Silence! The entire Lian family residence was so quiet a pin could drop.
Qiao Shiya's mouth hung half open, and she froze completely.
What had she just heard? Lin Fan had entrusted an entire building in Wanjia Huafu to the Lian family to rent out? He actually owned an entire building?! And it was in Wanjia Huafu, of all places?
Wanjia Huafu currently averaged fifty thousand per ping, meaning a single apartment cost around five million. An entire building... how much was that?
Immediately afterward, Qiao Shiya thought back to the Lamborghini Aventador Lin Fan had been driving yesterday.
So, he really was a wealthy tycoon—a super tycoon!
And she... had actually rejected him yesterday? If she had stayed with him, why would she need to run around until she was drenched in sweat today?
It hurt.
Qiao Shiya felt an endless, aching pain in her chest.
Lin Fan glanced indifferently at Qiao Shiya, then walked outside.
He had zero favorable feelings for a woman with eyes higher than her head.
Qiao Shiya hurriedly called out, "Lin Fan... Young Master Lin..."
However, only a tall, retreating back answered her.
"Ma'am, do you still need to rent a place in Wanjia Huafu?" Han Tian asked.
"Rent, I want to rent one," Qiao Shiya said.
By this time, she had also recovered her wits.
No matter what, she had to secure an apartment today.
Han Tian said, "Right now, only Building A, Room 104 is available for rent. The rent is 30,000 a month."
Earlier, Han Tian had taken in every shift in Lin Fan's expression, knowing that Lin Fan loathed the woman before her.
Lin Fan was her VIP client—and a very handsome, trusting VIP client at that!
Since Lin Fan hated the woman in front of her, she naturally had to teach her a lesson.
"30,000? How could it possibly be that expensive? A luxury residential area not far from here is only 3,000 a month!" Qiao Shiya cried out.
"Besides, your salesperson just said there were many floors to choose from. How come it's only 104 left when it comes to you?!"
Han Tian said unhurriedly, "He isn't our only salesperson. How much could he possibly know? Many floors were booked by other clients long ago."
"As for your claim that luxury residential areas are cheap, then go rent a luxury residential area."
With that, she turned and walked away directly.
"You..."
Qiao Shiya was furious.
At that moment, the phone in her pocket rang with a ringtone.
"Shiya, you need to hurry up and rent a place in Wanjia Huafu for your younger brother! If this drags on any longer, he really won't be able to attend Jiangbei No. 1 Middle School," Chen Minfen's anxious voice came through the phone.
"Mom, I found a place," Qiao Shiya said hesitantly.
"Really? Good, then hurry and rent it before someone else snatches it!" Chen Minfen yelled excitedly.
"But the price of the apartment..."
"What price? No matter how expensive, you have to rent it! What could possibly be more important than your brother's schooling?" Chen Minfen snapped.
Qiao Shiya sighed and said, "All right, I'll rent it right now."
Pausing, she added, "Mom, did you say yesterday that Lin Fan's family was... very ordinary?"
"Yeah, they just run a small clothing store. Why?" Chen Minfen said.
"N—nothing." Qiao Shiya sighed.
She thought to herself: A small clothing store? He was probably just keeping a low profile, while actually running a large clothing company.
After hanging up, Qiao Shiya had no choice but to step forward again, gritting her teeth as she said, "I'll rent that 104 apartment!"
After having lunch at the Hilton, Lin Fan booked a presidential suite straight away and took a midday nap.
Now that he had moved all his personal belongings out of the rental, he naturally wouldn't be going back there again.
Lin Fan closed his eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
When he opened his eyes, it was already 5:00 PM.
Lin Fan casually flipped through his phone and found that the high school classmate group chat, which had been silent for a long time, had grown active today.
As it turned out, they were holding a class reunion at the Jiangbei Maple Lai Hotel at 7:00 PM that evening, telling all classmates who were free to come over.
The laughter and chatter from his high school days, along with the figures of a few close friends, involuntarily echoed in Lin Fan's mind.
