I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Moreover, it doesn't need to benefit from its academic achievements at all; it can secure a place on that list simply based on the scenery of the campus.

Spring, summer, autumn, and winter, Peking University boasts a beautiful landscape with its lake and tower, offering stunning views in all four seasons.

The lake is Weiming Lake, and the tower is Yuanya Tower. Together with the Kyoto University Library, they are called "One Tower, One Lake, One Library," a playful nickname that is a homophone for "a complete mess."

The lake is like an inkstone lying horizontally, the pagoda is like a writing brush standing upright, and the library is like a blue paperweight. Together they are writing on the large canvas of Yan Garden. As for what they write, it depends on the individual talents of the students who are active in the community.

Chen Ya and Lu Qianzi walked side by side on Yanyuan Road. The road was lined with weeping willows, arched bridges, and flowing water, as if the Suzhou gardens had been enlarged several times over and placed here, giving the feeling that every few steps revealed a new scene.

Chen Ya stood with his hands behind his back, watching the students coming and going. He recalled that the last time he came here, he had a different identity.

—"Baiyujing".

I wonder how many people will still remember this name now.

He said he wanted to visit Jinghua University and Peking University today, and Lu Qianzi thought he wanted to visit prestigious universities.

After all, people from other places, especially those with a strong preference for prestigious universities, usually come to visit these two universities.

In her eyes, Chen Ya, who hadn't even graduated from junior high school and was a student with learning difficulties, naturally had the same goal, so she didn't even ask any further questions.

But in reality, Chen Ya, or rather "Bai Yujing," just wanted to visit an old friend.

As the group walked, Xia Yingji suddenly spoke.

“Oh, I understand what you meant just now,” Xia Yingji said to Lu Qianzi. “The reason you want to see Liu Ruying is because of her… that, right?”

What he didn't say was, "She and your family were once betrothed."

The arranged marriage between the Lu and Liu families was no secret among aristocratic families, and Xia Yingji was certainly aware of it as well.

Xia Yingji naturally understood Lu Qianzi's intentions in bringing people to see Liu Ruying, given that Liu Ruying was engaged to the Lu family.

He glanced at the watch on Chen Ya's wrist again, and his thoughts became increasingly complicated.

Lu Qianzi knew that Xia Yingji knew, but she didn't want Chen Ya to know, so she nodded mysteriously:

"Yes, that's right. But you don't need to ask anymore, even if you do, I won't tell you anything more."

She looked like she didn't want to say anything more. Xia Yingji saw this, nodded, and said nothing more.

Chen Ya observed their reactions and smiled slightly.

Walking ahead, Lu Qianzi bumped into Chen Ya and whispered, "I brought you here to see a friend today. I'm not kidding, she's really beautiful."

Chen Ya said, "Is this the girl you introduced to me last time when you wanted to pimp her out, right?"

"What do you mean by pimping? Pshaw, that sounds awful. Anyway, I'll introduce you to each other first. Whether you can seize the opportunity is up to you," Lu Qianzi said, pursing her lips.

At this point, she remembered that Chen Ya had mentioned having an ex-girlfriend.

She didn't believe that an ex-girlfriend could exist in this world and still exist in her mind after seeing Liu Ruying.

Si Chaoliang slowed his pace slightly, catching up with the two of them, and asked in a low voice, "What were you talking about just now?"

Xia Yingji shielded his eyes with his hand and whispered something to him. After listening, Si Chaoliang's eyes widened: "What?"

He glanced at Chen Ya's retreating figure, then mentally conjured up Liu Ruying's beautiful silhouette, and his expression turned quite unpleasant.

This is truly a case of flowers and cow dung.

"I wonder what the reaction will be if Young Master Xu and those boys find out about this," he murmured.

"A huge uproar," Xia Yingji commented.

“By the way,” Si Chaoliang said, “you were pulling me down and apologizing just now, what were you doing? When did we become so humble?”

Xia Yingji slapped him on the chest, pointed at Chen Ya, and whispered, "Did you see what he's wearing on his hand?"

"Watch? What's wrong?" Si Chaoliang asked.

