Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

The news about the land auction came out around Christmas Eve, while the school was immersed in the festive atmosphere. In a blink of an eye, three months had passed since the freshmen started, and the sophomores had finally shed their former innocence after such a long baptism. Those with a bit of ability generally had achieved something small in school, even if they didn't hold important positions in school departments, they could find a path of their own.

Zhou Yuwen had three roommates, the one who talked the least was called Lu Yuhang. When they first started university in freshman year, Lu Yuhang was often mocked by Li Qiang for being sissy, but what they didn't know was that during the second semester of freshman year, Lu Yuhang had a brief romance with the girl named Li Jing in their class.

Later, feeling they were not suitable for each other, Lu Yuhang took the initiative to break up, and because of this, Li Jing even cried specifically.

Afterward, at the beginning of sophomore year, Lu Yuhang went to study abroad in Europe as arranged by his family.

Sophomore Li Qiang became the deputy director of the External Relations Department. Although it was only a subordinate position, Li Qiang was thick-skinned and cunning, and had built up some contacts from doing part-time jobs outside last year.

Even though Xu Huai Association was now dominant in University Town, consolidating a group of people to monopolize the labor market, there were always some intermediary companies looking for cheaper labor. Some students without resources would secretly contact intermediaries, giving Li Qiang a chance. Relying on his underworld charisma, Li Qiang gathered a group of freshmen around him from small places like himself, including a few of his fellow townspeople.

When the freshmen were just starting school, Li Qiang was constantly attending dinners every day. Many freshmen scrambled to invite Li Qiang for meals. Although it was just a small tavern at the school gate, everyone was having a cheerful time. Amidst the intoxicated warmth, they'd casually brag, saying things like having heard about Xu Huai Association and that it was quite awesome!

At these times, Li Qiang would wave his hand and say, don't listen to those people brag about Xu Huai Association, it's really just like that.

Do you still think the boss of Xu Huai Association is called Liu Shuo?

"Let me tell you, that Liu Shuo is just a small fry. Do you know who the real boss of Xu Huai Association is? The boss of Xu Huai Association is Zhou Yuwen! He's my brother! In freshman year, we wore the same pants! Back then, we were picking up girls together!" Li Qiang was a bit drunk, and his speech was slightly slurred.

Everybody wasn't very clear about Xu Huai Association, but Zhou Yuwen's name was well-known.

Isn't he the legendary figure?

"Oh my, Brother Qiang, is it true? You're friends with Senior Brother Zhou?"

"Nonsense! We lived in the same dorm!"

"Brother Qiang, could you introduce me? I really admire Senior Brother Zhou, I want to be like him in the future!"

Li Qiang felt speechless after hearing this, he said: "Old Zhou is busy, where would he have the time to meet you. Besides, even if he's awesome, what does that have to do with you?"

"Out here, it's all about dog-eat-dog, you have to have something people can use. Otherwise, why would they bother to meet you?"

Li Qiang, emboldened by the alcohol, spoke intermittently. It could be to show off, but it might also be a genuine insight. Anyway, he hadn't seen Zhou Yuwen in a long time, and he knew, they were destined to be people from different worlds.

Li Qiang had a fun day; he drank a couple of extra glasses. By the time the dinner was over, Li Qiang was a little tipsy and needed support from two juniors to get back to the dormitory.

When guys boast, it's usually about one or two topics: either career or women. When it came to women, people couldn't help but say, Brother Qiang, you must have dated a lot of girls given how awesome you are!

To this, Li Qiang said nonchalantly, isn't that obvious?

He counted with his fingers, one, two, three.

Someone else said, Brother Qiang, aren't you afraid your girlfriend will give you grief for drinking so much?

"Oh, what's a girlfriend, buddy. Let me tell you earnestly, women are all the devil! You shouldn't spend a single penny on women, understand? Not a single penny!"

Speaking about this, Li Qiang seemed a bit melancholic.

Unknowingly, winter was approaching. Li Qiang had long broken up with Lv Hui, and to this day, Li Qiang still felt that he owed Lv Hui. Ultimately, it was because he was too poor to give Lv Hui the life she wanted, but what could he do about it?

Lv Hui was an indelible part of the melancholy of Li Qiang's youth. But for Lv Hui, things were different. She was already 26 years old, and after the new year, she'd be 27. She couldn't just rely on the few thousand yuan Li Qiang earned from part-time jobs each month; she also had to plan for her future.

During the time she was with Li Qiang, Lv Hui also had several interactions with Liu Shuo.

To be honest, Lv Hui wanted to settle down; she wanted to live a stable life with Liu Shuo. She realized that, although Liu Shuo wasn't romantic, by relying on the big tree of Zhou Yuwen, she could certainly become a millionaire, if not a billionaire.

So every time Liu Shuo called her out, although she hesitated, she would eventually go. After satisfying Liu Shuo, she'd pitifully act coy, saying she still couldn't forget Liu Shuo and hoped Liu Shuo would take her back.

However, Liu Shuo would just give a cold laugh, saying what are you thinking, just have fun casually, you still want to be my girlfriend?