At the same time, figuring he had nothing going on tonight anyway, he decided to attend the reunion.
Lin Fan figured that around the time of the gathering, it would be peak rush hour and the roads would definitely be packed with cars and heavily congested.
Therefore, he set off from the Hilton early.
In fact, just as Lin Fan anticipated, there were indeed many cars on the road.
However, he hadn't factored in that he was driving a Lamborghini Aventador; the surrounding cars actively cleared a wide berth around it on their own.
Coupled with Lin Fan's professional-grade driving skills, his progress along the entire road could truly be described as smooth and unobstructed.
So much so that by 6:40 PM, Lin Fan had already arrived at "Private Room 666" in the Maple Lai Hotel.
"Oh, Lin Fan?" a round-faced man said uncertainly.
Lin Fan smiled, nodded, and said, "Shen Liang, you've really changed completely!"
Back in high school, Shen Liang had been tall and skinny, earning the nickname "Bamboo Pole."
Now, however, he was covered in flesh and flab. Time truly was a butcher's knife.
"So it really is you! Haven't seen you in years, you've gotten handsomer and handsomer. I almost didn't recognize you!" Shen Liang said.
Beside him, a young man named Wang Haoqi said, "Lin Fan, is this the first time we're meeting since graduation? I heard you entered the workforce right after high school. How much do you make a month now?"
"A few thousand, I guess," Lin Fan said casually.
"A few thousand? Then you better eat a bit more later, because our meal today will probably cost more than your monthly salary." Wang Haoqi sneered, the look of disdain on his face glaringly obvious.
So what if he was handsome? He only made a few thousand a month.
Lin Fan frowned slightly.
How could he not hear the mockery in Wang Haoqi's words?
However, today was a class reunion after all, and it wasn't appropriate to make things too ugly.
Therefore, Lin Fan didn't say much.
At that moment, Yang Wenjing, dressed in designer brands and clinging to a middle-aged man with a large beer belly, walked in slowly.
Seeing her, everyone began exchanging greetings.
"Wow! Isn't this Yang Wenjing, our class beauty?"
"Haven't seen you in years, getting younger and prettier!"
"Beauty Yang, aren't you going to introduce the person next to you to us?"
Praised by all the classmates, Yang Wenjing laughed so hard her delicate body trembled, causing the foundation on her face to drift down onto the table.
"Thanks for the compliments, everyone. This is my husband, Du Lei," Yang Wenjing said.
Lin Fan followed suit by glancing at Yang Wenjing and her husband, feeling an involuntary sigh of relief in his heart.
Back in high school, several girls in the class had expressed their love to Lin Fan.
Among them, Yang Wenjing had been the boldest and most direct.
However, Lin Fan's mind was entirely on his studies, so he had rejected Yang Wenjing and all the other girls.
Now, looking at Yang Wenjing's current appearance, Lin Fan couldn't help feeling extremely grateful for his decision back then.
"Clump, clump!"
At that moment, Qin Yuxuan walked in at a leisurely pace, her skin fair and hair black as a waterfall hanging down naturally.
Qin Yuxuan was wearing a plain casual outfit, but her exquisite facial features and perfect figure kept her from looking ordinary in the slightest.
With her arrival, the entire private room seemed to brighten up.
Even Lin Fan's eyes lit up slightly.
"Qin Yuxuan! I never expected that top student like you would show up too!"
"What a rare sight today!"
"By the way, didn't rumors go around back in high school that both Qin Yuxuan and Yang Wenjing had the hots for Lin Fan? What's the deal with them now?"
"What deal? Yang Wenjing has already married that big boss! I heard Qin Yuxuan is in the Magic Capital for graduate school!"
"Yang Wenjing and Qin Yuxuan—one's a wealthy matron, the other's a goddess! Meanwhile, Lin Fan entered the workforce straight out of high school and only makes a few thousand a month now. He's a quintessential poor loser. What kind of deal could there possibly be between them?"
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