Those Years When I Was Forced to Top the Forbes List

Chapter 2: Which one is the eldest sister-in-law?
Chen Xuebing's father is a retired veteran of the Bayi Military Sports Team.

He was also a local veteran police officer.

Xiao Chen has been training with his father since he was a child and has a great talent for fighting.

Just as he was starting junior high school, the old man overworked himself and suffered a sudden heart attack, dying on duty.

His mother, Yu Chunyan, raised him alone, along with her younger brother, Chen Xuejing, who was born in the countryside in violation of the one-child policy and whose household registration was with his uncle. She was extremely worried about him. Seeing that Chen Xuebing's grades were getting worse day by day, she heard from relatives that he might have started school too early and his logical thinking hadn't caught up yet. So she arranged for him to repeat a grade and attend two years of high school.

Now the buff is fully stacked.

Chen Xuebing, a repeat student who is both tough and capable, and has many powerful fathers and colleagues to look after him, has won several brilliant battles both inside and outside the school, earning him the MVP title with a large score. Not only the thugs inside the school, but also the hooligans outside the school are terrified when they see him.

As for school discipline these days, those who know, know. Chen Xuebing was renowned. Sometimes, there were a few hooligans at the school gate who kept borrowing money from students. The head of the security department couldn't handle them, so he had to ask Chen Xuebing to go out and clear the way.

Brother Bing is the top leader of this prestigious old key high school, a talent that only one in several generations can produce.

But Chen Xuebing doesn't want to continue his glory days. He hasn't figured out what he wants to do after his rebirth, but it's definitely not to expand and strengthen his gang.

"Fighting won't make you any money, why bother getting involved in this gay brawl?" Chen Xuebing yelled at Lu Yiwen, the leader.

It's been a long time since I've sworn at anyone, so it feels a bit strange to be so fierce.

The practical and atmosphere groups around them were a bit confused.

This.

Why are the soldiers conducting ideological education if they're not actually taking action?
“Brother, he stabbed Liu Siyuan! Liu Siyuan is still in the hospital! He still has to carry the flag for the first year of high school. He came from Qiujing Middle School. Can we let him jump?” Lu Yiwen said with wide eyes.

Chen Xuebing's memory is much clearer now. Thinking back on this incident, he sighed at his foolishness back then and waved his hand: "It was such a small cut, and I even went to the hospital to get it treated. I just put on a band-aid, and it was healed in two days."

Young people love to exaggerate in their social interactions, often saying things like "I recently encountered a case," "My brother got into trouble," or "My brother was stabbed." The stabber thinks it's a man's achievement, the stabbed person thinks it's a man's scar, and those involved think it's a "social event" and feel proud of it, exaggerating everything.

With less than ten minutes until class started, Chen Xuebing patted Zhang Guangliang, nicknamed "Mad Dog," on the shoulder and asked with a half-smile:
"Young man, are you a gangster?"

Zhang Guangliang's throat tightened; he wanted to boast a bit, but he was also a little scared.

The onlookers laughed: Don't we know who the gangsters are?
Seeing that Zhang Guangliang didn't know how to answer, Chen Xuebing gave him another choice: "Study hard, or transfer schools?"

Both options are quite compelling.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Guangliang finally stammered out:
"You guys insist on supporting Liu Siyuan as the standard-bearer?"

Lu Yiwen, standing nearby, pressed his face against his and said menacingly, "Enough with the nonsense! Just answer whatever the soldier asks!"

Chen Xuebing reached out and stopped Lu Yiwen.

“This is a school, what’s with all this talk about being the top dog or the second-in-command? I support you becoming the principal, so why don’t you go and take office now and give us two days off? If you want to carry the flag, sign up for the flag-raising team, I think your height is just right.”

"Hahaha..." Laughter erupted from all around.

Zhang Guangliang's face flushed red and then turned pale.

Zhang Guangliang was about 1.8 meters tall. Chen Xuebing walked up to him, his gaze level with Zhang's, and said with a slightly serious expression:
"You got a beating today, so I apologize on their behalf. If you're still not satisfied, you can hit me now to vent your anger, but afterwards, you're not allowed to cause any more trouble. We won't bother you either, understand?"

The atmosphere around them froze for a moment.

What's wrong with the soldier?

We have a strong and well-equipped army! Apologize to him? Let's beat him until he admits his mistake, okay?

Chen Xuebing knew how arrogant his "brothers" were at school, and he knew what they were thinking, but he didn't care.

In his past life, Zhang Guangliang was always looking for trouble and getting beaten up every day, but he was persistent and his methods became more and more ruthless. The day before the college entrance examination, he ambushed Lu Yiwen, who was hospitalized. On the first day of the college entrance examination, while his classmates were taking the exam, Chen Xuebing and a few others found Zhang Guangliang and dragged him to a wild mountain.

The process of casting the spell is difficult to describe and is somewhat inappropriate (18+).

