Chapter 598: Five-Year Plan, Advancing One Step a Day, Year-End Summary

At the Martial Arts School, he was an extreme loner, with no friends and no girlfriend.

This was a deliberate choice. He didn’t like owing others, nor did he like others owing him. A lone wolf through and through.

Lin Chu: …

His reaction actually surprised Lin Chu, who didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

‘What did he mean… once I’m old, I’ll be useless?’

‘You really have some “self-awareness,” don’t you!’

“Whether or not it’s fair to me isn’t for you to decide. I’m the one who decides.”

“Are you signing or not?”

Lin Chu’s tone was forceful, but his face was all smiles as he lifted his teacup and took a sip.

Wu Hao took a deep breath and gave him a long, hard look. He saw no ulterior motives in Lin Chu’s eyes—no pity, no condescension, and no hint of special treatment. Biting his lip, he picked up the pen and, stroke by stroke, wrote his name at the end of the contract.

Then he stood up and handed the contract to Lin Chu with both hands.

Lin Chu smiled and took it, signed his own name, and sealed it in a file folder.

“For the next twenty years, as long as I don’t die, this contract will remain in effect.”

“If I die, you can figure out what to do yourself.”

“Come on, let’s shake on it.”

…

Wu Hao never could have imagined that over the next few days, President Lin would actually eat, live, and sleep with him.

They slept in the same room—a standard room with two beds.

When he got up at five in the morning, Lin Chu got up at five.

When he went to bed at nine, Lin Chu went to bed at nine.

They ate the same three meals every day.

They were inseparable every day, even when they were doing their own things.

This struck him as rather absurd. ‘Wait a minute. You have a wife in this house. What’s the meaning of sleeping in the same room as me every night?’

But to be honest, deep down, he was rather impressed.

For such a wealthy man to train so intensely was truly something else. His level of self-discipline was on par with his own, not lacking in the slightest.

When the first week passed, Lin Chu found that Wu Hao had already completely adapted to the job.

This way of life was a bit like having his closest college roommate around, just with a little less of a relaxed feeling.

Wu Hao himself was a rather taciturn person.

An Yunzhi actually had her reservations about this, but she didn’t say much. She couldn’t quite figure out what Lin Chu was thinking with this whole arrangement.

‘This man of mine is so unpredictable.’

She had discreetly asked Lin Chu about it once, and he had only said that he was trying out a completely self-disciplined lifestyle to see how long he could keep it up.

Although she didn’t understand, she accepted it.

She was even a little interested in seeing how it would all play out.

On the eighth day.

Lin Chu felt incredibly revitalized. He slept without dreaming, his mouth was neither dry nor bitter, and even plain water had a hint of sweetness. It had been nearly half a month since he quit smoking, and both his body and spirit felt increasingly comfortable.

Morning training.

He was doing squats with weights while Wu Hao was holding a horse stance. During a break, Lin Chu casually chatted with him.

“Ever thought about finding a wife?”

Hearing this question, Wu Hao silently shook his head. “Not before I’m thirty-five. I’m not intentionally practicing the Child’s Skill, but it’s a rule I’ve set for myself. Once you have a woman, your fists get soft.”

Lin Chu: …Uh.

‘This is the best prospect I picked out of a thousand people.’

‘He’s so fucking badass.’

“And after thirty-five?”

Lin Chu asked again.

“Save up enough money, marry a wife, and have a child.”

“Will you teach him martial arts?”

“I will!”

“Will he study?”

“He will! He’ll be skilled in both literary and martial arts! I didn’t have the opportunity, but my kid will.”

His resolute voice made Lin Chu sigh in silent admiration. ‘Good. His thinking is very clear, and his planning is on point. To play such a bad hand this well… though there’s an element of luck and help from a benefactor (me), it’s still practically defying fate to change his destiny.’

“Good.”

“When I have a kid, once he’s old enough, I’ll have him learn martial arts from you too.”

“Skilled in both literary and martial arts.”

“Haha, and when you have a kid, I’ll teach him about academics, business, and investing. Hell, our families will be friends for generations,” Lin Chu said with a laugh.

Wu Hao was stunned for a moment, not expecting Lin Chu to say that. He was faintly moved, and a rare smile appeared on his usually stern face.

‘Friends for generations?’

He felt a subtle sense of being moved and was slightly distracted during his subsequent training.

Thinking about that image, even his aching body seemed to feel much lighter.

That evening.

After dinner, Lin Chu, almost as if he were asking for leave, smiled and said softly to Wu Hao, “I’m going to go make a baby with my wife tonight. I’ll be back to sleep in two hours.”

Wu Hao: …

He was a bit dumbfounded.

Even a little flustered.

His face flushed a deep red.

‘Boss, you really don’t need to tell me things like that…’

…

「In the blink of an eye.」

December 25th.

It was already the end of the year, with New Year’s Day approaching.

In the morning, Lin Chu was in his study, holding a meeting with a group of senior executives from the domestic LC Group.

Lu Ming was listening in, while Zhang Peng, Gao Haitao, Liu Junfeng, Hu Ping’an, Yang Huixian, Bian Gaige, and Gu Jiayan were all attending online.

During this time, Lin Chu had also meticulously sorted through all the personnel matters and business operations of the domestic group company.

To be fair, Jiang Fu, whom he had hired earlier, was doing a good job. After all, he came from a finance background and was very meticulous, handling all his tasks in an orderly fashion. Moreover, having come from a financial giant, he was rich in work experience and handled interpersonal relationships and coordination quite well.

Frankly, even Lin Chu himself felt that Jiang Fu’s job as the group’s vice president was not an easy one.

Previously, the company’s various businesses had already been “subcontracted” out to the big boss’s close associates and cronies.