The next morning.
A residential complex in the north of the city.
The door was shoved open hard, and a figure hurriedly slipped inside.
"Yiyi! Yiyi! Hurry, hurry, get out here!"
"What is it, Dad? So early in the morning..."
Li Ruoyi rubbed her eyes and pushed open her bedroom door. Her pajamas hung loosely on her, and she looked utterly half-asleep.
"Ruoyi, does your school have someone named Lu Chen?!" Father Li asked urgently.
"Lu Chen?"
The name instantly woke Li Ruoyi up. She nodded. "Yes, he's in my class. Dad, how do you know him?"
At that moment, the master bedroom door opened as well. Mother Li walked out, her face full of irritation at being woken up. "Why are you yelling so early in the morning? Did you see a ghost?"
"A ghost? I saw a god, damn it!!" Father Li suddenly raised his voice and waved the newspaper in his hand. "Yiyi, look! Your classmate—he's been promoted to the ranks of the newly wealthy!!!"
Li Ruoyi was struck as if by lightning, her pupils shaking violently.
She snatched the newspaper from him. On the front page was none other than Lu Chen's photograph.
The headline was glaringly eye-catching: "Eighteen-Year-Old Super Genius Officially Joins the Newly Wealthy! Jiangcheng City Gains Another Powerful Clan!"
"It... it really is him..."
Li Ruoyi stood frozen in place, a dense layer of cold sweat instantly breaking out on her forehead.
"My god, eighteen years old... newly wealthy?! Ruoyi, your class has such an incredible student, yet you never mentioned him?"
Mother Li leaned over as well, her face filled with disbelief.
"I went out to buy breakfast just now, and when I saw Jiangcheng No. 3 High School written in the paper, I picked it up for a look. The result