Back on Earth, I am the only cultivator.

The next morning, a ray of sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains and fell on Wu Fan's face.

He slowly opened his eyes.

After finishing his cultivation yesterday, he lay on his familiar little bed, as if he had returned to the self before he went to the other world, and fell into a deep sleep.

I got up and went to the wardrobe.

As I opened the cabinet door, a strong smell of mothballs wafted out, and inside hung a collection of old clothes from ten years ago.

Jeans, sportswear, T-shirts with exaggerated lettering...

Wu Fan spent a long time picking and choosing, and finally put on a white tracksuit that looked fairly normal.

However, after ten years, this obviously outdated tracksuit, paired with his long hair tied back, always looks somewhat incongruous on him.

He had just opened his door, preparing to go to the bathroom to wash up, when the door across the hall clicked open.

With her hair all messy, Wu Xi rubbed her sleepy eyes and wandered towards the bathroom as if in a daze.

"Good morning, brother..." she mumbled indistinctly.

But when her gaze fell on Wu Fan, her drowsy state was instantly dispelled, and she became wide awake.

Then, with a "pfft," she covered her mouth and laughed.

"Hahahaha... Dude, you're dressed like a high school student! Hahaha, I can't take it, I'm dying of laughter!"

Wu Fan's face darkened immediately, and he glared at his sister with annoyance:

"The clothes in my house are all from ten years ago. Back then, I was just about to go to college and I looked like a high school student."

So that's why!

Wu Xi finally stopped laughing, then playfully stuck her tongue out at him.

"I have to go shopping for clothes today! It's almost Chinese New Year, I need new clothes!"

As she spoke, she looked her brother up and down again, her gaze finally settling on his flowing long hair, and chuckled:

"Also, I need to get a haircut and a cool hairstyle!"

"Let me tell you, a lot of girls at our school like that... what's it called again? Oh right, the foil perm! A foil perm for bad boys, big waves for bad girls, guaranteed to charm a ton!"

"Ugh, I'm bursting to pee! I need to go to the bathroom!"

Before she could finish speaking, the little girl darted into the bathroom like a rabbit.

Wu Fan shook his head helplessly, but his eyes were full of unyielding doting affection.

……

After breakfast, the brother and sister went out.

Even on weekday mornings, the commercial pedestrian street in Mencheng is bustling with people and incredibly lively.

Wu Xi had clearly not strolled around so relaxed in a long time. She linked arms with Wu Fan, like a happy little bird, pointing at the newly opened milk tea shop on the side of the road and exclaiming in amazement at the beautiful clothes in the shop window, chattering away incessantly.

Wu Fan listened quietly, letting her pull him along from one end of the street to the other.

"Brother, let's check out this place!"

Wu Xi pointed to a stylishly decorated menswear brand store and said excitedly.

The store is called "Ge Shang" and has a large storefront, which makes it look expensive.

"it is good."

Wu Fan nodded and followed his sister inside.

Inside the store, the soft lighting, soothing music, and subtle fragrance create a striking contrast with the hustle and bustle of the street outside.

Wu Xi, holding Wu Fan's hand, weaved through rows of clothes, like a professional little stylist.

He would occasionally pick up a jacket and hold it up against Wu Fan, then shake his head and put it down.

"Sir, Madam, is there anything I can help you with?"

A saleswoman in a business suit walked over with a smile.

However, when her gaze swept over Wu Fan's outdated sportswear, a hint of disdain flashed subtly deep in her eyes.

"Let's take a look ourselves first."

Wu Xi smiled politely.

Just then, a slightly frivolous and surprised voice came from not far away.

"Hey, isn't this Wu Fan?"

Wu Fan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man dressed in designer clothes, wearing a gold watch on his wrist, and with his hair slicked back, walking toward him with a playful expression.

Wu Fan searched his mind for a while before finally finding the person's name in a corner of his already blurred memory.

Zhang Wei, his high school classmate.

He liked to form cliques and bully the weak while in school, so he wasn't popular in class.

Wu Fan and he had once fought over a classmate, which created a grudge between them.

"It really is you, Wu Fan!"

Zhang Wei walked up to him and exaggeratedly looked Wu Fan up and down.

