Genius Playground

In her view,

this could only be a plot from one of those overbearing CEO dramas.

Zhou Xiong would make one phone call, and a secretary would naturally handle the follow-up. A real tycoon should be the hands-off type.

Zhou Xiong just smiled without saying a word, waved his hand, and then looked around at the crowd.

"Anyone else? Any other classmates having problems? You can speak up now, and I’ll solve it for you on the spot."

Heh heh heh heh heh heh...

This time, the response was a wave of dry, meaningful laughter.

’Solve my ass!’

Every eye held the same disdain; every face wore the same look of contempt.

Everyone knew he was rich, that he’d struck it big.

That was enough.

Why force an act and pretend to have power he didn’t possess?

’Solving problems with a phone call?’

’Anyone can make a phone call!’

It was exactly as Zhou Xiong had said at the beginning—

"I’ll solve it with a single phone call!"

He wasn’t wrong.

He made the call, and then... nothing. Who knew what he actually "solved."

...

By now, everyone had seen through Zhou Xiong’s act and no longer believed his nonsense.

So, no one else went to Zhou Xiong to complain, make wishes, or ask for help with their troubles.

"Let’s drink, let’s drink... Haha, let’s just keep drinking."

The guys laughed it off and pulled Zhou Xiong back to the dinner table.

They’d seen through his bluff, but good friends knew not to call him out on it.

After all, Zhou Xiong had given everyone a gift. For the sake of the gifts, they had to help him save face. They couldn’t let their "godfather" be humiliated.

And so, everyone pretended nothing had happened and prepared to sit back down and continue the meal.

RING RING RING RING RING—

Suddenly, the phone of the young man whose mother needed urgent surgery began to ring.

Everyone looked at him.

He took out his phone, glanced at it, and looked up.

"It’s, it’s my mom!"

With that, he immediately answered the call.

"Son! This is wonderful! We got an appointment! Dean Li received us personally, and he even found us the best room and the top specialist in the country! The surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning!"

"And... and they said they aren’t charging us! Someone already paid the bill. Tell me, which benefactor was it that helped us? We have to thank them properly!"

The young man had the call on speaker, so everyone heard it.

He looked up in shock.

He glanced at the satisfied smile on Zhou Xiong’s face, then at his classmates, who were all stunned with disbelief...

...and quickly lowered his head to talk to his mother.

Soon, everything became clear.

No one could have imagined that after Zhou Xiong’s one phone call, the dean of Peking Union Medical College Hospital would personally come out to greet them and arrange the best of everything at top speed!

Unbelievable!

Outrageous!

But at the same time, it proved that everyone had misunderstood Zhou Xiong.

He really did have the power!

"Brother Zhou."

The young man picked up a bottle of liquor, filled a small decanter to the brim, and walked over to Zhou Xiong with a grave and solemn expression.

"Brother Zhou, all my gratitude is in this drink. If you ever need me in the future, just say the word!"

"I’m downing this decanter. You drink as you see fit!"

With that, he tilted his head back and, with immense respect and gratitude, chugged the entire small decanter in one go.

Zhou Xiong was clearly pleased. He drank a cup as well and spread his hands.

"That’s just how Lilith is. She never disappoints."

Now, no one doubted Zhou Xiong’s abilities anymore.

The classmates swarmed him:

"Brother Zhou! Can you do something about me failing my class?"

"Zhou Xiong! My family is being bullied by the local strongman over our home’s demolition!"

"I want Zhang Yiyang Qianxi’s autograph... can you get him to add me on WeChat?"

...

And just like that, Zhou Xiong’s seat turned into something like a neighborhood office or a community help desk.

Everyone, big or small, brought their complaints to Zhou Xiong, desperate for a solution.

Even Jiang Ran noticed that his classmates’ desires were gradually swelling. They went from solving problems to making demands, then to making wishes. Some of the wishes even sounded completely outrageous.

For instance, that female classmate who wanted Yiyang Qianxi’s WeChat contact—could something like that really be allowed?

However... without exception.

No matter what kind of problem, demand, or wish he faced, Zhou Xiong handled it with the same casual effortlessness. To him, there was no difference.

Jiang Ran could see that Zhou Xiong was reveling in this feeling of being the center of the universe, and he was more than happy to help others realize their wishes.

It was an indulgence in power.

It was the arrogance of wielding omnipotent strength.

He would listen to each person’s wish like a Priest, then pick up his phone and call out that familiar name:

"Lilith."

The confident smile on his face never wavered.

"Everything I just told you, get it done for me at top speed. I’ve got plenty of money, so don’t be afraid to spend it!"

Jiang Ran was two tables away from Zhou Xiong.

He just sat there quietly, watching in silence.

His palms gradually grew sweaty.

That icy feeling spread through his body once again.

Because...

Every single command Zhou Xiong gave to Lilith through his phone had, without exception, come true!

The classmate who had failed his course soon got a call from his professor, who said there had been a miscalculation in his regular coursework scores. After factoring them in, he had actually passed. The grade would be corrected after the start of the next semester.

The classmate whose family was being bullied over the demolition quickly received an apologetic phone call from the local strongman. The man sounded like he was desperate to rush over and apologize in person.

The female classmate successfully added Yiyang Qianxi on WeChat and even had a video call with him, causing the girls in the class to shriek with excitement.

Surreal.

Surreal.

Surreal.

At this moment, Jiang Ran couldn’t feel any sense of reality in the world around him.

It was as if this was all a dream.

A frantic ball in some fairytale land.

A place where any demand you made would be met, and any wish you uttered would be granted.

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