Chapter 363 Qin Ran Is Wealthy and Confident
If Qin Sheng was willing to take the initiative to understand his father’s life, he would have learned that his father had not led an easy life for his entire lifetime. Perhaps most of the people would not have the same life as his.
When Qin Changan was little, he was raised by his mother. As for the man he called father, he was mysterious. Sometimes, he stayed at home for half a year. Sometimes, Qin Changan could not see him often for a whole year. His mother died when he was young, making him experience the first major setback in his life. Since then, he had been dependent on his brother for survival, and they were both fostered in the home of one of their father’s friends. They were no different from orphans.
When he was about to become 30, he experienced the biggest misfortune of his lifetime. His wife died, his son was taken away by his father, and his brother took refuge in Buddhism. Only his daughter was left to accompany him, and they later were dependent on each other for survival. His life almost collapsed. However, his sole daughter was not close to him at all, who had been complaining about him during the past several years. He was almost the same as a poor loner.
When he was old, his father died without anyone notifying him. He was not entitled to pay his last respects. It took him great effort to find his son, who had been separated from him for many years. However, due to some things, his son had trouble with him.
As for the other so-called setbacks and sufferings in these years, they were nothing for Qin Changan. He achieved his current position starting as an ordinary person. If he had not experienced various ups and downs, others would have thought that he had achieved success with so much ease. In that case, this society would have been abundant with successful people instead of ordinary ones, whose numbers were larger.
In Tangning ONE, Longhu, Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Qin Ran was staying in her friends’ suite, which was just located to the south of Tsinghua University, a five-minute walk from here. It was also very close to Peking University. After all, the two universities were next to each other.
When Nan Gong and Qin Sheng arrived there, Qin Ran was waiting for them in the house. This was a luxuriously decorated house with three bedrooms. After all, the prices in this neighborhood were not low at all. Back when the residential quarter had opened in the beginning, all the properties were sold out. After all, it was surrounded by universities.
On their way here, Qin Sheng and Nan Gong kept quarreling with each other, which was also Qin Sheng’s sole form of entertainment at the moment. However, he feared that he would push Nan Gong’s buttons for real someday. At that time, the consequence would be destructive.
After Qin Sheng and Nan Gong came in, Qin Ran took Qin Sheng to look around as she asked, “What do you think?”
Qin Sheng had no requirements for living. He had lived in all kinds of dwelling places in the past few years and even spent the night on the streets. To him, as long as it was a warm place, it would do.
Qin Sheng smiled happily as he said, “Very good. I like the study.” The study was very beautiful. The entire wall formed a bookshelf, which was made of cherry wood. There was a gigantic globe next to the wall. However, since there were not any books on the bookshelf, the whole study lacked the bookish charm.
Qin Ran chuckled as she said, “I have prepared the daily necessities for you, which are all new. Or should I ask Aunt Zhao to come here to take care of you, cook for you, and do the cleaning for you every day?”
Qin Sheng wanted to live alone. He had become accustomed to living alone all these years and did not want others to take care of him at all. Eating could be solved outside. If he was in a good mood, he could cook by himself. As for cleaning and washing, he could also get them done by himself.
As a result, Qin Sheng tactfully refused Qin Ran as he said, “Sister, you don’t need to bother Aunt Zhao. I want to live alone. I can solve these things.”
“Really?” Qin Ran did not insist on her arrangement. She was willing to respect whatever Qin Sheng’s opinion was.
Qin Sheng hugged Qin Ran’s shoulders and said, “Yes. I know you are worried about me. If you are not assured, you can come to check on me every once in a while.”
Qin Ran said happily, “Okay. Then, I will take your suggestion.” It seemed that her brother had been used to living independently. However, it was a good phenomenon. A person could be capable of taking care of others only if he took care of himself well first.
After chatting with Qin Ran, Qin Sheng turned to Nan Gong by his side and said, “Do you want to continue keeping an eye on me? People come and go in the kind of place like a university. Since you are so beautiful, there should be a lot of college students who are willing to hit on you. I’m afraid you won’t have time to look after me then.”
