After serving three years in prison, he swept across the land upon his release.

After leaving the Su Family Manor, Qin Wuchen got into the car that had been arranged in advance. Just as he was about to leave, Su Ningxue hurriedly rushed out of the manor.

The two then traveled to the Third Martial Arts Hall in the same car. In the car, Su Ningxue invited Qin Wuchen to have dinner together.

Qin Wuchen guessed at the implication and chose to refuse, and Su Ningxue did not insist too much.

Qin Wuchen spent half a day at the Third Martial Arts Hall before concluding his day of classes.

After leaving the clubhouse, he headed south and arrived at a snack street where he used to frequent during his high school years.

The place was filled with the lively atmosphere of everyday life. Although the layout was not much different from what Qin Wuchen remembered, most of the familiar snacks had disappeared.

After wandering around for a while, Qin Wuchen saw a familiar sign at a fork in the road – Lele Noodle Shop.

"Isn't this Luo Leyi's mother's noodle shop? How come it's here?" Qin Wuchen stared blankly for a while, but soon he realized that it was unlikely.

Judging from the last gathering, Luo Leyi's foreign boyfriend is quite wealthy, so her mother shouldn't need the noodle shop to make ends meet.

However, looking at the familiar sign, memories of the past gradually flooded Qin Wuchen's mind.

On the way home from school, I strolled through the food street with Luo Leyi. Luo Leyi really loves sweets... Occasionally, we'd skip class and go to the internet cafe with Tang Zhou...

These memories feel like they came from a past life.

Unbeknownst to him, Qin Wuchen had already silently arrived at the noodle shop. At this moment, the noodle shop owner, wearing an apron, was busy in a small room filled with smoke.

There were already four or five customers inside, so business was relatively good.

"Sir, would you like noodles or fried pancakes?" the proprietress called out to Qin Wuchen. Qin Wuchen couldn't see her face clearly through the smoke.

"Beef noodles, extra chili, no onions," Qin Wuchen called out, then walked up the steps and entered the shop.

He chose a room in a corner, and then couldn't help but look around the whole room.

"It really hasn't changed at all..." Qin Wuchen sighed inwardly. A few minutes later, a steaming bowl of wide noodles was served.

"The noodles are here!" the proprietress called out, handing the noodles to Qin Wuchen, but he was immediately startled by the face in front of him.

"You are... Xiao Qin, right?" The proprietress then beamed with delight, her eyes sparkling with joy.

Qin Wuchen was also taken aback. He looked up and immediately recognized the familiar face... Luo Leyi's mother, Luo Yaoguang.

"Aunt Luo!" Qin Wuchen was also quite surprised, and couldn't help but widen his eyes. "I didn't expect it to really be you. I thought you had stopped running the noodle shop a long time ago."

"You silly child," Luo Yaoguang patted Qin Wuchen's shoulder excitedly, "How could your auntie bear to leave? I'm still hoping you'll come back one day to eat my noodles."

"I can't believe you actually came!"

As she spoke, tears welled up in Luo Yaoguang's eyes. She subconsciously wiped her tears with her sleeve, and Qin Wuchen thoughtfully handed her a few tissues.

This was not because Luo Yaoguang was sentimental, but because she was overjoyed to see Qin Wuchen again and cried tears of joy.

Luo Yaoguang knew from a young age that Qin Wuchen had a hard life, often going hungry and cold in the Gao family. So she would often cook him a bowl of free soup noodles when he was starving.

They would also provide him with a warm bed when he was homeless.

Three years ago, Luo Yaoguang heard that Qin Wuchen had been imprisoned. She tried to visit him, but after making many inquiries, she couldn't find any clues and once thought she would never see this sincere and kind child again.

"Le Yi, come out quickly, look who's here!" Luo Yaoguang wiped away her tears and turned to call out to the room with the gifts.

A short while later, a girl wearing a white dress and with braided pigtails came out.

Luo Leyi's fresh and refined appearance, like a girl next door, caught Qin Wuchen's eye. She seemed like a completely different person from the one he had seen a few days ago.

Qin Wuchen blinked incredulously, but still confirmed that the person in front of him was Luo Leyi.

"Leyi, Xiao Qin is back. You should keep him company. It's been a long time since you last saw each other..." Luo Yaoguang said, pulling Luo Leyi's hands as she led her to the table.

"You should talk to him more; I still need to take care of the guests."

Luo Yaoguang's face was full of joy. She gave her daughter a word of advice, then looked at Qin Wuchen and said, "Little Qin, this meal is on me today, you can't refuse!"

After saying that, Luo Yaoguang hurriedly returned to the small room where she cooked noodles, giving Qin Wuchen no chance to refuse.

Qin Wuchen smiled and then slurped up a few mouthfuls of noodles.

Across from her, Luo Leyi seemed somewhat embarrassed, her head down and her fingers fidgeting, clearly a result of the unpleasantness of the gathering a few days prior.

"Are you... doing well?" Luo Leyi tried to break the awkward silence, sobbing as she asked.

"Not bad," Qin Wuchen slurped a sip, his tone quite nonchalant. "And you? How are things going with your foreign boyfriend?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Leyi quickly looked up, her face showing a hint of impatience: "Don't listen to their nonsense, we're not even boyfriend and girlfriend yet..."

But after a few minutes, she lowered her head, looking slightly ashamed.

Qin Wuchen smiled slightly upon seeing this. He took a bite of the peeled garlic on the table and roughly understood what was going on.

However, there's nothing wrong with that, since Luo Leyi is very beautiful, which is a condition for transcending social classes.

"Then you'd better seize the opportunity," Qin Wuchen said, chewing on garlic and noodles. "I think that guy is quite well-off. He drove one car when he dropped you off, and another car when he picked you up."

As they spoke, Qin Wuchen glanced at Luo Leyi's reaction, trying to decipher something.

Luo Leyi kept her head down, fidgeting with her fingers. After a while, she spoke again: "I heard you weren't doing well at the Jiang family. Is that true?"

"It's just a rumor," Qin Wuchen shook his head. "Although being a live-in son-in-law doesn't sound good, the Jiang family is a wealthy and powerful family, so I'm not at a disadvantage."

Qin Wuchen looked completely at ease, and didn't care about the matter at all.

Luo Leyi still looked preoccupied. She pursed her lips and continued, "I heard that when you left Huating that day, you were driving a Maybach. Is that true?"

"certainly."

"But you're so rich, why do you still want to be the Jiang family's son-in-law?" As she spoke, a sad look appeared in Luo Leyi's eyes, and her tone was very low.

Before Qin Wuchen could answer, five thugs suddenly rushed into the room with a crash and kicked over an empty table.

"Who is Law Lok-yee? Show yourself!"

The five thugs each held five steel pipes, their heads held high, exuding arrogance.

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