Only After I Was Reborn Did I Realize That I Had Childhood Sweethearts Chapter 464: The Great Marriage Operation

Four years ago when i Fang first settled in Pengcheng [Shenzhen], he went all-in financially to acquire nurous properties across the city.

In the years that followed, i Fang continued purchasing real estate assets nationwide as long-term investnts, waiting for their stable appreciation.

By 2017 when Bitker Coin reached its valuation peak, i Fang accessed his long-dormant cryptographic keys to systematically liquidate his holdings of 10,000 Bitker Coins through staggered market sales. These substantial funds were strategically deployed to repurchase shares of his own conglorate at favorable valuations while financing the massive developnt costs of “Illusory Realm of Yuanxi.”

As he gradually converted these final reserve assets into liquid capital, i Fang’s personal wealth had now reached levels that rendered conventional digit counting aningless – truly enough for multiple lifetis of unrestrained expenditure.

Despite commanding billions in assets, i Fang maintained an extraordinarily low-key public profile. This discretion stemd partly from China’s exceptionally safe and stable social environnt that eliminated any need for ostentatious security details like bodyguards.

More significantly, his youthful appearance led most observers to assu he must rely be the frontman representing shadowy financial backers rather than the genuine power behind his empire. The speculation about i Fang’s true backers beca its own cottage industry.

So tabloid journalists traced his origins through his father i Lijun’s career trajectory in the education system. Others investigated Xia Yuan’s father Xia Xun’s rise as a prominent venture capitalist in the tech sector. Tencent’s early-stage heavy investnt in Yuanxi Interactive Entertainnt naturally attracted considerable analytical attention as well.

These competing narratives, while occasionally requiring i Fang to issue clarifying statents, served the convenient purpose of diverting substantial public attention away from his actual operations.

At the Pengcheng University graduation ceremony, i Fang delivered an address as one of the student representatives, sharing heartfelt reflections about his campus experiences. His speech overflowed with authentic, unpretentious warmth – filled with mundane college life anecdotes, self-deprecating humor about academic struggles, and sincere advice for underclassn, completely devoid of any corporate executive pretensions.

Who wouldn’t admire such a remarkably accomplished yet down-to-earth young entrepreneur?

Aspiring ga developers nationwide now considered securing positions at Yuanxi Interactive Entertainnt their ultimate career aspiration, dreaming of opportunities to collaborate with this legendary figure in fulfilling their childhood creative ambitions.

In his concluding remarks, i Fang once again expressed gratitude toward his childhood companions Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi for their years of support. To thunderous applause and audible gasps from the audience, he produced two lavish floral bouquets which he personally presented to the two won seated in the front row.

The resulting photograph – showing Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi flanking i Fang, each cradling their bouquets while jointly “holding” a plush i-dog mascot, surrounded by starry-eyed underclassn – would beco Pengcheng University’s most iconic and widely circulated graduation image.

During the post-ceremony autograph session, as i Fang was signing morabilia for a bright-eyed sophomore girl with fashionable short hair, the student suddenly posed an unexpected question:

“Stationmaster-senior! Could I ask you sothing personal?”

“By all ans,” i Fang replied without looking up from his signing.

The girl clutched her newly autographed book to her chest, eyes sparkling with barely contained excitent:

“Your love story with Yuanbao has been like a real-life fairy tale to my class since high school… So what we’re all desperately wondering is – do you have any plans to rekindle romance with either Yuanbao or the Young Miss soday?”

This bold inquiry instantly electrified the entire queue of waiting students. Beyond i Fang’s professional achievents, the ongoing romantic entanglents between the three childhood friends remained perennial gossip fodder.

Though historical records showed i Fang had dated both Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi separately before amicable breakups, recent years had seen increasing whispers about an intimate yuri relationship blossoming between the two won – though nothing beyond ambiguous photographs of childhood sweetheart-level intimacy ever surfaced as concrete evidence.

Thus, the burning question among followers had beco: Will the Stationmaster remain perpetually single while his two ex-girlfriends date each other?

