It was just a love letter; I'm really no great writer!

I know Lu Ran very well, I know him all too well.

Di Lingyan peered through the door at the half-figure of the handsome young man, saying something that didn't quite mean, "He's from the next class, we're not very familiar."

Di Qingling said, "Then you can go and get to know him. He not only writes excellent poetry, but his prose is also superb. You're the same age as him, you should get along well."

"No way." Di Lingyan said without even looking up.

Faced with her willful younger sister, Di Qingling was at a loss and gently shook her head.

Lu Qian frowned: "Lu Ran, is he really that amazing?"

"Yes, his poems are internationally renowned, but our country has taken measures to protect his reputation in order not to interfere with his studies," Di Qingling said.

"This...this is amazing?!"

Lu Qian searched online and still found it unbelievable.

Influenced by the strong financial atmosphere in the family.

She has never really looked down on her poor relatives.

Huaicheng is not a big city. Once, Lu Qian was shopping with her best friend when they bumped into Lu Ran. Lu Ran raised her hand and called out to her cousin, but she pretended not to see her.

"Hmm, you know about the National Essay Competition? Lu Ran was the top scorer in the preliminary round and got full marks in the semi-finals. His future is limitless." Di Qingling said, then turned to scold her younger sister, "Such a good opportunity to make friends, why don't you go and get to know him?"

"No way, no way. What's so great about writing a silly love letter?" Di Lingyan turned away impatiently.

"..." Lu Qian fell silent.

She felt a little embarrassed, but more uncomfortable because of the stones under her feet.

Fortunately, the awkward atmosphere didn't last long.

After a burst of noise outside, it was announced that dinner was served.

Everyone sat around a large round table in the center of the living room.

Besides Di Yuanping's family, Lu Guoqiang also invited his two younger brothers, Lu Guochao and Lu Guosheng, to the banquet.

Lu Guochao is two years older than Lu Guosheng. He benefited from his older brother's success in the early years, making money in the coal mine and then opening a Western restaurant. His son, Lu Haoyu, is a high school sophomore this year and also attends Huaicheng No.1 Middle School.

Lu Haoyu really didn't want to come.

He had made plans with his classmates to drink, eat barbecue, sing karaoke, and play games that night, but Lu Guochao insisted on calling him over, which made him very angry.

After entering his uncle's house, Lu Haoyu found a corner to read a novel.

"Dinner's ready! Wash your hands and eat!" came the call from the aunt.

Lu Haoyu came out of the kitchen after washing his hands and suddenly froze.

The crystal chandelier in the living room is made of diamond-shaped crystals, hanging down in a magnificent manner.

But the two girls who walked out from under the lamp were even more enchanting and dreamlike than the crystal chandelier.

Leading the group was a tall, elegant girl with long, dark hair that cascaded down like frosty tassels. She had a gentle, oval face, eyes like autumn water, and a soft, captivating gaze. Her face was tinged with a rainbow of light.

A white dress cascaded down her waist, sparkling like stars, concealing a pair of flawless white legs. She was wearing rhinestone high-heeled sandals, looking as pure and holy as a gondola goddess.

Following behind her was a short-haired girl, who was a head shorter than her.

But his strengths lie in his long, lithe limbs, smooth muscle lines, and a full, bulging chest beneath his clothes, exuding youthful energy.

The girl's eyes were round and bright, her eyebrows were thick, and her appearance was striking. Compared to a pale face, she gave people a more wild and impactful feeling.

In an instant, Lu Haoyu felt his soul leave his body and then return, hearing the throbbing of his massive heart in his chest and the surging waves in his veins—

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The waves crashed against the shore!

Astonishing!

Thrilling!

Even though he had seen countless pictures of beautiful women online, none of them could compare to what he was seeing. Do you get nervous or thirsty when you look at pictures of beautiful women?

But standing in front of them, even just a glance, led his heart to a lost, incomprehensible yet tangibly real sense of happiness.

How could there be such beautiful girls? Or two of them?

"Haoyu? Haoyu? Please sit down."

It wasn't until his cousin Lu Qian told him to sit down that Lu Haoyu quickly concealed his absent-mindedness, lowered his head and sat down, only managing to catch a fleeting glimpse of her out of the corner of his eye.

After the initial panic subsided, he realized something: why were these two pretty girls at his uncle's house?

This was a family dinner, and it was quite lavish.

After Lu Guoqiang and Di Yuanping clinked glasses and exchanged a few words, Lu Ran finally understood the true nature of the banquet.

He was right—

Funding shortage!