"To be precise, it's Patek Philippe, Dreamy Starry Sky," Xia Yingji said.

"So what?" Si Chaoliang didn't play with watches, nor did he care. He had no concept of these things.

"Do you know how much that watch is worth?" Xia Yingji asked.

Chapter 194 Liu Ruying

Do you know how much that watch costs?

"How many?"

Si Chaoliang had no concept of the price of luxury watches; the highest level of his imagination was only in the tens of thousands of yuan range.

After all, it's just a timekeeping device, so how expensive can it be?

“More than three million,” Xia Yingji said, a number he had no idea what to expect. “That’s the current retail price, and I’ve heard it’s hard to buy. It will only appreciate in value on the secondary market, not depreciate.”

"How much???" Si Chaoliang's eyes widened. "Three million? Not three hundred?"

"Hehe, three hundred can only buy a tiny diamond the size of a pinhead inside its dial."

"Not three million yen, and not three million Vietnamese dong?"

Xia Yingji rolled her eyes: "Three million, RMB!"

Si Chaoliang gasped, "Are you crazy? How can it be so expensive?"

"Hmph, this can only be considered mid-to-high-end. For the truly top-of-the-line models, tens of millions are nothing," Xia Yingji sneered. "You probably haven't seen a limited edition Patek Philippe Master Collection timepiece. Only 7 were made worldwide, and the auction price was 2.2 million."

Si Chaoliang seemed quite astonished, his face twitching as he said:

"This is too... extravagant."

"So you just don't understand the world of the rich," Xia Yingji concluded.

Perhaps it was the lingering shock that made Si Chaoliang finally speak after a long pause:

"Three million, my goodness... With three million, we could build a really nice road in our village. What are these rich people thinking? Throwing away three million just to buy a watch."

Xia Yingji scoffed: "Build a road? Can you wear a road on your hand?"

"To put it bluntly, it's all about showing off. Showing off is a basic need," Si Chaoliang said with a hint of bitterness. "If you go out wearing a watch worth over three million, a lot of girls will come flying at you."

“That’s just how the world is. If you could easily spend three million, you’d choose to buy a watch rather than repair a road,” Xia Yingji said.

Si Chaoliang's face was resolute: "No, I will choose to donate it to our high school and have the principal carve my name on the teaching building."

"Come on, you're even more pretentious."

The two laughed for a while, and then Si Chaoliang said:

"So who exactly is this Chen Ya? Is Liu Ruying definitely his woman?"

"I don't know. Maybe he's just an ordinary nouveau riche who bought a watch to show off," Xia Yingji said. "After all, Young Master Xu's side isn't exactly small or insignificant. If things really get out of hand, it'll be quite a show."

As he said this, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

The news of Liu Ruying's fiancé is a bombshell, and he's really looking forward to Xu Shao's reaction.

Si Chaoliang blinked and said, "Are marriages between your aristocratic families always so pragmatic? Is there no room for love? Do we ordinary people really have no chance at all?"

Xia Yingji shook his head and said:

"This isn't about pragmatism; it's about the marriage arranged by Old Master Lu... Never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway. All you need to know is that you're not even worthy of looking up to the princesses of truly top-tier wealthy families."

Si Chaoliang tilted his head: "For example?"

“For example, the Gu family, Gu Yuqing, the Qin family, Qin Yunchu…” Xia Yingji counted on his fingers, “and our girl, they are all the best of the best, you can hardly even see them.”

"Gu Yuqing... Qin Yunchu..." Si Chaoliang murmured, seemingly pondering something grand.

All he could think about was Lu Qianzi's every smile and gesture that he had just seen. If the Gu family and the Qin family couldn't reach her, surely Lu Qianzi could?

Xia Yingji glanced at him, smiled, and shook his head.

“But Yingji,” Si Chaoliang suddenly said seriously, “we have already stood in this arena of fame and fortune, and on the campus of Peking University, we are already the cream of the crop.”

He looked at Xia Yingji and said, "Sooner or later, we will break out of the eagle's nest and soar into the sky. At that time, even the Gu family and the Qin family will have to look up to us with favor."

Xia Yingji laughed: "Don't drag me into this. My dad has already helped me take off. By the time you take off, I'll already be living a quiet life abroad."

