It's said that big leaders usually arrive last, and this otherwise pleasant college reunion somehow carried a slight sense of class division. After everyone had arrived, class monitor Song Ling finally came in late. As soon as he entered the room, he adopted the demeanor of a big leader, apologizing to everyone, turning down a dinner party hosted by his superiors, and arranging work for his employees, which is why he was late.

Fortunately, everyone tacitly agreed not to make a fuss, and the event started smoothly. In addition to Lu Yuan bringing his girlfriend, several other classmates also brought their partners.

At this point, Song Ling spoke up.

"Ahem! Brothers and sisters, since there are quite a few of us in our class today, and many of you have brought your families, I just counted the number of people. We'll be sitting at different tables today, but we're all the same, no matter who's sitting next to whom. Let's go to the Lotus Hall!"

Led by the waiter, the group arrived at the Lotus Hall. It has to be said that there are some rich kids in the class. Although they didn't show off while they were in school, it became clear after graduation.

Squad leader Song Ling began arranging seating.

"Dai He, Feng Bei, Liu Chen, please sit here! I happen to have some business to discuss with you!"

"Kang Qin, Wu Yuan, you guys with your families, sit over here. It'll be good for you to catch up, haha!"

"Um... Lu Yuan, you brought your girlfriend too? The table over there is full. Why don't you come and sit with Du Heng and the others? They're all old acquaintances!"

...

As expected, Lu Yuan guessed correctly. The seating arrangement was also based on seniority. Song Ling, as the class monitor, arranged the seats very meticulously, almost as if they were based on family background.

As Lu Yuan sat down, an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

There's a novel where a family holds a banquet. Those who have made greater contributions to the family are seated at the head table, and so on. The male protagonist's family was once very poor, but after a certain event, the male protagonist suddenly rose to prominence. However, the family members did not know this and arranged for him to sit at the door. Later, the male protagonist got angry and said, "Where does the person with 10 billion sit?"

However, Lu Yuan didn't have that kind of perverse taste. He would rather not show off. Although he was now a millionaire, he preferred to make his fortune quietly.

Seeing that the people at several tables had started chatting before the food arrived, Lu Yuan realized that he didn't remember many of his classmates. In fact, he wasn't very familiar with the people in his class to begin with. He had always been the kind of person who sat quietly in the corner. During his four years of university, the teachers never asked him to stand up and answer any questions.

While everyone else was talking about work, cars, houses, and so on, Lin Chen started recounting ways to die to everyone present.

Before long, several waiters brought out a variety of exquisite dishes and began to serve them. The class monitor stood up, raised his glass, and said, "Everyone, we've been classmates for four years. Let's drink to our friendship!"

So everyone below responded and stood up to drink their glasses in one gulp, while Lu Yuan only took a small sip.

A minor incident occurred at Song Ling's table when we sat down.

The class beauty, Dai He, frowned and muttered in dissatisfaction, "Oh dear, Liu Chen, how could you be so careless! This is my brand new LV bag!"

Liu Chen, standing to the side, smiled awkwardly and said, "Sorry, I didn't stop myself and drank too fast. Here, I'll get you a different bag when we go out!"

"Oh, Mr. Liu, you're too kind. This bag isn't cheap! My dad had someone bring it back for me from abroad! It cost 30,000 yuan!"

"Haha! Little He, it's just a bag! Don't even mention limited editions, I can get you a discontinued one! My family owns mines, I'm a second-generation mine owner!"

...

Lu Yuan took a bite of food and a look of disdain appeared on his face. It seemed that the competition to show off wealth had officially begun.

As he guessed correctly, under the leadership of Dai He, the class beauty, the girls in the class started showing off their bags and cosmetics, which were either LV or GUCCI, all of which were common designer brands.

It seems that this kind of showing off is contagious. Some people at Lu Yuan's table also started complaining about how slow the food was served, and then casually showed off their Rolex watches.

The person who spoke was named Ge Yun. His family was also in the supermarket business, owning two stores in Qingshui City. Lu Yuan had heard of him when he was in the cleaning and cosmetics business.

With Ge Yun leading the way, everyone ate and chatted. Only Ge Yun was qualified to flaunt his wealth at this table, as Lu Yuan did not consider himself a tycoon.

The topic of luxury goods finally came to an end, and Ge Yun suddenly spoke up: "By the way, there's been a lot of talk about shooting stars online lately, have you guys heard about it?"

"Of course! My boyfriend and I are planning to go to Tibet to see shooting stars! Experts say that wishes made there are incredibly effective!"

"You're kidding me! I went there once when I first started college. If it were effective in Tibet, they would be incredibly wealthy by now!"

"Sigh! I heard that a lot of people are starting to stockpile food now. I wonder if you have made any preparations?"

"Heh! You actually believe in that kind of apocalyptic stuff?" A classmate whose name I don't know sneered, clearly showing his disdain for the classmate who talked about hoarding food in the apocalypse.

Lu Yuan picked up a piece of pork rib for Xiao Shan and chuckled to himself. Now he's laughing at others for praising the apocalypse, but in a few months it'll be his turn to do it!

...

After a few rounds of drinks, many people started going around to toast each other. Among them, Song Ling was the most active. He had a wide network of connections and knew the family background of each classmate very well. He would respectfully toast those who were worth befriending, while people like Lu Yuan, who had no background or strength, were ignored.

Not long after, the other person walked towards Lu Yuan with a wine glass in hand, accompanied by Dai He, the class beauty.

Dai He's family background wasn't particularly good, but her looks kept her at the top of the class's conversation list. She was also a well-known social butterfly. The two of them worked together very well. Lu Yuan couldn't understand who at his table was worth befriending. Ge Yun? Impossible. Although Ge Yun's family was considered wealthy, they were just a small family. At most, they had a few million yuan, but they were far from being rich and powerful.

When Ge Yun saw that the class monitor Song Ling was bringing over with the class beauty Dai He, he quickly stood up.

"Oh, class monitor... oh no, no, haha, I should call you Manager Song now!" Ge Yun greeted him with a smile, holding a glass of wine.

The other party didn't seem to give him much face, and after slightly raising the cup in his hand and taking a sip, he walked towards Lu Yuan.

"Du Heng, long time no see! You mentioned you opened a studio last time, and I've been wanting to visit you ever since!" Song Ling said with a smile, completely ignoring Lu Yuan.