Zhang Guangliang was terrified. He felt that Chen Xuebing and his gang had skipped the college entrance exam for his sake, so they were definitely going to kill him. He cried and begged for mercy, crying very loudly.

At that time, Chen Xuebing only had loyalty and no regard for the law, and committed many worthless sins.

Now that Chen Xuebing has been reborn from the economic and social landscape, he no longer wants to get involved in these petty squabbles.

He still has youthful passion, but it's not economical.

He had just checked his pockets and found he didn't have a single penny, so his loyal brothers were still his greatest treasure.

Human resources, human resources, are resources.

This incident serves as a way of saying goodbye to the past and moving towards change.

Zhang Guangliang, standing in front of him, seemed very uncomfortable upon hearing the word "apology." In his imagination, the eldest brother was someone who didn't need to apologize to others; it was always others who apologized to the eldest brother. That's why he wanted to be the eldest brother.

My faith crumbled for a moment.

"…OK."

The situation is better than people.

"Fine, you've agreed. If you cause trouble again, I'll go talk to your parents."

When Chen Xuebing said he wanted to talk to his parents, he was obviously complaining about them.

Little did anyone know, Zhang Guangliang gleaned something from this soldier's past that made him very uneasy.

"Don't let the misfortune befall your family!"

"Good to know. If you had been a little rougher when you were chopping Liu Siyuan, your parents would have been in big trouble."

Chen Xuebing patted him on the shoulder and turned to walk towards the teaching building.

A dozen or so people followed behind him. Lu Yiwen looked puzzled and asked, "Brother Bing, what does this mean?"

"It doesn't mean anything, it's just the literal meaning," Chen Xuebing chuckled.

"Hey, don't you guys understand? The soldier said we won't make any money fighting him! Didn't the soldier say he was going to take us to his construction site at noon today? I heard it's a mess there! From now on, we'll only fight for money!"

Gou Hongyi, that son of a bitch, is quite clever; he figured it out without being taught from a casual remark by Chen Xuebing.

Chen Xuebing, reminded of this incident, also recalled it.

His memories of that era are like a closed box; you have to deliberately try to unpack them to recall them.

That's good, it avoids getting confused and disorganized.

Thinking about this, Chen Xuebing suddenly realized that today seemed to be a crossroads in his life.

"Yes." Chen Xuebing nodded: "That's the idea. In the future, don't fight if you don't have money, and try not to fight if you have money either."

They're living a glamorous life now, but the crackdown won't last much longer. If it weren't for his father's connections in his past life, a gang with such a long history of misdeeds would be considered a target for meritorious service, and they would be swept into jail for a few days even if nothing happened.

The connections left by the old man are just being used to clean up his messes; connections shouldn't be used like this.

"Brother Soldier, are you really going?" Lu Yiwen asked.

After a moment's thought, Chen Xuebing gave a definite answer: "I'm really going. When have I ever stood you up?"

Lu Yiwen, Liang Hui, Huang Jin, and several other core members were quite excited.

By the time they reach their senior year of high school, who among them isn't feeling lost?
What should I do in the future?
Based on their grades and the teachers' categorization habits, they would end up as the kind of people who shine shoes, sweep streets, or work as porters. But Bing Ge said as soon as he entered his senior year of high school: he planned to work on construction sites with his family. Anyone willing to work hard could join him. He wouldn't be a laborer, but a manager. Construction work didn't require a degree, and there was even a chance to become a foreman later.

Who doesn't know that contractors are rich?
They were the first to produce pagers, mobile phones, and cars.

You don't have to work hard like a laborer to get started; someone will protect you, and you can continue to work alongside the soldiers!

This is hope.

"Okay, let's go to the construction site!"

A group of people started howling with great enthusiasm.

Gou Hongyi quickly said "Hey!" twice, patted Chen Xuebing, and gestured with his chin towards the distance behind him: "Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law is coming out of the cafeteria!"

Everyone turned around and saw two girls walking over from the convenience store at the entrance of the cafeteria, chatting and laughing.

One is a beauty, and so is the other.

Yang Qingyue, Chen Xuebing, Gou Hongyi, Lu Yiwen, and Liang Hui are in the same class, Class 16, Arts stream.

They recognized it, of course.

Saying Yang Qingyue is the class beauty of Class 16 shouldn't require any selection process. She's 1.7 meters tall, has big eyes, and her skin is so white it practically glows. She has a blue dress that's slightly above the knee, and all the boys remember that when she wore it in the summer, everyone stared at her straight, long, and white legs, unable to look away.

"Brother Bing, do you really like her?" Liang Hui asked curiously.

"Hey, of course!" Gou Hongyi said with certainty, "You guys haven't seen it, but lately, after evening self-study, Bing Ge has been dawdling and waiting for Yang Qingyue to come home! It's not like we live on the same route, but he insists on walking those few hundred meters together. I'm getting anxious just watching him... Ugh!"