"..."

……

The Misty Rain Lake Pavilion sounds like a very poetic place, and it truly is.

The winding corridor stretches into the lake. In summer, it should be a scene of "willows weeping all over the banks and lotus leaves swaying in the wind". Unfortunately, it is now the middle of winter, and even the red leaves have withered. Only the lake is shrouded in mist.

Right at the entrance of the corridor, a girl wearing a long black dress and a thick white jacket stood gracefully under the willow tree.

The girl's hair was like silk, her long black hair like tender willow branches in spring, and her fair skin was as delicate and smooth as silk. What was most striking was her height; her pair of proud long legs, hidden under her long skirt, were enough to make any boy under 1.8 meters tall feel ashamed.

As Lu Qianzi approached, a smile appeared on the girl's face, her eyes curving like the misty Weiming Lake, as crescent-shaped as a moon.

When she doesn't smile, she has a pure and serene demeanor, like a virgin; but when she smiles, her eyes seem to have a captivating quality.

With her temperament and looks, she should have been standing in the center of the stage, but she just stood quietly under the willow tree.

Students passed by, the boys blushing, all wanting to turn their heads to peek at her beauty as they passed by, but afraid of offending the beauty, they dared not turn their heads.

There are two kinds of beautiful women in the world: those who know they are beautiful and those who don't.

If Liu Ruyan is the latter, then Liu Ruying is the former.

She knew perfectly well that she was beautiful, and she brought out her charm to its fullest potential.

"Qianzi, you're here."

Liu Ruying came up and gave Lu Qianzi a gentle hug. The two beauties snuggled together, and the scene was quite pleasing to the eye.

"Wait a long time?"

"Soon, just a little while."

"Wow, why are you dressed so lightly? Aren't your legs cold?"

Lu Qianzi touched Liu Ruying's thighs through her black evening gown.

“It’s not cold, I’m used to it,” Liu Ruying said. “There’s a high-level seminar this afternoon, and I’m the host. I’m too lazy to change clothes, so I’m wearing my dress underneath.”

Lu Qianzi touched it again; it felt smooth and slippery. Liu Ruying giggled.

"Stop touching me, I'm wearing leggings underneath."

"You're still so thin even wearing that." Lu Qianzi was slightly jealous.

Chen Ya felt something was off.

While the two girls were talking, Liu Ruying's gaze was fixed on her.

It wasn't the kind of person who stared intently at me, but rather someone who would glance at me lightly with every sentence they spoke, giving me a sharp look in the face.

Unlike the other girls' infatuated glances at him, Liu Ruying's eyes were more of a probing gaze.

He instinctively sensed that her attitude was a bit strange.

However, Chen Ya was quite certain that this was the first time he had met Liu Ruying.

"Come on, it's lunchtime. Let me treat you to dinner first. The Yanyuan cafeteria is pretty good," Liu Ruying said with a gentle smile.

"Yay! Yay!" Lu Qianzi's mouth watered. She was already hungry.

Lu Qianzi turned around and said to the two people following behind her:

"Brother Yingji, and our newly acquainted friend, the president, we're off to eat. We'll have to leave now!"

Xia Yingji and Si Chaoliang looked at the two beauties with some regret, and felt a bit jealous of Chen Ya, wishing they could take her place.

However, just seeing the two beautiful girls cuddling together was enough to make me feel satisfied.

"Let's go." With that, Liu Ruying turned around and subtly stood between Chen Ya and Lu Qianzi.

The three walked side by side toward the Yanyuan canteen.

Liu Ruying is a woman who looks older than her actual age. Her hair is styled in a rather dignified updo, and with her light makeup, walking hand in hand with her on the red carpet would not feel out of place at all.

Because of her slender figure, long legs, and graceful walk, no one would doubt that she was a married woman.

But when she speaks, her soft voice and the untouched corners of her eyes convince you that she is only in her early twenties, just a young girl.

As they walked, her arm would occasionally brush against Chen Ya's hand, and Chen Ya did not deliberately avoid this seemingly unintentional contact.

He just couldn't quite figure out what the girl's intentions were.