Becoming a Billionaire From Awakening a System

Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Not Quite Lovers, Su Ruoxi’s Stepmother

After hearing the system’s explanation, Lin Feng shifted his gaze to Yang Qingqing.

He saw that her Appearance had been rated 85 points by the system.

More importantly, Yang Qingqing’s favorability toward Lin Feng was a staggering 86%.

This put them in the ”more than friends, less than lovers” category.

Just four more points, and he could completely win her over.

’What’s going on here?’

’Yang Qingqing has a secret crush on me?’

He looked at the girl before him. She wasn’t particularly tall, but she was a very well-endowed, petite girl.

Lin Feng shook his head with a sense of helplessness.

An Appearance score of 85 was considered top-tier, even at a university overflowing with beauties.

On top of that, Yang Qingqing’s family had assets exceeding a billion.

If it were any other guy who found out she liked him, he probably would have made his move long ago.

After all, there was no downside to it.

But Lin Feng wasn’t that kind of guy. Besides, Yang Qingqing was Yang Qiniang’s sister.

He had no desire to become his buddy’s brother-in-law.

Out of curiosity, Lin Feng then turned his attention to Su Ruoxi beside him.

[Name: Su Ruoxi.]

[Age: 18.]

[Appearance: 95.]

[Favorability: 89%]

[Relationship with Host: More than friends, less than lovers]

[Background: Mother deceased, raised by her father since childhood. Father is the chairman of Dingsheng Real Estate. Dingsheng Real Estate’s capital chain has broken, and it will declare bankruptcy by the end of the year.]

The system’s rating of Su Ruoxi’s Appearance was very high.

A score of 95.

This was about what Lin Feng had expected.

After all, for someone to become the freshman campus beauty, Su Ruoxi’s Appearance was naturally not going to be anything less than stellar.

However, the favorability rating was what surprised Lin Feng.

He never would have thought her favorability toward him was even higher than Yang Qingqing’s.

Considering they had already had two unpleasant encounters.

He didn’t expect that she had also reached the ”more than friends, less than lovers” stage with him, just one step away from an intimate relationship.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng subconsciously turned his head and snuck a glance at Su Ruoxi.

Unexpectedly, at that very moment, Su Ruoxi happened to be looking at him too.

Their eyes met, and the atmosphere instantly turned a little ambiguous.

Su Ruoxi’s pretty face flushed slightly, and she quickly turned her head away, avoiding Lin Feng’s intense gaze.

”Old Lin, that’s enough.”

”Is Su Ruoxi really that pretty? You look like you’re about to sprain your neck.”

Yang Qiniang said with a sly grin, ”Be more careful next time. You got caught staring.”

”Can you even do this right?”

Hearing this, Lin Feng rolled his eyes in exasperation and didn’t bother responding to him.

Honestly, even though Yang Qiniang was always acting like a cheeky jerk,

when it came to actually hanging out, his personality was the type that made people feel more at ease.

He could take a joke and also handle responsibility.

...

After they finished buying the gifts, the group, laden with bags of all sizes, prepared to go to dinner.

Just then, a phone started ringing from inside Su Ruoxi’s purse.

Su Ruoxi took out her phone, and seeing the video call on the screen, she hesitated.

Seeing that Lin Feng and the others were all looking at her,

Su Ruoxi gritted her teeth and finally answered the call.

A glamorous woman with a bewitching air instantly appeared on the screen.

”Su Ruoxi, I heard you got a boyfriend at school?”

”What’s this all about?”

”Didn’t I already tell you that I found a blind date for you?”

”Are you even taking my words seriously?”

Through the phone, the bewitching middle-aged woman pointed a finger at Su Ruoxi and began to berate her.

”I...”

Su Ruoxi lowered her head, not knowing what to say.

”Huh?”

”Where are you right now?”

”Why does it look like there are men with you? Don’t tell me that’s your lover?”

”I’m warning you, Su Ruoxi, if you...”

Before the woman on the other end could finish, Su Ruoxi hung up the video call.

She didn’t want to hear any more of her nasty words.

