There is but a fine line between a country bumpkin and the nouveau riche. After enduring countless days as the former, Yang Le finally became the son of the latter. If his girlfriend despised him, so be it—he would simply find someone more beautiful. If his classmates bullied him, that was fine—he would make them pay it all back. The world is indeed a different place when one has money.
Yang Le stood in front of Qianjiang No.1 High School, his heart filled with excitement. He was now a senior, and today was the first day of the new semester. Throughout the entire summer holiday, Yang Le had worked tirelessly, delivering food from dawn to dusk for two months, earning a total of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan.
He had spent six thousand six hundred and sixty-six yuan on a brand-new Fruit Phone, which now sat in his backpack, box and all. He wanted to surprise his girlfriend, Xia Tingting.
Beep, beep...
As Yang Le was contemplating how best to present the phone to his girlfriend, the blare of a car horn interrupted his thoughts. He stepped aside to the right of the road.
But the car didn’t drive on. Instead, it stopped right in front of him. Curious, Yang Le peered inside and saw that his girlfriend, Xia Tingting, was sitting in the front passenger seat.
“Well, well, who did I think it was? Just crawled out of a coal mine, haven’t you? Black Ghost Yang!” As the driver’s door swung open, a mocking voice followed.
“Pan Xiang...” Yang Le wasn’t close with Pan Xiang—they barely interacted. The only reason he knew Pan Xiang’s name was because he was infamous as a wealthy heir at school. Despite his chubby face and piggish features, he had dated quite a few female students.
“Tingting, why did you come to school in his car?” Yang Le couldn’t help but question Xia Tingting as soon as she got out.
“Should I have come in yours? Do you even have the money to buy a car?” Xia Tingting shot back, her tone l