Chapter 1785 - 734: Confession

Chapter 1785: Chapter 734: Confession

Even with Zhou Wang’s usual tolerance, the sheer grievance in Yang Hao’s eyes as he left still made his scalp prickle a little.

But there was nothing he could do...

Hua Suisui suddenly showing up was indeed something Zhou Wang had not expected.

Zhou Wang only cleared his throat lightly, and Yang Hao got the hint.

This was telling him to make a tactful exit—plainly speaking, to "get the hell out."

Feeling like he’d been massively lied to, Yang Hao could only storm off, but halfway up the slope his WhatsApp pinged; turned out that girl named Xu Wanting had taken the initiative to message him.

Yang Hao instantly started chatting happily with her, and before long he’d forgotten all about the trauma Zhou Wang had just inflicted on him.

...Anyway, he’s fucking used to it by now.

...

In Qin Island’s winter you can’t hear insects chirping in the green belts; only the sound of the tides rolls in from the beach not far away.

Zhou Wang watched Hua Suisui step by step coming closer to him. His gaze wavered for a split second, but in the end he still smiled. "Walk together for a bit?"

"Okay."

Hua Suisui wasn’t sure whether Zhou Wang hated it when girls cried in front of him, so she forced herself to hold it back and just quickly nodded.

Zhou Wang walked side by side with her toward the sea. Strangely enough, neither of them spoke for the moment, and the atmosphere sank into silence just like that.

Zhou Wang didn’t know what he should say.

What he’d said to Yang Hao—"I’m not interested in women right now"—actually wasn’t entirely a lie.

This stretch of time really had been the most frugal period Zhou Wang had lived through since becoming a god-tier rich man.

Ever since he’d adapted to "bankrupt" life, his mindset had unconsciously undergone a lot of subtle changes.

Just like he’d once speculated, each action round the system set up actually carries a special meaning.

The first round, "Impression Points," reforged the youth’s confidence, letting him largely shake off the frustration of once sinking at the very bottom. Character determines fate, and mindset works the same way.

The second round, "Golden House," was the system using a unique reward mechanism to make him return to books, picking up again all that knowledge he’d long since abandoned.

To this day, Zhou Wang’s rental flat on Qin Island still has piles of all kinds of books stacked up—stuff he hunted down at local bookstores whenever he had nothing to do.

Even though reading no longer earns him apartments, what Zhou Wang gets from it is far more than a single flat, and as the accumulation of knowledge keeps growing, he’ll end up benefiting from it for life.

The third round, "Together We Go Far," was the step from exhausting yourself to commanding others—an essential step in crossing class boundaries. Thanks to the system’s reminder, even though Zhou Wang is currently far from his own commercial empire, Wangzhou Group’s development has not suffered in the slightest.

Without exaggeration, all the way along it’s the system that has been coaching him step by step, turning him into a Billionaire who may still not be fully qualified, but already has the basic shape.

And then today’s fourth action round: the identity reversal, personally building ten million in wealth from zero. After walking in the clouds for too long, he’s dragged down into the hard ground at the very bottom, and Zhou Wang can clearly feel his will growing more and more tenacious.

Yes, this is a "chess game" the system personally laid out. Zhou Wang feels it, but standing within the board, he savors it willingly.

Among these many subtle shifts in mindset, emotions are one facet too.

Zhou Wang admits he’s a horny bastard; that point will probably be hard to change. But in truth he’s not that willing to shoulder so many emotional entanglements anymore.

Put simply, after the initial "starving wolf" phase of pure indulgence, Zhou Wang is now leaning heavily toward "quality over quantity."

Yes, he admits that ever since he got the system, he’s been a bit unrestrained...

But think about it from his side: he’s just an ordinary guy in his early twenties who suddenly struck it rich, plus he’s a completely healthy, normal man both psychologically and physiologically. Facing endless temptation day after day, it’s really hard to keep total control.

If Zhou Wang truly let himself go, he could easily pull off the legendary "a new bride every night."

He’s never doubted that for a second.

"Rich + handsome + young"—that combo is enough to drive the vast majority of women crazy, even many of the "goddesses" in ordinary people’s eyes.

By comparison, Zhou Wang already counts as someone who still has a bit of a bottom line.

What, you don’t buy that?

This is where Brother Dog has to give you some examples.

Look, Miss Gu literally stripped herself naked and served herself up to him, and he didn’t touch her. Zhou Wang knows full well that as long as he shows a hint of desire, he has no doubt Miss Gu would once again spread her legs for him...

All those pretty influencers at Wuyou Media—take Lin Dantong for instance. Ever since that last livestream when she took the initiative to contact Zhou Wang, she’s been occasionally chatting with him, and that ambiguous vibe has already kicked in. Zhou Wang doesn’t think she can withstand his emotional offensive.

He didn’t make a move on Xu Lingyue either, he’s kept his distance from Lin Ran, he’s still wavering about Miao Ying, plus that college student from the dance academy, and even a certain lovely mature woman he recently met through business...

Zhou Wang can list way, way too many examples.

Including the Hua Suisui standing right in front of him now—Zhou Wang admits that when Hua Suisui resigned back then, he was holding to a "don’t initiate, don’t refuse" silent attitude, and that was what led to her going back to Mountain City.

But as things stand now, Zhou Wang actually no longer has that stubborn obsession he used to.

"Sleeping with a top influencer who has several million followers"—that kind of thing no longer gives the youth much sense of accomplishment... after all, he’s already slept with celebrities who have tens of millions of followers.