In the elevator, Rachel Liu saw that Evan Lin had no intention of answering her and invited him repeatedly, but in the end, Evan still refused. This made her expression dim slightly.
After returning to his room, Evan Lin took a shower, changed his clothes, and then went downstairs to find a place to eat.
There was still one day left before the City High-School Math Olympiad, but Evan Lin wasn’t worried at all.
After finishing his meal, Evan Lin called Joy Zheng to check on her. On the other end, Joy Zheng was surprised to hear from Lucy Lu that Evan was participating in the Math Olympiad, and she kept urging him to do his best—even if he didn’t place, he should take it seriously.
Before hanging up, Joy Zheng told Evan she’d transferred 500 yuan to his card so he could eat whatever he wanted and not wrong himself while away. If the money wasn’t enough, he should call her again.
After the call, Evan Lin sighed inwardly, thinking there weren’t many days left until final exams.
"After finals, when I go home, the first thing I’ll do is get Mom a better place to live."
Thinking about the house, Evan remembered that Big Tank had once given him the keys to a villa on Thousand-Saints Mountain—a place he still hadn’t visited.
"It’s about time to move out of the Chen family home. I hope Thousand-Saints Mountain will bring me some new surprises."
Previously, Evan had discovered a Brownrock Grass growing halfway up Thousand-Saints Mountain—the first spiritual herb he found after returning to Earth.
Although that Brownrock Grass was pitifully young and weak, the fact that he found a spiritual herb halfway up the mountain meant there might be more to discover at the summit.
While he was thinking about all this, Evan got a phone call.
It was Summer Mu calling, inviting him to come to the villa again.
At first, Evan thought Summer Mu’s father had another medical emergency, so he took a taxi straight over.
As soon as he walked in, Evan saw Summer Mu’s father, Summer Shu-jie, who had nearly died in bed just last night.
Today, Summer Shu-jie was wearing loose clothes, sitting at the tea table brewing tea. Compared to before, his complexion was much better.
When he saw Evan walk in, Summer Shu-jie immediately stood up and smiled. "Your name is Evan Lin, right? Yesterday, thank you so much!"
Summer Shu-jie looked at Evan, his eyes full of gratitude.
If not for Evan, he probably would have died by now.
"Your body should be fine now, just make sure to get plenty of rest," Evan said, giving him a nod.
At that moment, Summer Mu stepped forward and handed Evan a card.
"What’s this?" Evan frowned slightly. He didn’t like exchanging money for favors—he’d helped Summer Shu-jie because of his relationship with Summer Mu, not for the money.
"You’ve misunderstood. This is our Summer Family’s top-tier VIP membership card. With it, you can enjoy free consumption and the highest-level treatment at all Summer-owned businesses. It’s my father’s token of gratitude—please accept it," Summer Mu said sincerely.
"Please accept it. My life was saved by you—if you refuse, I’ll truly feel uneasy," added Summer Shu-jie, his eyes clear.
Hearing their words, Evan didn’t decline further.
"I never expected it. I thought our Summer Family’s internal issues could be resolved—after all, we’re family. At most, there’d be some arguments and that would be it. But I didn’t expect them to be so ruthless." Summer Shu-jie sat down, brewed Evan a cup of tea, and handed it over.
Evan took a sip of tea without replying.
"This time, I plan to consolidate all Summer Family assets, purge the clan personnel, and turn the family business into a truly independent company. In the future, Summer Mu will take over for me," Summer Shu-jie said, looking at Evan.
"When I first took over the Summer Family’s company, it was running at a loss and on the verge of collapse—just a small workshop. All these years, I’ve built this foundation myself, fighting on the front lines. When the time comes, I hope, if possible, little brother, you can lend Summer Mu a hand?"
After speaking, Summer Shu-jie and Summer Mu both sat quietly, watching Evan.
This was the reason he’d asked Evan to come this time. Originally, he’d planned to go himself, but thought Evan might prefer privacy, so he had Summer Mu call and invite him over instead.
"Sure," Evan said after a moment’s thought, nodding in agreement.
For Evan, this wasn’t a big deal—just a simple favor.
"That puts my mind at ease!" Summer Shu-jie laughed, slowly stood up from the sofa, and bowed respectfully to Evan.
Old-school business veterans always carry a certain aura honed in the marketplace. With Evan’s promise, Summer Shu-jie felt even more confident and determined about the coming purge.
When Evan left the Summer home, Summer Mu offered to drive him back, but Evan refused, telling him to spend more time with his father.
As soon as Evan left, Summer Shu-jie called his company secretary with a stern tone, ordering an immediate board meeting. The secretary quickly started contacting all board members—a storm was about to hit the entire Summer Family enterprise.
Meanwhile, Evan strolled along River City’s streets, stopping now and then to take in the scenery, feeling peaceful inside.
He’d planned to head back to the hotel for a nap and then wait for tomorrow’s Math Olympiad.
But when Evan arrived at the hotel, he noticed the people around him were looking at him with strange, jealous eyes.
Especially Thomas Zhao, whose glare practically screamed he wanted Evan wiped off the map.
Beside Thomas Zhao, Ivy Zhao looked at Evan, her tone a bit awkward: "Evan, where did you go? There’s a gorgeous girl looking for you."
"I can’t believe it. You’ve only been in River City for a day and you’ve already caught the eye of a pretty girl from another school. Evan, you’re something else." Lydia Liao watched Evan curiously from the side.
"Evan, don’t get too cocky. She didn’t come alone, and she looks like trouble. Don’t drag us down with you!" Thomas Zhao said sarcastically, clearly more and more annoyed at Evan.