After making a fortune from coal mining in the past, Lu Guoqiang has invested in various places for more than a decade, but with little return and he has even lost a lot of money.

Now he has his eye on another project: to build a chain of gyms in Huaicheng. So he is holding a banquet to raise funds.

Even when asking for money, Lu Guoqiang acted with an air of wealth and arrogance, confidently asserting that the gym model could generate huge profits and that investing would guarantee a return.

However, Lu Ran was not interested in doing business.

He saw Di Lingyan sitting diagonally opposite him. The girl was dressed very ladylike today, wearing a blue plaid skirt, white knee-high socks, and her hair was styled in a wolf tail, which made her face look even more docile.

"What are you doing here?" Lu Ran mouthed.

"I wanted to ask you that too!" Di Lingyan glared at him, baring her teeth.

"Tch." Lu Ran focused intently on serving food to Lu Zhuozhuo.

The conversation at the dinner table quickly turned to other topics.

After a few drinks...

Lu Guoqiang raised 500,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan from Di Yuanping and Lu Guochao respectively.

As for Lu Guosheng, Lu Guoqiang didn't even ask him a question—in his view, this project was guaranteed to make money, and raising 600,000 yuan, plus his own 400,000 yuan from the do-or-die effort, was enough—there was no need to take another piece of the pie.

Of course, this younger brother probably doesn't have much financial resources to offer either.

Perhaps they had already foreseen the potential for a booming business.

Lu Guoqiang patted his beer belly happily and said heartily, "Brother Ping, I can never repay your support. We've been brothers for decades! It's a pity you don't have a son, otherwise I would definitely marry Qianqian off to your family and we could become in-laws!"

Di Yuanping laughed heartily: "Isn't it the same if Qingling and Qianqian become sworn sisters?"

Lu Guochao laughed along: "Haha, Qingling is so outstanding, the young men pursuing her must line up all the way to Paris."

Di Yuanping chuckled, "We're all getting old; the world now belongs to the young."

As the atmosphere grew increasingly heated, Lu Guochao's wife, Wang Fang, laughed and said, "When I was pregnant with Haoyu, I told Sister Lan that we would be betrothed since we were still babies, and now our two children are all grown up..."

Di Yuanping and his wife Mei Lan both laughed it off.

Lu Guoqiang, however, had a sudden inspiration and laughed heartily, "That's right, that's right! Lingyan studies at Huaicheng No. 1 High School, right? Haoyu is also at No. 1 High School. Being able to get into a key high school means you're one of the best of the best."

Aunt Dong Lin joked, "Looking closely, your daughter and our Haoyu are such a good match!"

Laughter broke out again at the table.

Lu Haoyu blushed deeply, glanced at the beautiful and graceful Di Lingyan, and his heart pounded.

In his second year of high school, there weren't many particularly beautiful girls. He had only heard that the top student in the first year was incredibly beautiful, arguably the most beautiful girl in the history of Huaizhong High School.

Now it seems that the rumors weren't entirely true!

He swore that the short-haired Di Lingyan was invincible!

This energetic girl next door is like a lush green meadow in the wilderness, every inch of her skin radiating vibrant life.

Lu Haoyu's mother, Wang Fang, was very eloquent and kept praising the Di sisters.

Lu Guoqiang and his wife also cooperated by adding fuel to the fire.

Their son is still young. If Lu Haoyu could marry the little princess of the Di family, wouldn't that be a double blessing?

At the table, each person had their own thoughts.

They used jokes to try and build rapport.

Seeing that Lu Haoyu remained silent, Di Lingyan felt contempt for him.

Is he even a man?!

She slammed her chopsticks down, "I'm finished eating."

"Quickly, Haoyu, go and chat with the junior girls more." Wang Fang gave him a sharp look.

Seeing Lu Haoyu following him blankly, Di Lingyan nudged Old Deng in dissatisfaction: "Dad."

Di Yuanping laughed and said, "We're all classmates, it's good to chat about our studies."

Di Lingyan pursed her lips and went straight to her room.

Lu Haoyu was both surprised and delighted. He nervously followed her inside and found the girl sitting at the table playing on her phone.

Outside, the adults were still drinking and chatting;

Inside the door, only he and the girl were alone in the room.

It's as if you can smell the delicate fragrance of gardenias emanating from the girl...

He nervously swallowed, racking his brains for words to start a conversation: "Oh, what a coincidence! Which class are you in? I'm in Class 1 of the second year of high school, uh, the class monitor..."

Di Lingyan was extremely annoyed and frantically pressed the screen.

"Lu Ran! Come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick!!!"