Chapter 6

My parents started to liquidate the family business.

Because they had accumulated decades of experience, even after deducting debts and losses, they surprisingly still had a few hundred thousand dollars and a house left.

After signing the sales contracts, my parents stood in the factory lobby, sighing with emotion.

"Worked so hard our whole lives, only to realize we've left nothing behind. This factory, this land, all these machines… they're all someone else's now."

I linked my arm through theirs.

"Dad, Mom, don't worry. Being alive is more important than anything."

Exiting the traditional industry competition now only meant losing a few million dollars.

If they had continued to stubbornly hold on, they would never have recovered.

My parents were now out of work and had a lot of free time.

For a while, they didn't know what to do and felt a bit lost.

I took out the few million dollars I had saved and put it in their hands.

"Dad, Mom, these are my savings from childhood. They're all yours now."

"Even though I lived miserably in my past life, I also witnessed the rapid development of the times."

"The factory went bankrupt because you were always pushed by your work, with no time to learn new things. Jumping into new projects now blindly would definitely be risky."

"So, take this money, enroll in an MBA program, and learn some new knowledge. We'll have money again when the opportunity arises, okay?"

My parents looked at me in surprise, then smiled.

"Oh, Cassidy has really grown up. What insightful words!"

"Okay, Dad and Mom will listen to you. We'll go back to school."

Striking while the iron was hot, I immediately found them top-tier executive courses.

Two days later, they flew to Los Angeles to begin their classes.

Meanwhile, I let go of the redundant household staff, handled security, and then returned to Alexander's and my house.

I found he was already back, reading documents on the sofa.

Seeing me, he closed the file and slipped it into his laptop bag.

He stood up, heading for the study.

I ignored him, took a shower, and then settled into the bedroom to watch video editing tutorials.

A friend of mine, an influencer, told me the internet was huge now.

I didn't have any other special skills, just this seemingly perfect life that I could use to fool people into thinking I was some effortlessly perfect socialite.

I thought I'd learn how to make vlogs, just in case it took off.

I was watching a video when Alexander pushed the door open and stood silently behind me.

He asked:

"Ready?"