Seeing this, Lin Feng frowned in confusion. ’Didn’t the system just say Su Ruoxi’s mother was dead?’

’Could it be...’

’Was that her stepmom?’

”Are you okay?”

Lin Feng asked.

”I’m fine...”

”It’s just some family business.”

Su Ruoxi shook her head, showing no desire to elaborate further with Lin Feng and the others.

The three of them didn’t press the issue.

If Su Ruoxi didn’t want to talk about it, she surely had her reasons.

”It’s getting late.”

”Should we go to the Peace Imperial Banquet for dinner?”

Lin Feng glanced at his watch, proactively changing the subject.

”Yeah, it’s already past six.”

”The private room I booked is for seven o’clock. If we head over now, we’ll be right on time.”

Yang Qiniang chimed in.

Yang Qingqing, who seemed to know the Hidden Truth, took Su Ruoxi’s arm and comforted her, ”Ruoxi, it’s okay. Don’t pay attention to that awful woman. Let’s go get something delicious to eat!”

”You’ll feel better after a good meal!”

Seeing that the three of them were all trying to comfort her,

Su Ruoxi managed a faint smile and nodded. ”Okay, let’s go. I’m hungry from all the shopping anyway.”

Although some unpleasantness had occurred at the end,

the shopping trip, on the whole, had been very satisfying for Lin Feng.

Besides buying gifts for his family,

Lin Feng had also used the Cashback Card to increase his assets to one million.

He also received two additional 10% Discount Shopping Cards.

However, Lin Feng had no intention of buying a house in Yang City right now.

He could save the real estate 10% discount purchase voucher for when he went back home for the National Day holiday to buy a storefront for his parents and help them upgrade their shop.

...

「An hour later.」

The four of them moved from the shopping mall to the Peace Imperial Banquet.

This time, the private room Yang Qiniang booked was a bit smaller than the last one.

The featured cuisine was also different, but given the skill of the chefs at the Peace Imperial Banquet, no matter what they made, the food was bound to be good.

”Old Lin, want to get a couple bottles of red wine again?”

Yang Qiniang asked Lin Feng after they entered the private room and sat down.

Lin Feng subconsciously glanced at Su Ruoxi.

Seeing his look, Su Ruoxi immediately lowered her head, looking a bit embarrassed.

”You guys can drink if you want.”

”I’m not drinking...”

Su Ruoxi said shyly.

Sitting beside them, Yang Qingqing had a playful smile on her face. ”If Ruoxi isn’t drinking, I’ll drink with you guys!”

”Alright, two bottles it is!”

Yang Qiniang waved his hand and spoke to the waiter.

”Right away, sir!”

The waiter nodded and turned to leave the room.

”Bro.”

After the waiter left,

Yang Qingqing suddenly gave Yang Qiniang a meaningful look.

Seeing this, Yang Qiniang immediately understood. He stood up and said to Lin Feng, ”Old Lin, I’m gonna use the restroom.”

Without waiting for a reply, he got up and left the private room.

’What’s with that guy? He’s acting weird.’

Lin Feng muttered to himself but didn’t think much of it.

But when Yang Qiniang came back in holding his phone, Lin Feng realized what had happened.

”Did you just...”

”You didn’t go pay the bill, did you?”

Faced with Lin Feng’s question, Yang Qiniang just shrugged, tacitly admitting it.

Meanwhile, seeing that Yang Qiniang had snuck out to pay,

Su Ruoxi was also stunned. She looked at Yang Qingqing and said, ”Qingqing, didn’t we agree that I would treat everyone to this meal?”

”You tricked me again!”

Yang Qingqing pouted and said a bit awkwardly, ”Oh, come on, Ruoxi. Let us treat you this time. You can get the next one!”

”There’s so much good food at the Peace Imperial Banquet. We’ll have plenty of chances in the future.”

Seeing Su Ruoxi getting worked up, Yang Qingqing seemed a little embarrassed too.

But just as Su Ruoxi was about to say more,

her phone rang again.

She took it out and looked at the screen, which displayed the word ”Mom.”

This made Su Ruoxi, who had just managed to calm down, tense up all over again.