The Tycoon's Odyssey

Chapter 10: 10:A Way To Earn

Evan maintained his daily workout routine before heading to university to study. He divided his schedule into three parts.

First, he would go to the lab to practice his programming skills. Then, he would study in the library reading every book possible to expand his knowledge. Finally, he would meet Aria to receive guidance, who was genuinely surprised by his progress.

The sums he once took several minutes before were now taken care of in a few seconds.

Aria even doubted if Evan was pretending to be ignorant before, but she dismissed that thought away as she saw Evan's continuous improvement.

Host: Evan ????

[Stats]

Strength: 8

Dexterity:16

Vitality: 9

Willpower:29

Charm:18

Charisma:7

Skills:

Extreme comprehension

Intermediate Programming Skill (209/250)

Beginner Cooking (21/100)

Intermediate Academic skills (179/250)

Intermediate Mathematician (23/250)

Elementary Piano (Too low to display, the system is even ashamed to show this in the tab.)

When Evan heard this, he immediately became energetic and perked up, "Is there such a thing?"

Aria frowned, "Didn't you know this? The link should be posted in your group chart. The class leader was asked to inform everyone."

"Maybe I have been kicked out," Even shrugged as if it was a norm.

"People hate you too much. I think you should be a bit flexible if possible. Sometimes, we need to bow," Aria advised softly.

"If you keep on being adamant about your values, people will see you as an eye sore and won't let it go."

Evan's expression turned serious.

"Miss Aria, I have been adaptable and tried to compromise, but the results were worse. During the college farewell program, trusting them, I went to the bar."

"Do you know what happened?"

Aria's breathing halted, noticing Evan's darkened eyes and the cold look on his face. His previous gentle demeanor instantly turned vicious.

"In the beginning, it was fun, but then they started making fun of me as a poor pathetic fool trying to struggle uselessly. I just kept quiet and listened, not knowing what I could say. After all, it is true."

"After a few drinks, I got drunk and decided to take leave but they forced me to sit and drink more. They made me drink heavily to the point that I passed out. When I woke up I found myself in the garbage dump with a banner saying this is where I belong."

Aria gulped, feeling tense.

"What did you do to them? Did you confront them?"

"Take a guess," Evan said with a smiling face.

He was grateful for that incident because not only did it teach him many things, but he was quite satisfied with his revenge.

Aria wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead and looked at her watch which showed that there were just five minutes left for 3 PM.

"Lunchtime is over. I have a class to take. You can take a look at the questions on that computer. It's a spare computer and doesn't have anything personal on it. Just use that and I will send you the link,' 'Aria stood up from her seat with a smile, feeling a bit uneasy.

Her earlier suggestion was based on her own experience, but it seemed that Evan's situation was more brutal than hers and she didn't know of any way to comfort him and was worried that needless pestering might have quite the opposite effect.

Evan chuckled seeing Aria walk away.