At the start, I had to choose one of four options, and I immediately picked the Brahmin from the cou

He wasn't very interested in going to karaoke. He only agreed to attend the party to see some faces he had missed in his previous life. As for things like singing karaoke and clubbing, he had absolutely no interest in them; they were too mundane.

Li Xiao vaguely remembered that Lin Xiaoran, the class monitor, was admitted to a teachers' college in the provincial capital. After graduation, she returned to a township middle school in Jiangyang County to work as a teacher. Later, he heard that she was transferred to the county seat, but he never contacted her again.

Zhou Yuanhang, who sat in the row behind him, did not choose to attend a junior college after failing the college entrance examination because his family was poor. Instead, he went to work in the south and never spoke in the classmate group again.

And then there's Chen Mo, who was always ridiculed for knowing nothing but studying. He later went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to pursue his doctorate and became the only person in his class who actually did scientific research.

In his memories of his past life, these people gradually faded away as they went their separate ways after graduation.

Some people will occasionally pop up on social media late at night, posting a status update about working overtime until the early hours of the morning, or sharing a photo of their children. He will like it, the other person will reply with a smiley face, and then they will continue to remain silent.

Seeing Li Xiao staring at his phone screen for a long time without moving, Zheng Hao couldn't help but wave his hand in front of his face. "What are you thinking about, Brother Xiao? You're so engrossed. If you really don't want to go, we can just leave after our farewell dinner. Who can stop you from going?"

"No, it's just that I was thinking about something from the past."

"The past? Xiao-ge, you're only eighteen this year, why are you acting like my dad, so nostalgic?"

Li Xiao smiled and didn't explain further.

The psychological contrast of living two lives is something that a carefree young master from a small county like Zheng Hao could never understand.

The three of them didn't linger there. After finalizing the details of the land parcel in the south of the city, they each went their separate ways and home.

Zhou Yanhuai took the red line diagram back to scrutinize the compliance process, while Zheng Hao rushed home to find his father to negotiate the paperwork.

Time flew by and it was Saturday evening.

When he changed his clothes and came downstairs, his mother, Zhao Xiulan, was sitting on the living room sofa watching a variety show on TV. Hearing footsteps on the stairs, she glanced at him.

Her gaze lingered for two seconds on his dark gray matte polo shirt, then she nodded in satisfaction. Her son had excellent taste, just like her. "Dressed so smartly, going on a date?"

Li Xiao couldn't understand his mother's train of thought. How did this relate to a date? He explained, "It's a class reunion. We'll be back after dinner."

Zhao Xiulan was a little disappointed when she heard that her son wasn't going on a date. "It's time to have a good get-together after high school graduation. Everyone will go their separate ways afterward, and it won't be easy to get together like this again."

"Do you have enough money? Do you need Mom to transfer you some more?" Zhao Xiulan asked habitually. In her eyes, this group of teenagers' graduation dinner was nothing more than a competition to pay the bill and save face, and her family certainly couldn't fall behind in this regard.

"That's enough. The class monitor said it's split equally."

"We'll split the bill, but don't be stingy if something really happens. Okay, go ahead. If you've been drinking tonight, don't drive yourself. Call Lao Zhang and have him pick you up."

"Okay, Mom."

Li Xiao responded, changed his shoes, and took the elevator to the underground parking garage. Today, Li Xiao deliberately avoided touching his extremely eye-catching Lamborghini Huracan.

After all, showing off a supercar in front of a group of high school students who haven't really experienced the harsh realities of society is meaningless except for satisfying vanity. It only makes people envious. This Panamera looks a little more low-key, although it's not that low-key.

Half an hour later, the car smoothly drove into the open-air parking lot of the Blue Ocean Hotel.

It was lunchtime, and the hotel's open-air parking lot was already filled with cars parked haphazardly.

Although Li Xiao's Panamera was much more understated compared to the Lamborghini Huracan, its long body lines and the gleaming silver Porsche crest made the surrounding cars look like they'd been picked up from a flea market the moment he parked it in the parking space.

A boy who was squatting by the flower bed smoking glanced up at the car logo, almost dropping his cigarette. He quickly nudged his companion with his elbow and muttered something in a low voice. The two of them turned to look at each other.

He had just closed the car door when the two boys who were squatting by the flower bed smoking suddenly stood up.

"Holy crap! Brother Xiao?"

Li Xiao looked in the direction of the voice and immediately recognized Zhao Qiang, the sports committee member of their class, and another classmate whom Li Xiao didn't recognize.

"Brother Xiao! It really is you! I thought I had mistaken you for someone else."

Zhao Qiang stubbed out his cigarette, walked around the Panamera, and clicked his tongue in amazement. "This car is so cool. I was just talking to Wang Xu about when you'd arrive, and then I looked up and saw a Porsche. I was wondering which boss was coming to eat, but it turned out to be you."

The boy next to him also came over, and Li Xiao then recognized him as Wang Xu from the class. He was usually quiet and reserved, and was the class's little invisible person.

Wang Xu wasn't as outgoing as Zhao Qiang. He rubbed his hands together, gave Li Xiao a somewhat awkward smile, and lingered on the front of the Panamera for two seconds before quickly looking away.

"Has the rat arrived yet?" Li Xiao asked casually after locking the car.

Before Li Xiao could finish speaking, he suddenly heard the roar of an engine coming from the entrance of the parking lot.

Accompanied by the distinctive roar of the V8 twin-turbocharged engine, a brand-new Audi RS7 in Nardo Grey performed a beautiful drift and smoothly parked in the empty parking space next to Li Xiao.

The exhaust note was so eye-catching that not only Zhao Qiang, but also several classmates who had just reached the hotel entrance stopped and looked over curiously.

As the car door opened, Zheng Hao, dressed in an extremely flashy printed shirt and wearing sunglasses, stepped out of the driver's seat with a smug look on his face.

Hey Xiao! What do you think, bro? Isn't your new ride cool?

"Zheng Hao? Is this car yours?"

"Absolutely!" Zheng Hao raised his eyebrows smugly, then leaned closer to Li Xiao and chuckled, "Brother Xiao, this is all thanks to you! If it weren't for you, my dad definitely wouldn't have been so quick to buy me a new car."

Li Xiao smiled helplessly at Zheng Hao's smug expression and playfully punched his shoulder. "Alright, stop showing off. Today is a class reunion, be more discreet."

"Hehe, how could I dare to be high-profile in front of Brother Xiao? I'm just showing this to you for your approval." Zheng Hao happily put the car keys into his pocket and stood half a step behind Li Xiao in a very obsequious manner.

Li Xiao turned to Zhao Qiang and Wang Xu, who were still bewildered by the wind, and said calmly, "Let's go. Which hall do we have the private room in? Let's not stand outside in the wind, let's go in."

"Oh...right, right! It's in the Peony Hall on the third floor. Almost everyone's here, even the old teacher is here." Zhao Qiang suddenly realized what was happening and quickly led the way. However, the familiar and boisterous manner he had displayed earlier had unconsciously subsided considerably.