She became a heartthrob among internet celebrities.

After the summer vacation started, Jiang Lai basically stayed in her dormitory.

The task Qian Xuesen gave her was actually quite simple, but the workload was enormous. It involved a long list of numerous companies, and Jiang Lai's job was to understand the main business of each company, filter them according to the criteria provided by Qian Xuesen, and then provide a simple summary. It seemed simple, but in reality, it still required a great deal of professional knowledge.

As Jiang Lai typed on her laptop, her WeChat kept beeping.

Qin Yifan: Are you there? Are you there?

Qin Yifan: My college entrance exam is over! I'm out!

Qin Yifan: Want to hang out together?

Jiang Lai looked at the message and typed: We're liberated, right?

Qin Yifan: Of course!

Qin Yifan: Are you still at school? Or have you already gone home?

Jiang Lai: I stayed at the university; I'm busy.

Qin Yifan: There's always something to do! How about we go out and relax a bit?

Qin Yifan: I've invited some friends to Mystery, why don't you come along? Come on!

Jiang Lai: Are you over 18? You go to places like this?

Qin Yifan: This is my childhood friend's territory! There's no danger, and I'm already over 18!

Qin Yifan: Come on, come on!

Jiang Lai sighed, rubbed her temples, and thought it would be good to go out and relax, since this work couldn't be finished in a short time anyway.

Jiang Lai: When?

Qin Yifan: Now! Come quickly! We're already here!

Jiang Lai: Okay

She turned off her laptop and phone, then started washing her hair, taking a shower, putting on makeup, and going out.

Mystery was a high-end club, and only the wealthy and powerful could enter. Given Jiang Lai's current status, it was a bit out of her league to go there, but she wasn't intimidated at all and went in confidently. Following the room number given by Qin Yifan, she easily found the room. When she walked in, there were already five people inside, both men and women, with one more man and two women.

"You're here! Come quickly!" Qin Yifan's eyesight is really good. The light in the private room wasn't bright, but she still spotted Jiang Lai at a glance.

Jiang Lai walked over and sat down next to her. "You really know how to enjoy yourself."

"We finally have a holiday, of course we have to have a blast!" Qin Yifan hugged her hand. "I've been studying hard before!"

"Okay, I believe you." Jiang Lai pretended to be disgusted and pushed her head away. "Get away, get away, don't stick together."

"I want to stick together!" Qin Yifan hugged her tighter and tighter.

The little girl sitting on the other side teased, "Yi Fan, that's really showing favoritism! Now that the older sister is here, you don't want me anymore."

"No! You're my good sister too." She then went to hug another person.

Jiang Lai sneered: "Fickle-minded."

Qin Yifan chuckled twice, "Don't take it so seriously! You're all my good friends! Real friends! Not just fair-weather friends!"

A few boys overheard this and crowded around, "Aren't you going to introduce us?"

"Okay, okay!" Qin Yifan sat up straight and introduced everyone: "This is an older sister I knew before. She studies at Imperial University. She's the one I used to..."

The others sized up Jiang Lai. She was truly beautiful, flawless from head to toe. Most importantly, she exuded confidence and poise. People outside their circle would often show envy, flattery, or timidity when they met her, but she didn't. She simply looked at them with equality and greeted them with a friendly smile.

"These are all my childhood friends. Her name is Yan Jiajia, this is Ye Lixuan, and this is Han Ruzheng..."

"Hello, sister!" Everyone was very polite.

Jiang Lai: "Hello everyone~"

The boy named Ye Lixuan had a baby face and a somewhat coquettish personality. He spoke very sweetly and was extremely familiar with everyone. "Sister, what year are you in?"

I'll be a sophomore soon.

"They're only a year older than us!"

Everyone else was very curious about Jiang Lai, after all, she was the first person Qin Yifan had brought to them and claimed to be his friend.

Qin Yifan: "Ugh, aren't you guys annoying? Asking all sorts of questions!"

Yan Jiajia also said, "Yeah! Let's play games! Or sing, just chatting is no fun!"

“Playing games all the time isn’t fun! There should be some kind of punishment, right?” one boy said.

"Let them drink the penalty shot!" another suggested.

"No problem!" everyone agreed.

The private room had dice and playing cards, and everyone decided to play blackjack, replacing the "betting money" with alcohol.

Because Jiang Lai was the oldest among them, she became the dealer in the first round. After shuffling the cards, she dealt two cards to the others and took two cards for herself, one face down, to keep secret.

No one gets both A and T at the same time, so the game continues.

Jiang Lai looked at everyone's cards and said, "Then let's go in clockwise order?"

"What will Jiajia choose?"

Yan Jiajia had a total of ten points, and she chose to double down.

"I think you're going to lose!" she said smugly.

"That's not necessarily true," Ye Lixuan said to Jiang Lai. "Sister, I'll take the cards!"

Ye Lixuan's style of doing things and his appearance are two extremes. At 19 p.m., he raised his eyebrows at Jiang Lai and said, "Keep taking them."

"No, Xuan, that's enough. If you take any more, it'll probably explode."

"That's it!"

"Never mind that, it's all about the thrill."