Nan Gong sneered as she replied, “As for that, you don’t need to worry about me.”
Qin Ran didn’t know whether she should laugh or cry. Qin Sheng and Nan Gong were indeed enemies. On usual days, no one would dare to fight with Nan Gong. Otherwise, they would have been beaten by her. After all, few ordinary men could beat Nan Gong.
At this moment, Qin Ran took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Qin Sheng as she said, “Well, as for your education, it just so happens that Tsinghua SEM had set up a study program that will last three months, so I entrusted my connection to sign up for you. The study program will officially start tomorrow morning. The lecturers are all senior professors of the School of Economics and Management, as well as the consultants of the Advisory Committee of the School of Economics and Management. You should know that speaking of the consultants in SEM, they are all tycoons in the business filed domestically and abroad. Some of them are even leaders of Ministries and Commissions, who have high ranks, as well as a retired elder leader.”
Qin Sheng was surprised. Originally, he had intended to attend classes for free. He did not expect that Qin Ran would sign him up for such an influential study program. Speaking of Tsinghua SEM, it was the top one domestically. It had been fighting with Guanghua School of Management of Peking University over these years. However, in recent years, it shone brightly, especially its advisory committee, whose string of names on its list could beat any institute with ease. The honorary chairman of the committee was Qin Sheng’s idol.
This class shouldn’t be a simple one. The number of attendees had to be limited. One could not be listed simply because of wealth. Since the class will be officially starting tomorrow, the registration should have ended early. However, he had been registered in time. Upon thinking about it, Qin Sheng knew that not only his sister but also Changan was behind this.
Qin Sheng guessed it right. After Qin Ran told Qin Changan about Qin Sheng’s plan, Qin Changan had gotten information about the study program of SEM. Putting aside his relationship with the School of Economics and Management, speaking of those consultants and tycoons in the institute, most of them were his friends and respected guests. Consequently, getting Qin Sheng into the study program was not difficult for him.
It was a good thing that Qin Sheng wanted to educate himself. However, Qin Changan would not let him waste his time blindly. This study program just suited him. Speaking of the attendees in the study program, they were the descendants of rich and powerful families who had taken over the family business. It just so happened that Qin Sheng could get in touch with this circle gradually.
Qin Sheng was stunned. He did not know how he should answer the question. He had majored in philosophy. As for economics and management, he could handle economics and financing. After all, he had attended many classes related to economics and financing for free. As for management, he had only read a few books.
Qin Ran said confidently, “Don’t overthink it. The courses are not that strict. There are four lessons per week. As for other times, you can dispose of them on your own. As for the assignments at that time, you can ask me if you are confused. After all, your sister graduated as a Master of Economics and Management from Tsinghua University.” Speaking of the reason why Qin Changan got along with the School of Economics and Management quite well, it was because he had donated to it many times.
Now that Qin Ran had done all the arrangements, even if Qin Sheng knew that it might have been done by Qin Changan, he had no way to refuse. After all, not everybody could have such an opportunity. The teachers here were the best in China. By attending the classes, one could understand China’s top political and economic structure and so on.
Qin Sheng nodded in agreement as he said, “Okay, I will obey your arrangement.”
Qin Ran was finally relieved, who had feared that Qin Sheng might refuse. She handed her business card to Qin Sheng and said, “This is a business card of a director of the School of Economics and Management. I will not send you over tomorrow. You can contact him directly at that time.”
Qin Sheng said thoughtfully, “Well, good.”
Qin Ran patted Qin Sheng on his shoulder and said, “Okay, let’s not talk about this. I’ll take you to dinner and buy you some clothes and daily necessities.”
Qin Ran took Qin Sheng out. Nan Gong did not follow them this time and left in advance. She had to ask Uncle Gongsun about what she should do next.
Qin Ran knew this place very well. After all, she had been in Tsinghua for six years. Consequently, she knew the location of the delicious restaurants quite well. After that, she took Qin Sheng to get a haircut. Qin Sheng’s hair was too long and he needed to embrace a new life with a new haircut. In the end, she took Qin Sheng to the shopping center and bought a few sets of clothes for him, including four sets of different styles worn on weekdays and three pretty formal sets as well as other matching things. The entire trunk was stuffed by Qin Ran.
