Become Billionaire with The System

03. The System was Only Created for Him

On the Winston side of town, more precisely in the western district, where Winston's low-income residents live, the scenery in the western district is very different from the other districts.

A middle-aged woman in her mid-thirties was painstakingly lifting a container filled with various ingredients for her to sell the next day. That woman is none other than Selina Barnett, Austin Barnett's mother.

In order to support her only child and herself, she makes selling her handmade snacks her source of income. It's not much, but it's enough to feed them both at least three times a day.

But with staple food prices rising every year, she only makes a small profit. Selina wiped the sweat from her forehead lightly, "the price of ingredients is getting more expensive every day. Should I change what I sell to something else? But that doesn't guarantee it will sell out..."

Selina sighed softly, "I should focus on what I'm doing now. Let me think about it later."

The rattling of the wooden door of the house could be heard from the kitchen, Selina shifted her attention, it seemed that her only child had come home from school. She got up from her seat, putting her work on hold for a while, intending to make her son's afternoon meal.

But when she saw her son's hands full of grocery bags, her brow furrowed in astonishment. Austin looked at his seemingly confused mother who just chuckled softly, "mom, I'm home!"

"A-ah, yes... By the way, what are you carrying? It looks like a bag of groceries..." asked Selina, both confirmed and confused. Where did her son get so much money that he could shop to his heart's content?

Austin lowered his gaze at the dozens of shopping bags he was still holding, "ah, these? I bought some new clothes, I also bought some for mom. Look!"

Selina walked closer to Austin, she looked at the contents of the grocery bags Austin was carrying. How surprised she was when she saw the price for each new outfit her son bought. "Where did you get so much money? Then, what is this? Underwear alone costs 300 dollars? Isn't this too expensive?"

Austin had already guessed his mother's reaction. Selina, who had never experienced a life of luxury, suddenly found her son spending so much money, it would seem strange if Selina reacted casually.

The teenage boy scratched his itchy nose, he said, "I got a new job. It just so happens that my new job has a very wealthy boss, he doesn't want me to look shabby so he gave me so much money to spend."

Hearing Austin's words, the frown on Selina's forehead deepened, "A job? Didn't mom tell you to just focus on studying and enjoy your playtime! It's enough that mom works and makes money, you just have to study hard and play with your peers. What would your friends think if you worked while still in school? Give it all back and you'd better quit your job, now!"

Austin was surprised to see his mother yelling at him. True, he may still be 17 years old but he was trying to ease his mother's burden, besides getting a school scholarship, he also sometimes worked part-time at one of the cafes to get pocket money or even help his mother ease the financial burden of the house.

One day Selina found out what her son was doing and forced Austin to stop working. Since then Austin has always used the excuse of playing to find another job, after all he doesn't want to see his mother continue to suffer alone.

"Mom... I'm sorry if I didn't listen to what you said, but I did it because I wanted to, not because I had to. Or at least accept these gifts, I'll quit my job if that's what you want..." Austin said with a bow.

If someone asked him what his weakness was? Even if everyone in the world insulted him, he would be indifferent and still go about his days as a student, or even after Silvia was caught using him, he might be sad, but that was only for a moment. But it was different when it came to Selina, his mother.

For Austin who never felt the love of a father, Selina was the most perfect parent on the face of the earth. With her dull little hands and thin body that began to cradle, Selina tried to make him a child who did not lack affection in any form.

Selina is Austin's true source of strength. As for Selina, Austin was her source of strength all along. The woman never imagined what would have happened if only Austin didn't exist, Selina was reluctant to think about it.

Selina's heart immediately throbbed with pain when she saw Austin looking distressed over it. She pulled her son's small body into her arms. It seemed that she was overreacting just now, Austin was only trying to help her, but she snapped at Austin harshly in response.

"I'm sorry... Because of your poor mother, you have to live a bitter life... Once again forgive me, son..."

Austin's small arms hugged his mother back. The hands of the clock that continued to make loud noises in the silence were witnesses that the mother-son pair would one day become the most influential figures in the business world.

***

The dim light of the bed lamp did not make Austin feel sleepy at all. The teenage boy continued to roll over on his bed vigorously, that's because he finished answering the few easy-to-follow questions that the system gave him quickly.

In just one hour, he managed to answer 300 questions, 200 easy and 100 hard. Although the system gave him the title [Hard Questions], in fact the questions inside were not as difficult as he thought.

"The hard questions are just basic math questions. Could this system be designed for a 5-year-old? All the questions are too easy for me. If it continues like this, I'll probably answer all of the system's questions in just a few days..."

[Exchange Points: 8,350 points]

"I already have this many Exchange Points. Should I exchange them for money?" Austin muttered. He still didn't know how to use his Exchange Points.

[100,000 dollars: 1 PT]

Staring at the system screen in front of him, Austin did not dwell on his thoughts and immediately spent 1,000 Exchange Points to exchange for money.

[100,000,000 dollars has entered your account]

The ringing of his old cell phone's SMS notification did not make him take his eyes off the system screen. He knew 100 million dollars had entered his account, of course he was happy. It was just that now was not the time to think about that pleasure.

"There are only a few hundred more list questions that I can answer on the [Easy question] list. If I answer all the system questions, doesn't that mean I can't get any more Exchange Points? Is there any way I can earn Exchange Points?"

As if understanding Austin's hesitation, the system screen changed by itself, displaying several system tasks that [Host] could complete in order to earn more Exchange Points.

[Read a book: The Host will earn 500 Exchange Points for every page the Host reads]

[Complete schoolwork: 2,000 Exchange Points for each assignment the Host completes]

[Help a friend understand the subject matter: 10,000 Exchange Points each time Host teaches Host's friend until Host's friend understands the material]

[Do a presentation in class: 12,000 Exchange Points for each presentation the Host does]

[Win the city-level quiz competition: 1,000,000 Exchange Points for each competition the Host wins]

"Haha, as the name suggests, the Student System is indeed suitable for smart students like me..."