Off the subway, Xu Ye and Chen Qingqing put their luggage in the car first.

They met up with Zhang Ruowei, Jiang Yu and Shen Xinyi without any trouble, and the five of them went to a chain restaurant and sat down together.

Over the two months of summer vacation, all three of Chen Qingqing's roommates had changed a little.

Jiang Yu had grown her hair long.

Zhang Ruowei dressed more grown-up than before.

Even Shen Xinyi had started wearing glasses, which made her look more like a good girl than ever.

The one who had changed most, in fact, was Xu Ye. He had worked at the factory over the summer and then spent all that time learning to swim, and the lines of his muscles were sharper, his skin gone to a healthy tan.

With the label "multimillionaire" attached to him, Zhang Ruowei and the others thought he even seemed to carry himself better.

"Xu Ye, where's your investment company?"

"In an industrial park near my school."

"Is what Xinyi said true? Did you really make that much money all at once?"

Shen Xinyi had to have gotten it from Qin Zhiwei, and anything he knew was hardly going to be false.

Xu Ye had no intention of hiding it from them, and he nodded. "Got lucky. The first investment paid off. The movie's still in theaters, though, so it'll be a while before the money reaches the company account."

Zhang Ruowei was up at once. She picked up the pitcher, fussed over pouring him a glass of water, and beamed. "Director Xu, if we can't find jobs after we graduate, you'll have to take me in."

"What would you do at the company?"

"Serve tea and pour water."

Jiang Yu jumped in. "I can do that too."

"How about this, then."

Zhang Ruowei said with a smile, "I'll be your secretary and Jiang Yu can be your assistant. The salary doesn't have to be high — four or five thousand would do."

Xu Ye knew she was joking, of course. She was a Shanghai local with both…