“Regarding that particular matter—” i Fang rested his chin thoughtfully on one hand, first glancing toward the smiling Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi nearby before returning his gaze to the inquisitive underclassman with a playful glint in his eye:

“Who do you think I should choose, in your opinion?”

The earnest young woman actually paused to seriously consider this counterquestion, her brow furrowing in genuine contemplation: “Objectively speaking, Yuanbao and you always had perfect chemistry during public performances, but the Young Miss has been your indispensable right hand throughout all these years of empire-building… Choosing either one feels like an unimaginable tragedy…”

“You see how difficult the dilemma is?” i Fang chuckled warmly. “In my personal philosophy, legal marriage certificates aren’t essential relationship markers in this modern era. For the three of us, whether or not we formalize things with governnt paperwork, we’ll always remain family in the truest sense.”

The girl nodded slowly in dawning understanding. “That makes sense… No bureaucratic docunt could possibly capture what you three share…”

Then, with the devastating tactical innocence only a true fan could muster, she detonated her conversational nuclear option:

“But… what about children? Don’t you want kids?”

The reaction across the “Big Three” resembled a carefully choreographed cody sketch – i Fang’s jaw went slack with stunned disbelief, Lin Youxi’s gaze acquired a terrifyingly aningful intensity, while Xia Yuan literally shot upright from her seat like a jack-in-the-box before realizing her overreaction and slowly sinking back down with cheeks burning crimson.

“W-way too early to discuss that! Ahaha… You’re quite the mischievous junior, aren’t you?” Xia Yuan’s voice cracked noticeably on the forced laughter.

“‘Too early’ implies you’ve at least considered it though, right? Would you each want one, or—”

Before i Fang could formulate any response, event security materialized to gently but firmly escort the overzealous fan away from the signing table, her final questions still hanging audibly in the air.

Through chanisms no one could quite explain afterward, high-definition footage of this entire exchange quickly went viral across C-Site’s platforms, rocketing to the top of real-ti searched rankings as netizens dissected every fra like the Zapruder film.

Ever since i Fang’s legendary public confession at Jiangcheng No.1 High School’s assembly stage, the trio’s personal and professional growth had accumulated a substantial “mom fan” demographic – fans old enough to feel maternal concern about their romantic outcos. The latest incident sparked yet another wave of speculative polls about the Stationmaster’s eventual relationship resolution.

Current voting trends showed “maintaining the status quo” as the overwhelmingly popular choice, followed distantly by the Xia Yuan/Lin Youxi yuri pairing. The theoretical “harem ending” ranked only slightly above the individual pairings, starkly illustrating mainstream society’s persistent disapproval of polyamorous arrangents – even for childhood sweethearts with decades of shared history.

As public figures, i Fang never harbored illusions about gaining widespread societal approval for their unconventional relationship structure. His gradual public signaling through carefully staged monts like today’s served more to soften parental resistance than sway public opinion – laying psychological groundwork for their ticulously planned “Great Marriage Operation.”

During the half-year sabbatical i Fang scheduled post-graduation with Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi, they intended to finally execute this long-prepared relationship endga strategy.

For nearly two years already, Lin Youxi’s social dia presence had carefully curated an image of dostic intimacy with Xia Yuan while occasionally including ambiguous solo shots with i Fang – a mirrored strategy employed simultaneously by Xia Yuan across her own platforms.

They’d first inford their parents about Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi’s romantic relationship status two years prior. The unchanged situation after all this ti now worried the initially patient elders – particularly i Fang’s mother Xiang Xiaoxia, whose anxiety manifested in today’s urgent video call:

“What’s prompted this sudden call, Mom?”

“Ah Fang, that viral video everyone’s discussing – I’ve seen all the clips circulating online.”

i Fang sighed audibly. “Why are you paying attention to that nonsense… It was practically a broadcast accident. Since when do university events allow such personal questions?”

“Listen carefully… We never properly concluded our last serious conversation about this matter.”

