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, but I recognize

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. Apart from work -related acquaintances, Yvonne

her life seemed quite dull, with

middle school, where did you go? I don’t think I’ve heard

studied abroad,” Scott replied.

Nina looked at his soaked suit. Take your

really not

“It’s been ages since we

saw each other, and I feel bad about giving you such a ‘grand gift.‘ Let me wash it,

her insistence, Scott didn’t

his suit jacket and handed it

wet, so he

bag and packed it

suddenly greeted, warmly asking, “Long time no see. You’re back in the country? Why didn’t you notify us? We didn’t even have a chance to

say hello to someone,” Scott

well–known entrepreneur and was so enthusiastic

out that indeed

Ph.D. at a young age. He started from

from middle school. He was no longer that chubby kid; he

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