A god-level beauty system? But I'm already a god-level beauty!

Lin Jianye sat down on the sofa and patted the seat next to him.

"sit."

Shen Ye put her bag aside and sat down next to him.

The plate of melon seeds on the coffee table was pushed between the two of them, and a plate of tangerines was placed next to it.

Lin Jianye didn't speak first, but turned his head to look him up and down.

This scrutiny was undisguised, moving from head to toe, then from toe to head, finally settling on Shen Ye's face.

Looking at the tall, imminent adult boy in front of him, Lin Jianye couldn't help but sigh at how fast time flies.

When Shen Ye first arrived, he was still a primary school student, and in the blink of an eye, he's almost graduating from high school.

"You've grown so much..."

Lin Jianye sighed and placed his hand on Shen Ye's shoulder.

When you press your palm down, you touch solid muscle.

"Alright, strong."

Shen Ye was both amused and exasperated.

My uncle is acting like he's inspecting goods.

Lin Jianye smiled, grabbed a few sunflower seeds, and then asked about Shen Ye's recent situation.

There's no need to ask about grades; Shen Ye rarely fails to come in first place, and Lin Jianye is more at ease with that than anyone else.

He attended the last parent-teacher conference, and the homeroom teacher held his hand and praised him for a full twenty minutes, making him feel embarrassed.

"Xiao Ye, have you thought about where you want to go to university? With your mock exam scores, you can choose any school you want."

Shen Ye had actually thought about this question.

"Someone closer to home," he thought for a moment.

Close to home...

Lin Jianye spat out the sunflower seed shells and thought for a while.

"Then you can go to Shanghai."

"Shanghai is not far from our Huaihai City, only a two-hour drive away, so we can come back anytime we want."

"Moreover, that area is home to many universities, including several top-tier institutions."

"I'll consider it..."

Shen Ye nodded and made the option a memory.

Shanghai is indeed a great city, one of the top metropolises in China, and it's also close to Huaihai City.

As for whether or not to go to the capital, he didn't mention it, and Lin Jianye didn't ask any further questions.

The vast majority of people work themselves to the bone to get into a good university so that they can have a bright future after graduation.

But Shen Ye is different.

Even if this kid drops out of school now, his future is still bright and promising.

Lin Jianye thought of his company.

Over the years, the company has grown bigger and bigger, expanding its business from the city to the province, and then from the province to the whole country. The turnover in the accounts has become more and more astonishing year by year, and the money earned has reached a level that would seem exaggerated to us a few years ago.

A large portion of the company's initial start-up capital came from Shen Ye's father.

The two buddies started the business together, and each of them owns a share.

After the Shen couple left, Lin Jianye continued to manage their share of the shares without touching a single penny, and the annual dividends were kept separately.

This money, along with the shares, will eventually belong to Xiaoye.

He had already made up his mind that once Xiaoye came of age, he would return the shares of the company that belonged to his parents to him in full.

At that time, this kid will be a real shareholder, able to live a life of leisure.

"Oh, right."

Lin Jianye turned to the side, leaned closer, and put on a wicked smile.

"Xiaoye, you're almost graduating, did you date anyone in school?"

............

Lin Chunuan stood in front of the dressing mirror, wearing the new white down jacket her mother had bought for her.

The fluffy fur collar of her down jacket made her face look even whiter and more delicate. She pulled the zipper down further, twirled around, and the hem swayed.

"Mom, you have such great taste!"

She looked at herself in the mirror from left to right, and the more she looked, the more satisfied she became.

"It looks good, but don't just focus on taking pictures. Turn around and let Mom see if the sleeves are too long," Lin Chunuan said with a smile.

"Just the right length, not too long!"

Lin Chunu raised her arm and waved it, the frayed edge of her sleeve brushing against her wrist, making it ticklish.

"Nuan Nuan is cute, she looks good in anything."

Xu Muwan smiled and waved her hand.

"Come sit down and talk to Mom."

Lin Chunuan took off her down jacket, carefully folded it, and placed it on the bedside table. She then sat down next to her mother wearing only a thin set of loungewear.

Xu Muwan reached out and took her daughter's hand, pulled it to her lap, and stroked it gently.

The mother and daughter's hands were stacked together. Her hands were fair and soft, and her daughter's hands were the same, except that there were some thin calluses on her middle finger – the result of holding a pen for many years.

"How did you do on your final exams?"

"You've made great progress!"

When her grades were mentioned, Lin Chunuan straightened up immediately, her chin slightly raised, like a little peacock spreading its tail feathers.

"I ranked 95th in the whole school in the first mock exam! That's more than ten places better than the midterm, and my homeroom teacher even praised me in class!"

"Oh, that's really great."

Although their family doesn't care too much about grades, who wants to do poorly on a test?

"You've made such great progress, what kind of reward do you want? Tell Mom, and Mom will buy it for you."

"hey-hey......"

Lin Chunuan had just opened her mouth to smile, but halfway through, her smile suddenly went limp.

That smugness deflated like a punctured balloon.

She lowered her head, her fingers twisting the hem of her pajamas, and her voice grew softer.

"But even with all this progress, the gap between me and my brother is still quite large..."

Xu Muwan was taken aback.

"Xiaoye will be in first place again this time, right?"

"Yes, first in the grade."

Lin Chunu pouted and poked the mattress with her finger.

"I ranked 95th, and my brother ranked 1st... there's a difference of 94 places."

"I wonder if I can improve even more during the college entrance exam..."

Her voice grew softer and softer as she spoke.

"I wish I could get into the same school as my brother... If we can't get into the same school, being in the same city would be fine too..."

Xu Muwan gazed at her daughter's lowered profile.

The girl had long eyelashes and her cheeks looked soft and tender.

When she said "any city would be fine," her ears turned a light pink, as if she hadn't even realized that she had let slip her secret.

Xu Muwan suddenly remembered that the summer Nuannuan graduated from junior high school, she went into her daughter's room to pack her things and found a few boys' clothes in the closet.

At the time, Nuannuan insisted that she had bought the wrong thing, but the matter was eventually forgotten, and she didn't ask any further questions.

Looking back now...

Xu Muwan paused for a moment.

Could it be that...

Does this little girl really have feelings for her brother Xiaoye?

This is a bit messy...