Chapter 548 - 547: Class Reunion 2

At first, they thought Yun Zijin might have just bought a high-quality replica, but after holding it, they realized the texture was completely different from a fake.

"Classmate Yun, this... it can’t be real, can it?"

The girls carefully examined the exterior craftsmanship for a moment without opening it to peek inside, then cautiously handed it back to Yun Zijin.

"If you can get a fake from the official boutique, then all bets are off."

However, Yun Zijin was confident. ’Even if the boutique did have fakes, the sales associate wouldn’t dare sell one to me.’

Besides, a globally renowned brand of this stature probably wouldn’t stoop to doing something that would so obviously cost them customers.

"So it is real! This is the first time I’ve ever seen a real Hermes!"

The girls looked at Yun Zijin with envy in their eyes.

G City didn’t have any luxury boutiques like this, so if they wanted to buy a bag from such a brand, they could only do it online or by making a special trip to a boutique in a major city.

The classic models were almost never available online, and new releases were pathetically scarce.

As for going to a boutique in person, it wasn’t like they had the time to go whenever they wanted.

Of course, the most important thing was that their financial situations didn’t exactly allow them to buy such designer bags.

"It’s okay. Everyone is just starting their internships now. In a few years, once your careers take off, you’ll definitely be able to buy one too."

Yun Zijin didn’t want to say anything discouraging, so of course, she just said what they wanted to hear.

However, Yun Zijin had been a bit distracted. Wang Shuming said he had invited their homeroom teacher, but it was already past their agreed-upon meeting time, and she still hadn’t arrived. That wasn’t like her at all.

After all, back in the day, their homeroom teacher had always been on time for morning and evening self-study sessions. It made no sense for her to be late to a class reunion.

Outside the restaurant, Wang Shuming waited until everyone had arrived before heading into the private room with the last group of people.

Their class’s homeroom teacher arrived with this last group.

To be honest, Wang Shuming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw their teacher had actually shown up. After all, Yun Zijin had only come today because he’d told her the teacher was invited.

If the teacher hadn’t come in the end, regardless of the reason, it would have meant he had deceived Yun Zijin, and his impression in her eyes would have been greatly diminished.

Wang Shuming wasn’t trying to get anything out of Yun Zijin, but he definitely didn’t want to get on her bad side.

Since quite a few people were attending the reunion, Wang Shuming had booked an extra-large private room.

Inside the room were four tables, each seating about ten people.

Finally, Wang Shuming led the classmates and their homeroom teacher into the private room.

When someone in the room saw Wang Shuming and the others enter, they quickly stood up to greet them.

"The class president and our old teacher are here!"

Hearing this, Yun Zijin immediately turned her head toward the entrance of the room.

Sure enough, she saw Ni Qin, who had just entered. Ni Qin had been their homeroom teacher for the longest time during high school.

"Teacher Ni!"

Yun Zijin stood up, her eyes filled with pleasant surprise as she looked at Ni Qin.

This was the first time they had seen each other since high school graduation.

Previously, she had always felt that she couldn’t be considered successful until she graduated and found a good job, so she never had the courage to visit her.

Now that she had, in a sense, returned home in glory, she finally had the courage to face the homeroom teacher who had been so good to her in high school.

Even after more than three years, Ni Qin still gave off the same impression as she had back then.

When she wasn’t speaking, she always seemed very stern.

Ni Qin saw Yun Zijin too, and a flicker of pleasant surprise crossed her eyes.

Then, she noticed the completely different aura Yun Zijin now had compared to her high school days.

And she also noticed the young man who had stood up along with Yun Zijin.

"Little Yun, Wang Shuming told me he invited you today. I thought he was just bragging, but I didn’t expect it to be true."

Ni Qin knew that in order to get into Dijing University, Yun Zijin had focused all her energy on studying during high school, so her relationships with her classmates were actually quite shallow.

You could even say that if she organized a field trip and didn’t do a head count, no one would have even noticed if Yun Zijin was absent.

"The class president told me you would be coming too."

The implication was that if it weren’t for Ni Qin, Yun Zijin wouldn’t have attended this reunion at all.

Yun Zijin’s friendships with her high school classmates really weren’t that deep.

"I haven’t seen you all in several years. Since I was invited, I thought I’d come and see how you’re doing."

After all, they were her former students, so Ni Qin rarely refused such invitations.

It was also a chance to catch up on how this group of students was doing now.

"Teacher Ni, please have a seat. You’ll get tired standing and chatting."

Seeing Yun Zijin and Ni Qin still standing and talking, Wang Shuming quickly gestured for them to sit.

’I invited the teacher, I can’t just let her stand there chatting.’

Ni Qin wasn’t picky about her seat and sat right down in the spot on the other side of Yun Zijin.

To this day, Yun Zijin remained her star pupil, the one with the best college entrance exam score in all her years of teaching.

It wasn’t that there was a problem with her teaching ability; it was just that among her later students, she never found anyone who studied as hard or as diligently as Yun Zijin.

The saying "hard work pays off" was perfectly embodied by Yun Zijin.

"Right, we’ve just been standing here talking. Everyone, please sit. I’m not your teacher anymore, so there’s no need to be so formal. Just act naturally and don’t mind me."

Ni Qin genuinely felt that since they were all university students and adults now, she shouldn’t be too restrictive with them.

"Teacher Ni, haven’t you noticed anyone here today who seems a little different?"

Not many people had actually brought a plus-one today, but Lu Yunque was definitely the most conspicuous of them.

As soon as Ni Qin sat down, someone next to her prompted her with this.

Ni Qin had noticed the unfamiliar face of Lu Yunque the moment she walked in. After learning he was the boyfriend who had accompanied Yun Zijin to the reunion, her gaze on him had been unconsciously appraising.

She couldn’t help it. Because Yun Zijin was an orphan, Ni Qin subconsciously felt the need to be more considerate on her behalf.

However, she saw that even at the dinner table, Lu Yunque was constantly paying attention to Yun Zijin, skillfully adding food to her plate, pouring her water, and so on.

"You must be the boyfriend Little Yun mentioned in the group chat, right? Hello, I’m Ni Qin, their high school homeroom teacher."

"Hello, Teacher Ni. I’m Zijin’s boyfriend, Lu Yunque."

Hearing Lu Yunque introduce himself, Yun Zijin couldn’t help but chuckle.

’I never thought that outside of Dijing, our Mr. Lu would one day need to introduce himself to others.’

"That’s wonderful. Did you two meet at Dijing University? Were you classmates?"

However, as soon as she asked the question, Ni Qin realized it was inappropriate. Judging by Lu Yunque’s attire today, there was basically no way he was a student.

"I did my undergraduate degree at Dijing University, but unfortunately, by the time I graduated, Zijin wasn’t a student there yet."

"Oh, I see. But for you two to have gotten together anyway, it must truly be fate."