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

her. “Many classmates don’t recognize me anymore, but I

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. Apart from work

seemed quite dull, with most of it devoted

don’t think I’ve heard any news

abroad,” Scott replied.

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

really not necessary.”

insisted, “It’s been ages

about giving you such a ‘grand gift.‘ Let me wash it, and I’ll return it to you

insistence, Scott didn’t

handed it to

wasn’t wet, so he

gift bag and packed it

time no see. You’re back in the country? Why didn’t you notify us? We didn’t even have a

say hello to someone,” Scott said

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

quietly checked and found out that indeed he was quite

from Victoria University in the Estaland with a degree 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

still fixating on the chubby kid from middle school. He was no

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