Chen Lu could eventually manage Tengfei AI Group, it would depend entirely on himself.

His parents had paved all the roads they could for him.

If he couldn't make it, being a leisure second-generation in the group would be the best outcome.

Under the group's current talent selection mechanism, it's unlikely they'd choose an unremarkable person as the leader.