7: Chapter 7: He saw through the senior's little scheme.

The group walked out of the teaching building.

"Zhang Ming, Zhou Qi, come along! Let's go back to the Dormitory together, that makes five of us." Tang Luochuan called out to his two roommates.

The two of them didn't stand on ceremony and followed right behind.

The front passenger seat was naturally given to Shen Muyan.

The other three seemed to have noticed something; after all, Shen Muyan was wearing his clothes.

"Senior, you sit in the front!" Zhang Ming even thoughtfully opened the car door.

Shen Muyan opened her mouth, knowing the other party had misunderstood.

"I should explain, yes... I should... I should explain, he and I are just friends! No! Just classmates, a relationship between a senior and a junior!" she thought to herself.

But her mouth was very honest: "Okay, thank you."

After the car started, Tang Luochuan was suddenly in a great mood because it started raining again: "The heavens do not deceive me!!"

The five people in the car were all silent.

Zhang Ming and Zhou Qi were squeezed together, feeling that Jiang Jinyue next to them seemed to be radiating cold air.

And Shen Muyan was stealing glances at Tang Luochuan beside her.

Is he so happy because I agreed to sit in his front passenger seat?

Just then, everyone's phones rang at the same time.

It was a message from the counselor in the group chat.

Shen Muyan looked at it first and said: "Military Training is indeed cancelled, but you have to attend self-study tomorrow!"

"Self-study is still better than Military Training!" Zhang Ming's voice came from behind: "Those people in the group chat are showing off again, acting all high and mighty!!"

Tang Luochuan remained silent; he didn't hate school, but he hated doing things that were meaningless to him.

"I heard there's a Huangting Banquet nearby! Has anyone here been there?" he suddenly asked.

"What?" The people here didn't understand what he was talking about.

Only Jiang Jinyue replied: "I've been there, their New Year's Eve dinner is quite good."

"What about their regular dishes?"

"They're alright, good enough for treating friends!"

"How much does a meal cost roughly?"

"Hmm~ anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands, but it gets more expensive if you order alcohol!"

"Oh~"

This restaurant was the nearest five-star hotel he found online.

He didn't care about the food, just the novelty. He was only going once anyway.

"I'm treating tomorrow, are you going? Shall we have a drink?" Tang Luochuan invited everyone.

For a moment, no one responded.

Treating them just after meeting? And it's not some one or two hundred yuan barbecue.

Just heard Jiang Jinyue say a meal is at least a few thousand, up to tens of thousands, excluding alcohol.

Anyone with a bit of decency wouldn't easily sponge off this meal.

Everyone was wondering, does Tang Luochuan have a mine at home or what?

"Are you going or not, tomorrow night!" Tang Luochuan looked every bit the image of an upstart.

He couldn't become a "noble son" overnight.

The system gave him money, not ideals...

"Uh, that, Luochuan! Let's not spend so much." Zhou Qi spoke up first, not that he didn't want to go, but he was a bit shocked.

A twenty-thousand-yuan piece of clothing was already scary enough.

"Ah? Nobody is going? Then I'll go by myself!" Tang Luochuan made up his mind to go find a high-end restaurant.

In a few days, he'd try a luxury hotel suite.

Then go to Disneyland to play, and after a week, he'd say he made money in stocks.

Transfer some money to his parents, then continue living the high life.

As for the girlfriend matter, he glanced at Shen Muyan and looked at the silent Jiang Jinyue through the rearview mirror.

The former was okay, he'd just see how it goes.

Actually, after having money, you either don't seek relationships and just play around.

If you want a relationship, it makes you feel a bit guilty. You'll always wonder if the other person is after your money.

So he still wanted to rely on his feelings, not intentionally show off.

Just pretend to be self-deceiving; if the feeling is right, he wouldn't consider so much.

Shen Muyan on the side was conflicted; she wanted to go, but was too embarrassed to say so.

Tang Luochuan did indeed meet her criteria for a boyfriend.

He even exceeded them in terms of financial resources and looks.

But it still came back to that: this was only the first day! And since no one else had expressed their stance, she couldn't rush.

"Senior! Are you going?" Tang Luochuan noticed the girl's thoughts and deliberately called her out by name.

"Ah? I... I... have something to do..." Shen Muyan turned her face away, looking at the scenery outside the window.

Students on the road were hurrying by with umbrellas, while she was sitting in a car worth over a million yuan.

In an instant, that invisible sense of class disparity quietly welled up in her heart.

It was subtle enough to be an illusion, yet it made one involuntarily feel a sense of inexplicable superiority.

There were never a shortage of boys pursuing her, but their attentiveness always hid calculations, their care was wrapped in performance, making their hypocrisy tiresome.

Let alone any sense of superiority.

But Tang Luochuan was different.

Just from that one glance, a thought suddenly flashed into her mind—if she became his woman, would she be able to live the way others envy?

"Look, none of you are going, so Senior isn't going either!" Tang Luochuan really said whatever was on his mind; sensing the other's emotions, he directly voiced their thoughts.

But this frankness and sincerity actually eased the atmosphere inside the car.

Zhang Ming held the front seat and poked his head over: "Well, if you put it that way, how about it? I'll go!"

"I'll go!! Are you going or not!"

"I'm going!!"

"Good, that's one!"

Zhou Qi quickly followed: "I'll go too."

Shen Muyan continued to maintain her lady-like image, but her words started to lack thought; she whispered: "How about? We go Dutch!"

"Then I'm not going, who can afford to go Dutch with him." Zhou Qi started complaining directly.

"Uh... that's right..." Shen Muyan realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly tried to make up for it: "Um, I... I'll treat you all to bubble tea..."

Her voice grew quieter and quieter, lacking confidence.

Tang Luochuan thought the girl was pretty good, at least she didn't want to owe favors, but after eating this meal, it was a favor she couldn't pay back.

"Alright, no need for bubble tea! Since everyone is going, let's meet tomorrow after school."

After Tang Luochuan finished speaking, the atmosphere in the car was off again.

Jiang Jinyue was leaning against the car door, her brows slightly furrowed; obviously, he had ignored her.

But it seemed as if she should be ignored, as she was purely just catching a ride.

It was just too awkward.

"Um, Luochuan, what about classmate Jiang?"

"Ah? Oh right, one more person. Jiang Jinyue, are you going?" Tang Luochuan called her by her full name.

His voice wasn't gentle at all, very straightforward.

It sounded like a simple question.

Tang Luochuan understood that this girl was too aloof and not his type.

Besides, her family was well-off; she wouldn't deliberately curry favor with him just because he had some money, so she definitely wouldn't go.

After a few seconds of silence, Jiang Jinyue spoke up: "Sure, since you're treating."

Tang Luochuan misjudged the other party's meaning and replied directly: "Alright, since you're not going, then it'll just be the four of us..."

Zhang Ming patted him again: "She said she's going!"

"Ah? Oh... okay..."