Chapter 23: Chapter 21 Warning
Lin Yuan turned around and saw a tall and burly boy running over.
It was Du Quan, Lin Yuan's desk mate and good friend at school.
Du Quan jogged over and grabbed Lin Yuan's shoulder, "Where have you been for the past half month? When I asked Mrs. Lu, she just said you were busy..."
Lin Yuan smiled but didn't speak.
Not minding too much, Du Quan suddenly looked surprised and felt Lin Yuan's shoulders and chest with his hand.
"Haven't seen you for half a month and you seem to have gotten a lot stronger, brother?"
Du Quan clicked his tongue in wonder.
"Really?"
Lin Yuan wasn't surprised.
After all, not long ago, Lin Yuan had just refined twenty-one bottles of 'Advanced Nutrient Fluid'.
According to the conservation of energy, even though most of the energy from the twenty-one bottles of 'Advanced Nutrient Fluid',
was transformed into 'Primordial Qi' and spirit, the physical body still experienced some impact, more or less.
This was only because the Martial Path Evolutionary Path that Lin Yuan had created emphasized stealth and containment,
Had it been another Evolver following a different Evolutionary Path who rashly absorbed so much energy,
to say that their height would shoot up significantly and they'd become as robust as an ox would be an understatement—
compared to Lin Yuan, who simply looked somewhat stronger.
After expressing his amazement, Du Quan immediately pointed towards several people approaching.
"Look who's here."
Lin Yuan glanced over and recognized that these people were classmates from his class.
"Just finished graduation, so came out to hang out..." Du Quan explained.
He had originally wanted to invite Lin Yuan too, but since Lin Yuan wasn't at home, he had no choice but to leave him out.
At this moment, those people also came closer.
"Lin Yuan, what are you doing here? Waiting for someone?"
A scholarly-looking guy with glasses asked casually.
"You're Lin Yuan, huh? Haven't seen you for a few days, you seem to have changed a lot." A girl sized up Lin Yuan and commented in slight surprise.
"Hello, everyone." Lin Yuan symbolically greeted as everyone gathered.
In fact, the original personality was very quiet and reserved; if it wasn't for Du Quan, he would not have hung out with these people at all.
Among these people, there were mainly two groups.
The first was led by Chu Shiyu, the scholarly-looking guy with glasses.
Chu Shiyu came from a well-off family and was academically gifted, so many classmates liked to be close to him.
The other group was led by Huo Qingyao, who had an extraordinary background with elders holding positions in the military; he was fearless at school.
As for Du Quan, he was good at networking and could mingle well on both sides. On top of that, he was known for being fair and just, so both Chu Shiyu and Huo Qingyao gave him face.
Besides, several girls were also present.
"Lin Yuan, look who this is, our class beauty who was admitted to a prestigious institution. I invited her over this time too, my brother has some clout, huh." Du Quan pointed toward a tall girl and said proudly.
This girl had a delicate face, and her simple jeans outlined her shapely legs and rounded hips.
It was Zhao Qiwu.
"Lin... Lin Yuan?"
Zhao Qiwu was incredibly unsettled.
Ever since she saw Lin Yuan, initially an unremarkable presence, being respectfully welcomed into the VIP room at Shuiyue Residential Complex's sales office, and watching him directly purchase a house worth over ten million yuan while even Mr. Wang stood by reverently,
Zhao Qiwu realized that Lin Yuan's identity was no simple matter.
All the classmates and even the whole school were deceived by Lin Yuan.
Her agreement to join Du Quan's invitation was also because Du Quan usually had the best relationship with Lin Yuan.
Perhaps Lin Yuan would attend; otherwise, with her character, how could she possibly participate in such a meaningless gathering?
But after arriving and finding Lin Yuan absent, just as she felt disappointed, she saw Lin Yuan, which caused her emotions to fluctuate greatly, leaving her somewhat disoriented.
"Hello, Lin Yuan."
Zhao Qiwu composed herself and took the initiative to reach out her right hand towards Lin Yuan.
This surprised Du Quan who was standing nearby, as Zhao Qiwu was known to be aloof, even ignoring the likes of Huo Qingyao and Chu Shiyu; so why would she take the initiative to shake hands with Lin Yuan?
"Hello."
Lin Yuan extended his hand in return as a courtesy.
After some small talk,
they spontaneously found a place to sit down.
Chu Shiyu called over a staff member to order everyone a cup of the coffee shop's signature coffee.
"Yuge is always so generous."
Du Quan flattered beside him.
This shop's signature coffee was not cheap, nearly thirty yuan a cup, and the total for everyone added up to over two hundred—a significant amount compared to the living expenses for half a month in school.
Once seated, they began to chat casually.
"This college entrance exam, I didn't do well, ended up in a third-rate university, not sure what I'm going to do after graduating?"
A girl sighed.
"Isn't that easy? Aren't you close with Yuge? After graduating just go work at his family's business." Du Quan joked.
"You?"
The girl pretended to be upset, but her heart was delighted as she sneakily glanced at Chu Shiyu a few times.
"Du Quan is right, after you graduate you can come to my company. I'll make sure the treatment is generous." Chu Shiyu said generously.
He wouldn't pass up this opportunity to show off in front of his classmates; after all, graduation was far away, so the future could be dealt with later.
"Then, thank you, Yuge."
The girl hurriedly thanked him.
They sipped their coffee while chatting idly.
Soon the conversation shifted to Lin Yuan.
"Speaking of which, Lin Yuan, you must be on the conscription list, right?"
Huo Qingyao seemed to remember something and spoke up.
As this was mentioned,
the atmosphere suddenly went quiet.
Everyone's gaze was focused on Lin Yuan.
Ordinarily, being conscripted wasn't a bad thing, and they even helped arrange jobs after completing service.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone