Then another person came in.

Song Yan: How come it's this girl! We just parted ways this morning.

Those who come to Lao Mo are either children of high-ranking officials or highly educated individuals; Song Yan is wealthy.

You should greet them when you see them.

Shen Ruomei was very surprised. It wasn't that she looked down on people, but this was really not a place that ordinary students could afford to eat.

Shen Ruomei naturally ate with Song Yan and the others.

Song Yan then ordered some more.

Shen Ruomei tried to stop her but it was too late. Song Yan was so fast; the things she ordered weren't cheap, did she even know that?!

Shen Ruomei decided to pay for her own share.

Actually, she hadn't planned to order this much. Now she can eat her fill.

The group enjoyed their meal very much. Eating exotic dishes every day would be unbearable, but enjoying them occasionally is truly delicious.

Shen Ruomei looked up at the direction behind Song Yan, and the smile on her face froze.

Song Yan turned her head to look. Sigh, with this guy around, she didn't even want to laugh anymore.

Duan Xueting, a foreigner, and two middle-aged men.

Shen Ruomei slowly put down the soup spoon and politely stood up.

Because the distance wasn't far, a middle-aged man walked this way.

"Hello, Uncle Duan!" Shen Ruomei greeted.

"Is Ruomei inviting her classmates over for dinner? Ruomei is so generous!"

"You and Xueting are classmates, come with her next time! Look, she's just following me around out of boredom," the middle-aged man asked.

Duan Xueting was clearly unhappy. Shen Ruomei treating these three people to dinner must have cost a lot of money. Did her family give her that much money?

Shen Ruomei's father only has one daughter, so everything in the house must belong to her. Unlike me, I have to fight and grab for everything I need.

Shen Ruomei dislikes the Duan family. She even claimed to be generous, subtly implying that her classmates couldn't afford to treat her.

Shen Ruomei: "Uncle Duan, you're mistaken. My classmate invited me!"

"Oh!" Only then did the man surnamed Duan look at Song Yan and the others with a more serious expression. Could a few students really afford that much money?

"Hi, can you introduce me?" The foreigner looked at Song Yan, clearly wanting to get to know him.

All four women are beautiful, but Song Yan is definitely the most eye-catching.

The person standing next to the foreigner was probably the translator. "Ladies, this is our foreign friend, Mr. Smith."

The man surnamed Duan immediately understood what he meant, and he enthusiastically introduced the two sides to each other.

Li Yuanzhao and Jiang Xiaoxiao were a little reserved, while Song Yan was indifferent. Shen Ruomei greeted them politely.

They greeted each other and then said goodbye.

Song Yan initially thought Duan Xueting was too spoiled and didn't want to pay her any attention. But just now, the way Duan Xueting looked at him and Shen Ruomei was too vicious.

Such a person must understand her background.

Li Yuanzhao asked Song Yan, "Did you have a grudge against that girl from earlier?"

Shen Ruomei: "It's not that I have a grudge against Fourth Sister, it's that she has a grudge against me."

In Song Yan's dormitory, the roommates were ranked by age. Song Yan was the fourth oldest, and Shen Ruomei was the fifth.

"Song Yan, be careful. I don't think that woman was a good person," Li Yuanzhao warned.

When Song Yan was paying the bill, he asked Shen Ruomei to take Li Yuanzhao and Jiang Xiaoxiao out first.

Li Yuanzhao understood that Song Yan didn't want the high price to ruin their good mood.

Even if Lao Mo is expensive, he can't possibly be unable to repay this favor. It's better to just go along with Song Yan and make everyone happy.

Shen Ruomei thought she could give the money to Song Yan later.

Of the group, only Jiang Xiaoxiao thought the food here would be expensive, but not outrageously so. She never imagined that four people would spend tens of yuan on a meal.

After dinner, Song Yan, Li Yuanzhao, and Jiang Xiaoxiao parted ways.

"Ruomei, what is Duan Xueting's family background?" Song Yan asked bluntly.

Shen Ruomei hesitated for a moment.

Song Yan: "Is her family background a secret?"

Seeing that Song Yan had misunderstood, Shen Ruomei immediately explained, "No, no." Shen Ruomei felt that when talking about Duan Xueting, it would be appropriate to mention her past conflict with her.

Shen Ruomei: "The most powerful person in Duan Xueting's family is her grandfather, a respected elder. The person who accompanied her to school was her grandfather's bodyguard."

She's no longer in her position, but her influence remains. The person I just met was her father; he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but his performance was mediocre, and he didn't achieve much.

Her uncle is a soldier, a division commander. However, he hasn't shown any outstanding performance in the past two years, so his chances of promotion are slim.

Therefore, his grandfather hoped that he could marry into the Su family and form a marriage alliance with them.

Among the Su family members, Su Rui was the only one of similar age and a direct descendant of the Su family. Therefore, she always followed Su Rui.

The Su family looked down on her family because they lacked a capable successor. However, the Su family didn't want to offend the Duan family, since her grandfather was still alive.

Therefore, Duan Xueting never explicitly said she liked Su Rui, and Su Rui probably never explicitly rejected Duan Xueting either.

Song Yan: "But you said your mother..."

Shen Ruomei may have been holding back for too long and needed a place to vent. "My mother, that idiot, didn't even notice."

Su Rui did not reject Duan Xueting, but at the same time she was very attentive to me.

The Su family is dreaming. They think that because I'm my dad's only daughter, and Su Rui married me, my dad would not only help his family, but also give Su Rui all of his connections.

My dad doesn't only have me as a daughter; I have an older brother.

That's a bit of a jumbled mess. There must be more to it than meets the eye.

"The Su family's background is more powerful than Duan Xueting's!" Song Yan said with certainty.

“It’s not that the Su family has a powerful background. Duan Xueting’s grandfather is an old man in his twilight years, while Su Rui’s father, Su Zhaohai, is currently very powerful.” As Shen Ruomei spoke, she didn’t notice the ruthless glint in Song Yan’s eyes.

Su Zhaohai, he is Lao Zeng's enemy, and also his godmother's enemy.

Shen Ruomei's surname is Shen. Her father said she likes both fools and cripples, but not Su Rui.

Duan Xueting's grandfather was a soldier, and the people around him were probably also soldiers.

Could it be that Shen Ruomei is...?

"Hurry up!" Song Yan led Shen Ruomei a few steps and boarded a bus.

"What's wrong..." Shen Ruomei stopped asking and saw Su Rui through the car window.

Song Yan also looked at Su Rui, Su Zhaohai's son.

A descendant of the Shen family, a descendant of the Su family, and someone who could barely be considered to have inherited Zeng's mantle. And that's how we met.

Su Rui wandered aimlessly, seeing nothing.

Helping Shen Ruomei today was just a small favor; I'll definitely help her whenever I can in the future.

The bus was crowded, so the two of them didn't say anything more.