“No need to swear, I believe you,” Fang Xuan immediately responded.

She indeed believed what Fang Heng said, but she believed that the porcelain bowl sold for 5 million, not that Fang Heng could appraise treasures.

From Fang Heng’s words, Fang Xuan could be sure that the porcelain bowl was definitely a fake. The one who spent 5 million to buy it was undoubtedly a stooge arranged by Wang Haoran.

Her brother was so naive, truly thinking he could appraise treasures.

However, this situation was exactly what Fang Xuan wanted. Her brother used the guise of appraising treasures to earn money and solve the family’s financial problems.

Thus, the large sum of money she obtained from doing shameful things now had a legitimate source. This way, she wouldn’t be gossiped about.

Fang Xuan couldn’t help but sigh. Although Wang Haoran was young, he was quite thoughtful.

“It’s late, get some rest.”

Fang Xuan turned to go back to her room, but as she twisted her body, a sharp pain almost made her fall to the ground. Fortunately, she managed to hold onto the wall and steady herself.

“Sister, why are you walking so unsteadily? It must be because you’re too excited about me making a lot of money, right?” Fang Heng guessed with a big smile.

“Yes, yes,” Fang Xuan forced a smile.

“Sister, I think you should quit your job tomorrow. Being a secretary is exhausting. I’ll take care of you from now on,” Fang Heng suggested, looking at Fang Xuan with burning eyes.

He had familial affection for Fang Xuan, but there was also a special kind of feeling. However, Fang Heng used to feel useless and was very self-conscious, so he kept this special feeling hidden in his heart.

But now it was different. He could make a lot of money, support the whole family, and let Fang Xuan live a very wealthy life.

“I’m happy just knowing you have this thought, but I still need to continue working.”

“Alright then, if you ever don’t want to work anymore, you can quit.”

Fang Xuan smiled, but inside she sighed.

Silly brother, if I didn’t work, how could you possibly make so much money?! 5 million, do you really think money falls from the sky?

…

[Ding, the host’s manipulation caused the protagonist Fang Heng to fail in boasting to the heroine Fang Xuan after earning his first pot of gold, gaining 200 villain points!]

Wang Haoran removed his Bluetooth earpiece and couldn’t help but smile.

Everything was developing smoothly as he had planned. Fang Xuan mistakenly thought the 5 million her brother earned was indirectly given by him.

In reality, he only added 100,000 to Fang Xuan’s monthly salary. For a great beauty like Fang Xuan, this price was indeed a bit cheap.

If Fang Xuan really wanted to go astray, and given her purity, many big bosses would be willing to pay, at least 500,000 a month as a base price, right?

Just 100,000 a month to settle Fang Xuan. I’m really bad.

But destiny made me the big villain, so I have to be bad.

Wang Haoran mocked himself a bit, then opened the panel to check his gains. The villain points had accumulated to 3,300.

This time, he didn’t plan to draw a lottery but chose to directly enhance his combat abilities.

There were two ways to do this. One was to upgrade his poison skills, and the other was to exchange for internal power.

Xiao Yifeng had master-level medical skills, and although he had learned the Supreme Poison Scripture, he had only comprehended advanced poison skills so far.

To use poison skills against Xiao Yifeng, upgrading to master-level poison skills wouldn’t be enough; it would need to be upgraded to supreme level.

However, this would require a total of 4,000 villain points, which he didn’t have enough of at the moment.

Even if he could upgrade his poison skills to supreme level, it wouldn’t necessarily kill Xiao Yifeng.

Xiao Yifeng’s protagonist aura was several hundred times stronger than his villain aura. When faced with a life-threatening crisis, Xiao Yifeng, protected by his protagonist aura, would definitely have a burst of luck to resolve the crisis.

Without the villain aura suppressing Xiao Yifeng’s protagonist aura, Wang Haoran didn’t plan to make a lethal move against Xiao Yifeng.

The poison skills must be upgraded, but not now.

After sorting out his thoughts, Wang Haoran directly spent 3,000 villain points to exchange for two portions of internal power.

One portion was three years of internal power, so two portions were six years.

At the same time, Wang Haoran’s combat power value also changed, increasing from 289 to 559.

In other words, just six years of internal power added 270 points to his combat power value. This increase was quite significant.

Of course, compared to Xiao Yifeng’s 983 combat power value, 559 was still a considerable gap. It was still far from enough to confront Xiao Yifeng head-on.

He needed to continue working hard to earn more villain points and aura points.

Fang Heng, this low-threat protagonist, must be taken care of more, to reap more benefits from him.

And the key to reaping benefits was naturally Fang Xuan.

Thinking of this, Wang Haoran made a phone call to Zhen Li.

“Darling son, still not asleep? Why did you suddenly call mom?”

Zhen Li’s voice was energetic, and the faint sound of flipping pages could be heard. Clearly, she was still busy with work.

This was the downside of being a company owner. Although she made a lot of money, her rest time was really very little.

“There’s a parent-teacher meeting at school tomorrow.”

“Mom is very busy tomorrow. How about the usual arrangement, is that okay?” Zhen Li asked in a consultative tone.

Wang Xiang and Zhen Li each managed a company, and in the past, when there was a parent-teacher meeting, it was always attended by the driver who picked up their son.

However, Zhen Li had already decided that if her son asked her to go, she would go.

“Not the usual, but you don’t need to come either. This time, I want someone else to come.”

“No problem, who do you want to come?”

“Your secretary.”

…

The next day, Wang Haoran attended classes as usual.

During the break, some students were worried about the parent-teacher meeting. Among these students, some were worried because their parents couldn’t come.

Others were worried because of their poor grades and behavior, fearing that teachers would complain to their parents during the meeting.

“If I had known, I would have done like Chu Bai and simply not come,” complained Chen Zishi, a poor student, looking at the empty seat next to him.

Wang Haoran also noticed the empty seat. However, he understood that Chu Bai’s absence wasn’t because of the parent-teacher meeting.

Instead, those quick-acting science maniacs had already made their move. At this moment, Chu Bai was probably on his way to being dissected in a laboratory.

Chu Bai’s absence didn’t cause much of a stir. Without the protagonist aura, he was just a minor character, and no one cared.

Wang Haoran left the classroom and headed towards the balcony corridor.

At this time, Qin Yunhan was leaning against the balcony railing, looking troubled.

“Are you worried about the parent-teacher meeting?” Wang Haoran approached Qin Yunhan and asked.

“Yeah, but I’m used to it. Anyway, my dad never comes to parent-teacher meetings. At worst, I’ll just stand outside the classroom all afternoon,” Qin Yunhan said, pretending to be carefree.

“My parents never attend parent-teacher meetings either. They always send someone in their place,” Wang Haoran suddenly sighed.

“Looks like we’re the same…”

Hearing this, Qin Yunhan felt a sense of shared misery with Wang Haoran.

Both were children from wealthy families, with parents who were business tycoons, always busy. They never attended parent-teacher meetings or any school-organized family interactions.

She and Wang Haoran were the same kind of people.

Qin Yunhan looked at Wang Haoran intently, feeling as if she had found a kindred spirit.

[Ding, one of the heroines, Qin Yunhan, has increased her favorability towards the host by 5. Current total favorability is 35 (very friendly).]

[Ding, the host has influenced the plot direction, gaining 100 villain points!]