"I thought I'd mistaken you for someone else! Ten years have passed, what happened to you?"

His voice drew the attention of several customers and sales assistants nearby, who all turned to look at him.

Wu Xi's face flushed red, and she said somewhat angrily, "How dare you talk to me like that?"

Zhang Wei, however, acted as if he hadn't heard, clicked his tongue twice, and adopted a compassionate posture.

"Hey bro, look at your clothes, they're all pilling."

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean anything by it, I just feel sorry for you."

He patted Wu Fan on the shoulder, acting like they were buddies, then snapped his fingers at the sales assistant next to him, his tone full of boasting:

"Go and bring over all the newest winter clothes from your store this year for my old classmate to try on."

"No need," Wu Fan said calmly, with a hint of coldness in his voice.

Zhang Wei's smile froze for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure. He assumed Wu Fan was just being proud, so he adopted a more "earnest" tone.

"Hey, why are you being so polite with me? We're practically family!"

He affectionately put his arm around Wu Fan's shoulder and lowered his voice.

"Brother, if you're having some trouble right now, my company happens to be short of a security guard. I can arrange something for you. The salary isn't high, but it includes room and board, so it's a stable job."

His words were filled with condescending charity and pity.

Wu Fan's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, and a flash of murderous intent flickered deep in his eyes.

If this weren't a bustling, ordinary city, and if my sister weren't right beside me, this noisy ant in front of me would have already turned to ashes.

He calmly brushed Zhang Wei's hand away, his tone remaining indifferent:

"Thank you, but I appreciate the thought. You don't need to worry about the work."

After being rejected time and time again, Zhang Wei finally started to lose face.

His eyes darted around, as if he had suddenly remembered something, and he pulled out a beautifully made gold-embossed invitation from his pocket.

"Oh right, I almost forgot about that." He waved the invitation in front of Wu Fan.

"Our high school reunion is tomorrow night at the Tianyue Mansion Hotel. Since we've run into each other, you absolutely have to come!"

He spoke the words "Tianyue Mansion" with extra force, and a sense of superiority reappeared on his face.

"Wu Fan, you might never get to go to a place like that in your entire life. But it's okay."

He smiled dismissively and stuffed the invitation into Wu Fan's pocket. "When you get to the door tomorrow, just say my name is Zhang Wei, and someone will take you up."

After saying that, as if he felt that the humiliation was not enough, he added a sentence seemingly unintentionally.

"Oh, right, Jiang Chuxue will be there too. She's my fiancée now!"

"I will officially announce it at the class reunion."

Wu Fan didn't pay attention to the last sentence, but the name Jiang Chuxue stirred a ripple in his calm eyes.

Jiang Chuxue.

The girl who always sat quietly by the window in a white dress, her long hair blowing in the wind.

That was the only bright spot in his otherwise uneventful high school years.

He was already annoyed and ready to leave with his sister, but the name "Jiang Chuxue" was like a key that unlocked a long-sealed memory in his mind.

He recalled that noisy afternoon after the college entrance exam, when he mustered the greatest courage of his life and said to the girl, "When I get to college, I want to give you a surprise."

However, fate played a cruel trick on us.

That sudden time travel caused him to break his promise for a full ten years, and also made him miss ten years of her life.

The reasons from back then are for the best.

Let's settle things at the class reunion tomorrow.

Seeing the change in Wu Fan's expression, Zhang Wei's smile grew even more smug.

He patted Wu Fan on the shoulder and said with a victor's air, "Alright, it's settled then. Tomorrow night at seven, the banquet hall on the top floor of Tianyue Mansion, see you there! I have something to do, I'll be going now!"

After saying that, he left triumphantly amidst the respectful gazes of the sales assistants.

"Brother, let's ignore him! He's a lunatic!"

Wu Xi's face flushed with anger. She grabbed Wu Fan's arm and tried to leave, saying, "Let's go to another store!"

Wu Fan shook his head. He looked in the direction Zhang Wei had left, then looked down at the gold-embossed invitation in his pocket, his gaze becoming somewhat distant.

"I'm not leaving."

He turned to the bewildered saleswoman beside him and said...

"Wrap up all the ones he just mentioned."