Jiang Lai showed her hand, and sure enough, it was a bust.

"Ah—" Ye Lixuan feigned frustration, "I lost!"

The others chose to quit while they were ahead, and Yan Jiajia currently has the highest score.

Finally, it was Jiang Lai's turn. Her face-up card was an 8, and her face-down card was a 9, bringing her total to 17.

"What's your choice, sister?" Ye Lixuan smiled at her. "If you don't take any more cards, you'll have to drink three cups!"

Jiang Lai smiled at him and said, "Once you sit down at the table, you're a gambler. There's no such thing as giving up right away." She took another card for herself, exactly a 4.

Yan Jiajia: "??? How is that possible!"

The others also looked on incredulously, exclaiming, "Sister, your luck is incredible!"

Jiang Lai smiled but didn't answer. Instead, she said, "Drink them all!"

Qin Yifan: "Waaah! This is outrageous!"

It's actually normal. They basically took all the Ts, and the remaining cards were all small. It's just a matter of probability, and she's always been lucky.

Everyone got a little carried away with the game, and then they switched to other games.

Qin Yifan took a picture while she was in a good mood and posted it on her WeChat Moments.

Then her phone rang.

"Hello?" she answered softly, walking to the corner of the private room.

When she came back, she looked a little reluctant.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Lai asked.

Qin Yifan pouted and said, "My brother said he's coming over."

"Want to come play together?"

"No, he has a business partner here. I just posted on WeChat Moments, and he saw it. He said he's coming to see me. I'm definitely going to get a lecture from him."

"It's okay, it's not a big problem." Jiang Lai could understand; who wants to be caught off guard by their parents when they go out to play?

Perhaps because some parents were coming later, Qin Yifan's friends were not as relaxed, and the private room became much quieter.

After a while, a man walked in from outside. He reached out and turned on the main light in the private room. The colorful and dazzling light disappeared, replaced by a bright white light. This situation was somewhat like the police arresting a criminal.

Jiang Lai sat on the sofa, squinting as she watched the man at the door approach. He was tall with long legs, and his suit trousers were impeccably tailored. Looking up, she could see his suit jacket was neatly worn, but his face was slightly blurry due to the backlighting.

"Qin Yifan, you're already running wild right after graduation?" he said.

"I only went out to have fun once!" Qin Yifan retorted.

"Heh, whatever, just don't cause me any trouble." He looked around and found that most of the children were people he knew, except for one unfamiliar face.

Jiang Lai remained seated on the sofa without speaking. Compared to the tension and restraint others showed when they saw him, she simply leaned casually against the sofa, secretly playing with her phone with one hand. She wore a black polo shirt and short skirt, her long legs crossed. When she turned to the side, her hair slipped down, and she casually brushed it aside. It was an extremely simple action, but she performed it with extraordinary charm and provocation.

His brows were furrowed tightly. Qin Yifan followed his gaze and saw Jiang Lai.

"Brother, this is my friend, Jiang Lai." Qin Yifan introduced her, and quietly tugged at her clothes.

Now it was no longer feasible to pretend to be invisible. Jiang Lai smiled, stood up, and nodded to Qin Yifan's brother, "Hello, I'm Yifan's friend~"

She habitually flashed a big smile at the person opposite her, subconsciously using a sweet voice with a rising tone at the end, carrying a touch of girlish coquettishness.

The man nodded almost imperceptibly. "Qin Yijian." His tone was flat, without any emotional fluctuation.

Jiang Lai gave an awkward laugh, "Hello."

Qin Yijian gave Qin Yifan a few more instructions and then left the private room.

As soon as the others left, the atmosphere in the private room immediately became lively again.

"Sister, sister!" Ye Lixuan moved closer to Jiang Lai. "Brother Qin stared at you for ages!"

"Impossible, you're mistaken."

“It’s true! I can vouch for it!” Yan Jiajia also raised her hand in agreement.

Qin Yifan exclaimed in surprise, "Then does that mean my brother has a crush on you?"

"You should really shake your little head and listen to the sound of water inside," Jiang Lai chuckled twice.

Everyone else felt that Qin Yijian's behavior was not right, and that he might really have taken a liking to Jiang Lai, but Jiang Lai firmly objected.

In fact, the situation was not as Qin Yifan and the others had imagined.

In Qin Yijian's view, her younger sister rarely makes friends. She has only played with a few people since childhood. The sudden appearance of a new face in her social circle is something to be wary of. After all, Qin Yifan has never been very bright and is the kind of person who would help the seller count the money even if they were sold out.

The Qin family is large and powerful, so Qin Yijian wouldn't be surprised at all if someone tried to break into the Qin Corporation by targeting the eldest daughter. Also, she often associates with shady friends who usually aim to marry into wealthy families and transcend social classes.

In Qin Yijian's eyes, Jiang Lai was indeed beautiful and had a natural elegance in her every move, but her tone and behavior were somewhat frivolous, especially when she was with him, she didn't seem very serious.

Everyone played in the private room for a while before going to eat, and then everyone went home.

Jiang Lai went straight back to her dorm, washed up, and went to rest.