Chapter 22
First Encounter in Life

Su Ping Nan walked in and was immediately drawn to a beautiful girl sitting there, who looked like she could kill. Then

Li Luo Ran had been extremely beautiful since she was a child, and as she grew older, she became even more captivating, a true femme fatale. Her delicate features were perfectly proportioned, and her long, flowing hair, along with her unique quiet and mysterious aura, added an extra layer of beauty to her.

Today, for her birthday, Li Luo Ran was wearing a white collared shirt with a pleated skirt-style hem, paired with extremely form-fitting trousers, showcasing her long, straight legs that were as beautiful as a pencil.

"How about it, goddess, right?" Du Dan Dan slurred, rambling on in a way that even she couldn't quite understand.

"Didn't you go to the bathroom? Why did you bring back a handsome guy?" The speaker was another girl in a red dress.

"Oh, yeah." Du Dan Dan stuck out her tongue, her appearance cute.

"I forgot. Oh well, never mind, this is my fellow countryman, his name is Su Zhong. Everyone, welcome him." Du Dan Dan clapped the table and called out.

The private room was small, only ten people, eight girls and two boys. Both boys were tall and slender, with the look of artistic young men.

Su Ping Nan smiled at everyone and said: "Hello everyone, I apologize for the interruption."

Su Ping Nan was tall and well-built, and as he stood there, he naturally had an aura about him. The female university students all smiled politely in welcome.

The two artistic young men exchanged a look, their faces full of reluctance as they muttered a forced welcome.

Li Luo Ran was composed and gracious, offering a smile that made Su Ping Nan's heart skip a beat: "Hello, it's my birthday today, welcome to the party."

For the first time, Su Ping Nan saw a woman's neck and thought of the graceful swan. He smiled in response, "My apologies, I didn't know anyone was having a birthday today, I didn't bring anything."

"No problem, you're a university student too, right? I'm Li Luo Ran from Shanghai Foreign Language University, nice to meet you." Li Luo Ran said softly, at the same time asking one of the girls to give up her seat.

Su Ping Nan looked at the woman before him, like a beautiful piece of jade. In his previous life, he had been wandering and had mostly encountered women of the streets, and in this life, he had devoted all his energy to his business, so he suddenly felt at a loss for words.

They were all young people, and the atmosphere at the dinner party was excellent. Soon someone started singing loudly, Su Ping Nan sat up straight, feeling old and out of place, a bit awkward.

Perhaps noticing that Su Ping Nan was a little out of place, Du Dan Dan, realizing her gaffe, was also afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so she chose to talk to him about the geographical features of Wu City.

Su Ping Nan's gaze was calm, most of his attention was on Li Luo Ran, and he only responded with a few words.

He was a veteran of the world, and a little girl couldn't possibly outsmart him. Soon, his own background and all the things he knew about Li Luo Ran were skillfully extracted by Su Ping Nan.

Li Luo Ran was from Hunan. Her family was well-off, her parents were civil servants in Hunan City, and she was the eldest daughter, with a younger sister.

Li Luo Ran had a great talent for languages. In addition to her English major, she had taken elective courses in Japanese, French, and German, making her a scholar-type beauty.

"We haven't really met before? Why do I feel like I know you? I must have seen you somewhere." Du Dan Dan, her face flushed from drinking, shook her head vigorously, desperately trying to remember.

Su Ping Nan subtly chatted with everyone at the table, understanding the relationship between the two boys and Li Luo Ran.

One of them was her roommate, the girl in the red dress's boyfriend, and the other was from Li Luo Ran's hometown, supposedly he had enrolled in the same university to pursue Li Luo Ran, and he was a persistent suitor.

Su Ping Nan was looking at Li Luo Ran with such intensity that Du Dan Dan couldn't help but push him, "Don't be so pathetic, Li Goddess has a lot of suitors, and none of them have succeeded. I don't want to ruin you."

Su Ping Nan thought for a moment and said very seriously to Du Dan Dan, "I'm very rich."

Poor Su Ping Nan, he was fearless in fighting, and he remained arrogant and defiant in the face of Li Chang Hai and other business tycoons, but in his two lifetimes, he was clueless when it came to winning girls over.

Du Dan Dan laughed until she cried, her eyes sparkling as she glanced at him, "You're killing me."

The two of them were quite loud, and Yang Pu, the boy who had followed Li Luo Ran from Hunan to Shanghai, glared fiercely at Su Ping Nan.

Li Luo Ran clearly heard them, she looked over with a playful smile.

"What money do you have, you're just a university student. Little Su, let me tell you, the son of our school's vice-principal sends flowers to Luo Ran every day, but she doesn't even give him the time of day. He's much richer than you, he rides a racing motorcycle to school, you know, racing motorcycles? The one Liu De Hua rides in Tian Ru You Qing, you know, the one with the wings."

Du Dan Dan knew nothing about motorcycles. For a young girl, Liu De Hua's model represented almost all types of motorcycles.

"Oh, then I must be richer than him." Su Ping Nan said calmly.

"Come on, let's have a drink, you rich guy." Yang Pu, unable to take it anymore, stood up abruptly, holding a full glass of beer, his tone unfriendly.

Su Ping Nan's reaction to the hostility of others was almost instinctive. All the clumsiness of a moment ago instantly vanished. His whole body immediately assumed the most attack-ready posture, he stared coldly at Yang Pu, his voice cold, "Are you talking to me?"

The entire dinner party suddenly became cold. Su Ping Nan immediately reacted and smiled, "Alright."

The man who had been like a ferocious tiger just a moment ago seemed to be just a figment of everyone's drunk imagination.

Du Dan Dan kept patting her small face that was flushed red from alcohol, "It looks so familiar, the face looks so familiar, why can't I remember where I've seen him before?"

Su Ping Nan picked up his glass, clinked it with Yang Pu's, and at that moment, the door to the private room was pushed open, and an arrogant and domineering voice rang out, "Luo Ran's birthday, it took me forever to find you."