Xiang Xiaoxia’s pixelated image leaned closer to the cara with maternal intensity: “I need to understand your actual long-term intentions. Do you truly plan to maintain this childhood sweetheart dynamic indefinitely? Never progressing beyond childhood friends?”

i Fang adjusted his glasses with practiced calm. “With all respect, Mom, we progressed beyond ‘childhood friends’ years ago. We’re family in every aningful sense – don’t they both call you ‘Mom’ now as well?”

He studied his mother’s conflicted expression through the screen. “Why the sudden urgency? Are you… getting anxious about sothing?”

Xiang Xiaoxia’s restraint finally cracked: “How could I not be anxious? You’ve earned more money than our family could spend in ten generations, yet still rotate between their beds and share all als… If this situation continues indefinitely, our i family lineage—”

“—will terminate with this generation! Waaah!”

i Ya’s crystalline voice abruptly hijacked the conversation as the teenager draped herself over her mother’s shoulders with dramatic flair. Now in her developntal blossoming as a middle schooler, the Warhamr-obsessed girl had grown into her features beautifully, though her mischievous energy remained unchanged.

“Go play with your little dolls! The adults are having important discussions!” Xiang Xiaoxia tried unsuccessfully to shoo away her daughter.

i Ya gasped in theatrical outrage: “They’re not dolls! These are professionally painted Warhamr 40,000 miniatures! Your daughter’s legitimate artistic side business!”

“Focus on your college entrance exams! Will this nonsense help your test scores?”

“Mom, we’re literally wealthy enough to buy a university! Why obsess over dostic education? I’m manifesting international study abroad!”

“With your English—” Xiang Xiaoxia paused mid-retort, then grudgingly admitted, “Well, your English is admittedly decent…”

i Ya struck a triumphant pose: “Obviously! I could pass the CET-4 and CET-6 right now without studying!”

In order to beco a more qualified Warhamr YouTuber, i Ya has spent the past few years learning English, understanding Warhamr lore, organizing and analyzing information, and doing outreach for beginner and general audiences. She has gained a small amount of fa in the community.

Who doesn’t love a cute Warhamr fan girl who passionately shouts “The Emperor Protects” in Warhamr 40k?

i Ya never expressed her identity as the sister of the site owner, but even without this connection, she had already beco a well-known YouTuber in the Warhamr circle, where she called herself “Hamr Girl” (锤妹).

At this mont, i Ya had long passed the rebellious phase where she would frequently argue with her mother. She was now holding Xiao Xia’s neck and softly whispering in her mother’s ear, “Mom, please stop pressuring YuanYuan Jie and You Xi Jie. They’re really close right now. Don’t you see them as daughters as well? Why do you want to break them apart?”

“I’m not trying to break them apart, I just think their future paths are still long, and they might not necessarily…”

Xiao Xia spoke as she couldn’t help but rub her eyes and tear up.

“Oh, there’s no lack of affection! They’re still very close, aren’t they?”

“But… can this kind of closeness… help get a grandson?”

“Ah, Mom—grandchildren are still a long way off!”

i Fang was pretending to be troubled as she comforted her mother, Xiao Xia, when suddenly, a green costu appeared behind i Fang. It was crawling on all fours toward him, the voice of a baby doll calling out, “Ah Fang… Ah Fang… I’m a big turtle, I’m going to squish you—unless you give a hug first before I get up—”

Wearing a turtle costu, Xia Yuan was role-playing. i Fang didn’t help her avoid the cara but instead pointed it directly at Xia Yuan crawling on the floor.

As Xia Yuan lifted her head, preparing to say sothing even more coquettish, she saw i Fang’s mother, Xiao Xia, calmly watching her from the video, with i Ya leaning on her mother’s shoulder, sticking her tongue out in a playful expression.

“Ah.”

“Ah—”

After experiencing social death, Xia Yuan’s face imdiately turned red, and she turned her body to crawl away.

“The turtle, the turtle is going back to her shell—”

While Xia Yuan was experiencing a bottomless pit of social death, i Fang was still nonchalantly chatting with his mother on video, saying, “See, I told you that YuanYuan and You Xi are still doing great.”

After speaking, i Fang turned to Xia Yuan and asked, “Turtle sister, you’re not going to need to hug you to get up, are you?”

