After Rebirth, I Became a Billionaire — and Choose the Poor Girl
Copyright© 2026 by BillMax
Chapter 10: One second the father is kind and the son is filial, the next second all hell breaks loose.
“You little punk, so young and already eyeing your old man’s savings, aren’t you?”
Robert Cole picked up a broom, pretending to swing it.
One second they were a picture of fatherly love and filial piety, the next, it was chaos.
“Dad, don’t be rash, listen to me.” Ethan Cole was startled, “What I mean is, let’s withdraw the money and buy this place.”
“Huh?” Robert Cole frowned, “Why do you think that?”
Ethan Cole said, “Renting other people’s properties is always unstable.
If they decide not to rent anymore one day, we will have to leave.
Moreover, if we buy this place, it can be used by future generations, it wouldn’t go to waste.
Let’s take advantage of the affordable housing prices and buy it.”
Karen Cole: “Son, you have a point, but there’s not enough money to buy this place.”
Ethan Cole: “We can borrow from the bank, as long as we provide the restaurant’s income statement.
The mortgage rates right now aren’t high, monthly repayments should be manageable.”
“What if the house prices drop in the future?” Robert Cole asked.
“Impossible.” Ethan Cole spoke with conviction.
Then he dove into topics ranging from macroeconomics, international situations, and the changes in domestic history over the years.
In short, both Karen Cole and Robert Cole were so confused by what Ethan Cole said that their heads were spinning.
They didn’t understand, but it sounded impressive.
Finally, the following six words popped into their minds: My son is truly incredible!
They felt that refusing to buy the place, as Ethan Cole suggested, would be a grave sin.
“Oh, mom and dad, I invited a classmate to help out tomorrow, I’ll pay her forty dollars a day plus meals, is that ok?”
“A girl?” Karen Cole became interested.
“Yep.” Ethan Cole chuckled, “Mom, I have eyes for her,
she’s very kind and cute, I’m smitten with her for the rest of my life.,
Please, say some good words about me in front of her.”
Ethan Cole’s family was quite different; they were very open-minded.
Karen Cole had stated it before.
Dating was fine.
As long as he didn’t overstep boundaries and was responsible for the girl.
And it couldn’t affect his grades, then it was all right.
“Oh my, I can’t wait to see this young lady who is so outstanding, to make my son speak like this.”
Friday nights were always busy.
They stayed busy until three in the morning before closing the door.
He had already told his parents.
They would go and talk to the shop owner tomorrow morning to see if he was willing to sell.
The next morning at six, Ethan Cole woke up on time.
He had mostly activated all his past life’s memories during these two days.
He had almost finished reading the textbooks for the second year of high school.
At seven o’clock, after freshening up, Ethan Cole went out to buy breakfast.
Soy milk, fried breadsticks, and steamed buns.
When he was in middle school, his parents gave him fifty dollars a week as pocket money.
In high school, they increased it to one hundred and fifty dollars per week.
In this life, he didn’t need to spend money on Chloe Winters, so his pocket money was basically untouched.
On his way home, Ethan Cole deliberated what he should do next.
He wasn’t interested in starting a business for now.
He was quite interested in literature though.
Got it!
The Inkwell Forum!
He could write short stories and then submit them.
He was quite good at this.
There are three categories in The Inkwell Forum with the most readers.
Family Ethics, Campus Life, and Workplace Stories.
In his previous life, Ethan Cole liked to read Campus Life during university,
he remembered countless storylines.
If he wrote those down, he might be able to make a good amount of money.
There was even the possibility to sell the copyrights.
When he got home,
Ethan Cole ate breakfast, and left the leftovers in the kitchen for his parents to eat when they got up.
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