Qin Sheng feared shopping the most. However, since this was his sister’s good intention, he could not refuse. Upon thinking about it, he found out that the number of clothes that his sister had bought for him during this period had surpassed that of all the clothes he had bought in the past two years.
It was already eight o’clock in the evening when they came back from dinner. It could be seen how long they had been shopping today. Qin Ran handed two bank cards to Qin Sheng as she said, “This is a CITIC bank card. The deposit inside is sufficient for you to buy anything. This is a Centurion Black Gold Card from China Merchants Bank. I forgot its credit limit. The password is the last six digits of your mobile phone number.”
Qin Sheng was taken aback. He knew about the Centurion Black Gold Card from China Merchants Bank, which was a top credit card. It was said that there was no credit limit and the minimum amount was millions of dollars. This was the first time that Qin Sheng had seen such a card. As for the CITIC Bankcard, supposedly, there was a large deposit on the card. Even though Qin Sheng had seen much of the world, it was the first time that he had been exposed to so much money since his childhood.
As a result, he said somewhat uneasily, “Sister, I have enough money to spend.”
Qin Ran replied quite generously, “Don’t say no. These are all given to you by the old man. Our family does not lack such a small amount of cash. If neither you and I are willing to spend the money, could it be that we should leave it to others?” The amount of money meant nothing to the Qin family. Putting aside the old man’s assets first, Qin Ran could buy anything she liked with her savings only.
Qin Sheng grabbed the two bank cards eventually. However, upon thinking about it, he thought that the time to use the bank cards might not come.
Following that, Qin Ran handed Qin Sheng a car key and said, “This is for a Mercedes-Benz GLS, you should use it first. If you don’t like it, you can buy whatever car you want. As for the license plate, don’t worry about it. You inform me and everything will be fine.”
At this moment, Qin Sheng sensed that Qin Ran’s look indicated her thoughts, namely, “Our family is abundant in wealth and money. Any issue that can be solved by cash is nothing serious to our family at all. Even if you want to buy an ordinary listed company, it is not a problem at all.”
Qin Sheng had never been poor since he was a child. When he was a child in Beijing, everything for him was the best. When he went to Xi’an later on, the Lin family was also a rich family there, let alone his experience in the past two years. Though he had not made a great living in the past two years, he had never had a lack of petty fortune, except for two years when he had been wandering around the country, he had been living a bitter life, which, however, turned out to be the most interesting one.
However, it was the first time that Qin Sheng had experienced the kind of situation happening in front of him and received so much money, which made him feel a little overwhelmed. He knew that this was just the beginning. Based on his current knowledge of the Qin family, their fortune was beyond his expectation.
Qin Sheng did not know whether he should laugh or cry as he said, “As long as the car can drive, it will be okay. I have nothing to ask from you.”
Qin Ran whispered, “Well, Sister knows that you have no requirements. Nor do you care. But, I do. You should have enjoyed the best life like I did. However, you ended up suffering from bitterness and wrongdoings for so many years. So you deserve this now.”
It was not appropriate for Qin Sheng to saying anything else. Otherwise, his sister would be unhappy. As a result, he held Qin Ran’s hands as he said, “All right. I am OK with all of your arrangements. I will just act like a rich playboy in the future. If anybody is an eyesore to me, I will stone them to death with cash.”
Qin Ran covered her mouth and laughed as she said, “Are you trying to get me mad?”
Qin Sheng laughed loudly. He had never thought that there would be an elder sister for him who loved him so much. It seemed that he didn’t need to worry about anything in the future.
It was getting late. Qin Sheng had to get himself familiar with the environment tomorrow. Qin Ran reminded Qin Sheng with a few words and left directly.
After Qin Ran left, Qin Sheng looked at the two bank cards and the key to the car on the table thoughtfully. His life had been changed a lot. However, Qin Sheng couldn’t lose himself because of these things. Otherwise, he would not be himself anymore.
As the saying goes, never forget why you started and your mission can be accomplished.