The opening ceremony was short. Yunshuizhai was new in town, and not many people came to celebrate.

When it was over, the jewelry store opened for business as usual.

Once Ren Fei had finished what she was doing, she finally came over to Yang Fei and Xu Ye. "Did your families like the jewelry I picked out for you last time?"

"I'm not going home until Labor Day, so the two necklaces will have to wait. But my girlfriend really liked hers."

Yang Fei looked a little sheepish. "It's the first time I've ever given my mom something that expensive. She was so touched she almost cried."

Ren Fei sat down in the seat beside them and crossed her legs, though not quite the usual way. Most people cross their legs by resting one leg on top of the other and leaving one dangling in the air. When Ren Fei crossed hers, her calves pressed neatly together, which looked a lot more elegant. She smiled. "It's Wednesday today, and you came over in the morning. What about your classes?"

Xu Ye didn't want to steal the spotlight, so he deliberately kept quiet.

Yang Fei explained, "There was only one class this morning, and that professor hardly ever takes attendance. And this guy hasn't set foot in a classroom building all semester. President Yang has given him all kinds of privileges."

"Who wouldn't give him privileges? Who'd have thought the boss of Qingye Investment would be a twenty-one-year-old college student?"

Xu Ye gave her a meaningful look. "Age doesn't say much. A lot of people, once they've dealt with me, find me pretty mature."

"I already do."

Ren Fei wasn't exactly pretty, but she seemed to carry a kind of born elegance, the kind you only see in girls who've grown up wanting for nothing.

An air like that made strangers hesitant to get close, but once you knew her, she turned out to be very easy to get along with.

She went on. "Oh, right. I'm going to be living in Shanghai for the long haul from now on. I'll…