Chapter 17

The man stood with his hands in his pockets, his gentle gaze fixed on Nina for a while before he said, “I’m Scott Lucas. Nina, we were in the same class in elementary and middle school.”

Nina’s mind wandered for a while. In her memory, Scott was completely different. He used to be a chubby kid, always sitting quietly at the back of the class every semester, hardly noticed by anyone.

She didn’t have much interaction with

him. With her consistently excellent academic performance, she served as the class monitor, and at most only exchanged a few words with him during homework assignments.

She never expected such a

transformation; he had become so good- looking. “Scott?” Nina’s lips curled

slightly. “You’ve changed so much. I almost didn’t recognize you.”

“Yeah, I’ve changed a lot. It’s normal that

“Many classmates don’t recognize me anymore,

happy to see her old classmate. After starting work, she rarely attended class reunions due to her busy schedule. Her life was monotonous, revolving around work and family.

life seemed quite dull,

I don’t think I’ve heard any news about

replied. “I

at his soaked suit. Take your clothes off. I’ll wash

not

“It’s been

bad about giving you such a ‘grand gift.‘ Let me wash

insistence, Scott didn’t refuse anymore.

his suit jacket and handed it to Nina. Fortunately,

wet, so he didn’t

gift bag and

the country? Why didn’t you notify us? We didn’t even have a chance to visit

I’ll say hello to someone,” Scott said to

was also a well–known entrepreneur and was so enthusiastic towards Scott, it seemed that Scott had quite a

out that indeed he was quite

in finance and obtained a dual Ph.D. at a young age. He started from scratch in college and founded a financial company in the highly competitive Estaland. Step

focus had been too narrow, still fixating on the chubby kid from middle school. He was no longer that chubby kid; he was now a

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