“Ahhh! I’m filthy, I’m filthy!”

Xia Yuan scread, suddenly jumping up, pulling off her turtle headgear and shaking it violently around i Fang’s neck. Afterward, she quickly tidied up her ssy hair and greeted Xiao Xia on the video.

“Xiao Ma! You’re video chatting with Ah Fang… I… I didn’t see that just now. I was just playing around with him.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay to play around,” Xiao Xia said, smiling, but her heart was full of mixed feelings.

i Fang has always been like this since he was young. How would I not know his thoughts…

Sigh…

Should I turn a blind eye?

I am still Ah Fang’s mother after all…

Xiao Xia regarded both Xia Yuan and Lin You Xi as her own daughters, and she didn’t want them to leave i Fang’s side. If not for her expectations of her child, maintaining the status quo would be the best option for her.

However, marriage is a lifelong matter, and she was always concerned about the thoughts of the other families.

And also, the thoughts of these two girls—those are very important.

Very, very important.

After chatting with Xia Yuan for a while, Xiao Xia asked i Fang to step outside and sent away her curious little daughter i Ya, allowing her to have a one-on-one conversation with Xia Yuan.

Compared to the now mature and composed Lin You Xi, who had beco a bit elusive, Xia Yuan, who was still as lively and cute as she had been as a child, was easier for Xiao Xia to talk to. This ti, she found the opportunity to call Xia Yuan over.

“Yuan Yuan… speaking of which, are you still as close with You Xi as before?”

“We’re the sa, the three of us are all the sa,” Xia Yuan sweetly answered. “Mom, you don’t need to worry.”

“I’m not worried about that, it’s just…”

Xiao Xia paused, then continued, “Yuan Yuan, you’ve always been an honest, cute, and well-behaved child. I have things on my mind too, and I don’t want to always hide them from you. There are so things I’d like to ask you directly. Can you tell honestly?”

“Mm, mm, you’ve watched grow up since I was little, you’re my mom, of course I’ll be honest with you.”

“You were with Ah Fang when you were younger, and now you’ve been with You Xi for so long. Do you still… still have feelings for Ah Fang? What I an is… not just childhood friendship, but… like, the kind of feelings between a man and a woman, do you still have them?”

“Th… this…”

Xia Yuan covered her face and showed a difficult expression, “I can’t lie to you, right?”

“Mm… I hope you’ll tell the truth.”

“Well…”

Xia Yuan covered her face and mumbled, “I still like him, of course. But You Xi likes him just as much as I do, and we don’t want to fight over him and ruin our feelings.”

“Okay… okay… hearing this from you, I understand,” Xiao Xia said with a relieved sigh.

So things were obvious, but still, it’s better to hear it from the person involved to avoid misunderstandings.

Today, Xiao Xia got a definite answer from Xia Yuan. She didn’t continue asking further, because she didn’t want to make Yuan Yuan uncomfortable. She did ask if Yuan Yuan liked children, and got a very clear answer, which satisfied her enough to end the video call.

After the call, i Fang opened the door. This ti, however, i Fang was embracing and being affectionate with Lin You Xi.

At this mont, Lin You Xi was wearing a black les-inspired lace outfit, looking very charming in a half-imperial style attire, clearly having dressed up carefully.

Xia Yuan puffed up her cheeks and protested, “You Xi, what are you doing? Didn’t we agree to rest early today? Let’s do this tomorrow—”

“You said we’d rest, but you were the one playing turtle play yourself,” Lin You Xi said, wiping her mouth after enjoying i Fang’s affection. “You just happened to get caught by Mom.”

“I… I just wanted to finish the battle plan sooner… hmph! Now look! You made socially die.”

Angrily, Xia Yuan grumbled and jumped onto the bed, lying on her stomach in a turtle position, pouting and sulking alone.

Then i Fang spent the entire night comforting her.

Of course, he also comforted You Xi the whole night.

After graduation, they no longer needed inconvenient items like breath fresheners to maintain their plans for their big marriage operation.