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nWithout a doubt, Lu Xuan’s sudden reappearance as a handsome man had undoubtedly become the focus of everyone’s attention.

nThe passing of time had put some people’s attractiveness on the chopping block, but to others, they seemed to have gone under a plastic surgeon’s knife.

nEven so, Lu Xuan was accustomed to this kind of treatment. In his past life, wherever he went, he was in the public eye, so this was just a small stage for him.

nAs for the people who were eyeing him, he did not take it to heart, only telling Li Guanghui, “Look at your hair. It looks like you still have room for improvement at work!”

nLi Guanghui rubbed his balding head, saying dejectedly, “Stop bringing it up. I’ve just started working a year ago, and I’ve done about a year’s worth of overtime. How am I supposed to get a girlfriend like this!”

nAt this time, a girl with above average looks and a shapely figure perked up, coming forward to ask, “Guanghui, it’s been a while. Do you have some free time to hang out tomorrow?”

n“No, I’m busy, and can’t you see I’m troubled right now?” Li Guanghui waved his hand, shooing the girl away. “Ah, it’s so difficult to find a girlfriend these days. Not easy at all, just making it difficult for me. I’m like Gian from Doraemon!”

nWhen the group realized that Lu Xuan had no intention of saying anything to the rest of them, their attention shifted back into their small groups of three to five people. Just like in their small cliques back in their school days, they were grouped up together.

nStill, among the rest of the group, some were the subject of the other’s attention. There were some men and women who were pretty well-dressed and seemed to have done well for themselves since they graduated.

nSuddenly, Lu Xuan sensed that someone’s gaze had fallen on him. He immediately turned his head to check and saw a person who was constantly looking over at him.

nIt was his high school sweetheart Ren Bingbing. She could not conceal the shock in her eyes, as she obviously did not think Lu Xuan would change so drastically.

nHowever, as if she was afraid of being noticed by Lu Xuan, when she saw Lu Xuan turning to look at her, she immediately looked away like a scared rabbit.

nLu Xuan was not too bothered by it, only laughing it off. It all happened long ago in the past, and if Li Guanghui had not brought it up earlier, he would have almost forgotten about Ren Bingbing.

nAround him, everyone was sharing their gossip. It had been about half a year since they graduated from university, and many had already been in internships for over a year. They were people who had just left the ivory tower of university life and entered society as rookies.

nSome were working, some were taking their postgraduate exams, and there were even quite a few who had gotten married.

nThe few people who were doing well naturally stood out from the rest of the crowd and became the subject of discussion for the group.

nAmong them, of course, was the girl who had a brief romance with Lu Xuan, Ren Bingbing. Even though her looks were not especially outstanding in Lu Xuan’s eyes now, in their class full of average-looking people, she could be considered the class beauty.

nAt the time, Lu Xuan spent a lot of effort trying to woo Ren Bingbing, but it happened so long ago that his memories of the events were hazy.

nLu Xuan and Li Guanghui carried on with their conversation, and before long, the food had arrived. Everyone dug in enthusiastically.

nDuring this time, some girls who were confident in their looks came up to strike up conversation with Lu Xuan, but they were all coldly rejected by him.

nThis left Li Guanghui, next to him, howling in anguish. He was dying from this drought of female attention while Lu Xuan was drowning in it.

nHe could not find himself a single girlfriend, while Lu Xuan was casually turning down girls a normal person would consider a goddess.

n“Xuan, you must have some kind of special technique for picking up girls, don’t you? You have to teach me. I’m the last heir to my family line, and it falls on me to carry on this family name!” Li Guanghui grabbed on to Lu Xuan’s arm, pleading him with an ingratiating expression all over his face.

n“You need it? What techniques, huh?” Lu Xuan looked back at Li Guanghui with a blank, confused expression.

nAt that moment, Li Guanghui really felt like punching Lu Xuan in the face.

nAll of a sudden, while everyone’s conversations were getting heated, the door to their private room opened. A big and tall man in a suit, who looked to be 27 or 28 years old, strode into the room.

nHe walked over to Ren Bingbing, pulling her up by her hand, saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, I’ll be paying for your meal today. Everyone, have a good time!”

nThen, still grabbing onto Ren Bingbing, he pulled her out of the room.

nThe group did not react to the man’s sudden intrusion, as though it was not the first time such a thing had happened. However, they occasionally shot strange glances towards Lu Xuan.

nLu Xuan was utterly baffled by what had just happened, and he only found out later from Li Guanghui that the man was Ren Bingbing’s fiance.

nEveryone had already seen him before at their previous class gatherings, and only Lu Xuan was completely in the dark.

nLu Xuan finally understood why the group was looking at him so strangely. He did not know whether to laugh or to cry. Their relationship happened ages ago. Did the others think he would keep harping over it for the rest of his life?

n“Xuan, this guy is not your average person. I’ve heard that only three years after he graduated, he managed to land a mid-level position in the Chen Group and is drawing a salary of tens of thousands a month!” Li Guanghui shared his information, and as he talked, his face revealed an expression of hateful envy.

nThe rest of the group in the private room had similar looks on their faces. Lu Xuan’s classmates were all regular people, and a salary of ten thousand a month would be considered high to them, let alone several tens of thousands. It was a huge sum that most of them would never attain in their lives.

n“Is that the Chen Group run by the Chen family?” Lu Xuan connected the dots, realizing what this Chen Group was. The Chen Group was set up by the Min Nan region’s overlords—the Chen family—and they were the ones who had fought the Seven Invincible Sect before this.

nThe Chen Group was not at all inferior to the Ling Group that Ling Huang set up. They had their fingers in all kinds of industries, and the company was the Chen family’s largest source of income.

nAs the saying went, the poor choose to study, while the rich practice martial arts. If it were not for the endless supply of money and resources provided by the Chen Group, the Chen family would not be able to keep producing masters.

n“Oh, that’s nice!” Lu Xuan nodded.

nLooking at Lu Xuan’s expression, Li Guanghui was kind of speechless. He could not understand why Lu Xuan was using a tone as though he was a highly respected senior complimenting one of his juniors.

nIn the room, many others also did not know what to say about this. They were no longer students living in their ivory towers, and they understood how hard it was to earn ten thousand a month. A monthly salary of tens of thousands was basically something that nobody from their class would ever achieve under normal circumstances.

nThey saw Lu Xuan’s blasé attitude and how he did not even seem to react to this news. Why did they feel like he was completely unmoved, and almost like he wanted to laugh?

nStill, the others thought he was simply putting up a front. They had no idea that Lu Xuan truly no longer felt the value of money, as just this afternoon, he easily earned 20 million.

nOut of the blue, the door to their private room was pushed open. A woman ran in urgently, looking very worried.

nLu Xuan looked at her and remembered. This was Ren Bingbing’s best girlfriend—Dong Qianqian.

n“It’s terrible, Bingbing got taken by someone!” Dong Qianqian said with an anxious expression.

n“Who could be so daring?” someone asked.

n“Just now, on the way to the washroom, I saw Bingbing being taken into private room number one!” Dong Qianqian caught her breath and explained.

n“That’s too much, doing such a thing in broad daylight, and in public. Let’s go and get her back!”

nOne of the youths could not hold back, jumping to their feet.

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