Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

Before Liu Dongqiang arrived, Zhou Yuwen originally wanted to chat a bit more with Su Qing about their personal matters. However, Zhang Tianze suddenly didn't seem to pick up the cue and kept bringing up topics one after another, and each of these topics, once Zhou Yuwen chimed in, resulted in endless conversation.

It's undeniable that Zhang Tianze truly isn't an ordinary girl; at least Zhou Yuwen thought to himself, when he was 21 years old, he didn't possess Zhang Tianze's emotional intelligence and eloquence.

Since Zhang Tianze didn't want to leave, Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing had no choice but to stroll around the campus with Zhang Tianze for a while. During this time, they encountered many students from Barnard College — some were international students from Eastern countries, while others were local white girls.

No matter who it was, they always warmly greeted Zhang Tianze, seemingly very good friends.

And Zhang Tianze responded graciously in English.

While Zhang Tianze was greeting these girls, Zhou Yuwen whispered to Su Qing: "See how good her English sounds? You need to learn from her."

"You've got a crush again?" Su Qing asked Zhou Yuwen with an exasperated expression.

Zhou Yuwen laughed and said he was just joking.

"I can't go for a friend's wife, let alone Brother Dong's woman; do I dare?" Zhou Yuwen asked.

Su Qing rolled her eyes at Zhou Yuwen, remaining indifferent.

In fact, she had long since come to terms with these things.

After Zhang Tianze finished greeting her friends, she came over to see Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing laughing and asked what they were talking about.

Zhou Yuwen said it was nothing.

"Oh, Brother Dong is already at the gate, shall we head straight over?"

"Okay."

At this point, Su Qing asked Zhou Yuwen if the cousin-in-law was still waiting for him.

Zhou Yuwen said he had already sent a message telling her to go back.

"You just let her go back by herself?"

"Yes."

"She didn't cause a fuss with you?" Su Qing found this very strange.

Zhou Yuwen questioned Su Qing with an even stranger expression: "She's Xiao Yong's girlfriend; why would she make a fuss with me?"

"Oh, is that girl your cousin-in-law?" Zhang Tianze joined the conversation.

Zhou Yuwen smiled; he and Su Qing were just making idle chatter, joking and bantering, but there was no need to say anything to outsiders — they brushed it off simply.

Then they went to the school gate together.

At the gate stood a white seven-seater business vehicle, and from a distance, a middle-aged man in a white shirt was visible. Old Liu's figure was relatively well-maintained among middle-aged men — he had a slight belly, concealed by clothing, with a white shirt, black trousers, leather shoes, and an expensive-looking watch.

This, indeed, was the standard attire of a successful man.

The business vehicle was parked by the roadside, with Old Liu gazing at the sky, accompanied by a driver in a black suit, hands respectfully placed in front.

"Brother Dong!" Zhang Tianze cheerfully waved to Liu Dongqiang, happily running towards him.

The scene was akin to a university girl excitedly heading to her father after the weekend, and as Liu Dongqiang saw people arriving, he naturally went over with a pleasant smile.

Zhang Tianze indeed provided a significant emotional benefit, energetically jumping into Liu Dongqiang's arms, wrapping her hands around his waist, like lovers in the midst of romance.

Yet Liu Dongqiang didn't exhibit excessive affection towards this girlfriend who was nineteen years younger; instead, he showed interest in Zhou Yuwen behind her.

He walked steadily, but each step was directed towards Zhou Yuwen, reaching out for a handshake before reaching him.

"You must be Zhou Yuwen? You're younger than I imagined." Liu Dongqiang seized the initiative, grabbing Zhou Yuwen's hand and patting his shoulder with his other hand.

Zhou Yuwen smiled: "Director Liu is also somewhat different from what I envisioned."

"Oh? In what way?"

Liu Dongqiang asked but didn't wait for Zhou Yuwen to respond, instead continuing: "There are no outsiders here; it's okay if you call me Brother Dong like Xiao Tian does. Where are you from?"

Liu Dongqiang hailed from Su Bei, a region where people typically speak with a Mandarin accent, although without undergoing specific training, their Mandarin wasn't entirely standard.

Liu Dongqiang was a typical representative; his speech carried a Su Bei flavor, slightly stilted, with a hometown accent emerging after three or four sentences, understandable yet odd.

Zhou Yuwen chuckled and said, I guess I'm somewhat of a fellow townsman with Brother Dong, from Xu Huai. It's not far.

"Oh, then it's not far at all."

Liu Dongqiang acted surprised upon hearing this, his speech leaning more towards the Su Bei dialect after loosening up, he patted Zhou Yuwen's shoulder, saying: "No wonder you seemed so familiar before we even met; turns out you're a fellow townsman."

Zhou Yuwen smiled without commenting.

Later, Liu Dongqiang asked Zhou Yuwen again, Did Xiao Tian explain everything?

"Hmm?"

Liu Dongqiang didn't come all this way just to keep quiet, promptly mentioning that he came; in reality, it was purely for a meal and to get acquainted.

"I heard from Xiao Tian that you're here studying?"

"No, it's my girlfriend?" Zhou Yuwen pointed at Su Qing.

Su Qing immediately perked up; in fact, she had been sizing up Liu Dongqiang from the start.

Though she'd been prepared, Su Qing nevertheless silently applauded Zhang Tianze, acknowledging the woman who made the fortune list has a valid reason for being there.