The Wealthy Tycoon's Game of Life

Chapter 18: Chapter 18 Possessed by the God of Learning

Actually, before Zhou Wang opened the book, Jiang Mo felt somewhat uneasy.

She couldn’t believe there were so many coincidences; how could two people happen to go for the same book at the same time? This wasn’t a TV drama.

Moreover, considering Zhou Wang’s age and his somewhat flamboyant appearance, she was more inclined to think this was just some young guy’s tacky pick-up routine.

With her looks, what hadn’t she seen before?

Even just now, when Zhou Wang said to wait for him a moment, Jiang Mo only thought that Zhou Wang was stalling for time and even prepared herself to just give him a contact number if necessary.

But as Zhou Wang started reading, Jiang Mo realized she might have misunderstood.

If his engrossed demeanor was also an act, then he should go into show business; he could probably win an Oscar.

But really... wasn’t this guy reading too fast?

So, Jiang Mo wavered for a moment, thinking he was just putting on airs, but soon Zhou Wang picked up a pen and began flipping pages while furiously taking notes.

Yes, Jiang Mo could only think of the word ”furiously” to describe it.

His hand was almost a blur, and Jiang Mo hadn’t even registered what was happening before a page was nearly filled.

His notebook had no cover, and Jiang Mo could clearly see the handwriting as well as a diagram he’d even drawn.

No one could fake it to this extent, and Jiang Mo, being a professional, only needed one glance to know that the boy in front of her was genuinely studying and interpreting the book... with an efficiency she couldn’t understand.

Is there really such a genius in the world?

After watching for a while, Jiang Mo made another discovery.

Normally, if a person maintains a posture for too long, their body will involuntarily slump, or they’ll want to make small movements occasionally, but Zhou Wang was different.

Throughout his reading, he maintained a proper posture on the chair without moving his body much, yet there was no sign of any tension, as if such relaxed correctness was ingrained in his bones.

Jiang Mo had encountered this before; she knew what it meant.

Yet, this good demeanor and substance appeared in Zhou Wang, who looked somewhat rogue. Even though Jiang Mo was never really a ”face-judger,” she had to admit that at this moment, he was very charming.

She glanced again at Zhou Wang’s expensive outfit and the watch that was likely very valuable, then Jiang Mo slightly lowered her eyelids.

”Thank you.”

Taking the book Zhou Wang handed her, Jiang Mo softly spoke and then got up to leave.

Zhou Wang didn’t mind, he was still savoring that divinely inspired reading state, and the system’s prompt sounded the moment he closed the book.

Ding!

”Host completes recommended book reading, receives points: 20.”

”Current second round total points: 20.”

Zhou Wang roughly calculated; it meant he had earned 20 points in an hour and a half.

And the Provincial Library was open from 9 AM till 9 PM, closing only one day a week.

Assuming twelve full hours a day, that would be 160 points.

Minus the two days the library was closed, 12 days times 160 equals 1920 points.

Sheesh...

It was a shock once he calculated it; converted into equivalent square area, he could ultimately acquire nearly two thousand square feet of property.

Although Zhou Wang had never looked into it, he couldn’t help but wonder if Ming City even had houses that big.

In his memory, even villas were at most eight or nine hundred square meters, and that was already quite exaggerated.

Forget it, this doesn’t seem like something I should worry about.

I just need to focus on my efforts, and leave the rest to the system.

Eager, Zhou Wang picked up ”Wealth of Nations,” and as he was about to start reading, accompanied by a light ”tatatata” sound, a faint scent of pine wafted over, and Jiang Mo, holding her book, pulled out a chair and sat down opposite Zhou Wang.

”Huh?”

Seeing Jiang Mo return, Zhou Wang expressed his question with a look.

”There are no other seats left.”

Jiang Mo slightly flared her nostrils, speaking somewhat unnaturally.

Zhou Wang nodded understandingly; it was nearly 11 o’clock now, and as far as Zhou Wang could see, everywhere was packed, and it was no wonder Jiang Mo couldn’t find a seat after waiting for him for an hour.

Zhou Wang no longer paid attention to Jiang Mo, quickly immersing himself in the new book.

And seeing that Zhou Wang didn’t say much, Jiang Mo also seemed to relax, she opened her file, and quickly began her own work.

The small desk became quiet, only the sounds of pages turning and the scratching of pen tips could be heard from time to time, only occasionally when Jiang Mo looked up and saw the focused boy opposite her, she would get momentarily distracted.

She had a strange feeling, even though they were only forty centimeters apart, it felt like they weren’t even in the same world.

Time passed, and when Zhou Wang finally closed the book and stretched his body, the wall clock was pointing to 2 PM.

And what Zhou Wang felt first wasn’t the thrill of acquiring knowledge anymore, but a faint fatigue and an immense hunger.

He was even seeing double images of Jiang Mo across from him.

Only then did Zhou Wang realize that such a ”god-like” state of learning wasn’t without its toll.

Both his physical and mental energies were being consumed at an alarming rate.

This meant that sustaining this state for twelve hours was hardly feasible.

”Wealth of Nations” took me nearly three hours, and I received 50 points, the efficiency hasn’t decreased, but I guess I shouldn’t hope for a 2000 square feet mansion now...”

Zhou Wang wasn’t too disappointed, though securing 2000 points became unrealistic, getting over 1000 points seemed fairly doable.

”Is there a place to eat in the library?”

”There’s a coffee bar upstairs, but they probably don’t have what you’re looking for.”

Jiang Mo paused before responding, realizing Zhou Wang was speaking to her; she softly said,

”Thanks, did you eat yet?”

”I don’t need... I’ve already eaten.”

Jiang Mo quickly shook her head.

Zhou Wang gave her an odd look, perhaps he hadn’t completely snapped out of his intense focus yet, he keenly sensed the coolness in Jiang Mo’s expression actually concealed a hint of nervousness, not...

It was just a casual question, why are you nervous?

”Then please save my seat for me, I’ll be back soon.”

Being nearly driven mad with hunger, Zhou Wang didn’t think further, and after Jiang Mo nodded, he quickly walked outside.

Fortunately, the Provincial Library was near Cui Lake, a famous scenic spot in Ming City, and the area certainly had no shortage of food. After more than half an hour, a slightly stuffed Zhou Wang walked back holding two cups from Luckin Coffee.

”I wasn’t sure what you’d like, so I ordered a Semi Pond fresh coconut.”

Zhou Wang placed the coffee in front of Jiang Mo, his gaze catching a glimpse of the paper spread across her desk, which made him somewhat surprised, ”You also study at Caiyun University?”