Chasing His Ex: The Tycoon's Hidden Twins

But Lu Yao said, "No, no, it’s fine. I’ll just hold onto you."

The next second, she took the initiative and wrapped her arms around Jiang Sifan’s waist.

This made Jiang Sifan shudder.

’How is this Lu Yao so forward?’

’It’s only their second time meeting at most, and she’s already got her arms around my waist.’

Although Jiang Sifan felt it was a bit inappropriate, she was the one who made the move. As a man, he couldn’t very well say something awkward to a girl.

’Being coy about it wouldn’t look good either.’

’Since she wants to hold on, I might as well enjoy it.’

’I’m not the one losing out, anyway.’

Though Lu Yao’s bust wasn’t as soft as Wen Wan’s...

...she was still packing some serious heat.

When they went over a speed bump, Jiang Sifan could still feel the impact through his clothes.

Even he started to feel a little embarrassed.

But Lu Yao seemed to be enjoying herself, constantly asking about the flowers, trees, and buildings on campus.

"What’s this building?"

"This is Xingning Building."

"And this one?"

"This one is the practical training base for the School of Engineering."

"Wow, so your School of Science and Technology is this big."

After a scenic tour, Jiang Sifan dropped Lu Yao off back at the Main Teaching Building.

Lu Yao got off the bike excitedly, then asked curiously, "Brother Sifan, are you going to get a late-night snack with our club later?"

"No, you guys go ahead." Jiang Sifan shook his head. "I still have some accounting for my startup project that isn’t finished. I have to get back."

"Ah, I’m sorry, Brother Sifan. I only asked you out tonight because I was free. I didn’t mean to keep you from your work," Lu Yao explained, embarrassed.

Jiang Sifan chuckled. "It’s fine. I had a lot of fun tonight, too, getting to see how well you dance."

"Haha, well, if you want to watch, I can dance just for you in the future," Lu Yao probed.

Jiang Sifan faltered for a moment, then tried to smooth things over. "Haha, if I agreed to that, I’d be a pervert."

"What’s wrong with that? ’A fair maiden, a gentleman’s desire,’ right?" Lu Yao countered. "Besides, if an eighteen-year-old boy doesn’t like girls, wouldn’t that just make him gay?"

Lu Yao had a point, but Jiang Sifan couldn’t stay and chat for too long. After a few more words, he headed back to his dorm.

However, he didn’t immediately get to work after returning to his dorm.

Instead, he calmed his mind and started writing down some founding principles for Starry Studio, combining what he’d heard in Lu Fan’s seminar with his own thoughts.

He also understood that what he did today—offering a month of free bookkeeping and tax filing just to win back those five shop owners—would only devalue their services in the long run.

Rather than doing that, it would be better to just drop those kinds of clients altogether.

That way, they could focus on taking better care of the shops that had chosen to stick with them.

Quality over quantity—that was the lesson Jiang Sifan learned from this incident.

So, he wrote all of these conclusions down.

Since he hadn’t messaged Jiang Yixia in a few days...

Jiang Yixia sent a curious message: [Son, have you been busy these past few days? Make sure to take care of yourself.]

Jiang Sifan had just finished writing his business principles, so he took a picture and sent it to Jiang Yixia: [Mom, I’m writing a summary of my startup experiences.]

Seeing Jiang Sifan being so serious, even taking the time to summarize and review his experiences, Jiang Yixia felt very gratified: [Very good, Sifan. You have to remember, the hardest part of a startup is sustaining it. You must have your own business model.]

Jiang Sifan: [I know, Mom.]

Jiang Yixia: [You’re truly my son. You haven’t even finished a single semester of college, and you’ve already had this kind of realization.]

When Jiang Sifan saw Jiang Yixia praising him like this, he actually felt a bit ashamed.

After hesitating for a long time, he replied: [Mom, actually, this is from Dad’s summary.]

Jiang Yixia was a little surprised: [He came to see you?] 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Jiang Sifan: [Sort of. He came to the school specifically to hold a seminar on student entrepreneurship. He talked a lot about starting a business and mentioned many common pitfalls.]

Jiang Sifan: [At first, I was biased. I thought he was just some nouveau riche with no real skills, so I didn’t listen carefully. It was only later that I realized he’s actually very capable. That’s why I decided tonight to combine what he said with my own experience and write up a summary.]

Jiang Yixia: [Your dad is actually very capable. You can’t underestimate him. He’s not some nouveau riche. For him to go from being a street vendor to the boss of so many companies is definitely not just luck.]

Jiang Yixia: [I know you’re still angry with him, but we should judge the matter, not the person. If your dad has good qualities worth learning from, you have to be open to accepting them, understand?]

Reading Jiang Yixia’s message, Jiang Sifan became curious: [Mom, you said he’s the boss of many companies? Really? What are his businesses?]

Jiang Yixia: [To be honest, I don’t really know. He’s very secretive about his business affairs. A lot of people don’t know he’s the boss of any particular company.]

After reading that, Jiang Sifan began to think.

’When it comes to entrepreneurs hiding their true capabilities, he could actually understand.’

’After all, a man fears fame as a pig fears getting fat. Once you become too famous, you never know what kind of dangers you might attract.’

’Besides, these so-called "rich lists" nowadays are just for show.’

’The truly wealthy would never appear on those lists.’

Jiang Sifan understood this point.

But whether Lu Fan had money, or how much he had, didn’t have much to do with him.

Even if the man was his biological father.