Chen Xuebing delivered a powerful whip kick to Gou Hongyi's buttocks, causing him to hop around wildly while clutching his backside.

"Hiss... Soldier! Do you have a problem with me? You went too far!"

Chen Xuebing ignored him.

A group of people were laughing, and Yang Qingyue, who had just approached, was also laughing.

"Hi~"

Yang Qingyue waved slightly at Chen Xuebing.

Chen Xuebing nodded and smiled, making up for the smile that Yang Qingyue had missed at the class reunion.

Strangely enough, for Chen Xuebing, it had only been a short time since he last slept. Back then, Yang Qingyue was already thirty-seven or thirty-eight, and her smile appeared shy. Now, she was seventeen or eighteen, but her smile was pure and generous.

Yang Qingyue seemed quite familiar with Chen Xuebing. After greeting him, she slowed down and smiled at him:
"I heard you talking in the cafeteria just now. You seem more mature than before!"

"Mature? Absolutely ripe." Chen Xuebing chuckled, then, remembering Yang Qingyue's good academic performance, said, "By the way, could I borrow your class notes to make a copy?"

"Are you borrowing it for someone else? Or are you borrowing it for them?" Yang Qingyue asked, somewhat puzzled.

Chen Xuebing borrowing the notebook was quite surprising.

Class teacher Guo publicly stated in class that Chen Xuebing's reference books could be sold at the original price after graduation, as they were brand new.

Having been given a second chance at life, Chen Xuebing certainly didn't want to be illiterate again. If given the opportunity, he would at least try to get into a university, even if it was just a third-tier one.

However, with only about 200 days left until the college entrance examination, he had no confidence whatsoever and didn't want to explain too much about the high probability of failure.

"Don't worry, I won't let anyone else appreciate your calligraphy."

"You want to study? Of course, no problem!" Yang Qingyue laughed, looking very happy. "It seems you've really matured. There are still over 200 days left! Study hard, you'll have a great chance. I'll give you the notes later!"

As she spoke, she playfully made a finger-shooting gesture, a common gesture used by K-pop girl groups, towards Chen Xuebing:

I believe in you, keep it up!

That shot hit at least seven or eight boys in the heart.

Chen Xuebing smiled helplessly.

Is the chance high?

You're more optimistic than me...

The soldier was a man of principle and didn't want to make a promise that would be embarrassing. Seeing that she was already cheering him on, he quickly raised his hand to make a "shh" gesture, signaling her to keep a low profile.

After the two girls walked away, a commotion arose around them.

“Oh~~”

"Holy crap, soldier! Something's up!"

"It's ripe now..."

"I'm optimistic about you!"

"Hahaha……"

A bunch of bored commoners laughed and joked that Chen Xuebing was overthinking things. No one present thought that Chen Xuebing borrowed the notes because he really wanted to read the book. They just thought that Brother Bing's dating tricks were a bit old-fashioned, and that he was still using the old-fashioned book-borrowing and returning method of their parents' generation.

Who knows, maybe they even wrote some witty remarks in someone else's notebook?
Gou Hongyi said smugly, "I told you so, Liang Hui? From now on, when you see Yang Qingyue, you'll have to call her 'sister-in-law'!"

Chen Xuebing scoffed and walked back to his classroom with his hands in his pockets.

You don't know anything.

He remembered that during this time in his previous life, he and Yang Qingyue would walk and chat for a while after school every night, and they became friends who could talk a lot. Yang Qingyue also encouraged him to study and jokingly said that they could make a promise to go to the same university, just like in TV dramas. However, at that time, he had neither the mind nor the confidence, so he could only pretend to be nonchalant and wave his hand, saying, "This is not my path."

However, starting today, such shameless competitors will probably no longer exist.

In his past life, the girl he wanted to travel with was the one who was traveling with Yang Qingyue.

Her name is Xin Mengzhen.

Having been colleagues for so long, I still didn't greet Chen Xuebing just now, just like in my past life.

Bing Ge is a man of principle and doesn't want to make a promise that will be made and then lose face, so he's determined not to tell anyone about his pursuit of Xin Mengzhen until he succeeds.

I didn't tell anyone until graduation.

...

"Hey."

Xin Mengzhen suddenly smiled and said, "Studying is fine, but don't act like you're doing something wrong."

Yang Qingyue chuckled, "He's a very proud person, he must want to learn secretly because he's afraid others will laugh at him."

"You seem to know him quite well~" Xin Mengzhen teased, drawing out her words, "When are you planning to agree to have a relationship with him that ends right after graduation?"

Yang Qingyue suddenly tilted her head and looked at Xin Mengzhen: "You think he likes me? Are you really stupid or just pretending?"

"Isn't that right? I think he's been pursuing her quite diligently."

Yang Qingyue pursed her lips before saying, "I was his classmate for two years. Before you transferred here, I always went home alone."

(End of this chapter)